[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 50 (Tuesday, April 1, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2305-S2306]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

   Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during 
the session of the Senate to conduct a hearing on Tuesday, April 1, 
2008, at 2:30 p.m., in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office 
Building.
   The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Tuesday, April 1, 2008, at 10 a.m., in room 215 of the Dirksen Senate 
Office Building, to hear testimony on ``Anti-Terrorism Financing: 
Progress Made and the Challenges Ahead''.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Tuesday, April 1, 2008, at 2:30 p.m., to hold a closed 
briefing on Iraq.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          committee on health, education, labor, and pensions

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet, during 
the session of the Senate, to conduct a hearing entitled ``Serious OSHA 
Violations: Strategies for Breaking Dangerous Patterns'' on Tuesday, 
April 1, 2008. The hearing will commence at 10 a.m. in room 430 of the 
Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


             readiness and management support subcommittee

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Readiness 
and Management Support Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed

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Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Tuesday, April 1, 2008, at 2:30 p.m., in open session to receive 
testimony on the current readiness of the Armed Forces in review of the 
defense authorization request for fiscal year 2009 and the Future Years 
Defense Program.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection. it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on April 1, 2008, at 2:30 p.m. to hold a closed business 
meeting.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                        subcommittee on airland

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Airland of the Committee on Armed Services be 
authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, April 
1, 2008, at 9:30 a.m., in open session to receive testimony on the 
Army's new doctrine (field manual 3-0, operations) in review of the 
defense authorization request for fiscal year 2009 and the Future Years 
Defense Program.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law, 
be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate to conduct a 
hearing entitled ``Rape as a Weapon of War: Accountability for Sexual 
Violence in Conflict'' on Tuesday, April 1, 2008, at 10 a.m., in room 
SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

     Witness list

  Lisa F. Jackson, Documentary Maker and Director of ``The Greatest 
Silence: Rape in the Congo'', New York, NY; Karin Wachter, Acting 
Gender-Based Violence Senior Technical Advisor, International Rescue 
Committee, New York, NY; Dr. Kelly Dawn Askin, Senior Legal Officer, 
Open Society Justice Initiative, New York, NY; Dr. Denis Mukwege, 
Director, Panzi General Referral Hospital, Bukavu, South Kivu, 
Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    Subcommittee on Strategic Forces

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Strategic Forces of the Committee on Armed Services be 
authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, April 
1, 2008, at 2:30 p.m., in open session to receive testimony on 
ballistic missile defense programs in review of the Defense 
authorization request for fiscal year 2009 and the Future Years Defense 
Program.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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