[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 85 (Tuesday, June 8, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Page S4706]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on June 8, 2010, at 10 a.m., to hold a hearing entitled ``The 
New START Treaty (Treaty Doc. 111-5): The Negotiations.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          committee on health, education, labor, and pensions

  Mr. CARDIN. 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 ``The State of 
the American Child'' on June 8, 2010. 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.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate, on June 8, 2010, at 10 a.m., in room SD-226 of the Dirksen 
Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``The Risky 
Business of Big Oil: Have Recent Court Decisions and Liability Caps 
Encouraged Irresponsible Corporate Behavior?''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on June 8, 2010, at 2:30 p.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                         near east subcommittee

  Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on June 8, 2010, at 3 p.m., to hold a Near Eastern subcommittee 
hearing entitled ``Assessing the Strength of Hezbollah.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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