[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 35 (Wednesday, March 9, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Page S1512]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet 
during the session of the Senate on March 9, 2011, at 2:30 p.m., to 
conduct a hearing entitled, ``The State of the Housing Market.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on environment and public works

  Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet during 
the session of the Senate on March 9, 2011, at 2:15 p.m. in SD-406.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on March 9, 2011, at 9:30 a.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate Office 
Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``The President's 2011 Trade 
Agenda.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate, on March 9, 2011, at 10 a.m., in room SD-226 of the Dirksen 
Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``Oversight of 
the Department of Homeland Security.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            committee on small business and entrepreneurship

  Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship be authorized to meet 
during the session of the Senate on March 9, 2011, at 10 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


 subcommittee on Federal financial management, government information, 
              federal services, and international security

  Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs' Subcommittee 
on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal 
Services, and International Security be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on March 9, 2011, at 2:30 p.m. to conduct a 
hearing entitled, ``New Tools for Curbing Waste and Fraud in Medicare 
and Medicaid.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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