[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 11, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1525-S1526]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      Committee on Armed Services

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on March 11, 2014, at 9:30 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on March 11, 2014, at 2:15 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  Mr. REID. 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 on March 11, 2014, at 10 a.m., in room SD-430 
of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled 
``Access and Cost: What the U.S. Health Care System Can Learn from 
Other Countries.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate, on March 11, 2014, at 10:15 a.m., in room SD-226 of the Dirksen 
Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``Open Government 
and Freedom of Information: Reinvigorating the Freedom of Information 
Act for the Digital Age.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    Select Committee on Intelligence

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on March 11, 2014, at 2:00 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


 SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS 
                       AND THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee

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on the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Federal Programs and the Federal 
Workforce of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on March 
11, 2014, at 2:30 p.m. to conduct a hearing entitled, ``A More 
Efficient and Effective Government: Improving the Regulatory 
Framework.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           SUBCOMMITTEE ON EMERGING THREATS AND CAPABILITIES

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities of the Committee on 
Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate 
on March 11, 2014, at 2:15 p.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          SUBCOMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL AND CONTRACTING OVERSIGHT

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Financial and Contracting Oversight of the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on March 11, 2014, at 11 a.m. to conduct a 
hearing entitled, ``Whistleblower Retaliation at the Hanford Nuclear 
Site.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


     SUBCOMMITTEE on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Financial 
Institutions and Consumer Protection be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on March 11, 2014, at 10 a.m. to conduct a 
hearing entitled ``Finding the Right Capital Regulations for 
Insurers.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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