[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 18425]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. REID. Mr. President the Senate will resume consideration of the 
Vietnam Trade Act forthwith. We hope to complete that action early 
today, hopefully by noon--if not, early this afternoon. Then we are 
going to go to the Aviation Security Act. We hope to complete that late 
today or at the latest tomorrow.
  I would like also to indicate that I spoke late last night with 
Senator Leahy. Everyone is always concerned about how the Judiciary 
Committee is moving along. They have been heavily involved in all kinds 
of problems due to the September 11 incident. But one thing the 
committee has been working on, literally night and day, is the 
antiterrorism legislation. But in addition to that I am happy to report 
the Judiciary Committee tomorrow will report out a circuit court judge 
from New York, a district court judge from Mississippi, up to 15 U.S. 
attorneys, one Assistant Attorney General, and the Director of the 
United States Marshals Service. That will be done tomorrow afternoon.
  There will be a hearing also in the Judiciary Committee tomorrow. 
There will be a hearing on a circuit court judge from Louisiana, two 
district court judges from Oklahoma, a district court judge from 
Kentucky, a district court judge from Nebraska, and Jay Bybee to be 
Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel.
  The following week there are going to be a number of hearings, 
including one on John Walters to be Director of the Office of National 
Drug Policy. There is going to be a hearing on the 16th on Tom 
Sansoneppi to be Assistant Attorney General for Natural Resources. Then 
there is going to be an additional hearing on the 18th of this month on 
a circuit court judge and five district court judges.
  So Senator Leahy is to be commended for the work he is doing in 
conjunction with Senator Hatch and moving these nominations along. 
Senator Leahy has a tremendous load. On behalf of the majority leader, 
I extend appreciation from the entire Senate for the great work he has 
been doing.

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