[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Page 23145]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. CLELAND. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing 
on ``Department of Justice Oversight: Preserving Our Freedoms While 
Defending Against Terrorism,'' Wednesday, November 28, 2001 at 9 a.m. 
in Dirksen room 226.

                         TENTATIVE WITNESS LIST

  Panel I: Michael Chertoff, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal 
Division.
  Panel II: William Barr, former Attorney General of the United States; 
Philip B. Heymann, James Barr Ames Professor of Law, Harvard Law 
School, former Deputy Attorney General of the United States; Griffin 
Bell, Senior Partner, King & Spalding, former Attorney General of the 
United States; Scott L. Silliman, Executive Director, Center on Law, 
Ethics and National Security, Duke University School of Law; Kate 
Martin, Director, The Center for National Security Studies; and Neal 
Katyal, Visiting Professor, Yale Law School, Professor of Law, 
Georgetown University.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. CLELAND. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet to conduct a closed 
hearing on Intelligence Matters on Wednesday, November 28, 2001 at 2:30 
p.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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