[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16040]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET

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                     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 Wednesday, September 4, 2002 at 4 p.m., to hold a nomination 
hearing.

     AGENDA

  Nominees: Mr. John R. Dawson, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Peru (to be introduced by the Honorable 
Bob Dole, former U.S. Senator); Mr. Antonio O. Garza, Jr., of Texas, to 
be Ambassador to Mexico (to be introduced by the Honorable Kay Bailey 
Hutchison and the Honorable Phil Gramm); and Mrs. Linda E. Watt, of 
Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Panama.
  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 in executive session during the session of 
     the Senate on Wednesday, September 4, 2002, at 10 a.m., in 
     SD-430. The following item will be considered: S. 2758, the 
     Child Care and Development Block Grant.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Special Committee on Aging

       Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
     Special Committee on Aging be authorized to meet today, 
     September 4, 2002 from 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m. in Dirksen 628 for 
     the purpose of conducting a hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


   subcommittee on technology, terrorism, and government information

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism and Government 
Information be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on ``An AMBER 
Alert National System'' on Wednesday, September 4, 2002, at 10:00 a.m. 
in Room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  Panel: Robbie Callaway, Chairman, National Center for Missing and 
Exploited Children, Alexandria, VA; Sharon and Nichole Timmons, Mother 
and victim of abduction, Riverside, CA; Edward Fritts, President and 
CEO, National Association of Broadcasters, Washington, DC; Joe Farrow, 
Deputy Commissioner, California Highway Patrol, Sacramento, CA; Marc 
Klaas, Father of Polly Klaas, Victim of abduction, Sausalito, CA.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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