[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 19253]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


           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 for a 
hearing on the nomination of Mark McClellan to be Commissioner of the 
Food and Drug Administration during the session of the Senate on 
Monday, October 7, 2002, at 1:30 p.m., in SD-430.
  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 to conduct a hearing on 
``Judicial Nominations'' on Monday, October 7, 2002, in Dirksen Room 
226 at 2 p.m.
  Panel I: The Honorable Richard Shelby; the Honorable Jeff Sessions; 
and the Honorable Lincoln Chafee.
  Panel II: Rosemary Mayers Collyer to be U.S. District Court Judge for 
the District of Columbia; Mark Everett Fuller to be U.S. District Court 
Judge for the Middle District of Alabama; Robert Gary Klausner to be 
U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California; Robert 
Byron Kugler to be U.S. District Court Judge for the District of New 
Jersey; Ronald Bruce Leighton to be U.S. District Court Judge for the 
Western District of Washington; Jose Luis Linares to be U.S. District 
Court Judge for the District of New Jersey; and William Edward Smith to 
be U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Rhode Island.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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