[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Pages 18949-18950]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet 
during the session of the Senate on July 22, 2003, at 2:00 p.m. to 
conduct a hearing on the nominations of Mr. Mark C. Brickell, of New 
York, to be director, Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight; 
Ms. Alicia R. Castaneda, of the District of Columbia, to be a member of 
the Board of Directors, Federal Housing Finance Board; and Mr. Thomas 
J. Curry, of Massachusetts, to be a member of the Board of Directors of 
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during 
the session of the Senate on Tuesday, July 22, at 10:00 a.m.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on issues related 
to

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forest health problems in our Nation's forests.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          committee on health, education, labor, and pensions

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to 
meet for a hearing on Reauthorizing Head Start: Preparing Children to 
Succeed in School and in Life during the session of the Senate on 
Tuesday, July 22, 2003 at 10:00 a.m. in SD-430.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing 
on ``Judicial Nominations'' on Tuesday, July 22, 2003, at 10 a.m. in 
the Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 226.

     Witness List:

  Panel I: Senators;
  Panel II: Steven M. Colloton to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Eighth Circuit;
  Panel III: P. Kevin Castel to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of New York; Sandra J. Feuerstein to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York; Richard J. Holwell 
to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New 
York; H. Brent McKnight to be United States District Judge for the 
Western District of North Carolina; R. David Proctor to be United 
States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama; Stephen C. 
Robinson to be United States District Judge for the Southern District 
of New York.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing 
on ``The WorldCom Case: looking at Bankruptcy and Competition Issues'' 
on Tuesday, July 22, 2003, at 2 p.m. in the Dirksen Senate Office 
Building Room 226.

     Witness List:

  Panel I: Richard Thornburgh, Esquire, Bankruptcy Examiner, 
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP, Washington, DC;
  Panel II: William Barr, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, 
Verizon Communications, Washington, DC; Nicholas Katzenbach, Board 
Member, MCI Telecommunications, Ashburn, Virginia; Marcia L. Goldstein, 
Esquire, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, New York; Morton Bahr, 
President, Communications Workers of America, Washington, DC; Douglas 
G. Baird, Vice-Chair, National Bankruptcy Conference, Chicago, 
Illinois; Mark A. Neporent, Chief Operating Officer, Cerberus Capital 
Management, L.P., New York, New York.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       special committee on aging

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Special 
Committee on Aging be authorized to meet on today, July 22, 2003 from 
11 a.m.--1 p.m. in Dirksen 628 for the purpose of conducting a hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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