[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 23803]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


           Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

  Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on 
Wednesday, October 1, 2003, at 9:30 a.m. on Climate Change.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               Committee on Environment and Public Works

  Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet on Wednesday, 
October 1 at 9:30 to conduct a business meeting to consider legislation 
S. 1643, S. 1066, S. 1663, and S. 1669, and the nomination of Michael 
O. Leavitt, to be Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency.
  The meeting will take place in SD 406 (hearing room).
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          Committee on Finance

  Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet in open Executive Session during the 
session on Wednesday, October 1, 2003, at 10 a.m., to consider a 
substitute to S. 1637, the ``Jumpstart Our Business Strength (JOBS) Act 
of 2003.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, October 1, 2003 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a hearing on 
Nominations.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                   committee on governmental affairs

  Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on Wednesday, October 1, 
2003, at 9:30 a.m. for a hearing title ``Deteriorating Buildings and 
Wasted Opportunities: The Need for Federal Property Reform.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on 
Wednesday, October 1, 2003, at 10 a.m. in the Dirksen Senate Office 
Building room 226 on ``The Nomination of Dora L. Irizarry to be United 
States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York.''

     Witness List

  Panel I: The Honorable Charles E. Schumer, United States Senator, D-
NY.
  Panel II: Dora L. Irizarry to be United States District Judge, for 
the Eastern District of New York.
  Panel III: Thomas Z. Hayward, Jr., Chair, Standing Committee on the 
Federal Judiciary, American Bar Association, Pat Hines, Former Chair, 
Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary, American Bar Association.
  Panel IV: James F. Castro-Blanco, Esq., Immediate Past President, 
Puerto Rican Bar Association, Shearman & Sterling, New York City, New 
York, The Honorable Lewis L. Douglass, Justice, New York State Supreme 
Court, Chair, Franklin H. Williams, Commission on Minorities, The 
Honorable Michael L. Pesce, Presiding Justice, Appellate Term, New York 
State Supreme Court.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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