[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 523]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      Committee on Armed Services

  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on January 28, 2004, at 11:00 a.m., in open session to receive 
testimony on efforts to determine the status of Iraqi weapons of mass 
destruction and related programs.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      Committee on Armed Services

  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on January 28, 2004, at 4:00 p.m., in open session to consider 
the following Nominations: Francis J. Harvey to be Assistant Secretary 
of Defense for Networks and Information Integration; Lawrence, T. 
Dirita to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs; and 
William A. Chatfield to be Director of Selective Service.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President: I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on 
Wednesday, January 28, 2004, at 9:30 am on NASA'S Future Space Mission, 
in SR. 253.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, January 28, 2003 at 10:30 a.m. to hold a hearing 
on Pakistan & India: Steps Toward Rapprochement.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on health, education, labor and pensions

  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet for a 
hearing on What's Driving Health Care Costs and the Uninsured? during 
the session of the Senate on Wednesday, January 28, 2004 at 10:30 a.m. 
in SD-430.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the Judiciary

  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on 
Wednesday, January 28, 2004, at 10:00 a.m. on ``Judicial Nominations,'' 
in the Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 226.

     Witness List

  Panel I: Senators.
  Panel II: Franklin S. Van Antwerpen to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Third Circuit.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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