[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 21]
[Senate]
[Page 28261]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   AUTHORITIES FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


               committee on environment and public works

  Mr. GREGG. Mr. President. I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Environment and Public Works be authorized to hold a hearing on 
Wednesday, December 14 regarding EPA's Spill Prevention Control and 
Countermeasure program, specifically the issues addressed by proposed 
rule and guidance document issued Friday, December 2.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet in open Executive Session during the 
session on Wednesday, December 14, 2005, 11 a.m., to consider the 
nominations of Antonio Fratto, to be Assistant Secretary of the 
Treasury for Public Affairs, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 
Washington, DC; David M. Spooner, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce 
for Import Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC; 
Vincent J. Ventimiglia, Jr., to be Assistant Secretary of Health and 
Human Services for Legislation, U.S. Department of Health and Human 
Services, Washington, DC; Richard T. Crowder, to be Chief Agricultural 
Negotiator, Office of the United States Trade Representative, 
Washington, DC; Jeffrey Robert Brown, to be Member of Social Security 
Advisory Board, Social Security Administration, Baltimore, MD; and 
David Steele Bohigian, Assistant Secretary of Commerce, Market Access 
and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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