[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 1422]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      NOTICES OF HEARINGS/MEETINGS


                PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS

  Mr. COLEMAN. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that the Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations Minnesota field hearing, ``Volatility in 
the Natural Gas Market: The Impact of High Natural Gas Prices on 
American Consumers,'' originally scheduled for this Friday, February 
10th has been rescheduled for Monday, February 13, 2006. The 
Subcommittee field hearings will examine the natural gas market and 
allegations that price and supply manipulation have caused increasingly 
high and volatile natural gas prices. The Subcommittee intends to hold 
this hearing to examine the impact higher prices have on the economy, 
business, and families, and the government's role in ensuring that 
natural gas prices are determined in a competitive and informed 
marketplace.
  The Subcommittee hearing has been scheduled for Monday, February 13, 
2006, at 8:30 a.m. at the James J. Hill Reference Library at 80 West 
4th Street in St. Paul, Minnesota. For further information, please 
contact Raymond V. Shepherd, III, Staff Director and Chief Counsel to 
the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.


               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that a hearing has been 
scheduled before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  The hearing will be held on Thursday, February 16, 2006 at 10 a.m., 
in Room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony regarding S. 2253, 
to require the Secretary of the Interior to offer certain areas of the 
181 Area of the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas leasing.
  Because of the limited time available for the hearing, witnesses may 
testify by invitation only. However, those wishing to submit written 
testimony for the hearing record should send two copies of their 
testimony to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United 
States Senate, Washington, DC 20510-6150.
  For further information, please contact Frank Macchiarola or Shannon 
Ewan.


                     Subcommittee on National Parks

  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. President, the Subcommittee on National Parks of the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources has previously announced a 
hearing to be held on Thursday, February 16, 2006, at 2:30 p.m. in room 
SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC. In 
addition to the bills previously listed, the following joint resolution 
will be included.
  S.J. Res. 28, a joint resolution approving the location of the 
commemorative work in the District of Columbia honoring former 
President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
  Because of the limited time available for the hearing, witnesses may 
testify by invitation only. However, those wishing to submit written 
testimony for the hearing record should send two copies of their 
testimony to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United 
States Senate, SD-364 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 
20510-6150.
  For further information, please contact Tom Lillie or David 
Szymanski.


                Subcommittee on Public Lands and forests

  Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that a hearing has been 
scheduled before the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests of the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  The hearing will be held on Wednesday, March 1st at 2:30 p.m. in room 
SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  The purpose of the hearing is to review the role of the Forest 
Service and other Federal agencies in protecting the health and welfare 
of foreign guest workers carrying out tree planting and other service 
contracts on National Forest System lands, and to consider related 
Forest Service guidance and contract modifications issued in recent 
weeks.
  Because of the limited time available for the hearing, witnesses may 
testify by invitation only. However, those wishing to submit written 
testimony for the hearing record should send two copies of their 
testimony to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United 
States Senate, Washington, DC 20510-6150.
  For further information, please contact Frank Gladics or Sara Zecher.

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