[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Pages 17816-17817]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. CHAMBLISS. 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 September 12, 2006, at 10 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing on ``Examining Treasury's Role in Combating Terrorist 
Financing Five Years After 9/11.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. CHAMBLISS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to 
meet at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 12, 2006, to discuss pending 
nominations.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                 Committee Energy and Natural Resources

  Mr. CHAMBLISS. 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, September, 12 at 10 a.m. The 
purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony relating to the effects 
of the BP pipeline failure in the Prudhoe Bay oil field on U.S. oil 
supply and to examine what steps may be taken to prevent a recurrence 
of such an event.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          Committee on Finance

  Mr. CHAMBLISS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on 
Tuesday, September 12, 2006, at 10 a.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate Office 
Building, to hear testimony on ``Breaking the Methamphetamine Supply 
Chain: Law Enforcement Challenges''.
  THE PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  Mr. CHAMBLISS. Mr. President, I, ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Tuesday, September 12, 2006,

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at 11 a.m. to hold a hearing on nominations.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

  Mr. CHAMBLISS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized 
to meet on Tuesday, September 12, 2006, at 9:30 a.m. for a hearing 
titled, ``Homeland Security: The Next Five Years.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  Mr. CHAMBLISS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing 
on ``The Thompson Memorandum's Effect on the Right to Counsel in 
Corporate Investigations'' on Tuesday, September 12, 2006 at 9:30 a.m. 
in Dirksen Room 226.

     Witness List

  Panel I: The Honorable Paul J. McNulty, Deputy Attorney General, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC,
  Panel II: The Honorable Edwin Meese, Former Attorney General, Ronald 
Reagan Distinguished Fellow in Public Policy, Chairman, Center for 
Legal and Judicial Studies, the Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC; 
Thomas J. Donohue, President and CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 
Washington, DC; Karen J. Mathis, Esq., President, American Bar 
Association, Chicago, IL; Andrew Weissmann, Esq., Partner, Jenner & 
Block LLP, New York, NY; Mark B. Sheppard, Esq., Partner, Sprague & 
Sprague, Philadelphia, PA.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  Mr. CHAMBLISS. 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, September 12, 2006 at 2 p.m. in 
Dirksen Room 226.

     Witness List

  Panel I: The Honorable Rick Santorum, United States Senator, R-PA; 
The Honorable Dianne Feinstein, United States Senator, D-CA; The 
Honorable James M. Inhofe, United States Senator, R-OK; The Honorable 
Tom Coburn, United States Senator, R-OK; The Honorable Saxby Chambliss, 
United States Senator, R-GA; The Honorable Johnny Isakson, United 
States Senator, R-GA.
  Panel II: Nora Barry Fischer to be United States District Judge for 
the Western District of Pennsylvania, Gregory Frizzell to be United 
States District Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma, Lawrence 
Joseph O'Neill to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of California, Lisa Wood to be United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of Georgia.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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