[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Pages 22786-22787]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


           Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry be authorized to conduct a 
hearing during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, December 6, 2006 
at 9:30 a.m. in SR-328A, Russell Senate Office Building. The purpose of 
this hearing will be to consider the following nominations: Leland A. 
Strom, of Illinois, to be a member of the Farm Credit Administration 
Board; Jill E. Sommers, of Kansas, to be a Commissioner on the 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission; and Mark Everett Keenum, of 
Mississippi, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign 
Agricultural Services and a member of the Board of Directors of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               Committee on Environment and Public Works

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that on Wednesday, 
December 6, 2006, at 9:15 a.m. the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works be authorized to hold a Business Meeting to consider the 
following agenda: Alex Beehler to be Inspector General of the 
Environmental Protection Agency; Eric D. Eberhard to be a Member of the 
Board of Trustees of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in 
National Environmental Poilcy Foundation; Diane Humetewa to be a Member 
of the Board of Trustees of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and 
Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               Committee on Environment and Public Works

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that on December 
6, 2006, at 9:30 a.m. the Committee on Environment and Public Works be 
authorized to hold a hearing on Climate Change and the Media.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on 
Wednesday, December 6, 2006, at 10 a.m. for a hearing titled, 
``Hurricane Katrina: Stopping the Flood of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


         Commitee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on 
Wednesday, December 6, 2006, at 3 p.m. to consider the nomination of 
Paul A. Schneider to be Under Secretary for Management, U.S. Department 
of Homeland Security.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing 
on ``FBI Oversight'' for Wednesday, December 6, 2006 at 9:30 a.m. in 
Dirksen Senate Office Building room 226.

     Witness List

  Panel I: The Honorable Robert S. Mueller III, Director, Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDENT OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Small Business and Entrepreneurship be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate for a hearing entitled, ``The Nomination of 
Jovita Carranza to be Deputy Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration'' on Wednesday, December 6, 2006, beginning at 2:30 p.m. 
in room 428A of the Russell Senate Office Building.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


        Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and 
the Courts be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on ``Oversight of 
the Implementation of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer 
Protection Act'' on Wednesday, December 6, 2006 at 2:30 p.m. in Room 
226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The witness:
  Panel I: Cliff White, Acting Director, Executive Office of the U.S. 
Trustees [EOUST], Washington, DC.
  Panel II: Todd Zywicki, Professor, George Mason University School of 
Law, Washington, DC; Steve Bartlett, President & CEO, Financial 
Services Roundtable, Washington, DC; David Jones, President, 
Association of Independent Consumer Credit Counseling Agencies, 
Poinciana, FL; The Honorable Randall J. Newsome, Chief Judge,

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U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California, Oakland, 
CA; Robert Lawless, Professor, University of Illinois College of Law, 
Champaign, IL; Henry E. Hildebrand, III, Chapter 13 Standing Trustee, 
Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville, TN.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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