[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 5919]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   AUTHORITIES FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. COCHRAN. 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 April 25, 2006, at 10 a.m. to 
conduct a hearing on ``A Review of Current Securities Issues.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on 
Tuesday, April 25, 2006, at 10:30 a.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate Office 
Building, to hear testimony on ``The Social and Economic Effects of the 
Methamphetamine Epidemic on America's Child Welfare System''.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing 
on ``Immigration: Economic Impacts'' on Tuesday, April 25, 2006, at 
9:30 a.m. in Room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  Panel I: Richard B. Freeman, Professor of Economics, Harvard 
University, Program Director of Labor Studies, National Bureau of 
Economic Research, Cambridge, MA; Dan Siciliano, Executive Director, 
Program in Law, Economics and Business, Stanford Law School, Stanford, 
CA; Barry R. Chiswick, Professor of Economics, University of Illinois 
at Chicago, Chicago, IL; Harry J. Holzer, Professor of Public Policy, 
Georgetown University, Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. COCHRAN. 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, April 25, 2006, at 2:15 p.m., 
in Room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  Panel I: The Honorable Frank Lautenberg, United States Senator, D-NJ; 
The Honorable Robert Menendez, United States Senator, R-NJ; The 
Honorable Barbara Boxer, United States Senator, D-CA; The Honorable 
Gordan Smith, United States Senator, R-OR.
  Panel II: Milan D. Smith, Jr. to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Ninth Circuit.
  Panel III: Renee Marie Bumb to be United States District Judge for 
the District of New Jersey; Noel Lawrence Hillman to be United States 
District Judge for the District of New Jersey; Peter G. Sheridan to be 
United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey; and Susan 
Davis Wigenton to be United States District Judge for the District of 
New Jersey.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


 subcommittee on federal financial management, government information 
                       and international security

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, 
and International Security be authorized to meet on Tuesday, April 25, 
2006, at 2:30 p.m., for a field hearing regarding ``North Korea: 
Illicit Activity Funding the Regime.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                   subcommittee on science and space

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Science and Space be authorized to meet on Tuesday, 
April 25, 2006, at 2:30 p.m., on NASA.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

                          ____________________