[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Page 25705]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

  Mr. DURBIN. 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 26, 2007, at 9:30 a.m., in order to 
conduct a hearing entitled on ``The Role and Impact of Credit Rating 
Agencies on the Subprime Credit Markets.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to hold a hearing during 
the session of the Senate on Wednesday, September 26, 2007, at 10 a.m. 
in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on S.1543, a bill 
to establish a national geothermal initiative to encourage increased 
production of energy from geothermal resources by creating a program of 
geothermal research, development, demonstration and commercial 
application to support the achievement of a national geothermal energy 
goal.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               Committee on Environment and Public Works

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Wednesday, September 26, 2007 at 9:30 a.m. in 
room 406 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in order to conduct a 
hearing entitled, ``An Examination of the Impacts of Global Warming on 
the Chesapeake Bay.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          Committee on Finance

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Wednesday, September 26, 2007, at 10 a.m., in room SD-215 of the 
Dirksen Senate Office Building, to hear testimony on the ``Offshore Tax 
Issues: Reinsurance and Hedge Funds''.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on 
Wednesday, September 26, 2007, at 10 a.m. for a business meeting to 
consider pending committee business.

                                 Agenda

     Nomination

  The Honorable Julie L. Myers to be Assistant Secretary, U.S. 
Department of Homeland Security.

     Postal Naming Bills

  H.R. 2654, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 202 South Dumont Avenue in Woonsocket, South Dakota, 
as the ``Eleanor McGovern Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 2467, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 69 Montgomery Street in Jersey City, New Jersey, as 
the ``Frank J. Guarini Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 2587, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 555 South 3rd Street Lobby in Memphis, Tennessee, as 
the ``Kenneth T. Whalum, Sr. Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 2778, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 3 Quaker Ridge Road in New Rochelle, New York, as 
the ``Robert Merrill Postal Station'';
  H.R. 2825, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 326 South Main Street in Princeton, Illinois, as the 
``Owen Lovejoy Princeton Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 3052, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 954 Wheeling Avenue in Cambridge, Ohio, as the 
``John Herschel Glenn Jr. Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 3106/S. 2023, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 805 Main Street in Ferdinand, Indiana, as the 
``Staff Sergeant David L. Nord Post Office'';
  H.R. 2765, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 44 North Main Street in Hughesville, Pennsylvania, 
as the ``Master Sergeant Sean Michael Thomas Post Office''.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet in order to conduct an 
Executive Nomination hearing on Wednesday, September 26, 2007 at 2:30 
p.m. in the Dirksen Senate Office Building room 226.

     Witness list:

  Michael J. Sullivan to be Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 
Firearms and Explosives
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                 committee on rules and administration

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Rules and Administration be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Wednesday, September 26, 2007, at 10 a.m. to conduct an 
executive business meeting to consider on the Nomination of Robert C. 
Tapella of Virginia, to be Public Printer, Government Printing Office; 
and the nominations of Steven T. Walther of Nevada, David M. Mason of 
Virginia, Robert D. Lenhard of Maryland, and Hans von Spakovsky of 
Georgia to be members of the Federal Election Commission.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            committee on small business and entrepreneurship

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Small Business and Entrepreneurship be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate in order to conduct a hearing entitled 
``Improving Internet Access to Help Small Business Compete in a Global 
Economy,'' on Wednesday, September 26, 2007, beginning at 10 a.m., in 
room 428A of the Russell Senate Office Building.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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