[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 21]
[Senate]
[Page 29133]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                          committee on finance

  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, November 1, 2007, at 10 a.m., in room 215 of the 
Dirksen Senate Office Building, in order to consider pending 
nominations.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          committee on health, education, Labor, and pensions

  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to 
meet during the Session of the Senate in order to conduct a hearing on 
the nominations of Gregory Jacob, of New Jersey, to be Solicitor of 
Labor for the U.S. Department of Labor, and the nomination of Howard 
Radzely, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of Labor for the U.S. 
Department of Labor. The hearing will commence on Thursday, November 1, 
2007, at 10 a.m. in room 430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      committee on indian affairs

  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Thursday, November 1, 2007, at 9:30 a.m. in room 628 of 
the Dirksen Senate Office Building in order to conduct an oversight 
hearing on the Impact of the Flood Control Act of 1944 on Indian Tribes 
along the Missouri River.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate in order to conduct an Executive Business Meeting on 
Thursday, November 1,2007, at 10 a.m. in room SD-226 of the Dirksen 
Senate Office Building.

                                 Agenda

  I. Bills: S. 1946, Public Corruption Prosecution Improvements Act 
(Leahy, Cornyn, Sessions); S. 2168, Identity Theft Enforcement and 
Restitution Act (Leahy, Specter, Durbin, Grassley); and S. 352, 
Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2007 (Grassley, Schumer, Leahy, 
Specter, Graham, Feingold, Cornyn, Durbin).
  II. Nominations: John Daniel Tinder, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Seventh Circuit and Julie L. Myers, of Kansas, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on November 1, 2007 at 2:30 p.m. in order to hold a closed 
hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


 subcommittee on federal financial management, government information, 
              federal services, and international security

  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Governmental Affairs' Subcommittee on Federal Financial 
Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International 
Security be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Thursday, November 1, 2007, at 2 p.m. in order to conduct a hearing 
entitled ``Small Business Administration: Is the 7(a) Program Achieving 
Measurable Outcomes?''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


subcommittee on private sector and consumer solutions to global warming 
                        and wildlife protection

  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Environment and Public Works, Subcommittee on Private 
Sector and Consumer Solutions to Global Warming and Wildlife 
Protection, be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Thursday, November 1, 2007, at 9 a.m. in room 406 of the Dirksen Senate 
Office Building in order to hold a business meeting to consider the 
America's Climate Security Act of 2007, S. 2191.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. REID. I note the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. SANDERS). Without objection, it is so 
ordered.

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