[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 23]
[Senate]
[Pages 32014-32015]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


   Subcommittee on State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness and 
                              Integration

  Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Ad Hoc 
Subcommittee on State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness and 
Integration of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Tuesday, December 4, 2007, at 2:30 p.m. in order to conduct a hearing 
entitled, ``The New Madrid Seismic Zone: Whose Fault Is It Anyway?''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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           Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation

  Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to 
meet during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, December 4, 2007, at 
2:30 p.m., in room 253 of the Russell Senate Office Building, for the 
purposes of conducting a hearing.

     Agenda

  S. 1581, Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 
2007; S. 2307, Global Change Research Improvement Act of 2007; S. 2355, 
Climate Change Adaptation Act of 2007; S. 2332, Media Ownership Act of 
2007; Nominations for Promotion in U.S. Coast Guard (PN 1039 and PN 
1055); and Nominations for Promotion in the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration Commission Corps (PN 1014).
  THE PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

  Mr. SALAZAR. 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 
entitled ``Developing a Comprehensive Response to Food Safety'' on 
Tuesday, December 4, 2007, at 10:30 a.m. in SD-430.
  THE PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  Mr. SALAZAR. 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 a hearing entitled ``Electronic 
Prescribing of Controlled Substances: Addressing Health Care and Law 
Enforcement Priorities'' on Tuesday, December 4, 2007, at 10 a.m. in 
room SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

     Witness List

  Panel I: Joseph T. Rannazzisi, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Drug 
Enforcement Administration, Office of Diversion Control, Alexandria, VA 
and Tony Trenkle, Director, Office of E-Health Standards and Services, 
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD;
  Panel II: Laura Adams, President and CEO, Rhode Island Quality 
Institute, Providence, RI; Kevin Hutchinson, CEO, Sure Scripts, 
Alexandria, VA; David Miller, Chief Security Officer, Covisint, 
Detroit, MI; and Mike A. Podgurski, R.Ph., Vice President, Pharmacy 
Services, Rite Aid Corporation, Camp Hill, PA.
  THE PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations

  Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Tuesday, December 4, 2007, at 9:30 a.m., in 
order to conduct a hearing entitled, ``Credit Card Practices: Unfair 
Interest Rate Increases.''
  THE PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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