[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 27]
[Senate]
[Page 36418]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. WYDEN. 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 Wednesday, December 19, 2007, at 10 a.m., 
in room 253 of the Russell Senate Office Building, for the purpose of 
conducting a hearing.
  The primary focus of the hearing will be on the Federal Motor Carrier 
Safety Administration's, FMCSA, interim final rule, IFR, governing 
truck driver HOS. This IFR is in response to a July 2007 U.S. Court of 
Appeals decision vacating key aspects of the FMCSA's 2005 HOS rule. The 
Subcommittee will receive testimony on the IFR and related truck driver 
fatigue and truck safety matters from the FMCSA, truck safety advocates 
and the motor carrier industry. Subcommittee Chairman Frank R. 
Lautenberg will preside.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, December 19, 2007, at 9:30 a.m. in order to hold a 
nomination hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, December 19, 2007, at 11 a.m. hold a briefing on 
Kosovo.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. WYDEN. 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 ``Executive 
Nominations'' on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at 10 a.m. in room SD-226 
of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

     Witness list

  Mark R. Filip, of Illinois, to be Deputy Attorney General, Department 
of Justice.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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