[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Pages 3273-3274]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      committee on armed services

  Mr. WEBB. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Tuesday, February 6, 2007, at 9:30 a.m., in open session to 
receive testimony on the fiscal year 2008 budget request and the fiscal 
years 2007 and 2008 war supplemental requests in review of the defense 
authorization request for fiscal year 2008 and the future years defense 
program.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on environment and public works

  Mr. WEBB. 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 Tuesday, February 6, 2007.
  The agenda to be considered: Oversight of Recent EPA Decisions.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. WEBB. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on Tuesday, 
February 6, 2007, at 2:45 p.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building, 
to hear testimony on ``The President's Fiscal Year 2008 Budget 
Proposal.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. WEBB. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Tuesday, February 6, 2007, at 10 a.m. to hold a hearing on 
Somalia.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. WEBB. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on 
``Preserving Prosecutorial Independence: Is the Department of Justice 
Politicizing the Hiring and Firing of U.S. Attorneys?'' for Tuesday, 
February 6, 2007 at 9:30 a.m. in Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 
226.
  Witness List: The Honorable Mark Pryor, United States Senator [D, 
AR]; The Honorable Paul J. McNulty, Deputy Attorney General, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC; Mary Jo White, Partner, 
Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP, New York, NY; Laurie L. Levenson, Professor 
of Law, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, CA; Stuart M. Gerson, Partner, 
Epstein Becker & Green, Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. WEBB. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on 
``Judicial Nominations'' for Tuesday, February 6, 2007 at 2:30 p.m. in 
Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 226.

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  Witness List: John Preston Bailey to be U.S. District Judge for the 
Northern District of West Virginia; Otis D. Wright II to be U.S. 
District Judge for the Central District of California; George H. Wu to 
be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. WEBB. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on February 6, 2007 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a closed hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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