[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 11647]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to 
hold a business meeting during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, 
May 8, 2007, at 10 a.m., in room 253 of the Russell Senate Office 
Building. The purpose of this meeting will be to consider and approve 
S. 357, the Ten-in-Ten Fuel Economy Act of 2007.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the Session of the 
Senate on Finance will meet on Tuesday, May 8, 2007, at 10 a.m., in 215 
Dirksen Senate Office Building, to hear testimony on ``The Medicare 
Prescription Drug Benefit: Review and Oversight.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          committee on health, education, labor, and pensions

  Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to 
hold a hearing on the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, May 8, 2007 
at 10 a.m. in room 628 of the Dirksen Senate office building.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing 
on ``Will REAL ID Actually Make Us Safer? An Examination of Privacy and 
Civil Liberties Concerns'' for Tuesday, May 8, 2007 at 10 a.m. in 
Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 226.
  Allen Gilbert, Executive Director, The American Civil Liberties Union 
of Vermont, Montpelier, VT; Jim Harper, Director, Information Policy 
Studies, CATO Institute, Washington, DC; Dr. James Carafano, Assistant 
Director, Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International 
Studies, Senior Research Fellow, Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for 
Foreign Policy Studies, Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC; Bruce 
Schneier, Founder and Chief Technology Officer, BT Counterpane, 
Minneapolis, MN; and Janice Kephart, President, 9/11 Security 
Solutions, LLC, Alexandria, VA.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on May 8, 2007 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a closed hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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