[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Pages 12636-12637]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Wednesday, May 16, 2007, at 9:30 a.m. to mark 
up an original bill entitled Foreign Investment and National Security 
Act of 2007; an original bill to make technical corrections to title 
III of SAFETEA-LU; H.R. 1675, Preservation Approval Process Improvement 
Act of 2007; H.R. 1676, Native American Home Ownership Opportunity Act 
of 2007; S. 254, a bill to award posthumously a Congressional Gold 
Medal to Constantino Brumidi; an original bill entitled the 
International Emergency Economic Powers Enforcement Act of 2007; and to 
vote on the nominations of Mr. David George Nason, of Rhode Island, to 
be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Institutions; Mr. 
Mario Mancuso, of New York, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Export Administration; Mr. Michael W. Tankersley, of Texas, to be 
Inspector General of the Export-Import Bank of the United States; Mr. 
Robert M. Couch, of Alabama, to be General Counsel of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development; Ms. Janis Herschkowitz, of Pennsylvania, 
to be a member of the board of directors of the National Consumer 
Cooperative Bank; Mr. David George Nason, of Rhode Island, to be a 
member of the board of directors of the National Consumer Cooperative 
Bank; and Dr. Nguyen Van Hanh, of California, to be a member of the 
board of directors of the National Consumer Cooperative Bank.


           Committee on commerce, Science, and Transportation

  Mrs. BOXER. 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 Wednesday, May 16, 
2007, at 2:30 p.m., in room 253 of the Russell Senate Office Building. 
The purpose of this meeting will be to consider and approve S. 1300, S. 
694, the nomination of David James Gribbin, IV, to be General Counsel 
of the United States Department of Transportation, and nominations for 
promotion in the United States Coast Guard.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

  Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Wednesday, May 16, 2007, at 10 a.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate Office 
Building, to hear testimony on ``U.S. Preference Programs: How well do 
they work?''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

  Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to conduct a hearing entitled, 
``Rogue Online Pharmacies: The Growing Problem of Internet Drug 
Trafficking'' on Wednesday, May 16, 2007 at 10 a.m. in Dirksen Senate 
Office Building Room 226.
  Witness list: Francine H. Haight, Founder of Ryan's Cause, Laguna 
Niguel, CA; Joseph T. Rannazzisi, Deputy Assistant Administrator, 
Office of Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement Administration, 
Arlington, VA; Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Chairman and President, 
National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia 
University, Former Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, New 
York, NY; Philip B. Heymann, James Barr Ames Professor of Law, Harvard 
Law School, Former Deputy U.S. Attorney General,

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Cambridge, MA; Thomas McClellan, Ph.D., Executive Director, Treatment 
Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            committee on small business and entrepreneurship

  Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Small Business and Entrepreneurship be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate for a markup of S. 1256 ``Small Business Lending 
Reauthorization and Improvements Act of 2007'' on Wednesday, May 16, 
2007, beginning at 2 p.m. in room 428A of the Russell Senate Office 
Building.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on veterans' affairs

  Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Veterans' Affairs be auhorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, May 16, 2007, to hold a hearing on the nomination 
of Dr. Michael J. Kussman to be Under Secretary for Health of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs. The hearing will take place in room 562 
of the Dirksen Senate Office Building beginning at 10 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                        joint economic committee

  Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Joint 
Economic Committee be authorized to conduct a hearing entitled, ``Are 
the Explosive Costs of Elder Care Hurting Family Finances and Business 
Competition?, in room 216 of the Hart Senate Office Building, 
Wednesday, May 16, 2007, from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       special committee on aging

  Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Special 
Committee on Aging be authorized to meet on Wednesday, May 16, 2007, 
from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Dirksen 106 for the purpose of 
conducting a hearing regarding Medicare Advantage, Marketing, and 
Sales.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


              SUBCOMMITTEE ON CLEAN AIR AND NUCLEAR SAFETY

  Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety be authorized to meet 
during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, May 16, 2007, at 10 a.m. 
in room 406 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

     Agenda

  ``The State of Mercury Regulation, Science, and Technology.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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