[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Pages 1454-1455]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      Committee on Armed Services

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the committee 
on armed services be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, February 6, 2008, at 9:30 a.m. in open session to 
receive testimony on the defense authorization request for fiscal year 
2009, the Future Years Defense Program, and the fiscal year 2009 
request for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Wednesday, February 6, 2008, at 10 a.m., in 
room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in order to conduct a 
hearing. At this hearing, the Committee will hear testimony regarding 
Department of Energy's budget for fiscal year 2009.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on environment and public works

  Mr. DURBIN. 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 Wednesday, February 6, 2008 at 10 a.m. in room 
406 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in order to hold a hearing 
entitled, ``Perectives on the Surface Transportation Commission 
Report.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on environment and public works

  Mr. DURBIN. 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 Wednesday, February 6, 2008 in room 410 of the 
Dirksen Senate Office Building at 10:05 a.m. in order to hold a 
business meeting to consider the following item: S. 2146, a bill to 
authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
accept, as part of a settlement, diesel emission reduction Supplemental 
Environmental Projects, and for other purposes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Wednesday, February 6, 2008, at 10 a.m., in room 215 of the Dirksen 
Senate Office Building, in order to hear testimony on ``The President's 
Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Proposal.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, February 6, 2008, at 9:30 a.m. in order to hold a 
hearing on denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, February 6, 2008, at 1 p.m. in order to hold a 
nomination hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, February 6, 2008, at 3 p.m. in order hold a 
briefing on Sudan.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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