[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Pages 2078-2079]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      Committee on Armed Services

  Mr. KENNEDY. 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 13, 2008, at 9:30 a.m., in open 
session in order to receive testimony on improvements implemented and 
planned by the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans 
Affairs for the care, management, and transition of wounded and ill 
servicemembers.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

  Mr. KENNEDY. 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 February 13, 2008, at 10 a.m., in 
order to conduct a mark up of an original bill entitled ``Industrial 
Bank Holding Company Act of 2008''.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during 
the session of the Senate in order to conduct a hearing on Wednesday, 
February, 13, 2008, at 9:45 a.m., In room SD366 of the Dirksen Senate 
Office Building. At this hearing, the committee will hear testimony 
regarding the President's fiscal year 2009 budget request for the 
Department of the Interior.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          Committee on Finance

  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, February 13, 2008, at 10 a.m. in room 215 of the 
Dirksen Senate Office Building, to hear testimony on ``Selling to 
Seniors: The Need for Accountability and Oversight of Marketing and 
Sales by Medicare Private Plans, Part Two.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  Mr. KENNEDY. 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 13, 2008, at 10 a.m. in order to 
hold a hearing on the President's foreign affairs budget.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  Mr. KENNEDY. 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 13, 2008, at 2:30 p.m. in order to 
hold a committee coffee with His Excellency Salam Fayyad, Prime 
Minister of the Palestinian National Authority.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


        committee on homeland security and governmental affairs

  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized 
to meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, February 13, 
2008, at 10 a.m. in order to conduct a hearing entitled ``The Defense 
Department's Homeland Security Role: How the Military Can and Should 
Contribute.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. KENNEDY. 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 ``Examining the 
State Secrets Privilege: Protecting National Security While Preserving 
Accountability'' on Wednesday, February 13, 2008, at 10 a.m. in room 
SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

     Witness list

  Carl Nichols, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of

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Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC; The Honorable Patricia M. 
Wald, Former Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 
Washington, DC; Louis Fisher, Specialist in Constitutional Law, Law 
Library of the Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Robert M. Chesney, 
Associate Professor, Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston-
Salem, NC; and Michael Vatis, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, New York, 
NY.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent for the Committee 
on Veterans' Affairs to be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, February 13, in order to conduct a hearing on the 
FY 2009 Budget for Veterans Programs. The Committee will meet in room 
418 of the Russell Senate Office Building, at 9:30 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    Select Committee on Intelligence

  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on February 13, 2008, at 2:30 p.m. in order to hold a closed 
business meeting.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Special Committee on Aging

  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Special 
Committee on Aging be authorized to meet on Wednesday, February 13, 
2008 from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in Dirksen 628 for the purpose of 
conducting a hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                 Subcommittee on Children and Families

  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Subcommittee on 
Children and Families, be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate, in order to conduct a hearing on the Family and Medical Leave 
Act on Wednesday, February 13, 2008. The hearing will commence at 3 
p.m. in room 430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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