[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Pages 5364-5365]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      Committee on Armed Services

  Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Tuesday, April 8, 2008, at 9:30 a.m., in open session to 
receive testimony on the situation in Iraq and progress made by the 
Government of Iraq in meeting benchmarks and achieving reconciliation.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet during 
the session of the Senate on Tuesday, April 8, 2008, at 10 a.m., in 
room 253 of the Russell Senate Office Building.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet during 
the session of the Senate on Tuesday, April 8, 2008, at 2:30 p.m., in 
room 253 of the Russell Senate Office Building.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 10 a.m., in room 215 of the Dirksen Senate 
Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``S. 970, the Iran 
Counter-Proliferation Act of 2007.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Tuesday, April 8, 2008, at 9:30 a.m., to hold a nomination 
hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Tuesday, April 8, 2008, at 2:30 p.m., to hold a hearing on 
Iraq.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate, on April 8, 2008, at 2:30 p.m. to hold a closed hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    subcommittee on the constitution

  Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, be 
authorized to meet during the session of

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the Senate, to conduct a hearing entitled ``The adequacy of 
Representation in Capital Cases'' on Tuesday, April 8, 2008, at 10:15 
a.m., in room SF-226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

     Witness List

  Michael Greco, Former President of the American Bar Association, 
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis, Boston, MA; Bryan 
Stevenson, Executive Director, Equal Justice Initiative, Clinical 
Professor Law, New York University School of Law, Montgomery, AL; The 
Honorable Carolyn Engel Temin, Senior Judge, Court of Common Pleas of 
the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Donald 
Verrilli, Partner, Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                        Subcommittee on seapower

  Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Seapower of the Committee on Armed Services be 
authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, April 
8, 2008, at 2:30 p.m., in open session to receive testimony on Navy 
force structure requirements and programs to meet those requirements in 
review of the Defense authorization request for fiscal year 2009 and 
the future years defense program.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    Subcommittee on water and power

  Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Water and Power be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate to conduct a hearing on Tuesday, April 8, 2008, 
at 2:30 p.m., in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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