[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 10494]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      committee on armed services

  Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Thursday, May 22, 2008, at 9:30 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mrs. MURRAY. 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 May 22, 2008, at 10 a.m., to 
conduct a Nomination Hearing.
  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 Thursday, May 22, 2008, at 10 a.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate 
Office Building.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on Foreign Relations

  Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Thursday, May 22, 2008, at 9:30 a.m., to hold a 
hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


        committee on homeland security and governmental affairs

  Mrs. MURRAY. 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 Thursday May 22, 2008 at 
11:30 to conduct a mark up to consider the nomination of Paul Schneider 
to be Deputy Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      committee on indian affairs

  Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Thursday, May 22, at 9:30 a.m. in room 562 of the Dirksen 
Senate Office Building to conduct a hearing entitled ``Follow Up on the 
Status of Backlogs at the Department of the Interior.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate, to conduct an executive business meeting on Thursday, May 22, 
at 10 a.m. in room SD-226 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 Senate 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate, to conduct a hearing entitled ``Closing the Justice Gap: 
Providing Civil Legal Assistance to Low-Income Americans'' on Thursday, 
May 22, 2008, at 2 p.m., in room SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate Office 
Building.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


    subcommittee on oversight of government management, the federal 
                workforce, and the district of columbia

  Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs' Subcommittee 
on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the 
District of Columbia be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, May 22, 2008, at 2:30 p.m., to conduct a hearing 
entitled, ``Security Clearance Reform: The Way Forward.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       special committee on aging

  Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Special 
Committee on Aging be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, May 22, 2008 from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., in Hart 
216 for the purpose of conducting a hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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