[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 681]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


           Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

  Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry be authorized to meet 
during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, January 14, 2009, at 10 
a.m. in room G50 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to consider the 
nomination of Gov. Thomas J. Vilsack, of Iowa, to be Secretary of 
Agriculture.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

  Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to 
hold a hearing during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, January 
14, 2009, 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 Environment and Public Works

  Ms. MIKULSKI. 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, January 14, 2009, at 10 a.m. in 
room 406 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to hold a hearing on the 
nominations of Lisa P. Jackson to be Administrator of the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency and Nancy Helen Sutley to be Chairman 
of the Council on Environmental Quality.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

  Ms. MIKULSKI. 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, January 14, 
2009, at 2 p.m. to consider the nomination of Peter R. Orszag to be 
Director, Office of Management and Budget.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

  Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Wednesday, January 14, 2009, at 10 a.m. to conduct a 
hearing on the nomination of General Eric Shinseki to be Secretary of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs. The committee will meet in room 106 
of the Dirksen Senate Office Building beginning at 10 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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