[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 13526]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      Committee on Armed Services

  Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on September 13, 2011, at 9:30 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

  Mr. LEAHY. 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 September 13, 2011, at 10 a.m. to conduct a 
hearing entitled ``Housing Finance Reform: Should There Be a Government 
Guarantee?''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on September 13, 2011, at 2:15 p.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet during 
the session of the Senate to conduct a hearing entitled ``Is Poverty a 
Death Sentence?'' on September 13, 2011, at 10 a.m., in room 430 of the 
Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Afffairs

  Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Afffairs be authorized to meet 
during the session of the Senate on September 13, 2011, at 10 a.m. to 
conduct a hearing entitled ``Ten Years After 9/11: Are We Safer?''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate 
on September 13, 2011, at 10 a.m., in room SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate 
Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``Civil Rights Division 
Oversight.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    Select Committee on Intelligence

  Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on September 13, 2011, at 9:30 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


       Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth

  Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth of the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on September 13, 2011, at 2 p.m., in room 215 of the Dirksen 
Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``The Role of Tax 
Reform in Comprehensive Deficit Reduction and U.S. Fiscal Policy.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


    Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal 
                Workforce, and the District of Columbia

  Mr. LEAHY. 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 September 13, 2011, at 2:30 p.m. to conduct a hearing 
entitled, ``Agro-Defense: Responding to Threats Against America's 
Agriculture and Food System.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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