[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 17280]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            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 December 18, 2012, at 9:30 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing entitled ``Computerized Trading Venues: What Should 
the Rules of the Road Be?''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

  Mrs. MURRAY. 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 December 18, 2012.
  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 December 18, 2012.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    Select Committee on Intelligence

  Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on December 18, 2012, at 2:30 p.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. President, I see the Senator from Alaska is ready 
to speak. I have been asked to do some wrapup items, if she would 
indulge us.

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