[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2202]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      committee on armed services

  Mrs. FISCHER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on February 25, 2016, at 9:30 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          committee on health, education, labor, and pensions

  Mrs. FISCHER. 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 on February 25, 2016, at 2 p.m., 
in room SD-430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to conduct a 
hearing entitled ``Nomination of Dr. John King to serve as Secretary of 
Education.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


        committee on homeland security and governmental affairs

  Mrs. FISCHER. 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 February 25, 2016, at 10 
a.m., to conduct a hearing entitled ``Connecting Patients to New and 
Potential Life Saving Treatments.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            committee on small business and entrepreneurship

  Mrs. FISCHER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship be authorized to meet 
during the session of the Senate on February 25, 2016, at 10 a.m., in 
room 428A of the Russell Senate Office Building to conduct a hearing 
entitled, ``An Examination of Changes to the U.S. Patent System and 
Impacts on America's Small Businesses.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mrs. FISCHER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on February 25, 2016 at 2 p.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


         subcommittee on immigration and the national interest

  Mrs. FISCHER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration and the 
National Interest be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on February 25, 2016, at 2:30 p.m., in room SD-226 of the 
Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``The 
Impact of High-Skilled Immigration on U.S. Workers?''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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