27450 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE, Vol. 153, Pt. 20 October 17, 2007 Transportation be authorized to hold a mittee on Environment and Public HONORING VICE PRESIDENT AL- hearing during the session of the Sen- Works, Subcommittee on Superfund BERT GORE, JR., AND THE ate on Wednesday, October 17, 2007, at and Environmental Health, be author- INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL 2:30 p.m., in room 253 of the Russell ized to meet during the session of the ON Senate Office Building. Senate on Wednesday, October 17, 2007, Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- At this hearing, the Committee will at 9:30 a.m. in room 406 of the Dirksen imous consent that the Senate proceed explore the status of the digital tele- Senate Office Building in order to hold to S. Res. 349. vision transition including consumer a hearing entitled, ‘‘Oversight Hearing The PRESIDING OFFICER. The education efforts, the operation and on the Federal Superfund Program’s clerk will report the resolution by implementation of the National Tele- Activities to Protect Public Health.’’ title. communications and Information Ad- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The assistant legislative clerk read ministration converter box program, objection, it is so ordered. as follows: and other issues related to a smooth A resolution (S. Res. 349) honoring Vice and effective transition from analog to f President Albert Gore, Jr., and the Intergov- digital television. ernmental Panel on Climate Change for re- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR ceiving the 2007 , in rec- objection, it is so ordered. Mr. HARKIN. I ask unanimous con- ognition of their efforts to promote under- COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS sent that Alexander Torres and Young- standing of the threats posed by global warming. Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask Min Cho of my staff be granted the unanimous consent that the Com- privileges of the floor for the duration There being no objection, the Senate mittee on Foreign Relations be author- of today’s session. proceeded to consider the resolution. ized to meet during the session of the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- Senate on Wednesday, October 17, 2007, objection, it is so ordered. imous consent that the resolution be at 2:30 p.m. to hold a nomination hear- Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I ask agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, ing. unanimous consent that Leigh Ann the motions to reconsider be laid upon The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Ross be given the privilege of the floor the table en bloc, and any statements objection, it is so ordered. during consideration of the Labor-HHS relating to this matter be printed in COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND bill. the RECORD. GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask objection, it is so ordered. objection, it is so ordered. unanimous consent that the Com- The resolution (S. Res. 349 was Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, on be- mittee on Homeland Security and Gov- agreed to. ernmental Affairs be authorized to half of Senator BINGAMAN, I ask unani- The preamble was agreed to. meet during the session of the Senate mous consent that Jeffry Phan, a fel- The resolution, with its preamble, on Wednesday, October 17, 2007, at 10 low in his office, be granted the privi- reads as follows: leges of the floor for the pendency of a.m. in order to conduct a hearing enti- S. RES. 349 tled ‘‘Is DHS Too Dependent on Con- H.R. 3043. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Whereas the Norwegian Nobel Committee tractors to Do the Government’s selected Vice President Albert Arnold (Al) Work?’’ objection, it is so ordered. Gore, Jr., and the Intergovernmental Panel The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without on Climate Change (IPCC) as Nobel Peace objection, it is so ordered. f Prize Laureates for 2007, acknowledging COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY them ‘‘for their efforts to build up and dis- SUPPORTING NATIONAL IDIO- seminate greater knowledge about man- Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask PATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS unanimous consent that the Senate made climate change, and to lay the founda- AWARENESS WEEK tions for the measures that are needed to Committee on the Judiciary be author- Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- counteract such change’’; ized during the session of the Senate in Whereas the Nobel Committee found that order to meet to conduct a hearing on imous consent that the Senate proceed Vice President Gore ‘‘became aware at an the nomination of Michael B. Mukasey to H. Con. Res. 182, which was received early stage of the climatic challenges the to be Attorney General of the United from the House. world is facing’’, and that his ‘‘strong com- States, on Wednesday, October 17, 2007, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The mitment . . . has strengthened the struggle at 10 a.m. in the Hart Senate Office clerk will report the concurrent resolu- against climate change’’; Building room 216. tion by title. Whereas the IPCC, according to the Nobel The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The assistant legislative clerk read Committee, is composed of thousands of sci- objection, it is so ordered. as follows: entists and officials from more than 100 countries, has sponsored research and sci- COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS A concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 182) entific collaboration over the last 2 decades Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask recognizing the need to pursue research into and ‘‘has created an ever-broader informed unanimous consent for the Committee the causes, a treatment, and an eventual consensus about the connection between on Veterans’ Affairs to be authorized cure for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, sup- human activities and global warming’’; and to meet during the session of the Sen- porting the goals and ideals of National Idio- Whereas the Nobel Committee stated that ate on Wednesday, October 17, 2007, in pathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Week, Vice President Gore ‘‘is probably the single and for other purposes. order to conduct an oversight hearing individual who has done most to create on VA and DOD collaboration, the There being no objection, the Senate greater worldwide understanding of the measures that need to be adopted’’ to com- hearing will focus on the report of the proceeded to consider the concurrent resolution. bat global warming, Now, therefore, be it President’s Commission on Care For Resolved, That the Senate honors Vice America’s Returning Wounded War- Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- President Albert Arnold Gore, Jr., and the riors, the report of the Veterans Dis- imous consent that the preamble be Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ability Benefit Commission and other agreed to, the resolution be agreed to, for receiving the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, in related reports. the motions to reconsider be laid upon recognition of their longstanding efforts to The Committee will meet in 562 Dirk- the table, and that any statements re- promote understanding of the threats posed sen Senate Office Building, at 9:30 a.m. lating to this matter be printed in the by global warming. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without RECORD. Mr. REID. Mr. President, I am so objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without pleased to rise in support of this reso- SUBCOMMITTEE ON SUPERFUND AND objection, it is so ordered. lution. It has now passed, and it is very ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH The concurrent resolution (H. Con. important that it has. It is to honor Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask Res. 182) was agreed to. our former colleague, the Vice Presi- unanimous consent that the Com- The preamble was agreed to. dent of the United States, .

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