Ensuring the Continuity of the United States Government: A Proposed Constitutional Amendment to Guarantee a Functioning Congress
Full Committee Hearing

Full Committee
Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2004
Time: 09:30 AM
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Agenda

NOTICE OF COMMITTEE AND SUBCOMMITTEE

HEARING - TIME CHANGES 9:30 a.m. & 11:15 a.m.


The hearing scheduled by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on "Ensuring the Continuity of the United States Government: A Proposed Constitutional Amendment to Guarantee a Functioning Congress," will take place on Tuesday, January 27, 2004, at 9:30 a.m. in Room 226 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building, rather than the previously scheduled time of 10:00 a.m.

Immediately following the Full Committee hearing, the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security will hold a hearing on "Covering the Waterfront - A Review of Seaport Security since September 11, 2001" at approximately 11:15 a.m., rather than the previously scheduled time of 2:30 p.m., in Room 226 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building.

Member Statements

  1. Senator Orrin G. Hatch (R - UT)
  2. Senator John Cornyn (R - TX)
  3. Senator Patrick Leahy (D - VT)

Witnesses

Panel I

  1. The Honorable Alan K. Simpson
    Co-Chairman, Continuity of Government Commission
    Former United States Senator [R-WY]
  2. Professor Howard M. Wasserman
    Assistant Professor of Law
    Florida International University College of Law
    Miami , FL
  3. Professor Sanford V. Levinson
    W. St. John Garwood and W. St. John Garwood, Jr. Centennial Chair in Law and
    Professor of Government, University of Texas Law School
    Austin , TX