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21 October 2007
Congressional Hearings - Oct 29, 2007
10/27/2007 10:10 Filed in: weekly schedules
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The big hearings for the week are Tuesday's House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Civil Rights division of the DOJ with John Tanner, and Wednesday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on FISA. Here's my selected short list:
Monday, 4 pm - Senate Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
To hold hearings on simmering tensions with Russia before parliamentary and presidential elections.
Tuesday, 10 am - House Judiciary
Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties
Oversight Hearing on the Voting Section of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. DOJ
Witness: John Tanner
Tuesday, 10 am - House Oversight and Government Reform
Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs
Hearing on Iran: Reality, Options, and Consequences. Part 1 — Iranian People and Attitudes
Tuesday, 12 pm - House Judiciary
Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law
Hearing on Straightening Out the Mortgage Mess: How Can We Protect Home Ownership and Provide Relief to Consumers in Financial Distress? – Part II
Wednesday, 10 am - Senate Environment and Public Works
To hold hearings to examine the licensing process for the Yucca Mountain Repository.
Wednesday, 10 am - Senate Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) amendments, focusing on ways to protect Americans' security and privacy while preserving the rule of law and government accountability.
Witnesses: Kenneth L. Wainstein, Edward Black, Patrick F. Philbin, Morton H. Halperin
*** Wednesday, 2 pm - House Foreign Affairs
Activities of the Department of State’s Office of the Inspector General
Witness: David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, U.S. Government Accountability Office
[note: Krongard investigation?]
*** Wednesday, 10 am - House Ways and Means
Full Committee. Markup of H.R. 3688 - United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act.
Thursday, 11:30 am - House Budget
Counting the Change: Accounting for the Fiscal Impacts of Controlling Carbon Emissions
Friday, 10 am - House Financial Services
Progress in Administration and Other Efforts to Coordinate and Enhance Mortgage Foreclosure Prevention
Please click the link for more details and to see the full list, including hearings on Access to Federal Contracts, Evaluating the Labor Department in New Orleans, role of local law enforcement in countering violent Islamist extremism, drug-resistant tuberculosis, Stabilization and Reconstruction Operations, Preserving and Expanding Minority Banks, Postal Rates, Retirement Plan Fees , Safe Drinking Water, meat industry, Insurance Regulatory Reform, Gene Patents, Water-Use Efficiency and Conservation, Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action, Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, DTV Transition, Exemptions in Health and Environmental Protections in Oil and Gas Development ,National Nanotechnology Initiative , Rising Costs of a College Education, FDA Foreign Drug Inspection Program, Medicaid, Free Trade Agreements, Veterans Affairs Construction Process, Federal and State Health IT, the law of the sea, Aviation Safety, Combating Modern Slavery, mental health care in the Gulf Coast, National Marine Sanctuaries, and many more Read More...
The big hearings for the week are Tuesday's House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Civil Rights division of the DOJ with John Tanner, and Wednesday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on FISA. Here's my selected short list:
Monday, 4 pm - Senate Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
To hold hearings on simmering tensions with Russia before parliamentary and presidential elections.
Tuesday, 10 am - House Judiciary
Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties
Oversight Hearing on the Voting Section of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. DOJ
Witness: John Tanner
Tuesday, 10 am - House Oversight and Government Reform
Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs
Hearing on Iran: Reality, Options, and Consequences. Part 1 — Iranian People and Attitudes
Tuesday, 12 pm - House Judiciary
Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law
Hearing on Straightening Out the Mortgage Mess: How Can We Protect Home Ownership and Provide Relief to Consumers in Financial Distress? – Part II
Wednesday, 10 am - Senate Environment and Public Works
To hold hearings to examine the licensing process for the Yucca Mountain Repository.
Wednesday, 10 am - Senate Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) amendments, focusing on ways to protect Americans' security and privacy while preserving the rule of law and government accountability.
Witnesses: Kenneth L. Wainstein, Edward Black, Patrick F. Philbin, Morton H. Halperin
*** Wednesday, 2 pm - House Foreign Affairs
Activities of the Department of State’s Office of the Inspector General
Witness: David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, U.S. Government Accountability Office
[note: Krongard investigation?]
*** Wednesday, 10 am - House Ways and Means
Full Committee. Markup of H.R. 3688 - United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act.
Thursday, 11:30 am - House Budget
Counting the Change: Accounting for the Fiscal Impacts of Controlling Carbon Emissions
Friday, 10 am - House Financial Services
Progress in Administration and Other Efforts to Coordinate and Enhance Mortgage Foreclosure Prevention
Please click the link for more details and to see the full list, including hearings on Access to Federal Contracts, Evaluating the Labor Department in New Orleans, role of local law enforcement in countering violent Islamist extremism, drug-resistant tuberculosis, Stabilization and Reconstruction Operations, Preserving and Expanding Minority Banks, Postal Rates, Retirement Plan Fees , Safe Drinking Water, meat industry, Insurance Regulatory Reform, Gene Patents, Water-Use Efficiency and Conservation, Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action, Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, DTV Transition, Exemptions in Health and Environmental Protections in Oil and Gas Development ,National Nanotechnology Initiative , Rising Costs of a College Education, FDA Foreign Drug Inspection Program, Medicaid, Free Trade Agreements, Veterans Affairs Construction Process, Federal and State Health IT, the law of the sea, Aviation Safety, Combating Modern Slavery, mental health care in the Gulf Coast, National Marine Sanctuaries, and many more Read More...
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Congressional Hearings - Oct 22, 2007
10/21/2007 08:20 Filed in: weekly schedules
will update as needed
(***). please leave a comment with
corrections and additions. thx.
The big hearings for the week are Tuesday's HJC hearing on selective prosecution (Seigelman) and Rice's testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday and the House Oversight and Government Reform committee on Thursday. Here's my selected short list:
Tuesday, 10 am - House Judiciary
Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security
Hearing on Allegations of Selective Prosecution: The Erosion of Public Confidence in Our Federal Justice System
Tuesday, 10 am - Senate Environment and Public Works
To hold hearings to examine the human impacts of global warming.
Tuesday, 1 pm - House Judiciary
Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security
Hearing on Genocide and the Rule of Law
Tuesday, 2 pm - House Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia
Oversight Hearing: Iran Sanctions and Regional Security
Tuesday, 2 pm - House Oversight and Government Reform
Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives
Hearing on Cybersecurity: A Review of Public and Private Sector Efforts to Secure our Nation's Internet Infrastructure
Wednesday, 9:30 am - House Foreign Affairs
Oversight Hearing: U.S. Policy in the Middle East
Witness: Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State
Wednesday, 10 am - House Budget
The Growing Costs of the Iraq War
Wednesday, 10 am - House Financial Services
Legislative Proposals on Reforming Mortgage Practices
Wednesday, 10 am - Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
To hold hearings to examine ways to build an effective terrorist screening system.
*** Thursday, 10 am - House Oversight and Government Reform
Hearing with Secretary Rice on Iraq
Please click the link for more details and to see the full list, including hearings on the future of radio, Uranium Mining on the Navajo Nation, energy employees occupational illness compensation program (cold war heros), bioterrorism, GAO’s report on the Status of NOAA’s geostationary weather satellite program, highway bridge Inspections, FBI strategic plan, air force strategic initiatives, nominations, hidden 401K fees, aviation and the environment, commodity futures trading commission, university research in the patent system, global fight against HIV/AIDS, international accounting standards, bank practices (CRA), several global warming related hearings, investment needs for surface transportation, agriculture disaster conditions, home health care, extractive industries, railroad safety, veterans employment services, sweatshop conditions in the toy industry in China, drunk driving programs, arbitration fairness, U.S. security assistance to Mexico, safeguarding of federal funds, North Korea six party talks, and many more Read More...
The big hearings for the week are Tuesday's HJC hearing on selective prosecution (Seigelman) and Rice's testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday and the House Oversight and Government Reform committee on Thursday. Here's my selected short list:
Tuesday, 10 am - House Judiciary
Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security
Hearing on Allegations of Selective Prosecution: The Erosion of Public Confidence in Our Federal Justice System
Tuesday, 10 am - Senate Environment and Public Works
To hold hearings to examine the human impacts of global warming.
Tuesday, 1 pm - House Judiciary
Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security
Hearing on Genocide and the Rule of Law
Tuesday, 2 pm - House Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia
Oversight Hearing: Iran Sanctions and Regional Security
Tuesday, 2 pm - House Oversight and Government Reform
Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives
Hearing on Cybersecurity: A Review of Public and Private Sector Efforts to Secure our Nation's Internet Infrastructure
Wednesday, 9:30 am - House Foreign Affairs
Oversight Hearing: U.S. Policy in the Middle East
Witness: Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State
Wednesday, 10 am - House Budget
The Growing Costs of the Iraq War
Wednesday, 10 am - House Financial Services
Legislative Proposals on Reforming Mortgage Practices
Wednesday, 10 am - Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
To hold hearings to examine ways to build an effective terrorist screening system.
*** Thursday, 10 am - House Oversight and Government Reform
Hearing with Secretary Rice on Iraq
Please click the link for more details and to see the full list, including hearings on the future of radio, Uranium Mining on the Navajo Nation, energy employees occupational illness compensation program (cold war heros), bioterrorism, GAO’s report on the Status of NOAA’s geostationary weather satellite program, highway bridge Inspections, FBI strategic plan, air force strategic initiatives, nominations, hidden 401K fees, aviation and the environment, commodity futures trading commission, university research in the patent system, global fight against HIV/AIDS, international accounting standards, bank practices (CRA), several global warming related hearings, investment needs for surface transportation, agriculture disaster conditions, home health care, extractive industries, railroad safety, veterans employment services, sweatshop conditions in the toy industry in China, drunk driving programs, arbitration fairness, U.S. security assistance to Mexico, safeguarding of federal funds, North Korea six party talks, and many more Read More...
