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weekly schedules
Congressional Hearings - June 16, 2008
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********** Here's the complete list (I think!) of hearings for the week:
Monday, June 16, 2008
9:30 am - House Financial Services
Joseph E. Cole Center for Continuing Education, Cleveland State University, 3100 Chester Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. The Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity will hold a field hearing entitled, "Foreclosure Problems and Solutions: Federal, State, and Local Efforts to Address the Foreclosure Crisis in Ohio"
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
9:30 am - Senate Armed Services
To hold hearings to examine the origins of aggressive interrogation techniques, focusing on Part I of the Committee's inquiry into the treatment of detainees in U.S. custody
Panel 1
Mr. Richard L. Shiffrin, Former Deputy General Counsel for Intelligence, DoD
Lieutenant Colonel Daniel J. Baumgartner, Jr., USAF (Ret.), Former Chief of Staff, Joint Personnel Recovery Agency
Dr. Jerald F. Ogrisseg, Former Chief, Psychology Services, 336th Training Group, USAF Survival School
Panel 2
Mr. Alberto J. Mora, Former General Counsel, US Navy
Rear Admiral Jane G. Dalton, USN (Ret.), Former Legal Advisor to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lieutenant Colonel Diane E. Beaver, USA (Ret.), Former Staff Judge Advocate, Joint Task Force 170/JTF, Guantanamo Bay
Panel 3
Mr. William J. Haynes II, Former General Counsel, DoD
10 am - Senate Energy and Natural Resources
To hold hearings to examine the challenges and regional solutions to developing transmission for renewable electricity resources
10 am - Senate Finance
Crisis in the Future: Long Run Deficits and Debt
10 am - Senate Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine protecting consumers by protecting intellectual property.
10:30 am - Joint Senate Appropriations/Senate Agriculture
To hold joint hearings to examine the role, responsibilities, and resource needs of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on oversight of futures and derivatives markets in energy and agriculture, with particular focus on the oversight of energy markets and oil futures contracts.
Witnesses:
Panel 1
The Honorable Walter Lukken, Acting Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Panel 2
Mark Cooper, Director of Research, Consumer Federation of America
Terrence Duffy, Executive Chairman, CME Group
James C. May, President and Chief Executive Officer, Air Transport Association
Dr. James E. Newsome, CEO and President, New York Mercantile Exchange
Charles A. Vice, President and Chief Operating Officer, Intercontinental Exchange
2 pm - House Judiciary
Hearing on Ensuring Legal Redress for American Victims of State-Sponsored Terrorism
2:15 pm - Senate Foreign Relations
International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs and International Environmental Protection Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine international disaster assistance, focusing on policy options.
2:30 pm - Senate Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine ways to respond to the growing need for federal judgeships, focusing on "The Federal Judgeship Act of 2008”.
2:30 pm - Senate Energy and Natural Resources
National Parks Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine S. 1774, to designate the John Krebs Wilderness in the State of California, to add certain land to the Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park Wilderness, S. 2255, to amend the National Trails System Act to provide for studies of the Chisholm Trail and Great Western Trail to determine whether to add the trails to the National Trails System, S. 2359, to establish the St. Augustine 450th Commemoration Commission, S. 2943, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail, S. 3017, to designate the Beaver Basin Wilderness at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in the State of Michigan, S. 3010, to reauthorize the Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program, S. 3045, to establish the Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Forest Heritage Area in the State of Alaska, H.R. 1143, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease certain lands in Virgin Islands National Park, and S. 3096, to amend the National Cave and Karst Research Institute Act of 1998 to authorize appropriations for the National Cave and Karst Research Institute.
3 pm - Senate Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
To hold hearings to examine combating sexual exploitation of children, focusing on strengthening international law enforcement cooperation.
4 pm - House Appropriations
Subcommittee Markup – Financial Services
5 pm - House Rules
H.R. 5781 – Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2008
H.R. 5876 – Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2008
5:30 pm - House Appropriations
Subcommittee Markup – Energy & Water
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
9:30 am - Senate Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine pending nominations.
9:30 am - House Energy Independence and Global Warming
Select Committee Looks to Smart Planning as Response to Fuel Costs, Global Warming
10 am - House Oversight and Government Affairs
Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs
Oversight of U.S. Efforts to Train and Equip Police and Enhance the Justice System in Afghanistan
10 am - House Natural Resources
Joint Subcommittee Oversight Hearing on "Paying to Play: Implementation of Fee Authority on Federal Lands"
10 am - House Financial Services
The Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing entitled, "The 15th Replenishment of the International Development Association (IDA) and the 11th Replenishment of the African Development Fund (AfDF)"
10 am - House Appropriations
Full Committee Consideration – Subcommittee Allocations/302(b)s
Full Committee Markup – Homeland Security and Interior & the Environment
10 am - House Education and Labor
arkup on "H.R. 3195, ADA Restoration Act of 2007," "H.R. 2343, Education Begins at Home Act," and "H.R. 3036, No Child Left Inside Act of 2007"
10 am - Senate Appropriations
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science
Markup hearing
*** postponed 10 am - Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
To hold hearings to examine privacy implications of online advertising.
10 am - Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
To hold hearings to examine protecting personal information, focusing on steps the federal government has in place.
10 am - Senate Finance
Open Executive Session to consider the "Iran Sanctions Act of 2008” and pending nominations
10 am - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Congestion Management in the New York Airspace
10 am - Senate Rules and Administration To hold hearings to examine improving energy efficiency, focusing on increasing the use of renewable sources of energy, and reducing the carbon footprint of the Capitol complex.
10 am - House Foreign Affairs
Oversight Hearing: The Caucasus: Frozen Conflicts and Closed Border
10 am - House Small Business
Subcommittee on Finance and Tax Hearing on "S-Corps: Recommended Reforms that Promote Parity, Growth and Development for Small Business"
10:15 am - House Foreign Affairs
Markup of: H. Res. 937, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the emergency communications services provided by the American Red Cross are vital resources for military service members and their families
H. Res. 1008, Condemning the persecution of Baha'is in Iran; and
H. Con. Res. 361, Commemorating Irena Sendler, a woman whose bravery saved the lives of thousands during the Holocaust and remembering her legacy of courage, selflessness, and hope
10:15 am - House Judiciary
Markup of: H.R. 3195, the “ADA Restoration Act of 2007”; and H.R. 3546, a bill to authorize he Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program at fiscal year 2006 levels through 2012
10:30 am - Senate Aging and Senate Judiciary
Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights Subcommittee
To hold joint hearings to examine S. 2838, to amend chapter 1 of title 9 of United States Code with respect to arbitration.
10:30 am - House Ways and Means
Markup of: H.R. ____, the “Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2008”
11 am - Senate Appropriations
Subcommittee on Homeland Security
Markup hearing
1 pm - House Transportation and Infrastructure
The Federal Protective Service: An Agency in Need of Rebuilding
2 pm - House Judiciary
Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties
Hearing on: From the Department of Justice to Guantanamo Bay: Administration Lawyers and Administration Interrogation Rules, Part II
2 pm - Senate Energy and Natural Resources
To hold hearings to examine the preparedness of federal land management agencies for the 2008 wildfire season.
2 pm - Senate Energy and Natural Resources
To hold hearings to examine the preparedness of federal land management agencies for the 2008 wildfire
season.
2 pm - House Administration
Subcommittee on Capitol Security Hearing on “United States Capitol Police Radio Upgrades”
2 pm - House Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans: Oversight Hearing on the Reauthorization of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act
Thursday, June 19, 2008
9 am - House Appropriations
Subcommittee Markup – Labor, Health, & Education
9:30 am - House Education and Labor
Higher Education, Lifelong Learning and Competitiveness Subcommittee
Joint Hearing with the Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight on "Restoring America’s Leadership Through Scholarships for Undergraduates from Developing Countries: The Uniting Students in America (USA) Proposal"
9:30 am - Senate Indian Affairs
Business meeting to consider pending calendar legislation; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine an original bill to address law and order in Indian country.
9:30 am - House Energy and Commerce
Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality Hearing
Legislative Proposals to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions: An Overview
9:30 am - House Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight
Joint Oversight Hearing: Restoring America’s Leadership through Scholarships for Undergraduates from Developing Countries: The Uniting Students in America (USA) Proposal
9:30 am - House Oversight and Government Affairs
Examining Grantmaking Practices at the Department of Justice
10 am - House Intelligence
Full Committee Evetn - Human Rights First Briefing
10 am - House Ways and Means
Subcommittee on Oversight
Hearing on Economic Stimulus Payments
10 am - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Moving Mississippi Forward: Ongoing Progress and Remaining Problems
10 am - House Small Business
Full Committee Hearing on "Small Business Exports in the Current Economic Climate"
10 am - House Science and Technology
An Insecure Forecast for Continuity of Climate and Weather Data: The NPOESS Weather Satellite Program
10 am - House Natural Resources
Full Committee Oversight Hearing on the Utah Navajo Trust Fund
10 am - House Judiciary
Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law
Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property
Joint Hearing on H.R. 4854, the "False Claims Act Correction Act"
10 am - House Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade
Oversight Hearing: Genetics and other Human Modification Technologies: Sensible International Regulation or a New Kind of Arms Race
10 am - House Financial Services
The Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing entitled, "Affordable Housing Preservation and Protection of Tenants"
10 am - House Energy and Commerce
Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection Hearing
Breeding, Drugs, and Breakdowns: The State of Thoroughbred Horseracing and the Welfare of the Thoroughbred Racehorse
10 am - Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Employment and Workplace Safety Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine the efficacy of the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act (MINER)(Public Law 109-236), focusing on a two year review.
10 am - Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine cruise ship safety, focusing on potential steps for keeping Americans safe at sea.
10:30 am - House Education and Labor
Hearing on "Hidden Tragedy: Underreporting of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses"
12 pm - House Appropriations
Subcommittee Markup – Agriculture
1 pm - House Veterans' Affairs
Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity
Legislative Hearing on H.R. 2721, H.R. 3786, H.R. 6070, H.R. 4255, H.R. 6221, H.R. 6224, H.R. 6225, and H.R. 6272
2 pm - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Federal Maritime Commission Management and Regulation of International Shipping
2 pm - Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine management challenges facing the Federal Protective Service, focusing on a recent report from the Government Accountability Office.
2 pm - Senate Appropriations
Full Committee Markup
2:15 pm - Senate Foreign Relations To hold hearings to examine pending nominations.
2:30 pm - House Appropriations
Full Committee Markup – Military Construction & Veterans Affairs and Commerce, Justice, & Science
2:30 pm - Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Securities, Insurance and Investment Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine risk management, focusing on its implications for systemic risk.
Friday, June 20, 2008
9 am - House Appropriations
Subcommittee Markup – Transportation & Housing
10 am - House Oversight and Government Affairs
Business Meeting
*** 9:30 am - House Judiciary
Hearing on Revelations by Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan
10 am - House Financial Services
The Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity will hold a hearing entitled, "H.R. 5772, the Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2008"
10 am - Senate Homeland Security and Government Oversight
To hold a public hearing to consider the nomination of: Elaine C. Duke to be Under Secretary for Management, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
11 am - House Appropriations
Subcommittee Markup – Legislative Branch
Monday, June 23, 2008
9 am - Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Preparing for the Workforce Transition at Kennedy Space Center
11 am - House Energy and Commerce
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Hearing
Energy Speculation: Is Greater Regulation Necessary to Stop Price Manipulation? – Part II
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
House Appropriations
Full Committee Markup – Energy & Water
House Appropriations
Full Committee Markup – Financial Services
9:30 am - House Agriculture
Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry — Public Hearing.
RE: To review advances in animal health within the livestock industry.
10 am - House Natural Resources
Subcommittee On Water And Power: Oversight Hearing on "The Silent Invasion: Finding Solutions To Minimize The Impacts Of Invasive Quagga Mussels On Water Rates, Water Infrastructure And The Environment."
10 am - House Budget
The SAFE Commission Act (H.R. 3654) and the Long-Term Fiscal Challenge
10 am - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Connecting Communities: The Role of the Surface Transportation Network in Moving People and Feight
10:30 am - Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
To hold hearings to examine climate change impacts on the transportation sector.
10:30 am - Senate Judiciary
Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law From Nuremberg to Darfur: Accountability for Crimes Against Humanity
2 pm - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Comprehensive Watershed Management Planning
2 pm - House Veterans' Affairs
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
VA/DoD Cooperation in Reintegration of National Guard and Reserves
2:30 pm - Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
9:30 am - Senate Judiciary
Constitution Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine laptop searches and other violations of privacy faced by Americans returning from overseas travel.
House Appropriations
Full Committee Markup – Labor, Health, & Education
House Appropriations
Full Committee Markup – Agriculture
2 pm - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Implementation of the Pipeline Inspection, Protection, Enforcement and Safety Act of 2006
Thursday, June 26, 2008
House Appropriations
Full Committee Markup – Transportation & Housing
House Appropriations
Full Committee Markup – Legislative Branch
9:30 am - Senate Veterans' Affairs
Business meeting to markup pending calendar business.
1 pm - House Veterans' Affairs
Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity
Markup of Pending Legislation
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
tba - House Oversight and Government Reform
Hearing on FEMA's Toxic Trailers
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
9:30 am - Senate Veterans' Affairs
Hearing - Review of Veterans' Disability Compensation: Undue Delay in Claims Processing
Thursday, July 10, 2008
2 pm - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Coast Guard Ice Breaking
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
House Appropriations
Subcommittee Markup – Defense
House Appropriations
Subcommittee Markup – State & Foreign Operations
Monday, July 21, 2008
9:30 am - Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Subcommittee on National Parks FIELD hearing: to receive testimony regarding the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory of all species within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Asheville, North Carolina)
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
House Appropriations
Full Committee Markup – Defense and State & Foreign Operations
9:30 am - Senate Veterans' Affairs
Oversight hearing: VA's Response to the Needs of Returning Guard and Reserve Members
********** Here's the complete list (I think!) of hearings for the week:
Monday, June 16, 2008
9:30 am - House Financial Services
Joseph E. Cole Center for Continuing Education, Cleveland State University, 3100 Chester Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. The Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity will hold a field hearing entitled, "Foreclosure Problems and Solutions: Federal, State, and Local Efforts to Address the Foreclosure Crisis in Ohio"
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
9:30 am - Senate Armed Services
To hold hearings to examine the origins of aggressive interrogation techniques, focusing on Part I of the Committee's inquiry into the treatment of detainees in U.S. custody
Panel 1
Mr. Richard L. Shiffrin, Former Deputy General Counsel for Intelligence, DoD
Lieutenant Colonel Daniel J. Baumgartner, Jr., USAF (Ret.), Former Chief of Staff, Joint Personnel Recovery Agency
Dr. Jerald F. Ogrisseg, Former Chief, Psychology Services, 336th Training Group, USAF Survival School
Panel 2
Mr. Alberto J. Mora, Former General Counsel, US Navy
Rear Admiral Jane G. Dalton, USN (Ret.), Former Legal Advisor to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lieutenant Colonel Diane E. Beaver, USA (Ret.), Former Staff Judge Advocate, Joint Task Force 170/JTF, Guantanamo Bay
Panel 3
Mr. William J. Haynes II, Former General Counsel, DoD
10 am - Senate Energy and Natural Resources
To hold hearings to examine the challenges and regional solutions to developing transmission for renewable electricity resources
10 am - Senate Finance
Crisis in the Future: Long Run Deficits and Debt
10 am - Senate Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine protecting consumers by protecting intellectual property.
10:30 am - Joint Senate Appropriations/Senate Agriculture
To hold joint hearings to examine the role, responsibilities, and resource needs of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on oversight of futures and derivatives markets in energy and agriculture, with particular focus on the oversight of energy markets and oil futures contracts.
Witnesses:
Panel 1
The Honorable Walter Lukken, Acting Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Panel 2
Mark Cooper, Director of Research, Consumer Federation of America
Terrence Duffy, Executive Chairman, CME Group
James C. May, President and Chief Executive Officer, Air Transport Association
Dr. James E. Newsome, CEO and President, New York Mercantile Exchange
Charles A. Vice, President and Chief Operating Officer, Intercontinental Exchange
2 pm - House Judiciary
Hearing on Ensuring Legal Redress for American Victims of State-Sponsored Terrorism
2:15 pm - Senate Foreign Relations
International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs and International Environmental Protection Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine international disaster assistance, focusing on policy options.
2:30 pm - Senate Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine ways to respond to the growing need for federal judgeships, focusing on "The Federal Judgeship Act of 2008”.
2:30 pm - Senate Energy and Natural Resources
National Parks Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine S. 1774, to designate the John Krebs Wilderness in the State of California, to add certain land to the Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park Wilderness, S. 2255, to amend the National Trails System Act to provide for studies of the Chisholm Trail and Great Western Trail to determine whether to add the trails to the National Trails System, S. 2359, to establish the St. Augustine 450th Commemoration Commission, S. 2943, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail, S. 3017, to designate the Beaver Basin Wilderness at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in the State of Michigan, S. 3010, to reauthorize the Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program, S. 3045, to establish the Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Forest Heritage Area in the State of Alaska, H.R. 1143, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease certain lands in Virgin Islands National Park, and S. 3096, to amend the National Cave and Karst Research Institute Act of 1998 to authorize appropriations for the National Cave and Karst Research Institute.
3 pm - Senate Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
To hold hearings to examine combating sexual exploitation of children, focusing on strengthening international law enforcement cooperation.
4 pm - House Appropriations
Subcommittee Markup – Financial Services
5 pm - House Rules
H.R. 5781 – Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2008
H.R. 5876 – Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2008
5:30 pm - House Appropriations
Subcommittee Markup – Energy & Water
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
9:30 am - Senate Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine pending nominations.
9:30 am - House Energy Independence and Global Warming
Select Committee Looks to Smart Planning as Response to Fuel Costs, Global Warming
10 am - House Oversight and Government Affairs
Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs
Oversight of U.S. Efforts to Train and Equip Police and Enhance the Justice System in Afghanistan
10 am - House Natural Resources
Joint Subcommittee Oversight Hearing on "Paying to Play: Implementation of Fee Authority on Federal Lands"
10 am - House Financial Services
The Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing entitled, "The 15th Replenishment of the International Development Association (IDA) and the 11th Replenishment of the African Development Fund (AfDF)"
10 am - House Appropriations
Full Committee Consideration – Subcommittee Allocations/302(b)s
Full Committee Markup – Homeland Security and Interior & the Environment
10 am - House Education and Labor
arkup on "H.R. 3195, ADA Restoration Act of 2007," "H.R. 2343, Education Begins at Home Act," and "H.R. 3036, No Child Left Inside Act of 2007"
10 am - Senate Appropriations
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science
Markup hearing
*** postponed 10 am - Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
To hold hearings to examine privacy implications of online advertising.
10 am - Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
To hold hearings to examine protecting personal information, focusing on steps the federal government has in place.
10 am - Senate Finance
Open Executive Session to consider the "Iran Sanctions Act of 2008” and pending nominations
10 am - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Congestion Management in the New York Airspace
10 am - Senate Rules and Administration To hold hearings to examine improving energy efficiency, focusing on increasing the use of renewable sources of energy, and reducing the carbon footprint of the Capitol complex.
10 am - House Foreign Affairs
Oversight Hearing: The Caucasus: Frozen Conflicts and Closed Border
10 am - House Small Business
Subcommittee on Finance and Tax Hearing on "S-Corps: Recommended Reforms that Promote Parity, Growth and Development for Small Business"
10:15 am - House Foreign Affairs
Markup of: H. Res. 937, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the emergency communications services provided by the American Red Cross are vital resources for military service members and their families
H. Res. 1008, Condemning the persecution of Baha'is in Iran; and
H. Con. Res. 361, Commemorating Irena Sendler, a woman whose bravery saved the lives of thousands during the Holocaust and remembering her legacy of courage, selflessness, and hope
10:15 am - House Judiciary
Markup of: H.R. 3195, the “ADA Restoration Act of 2007”; and H.R. 3546, a bill to authorize he Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program at fiscal year 2006 levels through 2012
10:30 am - Senate Aging and Senate Judiciary
Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights Subcommittee
To hold joint hearings to examine S. 2838, to amend chapter 1 of title 9 of United States Code with respect to arbitration.
10:30 am - House Ways and Means
Markup of: H.R. ____, the “Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2008”
11 am - Senate Appropriations
Subcommittee on Homeland Security
Markup hearing
1 pm - House Transportation and Infrastructure
The Federal Protective Service: An Agency in Need of Rebuilding
2 pm - House Judiciary
Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties
Hearing on: From the Department of Justice to Guantanamo Bay: Administration Lawyers and Administration Interrogation Rules, Part II
2 pm - Senate Energy and Natural Resources
To hold hearings to examine the preparedness of federal land management agencies for the 2008 wildfire season.
2 pm - Senate Energy and Natural Resources
To hold hearings to examine the preparedness of federal land management agencies for the 2008 wildfire
season.
2 pm - House Administration
Subcommittee on Capitol Security Hearing on “United States Capitol Police Radio Upgrades”
2 pm - House Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans: Oversight Hearing on the Reauthorization of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act
Thursday, June 19, 2008
9 am - House Appropriations
Subcommittee Markup – Labor, Health, & Education
9:30 am - House Education and Labor
Higher Education, Lifelong Learning and Competitiveness Subcommittee
Joint Hearing with the Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight on "Restoring America’s Leadership Through Scholarships for Undergraduates from Developing Countries: The Uniting Students in America (USA) Proposal"
9:30 am - Senate Indian Affairs
Business meeting to consider pending calendar legislation; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine an original bill to address law and order in Indian country.
9:30 am - House Energy and Commerce
Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality Hearing
Legislative Proposals to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions: An Overview
9:30 am - House Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight
Joint Oversight Hearing: Restoring America’s Leadership through Scholarships for Undergraduates from Developing Countries: The Uniting Students in America (USA) Proposal
9:30 am - House Oversight and Government Affairs
Examining Grantmaking Practices at the Department of Justice
10 am - House Intelligence
Full Committee Evetn - Human Rights First Briefing
10 am - House Ways and Means
Subcommittee on Oversight
Hearing on Economic Stimulus Payments
10 am - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Moving Mississippi Forward: Ongoing Progress and Remaining Problems
10 am - House Small Business
Full Committee Hearing on "Small Business Exports in the Current Economic Climate"
10 am - House Science and Technology
An Insecure Forecast for Continuity of Climate and Weather Data: The NPOESS Weather Satellite Program
10 am - House Natural Resources
Full Committee Oversight Hearing on the Utah Navajo Trust Fund
10 am - House Judiciary
Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law
Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property
Joint Hearing on H.R. 4854, the "False Claims Act Correction Act"
10 am - House Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade
Oversight Hearing: Genetics and other Human Modification Technologies: Sensible International Regulation or a New Kind of Arms Race
10 am - House Financial Services
The Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing entitled, "Affordable Housing Preservation and Protection of Tenants"
10 am - House Energy and Commerce
Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection Hearing
Breeding, Drugs, and Breakdowns: The State of Thoroughbred Horseracing and the Welfare of the Thoroughbred Racehorse
10 am - Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Employment and Workplace Safety Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine the efficacy of the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act (MINER)(Public Law 109-236), focusing on a two year review.
10 am - Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine cruise ship safety, focusing on potential steps for keeping Americans safe at sea.
10:30 am - House Education and Labor
Hearing on "Hidden Tragedy: Underreporting of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses"
12 pm - House Appropriations
Subcommittee Markup – Agriculture
1 pm - House Veterans' Affairs
Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity
Legislative Hearing on H.R. 2721, H.R. 3786, H.R. 6070, H.R. 4255, H.R. 6221, H.R. 6224, H.R. 6225, and H.R. 6272
2 pm - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Federal Maritime Commission Management and Regulation of International Shipping
2 pm - Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine management challenges facing the Federal Protective Service, focusing on a recent report from the Government Accountability Office.
2 pm - Senate Appropriations
Full Committee Markup
2:15 pm - Senate Foreign Relations To hold hearings to examine pending nominations.
2:30 pm - House Appropriations
Full Committee Markup – Military Construction & Veterans Affairs and Commerce, Justice, & Science
2:30 pm - Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Securities, Insurance and Investment Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine risk management, focusing on its implications for systemic risk.
Friday, June 20, 2008
9 am - House Appropriations
Subcommittee Markup – Transportation & Housing
10 am - House Oversight and Government Affairs
Business Meeting
*** 9:30 am - House Judiciary
Hearing on Revelations by Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan
10 am - House Financial Services
The Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity will hold a hearing entitled, "H.R. 5772, the Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2008"
10 am - Senate Homeland Security and Government Oversight
To hold a public hearing to consider the nomination of: Elaine C. Duke to be Under Secretary for Management, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
11 am - House Appropriations
Subcommittee Markup – Legislative Branch
Monday, June 23, 2008
9 am - Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Preparing for the Workforce Transition at Kennedy Space Center
11 am - House Energy and Commerce
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Hearing
Energy Speculation: Is Greater Regulation Necessary to Stop Price Manipulation? – Part II
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
House Appropriations
Full Committee Markup – Energy & Water
House Appropriations
Full Committee Markup – Financial Services
9:30 am - House Agriculture
Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry — Public Hearing.
RE: To review advances in animal health within the livestock industry.
10 am - House Natural Resources
Subcommittee On Water And Power: Oversight Hearing on "The Silent Invasion: Finding Solutions To Minimize The Impacts Of Invasive Quagga Mussels On Water Rates, Water Infrastructure And The Environment."
10 am - House Budget
The SAFE Commission Act (H.R. 3654) and the Long-Term Fiscal Challenge
10 am - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Connecting Communities: The Role of the Surface Transportation Network in Moving People and Feight
10:30 am - Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
To hold hearings to examine climate change impacts on the transportation sector.
10:30 am - Senate Judiciary
Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law From Nuremberg to Darfur: Accountability for Crimes Against Humanity
2 pm - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Comprehensive Watershed Management Planning
2 pm - House Veterans' Affairs
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
VA/DoD Cooperation in Reintegration of National Guard and Reserves
2:30 pm - Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
9:30 am - Senate Judiciary
Constitution Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine laptop searches and other violations of privacy faced by Americans returning from overseas travel.
House Appropriations
Full Committee Markup – Labor, Health, & Education
House Appropriations
Full Committee Markup – Agriculture
2 pm - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Implementation of the Pipeline Inspection, Protection, Enforcement and Safety Act of 2006
Thursday, June 26, 2008
House Appropriations
Full Committee Markup – Transportation & Housing
House Appropriations
Full Committee Markup – Legislative Branch
9:30 am - Senate Veterans' Affairs
Business meeting to markup pending calendar business.
1 pm - House Veterans' Affairs
Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity
Markup of Pending Legislation
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
tba - House Oversight and Government Reform
Hearing on FEMA's Toxic Trailers
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
9:30 am - Senate Veterans' Affairs
Hearing - Review of Veterans' Disability Compensation: Undue Delay in Claims Processing
Thursday, July 10, 2008
2 pm - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Coast Guard Ice Breaking
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
House Appropriations
Subcommittee Markup – Defense
House Appropriations
Subcommittee Markup – State & Foreign Operations
Monday, July 21, 2008
9:30 am - Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Subcommittee on National Parks FIELD hearing: to receive testimony regarding the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory of all species within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Asheville, North Carolina)
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
House Appropriations
Full Committee Markup – Defense and State & Foreign Operations
9:30 am - Senate Veterans' Affairs
Oversight hearing: VA's Response to the Needs of Returning Guard and Reserve Members
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Congressional Hearings - June 9, 2008
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********** Here's the complete list (I think!) of hearings for the week:
Monday, June 9, 2008
10:30 am - House Education and Labor
Workforce Protections Subcommittee
Field hearing on "Family-Friendly Leave Policies: Improving How Workers Balance Home and Family," scheduled at 10:30 a.m. in the Rose Y. Caracappa Legislative Auditorium, William H. Rogers Legislature Building, 725 Veterans Memorial Highway, Hauppauge, NY.
5 pm - House Rules
H.R. 6003 - Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act.
Tuesday, Jun. 10, 2008
9 am - House Judiciary
Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law
Hearing on Electronic Employment Verification Systems: Needed Safeguards to Protect Privacy and Prevent Misuse
9:30 am - House Energy and Commerce
Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet Hearing
Status of the DTV Transition: 252 Days and Counting
*** 9:30 am - Senate Judiciary “Coercive Interrogation Techniques: Do They Work, Are They Reliable, and What Did the FBI Know About Them?”
Panel I:
The Honorable Glenn A. Fine, Inspector General, Department of Justice
Valerie Caproni, General Counsel, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Panel II:
Jack Cloonan, Former FBI Special Agent
Philippe Sands QC, Professor of Law and Director of the Centre of International Courts and Tribunals, University College London
Philip B. Heymann, James Barr Ames Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
10 am - House Financial Services
The Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises will hold a hearing entitled, "H.R. 5840, the Insurance Information Act of 2008".
10 am - House Energy and Commerce
Safety of Phthalates and Bisphenol-A in Everyday Consumer Products
Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection Hearing
10 am - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Financing Infrastructure Investments
10 am - Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
To continue hearings to examine U.S. credit markets, focusing on the securities underwriting practices at investment banks.
10 am - Senate Finance
To hold hearings to examine issues relative to the 47 million Americans without healthcare insurance, focusing on the current health care marketplace
10 am - House Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
Oversight Hearing on "How Should the Federal Government Address the Health and Environmental Risks of Coal Combustion Waste?"
10 am - House Oversight and Government Reform
Examining Grantmaking Practices at the Department of Justice
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
10 am - House Science and Techology
Hybrid Technologies for Medium- to Heavy-Duty Commercial Trucks
10 am - House Ways and Means
Subcommittee on Health
Addressing Disparities in Health and Healthcare: Issues for Reform
11 am - House Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Insular Affairs
Oversight Hearing on the "Implementation of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 between the United States and the Federated States of Micronesia"
1 pm - House Judiciary
Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security
Hearing on Addressing Gangs: What’s Effective? What’s Not?
2 pm - House Judiciary
Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law
Hearing on H.R. 6126, the “Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act of 2008”
2 pm - House Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans: Oversight Hearing on the Annual International Whaling Commission (IWC) Meeting that will be held in Santiago, Chile from June 23-27, 2008
2 pm - House Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight
Oversight Hearing:
Diplomatic Assurances and Rendition to Torture: The Perspective of the State Department's Legal Adviser
Witness:
The Honorable John B. Bellinger, III, Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State
2 pm - House Oversight and Government Reform
An Examination of Federal Employment Practices/Policies n Hiring Ex-offenders
Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia
2 pm - House Oversight and Government Reform
Oversight of U.S. Efforts to Train and Equip Police and Enhance the Justice System in Afghanistan
Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs
2:30 pm - Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine national strategies for efficient freight movement.
4 pm - House Rules
H.R. 6063 – The “National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2008”
Wednesday, Jun. 11, 2008
House Appropriations
Subcommittee Markup – Homeland Security
House Appropriations
Subcommittee Markup – Interior & the Environment
9:30 am - Senate Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine sovereign wealth funds, focusing on foreign policy consequences in an era of new money.
Witnesses:
Dr. Jagdish Bhagwati, Professor, Law and Economics, Columbia University, Senior Fellow, International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations
Dr. Daniel W. Drezner, Professor of International Politics, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
Mr. David Marchick, Managing Director and Global Head of Regulatory Affairs, The Carlyle Group
9:30 am - House Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight
Oversight Hearing: Release and Review of the Subcommittee Report: “The Decline in America's Reputation: Why?”
Witnesses:
Esther Brimmer, Deputy Director and Director of Research for the Center for Transatlantic Relations, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
Scott W. Hibbard, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, DePaul University
John Tirman, Principal Research Scientist and Executive Director, Center for International Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
David Frum, Esq., Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
9:30 am - House Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight
Markup of: Subcommittee Report on “The Decline in America's Reputation: Why?”
10 am - House Energy Independence and Global Warming
The Future of Oil: Peak Prices, Peak Production, Piqued Consumers
Witnesses:
Guy Caruso, Administrator, Energy Information Administration
Adam Sieminski, Chief Energy Economist, Deutsche Bank
Amy Myers Jaffe, Energy Studies Fellow at the James Baker Institute for Public Policy
Athan Manuel, Director of Land Protection Programs, Sierra Club
10 am - House Financial Services
The Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing entitled, "H.R. 6078, the Green Resources for Energy Efficient Neighborhoods Act of 2008"
10 am - Senate Judiciary To hold hearings to examine short-change for consumers and short-shrift for Congress, focusing on the Supreme Court's treatment of laws that protect Americans health, safety, jobs, and retirement.
10 am - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Air Traffic Control Facility Staffing
10 am - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Rebuilding Vessels Under the Jones Act
10 am - House Veterans' Affairs
Implementing the Wounded Warrior Provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008
10 am - House Education and Labor
Hearing on "H.R. 2343, Education Begins at Home Act,"
10 am - House Oversight and Government Reform
2010 Census: Assessing the Census Bureau's Progress
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
10 am - House Veterans' Affairs
Markup of H.R. 2818 (as amended), and H.R. 2192 (as amended)
11 am - House Natural Resources
Full Committee Markup
2 pm - House Judiciary
Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property
Hearing on H.R. 4789, the "Performance Rights Act"
2 pm - Senate Judiciary To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Paul G. Gardephe, and Cathy Seibel, both to be a United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, Kiyo A. Matsumoto, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, and Glenn T. Suddaby, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of New York.
2 pm - House Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere
Oversight Hearing: The New Challenge: China and the Western Hemisphere
3 pm - Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation To hold hearings to examine the impact and policy implications of spyware on consumers and businesses.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
House Appropriations
Subcommittee Markup – Military Construction & Veterans Affairs
House Appropriations
Subcommittee Markup – Commerce, Justice, & Science
9:30 am - House Foreign Affairs
Full Committee
Oversight Hearing: Russia, Iran, and Nuclear Weapons: Implications of the Proposed U.S.-Russia Agreement
*** 10 am - House Oversight and Government Reform
Business Meeting to mark up a report on the Committee's investigation of contacts between the White House and former lobbyist Jack Abramoff. (Documents and Links)
10 am - House Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
Oversight Hearing on "Spinning Straw Into Black Gold: Enhanced Oil Recovery Using Carbon Dioxide"
10 am - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Discharges Incidental to the Normal Operation of a Commercial Vessel
10 am - Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
To hold hearings to examine the condition of our nation's infrastructure, focusing on perspectives from our nation's mayors.
10 am - Senate Finance
To hold an oversight hearing to examine the United States Trade Preference programs.
10 am - Senate Judiciary
Business meeting to consider S. 2979, to exempt the African National Congress from treatment as a terrorist organization, H.R. 5690, to remove the African National Congress from treatment as a terrorist organization for certain acts or events, provide relief for certain members of the African National Congress regarding admissibility, S. 2892, to promote the prosecution and enforcement of frauds against the United States by suspending the statute of limitations during times when Congress has authorized the use of military force, H.R. 3480, to direct the United States Sentencing Commission to assure appropriate punishment enhancements for those involved in receiving stolen property where that property consists of grave markers of veterans, S. 1211, to amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide enhanced penalties for marketing controlled substances to minors, S.Res. 576, designating August 2008 as "Digital Television Transition Awareness Month", and the nominations of Helene N. White, of Michigan, and Raymond M. Kethledge, of Michigan, each to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, and Stephen Joseph Murphy III, of Michigan, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan.
10 am - Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine supply chain security, focusing on the secure freight initiative and the implementation of 100 percent scanning.
10 am - Joint Economic Committee
To hold hearings to examine the future costs of funding the war in Iraq.
10 am - House Energy and Commerce
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Hearing
American Lives Still at Risk: When Will FDA’s Food Protection Plan Be Fully Funded and Implemented?
10 am - House Energy and Commerce
Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials Hearing
Legislative Hearing on H.R. 5533, the Chemical Facilities Act of 2008, and H.R. 5577, the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2008
10 am - House Judiciary
Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties
Hearing on the Enforcement of the Fair Housing Act of 1968
10 am - House Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Insular Affairs
Oversight Hearing on the "Implementation of the Compact of Free Association between the United States and the Republic of Palau"
10 am - House Science and Techology
Toxic Communities: How EPA’s IRIS Program Fails the Public
11 am - House Judiciary
Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law
Hearing on the Need for Green Cards for Highly Skilled Workers
2 pm - House Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Water and Power: Oversight Hearing on "Hydropower: Providing 75% of America's Current Renewable Energy. Exploring its role as a continued source of Clean, Renewable Energy for the Future"
2 pm - House Veterans' Affairs
Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs
Legislative Hearing on H.R. 1197, H.R. 3008, H.R. 3070, H.R. 3795, H.R. 4274, H.R. 5155, H.R. 5448, H.R. 5454, H.R. 5709, H.R. 5954, H.R. 5985, and H.R. 6032
2:15 pm - Senate Energy and Natural Resources To hold an oversight hearing to examine the relationship between United States fuels policy and food prices.
2:30 pm - Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine addressing the United States-Pakistan strategic relationship.
2:30 pm - Senate Foreign Relations To hold hearings to examine energy from Central Asia to Europe, focusing on oil, oligarchs, and opportunity.
Witnesses:
Panel 1:
The Honorable Zbigniew Brzezinski, Counselor and Trustee, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Panel 2:
Dr. Leon Fuerth, Research Professor, The Elliot School of International Affairs, The George Washington University
Ms. Zeyno Baran, Director, Center for Eurasian Policy, Hudson Institute
Mr. Roman Kupchinsky, Partner, AZEast Group.
2 pm - House Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment
Oversight Hearing: U.S.-Japan Relations: An Overview
Tuesday, Jun. 17, 2008
House Appropriations
Subcommittee Markup – Financial Services
House Appropriations
Subcommittee Markup – Energy & Water
2:30 pm - Senate Energy and Natural Resources National Parks Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine S. 1774, to designate the John Krebs Wilderness in the State of California, to add certain land to the Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park Wilderness, S. 2255, to amend the National Trails System Act to provide for studies of the Chisholm Trail and Great Western Trail to determine whether to add the trails to the National Trails System, S. 2359, to establish the St. Augustine 450th Commemoration Commission, S. 2943, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail, S. 3017, to designate the Beaver Basin Wilderness at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in the State of Michigan, S. 3010, to reauthorize the Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program, S. 3045, to establish the Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Forest Heritage Area in the State of Alaska, and H.R. 1143, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease certain lands in Virgin Islands National Park.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
House Appropriations
Full Committee Consideration – Subcommittee Allocations/302(b)s
House Appropriations
Full Committee Markup – Homeland Security
House Appropriations
Full Committee Markup – Interior & the Environment
10 am - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Congestion Management in the New York Airspace
10 am - Senate Rules and Administration To hold hearings to examine improving energy efficiency, focusing on increasing the use of renewable sources of energy, and reducing the carbon footprint of the Capitol complex.
2 pm - Senate Energy and Natural Resources To hold hearings to examine the preparedness of federal land management agencies for the 2008 wildfire season.
Thursday, Jun. 19, 2008
House Appropriations
Subcommittee Markup – Labor, Health, & Education
House Appropriations
Subcommittee Markup – Agriculture
House Appropriations
Full Committee Markup – Military Construction & Veterans Affairs
House Appropriations
Full Committee Markup – Commerce, Justice, & Science
10 am - Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine cruise ship safety, focusing on potential steps for keeping Americans safe at sea.
2 pm - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Federal Maritime Commission Management and Regulation of International Shipping
Friday, Jun. 20, 2008
House Appropriations
Subcommittee Markup – Transportation & Housing
House Appropriations
Subcommittee Markup – Legislative Branch
Monday, Jun. 23, 2008
11 am - House Energy and Commerce
Energy Speculation: Is Greater Regulation Necessary to
Stop Price Manipulation? – Part II
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Hearing
Tuesday, Jun. 24, 2008
House Appropriations
Full Committee Markup – Energy & Water
House Appropriations
Full Committee Markup – Financial Services
10:30 am - Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
To hold hearings to examine climate change impacts on the transportation sector.
2 pm - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Comprehensive Watershed Management Planning
Wednesday, Jun. 25, 2008
House Appropriations
Full Committee Markup – Labor, Health, & Education
House Appropriations
Full Committee Markup – Agriculture
2 pm - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Implementation of the Pipeline Inspection, Protection, Enforcement and Safety Act of 2006
Thursday, Jun. 26, 2008
House Appropriations
Full Committee Markup – Transportation & Housing
House Appropriations
Full Committee Markup – Legislative Branch
9:30 am - Senate Veterans' Affairs
Business meeting to markup pending calendar business.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
tba - House Oversight and Government Reform
Hearing on FEMA's Toxic Trailers
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
House Appropriations
Subcommittee Markup – Defense
House Appropriations
Subcommittee Markup – State & Foreign Operations
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
House Appropriations
Full Committee Markup – Defense
House Appropriations
Full Committee Markup – State & Foreign Operations
********** Here's the complete list (I think!) of hearings for the week:
Monday, June 9, 2008
10:30 am - House Education and Labor
Workforce Protections Subcommittee
Field hearing on "Family-Friendly Leave Policies: Improving How Workers Balance Home and Family," scheduled at 10:30 a.m. in the Rose Y. Caracappa Legislative Auditorium, William H. Rogers Legislature Building, 725 Veterans Memorial Highway, Hauppauge, NY.
5 pm - House Rules
H.R. 6003 - Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act.
Tuesday, Jun. 10, 2008
9 am - House Judiciary
Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law
Hearing on Electronic Employment Verification Systems: Needed Safeguards to Protect Privacy and Prevent Misuse
9:30 am - House Energy and Commerce
Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet Hearing
Status of the DTV Transition: 252 Days and Counting
*** 9:30 am - Senate Judiciary “Coercive Interrogation Techniques: Do They Work, Are They Reliable, and What Did the FBI Know About Them?”
Panel I:
The Honorable Glenn A. Fine, Inspector General, Department of Justice
Valerie Caproni, General Counsel, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Panel II:
Jack Cloonan, Former FBI Special Agent
Philippe Sands QC, Professor of Law and Director of the Centre of International Courts and Tribunals, University College London
Philip B. Heymann, James Barr Ames Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
10 am - House Financial Services
The Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises will hold a hearing entitled, "H.R. 5840, the Insurance Information Act of 2008".
10 am - House Energy and Commerce
Safety of Phthalates and Bisphenol-A in Everyday Consumer Products
Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection Hearing
10 am - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Financing Infrastructure Investments
10 am - Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
To continue hearings to examine U.S. credit markets, focusing on the securities underwriting practices at investment banks.
10 am - Senate Finance
To hold hearings to examine issues relative to the 47 million Americans without healthcare insurance, focusing on the current health care marketplace
10 am - House Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
Oversight Hearing on "How Should the Federal Government Address the Health and Environmental Risks of Coal Combustion Waste?"
10 am - House Oversight and Government Reform
Examining Grantmaking Practices at the Department of Justice
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
10 am - House Science and Techology
Hybrid Technologies for Medium- to Heavy-Duty Commercial Trucks
10 am - House Ways and Means
Subcommittee on Health
Addressing Disparities in Health and Healthcare: Issues for Reform
11 am - House Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Insular Affairs
Oversight Hearing on the "Implementation of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 between the United States and the Federated States of Micronesia"
1 pm - House Judiciary
Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security
Hearing on Addressing Gangs: What’s Effective? What’s Not?
2 pm - House Judiciary
Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law
Hearing on H.R. 6126, the “Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act of 2008”
2 pm - House Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans: Oversight Hearing on the Annual International Whaling Commission (IWC) Meeting that will be held in Santiago, Chile from June 23-27, 2008
2 pm - House Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight
Oversight Hearing:
Diplomatic Assurances and Rendition to Torture: The Perspective of the State Department's Legal Adviser
Witness:
The Honorable John B. Bellinger, III, Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State
2 pm - House Oversight and Government Reform
An Examination of Federal Employment Practices/Policies n Hiring Ex-offenders
Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia
2 pm - House Oversight and Government Reform
Oversight of U.S. Efforts to Train and Equip Police and Enhance the Justice System in Afghanistan
Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs
2:30 pm - Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine national strategies for efficient freight movement.
4 pm - House Rules
H.R. 6063 – The “National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2008”
Wednesday, Jun. 11, 2008
House Appropriations
Subcommittee Markup – Homeland Security
House Appropriations
Subcommittee Markup – Interior & the Environment
9:30 am - Senate Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine sovereign wealth funds, focusing on foreign policy consequences in an era of new money.
Witnesses:
Dr. Jagdish Bhagwati, Professor, Law and Economics, Columbia University, Senior Fellow, International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations
Dr. Daniel W. Drezner, Professor of International Politics, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
Mr. David Marchick, Managing Director and Global Head of Regulatory Affairs, The Carlyle Group
9:30 am - House Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight
Oversight Hearing: Release and Review of the Subcommittee Report: “The Decline in America's Reputation: Why?”
Witnesses:
Esther Brimmer, Deputy Director and Director of Research for the Center for Transatlantic Relations, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
Scott W. Hibbard, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, DePaul University
John Tirman, Principal Research Scientist and Executive Director, Center for International Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
David Frum, Esq., Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
9:30 am - House Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight
Markup of: Subcommittee Report on “The Decline in America's Reputation: Why?”
10 am - House Energy Independence and Global Warming
The Future of Oil: Peak Prices, Peak Production, Piqued Consumers
Witnesses:
Guy Caruso, Administrator, Energy Information Administration
Adam Sieminski, Chief Energy Economist, Deutsche Bank
Amy Myers Jaffe, Energy Studies Fellow at the James Baker Institute for Public Policy
Athan Manuel, Director of Land Protection Programs, Sierra Club
10 am - House Financial Services
The Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing entitled, "H.R. 6078, the Green Resources for Energy Efficient Neighborhoods Act of 2008"
10 am - Senate Judiciary To hold hearings to examine short-change for consumers and short-shrift for Congress, focusing on the Supreme Court's treatment of laws that protect Americans health, safety, jobs, and retirement.
10 am - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Air Traffic Control Facility Staffing
10 am - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Rebuilding Vessels Under the Jones Act
10 am - House Veterans' Affairs
Implementing the Wounded Warrior Provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008
10 am - House Education and Labor
Hearing on "H.R. 2343, Education Begins at Home Act,"
10 am - House Oversight and Government Reform
2010 Census: Assessing the Census Bureau's Progress
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
10 am - House Veterans' Affairs
Markup of H.R. 2818 (as amended), and H.R. 2192 (as amended)
11 am - House Natural Resources
Full Committee Markup
2 pm - House Judiciary
Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property
Hearing on H.R. 4789, the "Performance Rights Act"
2 pm - Senate Judiciary To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Paul G. Gardephe, and Cathy Seibel, both to be a United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, Kiyo A. Matsumoto, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, and Glenn T. Suddaby, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of New York.
2 pm - House Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere
Oversight Hearing: The New Challenge: China and the Western Hemisphere
3 pm - Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation To hold hearings to examine the impact and policy implications of spyware on consumers and businesses.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
House Appropriations
Subcommittee Markup – Military Construction & Veterans Affairs
House Appropriations
Subcommittee Markup – Commerce, Justice, & Science
9:30 am - House Foreign Affairs
Full Committee
Oversight Hearing: Russia, Iran, and Nuclear Weapons: Implications of the Proposed U.S.-Russia Agreement
*** 10 am - House Oversight and Government Reform
Business Meeting to mark up a report on the Committee's investigation of contacts between the White House and former lobbyist Jack Abramoff. (Documents and Links)
10 am - House Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
Oversight Hearing on "Spinning Straw Into Black Gold: Enhanced Oil Recovery Using Carbon Dioxide"
10 am - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Discharges Incidental to the Normal Operation of a Commercial Vessel
10 am - Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
To hold hearings to examine the condition of our nation's infrastructure, focusing on perspectives from our nation's mayors.
10 am - Senate Finance
To hold an oversight hearing to examine the United States Trade Preference programs.
10 am - Senate Judiciary
Business meeting to consider S. 2979, to exempt the African National Congress from treatment as a terrorist organization, H.R. 5690, to remove the African National Congress from treatment as a terrorist organization for certain acts or events, provide relief for certain members of the African National Congress regarding admissibility, S. 2892, to promote the prosecution and enforcement of frauds against the United States by suspending the statute of limitations during times when Congress has authorized the use of military force, H.R. 3480, to direct the United States Sentencing Commission to assure appropriate punishment enhancements for those involved in receiving stolen property where that property consists of grave markers of veterans, S. 1211, to amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide enhanced penalties for marketing controlled substances to minors, S.Res. 576, designating August 2008 as "Digital Television Transition Awareness Month", and the nominations of Helene N. White, of Michigan, and Raymond M. Kethledge, of Michigan, each to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, and Stephen Joseph Murphy III, of Michigan, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan.
10 am - Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine supply chain security, focusing on the secure freight initiative and the implementation of 100 percent scanning.
10 am - Joint Economic Committee
To hold hearings to examine the future costs of funding the war in Iraq.
10 am - House Energy and Commerce
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Hearing
American Lives Still at Risk: When Will FDA’s Food Protection Plan Be Fully Funded and Implemented?
10 am - House Energy and Commerce
Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials Hearing
Legislative Hearing on H.R. 5533, the Chemical Facilities Act of 2008, and H.R. 5577, the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2008
10 am - House Judiciary
Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties
Hearing on the Enforcement of the Fair Housing Act of 1968
10 am - House Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Insular Affairs
Oversight Hearing on the "Implementation of the Compact of Free Association between the United States and the Republic of Palau"
10 am - House Science and Techology
Toxic Communities: How EPA’s IRIS Program Fails the Public
11 am - House Judiciary
Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law
Hearing on the Need for Green Cards for Highly Skilled Workers
2 pm - House Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Water and Power: Oversight Hearing on "Hydropower: Providing 75% of America's Current Renewable Energy. Exploring its role as a continued source of Clean, Renewable Energy for the Future"
2 pm - House Veterans' Affairs
Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs
Legislative Hearing on H.R. 1197, H.R. 3008, H.R. 3070, H.R. 3795, H.R. 4274, H.R. 5155, H.R. 5448, H.R. 5454, H.R. 5709, H.R. 5954, H.R. 5985, and H.R. 6032
2:15 pm - Senate Energy and Natural Resources To hold an oversight hearing to examine the relationship between United States fuels policy and food prices.
2:30 pm - Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine addressing the United States-Pakistan strategic relationship.
2:30 pm - Senate Foreign Relations To hold hearings to examine energy from Central Asia to Europe, focusing on oil, oligarchs, and opportunity.
Witnesses:
Panel 1:
The Honorable Zbigniew Brzezinski, Counselor and Trustee, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Panel 2:
Dr. Leon Fuerth, Research Professor, The Elliot School of International Affairs, The George Washington University
Ms. Zeyno Baran, Director, Center for Eurasian Policy, Hudson Institute
Mr. Roman Kupchinsky, Partner, AZEast Group.
2 pm - House Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment
Oversight Hearing: U.S.-Japan Relations: An Overview
Tuesday, Jun. 17, 2008
House Appropriations
Subcommittee Markup – Financial Services
House Appropriations
Subcommittee Markup – Energy & Water
2:30 pm - Senate Energy and Natural Resources National Parks Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine S. 1774, to designate the John Krebs Wilderness in the State of California, to add certain land to the Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park Wilderness, S. 2255, to amend the National Trails System Act to provide for studies of the Chisholm Trail and Great Western Trail to determine whether to add the trails to the National Trails System, S. 2359, to establish the St. Augustine 450th Commemoration Commission, S. 2943, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail, S. 3017, to designate the Beaver Basin Wilderness at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in the State of Michigan, S. 3010, to reauthorize the Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program, S. 3045, to establish the Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Forest Heritage Area in the State of Alaska, and H.R. 1143, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease certain lands in Virgin Islands National Park.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
House Appropriations
Full Committee Consideration – Subcommittee Allocations/302(b)s
House Appropriations
Full Committee Markup – Homeland Security
House Appropriations
Full Committee Markup – Interior & the Environment
10 am - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Congestion Management in the New York Airspace
10 am - Senate Rules and Administration To hold hearings to examine improving energy efficiency, focusing on increasing the use of renewable sources of energy, and reducing the carbon footprint of the Capitol complex.
2 pm - Senate Energy and Natural Resources To hold hearings to examine the preparedness of federal land management agencies for the 2008 wildfire season.
Thursday, Jun. 19, 2008
House Appropriations
Subcommittee Markup – Labor, Health, & Education
House Appropriations
Subcommittee Markup – Agriculture
House Appropriations
Full Committee Markup – Military Construction & Veterans Affairs
House Appropriations
Full Committee Markup – Commerce, Justice, & Science
10 am - Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine cruise ship safety, focusing on potential steps for keeping Americans safe at sea.
2 pm - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Federal Maritime Commission Management and Regulation of International Shipping
Friday, Jun. 20, 2008
House Appropriations
Subcommittee Markup – Transportation & Housing
House Appropriations
Subcommittee Markup – Legislative Branch
Monday, Jun. 23, 2008
11 am - House Energy and Commerce
Energy Speculation: Is Greater Regulation Necessary to
Stop Price Manipulation? – Part II
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Hearing
Tuesday, Jun. 24, 2008
House Appropriations
Full Committee Markup – Energy & Water
House Appropriations
Full Committee Markup – Financial Services
10:30 am - Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
To hold hearings to examine climate change impacts on the transportation sector.
2 pm - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Comprehensive Watershed Management Planning
Wednesday, Jun. 25, 2008
House Appropriations
Full Committee Markup – Labor, Health, & Education
House Appropriations
Full Committee Markup – Agriculture
2 pm - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Implementation of the Pipeline Inspection, Protection, Enforcement and Safety Act of 2006
Thursday, Jun. 26, 2008
House Appropriations
Full Committee Markup – Transportation & Housing
House Appropriations
Full Committee Markup – Legislative Branch
9:30 am - Senate Veterans' Affairs
Business meeting to markup pending calendar business.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
tba - House Oversight and Government Reform
Hearing on FEMA's Toxic Trailers
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
House Appropriations
Subcommittee Markup – Defense
House Appropriations
Subcommittee Markup – State & Foreign Operations
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
House Appropriations
Full Committee Markup – Defense
House Appropriations
Full Committee Markup – State & Foreign Operations
Congressional Hearings - June 2, 2008
06/03/2008 08:55
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(***). please leave a comment with
corrections and additions. thx.
********** Here's the complete list (I think!) of hearings for the week:
Monday, June 2, 2008
TBA - House Ways and Means
Subcommittee on Trade
Levin and Herger Announce Additional Bills on Technical Corrections to U.S. Trade Laws and Miscellaneous Duty Suspensions for Written Comments
Tuesday, Jun. 3, 2008
9:30 am - Senate Armed Services
To hold hearings to examine the acquisition of major weapons systems by the Department of Defense.
10 am - Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
To hold hearings to examine energy market manipulation and federal enforcement regimes.
Witnesses:
Mr. Terrence A. Duffy, Executive Chairman, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group, Inc.
Mr. George Soros, Chairman, Soros Fund Management
Mr. Michael Greenburger, Professor, University of Maryland School of Law
Mr. Mark N. Cooper, Director of Research, Consumer Federation of America
Ms. Lee Ann Watson, Deputy Director, Division of Investigation, Office of Enforcement, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Mr. Gerry Ramm, President, Inland Oil Company on behalf of the Petroleum Marketers Association of America
10 am - Senate Finance
Rising Costs, Low Quality in Health Care: The Necessity for Reform
2:30 pm - Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Neel T. Kashkari, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Christopher R. Wall, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, Michael E. Fryzel, of Illinois, to be a Member of the National Credit Union Administration Board, Donald B. Marron, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Council of Economic Advisers, Sheila McNamara Greenwood, of Louisiana, and Susan D. Peppler, of California, both to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and Joseph J. Murin, of Pennsylvania, to be President, Government National Mortgage Association, Luis Aguilar, of Georgia, Troy A. Paredes, of Missouri, and Elisse Walter, of Maryland, each to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
3 pm - Senate Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
To hold hearings to examine the challenges to minority communities in Kosovo.
5 pm - House Rules
Full Committee. on H.R. 3021 - 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act, and H.R. 5540 - Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network Continuing Authorization Act.
Wednesday, Jun. 4, 2008
9:30 am - Senate Veterans' Affairs
To hold an oversight hearing to examine systemic indifference to invisible wounds.
9:30 am - Senate Foreign Relations
African Affairs Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine China in Africa, focusing on the implications for the policy of the United States.
10 am - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Assuring Public Alert Systems Work
10 am - House Oversight and Government Reform
Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs
Oversight of the State Department’s Antiterrorism Assistance Program
10 am - House Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans: Markup of H.R. 2964, H.R. 5350, 5451, and H.R. 5741
10 am - House Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight
Oversight Hearing: City on the Hill or Prison on the Bay? Part III: Guantanamo – the Role of the FBI
Witness:
The Honorable Glenn A. Fine, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice
10 am - House Financial Services
Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity and the Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness and Response will hold a joint hearing entitled, "Examining the Roles and Responsibilities of HUD and FEMA in Responding to the Affordable Housing Needs of Gulf Coast States following Emergencies and Natural Disasters".
10 am - House Energy and Commerce
Subcommittee on Health Hearing
Discussion Draft of Health Information Technology and Privacy Legislation
10 am - Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Walter Lukken, of Indiana, to be Chairman, and Bartholomew H. Chilton, of Delaware, and Scott O'Malia, of Michigan, each to be a Commissioner, all of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
10 am - Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Consumer Affairs, Insurance, and Automotive Safety Subcommittee
To hold an oversight hearing to examine passenger vehicle roof strength safety.
10 am - Senate Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine ways to improve the detainee policy, focusing on handling terrorism detainees within the American justice system.
10 am - Senate Appropriations
Defense Subcommittee To hold hearings to receive testimony from outside witnesses.
10 am - House Homeland Security
Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response
and House Financial Services
Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity
Joint Hearing entitled “Examining the Roles and Responsibilities of HUD and FEMA in Responding to the Affordable Housing Needs of Gulf Coast States following Emergencies and Natural Disasters
2 pm - House Oversight and Government Reform
Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives
Does Federal Statistical Data Adequately Serve People Living with Disabilities?
2 pm - House Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight
Briefing: The Future of U.S.-Iraqi Relations: The Perspective of the Iraqi Parliament
Witnesses:
The Honorable Nadeem Al-Jaberi, The Council of Representatives of Iraq
The Honorable Khalaf Al-Ulayyan, The Council of Representatives of Iraq
2 pm - House Judiciary
Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law
Hearing on: Problems with Immigration Detainee Medical Care
Thursday, Jun. 5, 2008
9:30 am - Senate Energy and Natural Resources
To hold hearings to examine off-highway vehicle management on public lands.
9:30 am - Senate Indian Affairs
To hold an oversight hearing to examine predatory lending in Indian country.
9:30 am - House Judiciary
Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law
Hearing on: H.R. 3652, the “Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act of 2007”
10 am - House Veterans' Affairs
Subcommittee on Health
Legislative Hearing on H.R. 4089, H.R. 4463, H.R. 5888, H.R. 6114 and H.R. 6122
10 am - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Maintaining our Nation's Highway and Transit Infrastructure
10 am - House Small Business
Full Committee Hearing on “The Housing Crisis – Identifying Tax Incentives to Stimulate the Economy"
10 am - House Science and Technology
The Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act: H.R. 4174
10 am - House Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources: Oversight Hearing on "How Should the Federal Government Address the Health and Environmental Risks of Coal Combustion Waste?"
10 am - House Natural Resources
Legislative Hearing: H.R. 2306 and H.R. 3699
10 am - House Energy and Commerce
Subcommittee on Health Hearing
Committee Prints on Administration Legislative Proposals
on the Animal Drug User Fee Act Amendments of 2008 and the Animal Generic Drug User Fee Act of 2008
10 am - Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) reauthorization.
10 am - Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
To continue hearings to examine the state of the banking industry.
10 am - Senate Finance
To hold hearings to examine the choices for small business in advance of tax reform, focusing on Internal Revenue Service Form 1040 Schedule C, Form 1065 Schedule K-1, and Schedule S.
10 am - House Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia
Oversight Hearing: More Than Just Enrichment: Iran's Strategic Aspirations and the Future of the Middle East
10:30 am - House Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight
and House Judiciary
Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties
Joint Hearing on: the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Report OIG-08-18, The Removal of a Canadian Citizen to Syria
Joint Oversight Hearing: U.S. Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Report OIG-08-18: The Removal of a Canadian Citizen to Syria
Witnesses:
The Honorable Richard L. Skinner, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Clark Kent Ervin, Esq., Director, Homeland Security Initiative, The Aspen Institute (Former Inspector General, U.S. Department of Homeland Security)
10:30 am - Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness and Integration Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine community preparedness for disasters.
2 pm - House Natural Resources
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands: Oversight Hearing on H..R. 573, H.R. 3702, H.R. 3809, H.R. 4199, H.R. 4828, and H.R. 5583
2 pm - House Oversight and Government Reform
Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement
Oversight of Federal Financial Management
2 pm - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Historic Preservation of Railroad Property and Facilities
Friday, Jun. 6, 2008
9:30 am - Joint Economic Committee
To hold hearings to examine the employment-unemployment situation for May 2008.
10 am - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Making the GSA Lease and Construction Process Effecient, Transparent, and User-friendly
10 am - House Financial Services
The Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology will hold a hearing entitled, "Examining the Administration’s Proposal to Establish a Multilateral Clean Technology Fund".
2 pm - Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia Subcommittee To continue hearings to examine the organizational structures of the Department of State responsible for arms control, counterproliferation, and nonproliferation, focusing on the processes they have in place for optimizing national efforts.
Monday, June 9, 2008
10:30 am - House Education and Labor
Workforce Protections Subcommittee
Field hearing on "Family-Friendly Leave Policies: Improving How Workers Balance Home and Family," scheduled at 10:30 a.m. in the Rose Y. Caracappa Legislative Auditorium, William H. Rogers Legislature Building, 725 Veterans Memorial Highway, Hauppauge, NY.
Tuesday, Jun. 10, 2008
9:30 am - House Energy and Commerce
Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet Hearing
Status of the DTV Transition: 252 Days and Counting
10 am - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Financing Infrastructure Investments
2 pm - House Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans: Oversight Hearing on the Annual International Whaling Commission (IWC) Meeting that will be held in Santiago, Chile from June 23-27, 2008
2:30 pm - Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine national strategies for efficient freight movement.
Wednesday, Jun. 11, 2008
10 am - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Air Traffic Control Facility Staffing
10 am - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Rebuilding Vessels Under the Jones Act
10 am - House Veterans' Affairs
Implementing the Wounded Warrior Provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008
Thursday, June 12, 2008
10 am - House Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources: Oversight Hearing on "Spinning Straw Into Black Gold: Enhanced Oil Recovery Using Carbon Dioxide"
10 am - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Discharges Incidental to the Normal Operation of a Commercial Vessel
2 pm - House Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Water and Power: Oversight Hearing on "Hydropower: Providing 75% of America's Current Renewable Energy. Exploring its role as a continued source of Clean, Renewable Energy for the Future"
2 pm - House Veterans' Affairs
Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs
Legislative Hearing on H.R. 1197, H.R. 3008, H.R. 3070, H.R. 3795, H.R. 4274, H.R. 5155, H.R. 5448, H.R. 5454, H.R. 5709, H.R. 5954, H.R. 5985, and H.R. 6032
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
10 am - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Congestion Management in the New York Airspace
Thursday, Jun. 19, 2008
2 pm - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Federal Maritime Commission Management and Regulation of International Shipping
Tuesday, Jun. 24, 2008
10:30 am - Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
To hold hearings to examine climate change impacts on the transportation sector.
Wednesday, Jun. 25, 2008
2 pm - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Implementation of the Pipeline Inspection, Protection, Enforcement and Safety Act of 2006
Thursday, Jun. 26, 2008
9:30 am - Senate Veterans' Affairs
Business meeting to markup pending calendar business.
********** Here's the complete list (I think!) of hearings for the week:
Monday, June 2, 2008
TBA - House Ways and Means
Subcommittee on Trade
Levin and Herger Announce Additional Bills on Technical Corrections to U.S. Trade Laws and Miscellaneous Duty Suspensions for Written Comments
Tuesday, Jun. 3, 2008
9:30 am - Senate Armed Services
To hold hearings to examine the acquisition of major weapons systems by the Department of Defense.
10 am - Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
To hold hearings to examine energy market manipulation and federal enforcement regimes.
Witnesses:
Mr. Terrence A. Duffy, Executive Chairman, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group, Inc.
Mr. George Soros, Chairman, Soros Fund Management
Mr. Michael Greenburger, Professor, University of Maryland School of Law
Mr. Mark N. Cooper, Director of Research, Consumer Federation of America
Ms. Lee Ann Watson, Deputy Director, Division of Investigation, Office of Enforcement, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Mr. Gerry Ramm, President, Inland Oil Company on behalf of the Petroleum Marketers Association of America
10 am - Senate Finance
Rising Costs, Low Quality in Health Care: The Necessity for Reform
2:30 pm - Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Neel T. Kashkari, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Christopher R. Wall, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, Michael E. Fryzel, of Illinois, to be a Member of the National Credit Union Administration Board, Donald B. Marron, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Council of Economic Advisers, Sheila McNamara Greenwood, of Louisiana, and Susan D. Peppler, of California, both to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and Joseph J. Murin, of Pennsylvania, to be President, Government National Mortgage Association, Luis Aguilar, of Georgia, Troy A. Paredes, of Missouri, and Elisse Walter, of Maryland, each to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
3 pm - Senate Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
To hold hearings to examine the challenges to minority communities in Kosovo.
5 pm - House Rules
Full Committee. on H.R. 3021 - 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act, and H.R. 5540 - Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network Continuing Authorization Act.
Wednesday, Jun. 4, 2008
9:30 am - Senate Veterans' Affairs
To hold an oversight hearing to examine systemic indifference to invisible wounds.
9:30 am - Senate Foreign Relations
African Affairs Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine China in Africa, focusing on the implications for the policy of the United States.
10 am - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Assuring Public Alert Systems Work
10 am - House Oversight and Government Reform
Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs
Oversight of the State Department’s Antiterrorism Assistance Program
10 am - House Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans: Markup of H.R. 2964, H.R. 5350, 5451, and H.R. 5741
10 am - House Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight
Oversight Hearing: City on the Hill or Prison on the Bay? Part III: Guantanamo – the Role of the FBI
Witness:
The Honorable Glenn A. Fine, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice
10 am - House Financial Services
Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity and the Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness and Response will hold a joint hearing entitled, "Examining the Roles and Responsibilities of HUD and FEMA in Responding to the Affordable Housing Needs of Gulf Coast States following Emergencies and Natural Disasters".
10 am - House Energy and Commerce
Subcommittee on Health Hearing
Discussion Draft of Health Information Technology and Privacy Legislation
10 am - Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Walter Lukken, of Indiana, to be Chairman, and Bartholomew H. Chilton, of Delaware, and Scott O'Malia, of Michigan, each to be a Commissioner, all of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
10 am - Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Consumer Affairs, Insurance, and Automotive Safety Subcommittee
To hold an oversight hearing to examine passenger vehicle roof strength safety.
10 am - Senate Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine ways to improve the detainee policy, focusing on handling terrorism detainees within the American justice system.
10 am - Senate Appropriations
Defense Subcommittee To hold hearings to receive testimony from outside witnesses.
10 am - House Homeland Security
Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response
and House Financial Services
Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity
Joint Hearing entitled “Examining the Roles and Responsibilities of HUD and FEMA in Responding to the Affordable Housing Needs of Gulf Coast States following Emergencies and Natural Disasters
2 pm - House Oversight and Government Reform
Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives
Does Federal Statistical Data Adequately Serve People Living with Disabilities?
2 pm - House Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight
Briefing: The Future of U.S.-Iraqi Relations: The Perspective of the Iraqi Parliament
Witnesses:
The Honorable Nadeem Al-Jaberi, The Council of Representatives of Iraq
The Honorable Khalaf Al-Ulayyan, The Council of Representatives of Iraq
2 pm - House Judiciary
Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law
Hearing on: Problems with Immigration Detainee Medical Care
Thursday, Jun. 5, 2008
9:30 am - Senate Energy and Natural Resources
To hold hearings to examine off-highway vehicle management on public lands.
9:30 am - Senate Indian Affairs
To hold an oversight hearing to examine predatory lending in Indian country.
9:30 am - House Judiciary
Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law
Hearing on: H.R. 3652, the “Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act of 2007”
10 am - House Veterans' Affairs
Subcommittee on Health
Legislative Hearing on H.R. 4089, H.R. 4463, H.R. 5888, H.R. 6114 and H.R. 6122
10 am - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Maintaining our Nation's Highway and Transit Infrastructure
10 am - House Small Business
Full Committee Hearing on “The Housing Crisis – Identifying Tax Incentives to Stimulate the Economy"
10 am - House Science and Technology
The Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act: H.R. 4174
10 am - House Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources: Oversight Hearing on "How Should the Federal Government Address the Health and Environmental Risks of Coal Combustion Waste?"
10 am - House Natural Resources
Legislative Hearing: H.R. 2306 and H.R. 3699
10 am - House Energy and Commerce
Subcommittee on Health Hearing
Committee Prints on Administration Legislative Proposals
on the Animal Drug User Fee Act Amendments of 2008 and the Animal Generic Drug User Fee Act of 2008
10 am - Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) reauthorization.
10 am - Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
To continue hearings to examine the state of the banking industry.
10 am - Senate Finance
To hold hearings to examine the choices for small business in advance of tax reform, focusing on Internal Revenue Service Form 1040 Schedule C, Form 1065 Schedule K-1, and Schedule S.
10 am - House Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia
Oversight Hearing: More Than Just Enrichment: Iran's Strategic Aspirations and the Future of the Middle East
10:30 am - House Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight
and House Judiciary
Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties
Joint Hearing on: the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Report OIG-08-18, The Removal of a Canadian Citizen to Syria
Joint Oversight Hearing: U.S. Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Report OIG-08-18: The Removal of a Canadian Citizen to Syria
Witnesses:
The Honorable Richard L. Skinner, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Clark Kent Ervin, Esq., Director, Homeland Security Initiative, The Aspen Institute (Former Inspector General, U.S. Department of Homeland Security)
10:30 am - Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness and Integration Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine community preparedness for disasters.
2 pm - House Natural Resources
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands: Oversight Hearing on H..R. 573, H.R. 3702, H.R. 3809, H.R. 4199, H.R. 4828, and H.R. 5583
2 pm - House Oversight and Government Reform
Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement
Oversight of Federal Financial Management
2 pm - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Historic Preservation of Railroad Property and Facilities
Friday, Jun. 6, 2008
9:30 am - Joint Economic Committee
To hold hearings to examine the employment-unemployment situation for May 2008.
10 am - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Making the GSA Lease and Construction Process Effecient, Transparent, and User-friendly
10 am - House Financial Services
The Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology will hold a hearing entitled, "Examining the Administration’s Proposal to Establish a Multilateral Clean Technology Fund".
2 pm - Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia Subcommittee To continue hearings to examine the organizational structures of the Department of State responsible for arms control, counterproliferation, and nonproliferation, focusing on the processes they have in place for optimizing national efforts.
Monday, June 9, 2008
10:30 am - House Education and Labor
Workforce Protections Subcommittee
Field hearing on "Family-Friendly Leave Policies: Improving How Workers Balance Home and Family," scheduled at 10:30 a.m. in the Rose Y. Caracappa Legislative Auditorium, William H. Rogers Legislature Building, 725 Veterans Memorial Highway, Hauppauge, NY.
Tuesday, Jun. 10, 2008
9:30 am - House Energy and Commerce
Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet Hearing
Status of the DTV Transition: 252 Days and Counting
10 am - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Financing Infrastructure Investments
2 pm - House Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans: Oversight Hearing on the Annual International Whaling Commission (IWC) Meeting that will be held in Santiago, Chile from June 23-27, 2008
2:30 pm - Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine national strategies for efficient freight movement.
Wednesday, Jun. 11, 2008
10 am - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Air Traffic Control Facility Staffing
10 am - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Rebuilding Vessels Under the Jones Act
10 am - House Veterans' Affairs
Implementing the Wounded Warrior Provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008
Thursday, June 12, 2008
10 am - House Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources: Oversight Hearing on "Spinning Straw Into Black Gold: Enhanced Oil Recovery Using Carbon Dioxide"
10 am - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Discharges Incidental to the Normal Operation of a Commercial Vessel
2 pm - House Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Water and Power: Oversight Hearing on "Hydropower: Providing 75% of America's Current Renewable Energy. Exploring its role as a continued source of Clean, Renewable Energy for the Future"
2 pm - House Veterans' Affairs
Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs
Legislative Hearing on H.R. 1197, H.R. 3008, H.R. 3070, H.R. 3795, H.R. 4274, H.R. 5155, H.R. 5448, H.R. 5454, H.R. 5709, H.R. 5954, H.R. 5985, and H.R. 6032
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
10 am - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Congestion Management in the New York Airspace
Thursday, Jun. 19, 2008
2 pm - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Federal Maritime Commission Management and Regulation of International Shipping
Tuesday, Jun. 24, 2008
10:30 am - Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
To hold hearings to examine climate change impacts on the transportation sector.
Wednesday, Jun. 25, 2008
2 pm - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Implementation of the Pipeline Inspection, Protection, Enforcement and Safety Act of 2006
Thursday, Jun. 26, 2008
9:30 am - Senate Veterans' Affairs
Business meeting to markup pending calendar business.
Congressional Hearings - May 19, 2008
05/19/2008 16:46
will update as needed
(***). please leave a comment with
corrections and additions. thx.
********** Here's the complete list (I think!) of hearings for the week:
Tuesday, May. 20, 2008
10 am - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board Casuality Investigation Program
10 am - Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Steven C. Preston, of Illinois, to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
10 am - Senate Energy and Natural Resources
The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on Energy and Related Economic Effects of Global Climate Change Legislation.
Witnesses
Mr. Brent Yacobucci , Congressional Research Service
Dr. Larry Parker , Congressional Research Service
Dr. Howard Gruenspecht , Deputy Administrator, Energy Information Administration
Dr. Brian McLean , U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Dr. Peter Orszag , Congressional Budget Office
10 am - Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
rings to examine plant closings, focusing on workers rights and the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN)(Public Law 100-379) Act's 20th anniversary.
10 am - Senate Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine global internet freedom, focusing on corporate responsibility and the rule of law.
10 am - House Education and Labor
Workforce Protections Subcommittee
Hearing on "ICE Workplace Raids: Their Impact on U.S. Children, Families, and Communities"
10 am - House Energy and Commerce
Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality Hearing
H.R. 5632, a bill to prohibit the importation of certain low-level radioactive waste into the United States
10 am - House Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment
Oversight Hearing: Burma in the Aftermath of Cyclone Nargis: Death, Displacement, and Humanitarian Aid
10 am - House Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade
Oversight Hearing: Export Compliance: Ensuring Safety, Increasing Efficiency
10:30 am - Senate Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine agreement on Extradition between the United States of America and the European Union (EU), signed on June 25, 2003 at Washington, together with twenty-two bilateral instruments which subsequently were signed between the United States and each European Union Member State in order to implement the Agreement with the EU. The Agreement includes an explanatory note which is an integral part of the Agreement (Treaty Doc.109-14), extradition Treaty between the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Latvia, signed on December 7, 2005, at Riga (Treaty Doc.109-15), extradition Treaty between the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Estonia, signed on February 8, 2006, at Tallinn (Treaty Doc.109-16), extradition Treaty between the United States of America and the Government of Malta, signed on May 18, 2006, at Valletta, that includes an exchange of letters that is an integral part of the treaty (Treaty Doc.109-17), extradition Treaty between the United States of America and Romania (the "Extradition Treaty" or the "Treaty") and the Protocol to the Treaty between the United States of America and Romania on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters (the "Protocol"), both signed at Bucharest on September 10, 2007 (Treaty Doc.110-11), extradition Treaty between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria (the "Extradition Treaty" or the "Treaty") and the Agreement on Certain Aspects of Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria (the "MLA Agreement"), both signed at Sofia on September 19, 2007 (Treaty Doc.110-12), treaty Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, signed at Stockholm on December 17, 2001 (Treaty Doc.107-12), mutual Legal Assistance between the United States of America and the European Union (EU), signed on June 25, 2003, at Washington, together with 25 bilateral instruments that subsequently were signed between the United States and each European Union Member State in order to implement the Agreement with the EU, and an explanatory note that is an integral part of the Agreement (Treaty Doc.109-13), and treaty between the United States of America and Malaysia on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, signed on July 28, 2006, at Kuala Lumpur (Treaty Doc.109-22).
10 am - House Financial Services
Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing entitled, "Examining the Need for H.R. 2885, the Credit Monitoring Clarification Act".
10 am - House Natural Resources
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Oversight Hearing: "The Future of the National Mall"
10:30 am - Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Financial Speculation in Commodity Markets: Are Institutional Investors and Hedge Funds Contributing to Food and Energy Price Inflation?
Witnesses:
Jeffrey H. Harris , Chief Economist , Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Michael W. Masters , Managing Member and Portfolio Manager , Masters Capital Management, LLC
Michael D. Walter , President , Commodity Markets Council
Benn Steil , Ph.D. , Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics , Council on Foreign Relations
Tom Buis , President , National Farmers Union
10:30 am - House Ways and Means
Subcommittee on Oversight
Hearing on the Department of the Treasury Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
11 am - Senate Appropriations
Defense Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2009 for the Department of Defense.
Witnesses:
The Honorable Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense
Admiral Michael G. Mullen, USN, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
11 am - Senate Committee on Conferees and House Budget
Meeting of conferees on S.Con.Res. 70, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013.
11 am - House Homeland Security
MARKUP - H.R. 1333, H.R. 2631, H.R. 4179, H.R. 4749, H.R. 5909, H.R. 5982, and H. Res. 1150
11 am - House Judiciary
Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security
Hearing on H.R. 3546, a bill to authorize the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program at fiscal year 2006 levels through 2012.
1 pm - House Oversight and Government Reform
EPA’s New Ozone Standards
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
2 pm - House Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight
Oversight Hearing: City on the Hill or Prison on the Bay? The Mistakes of Guantanamo and the Decline of America’s Image, Part II
WITNESSES:
Panel I
Mr. Murat Kurnaz, Former detainee, Naval Base, Guantanamo, Via videoconference
Panel II
Stephen Abraham, Esq., Retired Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army, Reserve
Mark P. Denbeaux, Esq., Professor of Law, Seton Hall University School of Law
Clive Stafford Smith, Esq., Director, Reprieve
P. Sabin Willett, Esq., Partner, Bingham McCutchen
Glenn M. Sulmasy, Esq., National Security and Human Rights Fellow, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
2 pm - House Oversight and Government Reform
Part-Time Reemployment of Federal Annuitants
Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia
2:15 pm - Senate Foreign Relations
Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
2:30 pm - Senate Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine protecting the constitutional right to vote for all Americans.
2:30 pm - House Judiciary
Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law
Hearing on: Immigration Needs of America’s Fighting Men and Women
2:30 pm - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act
2:45 pm - Senate Foreign Relations
Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) challenge, focusing on securing one of the worlds most dangerous areas.
5 pm - House Rules
Conference Report on S.Con.Res 70 – The Concurrent Budget Resolution for 2009
H.R. 6049 – H.R. 6049 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes
H.R. 5658 – The “Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009”
Wednesday, May. 21, 2008
9:15 am - Senate Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine treaty Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Concerning Defense Trade Cooperation, done at Washington and London on June 21 and 26, 2007 (Treaty Doc.110-07), and treaty Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Australia Concerning Defense Trade Cooperation, done at Sydney, September 5, 2007 (Treaty Doc.110-10).
9:30 am - Senate Veterans' Affairs
To hold hearings to examine pending health care legislation.
9:30 am - House Foreign Affairs
Oversight Hearing: The Rise of Sovereign Wealth Funds: Impacts on U.S. Foreign Policy and Economic Interests
10 am - Senate Environment and Public Works
Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
10 am - Senate Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine the skyrocketing price of oil.
10 am - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Reauthorization of the Great Lakes Legacy Act
10 am - House Education and Labor
Hearing on "The National Mathematics Advisory Panel Report: Foundations for Success," scheduled at 10:00 a.m. in room 2175 Rayburn H.O.B.
10 am - House Financial Services
Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing entitled, "Impact on Homebuyers and Housing Market of Conforming Loan Limit Increase".
10 am - House Financial Services
The Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Domestic Policy Joint Hearing entitled, "Targeting Federal Aid to Neighborhoods Distressed by the Subprime Mortgage Crisis".
10 am - House Financial Services
The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold a hearing entitled, "The Impact of Credit-Based Insurance Scoring on the Availability and Affordability of Insurance".
10 am - House Natural Resources
Full Committee Oversight Hearing: "The Danger of Deception: Do Endangered Species Have a Chance?"
10 am - House Natural Resources
Joint Subcommittee Oversight Hearing on "Census Data: Special Issues Related to U.S. Territories"
10 am - House Oversight and Government Reform
Census Data: Special Issues Related to the U.S. Territories
Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives
10 am - House Science and Technology
National Sea Grant College Program Act: H.R. 5618
10 am - House Small Business
Subcommittee on Urban and Rural Entrepreneurship Hearing on “Competitive Bidding for Durable Medical Equipment"
11 am - House Science and Technology
EPA’s Restructured IRIS System: Have Polluters and Politics Overwhelmed Science?
11 am - Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs will hold a business meeting to consider the nomination of: Paul A. Schneider to be Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
11 am - House Energy and Commerce
Subcommittee on Health Hearing
H.R. 1157, Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2007, and H.R. 758, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2007
1 pm - House Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia
The U.S.-Israel-Egypt Trilateral Relationship: Shoring Up the Foundation of Regional Peace
1:30 pm - House Judiciary
Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security
Oversight Hearing: on The FBI Whistleblowers
2 pm - Senate Rules and Administration
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Cynthia L. Bauerly, of Minnesota, Caroline C. Hunter, of Florida, and Donald F. McGahn, of the District of Columbia, each to be a Member of the Federal Election Commission.
2 pm - House Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans: Markup of H.R. 2964, H.R. 5350, H.R. 5451, and H.R. 5741
2 pm - House Oversight and Government Reform
Neighborhoods: The Blameless Victims of the Subprime Mortgage Crisis
Subcommittee on Domestic Policy
2:30 pm - Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
To hold hearings to examine efforts to create jobs with climate solutions, focusing on the ways agriculture and forestry can help lower costs in a low-carbon economy.
Thursday, May. 22, 2008
9:30 am - Senate Armed Services
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of General David H. Petraeus, USA, for reappointment to the grade of general and to be Commander, United States Central Command, and Lieutenant General Raymond T. Odierno, USA, for appointment to the grade of general and to be Commander, Multi-National Force-Iraq.
Witnesses:
General David H. Petraeus, USA
Lieutenant General Raymond T. Odierno, USA
9:30 am - Senate Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine the International Convention Against Doping in Sport, adopted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization on October 19, 2005 (Treaty Doc.110-14).
9:30 am - Senate Indian Affairs
To hold oversight hearings to examine the status of backlogs at the Department of the Interior.
10 am - Senate Finance
To hold hearings to examine S. 1919, to establish trade enforcement priorities for the United States, to strengthen the provisions relating to trade remedies.
10 am - Senate Judiciary
Business meeting to consider S. 2756, to amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a permanent background check system, S. 2982, to amend the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act to authorize appropriations, S. 1210, to extend the grant program for drug-endangered children, S.Res. 563, designating September 13, 2008, as "National Childhood Cancer Awareness Day", and the nominations of Elisebeth C. Cook, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy, Department of Justice, William T. Lawrence, of Indiana, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana, and G. Murray Snow, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona.
10 am - House Appropriations
Hearing – Legislative Branch Subcommittee
Capitol Visitor Center
10 am - House Veterans' Affairs
Subcommittee on Health
Human Resources Challenges within the Veterans Health Administration
10 am - House Energy and Commerce
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Hearing
Germs, Viruses, and Secrets: Government Plans to Move Exotic Disease Research to the Mainland United States
10 am - House Foreign Affairs
Oversight Hearing: Rising Oil Prices, Declining National Security?
10 am - House Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources: Oversight Hearing on "The United States Geological Survey's Earthquake Hazards Program -- Science, Preparation, and Response."
10 am - House Oversight and Government Reform
Accountability Lapses in Multiple Funds for Iraq
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
10 am - House Science and Technology
American Decline or Renewal? – Globalizing Jobs and Technology
10 am - House Small Business
Full Committee Hearing on “RESPA and its Impact on Small Business"
10:30 am - Senate Aging
To hold hearings to examine improving Medicare for the most vulnerable, focusing on senior citizens at risk.
11 am - House Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Water and Power: Markup of H.R. 5511 and H.R. 5710
11 am - House Judiciary
Judiciary Committee Antitrust Task Force
Hearing on: Retail Gas Prices, Part 2: Competition in the Oil Industry
1 pm - House Veterans' Affairs
Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs
Examining the Effectiveness of VBA Outreach Efforts
2 pm - Senate Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine closing the justice gap, focusing on providing civil legal assistance to low-income Americans.
2 pm - House Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight
Oversight Hearing: City on the Hill or Just Another Country? The United States and the Promotion of Human Rights and Democracy
WITNESSES:
The Honorable John Shattuck, Chief Executive Officer, John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor and former U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic
Kenneth Roth, Esq., Executive Director, Human Rights Watch
2 pm - House Oversight and Government Reform
Targeting Federal Aid to Neighborhoods Distressed by the Subprime Mortgage Crisis
Subcommittee on Domestic Policy
2:30 pm - Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia Subcommittee
To continue hearings to examine improving the security clearance process, focusing on reform efforts to streamline, standardize, and update the process.
Monday, June 2, 2008
TBA - House Ways and Means
Subcommittee on Trade
Levin and Herger Announce Additional Bills on Technical Corrections to U.S. Trade Laws and Miscellaneous Duty Suspensions for Written Comments
Tuesday, Jun. 3, 2008
9:30 am - Senate Armed Services
To hold hearings to examine the acquisition of major weapons systems by the Department of Defense.
Wednesday, Jun. 4, 2008
9:30 am - Senate Veterans' Affairs
To hold an oversight hearing to examine veterans disability compensation, focusing on undue delay in claims processing.
Thursday, Jun. 5, 2008
9:30 am - Senate Energy and Natural Resources
To hold hearings to examine off-highway vehicle management on public lands.
Wednesday, Jun. 11, 2008
10 am - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Rebuilding Vessels Under the Jones Act
10 am - House Veterans' Affairs
Implementing the Wounded Warrior Provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008
Thursday, Jun. 19, 2008
2 pm - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Federal Maritime Commission Management and Regulation of International Shipping
Wednesday, Jun. 25, 2008
2 pm - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Implementation of the Pipeline Inspection, Protection, Enforcement and Safety Act of 2006
Thursday, Jun. 26, 2008
9:30 am - Senate Veterans' Affairs
Business meeting to markup pending calendar business.
********** Here's the complete list (I think!) of hearings for the week:
Tuesday, May. 20, 2008
10 am - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board Casuality Investigation Program
10 am - Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Steven C. Preston, of Illinois, to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
10 am - Senate Energy and Natural Resources
The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on Energy and Related Economic Effects of Global Climate Change Legislation.
Witnesses
Mr. Brent Yacobucci , Congressional Research Service
Dr. Larry Parker , Congressional Research Service
Dr. Howard Gruenspecht , Deputy Administrator, Energy Information Administration
Dr. Brian McLean , U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Dr. Peter Orszag , Congressional Budget Office
10 am - Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
rings to examine plant closings, focusing on workers rights and the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN)(Public Law 100-379) Act's 20th anniversary.
10 am - Senate Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine global internet freedom, focusing on corporate responsibility and the rule of law.
10 am - House Education and Labor
Workforce Protections Subcommittee
Hearing on "ICE Workplace Raids: Their Impact on U.S. Children, Families, and Communities"
10 am - House Energy and Commerce
Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality Hearing
H.R. 5632, a bill to prohibit the importation of certain low-level radioactive waste into the United States
10 am - House Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment
Oversight Hearing: Burma in the Aftermath of Cyclone Nargis: Death, Displacement, and Humanitarian Aid
10 am - House Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade
Oversight Hearing: Export Compliance: Ensuring Safety, Increasing Efficiency
10:30 am - Senate Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine agreement on Extradition between the United States of America and the European Union (EU), signed on June 25, 2003 at Washington, together with twenty-two bilateral instruments which subsequently were signed between the United States and each European Union Member State in order to implement the Agreement with the EU. The Agreement includes an explanatory note which is an integral part of the Agreement (Treaty Doc.109-14), extradition Treaty between the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Latvia, signed on December 7, 2005, at Riga (Treaty Doc.109-15), extradition Treaty between the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Estonia, signed on February 8, 2006, at Tallinn (Treaty Doc.109-16), extradition Treaty between the United States of America and the Government of Malta, signed on May 18, 2006, at Valletta, that includes an exchange of letters that is an integral part of the treaty (Treaty Doc.109-17), extradition Treaty between the United States of America and Romania (the "Extradition Treaty" or the "Treaty") and the Protocol to the Treaty between the United States of America and Romania on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters (the "Protocol"), both signed at Bucharest on September 10, 2007 (Treaty Doc.110-11), extradition Treaty between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria (the "Extradition Treaty" or the "Treaty") and the Agreement on Certain Aspects of Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria (the "MLA Agreement"), both signed at Sofia on September 19, 2007 (Treaty Doc.110-12), treaty Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, signed at Stockholm on December 17, 2001 (Treaty Doc.107-12), mutual Legal Assistance between the United States of America and the European Union (EU), signed on June 25, 2003, at Washington, together with 25 bilateral instruments that subsequently were signed between the United States and each European Union Member State in order to implement the Agreement with the EU, and an explanatory note that is an integral part of the Agreement (Treaty Doc.109-13), and treaty between the United States of America and Malaysia on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, signed on July 28, 2006, at Kuala Lumpur (Treaty Doc.109-22).
10 am - House Financial Services
Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing entitled, "Examining the Need for H.R. 2885, the Credit Monitoring Clarification Act".
10 am - House Natural Resources
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Oversight Hearing: "The Future of the National Mall"
10:30 am - Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Financial Speculation in Commodity Markets: Are Institutional Investors and Hedge Funds Contributing to Food and Energy Price Inflation?
Witnesses:
Jeffrey H. Harris , Chief Economist , Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Michael W. Masters , Managing Member and Portfolio Manager , Masters Capital Management, LLC
Michael D. Walter , President , Commodity Markets Council
Benn Steil , Ph.D. , Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics , Council on Foreign Relations
Tom Buis , President , National Farmers Union
10:30 am - House Ways and Means
Subcommittee on Oversight
Hearing on the Department of the Treasury Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
11 am - Senate Appropriations
Defense Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2009 for the Department of Defense.
Witnesses:
The Honorable Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense
Admiral Michael G. Mullen, USN, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
11 am - Senate Committee on Conferees and House Budget
Meeting of conferees on S.Con.Res. 70, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013.
11 am - House Homeland Security
MARKUP - H.R. 1333, H.R. 2631, H.R. 4179, H.R. 4749, H.R. 5909, H.R. 5982, and H. Res. 1150
11 am - House Judiciary
Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security
Hearing on H.R. 3546, a bill to authorize the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program at fiscal year 2006 levels through 2012.
1 pm - House Oversight and Government Reform
EPA’s New Ozone Standards
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
2 pm - House Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight
Oversight Hearing: City on the Hill or Prison on the Bay? The Mistakes of Guantanamo and the Decline of America’s Image, Part II
WITNESSES:
Panel I
Mr. Murat Kurnaz, Former detainee, Naval Base, Guantanamo, Via videoconference
Panel II
Stephen Abraham, Esq., Retired Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army, Reserve
Mark P. Denbeaux, Esq., Professor of Law, Seton Hall University School of Law
Clive Stafford Smith, Esq., Director, Reprieve
P. Sabin Willett, Esq., Partner, Bingham McCutchen
Glenn M. Sulmasy, Esq., National Security and Human Rights Fellow, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
2 pm - House Oversight and Government Reform
Part-Time Reemployment of Federal Annuitants
Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia
2:15 pm - Senate Foreign Relations
Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
2:30 pm - Senate Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine protecting the constitutional right to vote for all Americans.
2:30 pm - House Judiciary
Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law
Hearing on: Immigration Needs of America’s Fighting Men and Women
2:30 pm - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act
2:45 pm - Senate Foreign Relations
Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) challenge, focusing on securing one of the worlds most dangerous areas.
5 pm - House Rules
Conference Report on S.Con.Res 70 – The Concurrent Budget Resolution for 2009
H.R. 6049 – H.R. 6049 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes
H.R. 5658 – The “Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009”
Wednesday, May. 21, 2008
9:15 am - Senate Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine treaty Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Concerning Defense Trade Cooperation, done at Washington and London on June 21 and 26, 2007 (Treaty Doc.110-07), and treaty Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Australia Concerning Defense Trade Cooperation, done at Sydney, September 5, 2007 (Treaty Doc.110-10).
9:30 am - Senate Veterans' Affairs
To hold hearings to examine pending health care legislation.
9:30 am - House Foreign Affairs
Oversight Hearing: The Rise of Sovereign Wealth Funds: Impacts on U.S. Foreign Policy and Economic Interests
10 am - Senate Environment and Public Works
Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
10 am - Senate Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine the skyrocketing price of oil.
10 am - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Reauthorization of the Great Lakes Legacy Act
10 am - House Education and Labor
Hearing on "The National Mathematics Advisory Panel Report: Foundations for Success," scheduled at 10:00 a.m. in room 2175 Rayburn H.O.B.
10 am - House Financial Services
Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing entitled, "Impact on Homebuyers and Housing Market of Conforming Loan Limit Increase".
10 am - House Financial Services
The Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Domestic Policy Joint Hearing entitled, "Targeting Federal Aid to Neighborhoods Distressed by the Subprime Mortgage Crisis".
10 am - House Financial Services
The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold a hearing entitled, "The Impact of Credit-Based Insurance Scoring on the Availability and Affordability of Insurance".
10 am - House Natural Resources
Full Committee Oversight Hearing: "The Danger of Deception: Do Endangered Species Have a Chance?"
10 am - House Natural Resources
Joint Subcommittee Oversight Hearing on "Census Data: Special Issues Related to U.S. Territories"
10 am - House Oversight and Government Reform
Census Data: Special Issues Related to the U.S. Territories
Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives
10 am - House Science and Technology
National Sea Grant College Program Act: H.R. 5618
10 am - House Small Business
Subcommittee on Urban and Rural Entrepreneurship Hearing on “Competitive Bidding for Durable Medical Equipment"
11 am - House Science and Technology
EPA’s Restructured IRIS System: Have Polluters and Politics Overwhelmed Science?
11 am - Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs will hold a business meeting to consider the nomination of: Paul A. Schneider to be Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
11 am - House Energy and Commerce
Subcommittee on Health Hearing
H.R. 1157, Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2007, and H.R. 758, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2007
1 pm - House Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia
The U.S.-Israel-Egypt Trilateral Relationship: Shoring Up the Foundation of Regional Peace
1:30 pm - House Judiciary
Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security
Oversight Hearing: on The FBI Whistleblowers
2 pm - Senate Rules and Administration
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Cynthia L. Bauerly, of Minnesota, Caroline C. Hunter, of Florida, and Donald F. McGahn, of the District of Columbia, each to be a Member of the Federal Election Commission.
2 pm - House Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans: Markup of H.R. 2964, H.R. 5350, H.R. 5451, and H.R. 5741
2 pm - House Oversight and Government Reform
Neighborhoods: The Blameless Victims of the Subprime Mortgage Crisis
Subcommittee on Domestic Policy
2:30 pm - Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
To hold hearings to examine efforts to create jobs with climate solutions, focusing on the ways agriculture and forestry can help lower costs in a low-carbon economy.
Thursday, May. 22, 2008
9:30 am - Senate Armed Services
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of General David H. Petraeus, USA, for reappointment to the grade of general and to be Commander, United States Central Command, and Lieutenant General Raymond T. Odierno, USA, for appointment to the grade of general and to be Commander, Multi-National Force-Iraq.
Witnesses:
General David H. Petraeus, USA
Lieutenant General Raymond T. Odierno, USA
9:30 am - Senate Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine the International Convention Against Doping in Sport, adopted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization on October 19, 2005 (Treaty Doc.110-14).
9:30 am - Senate Indian Affairs
To hold oversight hearings to examine the status of backlogs at the Department of the Interior.
10 am - Senate Finance
To hold hearings to examine S. 1919, to establish trade enforcement priorities for the United States, to strengthen the provisions relating to trade remedies.
10 am - Senate Judiciary
Business meeting to consider S. 2756, to amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a permanent background check system, S. 2982, to amend the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act to authorize appropriations, S. 1210, to extend the grant program for drug-endangered children, S.Res. 563, designating September 13, 2008, as "National Childhood Cancer Awareness Day", and the nominations of Elisebeth C. Cook, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy, Department of Justice, William T. Lawrence, of Indiana, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana, and G. Murray Snow, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona.
10 am - House Appropriations
Hearing – Legislative Branch Subcommittee
Capitol Visitor Center
10 am - House Veterans' Affairs
Subcommittee on Health
Human Resources Challenges within the Veterans Health Administration
10 am - House Energy and Commerce
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Hearing
Germs, Viruses, and Secrets: Government Plans to Move Exotic Disease Research to the Mainland United States
10 am - House Foreign Affairs
Oversight Hearing: Rising Oil Prices, Declining National Security?
10 am - House Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources: Oversight Hearing on "The United States Geological Survey's Earthquake Hazards Program -- Science, Preparation, and Response."
10 am - House Oversight and Government Reform
Accountability Lapses in Multiple Funds for Iraq
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
10 am - House Science and Technology
American Decline or Renewal? – Globalizing Jobs and Technology
10 am - House Small Business
Full Committee Hearing on “RESPA and its Impact on Small Business"
10:30 am - Senate Aging
To hold hearings to examine improving Medicare for the most vulnerable, focusing on senior citizens at risk.
11 am - House Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Water and Power: Markup of H.R. 5511 and H.R. 5710
11 am - House Judiciary
Judiciary Committee Antitrust Task Force
Hearing on: Retail Gas Prices, Part 2: Competition in the Oil Industry
1 pm - House Veterans' Affairs
Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs
Examining the Effectiveness of VBA Outreach Efforts
2 pm - Senate Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine closing the justice gap, focusing on providing civil legal assistance to low-income Americans.
2 pm - House Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight
Oversight Hearing: City on the Hill or Just Another Country? The United States and the Promotion of Human Rights and Democracy
WITNESSES:
The Honorable John Shattuck, Chief Executive Officer, John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor and former U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic
Kenneth Roth, Esq., Executive Director, Human Rights Watch
2 pm - House Oversight and Government Reform
Targeting Federal Aid to Neighborhoods Distressed by the Subprime Mortgage Crisis
Subcommittee on Domestic Policy
2:30 pm - Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia Subcommittee
To continue hearings to examine improving the security clearance process, focusing on reform efforts to streamline, standardize, and update the process.
Monday, June 2, 2008
TBA - House Ways and Means
Subcommittee on Trade
Levin and Herger Announce Additional Bills on Technical Corrections to U.S. Trade Laws and Miscellaneous Duty Suspensions for Written Comments
Tuesday, Jun. 3, 2008
9:30 am - Senate Armed Services
To hold hearings to examine the acquisition of major weapons systems by the Department of Defense.
Wednesday, Jun. 4, 2008
9:30 am - Senate Veterans' Affairs
To hold an oversight hearing to examine veterans disability compensation, focusing on undue delay in claims processing.
Thursday, Jun. 5, 2008
9:30 am - Senate Energy and Natural Resources
To hold hearings to examine off-highway vehicle management on public lands.
Wednesday, Jun. 11, 2008
10 am - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Rebuilding Vessels Under the Jones Act
10 am - House Veterans' Affairs
Implementing the Wounded Warrior Provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008
Thursday, Jun. 19, 2008
2 pm - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Federal Maritime Commission Management and Regulation of International Shipping
Wednesday, Jun. 25, 2008
2 pm - House Transportation and Infrastructure
Implementation of the Pipeline Inspection, Protection, Enforcement and Safety Act of 2006
Thursday, Jun. 26, 2008
9:30 am - Senate Veterans' Affairs
Business meeting to markup pending calendar business.