Live streaming is expected at most committee websites (see links below) and CSPAN (schedule). Direct realplayer links are: CSPAN, CSPAN-2, CSPAN-3, CSPAN Radio.

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Tuesday, March 3, 2009

9:30 am – Senate Armed Services
Hearings to examine acquisition of major weapons systems by the Department of Defense.

9:30 am – House Appropriations
Interior Subcommittee
On the Department of Interior oversight efforts.

Witnesses:

• Robin M. Nazzaro Director, Natural Resources & Environment, GAO
• Mary Kendall Deputy Inspector General, U.S. Department of the Interior
• Frank Rusco Director, Natural Resources & Environment, GAO

10 am – House Appropriations
Commerce, Justice, and Science Subcommittee
On an overview of science funding.

Witness:

• Ralph Cicerone, President, National Academy of Sciences

10 am – House Appropriations
Defense Subcommittee
On Defense Department health programs focusing on psychological health and traumatic brain injury problems.

Witnesses:

• Ms. Ellen Embrey Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Health Protection
• General Loree Sutton Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury

10 am – House Appropriations
Homeland Security Subcommittee
On health services for detainees in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody.

Witnesses:

• Dora Schirio, Special Advisor to the Secretary of Homeland Security
• Jim Hayes Director, Office of Detention & Removal Operations, U.S. ICE
• Capt. José Rodriguez Director, Division of Immigrant Health Services, U.S. ICE
• Alicia Puente Cackley Director, Health Care, GAO

10 am – House Armed Services
Military Personnel Subcommittee
On an overview of recruiting, retention and end strength.

10 am – Senate Budget
Hearings to examine economic and budget challenges for the short and long term.

Witness:

• The Honorable Ben S. Bernanke, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

10 am – Senate Energy and Natural Resources
An oversight hearing to examine the progress on smart grid initiatives authorized in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, and funded in the stimulus bill, and opportunities and impediments in installation of smart grid technologies.

10 am – Senate Foreign Relations
Hearings to examine Iranian political and nuclear realities and United States policy options.

Witnesses:

• The Honorable Frank G. Wisner, II, Former U.S. Ambassador to Zambia, Egypt, the Philippines, and India, New York, NY
• The Honorable Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, NY
• Mr. Mark Fitzpatrick, Senior Fellow for Non-Proliferation, International Institute for Strategic Studies, London, United Kingdom
• Mr. Karim Sadjadpour, Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC

10 am – House Education & Labor
Workforce Protections Subcommittee Hearing
Encouraging Family-Friendly Workplace Policies

10 am – House Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife
Oversight Hearing on "Managing Our Ocean and Wildlife Resources in a Dynamic Environment: Priorities for the New Administration and the 111th Congress"

10 am – House Natural Resources
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands
Legislative Hearing on H.R. 1018, H.R. 715, and H.R. 409

10 am – House Homeland Security
Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response Subcommittee
On FEMA’s Gulf Coast rebuilding efforts.

Witnesses:

• David Garratt, Acting Deputy Administrator, FEMA’s Disaster Assistance Directorate, Department of Homeland Security
• James Walke, Acting Assistant Administrator, FEMA’s Disaster Assistance Directorate, Department of Homeland Security
• Stanley J. Czerwinski, Director, Strategic Issues, U.S. Government Accountability Office
• Lyda Ann Thomas, Mayor, Galveston, Texas
• Amy Liu, Deputy Director, Metropolitan Policy Program, Brookings Institution

10 am – House Veterans’ Affairs
Health Subcommittee
On H.R. 784 – To amend Title 38, U.S. Code, to direct the secretary of Veteran’s Affairs to submit to Congress quarterly reports on vacancies in mental health professional positions in Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities, and
H.R. 785 – To direct the secretary of Veteran Affairs to carry out a pilot program to provide outreach and training to certain college and university mental health centers relating to the mental health of veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.

10 am – Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Hearings to examine consumer protections in financial services.

Witnesses:

• Steve Bartlett, President and CEO, Financial Services Roundtable
• Ellen Seidman, Senior Fellow of New America Foundation, Executive Vice President of ShoreBank Corporation
• Patricia A. McCoy, George J. & Helen M. England Professor of Law, University of Connecticut School of Law

11 am – House Budget
The President’s Fiscal Year 2010 Budget

Witness:

• Peter Orszag, Director, Office of Management and Budget

12:30 pm – House Ways & Means
Hearing on the President’s Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Overview

Witness:

• Timothy Geithner, Secretary, Department of the Treasury

1 pm – House Armed Services
Readiness Subcommittee
On Department of Defense fuel demand management at forward-deployed locations and operational energy initiatives.

1:30 pm – House Veterans’ Affairs
Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee
On document tampering and mishandling at the Department of Veterans Affairs.

2 pm – House Natural Resources
National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Subcommittee
On the role of federal lands in combating climate change.

2 pm – House Foreign Affairs
Western Hemisphere Subcommittee
On U.S.-Bolivia relations.

• The Honorable Peter DeShazo, Director, Americas Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Ms. Kathryn Ledebur, Director, Andean Information Network
• Mr. Ivan Rebolledo, President, Bolivian-American Chamber of Commerce, Inc.
• Mr. Marcos Iberkleid, Chief Executive Officer, Ametex, America Textil S.A.
• Jaime Daremblum, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, Director, Center for Latin American Studies, Hudson Institute

2 pm – House Natural Resources
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands
Oversight Hearing on "The Role of Federal Lands in Combating Climate Change"

2 pm – House Appropriations
Commerce, Justice and Science Subcommittee
On the place of NASA science in the overall science enterprise.

Witness:

• Lenard Fisk, University of Michigan, Former NASA Associate Administrator for Space Science and Applications.
• Dr. Samuel M. Rankin, III Associate Executive Director, American Mathematical, Society

3:30 pm – House Armed Services
Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee
On challenges and opportunities for the Special Operations Forces.

5 pm – House Rules
On H.R. 157 – District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act, and
H.R. 1241 – To increase the penalty for failure to file a partnership or S corporation return.

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

9:30 am – Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Hearings to examine improving nutrition for America’s children in difficult economic times.

Witnesses
Panel 1: Improving Nutrition Through the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs

• Dr. Katie Wilson, School Nutrition Director, Onalaska Public Schools, Onalaska, WI
• Dr. Susan Bartlett, Senior Researcher, Abt Associates, Cambridge, MA
• Mrs. Connie Boldt, School Food Director, Knoxville Community School District, Knoxville, IA

Panel 2: Improving Nutrition for Children When They’re Not in School

• Dr. David Paige, Professor, Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, MD
• Mr. Kenneth Hecht, Executive Director, California Food Policy Advocates, Oakland, CA
• Ms. Lucy Nolan, Executive Director, End Hunger Connecticut, Hartford, CT

9:30 am – House Energy Independence and Global Warming
On the current efforts of developing nations to fight climate change and what this means for the climate negotiations in Copenhagen at the end of 2009.

• Mr. Carter Roberts, President and CEO, World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
• Ms. Barbara Finamore, China Programme Director, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
• Mr. Ned Helme, Presiden, Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP)
• Mr. Lee Lane, Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

10 am – House Energy and Commerce
Markup of pending legislation relating to the protection of public health.

10 am – House Oversight and Government Reform
National Security and Foreign Affairs Subcommittee
On understanding a complex threat environment in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

• Mr. Peter Bergen, Schwartz Senior Fellow at New America Foundation and author of The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of Al Qaeda’s Leader (2006) as well as Holy War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama bin Laden (2001)
• Mr. Joshua T. White, Research Fellow at the Institute for Global Engagement and Ph.D. Candidate at Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies
• Paul R. Pillar, Ph.D., Visiting Professor and Director of Studies, Security Studies Program at Georgetown University, and former National Intelligence Officer for the Near East and South Asia.

10 am – House Transportation and Infrastructure
Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee
Markup of H.R. ___ – Water Quality Investment Act.

10 am – Senate Finance
Hearings to examine the President’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2010.

Witness:

• Timothy F. Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury, Washington, DC

10 am – Senate Aging
Hearings to examine health reform in an aging America.

10 am – House Science & Technology
21st Century Water Planning: The Importance of a Coordinated Federal Approach

10 am – Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Where Were the Watchdogs? Systemic Risk and the Breakdown of Financial Governance

Witnesses:

• Robert E. Litan, Ph.D., Vice President for Research and Policy, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
• Damon A. Silvers, Deputy Chair, Congressional Oversight Panel; Associate General Counsel, The American Federation of Labor – Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
• Robert C. Pozen, Chairman, MFS Investment Management

10 am – Senate Judiciary
Hearing on “Getting to the Truth Through a Nonpartisan Commission of Inquiry"

Witnesses:

• Thomas Pickering, Vice Chairman, Hills & Company, International Consultants, Washington, D.C.
• Retired Vice Admiral Lee Gunn, President, Institute of Public Research at The CNA Corporation, Arlington, VA
• John Farmer, Partner, Arsenault, Whipple, Farmer, Fasset and Azzarello, L.L.P., Chatham, NJ
• Frederick A. O. Schwarz, Jr., Senior Counsel, Brennan Center for Justice, New York University School of Law, New York, NY
• David B. Rivkin, Jr., Baker & Hostetler, L.L.P., Washington, D.C.
• Jeremy Rabkin, Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law, Arlington, VA

10:30 am – Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Hearings to examine improving nutrition for America’s children in difficult economic times.

1 pm – House Small Business
On the state of the renewable fuels industry in the current economy.

1 pm – House Veterans’ Affairs
Economic Opportunity Subcommittee
On pending legislation.

2 pm – House Ways and Means
On an overview of the President’s FY 2010 budget.

• Peter Orszag, Director, Office of Management and Budget.

2 pm – House Rules
H. R. 1106- Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009

2 pm – House Homeland Security
On the role of state and local law enforcement in immigration law.

2 pm – House Appropriations
Commerce, Justice, and Science Subcommittee
On the place of science in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the overall science enterprise.

2 pm – House Appropriations
Energy and Water Subcommittee
On oversight of project management by the Department of Energy.

2:30 pm – Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Subcommittee on Investigations
Hearings to examine tax haven banks and United States tax compliance, focusing on obtaining names of United States clients with Swiss Accounts.

2:30 pm – House Financial Services
Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee
On whether TARP is helping the American public.

• David S. Scharfstein, PhD, Edmund Cogswell Converse Professor of Finance and Banking, Harvard Business School
• Dean Baker, PhD, Co-Director, Center for Economic and Policy
• Robert W. Davenport, President, The National Development Council
• C. R. Cloutier, President and CEO, MidSouth Bank, NA, on behalf of Independent Bankers of America Bert Ely, Principal, Ely & Company
• Joseph Zucchero, Owner, Mr. Beef Deli

Thursday, March 5, 2009

9:30 am – House Energy and Commerce
Energy and Environment Subcommittee
On the role of offsets in climate legislation

9:30 am - Senate Energy and Natural Resources
An oversight hearing to examine future directions of energy research and development, and to identify key scientific and technological hurdles to overcome to pursue these new directions.

9:30 am – Senate Veterans’ Affairs and House Veterans’ Affairs
Joint hearings to examine the legislative presentations of veterans’ service organizations PVA, BVA, JWV, WWP, IAVA, Ex-POWs, GSW

10 am – House Energy and Commerce
Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection Subcommittee
On consumer protection in the used and subprime car market

10 am – House Judiciary
Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law Subcommittee
Markup of adoption of the rules of procedure and statement of policy for private immigration legislation. Adopt Rules of Procedure and Statement of Policy for Private Immigration Bills; Adopt Rules of Procedure for Private Claims Bills; Continue the Subcommittee’s Policy on the Granting of Federal Charters; and Request Department of Homeland Security Departmental Reports on the Beneficiaries of: H.R. 492, H.R. 660; H.R. 698; H.R. 1009; H.R. 1104; and H.R. 1290

10 am – House Oversight and Government Reform
Information Policy, Census, and National Archives Subcommittee
On the status of the 2010 Census operations

10 am – House Science & Technology
Cost Management Issues in NASA’s Acquisitions and Programs

10 am – House Armed Services
The full committee will meet to receive testimony on combating piracy on the high seas.

10 am – House Financial Services
"Perspectives on Systemic Risk"

Witnesses:

• Orice Williams, Director, Financial Markets and Community Investment, Government Accountability Office
• Richard H. Baker, President and Chief Executive Officer, Managed Funds Association
• Steve Bartlett, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Financial Services Roundtable
• Therese Vaughan, Chief Executive Officer, National Association of Insurance Commissioners
• Robert A. DiMuccio, President and Chief Executive Officer, Amica Mutual Group
• Timothy Ryan, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association

10 am – House Budget
Treasury Department Fiscal Year 2010 Budget

Witness:

• The Honorable Timothy F. Geithner, Secretary, Department of the Treasury

10 am – House Veterans’ Affairs and Senate Veterans’ Affairs
Joint hearings to examine legislative presentations of veterans’ service organizations.

10 am – Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Follow the Money: Transparency and Accountability for Recovery and Reinvestment Spending

Witnesses:

• Robert L. Nabors II , Deputy Director , Office of Management and Budget
• Gene L. Dodaro , Acting Comptroller General , U.S. Government Accountability Office
• Phyllis K. Fong , Inspector General, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Chair, Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency

10 am – Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Hearings to examine American International Group, focusing on government intervention and implications for future regulation.

Witnesses:

• Donald Kohn , Vice Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System
• Scott M. Polakoff , Acting Director, Office of Thrift Supervision
• Eric Dinallo , Superintendent, New York State Insurance Department

10 am – Senate Judiciary
Business meeting to consider S.386, to improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud, and other frauds related to federal assistance and relief programs, for the recovery of funds lost to these frauds, S.49, to help Federal prosecutors and investigators combat public corruption by strengthening and clarifying the law, S.146, to amend the Federal antitrust laws to provide expanded coverage and to eliminate exemptions from such laws that are contrary to the public interest with respect to railroads, S.256, to enhance the ability to combat methamphetamine, and the nominations of Elena Kagan, of Massachusetts, to be Solicitor General of the United States, Thomas John Perrelli, of Virginia, to be Associate Attorney General, and David S. Kris, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General, all of the Department of Justice.

10 am – House Appropriations
Commerce, Justice, & Science Subcommittee
Science Education

Witnesses:

• Bill Nye "The Science Guy"
• Dr. Harold Pratt Former President, National Science Teachers Association

10 am – House Appropriations
State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee
The Role of Civilian and Military Agencies in the Advancement of America’s Diplomatic and Development Objectives

10 am – House Foreign Affairs
The Role for Congress and the President in War: The Recommendations of the National War Powers Commission

Witnesses:

• The Honorable Warren M. Christopher, Senior Partner, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, (Former Secretary of State)
• The Honorable James A. Baker, III, Senior Partner, Baker Botts LLP, (Former Secretary of State)
• The Honorable Lee H. Hamilton, President and Director, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, (Former Chairman, House Foreign Affairs Committee)

10 am – House Homeland Security
Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and Oversight Hearing
“Putting People First: A Way Forward for the Homeland Security Workforce.”

10:30 am – Senate Foreign Relations
Hearings to examine United States strategy regarding Iran

Witnesses:

• Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, CSIS Counselor and Trustee, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC
• General Brent Scowcroft, USAF (Ret.), President, The Scowcroft Group, Washington, DC

11 am – House Transportation and Infrastructure
Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee
Markup of H.R. 915, the "FAA Reauthorization Act of 2009"
H.R. ___, the "Water Quality Investment Act of 2009"
Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Views and Estimates of the Committee on Transporation and Infrastructure

1 pm – House Armed Services
The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will meet to receive testimony on Can DOD Travelers Book a Trip? Defense Travel System Update.

2 pm – House Appropriations
Commerce, Justice, & Science Subcommittee
Where Are We Today: Today’s Assessment of "The Gathering Storm"

Witness:

• Norm Augustine, Former Chairman & CEO, Lockheed Martin

2 pm – House Natural Resources
Subcommittee On Energy And Mineral Resources
Oversight Hearing On “Energy Outlooks, And The Role Of Federal Onshore And Offshore Resources In Meeting Future Energy Demand”

2:30 pm – Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security
Hearings to examine how the Obama Administration can achieve an accurate and cost-effective 2010 census.

Friday, March 06, 2009

9:30 am – Senate Joint Economic Committee
Hearings to examine the employment situation for February 2009.

10 am – House Armed Services
The Military Personnel Subcommittee will meet to receive testimony on Sexual Assault in the Military: Prevention.

Monday, March 09, 2009

2:30 pm – Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Hearings to examine preventing worker exploitation, focusing on protecting individuals with disabilities and other vulnerable populations.

5 pm – Senate Finance
Nomination hearing:

• Ronald Kirk, of Texas, to be United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

9:30 am – Senate Veterans’ Affairs
An oversight hearing to examine budget for veterans programs for fiscal year 2010.

10 am – Senate Finance
The President’s Fiscal Year 2010 Health Care Proposals.

Witness:

• Peter Orszag, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC.

10 am – House Financial Services
"Exploring the Balance between Increased Credit Availability and Prudent Lending Standards"

10 am – Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Hearings to examine proposed legislation to provide for the conduct of an in-depth analysis of the impact of energy development and production on the water resources of the United States.

10 am – Senate Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Hearings to examine the impact of potential climate remediation policies on carbon-intensive United States industries and creating climate-friendly economic and trade polices, focusing on how the financial crisis impacts the implementation of climate-friendly policies within the United States and among trading partners.

10 am – Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Rebuilding Economic Security: Empowering Workers to Restore the Middle Class

10 am – Senate Judiciary
“Patent Reform in the 111th Congress: Legislation and Recent Court Decisions”

10:30 am – House Education and Labor
Strengthening Employer-Based Health Care

2 pm – House Veterans’ Affairs
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2010

2:15 pm – Senate Judiciary
Nomination hearing:

• Lanny A. Breuer to be an Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice
• Christine Anne Varney to be Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice
• Tony West to be Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Department of Justice

2:30 pm – Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
The Next Generation of National Service.

2:30 pm – Senate Budget
The President’s Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Proposal

• Peter R. Orszag — Director, Office of Management and Budget

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

10 am House Transportation & Infrastructure
Overview of Coast Guard Drug and Migrant Interdiction

10 am – House Transportation and Infrastructure
Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee
EDA Reauthorization: Rating Past Performances and Setting Goals During an Economic Crisis

Thursday, March 12, 2009

9:30 am – House Veterans’ Affairs and Senate Veterans’ Affairs
Joint hearings to examine legislative presentations of veterans’ service organizations.

10 am – House Agriculture
Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry
To review animal identification systems.

Thursday, March 12, 2009

9:30 am – Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Hearings to examine proposed legislation regarding siting of electricity transmission lines, including increased federal siting authority and regional transmission planning.

10 am – House Education and Labor
Lost Educational Opportunities in Alternative Settings

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

9:30 am – Senate Armed Services
To receive testimony on United States Southern Command, United States Northern Command, United States Africa Command, and United States Transportation Command.

• Admiral James G. Stavridis, USN, Commander, United States Southern Command
• General Victor E. Renuart, Jr., USAF, Commander, United States Northern Command/Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command
• General William E. Ward, USA, Commander, United States Africa Command
• General Duncan J. McNabb, USAF, Commander, United States Transportation Command

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

9:30 am – House Veterans’ Affairs and Senate Veterans’ Affairs
Joint hearings to examine the legislative presentation of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

10 am – House Transportation & Infrastructure
ATC Modernizaiton and NextGen: Near-Term Achievable Goals

Thursday, March 19, 2009

9:30 am – Senate Armed Services
To receive testimony on United States Pacific Command, United States Strategic Command, and United States Forces Korea.

• Admiral Timothy J. Keating, USN, Commander, United States Pacific Command
• General Kevin P. Chilton, USAF, Commander, United States Strategic Command
• General Walter L. Sharp, USA, Commander, United Nations Command and Republic of Korea/United States Combined Forces Command; Commander, United States Forces Korea

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

10 am – House Transportation & Infrastructure
Overview of Coast Guard Acquisition Policies and Programs

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

9:30 am – Senate Veterans’ Affairs
Hearings to examine State-of-the-Art information technology (IT) solutions for Veterans’ Affairs benefits delivery.

Live streaming is expected at most committee websites (see links below) and CSPAN (schedule). Direct realplayer links are: CSPAN, CSPAN-2, CSPAN-3, CSPAN Radio.

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Monday, February 23, 2009

2:00 pm – Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Hearings to examine principle of integrative health, focusing on a path to health care reform.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

9 am – House Armed Services
On the acquisition and disposal of military lands.

9:30 am – House Appropriations
Interior Subcommittee
On the possible move of the U.S. Forest Service to the Department of Interior.

9:30 am – House Energy & Commerce
On how energy efficiency policies can complement climate change efforts.

10 am – Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Hearings to examine addressing underinsurance in national health reform.

10 am – House Energy & Commerce
On reauthorization of H.R.___ – Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act.

10 am – House Transportation and Infrastructure
US Airways Flight 1549 Accident

Witnesses:

• Chesley Sullenberger III, Captain, Flight 1549, USAirways
• Jeffrey Skiles, First Officer, Flight 1549, USAirways
• Sheila Dail, Flight Attendant, Flight 1549, USAirways
• Doreen Welsh, Flight Attendant, Flight 1549, USAirways
• Donna Dent, Flight Attendant, Flight 1549, USAirways
• Patrick Harten, Air Traffic Control Specialist, New York Terminal Radar Approach Control

10 am – House Science & Technology
On the monitoring, reporting, and verifying of greenhouse has emissions.

10 am – Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Hearings to examine the semiannual monetary policy report to the Congress.

Witness:

• The Honorable Ben S. Bernanke , Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

10 am – House Natural Resources
Hearing: "Offshore Drilling: State Perspectives"

10:30 am – House Education & Labor
On efforts to strengthen worker retirement security.

Witnesses:

• Dean Baker, Co-director, Center for Economic and Policy Research
• John C. Bogle, Founder, Vanguard Group
• Alicia Munnell, Director, Boston College’s Center for Retirement Research
• Paul Schott Stevens, President and CEO, Investment Company Institute

1 pm – House Appropriations
Energy and Water Subcommittee
On oversight of the Army Corp of Engineers.

Witness:

• Van Antwerp, Commanding General, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers and U.S. Army Chief of Engineers.

2 pm – Senate Veterans’ Affairs and House Veterans’ Affairs
Joint hearings to examine the legislative presentation of the Disabled American Veterans.

2 pm – House Financial Services
The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation will hold a hearing entitled: "A Review of TARP Oversight, Accountability and Transparency for U.S. Taxpayers".

Witnesses:

• Mr. Neil M. Barofsky, Special Inspector General, Office of the Special Inspector General, Troubled Asset Relief Program
• Mr. Gene L. Dodaro, Acting Comptroller General of the United States, Government Accountability Office
• Ms. Elizabeth Warren, Chair, Congressional Oversight Panel, Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law, Harvard University

2 pm – House Rules
H. R. 1105- Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009

2 pm - House Ways & Means
On organizing the subcommittee for the 111th Congress.

2:30 pm – Senate Foreign Relations
Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs
Hearings to examine recent developments in Sri Lanka.

2:30 pm – Senate Judiciary
Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights
Hearings to examine the Ticketmaster/Live Nation merger, focusing on consumers and the concert business.

2:30 pm – House Financial Services
The Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunityn will hold a hearing entitled: "Loan Modifications: Are Mortgage Servicers Assisting Borrowers with Unaffordable Mortgages".

Witnesses
Panel 1:

• Mr. Vance Morris, Director for Single Family Asset Management, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Ms. Grovetta Gardineer, Managing Director, Corporate and International Activities, Office of Thrift Supervision
• Mr. Joseph H. Evers, Deputy Comptroller for Large Bank Supervision, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
• Mr. Patrick J. Lawler, Chief Economist, Federal Housing Finance Agency

Panel 2:

• Mr. William C. Erbey, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ocwen Financial Corporation
• Ms. Mary Coffin, Executive Vice President, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage Servicing
• Mr. Michael Gross, Managing Director for Loss Mitigation, Bank of America
• Ms. Molly Sheehan, Senior Vice President, Chase Home Lending, JP Morgan Chase
• Mr. Steve Hemperly, Executive Vice President, Mortgage Default Servicing, Citigroup

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

9 am – House Intelligence
On current worldwide security threats.

Witness:

• Dennis Blair, Director of National Intelligence

9:30 am – House Energy Independence & Global Warming
On updating the nation’s energy grid with technology solutions that improve efficiency, save consumers money and create new jobs.

10 am – House Science & Technology
On the impacts of U.S. export control policies on science and technology activities and competitiveness.

Witnesses:

• Lt. General Brent Scowcroft (USAF, Ret.)
• Mr. A. Thomas Young
• Professor Claude Canizares

10 am – House Transportation & Infrastructure
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management
Post-Katrina Disaster Response and Recovery: Evaluating FEMA’s Continuing Efforts in the Gulf Coast and Response to Recent Disasters

Witness:

• David Garratt, Acting Deputy Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency

10 am – House Ways & Means
On scientific objectives that climate change legislation should seek to achieve.

Witnesses

• Dr. James Hansen, Adjunct Professor, The Earth Institute at Columbia University, New York, New York
• Dr. Brenda Ekwurzel, Climate Scientist, Union of Concerned Scientists
• Dr. John Christy, Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science and Director of the Earth System Science Center, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama

10 am – House Financial Services
Monetary Policy and the State of the Economy

• Ben Bernanke, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

10 am – House Foreign Affairs
From Competition to Collaboration: Strengthening the U.S.-Russia Relationship

10 am – House Homeland Security
On the future of the Department of Homeland Security.

Witness:

• Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland Security.

10 am – House Judiciary
On copyright licensing in a digital age focusing on competition, compensation and the need to update the cable and satellite TV licenses.

Witnesses:

• Marybeth Peters, Register of Copyright, U.S. Copyright Office
• Fritz Attaway, Executive Vice President, MPAA
• Bob Gabrielli, Senior Vice President, DIRECTV
• Irving Bradley, Jr., Internet and Telecommunications Counsel, Consumers Union
• Kyle McSlarrow, President and CEO, NCTA
• David Rehr, President and CEO, NAB

10 am - House Natural Resources
Full Committee Oversight Hearing: "Offshore Drilling: Industrial Perspectives"

Witnesses:

• Marvin E. Odum, President, Shell Oil Company
• Lamar McKay, Chairman and President, BP America, Inc.
• Larry Nichols, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Devon Energy Corporation
• Tim Cejka, President, ExxonMobil Exploration Company
• Gary Luquette, President, Chevron North America Exploration and Production Company
• Karen A. Harbert, President & CEO, Institute for 21st Century Energy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

10 am – House Education & Labor
Renewing America through National Service and Volunteerism

Witnesses:

• Usher Raymond IV, Recording Artist and Chairman, Usher’s New Look Foundation
• James Harris, Youth Participant, Usher’s New Look Foundation
• Richard Stengel, Managing Editor, TIME Magazine
• Van Jones, Founder and President, Green for All
• Cheryl L. Dorsey, President, Echoing Green
• The Honorable Harris Wofford, former US Senator (D-PA)

10 am – House Armed Services
The Joint Air and Land Forces and Seapower and Expeditionary Forces Subcommittees will meet to receive testimony on U.S. Transportation Command’s (USTRANSCOM) airlift, sealift, and surface lift programs.

Witness:

• General Duncan J. McNabb, USAF, U.S. Transportation Command

10 am – House Veterans’ Affairs
Document Tampering and Mishandling at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

10:00 am – Senate Environment and Public Works
Hearings to examine an update on the latest global warming science.

• R.K. Pachauri PhD, Chairman, United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• Christopher Field PhD, Director, Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford University Co-chair of Working Group II (Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability [including North America]), United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• Howard Frumkin MD, MPH, DrPH, Director, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Director, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
• William Happer PhD, Professor of Physics, Princeton University

10:00 am – Senate Finance
Hearings to examine scoring health care reform, focusing on Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) budget options.

Witness:

• Douglas Elmendorf, Ph.D, Director, Congressional Budget Office

10:00 am – Senate Judiciary
Hearings to examine ensuring television carriage in the digital age.

10:30 am – Senate Aging
Business meeting to consider committee’s rules of procedure for the 111th Congress; to be followed by a hearing to examine securing retirement in a volatile economy.

1 pm – House Small Business
On the challenges small business face funding and maintaining retirement plans in a struggling economy.

1 pm – House Appropriations
State, Foreign Ops Subcommittee
Building a 21st Century Workforce

Witnesses:

• Thomas Pickering, former Ambassador
• Prudence Bushnell, former Ambassador
• Edward Perkins, former Ambassador
• Jim Kunder, former United States Agency for International Development

1 pm – House Armed Services
The Strategic Forces Subcommittee will meet to receive testimony on the future of missile defense testing.

2 pm – House Judiciary
Markup of H.R. 157 – District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act, H.R. 1110 – PHONE Act, H.R. 628 – To establish a pilot program in certain U.S. district courts to encourage enhancement of expertise in patent cases among district judges, and H.R. 1107 – To enact certain laws relating to public contracts as Title 41, United States Code, “Public Contracts”.

2 pm – House Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife
On H.R. 860 – Coral Reef Conservation Act Reauthorization and Enhancement Amendments, and H.R. 934 – A bill to convey certain submerged lands to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in order to give that territory the same benefits in its submerged lands as Guam, the Virgin Islands and American Samoa have in their submerged lands.

Witnesses:
Panel 1

• The Honorable Felix P. Camacho, Governor of Guam
• The Honorable Togiola T.A. Tulafono, Governor of American Samoa
• The Honorable Benigno R. Fitial, Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

Panel 2

• Kacky Andrews, Director, Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Nikolao Pula, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Insular Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior
• Evangeline D. Lujan, Chairperson, U.S. All Islands Coral Reef Committee
• Ken Caldeira, Ph.D., Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution of Washington
• Paul Dalzell, Senior Scientist, Western Pacific Fishery Regional Management Council

2:00 pm – Senate Judiciary
Nomination Hearing:

• David S. Kris, of Maryland to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice
• Dawn Elizabeth Johnsen, of Indiana to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice

2:30 pm – Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Nomination Hearing:

• Gary Gensler, of Maryland, to be Chairman and Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

3 pm – House Armed Services
The Military Personnel Subcommittee will meet to receive testimony on beneficiary and advocacy views.

Witnesses:

• Colonel Peter J. Duffy, USA, (Ret.), Deputy Legislative Director, National Guard Association of the United States
• Master Sergeant Michael P. Cline, USA, (Ret.), Executive Director, Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the US
• Ms. Kathleen B. Moakler, Director, Government Relations, National Military Family Association
• Colonel Steve Strobridge, USAF, (Ret.), Director, Government Relations, Military Officers Association of America
• Ms. Margaret McCloud, Member, Gold Star Wives
• Mr. F. Jed Becker, Chairman, Armed Forces Marketing Council
• Ms. Perri Brackett, Chairwoman, American Logistics Association

4 pm – House Rules
H. R. 1106- Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009

Thursday, February 26, 2009

9:30 am – Senate Armed Services
Hearings to examine strategic options for the way ahead in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

9:30 am - House Energy and Commerce
Subcommittee on Energy and Environment
Renewable Energy: Complementary Policies for Climate Legislation

10 am – House Financial Services
Hearing on "Monetary Policy and the State of the Economy"

Witnesses:

• Dr. James K. Galbraith, Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr. Chair in Government/Business Relations, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin
• Dr. Alan S. Blinder, Gordon S. Rentschler Memorial Professor of Economics and Co-Director of the Center for Economic Policy Studies, Princeton University
• Dr. John B. Taylor, Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics and Bowen H. and Janice Arthur McCoy Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University

10 am – House Natural Resources
Subcommittee On Energy And Mineral Resources
Legislative Hearing H.R. 699 – Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act

10 am – House Oversight and Government Reform
Hearing on How Convicts and Con Artists Receive New Federal Contracts

10 am – House Energy and Commerce
Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection
Revisiting the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976

10 am – House Education & Labor
Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness Subcommittee Hearing
New Innovations and Best Practices Under the Workforce Investment Act

10 am – House Appropriations
Homeland Security Subcommittee
Disaster Response: Is FEMA up to the Challenge?

10 am – House Appropriations
Defense Subcommittee
Outsourcing

Witness:

• Dr. Gordon S. Heddell, Acting IG of the DOD

10 am – House Judiciary
Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy
Hearing on: Competition in the Ticketing and Promotion Industry

10 am – House Science & Technology
Beyond the Classroom: Informal STEM Education

10 am – House Ways & Means
Hearing on IRS Assistance for Taxpayers Experiencing Economic Difficulties

Witnesses:

• Linda E. Stiff, Deputy Commissioner for Services and Enforcement, Internal Revenue Service
• Nina E. Olson, National Taxpayer Advocate, Internal Revenue Service

10:00 am – Senate Indian Affairs
An oversight hearing to examine youth suicide in Indian country.

10:00 am – Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Hearings to examine the Administration’s Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan.

Witness:

• Honorable Shaun Donovan , Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

10:00 am – Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
The Committee will examine Consumer Protection and the Credit Crisis and enforcement against fraudulent credit repair schemes under the Credit Repair Organization Act (CROA). Specifically, the Committee will examine consumer protection in credit counseling, debt management, and foreclosure rescue programs and fraud. The Committee will also examine oversight of the federal authorities, protecting distressed consumers from mortgage fraud scams, and steering families away from these fraudulent schemes toward a path of financial stability.

Witnesses
Panel 1:

• The Honorable Pamela Jones Harbour, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission

Panel 2:

• Mr. Prentiss Cox, Associate Clinical Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law School
• Mr. Travis Plunkett, Legislative Director, Consumer Federation of America
• Mrs. Nancy Dix, Consumer
• Mr. Bill Himpler, Executive Vice President, Federal Government Affairs, American Financial Services Association

10:00 am – Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Hearings to examine integrative care, focusing on a pathway to a healthier nation

10:00 am – Senate Judiciary
Organizational Business meeting to consider committee’s rules of procedure for the 111th Congress; S.386, to improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud, and other frauds related to federal assistance and relief programs, for the recovery of funds lost to these frauds, S.49, to help Federal prosecutors and investigators combat public corruption by strengthening and clarifying the law, S.146, to amend the Federal antitrust laws to provide expanded coverage and to eliminate exemptions from such laws that are contrary to the public interest with respect to railroads, and the nominations of David W. Ogden, of Virginia, to be Deputy Attorney General, Elena Kagan, of Massachusetts, to be Solicitor General of the United States, and Thomas John Perrelli, of Virginia, to be Associate Attorney General, all of the Department of Justice.

10:00 am – Senate Veterans’ Affairs
An oversight hearing to examine caring for veterans in rural areas.

10:00 am – Senate Joint Economic Committee
Hearings to examine restoring the economy, focusing on strategy for short-term and long-term change.

Witnesses
Panel 1:

• Paul Volcker, Chairman, President’s Economic Advisory Board

Panel 2:

• Roger C. Altman, Chairman and CEO, Evercore Partners, Inc.
• Adam Posen, Deputy Director, Peterson Institute for International

11 am – House Foreign Affairs
Building a Strategic Partnership: U.S.-India Relations in the Wake of Mumbai

1 pm – House Veterans’ Affairs
VA’s Update on Short and Long-Term Strategies for Implementing New G.I. Bill Requirements

2:30 pm – Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Hearings to examine recommendations for reducing energy consumption in buildings through improved implementation of authorized Department of Energy (DOE) programs and through other innovative federal energy efficiency policies and programs.

2:30 pm – Senate Foreign Relations
Hearings to examine engaging with Muslim communities around the world.

Witnesses
Panel 1:

• The Honorable Madeleine K. Albright, Former Secretary of State, Washington, DC
• Admiral William J. Fallon, USN (ret.), Former Commander of U.S. Central Command, Cambridge, MA

Panel 2:

• Dalia Mogahed, Executive Director, Gallup Center for Muslim Studies, Washington, DC
• Eboo Patel, Executive Director, Interfaith Youth Core, Chicago, IL
• Zeyno Baran, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute, Washington, DC

2:30 pm – Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia
Hearings to examine protecting public and animal health, focusing on homeland security and the federal veterinarian workforce.

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

9:30 am – Senate Armed Services
Hearings to examine acquisition of major weapons systems by the Department of Defense.

10:00 am – Senate Budget
Hearings to examine economic and budget challenges for the short and long term.

10:00 am – Senate Energy and Natural Resources
An oversight hearing to examine the progress on smart grid initiatives authorized in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, and funded in the stimulus bill, and opportunities and impediments in installation of smart grid technologies.

10:00 am – Senate Foreign Relations
Hearings to examine Iranian political and nuclear realities and United States policy options.

Witnesses:

• The Honorable Frank G. Wisner, II, Former U.S. Ambassador to Zambia, Egypt, the Philippines, and India, New York, NY
• The Honorable Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, NY
• Mr. Mark Fitzpatrick, Senior Fellow for Non-Proliferation, International Institute for Strategic Studies, London, United Kingdom
• Mr. Karim Sadjadpour, Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC

10 am – House Education & Labor
Workforce Protections Subcommittee Hearing
Encouraging Family-Friendly Workplace Policies

10 am – House Judiciary
Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law
Hearing on: Circuit City Unplugged: Why Did Chapter 11 Fail to Save 34,000 Jobs?

10 am – House Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife
Oversight Hearing on "Managing Our Ocean and Wildlife Resources in a Dynamic Environment: Priorities for the New Administration and the 111th Congress"

10 am – House Natural Resources
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands
Legislative Hearing on H.R. 1018, H.R. 715, and H.R. 409

11 am – House Budget
The President’s Fiscal Year 2010 Budget

Witness:

• The Honorable Peter Orszag, Director, Office of Management and Budget

12:30 pm – House Ways & Means
Hearing on the President’s Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Overview

2 pm – House Natural Resources
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands
Oversight Hearing on "The Role of Federal Lands in Combating Climate Change"

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

?? – House Science & Technology
21st Century Water Planning: The Importance of a Coordinated Federal Approach

10:00 am – Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Hearings to examine systemic risk and breakdown of financial governance.

10 am – House Judiciary
Hearing on: H.R. 848, the "Performance Rights Act"

10 am – Senate Judiciary
Hearing on “Getting to the Truth Through a Nonpartisan Commission of Inquiry"

10:30 am – Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Hearings to examine improving nutrition for America’s children in difficult economic times.

2:30 pm – Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Subcommittee on Investigations
Hearings to examine tax haven banks and United States tax compliance, focusing on obtaining names of United States clients with Swiss Accounts.

Thursday, March 5, 2009

?? – House Science & Technology
Cost Management Issues in NASA’s Acquisitions and Programs

9:30 am - Senate Energy and Natural Resources
An oversight hearing to examine future directions of energy research and development, and to identify key scientific and technological hurdles to overcome to pursue these new directions.

9:30 am – Senate Veterans’ Affairs and House Veterans’ Affairs
Joint hearings to examine the legislative presentations of veterans’ service organizations PVA, BVA, JWV, WWP, IAVA, Ex-POWs, GSW

10 am – House Budget
Treasury Department Fiscal Year 2010 Budget

Witness:

• The Honorable Timothy F. Geithner, Secretary, Department of the Treasury

10 am – House Veterans’ Affairs and Senate Veterans’ Affairs
Joint hearings to examine legislative presentations of veterans’ service organizations.

10:00 am – Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Follow the Money: Transparency and Accountability for Recovery and Reinvestment Spending

10:30 am – Senate Foreign Relations
Hearings to examine United States strategy regarding Iran

Witnesses:

• Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, CSIS Counselor and Trustee, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC
• General Brent Scowcroft, USAF (Ret.), President, The Scowcroft Group, Washington, DC

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

9:30 am – Senate Veterans’ Affairs
An oversight hearing to examine budget for veterans programs for fiscal year 2010.

2 pm – House Veterans’ Affairs
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2010

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

10 am House Transportation & Infrastructure
Overview of Coast Guard Drug and Migrant Interdiction

Thursday, March 12, 2009

10 am – House Veterans’ Affairs and Senate Veterans’ Affairs
Joint hearings to examine legislative presentations of veterans’ service organizations.

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

9:30 am – House Veterans’ Affairs and Senate Veterans’ Affairs
Joint hearings to examine the legislative presentation of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

10 am – House Transportation & Infrastructure
ATC Modernizaiton and NextGen: Near-Term Achievable Goals

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

10 am – House Transportation & Infrastructure
Overview of Coast Guard Acquisition Policies and Programs

Live streaming is expected at most committee websites (see links below) and CSPAN (schedule).  Direct realplayer links are: CSPAN, CSPAN-2, CSPAN-3, CSPAN Radio.

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Tuesday, February 10, 2009

10 am – House Energy and Commerce
Organizational meeting

10 am – Senate Budget
Key Issues and Budget Options for Health Reform

Witness:

• Dr. Douglas W. Elmendorf — Director, Congressional Budget Office

10 am – Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Hearings to examine renewable electricity standards proposal.

• Dr. Ralph Izzo , Public Service Enterprise Group
• Mr. Don Furman , Senior Vice President for Business Development, Transmission and Policy, Iberdrola Renewables, Inc.
• The Honorable David Wright , Commissioner, Representing SEARUC
• Mr. Scott Jones , Executive Vice President, Forest Landowners Association
• Dr. Lester Lave , Professor, Carnegie Mellon University

10 am – Senate Judiciary
Nomination Hearings:

• Elena Kagan, of Massachusetts, to be Solicitor General of the United States, Department of Justice
• Thomas John Perrelli, of Virginia, to be Associate Attorney General, Department of Justice.

1 pm – House Financial Services
Hearing: "An Examination of the Extraordinary Efforts by the Federal Reserve Bank to Provide Liquidity in the Current Financial Crisis:

Witness:

• Ben Bernanke, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

2:30 pm – Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Austan Dean Goolsbee, of Illinois, and Cecilia Elena Rouse, of California, both to be Members of the Council of Economic Advisers; and an original resolution authorizing expenditures for committee operations, committee’s rules of procedure for the 111th Congress, and subcommittee assignments; to be followed by an oversight hearing to examine the financial rescue program, focusing on a new plan for the Trouble Asset Relief Program (TARP).

Witness:

• Honorable Timothy Geithner , Secretary, United States Department of the Treasury

2:30 pm – Senate Foreign Relations
To receive a closed briefing on North Korea.

4:30 pm – House Rules
On S.22 – Omnibus Public Land Management Act.
* Cancelled

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

9 am – House Transportation and Infrastructure
On the role of the General Services Administration in the economic recovery.

9:30 am – Senate Veterans’ Affairs
Hearings to examine veterans’ disability compensation, focusing on the appeals process.

9:30 am – Senate Appropriations
Hearings to examine protecting residents of the Devils Lake region from rising water.

10:00 am – Senate Budget
Hearings to examine policies to address the crises in financial and housing markets.

Witness:

• The Honorable Timothy F. Geithner — Secretary, Department of the Treasury

10:00 am – Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Business meeting to consider S.160, to provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat in the House of Representatives, S.303, to reauthorize and improve the Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999, S.69, to establish a fact-finding Commission to extend the study of a prior Commission to investigate and determine facts and circumstances surrounding the relocation, internment, and deportation to Axis countries of Latin Americans of Japanese descent from December 1941 through February 1948, and the impact of those actions by the United States, and to recommend appropriate remedies, and S.234, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2105 East Cook Street in Springfield, Illinois, as the "Colonel John H. Wilson, Jr. Post Office Building", an original resolution authorizing expenditures for committee operations, and committee’s rules of procedure for the 111th Congress.

10:00 am – Senate Judiciary
Hearings to examine the need for increased fraud enforcement in the wake of the economic downturn.

Witnessew:

• John S. Pistole, Deputy Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, D.C.
• The Honorable Neil M. Barofsky, Special Inspector General, Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Assets Relief Program, Washington, D.C.
• Rita M. Glavin, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

10 am – House Energy and Commerce
Hearing on Salmonella Contamination

10 am – House Appropriations
On the Air Force nuclear enterprise.

• Michael Donley, Secretary of the Air Force
• Norton Schwartz, Chief of Staff, Air Force

10 am – House Energy and Commerce
On the recent salmonella outbreak associated with peanut butter manufactured by the Peanut Corporation of America.

10 am – House Financial Services
On TARP accountability and markup of the committee oversight plan for the 111th Congress.

• Lloyd Blankfein, CEO and Chairman, Goldman Sachs & Co.
• James Dimon, CEO, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
• Robert Kelly, Chairman and CEO, Bank of New York Mellon
• Ken Lewis, Chairman and CEO, Bank of America
• Ronald Logue, Chairman and CEO, State Street Corporation
• John Mack, Chairman and CEO, Morgan Stanley
• Vikram Pandit, CEO, Citigroup
• John Stumpf, President and CEO, Wells Fargo & Co.

10 am – House Administration
On committee funding for the 111th Congress

10 am – House Natural Resources
On environmental and commercial perspectives to offshore drilling.

Witnesses
Panel 1:

• Ted Danson, Board of Directors, Oceana
• Mr. Philippe Cousteau, Ocean Conservancy

Panel 2:

• Ms. Carolyn McCormick, Managing Director, Outer Banks (NC) Visitors Bureau
• Mr. D.T. Minich, President, St. Petersburg/Clearwater Area Convention & Visitors Bureau
• Mr. Zeke Grader, Executive Director, Pacific Coast Federation of Fisherman’s Associations
• Mr. Bruce Allen, Co-Founder, Stop Oil Seeps California
• Mr. Jefferson Angers, PresidentCenter for Coastal Conservation

10 am – House Oversight and Government Reform
On organizing the committee for the 111th Congress and markup of pending legislation.

10 am – House Science and Technology
On investing in research and innovation to reuse, reduce, and recycle electronic waste.

10 am – House Small Business
On the impact of competitive bidding on small businesses in the durable medical equipment community.

10 am – House Ways and Means
On the committee oversight plan and committee budget for the 111th Congress.

10:15 – House Education and Labor
Additionally, the Committee Oversight Plan will be considered.
Markup of H.R. 911 – Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act.

10:30 am – Senate Rules and Administration
Organizational business meeting

11 am – House Transportation and Infrastructure
Full Committee – Markup

11:30 am – Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Organizational business meeting

1 pm – House Small Business
On the effectiveness of SBA’s business management and training programs in meeting the needs of entrepreneurs particularly during challenging economic times.

1:30 pm – House Appropriations
On contract services and acquisition management.

• Gene Dodaro, Acting U.S. Comptroller General, GAO.

2 pm – House Judiciary
On trends, myths, and solutions to youth violence.

2 pm – House Transportation and Infrastructure
Aviation Subc. On H.R. ___ – Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act.

2:30 pm – Senate Foreign Relations
Hearings to examine foreign policy implications of the global economic crisis.

5 pm – House Rules
H. Res. ___ – Providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

9:30 am – Senate Indian Affairs
An oversight hearing to examine matters relating to Indian affairs.

• The Honorable Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior, United States Department of the Interior, Washington, DC

9:30 am – Senate Armed Services
Organizational business meeting

9:30 am – Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Organizational business meeting

9:30 am – House Foreign Affairs
Gaza After the War: What Can Be Built on the Wreckage?

Witnesses

• Mr. David Makovsky, Director, Project on the Middle East Peace Process, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• Ziad J. Asali, M.D., President & Founder, The American Task Force on Palestine
• Michele Dunne, Ph.D., Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• Ms. Danielle Pletka, Vice President, Foreign and Defense Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

10:00 am – Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Hearings to examine consumer protection in the financial regulatory system, focusing on strengthening credit card protections.

Witnesses:

• Mr. Travis B. Plunkett , Legislative Director, Consumer Federation of America
• Mr. James C. Sturdevant , Esq., The Sturdevant Law Firm
• Mr. Kenneth J. Clayton , Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Card Policy Council, American Bankers Association
• Mr. Lawrence M. Ausubel , Professor of Economics, University of Maryland
• Mr. Todd Zywicki , Professor, George Mason University School of Law
• Mr. Adam J. Levitin , Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center

10:00 am – Senate Budget
Hearings to examine Senate procedures for consideration of the budget resolution/reconciliation.

Witnesses:

• The Honorable Arlen Specter — United States Senator
• G. William Hoagland — Former Staff Director, Senate Budget Committee

10:00 am – Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Organizational business meeting to consider an original resolution authorizing expenditures for committee operations, and committee’s rules of procedure for the 111th Congress; followed by a nomination hearing:

• Jane Lubchenco, of Oregon, to be Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, Department of Commerce
• John P. Holdren, of Massachusetts, to be Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Department of Commerce

10:00 am – Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Hearings to examine the Department of Energy Loan Guarantee Program, authorized under Title 17 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and how the delivery of services to support the deployment of clean energy technologies might be improved.

Witnesses:

• David Frantz , Director of Loan Guarantee Program, Department of Energy
• The Honorable Andy Karsner , Distinguished Fellow, Council on Competitiveness
• Kevin Book , Senior Vice President, Energy Policy, Oil & Alternative Energy , Friedman Billings Ramsey & Company, Inc.
• James Asselstine , Managing Director, Barclays Capital

10:00 am – Senate Environment and Public Works
Organizational business meeting.

10:00 am – Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Hearings to examine structuring national security and homeland security at the White House.

Witnesses:

• The Honorable Thomas J. Ridge , Former Secretary , United States Department of Homeland Security
• Frances Fragos Townsend , Former Assistant to President George W. Bush for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
• Christine E. Wormuth , Senior Fellow, International Security Program , Center for Strategic and International Studies
• The Honorable James R. Locher III , Executive Director , Project on National Security Reform

10:00 am – Senate Judiciary
Organizational business meeting to consider subcommittee assignments.

10 am – House Education and Labor
Examining Workers’ Rights and Violence against Labor Union Leaders in Colombia

10 am – House Energy and Commerce
The Climate Crisis: National Security, Economic, and Public Health Threats

10 am – House Budget
Building a Foundation for Families: Fighting Hunger, Investing in Children

• Sharon Parrott, Director of the Welfare Reform and Income Support Division, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
• Deborah A. Frank, M.D., Founder and Principal Investigator of the Children’s Sentinel Nutrition Assessment Program and the Growth and Development Program, Boston Medical Center
• Leon Lott, Sheriff, Richland County, South Carolina
• Douglas J. Besharov, Senior Scholar, American Enterprise Institute

10 am – House Natural Resources
Legislative Hearing on H.R. 493: To direct the Secretary of the Interior to promulgate regulations concerning the storage and disposal of matter referred to as ‘other wastes’ in the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, and for other purposes. Coal Ash Reclamation, Environment, and Safety Act of 2009"

Witnesses:

• Mr. John R. Craynon, Chief, Division of Regulatory Support, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Department of the Interior
• Ms. Sandy Gruzesky, Director, Division of Water, Department for Environmental Protection, State of Kentucky
• Mr. Tom FitzGerald, Director, Kentucky Resources Council
• Mr. Davitt McAteer, Vice President for Sponsored Programs, CEO of the Center for Educational Technologies & National Technology Transfer Center, Wheeling Jesuit University
• Mr. Nick Akins, Executive Vice President for Generation, American Electric Power Service Corporation

10 am – House Science and Technology
An Overview of Transportation R&D: Priorities for Reauthorization

10 am – House Appropriations On Army contracting.

Witness:

• Ross Thompson, Military Deputy to Assistant Secretary of the Army, Acquisition, Logistics & Technology.

10 am – House Oversight and Government Reform
On U.S. efforts to train and equip the Afghan army and police.

10:30 am – House Armed Services
On Addressing U.S. Strategy in Iraq and Afghanistan: Balancing Interests and Resources.

Witnesses:

• Anthony Cordesman, Ph.D.
• Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy, Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Stephen Biddle, Ph.D., Senior Fellow for Defense Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
• General Jack Keane (ret.), Former Vice Chief of Staff, United States Army
• Janet St. Laurent, Managing Director, Defense Capabilities and Management Team, Government Accountability Office

11 am – House Judiciary
Hearing on: Libel Tourism

Witness List
Panel 1:

• Hon. Peter King, U.S. House of Representatives, 3rd District, NY

Panel 2:

• Rachel Ehrenfeld, Ph.D., American Center for Democracy
• Bruce D. Brown, Esq., Baker Hostetler
• Laura R. Handman, Esq.
• Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP
• Linda J. Silberman, New York University School of Law

1 pm – House Foreign Affairs
Smart Power: Remaking U.S. Foreign Policy in North Korea

Witnesses
Panel 1:

• Mr. Selig S. Harrison, Asia Director, The Center for International Policy

Panel 2:

• The Honorable Charles L. Pritchard, President, Korea Economic Institute, (Former Ambassador and Special Envoy for Negotiations with North Korea)
• Victor Cha, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Director of Asian Studies and D.S. Song-Korea, Foundation Chair in Asian Studies and Government, Georgetown University

Panel 3:

• Mr. Bruce Klingner, Senior Research Fellow, Northeast Asia, The Heritage Foundation
• Mr. Scott Snyder, Senior Associate, International Relations, The Asia Foundation
• Mr. Peter Beck, Adjunct Professor, American University

1 pm – House Agriculture
Business Meeting to consider H.R. ____, the Derivatives Markets Transparency and Accountability Act of 2009

1 pm – House Armed Services
The Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee will meet to receive testimony on Strategies for Countering Violent Extremist Ideologies.

Witnesses:

• Mr. Raymond Ibrahim, Associate Director, Middle East Forum and author of The Al Qaeda Reader
• Dr. Michael Doran, Visiting Professor, Wagner School of Public Service, New York University and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Support for Public Diplomacy)

2:00 pm – Senate Foreign Relations
Hearings to examine United States relations with Sudan.

2:30 pm – Senate Intelligence
Hearings to examine the world threat.

2:30 pm – House Education and Labor
New Innovations and Best Practices Under the Workforce Investment Act

Witnesses:

• Ms. Bonnie Gonzalez, Chief Executive Officer, Workforce Solutions, Inc, Lower Rio Grande Valley, McAllen, TX
• Mr. Morton Bahr, President Emeritus, Communications Workers of America, National Commission on Adult Literacy, Washington, D.C.
• Mr. Stephen Wooderson, State Administrator, Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services, Des Moines, IA
• Mr. Bill Camp, Executive Secretary, Sacramento Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO, Sacramento, CA
• Ms. Karen R. Elzey, Vice-President and Executive Director, Institute for a Competitive Workforce, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington, DC
• Ms. Sherry L. Johnson, Associate Director, Lincoln Trail Area Development District, Elizabethtown, KY

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

11:30 am – Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Full Committee Field Hearing – Healthy Howard : Improving Care Through Innovation

Thursday, February 19, 2009

1 pm – House Transportation and Infrastructure
Overview of Coast Guard Drug and Migrant Interdiction

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

10 am – House Transportation and Infrastructure
US Airways Flight 1549 Accident

10 am – Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Hearings to examine the semiannual monetary policy report to the Congress.

Witness:

• The Honorable Ben S. Bernanke , Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

10 am – House Natural Resources
Hearing: "Offshore Drilling: State Perspectives"

2 pm – Senate Veterans’ Affairs and House Veterans’ Affairs
Joint hearings to examine the legislative presentation of the Disabled American Veterans.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

10 am – House Natural Resources
Hearing: "Offshore Drilling: Industrial Perspectives"

10 am – House Veterans’ Affairs
Document Tampering and Mishandling at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Thursday, February 26, 2009

1 pm – House Veterans’ Affairs
VA’s Update on Short and Long-Term Strategies for Implementing New G.I. Bill Requirements

Thursday, March 5, 2009

10 am – House Veterans’ Affairs and Senate Veterans’ Affairs
Joint hearings to examine legislative presentations of veterans’ service organizations.

Thursday, March 12, 2009

10 am – House Veterans’ Affairs and Senate Veterans’ Affairs
Joint hearings to examine legislative presentations of veterans’ service organizations.

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

9:30 am – House Veterans’ Affairs and Senate Veterans’ Affairs
Joint hearings to examine the legislative presentation of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Live streaming is expected at committee websites (see links below) and CSPAN (schedule).  Direct realplayer links are: CSPAN, CSPAN-2, CSPAN-3, CSPAN Radio.

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Tuesday, February 3, 2009

1 pm – House Agriculture (cspan archive)
Hearing on reviewing derivatives legislation.

Witnesses
Panel 1:

• Mr. Tom Buis, President, National Farmers Union, Washington, D.C.
• Mr. John Damgard, President, Futures Industry Association, Washington, D.C.
• Mr. Michael Greenberger, Law School Professor, University of Maryland School of Law, Baltimore, Maryland
• Mr. Michael A. Gooch, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, GFI Group Inc., New York, New York
• Mr. Sean Cota, President, Cota & Cota Inc., on behalf of Petroleum Marketers Association of America and New England Fuel Institute, Bellow Falls, Vermont
• Mr. Terrance A. Duffy, Executive Chairman, CME Group Inc., Chicago, Illinois

Panel 2:

• Mr. Daniel J. Roth, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Futures Association, Chicago, Illinois
• Mr. Tyson Slocum, Director, Public Citizen’s Energy Program, Washington, D.C

2 pm – House Financial Services (cspan archive)
Hearing on promoting bank liquidity and lending through deposit insurance, and providing hope for homeowners.

Witnesses Panel 1:

• Mr. John Bovenzi, Deputy to the Chairman and Chief Operating Officer, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
• Ms. Meg Burns, Director of the Office of Single Family Program Development, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Panel 2:

• Mr. Edward L. Yingling, President and Chief Executive Officer, American Bankers Association
• Mr. R. Michael S. Menzies, Sr., President and Chief Executive Officer, Easton Bank and Trust Company, on behalf of The Independent Community Bankers of America
• Mr. John Taylor, President and Chief Executive, National Community Reinvestment Coalition
• Mr. John A. Courson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mortgage Bankers Association
• Mr. Michael Calhoun, President and Chief Operating Officer, Center for Responsible Lending
• Mrs. Robin Staudt
• Mr. Edward R. Morrison, Professor of Law, Columbia Law School

5 pm – House Rules
S. 352 – To postpone the DTV transition date
H. Res. ___ – Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to H.R. 2 – Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act.

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

9:30 am – House Financial Services
The Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises will hold a hearing entitled: "Assessing the Madoff Ponzi Scheme and Regulatory Failures".

Witnesses
Panel 1:

• Mr. Harry Markopolos, an independent financial fraud investigator for institutional investors and others seeking forensic accounting expertise, as well as a Chartered Financial Analyst and Certified Fraud Examiner

Panel 2:

• Ms. Linda Thomsen, Director, Division of Enforcement, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
• Mr. Andrew J. Donohue, Director, Division of Investor Management, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
• Mr. Erik Sirri, Director, Division of Trading and Markets, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
• Mr. Andy Vollmer, Acting General Counsel, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
• Ms. Lori A. Richards, Director, Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
• Mr. Stephen Luparello, Interim Chief Executive Officer, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority

From CalculatedRisk: "Harry Markopolos will testify before Congress tomorrow regarding his many attempts to get the SEC to investigage Madoff." More at the link, including link to hundreds of pages of prepared testimony. h/t prostratedragon. For dialup readers, here is a rough text version (via OCR) of the prepared statement pdf.

10 am – House Budget
Hearing on Long-term Sustainability of Current Defense Plans

Witnesses:

• Stephen Daggett, Specialist in Defense Policy and Budgets, Congressional Research Service
• J. Michael Gilmore, Assistant Director for National Security, Congressional Budget Office

10 am – House Appropriations
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Subc. On military quality of life.

10 am – House Transportation and Infrastructure
Water Resources and Environment Subc. On approaches to sustainable infrastructure in wastewater treatment facilities.

10 am – House Small Business
Health Care Reform in a Struggling Economy: What is on the Horizon for Small Business?
The Committee will hear testimony from entrepreneurs and insurance providers to examine the challenges small businesses face in today’s economy to offer health care coverage and to discuss the role and impact of health reform on small firms.

10 am – House Energy Independence and Global Warming
Briefing and hearing on "Roadmap from Poznan to Copenhagen – Preconditions for Success"

Witnesses:

• John Bruton, Delegation of the European Commission and Ambassador to the U.S
• Elliot Diringer, Vice President of International Strategies at the Pew Center on Global Climate Change
• Rob Bradley, Director of the International Climate Policy Initiative at the World Resources Institute
• Karen Alderman Harbert, President and CEO, Institute for 21st Century Energy

10 am – House Veterans’ Affairs
The State of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Witness:

• The Honorable Eric K. Shinseki, Secretary, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

10:30 am – House Agriculture
Hearing on reviewing derivatives legislation.

Witnesses
Panel 1:

• Mr. Michael Masters, Partnership Financial Consulting, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia
• Mr. Johnathan Short, Vice President and General Counsel, IntercontinentalExchange, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia
• Mr. Gary W. Taylor, President, Cargill Cotton, on behalf of The National Cotton Council, American Cotton Shippers Association, and AMCOT, Cordova, Tennessee
• Mr. Robert Pickel, Chief Executive Officer, International Swaps & Derivatives Association, New York, New York
• The Honorable Joseph D. Morelle, Chair, New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Insurance, on behalf of National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL), Troy, New York

Panel 2:

• Mr. Chris Concannon. Executive Vice President, NASDAQ OMX, New York, New York
• Mr. Bill Hale, Senior Vice President, Grain and Oilseed Supply Chain, on behalf of Cargill, Incorporated, Wayzata, Minnesota
• Mr. Karl D. Cooper, Chief Regulatory Officer, NYSE Liffe, LLC, on behalf of NYSE Euronext, New York, New York
• Mr. Paul N. Cicio, President, Industrial Energy Consumers of America, Washington, D.C.
• Mr. Mark C. Brickell, Chief Executive Officer, Blackbird Holdings, Inc., New York, New York

Panel 3:

• Mr. Thomas Book, Member of the Executive Board, on behalf of Eurex Deutschland and Eurex Clearing AG, Frankfurt, Germany
• Mr. Stuart Kaswell, General Counsel, Managed Funds Association, Washington, D.C.
• Mr. Edward J. Rosen, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, on behalf of Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, New York, New York
• Mr. Brent M. Weisenborn, Chief Executive Officer, Agora-X, LLC, Parkville, Missouri
• Mr. Donald P. Fewer, Senior Managing Director, Standard Credit Group, LLC, New York, New York

11 am – House Foreign Affairs
U.S. Policy Toward Latin America in 2009 and Beyond

Witnesses:

• Mr. Sergio Bendixen, President, Bendixen & Associates
• Cynthia McClintock, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, Director, Latin America and Hemispheric Studies Program, The George Washington University
• Mr. Eric Farnsworth, Vice President, Council of the Americas
• Ray Walser, Ph.D., Senior Policy Analyst for Latin America, Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies, The Heritage Foundation

11 am – House Judiciary
Hearing on: Midnight Rulemaking: Shedding Some Light

Witnesses
Panel 1:

• Hon. Jerrold Nadler, U.S. House of Representatives, 8th District, NY

Panel 2:

• Gary Bass, Executive Director, OMB Watch
• Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Chairman, Waterkeeper Alliance
• Lynn Rhinehart, Associate General Counsel, AFL-CIO
• Veronique de Rugy, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center at George Mason University
• Michael Abramowicz, George Washington University Law School
• Curtis Copeland, Ph.D., Specialist in American National Government – Government and Finance Division, Congressional Research Service

2 pm – House Financial Services
Markup hearing on "H.R. 786, to make permanent the temporary increase in deposit insurance coverage, H.R. 787, to make improvements in the Hope for Homeowners Program, H.R. 788, to provide a safe harbor for mortgage servicers who engage in specified mortgage loan modifications, and for other purposes".

2 pm – House Transportation and Infrastructure
International Piracy on the High Seas

2 pm – Senate Foreign Relations
To receive a closed briefing on North Korea.

2:30 pm – House Armed Services
Hearing on Army and Marine Corps force protection programs.

Witnesses:

• Major General Robert P. Lennox, USA, Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army
• Brigadier General Peter N. Fuller, USA, Program Executive Officer, Soldier, Commanding General, Soldier Systems Center, U.S. Army
• Mr. Kevin M. Fahey, Program Executive Office, Combat Support & Combat Service Support, U.S. Army
• Brigadier General Michael Brogan, USMC, Commander, Marine Corps Systems Command, Program Executive Officer, MRAP Joint Program Office, U.S. Marine Corps

3 pm – Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Hearings to examine the United States financial regulatory system.

Witnesses:

• Honorable Paul A. Volcker , Chair of the President?s Economic Recovery Advisory Board, Former Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
• Mr. Gene L. Dodaro , Acting Comptroller General, United States Government Accountability Office

Thursday, February 5, 2009

(following the first roll call vote) – Senate Foreign Relations
Organizational meeting

9:30 am – Senate Judiciary
Nomination hearing:

• David W. Ogden to be the Deputy Attorney General at the Justice Department

10 am – Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Hearings to examine implementing best patient care practices.

10 am – Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
An oversight hearing to examine federal food safety relative to the peanut products recall.

10 am – Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Hearings to examine the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), focusing on oversight of the financial rescue package: "Pulling Back the TARP: Oversight of the Financial Rescue Program"

Witnesses:

• Mr. Gene L. Dodaro , Acting Comptroller General, United States Government Accountability Office
• Mr. Neil M. Barofsky , Special Inspector General , Troubled Asset Relief Program
• Professor Elizabeth Warren , Chair, Congressional Oversight Panel for the Troubled Asset Relief Program

11 am – Senate Indian Affairs
Organizational meeting to be followed by an oversight hearing to examine advancing Indian health care.

2 pm – Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Organizational meeting

2:30 pm – Senate Intelligence
Nomination hearing:

• Leon Panetta, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

4:30 pm – Senate Foreign Relations
Closed hearings to examine Iran status report, focusing on nuclear and political issues.

Friday, February 6, 2009

10 am – Senate Intelligence
Continuation of nomination hearing:

• Leon Panetta, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

9:30 am – Senate Veterans’ Affairs
Hearings to examine veterans’ disability compensation, focusing on the appeals process.

10 am – House Energy and Commerce
Hearing on Salmonella Contamination

2 pm – House Infrastructure and Transportation
FAA Reauthorization Act of 2009

Thursday, February 19, 2009

1 pm – House Transportation and Infrastructure
Overview of Coast Guard Drug and Migrant Interdiction

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

10 am – House Transportation and Infrastructure
US Airways Flight 1549 Accident

10 am – Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Hearings to examine the semiannual monetary policy report to the Congress.

Witness:

• The Honorable Ben S. Bernanke , Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

2 pm – Senate Veterans’ Affairs
Joint hearings to examine the legislative presentation of the Disabled American Veterans.

Live streaming is expected at committee websites (see links below) and CSPAN (schedule). Direct realplayer links are: CSPAN, CSPAN-2, CSPAN-3, CSPAN Radio.

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Monday, January 26, 2009

5 pm – House Rules
Emergency Meeting: S. 181 – Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009
H.R. 1 – The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (General Debate Rule)

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

9 am – Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Hearings to examine access to prevention and public health for high risk populations.

9:30 am – Senate Armed Services
To receive testimony on the challenges facing the Department of Defense.

Witness:

• Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense

9:30 am – Senate Judiciary
Hearings to examine health information technology (IT), focusing on protecting Americans’ privacy in the digital age.

10 am – House Transportation and Infrastructure
Energy Reduction and Environmental Sustainability in Surface Transportation

10 am – Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Hearings to examine investment securities fraud, focusing on regulator and oversight concerns.

10 am – House Judiciary
Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties
Hearing on: H.R. 157, the "District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act if 2009"

10 am – House Energy and Commerce
DTV Markup

10 am – House Foreign Affairs
The Status of Human Rights in China: The U.N. Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

Witnesses:
Panel I

• Representative, U.S. Department of State (invited)

Panel II

• Bhuchung Tsering, International Campaign for Tibet
• Rebiya Kadeer, Uygher American Association

Panel III

• Felice Gaer, Jacob Blaustein Institute
• T. Kumar, Amnesty International
• Harry Wu, The Laogai Research Foundation
• Lucie Morillon, Reporters without Borders

10 am – House Budget
The Economic Outlook and Budget Challenges

Witnesses:
Panel 1:

• Douglas Elmendorf, Ph.D., Director, Congressional Budget Office

Panel 2:

• Alice M. Rivlin, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
• Mark Zandi, Ph.D., Chief Economist and Cofounder, Moody’s Economy.com
• Laurence Meyer, Ph.D., Vice Chairman, Macroeconomic Advisers, LLC
• Kevin A. Hassett, Ph.D., Senior Fellow and Director of Economic Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute

10:15 am – House Financial Services
Business meeting to "Organize Committee Membership for the 111th Congress".

10:30 am – Senate Appropriations
Adoption of the Committee Rules for the 111th Congress and Markup of The Economic Recovery Supplemental.

10:30 am – Senate Finance
Open Executive Session to consider an original bill entitled “The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.”

1 pm – House Administration
Committee Organizational Meeting

1 pm – House Veterans’ Affairs
Organizational Meeting

1 pm – House Veterans’ Affairs
Roundtable with the veterans service organizations and military associations to discuss legislative priorities for the 111th Congress

1:30 pm – House Armed Services
The full committee will meet to receive testimony on the priorities of the Department of Defense in the new Administration.

Witness:

• The Honorable Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense

2 pm – House Judiciary
Markup of H.R. 200, the "Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009" and the Committee’s Oversight Plan

3:30 pm – House Rules
H.R. 1 – The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

9:30 am – Senate Veterans’ Affairs
An oversight hearing to examine veteran’s disability compensation, focusing on the appeals process.

9:30 am – Senate Foreign Relations
Business meeting to consider the nominations of James B. Steinberg, to be Deputy Secretary, and Jacob J. Lew, to be Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources, both of the Department of State.

10 am – Senate Foreign Relations
Addressing Global Climate Change: The Road to Copenhagen

Witness:

• The Honorable Albert A. Gore, Jr, Former Vice President of the United States, Nashville, TN

10 am – Senate Judiciary
Business meeting to consider the nomination of Eric H. Holder, Jr., to be Attorney General.

10 am – House Transportation and Infrastructure
Freight and Passenger Rail: Present and Future Roles, Performance, Benefits, and Needs

Witness:

• Joseph Boardman, President and CEO, Amtrak

10 am – Senate Budget
Hearings to examine federal response to the housing and financial crisis.

Witness:

• Dr. Douglas W. Elmendorf — Director Designate, Congressional Budget Office

10 am – Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Hearings to examine lessons from the Mumbai, India terrorist attacks, Part II.

10 am – House Armed Services
The Military Personnel Subcommittee will meet to receive testimony on Sexual Assault in the Military: Victim Support and Advocacy.

Witnesses:

• Dr. Kaye Whitley, Director, Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office, Department of Defense
• Ms. Suzanne Brown-McBride, Executive Director, California Coalition Against Sexual Assault

10 am – House Foreign Affairs
Committee Organizational Meeting

10 am – House Science and Technology
Organizing meeting

11 am – House Agriculture
Organizational Meeting

1 pm – House Small Business
Open organizational meeting.

2:30 pm – Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
The Impact of the Economic Crisis on the U.S. Postal Service

Thursday, January 29, 2009

9:30 am – Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Business Meeting

10 am – Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Hearings to examine quality in health reform: "Crossing the Quality Chasm in Health Reform"

Witnesses:

• Nancy Davenport-Ennis, CEO, National Patient Advocate Foundation, Washington, DC
• Karen Davis, President, Commonwealth Fund, New York, NY
• Rhonda Robinson-Beale, MD, Chief Medical Officer, OptumHealth Behavioral Solutions, Golden Valley, MN
• Elizabeth Teisberg, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, Charlottesville, VA
• Christine K. Cassel, MD, President, American Board of Internal Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

10 am – Senate Budget
Hearings to examine the global economy, focusing on outlook, risks, and implications for policy.

Witnesses:

• Dr. Simon Johnson — Ronald Kurtz Professor of Entrepreneurship, MIT Sloan School of Management
• Dr. Brad W. Setser — Fellow for Geoeconomics, The Council on Foreign Relations
• Mr. Tim Adams — Managing Director, The Lindsey Group

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

10 am – House Veterans’ Affairs
The State of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

2 pm – House Transportation and Infrastructure
International Piracy on the High Seas

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

2 pm – House Infrastructure and Transportation
FAA Reauthorization Act of 2009