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The Week of Monday, May 14, 2012
A View of the House Floor
This week, the House of Representatives consider:
- A resolution expressing the sense of Congress that Iran should not acquire nuclear weapons (H.Res. 568)
- A bill to fund the Department of Defense (H.R. 4310)
- A bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Woman Act (H.R. 4970)
A View of the Senate Floor
This week, the Senate will consider:
- A bill to extend the Export-Import Bank (S. 1547)
- A bill to offer a 10 percent tax credit for small businesses (S. __)
Notes & Happenings
What every House Republican needs to know looking ahead:
- President Obama to deliver commencement address at Barnard College in New York City (Monday)
- President Obama to speak at the National Peace Officers Memorial Service (Tuesday)
- President Obama to honor Major League Soccer champions the L.A. Galaxy at the White House (Tuesday)
- President Obama to host a dinner for the Combatant Commanders and their spouses at the White House (Tuesday)
- President Obama to award Specialist Leslie Sabo, U.S. Army, with the Medal of Honor posthumously (Wednesday)
- President Obama to give speech in Washington D.C. encouraging Congress to complete “To Do” list (Wednesday)
- President Obama to travel to Camp David for NATO summit (Friday)
- Interest rates on student loans to double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent on July 1, 2012
- Transportation funding expires on September 30, 2012
A View of the Committees
Monday, May 14, 2012
Committee on Natural Resources
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands and Subcommittee on Water and Power Joint Field Hearing @ 9 AM: “Logs in the Road: Eliminating Federal Red Tape and Excessive Litigation to Create Healthy Forests, Jobs and Abundant Water and Power Supplies: Montrose, Colorado”
Committee on Veterans Affairs
Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Field Hearing @ 2 PM: “Honoring our Nation’s Veterans: Examining the Veterans Cemetery Grants Program: West Preston, Minnesota”
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights Hearing @ 1 PM: “Chen Guancheng: His Case, Cause, Family, and Those Who Are Helping Him”
Committee on Rules
Full Committee Hearing @ 5 PM: “H.R. 4970 – Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2012”
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Subcommittee on Federal Workforce Hearing @ 9:30 AM: “Hatch Act: Options for Reform”
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs Hearing @ 9:30 AM: “The Obama Administration’s Green Energy Gamble: What Have All the Taxpayer Subsidies Achieved?”
Committee on Agriculture
Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Hearing @ 10 AM: “Formulation of the 2012 Farm Bill: Commodity Programs and Crop Insurance”
Committee on Appropriations
Full Committee Markup @ 10 AM: “FY 2013 Homeland Security Bill and FY 2013 Military Construction/Veterans Affairs Bill”
Committee on Education and the Workforce
Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Hearing @ 10 AM: “Exploring State Success in Expanding Parent and Student Options”
Committee on Energy and Commerce
Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Hearing @ 10 AM: “Broadband Loans and Grants”
Committee on Financial Services
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Hearing @ 10 AM: “The Impact of the Dodd-Frank Act: What It Means to be a Systemically Important Financial Institution”
Committee on Homeland Security
Subcommittee on Transportation Security Hearing @ 10 AM: “Access Control Point Breaches at Our Nation’s Airports: Anomalies or Systemic Failures?”
Committee on the Judiciary
Full Committee Hearing @ 10 AM: “Implementation of the Leahy-Smith American Invents Act”
Committee on Natural Resources
Full Committee Markup @ 10 AM: “H.R. 1192, H.R 3973, H.R 4043, H.R 4381, H.R 4382, H.R 4383 and H.R 4402”
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Hearing @ 10 AM: “Creating American Jobs and Assuring the Safety and Security of America’s Waterways: A Review of the Coast Guard’s 5-Year Capital Improvement Plan”
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
Subcommittee on Health Hearing @ 10 AM: “Optimizing Care for Veterans with Prosthetics”
Committee on Ways and Means
Subcommittee on Oversight Hearing @ 10 AM: “Tax Exempt Organizations”
Committee on Energy and Commerce
Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Hearing @ 10:15 AM: “Where the Jobs Are: Promoting Tourism to America”
Committee on the Judiciary
Full Committee Markup @ 12:30 PM: “H.R. 5512, the Divisional Realignment Act of 2012; and H.R. 4377, the Responsibly and Professionally Invigorating Development Act of 2012”
Committee on Small Business
Full Committee Hearing @ 1 PM: “U.S. Trade Strategy: What’s Next for Small Business Exporters?”
Committee on Financial Services
Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade Hearing @ 2 PM: “Increasing Market Access for U.S. Financial Firms in China: Update on Progress of the Strategic and Economic Dialogue”
Committee on Financial Services
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Hearing @ 2 PM: “Oversight of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s Structured Transaction Program”
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia Hearing @ 2 PM: “Assessing U.S. Foreign Policy Priorities and Needs Amidst Economic Challenges in South Asia”
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Hearing @ 2 PM: “Examining Executive Order #13607 and Its Impact on Schools and Veterans
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Hearing @ 2:30 PM: “Status of the Processing of the Camp Ashraf Residents”
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Committee on Homeland Security
Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Management Hearing @ 9:30 AM: “Department of Homeland Security: An Examination of Ethical Standards”
Committee on Agriculture
Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Hearing @ 10 AM: “Formulation of the 2012 Farm Bill: Commodity Programs and Crop Insurance, Part 2”
Committee on Financial Services
Full Committee Hearing @ 10 AM: “Examining the Settlement Practices of U.S. Financial Regulators”
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Full Committee Hearing @ 10 AM: “Iran Sanctions: Strategy, Implementation, and Enforcement”
Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on the Constitution Hearing @ 10 AM: “H.R. 3803, the District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act”
Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Hearing @ 10 AM: “H.R. 2168, the Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act”
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation Hearing @ 10 AM: “Working for a Fire Safe America: Examining United States Fire Administration Priorities”
Committee on Ways and Means
Subcommittee on Trade Hearing @ 10 AM: “Supporting Economic Growth and Job Creation through Customs Trade Modernization, Facilitation, and Enforcement”
Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement Hearing @ 1 PM: “H.R. 3039, the Welcoming Business Travelers and Tourists to America Act of 2011”
Committee on Financial Services
Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity Hearing @ 2 PM: “U.S. Insurance Sector: International Competitiveness and Jobs”
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific and Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade Joint Hearing @ 2 PM: “The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: Challenges and Potentials”
Committee on Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs Hearing @ 2 PM: “Legislative Hearing on H.R. 3065 and H.R. 3706”
Committee on Natural Resources
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Hearing @ 2 PM: “H.R. 1103, H.R. 3100, H.R. 3365, H.R. 4400 and S. 270”
Committee on Ways and Means
Subcommittee on Human Resources Hearing @ 2 PM: “State TANF Spending and Its Impact on Work Requirements”
Committee on Agriculture
Full Committee Hearing @ 3 PM: “H.R. 4235, H.R. 1838, and H.R. 3283”
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere Hearing @ 3 PM: “Cuba’s Global Network of Terrorism, Intelligence, and Warfare”
Friday, May 18, 2012
Committee on Agriculture
Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy and Forestry Hearing @ 9:30 AM: “Formulation of the 2012 Farm Bill: Energy and Forestry Programs”
Committee on Financial Services
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Hearing @ 9:30 AM: “The Impact of the Dodd-Frank Act: Understanding Heightened Regulatory Capital Requirements”
Committee on Homeland Security
Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence Hearing @ 9:30 AM: “Terrorist Financing Since 9/11: Assessing an Evolving al Qaeda and State Sponsors of Terrorism”
Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet Hearing @ 9:30 AM: “Health Care Consolidation and Competition after PPACA”
RPC Policy Point of the Week: “Powering the Future: The Hollow ‘Evolution’ of Obama’s Views on Coal”
Courtesy of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce – click here to access.