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- Floor Agenda - Wednesday+United States Senate - MeetingDaily Schedule
05/16/2012Revised
Senate meets at 9:30 a.m. to consider the motions to proceed to the following budget resolutions, en bloc: S.Con.Res.41, setting forth the President's budget request for the United States Government for FY2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for FY2014 through FY2022; H.Con.Res.112, establishing the budget for the United States Government for FY2013 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for FY2014 through FY2022; S.Con.Res.37, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for FY2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years FY2014 through FY2022; S.Con.Res.42, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for FY2013, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for FY2012, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years FY2013 through FY2022; and S.Con.Res.44, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for FY2013 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for FY2014 through FY2022. At approximately 4:30 p.m. the Senate will conduct up to five roll call votes on the motion to proceed on each concurrent resolution. For current information on the Senate's legislative program please check with contacts listed below.
Location: Senate Chamber
Contact: Telephone: Republican Cloakroom, 202-224-8601, or Democratic Cloakroom, 202-224-8541, Internet: http://www.senate.gov (+WASE021+)
- Health Care Delivery System Reform+Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee - Hearing10:00 am
05/16/2012Revised
Full committee hearing on "Identifying Opportunities for Health Care Delivery System Reform: Lessons from the Front Line."
Witness(es): Al Kurose, president and CEO of Coastal Medical, Providence, R.I.; Marcia James, director of provider engagement for Humana, Louisville, Ky.; and James Capretta, fellow at the American Enterprise Institute's Ethics and Public Policy Center, testify
Location: 430 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Contact: 202-224-5375 http://help.senate.gov (+WASE011+)
- Pending Business+Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee - Markup10:00 am
05/16/2012Full committee markup to vote on the nomination of Joseph Jordan to be administrator of the Office of Management and Budget's Office of Federal Procurement Policy; S.1910, the "Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2011"; S.1515, the "U.S. Secret Service Retirement Act of 2011"; S.2218, the "U.S. Fire Administration Reauthorization Act of 2012"; S.2170, the "Hatch Act Modernization Act of 2012"; S.1100, the "Keeping Politics Out of Federal Contracting Act of 2011"; and postal naming bills H.R.2415, H.R.3220 and H.R.3413.
Location: 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Contact: 202-224-2627 http://www.hsgac.senate.gov (+WASE001+)
- FBI Oversight+Senate Judiciary Committee - Hearing10:00 am
05/16/2012Full committee hearing on oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Witness(es): FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies
Location: 226 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Contact: 202-224-7703 http://judiciary.senate.gov (+WASE022+)
- Corporate Environmental Responsibility and Innovation+Senate Environment and Public Works Committee - Hearing10:00 am
05/16/2012Children's Health and Environmental Responsibility Subcommittee hearing on "Growing Long-Term Value: Corporate Environmental Responsibility and Innovation."
Witness(es): Todd Brady, global environment director for the Intel Corporation; Jon Freedman, executive counsel for government relations at GE Power & Water; Len Sauers, vice president for global sustainability at Procter & Gamble; Parker Smith, vice president and general manager for worldwide manufacturing at the Eastman Chemical Company; and Mitch Jackson, staff vice president for environmental affairs/sustainability at the FedEx Corporation, testify
Location: 406 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Contact: 202-224-8832 http://epw.senate.gov (+WASE023+)
- Northern Command/Southern Command Programs Budget+Senate Appropriations Committee - Hearing10:30 am
05/16/2012Closed
Defense Subcommittee closed hearing on the proposed budget estimates for FY2013 for Northern Command and Southern Command Programs.
Witness(es): Army Gen. Charles Jacoby Jr., commander of the U.S. Northern Command; and Air Force Gen. Douglas Fraser, commander of the U.S. Southern Command, testify
Location: SVC-217, U.S. Capitol
Contact: 202-224-7363 http://appropriations.senate.gov (+WASE014+)
- EPA Budget+Senate Appropriations Committee - Hearing10:30 am
05/16/2012Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing on the FY2013 budget request for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Witness(es): EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson and EPA Chief Financial Officer Barbara Bennett testify
Location: 124 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Contact: 202-224-7363 http://appropriations.senate.gov (+WASE055+)
- FCC Oversight+Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee - Hearing02:30 pm
05/16/2012Full committee hearing on "Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)."
Witness(es): FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski; and FCC Commissioners Robert McDowell, Mignon Clyburn, Jessica Rosenworcel and Ajit Pai testify
Location: 253 Russell Senate Office Building
Contact: 202-224-0411 http://commerce.senate.gov (+WASE019+)
- Pending Nominations+Senate Foreign Relations Committee - Hearing02:30 pm
05/16/2012Full committee hearing on the nominations of Peter Bodde to be ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal; Piper Anne Wind Campbell to be ambassador to Mongolia; and Dorothea-Maria Rosen to be ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia.
Witness(es): The nominees testify
Location: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Contact: 202-224-4651 http://foreign.senate.gov (+WASE020+)
- Floor Agenda - Wednesday+United States House of Representatives - MeetingDaily Schedule
05/16/2012Revised
House meets at 10 a.m. for morning hour debate and noon to consider H.R.4970, the "Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2012"; H.R.5740, to extend the National Flood Insurance Program and to begin consideration of H.R.4310, the "National Defense Authorization Act for FY2013." Postponed votes on legislation considered under suspension of the rules: H.R.4199, the "Border Tunnel Prevention Act of 2012"; H.R.2621, the "Chimney Rock National Monument Establishment Act"; H.R.2745, to amend the Mesquite Lands Act of 1986 to facilitate implementation of a multispecies habitat conservation plan for the Virgin River in Clark County, Nevada; and H.Res.568, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the importance of preventing the Government of Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability. For current information on the House legislative program please check with the contacts listed below.
Location: House Chamber
Contact: Telephone: Republican Cloakroom, 202-225-2020, or Democratic Cloakroom, 202-225-1600, Internet: Current floor activity http://clerk.house.gov/floorsummary/floor.html (+WAHO031+)
- Hatch Act Reforms+House Oversight and Government Reform Committee - Hearing09:30 am
05/16/2012Revised
Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy Subcommittee hearing on "Hatch Act: Options for Reform."
Witness(es): Carolyn Lerner, special counsel in the U.S. Office of Special Counsel; Ana Galindo-Marrone, chief of the Hatch Act Unit in the U.S. Office of Special Counsel; Irvin Nathan, attorney general of the District of Columbia; Jon Greiner, former Utah state senator; Scott Coffina, partner at Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP; and Jon Adler, national president of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, testify
Location: 2247 Rayburn House Office Building
Contact: 202-225-5074 http://oversight.house.gov (+WAHO058+)
- Obama Administration's Green Energy Initiatives+House Oversight and Government Reform Committee - Hearing09:30 am
05/16/2012Revised
Regulatory Affairs, Stimulus, and Government Spending Subcommittee hearing on "The Obama Administration's Green Energy Gamble: What Have All The Taxpayer Subsidies Achieved?"
Witness(es): Craig Witsoe, president and CEO of Abound Solar, Inc.; Brian Fairbank, president and CEO of Nevada Geothermal Power, Inc.; John Woolard, president and CEO of BrightSource Energy, Inc.; Michael Ahearn, chairman of the board of First Solar, Inc.; James Nelson, president and CEO of Solar 3D, Inc.; and Gregory Kats, president of Capital-E, testify
Location: 2154 Rayburn House Office Building
Contact: 202-225-5074 http://oversight.house.gov (+WAHO059+)
- Farm Bill - Commodity Programs/Crop Insurance+House Agriculture Committee - Hearing10:00 am
05/16/2012Revised
General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Subcommittee hearing on the "Formulation of the 2012 Farm Bill: Commodity Programs & Crop Insurance."
Witness(es): Joe Outlaw, professor and extension economist at the Department of Agricultural Economics and co-director of the Agricultural and Food Policy Center at Texas A&M University; Gary Schnitkey, professor in the University of Illinois Department of Agriculture and Consumer Economics, Urbana, Ill.; Keith Collins, economic advisor to National Crop Insurance Services and former Agriculture Department chief economist, Centreville, Va.; Chip Bowling, board member at the National Corn Growers Association, Newburg, Md.; Linda Raun, chairwoman of the USA Rice Producers Group and partner at LR Farms, El Campo, Texas; Bob Stallman, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, Columbus, Texas; Dee Vaughan, president of the Southwest Council of Agribusiness, Dumas, Texas; Chuck Coley, chairman of the National Cotton Council, Vienna, Ga.; and Scott Brown, president of the National Barley Growers Association, Soda Springs, Idaho, testify
Location: 1300 Longworth House Office Building
Contact: 202-225-2171 http://agriculture.house.gov [Note: Hearing will continue on May 17.] (+WAHO026+)
- Optimizing Care for Veterans with Prosthetics+House Veterans' Affairs Committee - Hearing10:00 am
05/16/2012Revised
Health Subcommittee hearing on "Optimizing Care for Veterans with Prosthetics."
Witness(es): John Register, veteran; Jim Mayer, veteran; Michael Oros, member of the American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association Board; Joy Ilem, deputy national legislative director of Disabled American Veterans; Jonathan Pruden, alumni manager, Southeast, Wounded Warrior Project; Alethea Predeoux, associate director of health legislation for Paralyzed Veterans of America; Linda Halliday, assistant inspector general for audits and evaluations in the VA Office of the Inspector General; Nicholas Dahl, director of the Bedford Office of Audits and Evaluation in the VA Office of Inspector General; Kent Wrathall, director of the Atlanta Office of Audits and Evaluation in the VA Office of Inspector General; Lucille Beck, acting chief consultant for the Prosthetics and Sensory Aids Service, Veterans Health Administration; Joe Webster, national director for the Amputation System of Care, Veterans Health Administration; Joe Miller, National Program director for Orthotic and Prosthetic Services, Veterans Health Administration; Norbert Doyle, chief procurement and logistics officer, Veterans Health Administration, testify
Location: 334 Cannon House Office Building
Contact: 202-225-3527 http://veterans.house.gov (+WAHO003+)
- Broadband Loans and Grants+House Energy and Commerce Committee - Hearing10:00 am
05/16/2012Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing on "Broadband Loans and Grants," focusing on how taxpayer dollars are being spent on broadband loans and grants created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and other subsidy programs.
Witness(es): Assistant Commerce Secretary for Communications and Information Larry Strickling, administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration; Commerce Department Inspector General Todd Zinser; Jonathan Adelstein, administrator of the Agriculture Department's Rural Utility Service; and Agriculture Department Inspector General David Gray testify
Location: 2123 Rayburn House Office Building
Contact: 202-225-2927 http://energycommerce.house.gov (+WAHO004+)
- States' Expansion of Education Options+House Education and the Workforce Committee - Hearing10:00 am
05/16/2012Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee hearing on "Exploring State Success in Expanding Parent and Student Options."
Witness(es): Kevin Chavous, senior adviser for the American Federation for Children, Washington, D.C.; Todd Ziebarth, vice president for state advocacy and support at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, Washington, D.C.; and Maria Fletcher, president of the New York State PTA, Albany, N.Y., testify
Location: 2175 Rayburn House Office Building
Contact: 202-225-4527 http://edworkforce.house.gov (+WAHO006+)
- Patent Reform Implementation+House Judiciary Committee - Hearing10:00 am
05/16/2012Revised
Full committee hearing on "Implementation of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act."
Witness(es): U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director David Kappos; Robert Armitage, senior vice president and general counsel at Eli Lilly and Company; Eliot Williams, partner at Baker Botts L.L.P. and representing the Financial Services Roundtable, American Bankers Association, American Insurance Association, Independent Community Bankers of America, National Association of Federal Credit Unions, and the Credit Union National Association; Carl Horton, chief intellectual property counsel at General Electric and representing the Coalition for 21st Century Patent Reform; Kevin Rhodes, president and chief intellectual property counsel at 3M Innovative Properties Company and representing the Intellectual Property Owners Association; Richard Brandon, associate general counsel at the University of Michigan and representing the Association of American Universities; and Timothy Molino, director of government relations at the Business Software Alliance, testify
Location: 2141 Rayburn House Office Building
Contact: 202-225-3951 http://judiciary.house.gov (+WAHO007+)
- Dodd-Frank's Impact on Systemically Important Finan+House Financial Services Committee - Hearing10:00 am
05/16/2012Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee hearing on "The Impact of the Dodd-Frank Act: What It Means to be a Systemically Important Financial Institution."
Witness(es): Deputy Assistant Treasury Secretary for Financial Institutions Lance Auer; Michael Gibson, director of the Federal Reserve Board's Division of Banking Supervision and Regulation; Scott Harrington, professor in the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School; Thomas Quaadman, vice president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness; William Wheeler, president, Americas, MetLife; and Douglas Elliott, fellow in the Brookings Institution, testify
Location: 2128 Rayburn House Office Building
Contact: 202-225-7502 http://financialservices.house.gov (+WAHO011+)
- Tax Exempt Organizations Oversight+House Ways and Means Committee - Hearing10:00 am
05/16/2012Oversight Subcommittee hearing on examining operations and oversight of tax-exempt organizations.
Witness(es): Roger Colinvaux, associate professor in Catholic University of America's Columbus School of Law; Diana Aviv, president and CEO of Independent Sector; Joanne DeStefano, vice president for finance and CFO of Cornell University; Michael Regier, senior vice president of legal and corporate affairs at VHA Inc.; and Bruce Hopkins, senior partner at Polsinelli Shughart, testify
Location: 1100 Longworth House Office Building
Contact: 202-225-3625 http://waysandmeans.house.gov (+WAHO014+)
- Airport Access Control Point Breaches+House Homeland Security Committee - Hearing10:00 am
05/16/2012Revised
Transportation Security Subcommittee hearing on "Access Control Point Breaches at Our Nation's Airports: Anomalies or Systemic Failures?"
Witness(es): John Sammon, assistant administrator for transportation sector network management at the Transportation Security Administration; Charles Edwards, acting inspector general of the Homeland Security Department; Mark Crosby, chief of public safety and security for the Portland International Airport on behalf of the American Association of Airport Executives; Sean Cassidy, first vice president for the Air Line Pilots Association, International; and William Swift, chairman of the Airport Minority Advisory Council, testify
Location: 311 Cannon House Office Building
Contact: 202-226-8417 http://homeland.house.gov
- Coast Guard's 5-Year Capital Improvement Plan+House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee - Hearing10:00 am
05/16/2012Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee hearing on "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."
Witness(es): Coast Guard Deputy Commandant for Mission Support Vice Admiral John Currier testifies
Location: 2167 Rayburn House Office Building
Contact: 202-225-9446 http://transportation.house.gov (+WAHO036+)
- Homeland Security/Military Construction-VA Appropriations+House Appropriations Committee - Markup10:00 am
05/16/2012Full committee markup of the "Report on the Revised Suballocation of Budget Allocations for FY2013"; the FY2013 Homeland Security Appropriations bill and the FY2013 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill.
Location: 2359 Rayburn House Office Building
Contact: 202-225-2771 http://appropriations.house.gov (+WAHO055+)
- Pending Business+House Natural Resources Committee - Markup10:00 am
05/16/2012Full committee markup of H.R.1192, the "Soda Ash Royalty Extension, Job Creation, and Export Enhancement Act of 2011"; H.R.3973, the "Native American Energy Act"; H.R.4043, the "Military Readiness and Southern Sea Otter Conservation Act"; H.R.4381, the "Planning for American Energy Act of 2012"; H.R.4382, the "Providing Leasing Certainty for American Energy Act of 2012"; H.R.4383, the "Streamlining Permitting of American Energy Act of 2012"; and H.R.4402, the "National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act of 2012."
Location: 1324 Longworth House Office Building
Contact: 202-225-2761 http://resourcescommittee.house.gov (+WAHO057+)
- Promoting Tourism to America+House Energy and Commerce Committee - Hearing10:15 am
05/16/2012Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee hearing on "Where the Jobs Are: Promoting Tourism to America."
Witness(es): Assistant Commerce Secretary for Manufacturing and Services Nicole Lamb-Hale in the International Trade Administration; James Evans, CEO of the Corporation for Travel Promotion (also know as Brand USA); Geoff Freeman, COO and executive vice president of the U.S. Travel Association; Debbie Marriott Harrison, senior vice president for government affairs at Marriott International; Scott White, CEO of the Greater Palm Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau; and Patrick Long, director of the Center for Sustainable Tourism in East Carolina University's Division of Research and Graduate Studies, testify
Location: 2322 Rayburn House Office Building
Contact: 202-225-2927 http://energycommerce.house.gov (+WAHO002+)
- Pending Business+House Judiciary Committee - Markup12:30 pm
05/16/2012Full committee markup of H.R.5512, the "Divisional Realignment Act of 2012"; and H.R.4377, the "Responsibly And Professionally Invigorating Development (RAPID) Act of 2012."
Location: 2141 Rayburn House Office Building
Contact: 202-225-3951 http://judiciary.house.gov (+WAHO056+)
- U.S. Trade Strategy and Small Business Exporters+House Small Business Committee - Hearing01:00 pm
05/16/2012Revised
Full committee hearing on "U.S. Trade Strategy: What's Next for Small Business Exporters?
Witness(es): Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Miriam Sapiro; Thomas Crafton, president of Thermcraft Inc., Winston Salem, N.C., representing the National Association of Manufacturers; Robert Sinner, partner and president of SB&B Foods Inc., Casselton, N.D., representing the American Soybean Association; Joshua Meltzer, fellow in global economy and development at the Brookings Institution, Washington D.C.; and Mark Luden, CEO of the Guitammer Company, Westerville, Ohio, representing the Consumer Electronics Association, testify
Location: 2360 Rayburn House Office Building
Contact: 202-225-5821 http://smallbusiness.house.gov (+WAHO008+)
- Excellence in Military/Veteran Educational Bene+House Veterans' Affairs Committee - Hearing02:00 pm
05/16/2012Revised
Economic Opportunity Subcommittee hearing on "Examining Executive Order #13607 and Its Impact and Schools and Veterans."
Witness(es): Joe Wynn, Special advisor, Vietnam Veterans of America; Ryan Gallucci, deputy director of the National Legislative Service, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States; Tom Tarantino, deputy policy director, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America; Michael Dakduk, executive director, Student Veterans America; Steve Gunderson, president and CEO, Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities; Jonathan Gibralter, president of Frostburg State University, on behalf of American Association of State Colleges and Universities; Margaret Baechtold, director, Veterans Support Services, Indiana University (Bloomington), on behalf of National Association of Veteran Program Administrators; Barmak Nassirian, associate executive director, American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers; Judith Flink, executive director, University Student Financial Services and Cashier Operations University of Illinois, on behalf of National Association of College and University Business Officers; Chad Schatz, director, Veterans' Education and Training Section, Missouri State Department of Elementary & Secondary Education; Skip Gebhart, administrator, Office of Veterans Education and Training Programs, West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission, on behalf of The National Association of State Approving Agencies; retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Robert Worley II, director of the Veterans Benefit Administration Education Service, testify
Location: 334 Cannon House Office Building
Contact: 202-225-3527 http://veterans.house.gov (+WAHO037+)
- FDIC Structured Transaction Program Oversight+House Financial Services Committee - Hearing02:00 pm
05/16/2012Revised
Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on "Oversight of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's (FDIC) Structured Transaction Program."
Witness(es): Bret Edwards, director of the FDIC Division of Resolutions and Receiverships; FDIC Inspector General Jon Rymer; Stuart Miller, CEO of the Lennar Corporation; Scott Leventhal, president of Tivoli Properties, Inc.; Ed Fogg, owner of Fogg Construction Inc., testify
Location: 2220 Rayburn House Office Building
Contact: 202-225-7502 http://financialservices.house.gov (+WAHO012+)
- Increasing Market Access for U.S. Financial Firms in China+House Financial Services Committee - Hearing02:00 pm
05/16/2012Revised
International Monetary Policy and Trade Subcommittee hearing on "Increasing Market Access for U.S. Financial Firms in China: Update on Progress of the Strategic & Economic Dialogue."
Witness(es): Treasury Undersecretary for International Affairs Lael Brainard; Rob Nichols, president and CEO of the Financial Services Forum; David Strongin, managing director for international policy at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association; Clay Lowery, vice president of Rock Creek Global Advisors; and Nicholas Lardy, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, testify
Location: 2128 Rayburn House Office Building
Contact: 202-225-7502 http://financialservices.house.gov (+WAHO019+)
- U.S.-South Asia Policy Priorities and Economic Challenges+House Foreign Affairs Committee - Hearing02:00 pm
05/16/2012Middle East and South Asia Subcommittee hearing on "Assessing U.S. Foreign Policy Priorities and Needs Amidst Economic Challenges in South Asia."
Witness(es): Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake; Nisha Desai Biswal, assistant administrator for Asia at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Daniel Feldman, deputy special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan at the State Department; and Alexander Thier, assistant to the administrator and director of USAID's Office of Afghanistan and Pakistan Affairs, testify
Location: 2172 Rayburn House Office Building
Contact: 202-225-5021 http://foreignaffairs.house.gov (+WAHO020+)
- HOME Investment Partnerships Program Records Subpoena+House Financial Services Committee - Markup02:00 pm
05/16/2012New
Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee markup for the purpose of authorizing and issuing a subpoena duces tecum to compel the production of records from the Department of Housing and Urban Development related to its oversight and administration of the HOME Investment Partnerships Program.
Location: 2220 Rayburn House Office Building
Contact: 202-225-7502 http://financialservices.house.gov [Note: Markup will occur prior to subcommittee's hearing.] (+WAHO062+)
- Camp Ashraf Residents' Processing Status+House Foreign Affairs Committee - Hearing02:30 pm
05/16/2012Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on "Status of the Processing of the Camp Ashraf Residents."
Witness(es): Daniel Fried, special adviser on Ashraf at the State Department, testifies
Location: 2200 Rayburn House Office Building
Contact: 202-225-5021 http://foreignaffairs.house.gov (+WAHO029+)
- National Defense Authorization+House Rules Committee - Meeting02:30 pm
05/16/2012New
Full committee meets to formulate a rule on H.R.4310, the "National Defense Authorization Act for FY2013." (Amendment consideration.)
Location: H-313, U.S. Capitol
Contact: 202-225-9191 http://www.rules.house.gov [Note: The committee meets at 5 p.m. on May 15 for general debate on H.R.4310.] (+WAHO063+)
- Gasoline Regulations Review/Increasing Oil-Gas Development+House Energy and Commerce Committee - Markup04:00 pm
05/16/2012Full committee markup of H.R.4471, the "Gasoline Regulations Act of 2012" and H.R.4480, the "Strategic Energy Production Act of 2012."
Location: 2123 Rayburn House Office Building
Contact: 202-225-2927 http://energycommerce.house.gov [Note: For opening statements only, markup will continue on May 17.] (+WAHO050+)
- Taxation of Labor and Transfer Payments+Joint Economic Committee - Hearing02:00 pm
05/16/2012Full committee hearing on "How the Taxation of Labor and Transfer Payments Affect Growth and Employment."
Witness(es): Richard Rogerson, professor of economics and public affairs at Princeton University; Andrew Biggs, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute; and Simon Johnson, professor of entrepreneurship in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management, testify
Location: G-50 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Contact: 202-224-5171 http://jec.senate.gov (+WAJT004+)
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