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This Week in Congress


Congressional Schedule: Week of January 25, 2010

 

Senate Floor

Monday, Jan. 25, 2 p.m.

The Senate will reconvene at 2 p.m., be in a period of morning business for one hour, then resume consideration of legislation to provide for an increase in the federal statutory debt limit (H J Res 45). At 5:30 p.m., the Senate will begin consideration of the nomination of Rosanna Malouf Peterson to be a U.S. district court judge. A roll call vote on confirmation is expected at 6 p.m.

H J Res 45 — A joint resolution increasing the statutory limit on the public debt.

 

Tuesday, Jan. 26, Time TBA

The Senate will be in session. Roll call votes are expected.

 

House Floor

Monday, Jan. 25, Time TBA

The House is not in session.

 

Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2 p.m.

The House will convene at 2 p.m. for legislative business. The chamber is expected to consider measures under suspension of the rules. Votes are expected at 6:30 p.m.

 

Wednesday, Jan. 27, 10 a.m.

The House will convene at 10 a.m. for legislative business. The chamber is expected to consider measures under suspension of the rules, and bills that would establish a national historic site in the Virgin Islands and would authorize water facilities in Idaho. The House will recess at 5 p.m., and is expected to meet at approximately 8:45 pm for a joint session with the Senate for the State of the Union address.

 

Thursday, Jan. 28, Time TBA

The House is not in session.

 

Friday, Jan. 29, Time TBA

The House is not in session.


Senate Committee Schedule

Tuesday

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

Hearing, Aviation Security and Flight 253

Date     Tuesday, Jan. 26, 10 a.m.

Place    342 Dirksen Bldg.       

Thomas H. Kean, former chairman, National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

Lee H. Hamilton, former vice chairman, National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

 

Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee

Confirmation Hearing Transportation, NOAA Nominations

Date     Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2:30 p.m.

Place    253 Russell Bldg.

  • Michael   Huerta to be deputy administrator, Federal Aviation Administration,   Department of Transportation (DOT)
  • David   T. Matsuda to be administrator, Maritime Administration, DOT
  • Timothy   McGee to be assistant secretary of Commerce, National Oceanic and   Atmospheric Administration

 

Wednesday

Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee

Markup, HELP Nominations Vote

Date     Wednesday, Jan. 27, Time TBA

Place    location TBA

 

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security

Hearing, Sustainable Energy and the Federal Government

The hearing will explore steps Congress can take beyond the executive order, including the Collins-Carper "Federal Agency Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2009."

Date     Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2:30 p.m.

Place    342 Dirksen Bldg.

·        S 1830 — Federal Agency Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2009

Witnesses        

·        Nancy Sutley, chairwoman, President's Council on Environmental Quality

·        Richard Kidd, program manager, Federal Energy Management Program, Department of Energy

·        Sam Pulcrano, vice president of sustainability, U.S. Postal Service

·        Dorothy Robyn, deputy undersecretary of Defense for installations and environment

 

 

Thursday

Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Green Jobs and the New Economy

Hearing Solar Energy Technology and Jobs

Date     Thursday, Jan. 28, 10 a.m.

Place    406 Dirksen Bldg.

·        Ken Salazar, secretary of Interior         

·        Robert Rogan, senior vice president for the Americas, eSolar

·        Andrew P. Morriss, professor of law and business, University of Illinois, and senior fellow, Institute for Energy Research (IER)

·        Rob Gillette, CEO, First Solar

·        Jeff Wolfe, CEO, groSolar

 

Senate Budget Committee

Hearing, Budget and Economic Outlook

Date     Thursday, Jan. 28, 10 a.m.

Place    608 Dirksen Bldg.

Douglas W. Elmendorf, director, Congressional Budget Office

 

Senate Judiciary Committee

Markup, Judiciary Bills, Nominations

Date     Thursday, Jan. 28, 10 a.m.

Place    226 Dirksen Bldg.

Agenda           

·        S 1624 — Medical Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2009

·        S 1765 — Hate Crimes Against the Homeless Statistics Act of 2009

·        S 1554 — Safe Babies Act of 2009

·        S 1789 — Fair Sentencing Act of 2009

·        HR 1741 — Witness Security and Protection Grant Program Act of 2009

·        S 2924 — Boys & Girls Clubs Centennial Reauthorization Act of 2009

·        S 1749 — Cell Phone Contraband Act of 2009

Nominations    

·        James A. Wynn Jr. to be U.S. circuit judge for the 4th Circuit

·        Albert Diaz to be U.S. circuit judge for the 4th Circuit

·        Willie L. Richardson to be U.S. marshal for the Middle District of Georgia

 


House Committee Schedule

Wednesday

House Budget Committee

Hearing, Budget and Economic Outlook

Date     Wednesday, Jan. 27, 10 a.m.

Place    210 Cannon Bldg.

Douglas Elmendorf, director, Congressional Budget Office

 

House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation

Hearing, NTSB Reauthorization

Date     Wednesday, Jan. 27, 10 a.m.

Place    2167 Rayburn Bldg.

 

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee

Hearing, The New York Federal Reserve Bank and AIG

Date     Wednesday, Jan. 27, 10 a.m.

Place    2154 Rayburn Bldg.

·        Timothy F. Geithner, secretary of the Treasury, and former president, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY)

·        Thomas C. Baxter, executive vice president and general counsel, FRBNY

·        Neil Barofsky, special inspector general, Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)

·        Elias Habayeb, former senior vice president and chief financial officer, Financial Services Division, AIG

·        Henry Paulson, former secretary of the Treasury (invited)

·        Stephen Friedman, former chairman, FRBNY, and current member, Board of Directors, Goldman Sachs (invited)

 

House Homeland Security Committee

Hearing, Aviation Security and Flight 253

Date     Wednesday, Jan. 27, 10 a.m.

Place    311 Cannon Bldg.

·        Jane Holl Lute, deputy secretary of Homeland Security

·        Patrick F. Kennedy, undersecretary of State for management

·        Michael E. Leiter, director, National Counterterrorism Center

Dennis C. Blair, director of national intelligenc
 
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