Tuesday November 10th

 
Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Hearing on Abusive Overdraft Fees
3:00 pm in 538 Dirksen
Witnesses: Frank Pollack, president and CEO, Pentagon Federal Credit Union; Travis Plunkett, legislative director, Consumer Federation of America; Eric Halperin, director, Washington Office, Center for Responsible Lending

Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Hearing on Ending Veterans’ Homelessness
10:00 am in 538 Dirksen
Witnesses: Steve Berg, vice president for programs and policy, National Alliance to End Homelessness

Senate Budget Committee Hearing on Proposals for Long-Term Fiscal Stability
9:30 am in 608 Dirksen
Witnesses: Sen. Feinstein, and others

Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee Hearing on Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
10:00 am in 366 Dirksen
Witnesses: Ray Kopp, senior fellow and director, Climate Policy Program, Resources for the Future; Ted Gayer, co-director, Economic Studies Program

Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee Hearing on Managing Forests in Response to Climate Change
2:30 pm in 36 Dirksen
Witnesses: Kit Batten- senior adviser, Office of the Deputy Secretary of the Interior; Tom Tidwell, chief U.S. Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Beverly Law, professor, Department of Forest Science and adjunct associate professor, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon state University

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Hearing on Homeland Security and OMB Nominations
10:00 am in 342 Dirksen
Nominations: Erroll G. Southers to be assistant secretary of Homeland Security

Wednesday November 11th   
Veterans Day Senate out of Session

Future Committee Hearings

 
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing on United Stated and the G-20
November 17th, at 2:30 pm in Dirksen 419
Witnesses: Timothy Geithner, secretary of the Treasury  

 
 
House Budget Committee Hearing on Defense Costs and long-Term Challenges
Date TBA in 210 Cannon
Witnesses: William J. Lynn III, deputy secretary of Defense and others

House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing on International Child Abduction
Date TBA in 212 Rayburn
Witnesses: Michele Thoren Bond, deputy assistant secretary of State for overseas citizens services, Bureau of Consular Affairs

 
House Joint Economic Committee Hearing on Women and the Economy
Date TBA in 210 Cannon
Witnesses: Hilda L. Solis, secretary of Labor and others

House Oversight & Government Reform Committee Hearing on Government Role in Bank Merger
Date TBA in 2154 Rayburn
Witnesses: Mary Schapiro, chairwoman, Securities and Exchange Commission; Sheila Bair, chairwoman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and others