2008 Legislative Schedule

 

 

Tuesday July 22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Defense Department military nominations

9:30 am, in 325 Dirksen

Witnesses: Michael B. Donley – to be secretary of the Air Force; and others

 

 

 

Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on energy security

9:30 am, in 106 Dirksen

Witnesses: T. Boone Pickens – Founder and principal, BP Capital LP; and others

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday July 23

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Integration of the U.S. Armed Forces

11:00 am Capitol Rotunda

***please see Gallery staff for details***

 

 

 

Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on defense contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan

10:30 am, in 106 Dirksen

Witnesses: Gordon England – Deputy Secretary of Defense; and others

 

 

 

 

Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Ambassadorial Nominations

10:00 am, in 419 Dirksen

Witnesses: James Christopher Swan to be ambassador to the Republic of Djibouti; Alan W. Eastham Jr. to be ambassador to the Republic of the Congo; and W. Stuart Symington to be ambassador of the Republic of Rwanda.

 

 

 

 

Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on D.C. Superior Court Judges

2:30 pm, in 342 Dirksen

Witnesses: Carol A Dalton, Anthony C. Epstein, and Heidi M. Pasichow to be associate Judges of the Superior Court of the District of Colombia.

 

 

 

 

Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Justice Department and sentencing commission nominations

2:00 pm, in 226 Dirksen

Witnesses: J. Patrick Rowan – To be Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division, Department of Justice; and others

 

 

 

 

House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on China on the eve of the Olympics

9:30 am, in 2172 Rayburn

Witnesses: Kenneth G. Lieberthal – Professor of business administration and fellow, William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan; and others

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday July 24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on GSA nomination

10:00 am, in 342 Dirksen

Witnesses: James A. Williams – To be administrator, General Services Administration.

 

 

 

 

House Education and Labor Committee hearing on Childhood Obesity

10:00 am, in 2175 Rayburn

Witnesses: Richard Simmons – Fitness Expert

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Future Events

Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee Hearing on NTSB Reauthorization
Date TBA in 253 Russell
Witnesses: Mark V. Rosenker- chairman, National Transportation Safety Board; and others

 

 

 

 

 

House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Border Security
Date: TBA, in 311 Cannon
Witnesses: Michael Chertoff - Secretary of Homeland Security