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