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A Better Bargain …


The White House, Washington

Hello everybody —

The basic bargain of this country says that if you work hard, you can get ahead — you can build a secure life for your family, and know that your kids will do even better someday.

But for more than a decade, that bargain has frayed, and a devastating recession made it worse.

Over the past four and a half years, America has fought its way back, laying a new foundation for more durable economic growth.  But many of the challenges that faced the middle class before the recession remain.  And Washington has taken its eye off the ball.

Too many people in this town are focused on scoring political points or fanning phony scandals instead of finding ways to help grow our economy, create jobs, or roll back a 30-year trend of rising inequality.

It’s time for that to stop.  It’s time for all of us to focus on our top priority as a country, and that’s reigniting the engine of our prosperity: a rising, thriving middle class.

That’s what I just said while speaking at Knox College, back home in Illinois, where I kicked off a series of speeches on what truly matters to the middle class.

If building America from the middle out is an idea you share, I need you to stand with me. Add your voice to mine.

This has been my North Star for as long as I’ve been in office, and it’s what will shape the time that I have left in the White House.

In the weeks ahead, in towns across the country, I’ll be talking about my ideas for building on the cornerstones of middle-class security: Good jobs with good wages. An education that prepares our children and our workers for a new economy. A home to call  your own. Affordable health care when you get sick. A secure retirement even if you’re not rich. A better bargain for the middle class,  and for all who are striving to join it.

This is the debate we need to have.  And you can join me right now.

Let the country know that you believe that America works best not when it grows from the top down, but when it grows from the middle out:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/a-better-bargain/speak-out

Thank you,

President Barack Obama

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Bills & Hearings in the House ~~ June 2013 ~~


Friday, June 28, 2013

Hearing: H.R._______, the Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2013

9:00 AM | 2141 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on the Judiciary | Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law

Hearing: Examining Reforms to Improve the Medicare Part B Drug Program for Seniors

10:00 AM | 2322 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Energy and Commerce | Subcommittee on Health

Hearing: Legislative Hearing on H.R. 1288, H.R. 1494,H.R. 1623, H.R. 1809, H.R. 2086, H.R. 2138, H.R. 2189, H.R. 2341, H.R. 2382 and H.R. 2423

10:00 AM | 334 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515 Host: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs | Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs

Hearing: Past, Present, and Future Irregular Warfare Challenges: Private Sector Perspectives

10:00 AM | 2118 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Armed Services | Subcommittee on Intelligence, Emerging Threats & Capabilities

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Hearing: Assessing VA’s Capital Investment Options to Provide Veterans’ Care

10:00 AM | 334 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC
Host: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs | Full Committee

Hearing: Border Security Oversight: Identifying and Responding to Current Threats

9:00 AM | 2247 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform | Subcommittee on National Security

Hearing: Oversight of Rising Social Security Disability Claims and the Role of Administrative Law Judges

9:30 AM | 2154 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform | Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Health Care and Entitlements

Markup: H.R. 1897, Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2013: and H. Res. 131, Concerning the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

10:00 AM | 2172 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Foreign Affairs | Full Committee

Hearing: Oversight Hearing on “The Management of Red Snapper in the Gulf of Mexico under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act”

10:00 AM | 1324 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515 Host: Committee on Natural Resources | Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs

Hearing: “School Meal Regulations: Discussing the Costs and Consequences for Schools and Students”

10:00 AM Host: Committee on Education and the Workforce | Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education

Markup: H.R. 1772, the the Legal Workforce Act and H.R. 2131, the SKILLS Visa Act

10:00 AM | 2141 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on the Judiciary | Full Committee

Hearing: A Tangle of Trade Barriers: How India’s Industrial Policy is Hurting U.S.. Companies

10:00 AM | 2123 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Energy and Commerce | Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade

Hearing: Full Committee Markup – FY 2014 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Bill; and Revised Report on the Suballocation of Budget Allocations for FY 2014

10:00 AM | 2359 Rayburn Host: Committee on Appropriations | Multiple Subcommittees

Hearing: Mobile Medical App Entrepreneurs: Changing the Face of Health Care

10:00 AM Host: Committee on Small Business | Subcommittee on Health and Technology

Hearing: Joint Hearing – Green Buildings – An Evaluation of Energy Savings Performance Contracts

10:00 AM | 2318 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology | Subcommittee on Oversight

Hearing: National Rail Policy: Examining Goals, Objectives, and Responsibilities

10:00 AM | 2167 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure | Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials

Hearing: Equipping Carriers and Agencies in the Wireless Era

10:30 AM | 2322 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Energy and Commerce | Subcommittee on Communications and Technology

Markup: Markup of H.R. 1490, H.R. 1792, and H.R. 1804

2:00 PM | 334 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC
Host: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs | Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations

Hearing: JOINT HEARING: Next Steps in the U.S. – Republic of Korea Alliance

2:00 PM | 2172 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Foreign Affairs | Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific

Hearing: Oversight Hearing on “Outdoor Recreation Opportunities on State, Local and Federal Land”

2:00 PM | 1334 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515 Host: Committee on Natural Resources | Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation

Hearing: Addressing the Neglected Diseases Treatment Gap

2:00 PM | 2200 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Foreign Affairs | Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Hearing: The IRS Contracts with Strong Castle, Inc.

9:00 AM | 2154 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform | Full Committee

Hearing: A 21st Century Medicare: Bipartisan Proposals to Redesign the Program’s Outdated Benefit Structure

10:00 AM | 2322 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Energy and Commerce | Subcommittee on Health

Hearing: Broadcasting Board of Governors” An Agency Defunct

10:00 AM | 2172 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Foreign Affairs | Full Committee

Markup: H.R. 1772, the the Legal Workforce Act and H.R. 2131, the SKILLS Visa Act

10:00 AM | 2141 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on the Judiciary | Full Committee

Hearing: H.R. 2346, “Secret Ballot Protection Act,” and H.R. 2347, “Representation Fairness Restoration Act”

10:00 AM Host: Committee on Education and the Workforce | Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions

Hearing: America’s Energy Revolution: A New Path to Jobs and Economic Growth

10:00 AM | 210 Cannon HOB Host: Committee On The Budget | Full Committee

Hearing: Restoring U.S. Leadership in Weather Forecasting, Part 2

10:00 AM | 2318 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology | Subcommittee on Environment

Hearing: Coast Guard Readiness: Examining Cutter, Aircraft, and Communications Needs

10:00 AM | 2167 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure | Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation

Hearing: Reducing Unnecessary and Costly Red Tape through Smarter Regulations

10:00 AM | G-50 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building
Host: Joint Economic Committee |

Hearing: Challenges Facing America’s Businesses Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

10:15 AM | 2123 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Energy and Commerce | Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

Markup: Full Committee Markup – FY 2014 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill

10:30 AM | 2359 Rayburn Host: Committee on Appropriations | Multiple Subcommittees

Hearing: How Logistics Facilitate an Efficient Freight Transportation System

1:00 PM | 2167 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure | Full Committee

Hearing: Ready to Export: Small Business Policy Recommendations for USTR

1:00 PM Host: Committee on Small Business | Full Committee

Hearing: Overview of the Renewable Fuel Standard: Government Perspectives

1:30 PM | 2123 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Energy and Commerce | Subcommittee on Energy and Power

Hearing: The Combined Federal Campaign: Making Every Dollar Count

1:30 PM | 2154 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform | Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service and the Census

Hearing: Legislative Hearing on H.R. 331, H.R. 821, H.R. 1357, H.R. 1796, H.R. 1842, H.R. 2011, H.R. 2150, H.R. 2210, H.R. 2327, and a draft bill entitled, “To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make an alternati

2:00 PM | 334 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC
Host: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs | Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity

Markup: H.R. 1409, Export Promotion Reform Act: and H.R. 1926, State Trade Coordination Act

2:00 PM | 2172 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Foreign Affairs | Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade

Hearing: Oversight Hearing on “The Power Marketing Administrations: A Ratepayer Perspective”

2:00 PM | 1324 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515 Host: Committee on Natural Resources | Subcommittee on Water and Power

Hearing: Turkey at a Crossroads: What do the Gezi Park Protests Mean for Democracy in the Region?

2:00 PM | 2172 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Foreign Affairs | Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats

Friday, June 21, 2013

Field Hearing: Building a Better Partnership: Exploring the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s Regulation of Southern Appalachian Mining

9:30 AM | Mitchell City Couthouse, Bakersville, NC Host: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform | Subcommittee on Government Operations

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Hearing: POSTPONED: Oversight Hearing on “Mining in America: Powder River Basin Coal Mining the Benefits and Challenges”

9:30 AM | 1324 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515 Host: Committee on Natural Resources | Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources

Hearing: Chairman Brady Announces Hearing on the 2013 Medicare Trustees Report

9:30 AM Host: Committee on Ways and Means | Subcommittee on Health

Hearing: ROOM CHANGE: Oversight Hearing on “Why Does the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Want to Expand the Boundaries of the Chickasaw and Lower Hatchie National Wildlife Refuges in Tennessee and at What Cost?”

9:30 AM | 1324 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515 Host: Committee on Natural Resources | Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs

Hearing: “The Value of Education for Veterans at Public, Private and For-Profit Colleges and Universities”

10:00 AM | 334 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC
Host: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs | Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity

Hearing: The New Domestic Energy Paradigm: Potential for Small Businesses and the Economy

10:00 AM Host: Committee on Small Business | Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy and Trade

Hearing: A Competitive Edge for American Manufacturing: Abundant American Energy

10:00 AM | 2123 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Energy and Commerce | Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade

Hearing: Ethiopia After Meles: The Future of Democracy and Human Rights

10:00 AM | 2172 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Foreign Affairs | Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Markup: H.R. 5, “Student Success Act”

9:00 AM Host: Committee on Education and the Workforce | Full Committee

Hearing: Federal Government Approaches to Issuing Biometric IDs: Part II

9:30 AM | 2154 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform | Subcommittee on Government Operations

Hearing: Subcommittee Mark Up – FY 2014 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Bill

10:00 AM | 2358-A Rayburn Host: Committee on Appropriations | Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies

Markup: H.R. 1871, H.R. 1874

10:00 AM | 210 Cannon HOB Host: Committee On The Budget | Full Committee

Hearing: NASA Authorization Act of 2013

10:00 AM | 2318 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology | Subcommittee on Space

Hearing: Chairman Johnson Announces Hearing on Encouraging Work Through the Social Security Disability Insurance Program

10:00 AM Host: Committee on Ways and Means | Subcommittee on Social Security

Hearing: Made in the USA: Stories of American Manufacturers

1:00 PM Host: Committee on Small Business | Full Committee

Hearing: Legislative Hearing on H.R. 1490 ‘Veterans’ Privacy Act;’ H.R. 1792, ‘Infectious Disease Reporting Act;’ and H.R. 1804, ‘Foreign Travel Accountability Act’

1:30 PM | 334 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC
Host: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs | Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations

Hearing: Regional Security Cooperation: An Examination of the Central American Regional Security Initiative -CARSI- and the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative -CBSI

2:00 PM | 2172 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Foreign Affairs | Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Hearing: Reinventing Government

9:00 AM | 2154 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform | Full Committee

Markup: H.R. 2278, the Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act-The SAFE Act

10:00 AM | 2141 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on the Judiciary | Full Committee

Hearing: Threat, Risk and Vulnerability: The Future of the TWIC Program

10:00 AM | 311 Cannon HOB Host: Committee on Homeland Security | Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security

Hearing: Oversight Hearing on “Citizen and Agency Perspectives on the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act”

10:00 AM | 1324 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515 Host: Committee on Natural Resources | Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation

Hearing: The Impacts of DOT’s Commercial Driver Hours of Service Regulations

10:00 AM | 2167 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure | Subcommittee on Highways and Transit

Hearing: “Promoting the Accuracy and Accountability of the Davis-Bacon Act”

10:00 AM Host: Committee on Education and the Workforce | Subcommittee on Workforce Protections

Hearing: Continuing Concerns Over BioWatch and the Surveillance of Bioterrorism

10:00 AM | 2322 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Energy and Commerce | Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

Hearing: Department of Energy Science and Technology Priorities

10:15 AM | 2318 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology | Full Committee

Hearing: U.S. Energy Abundance: Regulatory, Market, and Legal Barriers to Export

10:15 AM | 2123 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Energy and Commerce | Subcommittee on Energy and Power

Hearing: Subcommittee Mark Up – FY 2014 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill

10:30 AM | 2362-B Rayburn Host: Committee on Appropriations | Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies

Hearing: Elections in Iran: The Regime Cementing its Control

10:30 AM | 2172 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Foreign Affairs | Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa

Hearing: Oversight Hearing on “Update from tribal leaders and tribal telecommunications providers on the implementation of the Federal Communications Commission’s rule on the Universal Service Fund”

11:00 AM | 1334 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515 Host: Committee on Natural Resources | Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs

Hearing: Chairman Reichert Announces Hearing Reviewing How Today’s Fragmented Welfare System Fails to Lift Up Poor Families

2:00 PM Host: Committee on Ways and Means | Subcommittee on Human Resources

Hearing: Why Are Veterans Waiting Years on Appeal?: A Review of the Post-Decision Process for Appealed Veterans’ Disability Benefits Claims

2:30 PM | 334 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC
Host: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs | Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs

Monday, June 17, 2013

Hearing: H.R. 1947 and H.R. 1797

5:00 PM | H-313 Capitol Host: Committee on Rules | Full Committee

Friday, June 14, 2013

Hearing: Why Can’t DHS Better Communicate with the American People?

9:00 AM | 311 Cannon HOB Host: Committee on Homeland Security | Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency

Hearing: Closed Hearing on Ongoing Intelligence Activities

9:00 AM | HVC304 Capitol Host: House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence | Full Committee

Hearing: Defining the Problem and Scope of Over-criminalization and Over-federalization

9:00 AM | 2237 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on the Judiciary | Over-Criminalization Task Force

Hearing: Chairman Brady Announces Hearing on the President’s and Other Bipartisan Proposals to Reform Medicare Post-Acute Care Payments

9:30 AM Host: Committee on Ways and Means | Subcommittee on Health

Hearing: Examining the Federal Government’s Response to the Prescription Drug Abuse Crisis

9:30 AM | 2123 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Energy and Commerce | Subcommittee on Health

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Markup: Full

Hearing: Closed Hearing on the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014

10:00 AM | HVC304 Capitol Host: House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence | Full Committee

Hearing: Legislative Hearing on H.R. 553, H.R. 1308, H.R. 1399, H.R. 1425, H.R. 1491, and H.R. 2219

10:00 AM | 1324 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515 Host: Committee on Natural Resources | Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs

Hearing: Examining the Government’s Record on Implementing the International Religious Freedom Act

10:00 AM | 2154 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform | Subcommittee on National Security

Hearing: Oversight Hearing on “Mining in America: The Administration’s Use of Claim Maintenance Fees and Cleanup of Abandoned Mine Lands”

10:00 AM | 1334 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515 Host: Committee on Natural Resources | Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources

Hearing: The Fiscal Year 2014 U.S. Department of Energy Budget

10:00 AM | 2123 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Energy and Commerce | Subcommittee on Energy and Power

Hearing: “Keeping College Within Reach: Discussing Program Quality through Accreditation”

10:00 AM Host: Committee on Education and the Workforce | Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training

Hearing: Oversight Hearing on the Federal Bureau of Investigation

10:00 AM | 2141 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on the Judiciary | Full Committee

Hearing: Title I of the Toxic Substances Control Act: Understanding its History and Reviewing its Impact

10:15 AM | 2322 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Energy and Commerce | Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy

Hearing: Closed Hearing on Ongoing Intelligence Activities

2:00 PM | HVC304 Capitol Host: House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence | Full Committee

Hearing: H.R. 2278, the Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act -The SAFE Act

2:00 PM | 2141 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on the Judiciary |

Committee Mark Up – FY 2014 Agriculture Appropriations Bill

10:00 AM | 2359 Rayburn Host: Committee on Appropriations | Multiple Subcommittees

Hearing: Putting the Strategy in Sourcing: Challenge and Opportunities for Small Business Contractors

10:00 AM Host: Committee on Small Business | Contracting and Workforce Subcommittee

Hearing: Camp Announces Hearing on Tax Reform: Tax Havens, Base Erosion and Profit-Shifting

10:00 AM Host: Committee on Ways and Means | Full Committee

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Hearing: Protecting Taxpayer Dollars: Is the Government Using Suspension and Debarment Effectively?

9:30 AM | 2154 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform | Full Committee

Hearing: Protecting the Homeland Against Mumbai-Style Attacks and the Threat from Lashkar-e-Taiba

10:00 AM | 311 Cannon HOB Host: Committee on Homeland Security | Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence

Markup: H.R. 1797 and H.R. 1944

10:00 AM | 2141 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on the Judiciary | Full Committee

Hearing: Full Committee Markup on H.R. 412, H.R. 657, H.R. 697, H.R. 740, H.R. 841, H.R. 931, H.R. 1126, H.R. 1411, H.R. 1497, H.R. 1548, H.R. 1825, H.R. 1964, H.R. 2166, and H.R. 2231

10:00 AM | 1324 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515 Host: Committee on Natural Resources |

Hearing: The Need for Medicaid Reform: A State Perspective

10:00 AM | 2322 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Energy and Commerce | Subcommittee on Health

Hearing: Modernizing U.S. International Food Aid: Reaching More for Less

10:00 AM | 2172 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Foreign Affairs | Full Committee

Hearing: “Strengthening the Multiemployer Pension System: What Reforms Should Policymakers Consider?”

10:00 AM Host: Committee on Education and the Workforce | Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions

Hearing: Lessons Learned from the Boeing 787 Incidents

10:00 AM | 2167 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure | Subcommittee on Aviation

Hearing: Background Check: Achievability of New Ozone Standards

10:00 AM | 2318 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology | Subcommittee on Environment

Hearing: Chairman Nunes Announces Hearing on U.S.-Brazil Trade and Investment Relationship: Opportunities and Challenges

10:00 AM Host: Committee on Ways and Means | Trade

Markup: Full Committee Mark Up – FY 2014 Defense Appropriations Bill

10:00 AM | 2359 Rayburn Host: Committee on Appropriations | Multiple Subcommittees

Hearing: The Satellite Television Law: Repeal, Reauthorize, or Revise?

10:30 AM | 2123 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Energy and Commerce | Subcommittee on Communications and Technology

Hearing: The Seasonal Employment Needs of Small Tourism Businesses and H-2B Visa Policy

1:00 PM Host: Committee on Small Business | Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access

Hearing: American NGOs Under Attack in Morsi’s Egypt

1:00 PM | 2172 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Foreign Affairs | Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa

Hearing: The Department of Defense and the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget

1:00 PM | 210 Cannon HOB Host: Committee On The Budget | Full Committee

Hearing: Amendment Consideration on H.R. 1960, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014

2:00 PM | H-313 Capitol Host: Committee on Rules | Full Committee

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Business Meeting: H.R. 1960 – National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014

10:00 AM | H-312 Capitol Host: Committee on Rules | Full Committee

Hearing: Legislative Hearing on H.R. 2231

11:00 AM | 1324 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515 Host: Committee on Natural Resources | Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources

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Monday, June 10, 2013

Field Hearing: The Delphi Pension Bailout: Unequal Treatment of Retirees

10:00 AM | Room 150 at the Sinclair Community College in Dayton, OH Host: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform | Subcommittee on Government Operations

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Friday, June 7, 2013

Field Hearing: The Importance of the Northeast Corridor

10:00 AM | Room 4500, Moynihan Station New York, New York Host: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure | Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials

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Thursday, June 6, 2013

Hearing: Collected and Wasted: The IRS Spending Culture and Conference Abuses

9:30 AM | 2154 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform | Full Committee

Hearing: Legislative Hearing on H.R. 2231

10:00 AM | 1324 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515 Host: Committee on Natural Resources | Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources

Hearing: Legislative Hearing on H.R. 412, H.R. 585, H.R. 664, H.R. 1495, H.R. 1513, H.R. 2166, and H.R. 2192

10:00 AM | 1334 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515 Host: Committee on Natural Resources | Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation

Hearing: H.R. 1123, the Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act

10:00 AM | 2141 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on the Judiciary | Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet

Hearing: Financing America’s Small Businesses: Innovative Ideas for Raising Capital

10:00 AM Host: Committee on Small Business | Subcommittee on Investigations, Oversight and Regulations

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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Markup: Subcommittee Mark Up – FY 2014 Agriculture Appropriations Bill

9:30 AM | 2362-A Rayburn Host: Committee on Appropriations | Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies

Hearing: OPM’s Revolving Fund: A Cycle of Government Waste?

9:30 AM | 2247 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform | Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service and the Census

Hearing: A Crisis Mismanaged: Obama’s Failed Syria Policy

10:00 AM | 2172 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Foreign Affairs | Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa

Hearing: Chairman Johnson Announces Hearing on How Social Security Protects the Benefits of Those Who Cannot Protect Themselves

10:00 AM Host: Committee on Ways and Means | Social Security

Hearing: A Review of the United States Army Corps of Engineers Chief’s Reports

10:00 AM | 2167 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure | Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment

Hearing: Reforming SGR: Prioritizing Quality in a Modernized Physician Payment System

10:00 AM | 2123 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Energy and Commerce | Subcommittee on Health

Hearing: Up Against the Blend Wall: Examing EPA’s Role in the Renewable Fuel Standard

10:00 AM | 2154 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform | Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Health Care and Entitlements

Hearing: Joint Hearing – Federal Efforts to Reduce the Impacts of Windstorms

10:00 AM | 2318 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology | Subcommittee on Technology

Hearing: H.R. 1493, the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2013

10:00 AM | 2141 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on the Judiciary | Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law

Hearing: Subcommittee Mark Up – FY 2014 Defense Appropriations Bill

11:00 AM | H-140 Capitol Host: Committee on Appropriations | Subcommittee on Defense

Hearing: Reducing Duplication and Promoting Efficiency at The SBA: The Inspector General’s View

1:00 PM Host: Committee on Small Business | Full Committee

Hearing: U.S. Relations with Vietnam

2:00 PM | 2172 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Foreign Affairs | Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific

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Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Hearing: CLOSED: Ongoing Intelligence Activities

9:00 AM | HVC304 Capitol Host: House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence | Select…

Hearing: Emergency MGMT 2.0: How SocialMedia and New Tech are Transforming Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Disasters Part1 Private sector

10:00 AM | 311 Cannon HOB Host: Committee on Homeland Security | Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications

Hearing: Ways and Means to Hold Hearing with Organizations Targeted by Internal Revenue Service for Their Personal Beliefs

10:00 AM Host: Committee on Ways and Means | Full Committee

Hearing: Our Nation of Builders: Home Economics

10:00 AM | 2123 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Energy and Commerce | Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade

Hearing: The Department of Justice’s Handling of Known or Suspected Terrorists Admitted into the Federal Witness Security Program

10:00 AM | 2141 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on the Judiciary | Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations

Hearing: “Reviewing the President’s Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Proposal for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services”

10:00 AM Host: Committee on Education and the Workforce | Full Committee

Hearing: Oversight Hearing on “Defining Species Conservation Success: Tribal, State and Local Stewardship vs. Federal Courtroom Battles and Sue-and-Settle Practices”

10:00 AM | 1324 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515 Host: Committee on Natural Resources | Full Committee

Hearing: STEM Education: The Administration’s Proposed Reorganization

10:00 AM | 2318 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology | Full Committee

Hearing: H.R. 2115, The Voter Registration Efficiency Act

11:00 AM | 1310 Longworth HOB Host: Committee on House Administration | Full Committee

Business Meeting: Committee Meeting

11:00 AM | 1310 Longworth HOB Host: Committee on House Administration | Full Committee

Markup: H.R. 1797, the District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act; and, H.R. 1944, the Private Property Rights Protection Act of 2013

1:00 PM | 2141 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on the Judiciary | Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice

Hearing: How Secure is Veterans’ Private Information?

2:30 PM | 334 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515 Host: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs | Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

Hearing: Continuing Repression by the Vietnamese Government

2:30 PM | 2172 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Foreign Affairs | Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations

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Monday, June 3, 2013

Hearing: Oversight Hearing – Internal Revenue Service

3:00 PM | 2359 Rayburn Host: Committee on Appropriations |

Hearing: Tragic Anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Protests and Massacre

3:00 PM | 2172 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Foreign Affairs | Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations

Hearing: H.R. 2216 and H.R. 2217

5:00 PM | H-313 Capitol Host: Committee on Rules | Full Committee

Hearing: H.R. 2216 – Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014

5:00 PM | H-313 Capitol Host: Committee on Rules | Full Committee

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NMAAHC — SI folklife Festival 2013 starts June 26


NMAAHC -- National Museum of African American History and Culture

SI folklife Festival 2013 starts June 26

THE WILL TO ADORN: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity

home_slides_05.jpg Congregants from the Alfred Street Baptist church enjoy a Mother’s Day hat fashion show in Washington, D.C., 2012. Photo by Sharon Farmer, courtesy of National Museum of African American History and Culture

What is African American about African American dress and body art and why does it matter?

African American traditions of dress and body adornment are creative expressions grounded in the history of African-descended populations in the United States. Visit the Smithsonian Folklife Festival to learn more!

Smithsonian Folklife Festival June 26 — 30, 2013 & July 03 — 07, 2013 National Mall, Washington DC

To view the full festival program, please visit http://www.festival.si.edu/

The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity festival program is produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage in partnership with the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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CONGRESS


English: The western front of the United State...
English: The western front of the United States Capitol. The Neoclassical style building is located in Washington, D.C., on top of Capitol Hill at the east end of the National Mall. The Capitol was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The Senate will meet in pro forma sessions only with no business conducted on the following dates at the following times:

–          Friday, April 26th at 11:30am,

–          Tuesday, April 30th at 10:00am, and

–          Thursday, May 3rd at 2:00pm.

  • The Senate will convene at 2:00pm on Monday, May 6, 2013.
  • Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in morning business until 5:30pm with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each.
  • At 5:30pm, the Senate will resume consideration of S.743, the Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013, post-cloture. The filing deadline for 2nd degree amendments to S.743 is 4:00pm.
  • At 5:30pm, all post-cloture time will be yielded back, the Durbin amendment #745 will be withdrawn, no other 2nd degree amendments will be in order and the Senate will proceed to 2 roll call votes in relation to the following:
  • Upon the disposition of S.743, there will be a 3rd roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.601, the Water Resources Development Act of 2013.

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The next meeting is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. on May 3, 2013.

The next meeting is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. on May 6, 2013 for Morning Hour Debate.