Earlier this month, President Obama met with 40 of the Nation’s top scientists and engineers—discoverers of new drug candidates to treat common cancers; inventors of tools to help surgeons in the operating room; developers of complex algorithms that can help robots navigate; and more. All of these innovators were finalists in the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search competition, and all of them are in still in high school.
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Bills & Hearings in the House 3/20
Hearing: Entrepreneurial Assistance: Examining Inefficiencies and Duplication Across Federal Government Programs
12:00 AM Host: Committee on Small Business | Full Committee
Hearing: POSTPONED: Oversight Hearing – Forest Service
9:30 AM | B-308 Rayburn Host: Committee on Appropriations | Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Hearing: Crisis in Syria: The U.S. Response
9:45 AM | 2172 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Foreign Affairs | Full Committee
Markup: H.R. 1120, “The Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor-Management Relations Act”
10:00 AM Host: Committee on Education and the Workforce | Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training
Hearing: The Posture of the U.S. Northern Command and U.S. Southern Command
10:00 AM | 2118 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Armed Services | Full Committee
Hearing: How Innovation Benefits Patients
10:00 AM | 2123 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Energy and Commerce | Subcommittee on Health
Hearing: Oversight Hearing – The Judiciary
10:00 AM | 2359 Rayburn Host: Committee on Appropriations | Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government
Hearing: Focusing on People: A Review of VA’s Plans for Employee Training, Accountability, and Workload Management to Improve Disability Claims Processing
10:00 AM | 334 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC Host: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs | Full Committee
Hearing: Measuring Outcomes to Understand the State of Border Security
10:00 AM | 311 Cannon HOB Host: Committee on Homeland Security | Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security
Hearing: Chairman Johnson Announces Hearing on the Challenges of Achieving Fair and Consistent Disability Decisions
10:00 AM Host: Committee on Ways and Means | Social Security
Hearing: POSTPONED: Budget Hearing – Federal Aviation Administration
10:00 AM | 2358-A Rayburn Host: Committee on Appropriations | Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
Hearing: Hearing entitled “State of Community Banking: Is the Current Regulatory Environment Adversely Affecting Community Financial Institutions?”
10:00 AM | 2128 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Financial Services | Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
Hearing: Oversight Hearing – Major Construction Projects of the Department of Energy
10:00 AM | 2362-B Rayburn Host: Committee on Appropriations | Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies
Hearing: Oversight Hearing – Children’s Mental Health
10:00 AM | 2358-C Rayburn Host: Committee on Appropriations | Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Hearing: CLOSED: Oversight Hearing – Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure
10:00 AM | H-405 Capitol Host: Committee on Appropriations | Subcommittee on Homeland Security
Business Meeting: meeting to consider the following measures: H.R. 634, H.R. 677, H.R. 742, H.R. 992, H.R. 1003, H.R. 1038
10:00 AM | 1300 Longworth HOB Host: Committee on Agriculture | Full Committee
Markup: Markup on H.R. 367, and H.R. 982
10:00 AM | 2141 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on the Judiciary | Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law
Hearing: POSTPONED: Budget Hearing – Commodity Futures Trading Commission
10:00 AM | 2362-A Rayburn Host: Committee on Appropriations | Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Hearing: Oversight Hearing – National Guard and United States Army Reserve
10:00 AM | H-140 Capitol Host: Committee on Appropriations | Subcommittee on Defense
Hearing: Improving EPA’s Scientific Advisory Processes
10:00 AM | 2318 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology | Subcommittee on Environment
Business Meeting: H.R. 1211, H.R. 1163,H.R. 1162,H.R. 328, H.R. 1133, H.R. 1104, H.R. 249,H.R. 882, H.R. 313,and legislation concerning the DC CFO Act
10:00 AM | 2154 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform | Full Committee
Markup: Markup on H.R. 527, H.R. 254, H.R. 291, H.R. 507, H.R. 588, H.R. 678, H.R. 716, H.R. 1033, and H.R. 1159
10:00 AM | 1324 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. Host: Committee on Natural Resources | Full Committee
Hearing: Hezbollah’s Strategic Shift: A Global Terrorist Threat
1:30 PM | 2172 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Foreign Affairs | Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade
Hearing: Cyber Threats from China, Russia and Iran: Protecting American Critical Infrastructure
2:00 PM | 311 Cannon HOB Host: Committee on Homeland Security | Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies
Hearing: Fulfilling the Good Friday Agreement
2:00 PM | 2200 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Foreign Affairs | Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations
Hearing: Examining the Effectiveness of NIST Laboratories
2:00 PM | 2318 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology | Subcommittee on Technology
Hearing: Oversight Hearing – National Aeronautics and Space Administration
2:00 PM | 2359 Rayburn Host: Committee on Appropriations | Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Hearing: The Register’s Call for Updates to U.S. Copyright Law
3:30 PM | 2141 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on the Judiciary | Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet
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The Inauguration of a President
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Historians Robert Caro, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Douglas Brinkley and Michael Beschloss speak on the historical significance of a Presidential Inauguration and a President’s second term.
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the New 113th House Democrats
In the last week alone, over 30,000 of you renewed your 2013 membership and committed to stand with us in President Obama’s second term. Your continued activism ensures that we can fight right-wing extremism and make progress on behalf of the middle-class.
We can’t thank you enough for all that you do. All the best in 2013!
P.S. There’s still time to join us in Washington, DC for President Obama’s inauguration weekend. Donate $3 or more today and you will be automatically entered to win!
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| As we gather with family and friends to share old memories and make new ones, everyone at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture wishes you and yours the happiest of holidays.We also offer our prayers and hopes for good health and prosperity for the New Year.
Since we broke ground in February of this year, the construction at our site is proceeding full-steam ahead. In early 2013, the steel will start to rise,forever changing the landscape of the National Mall in Washington, DC. In the days ahead I promise to keep you fully informed of our progress. Finally, let me thank you for the support and commitment you have made to the Museum. You helped make 2012 a truly exciting year. I believe 2013 will surpass it, as together we speed toward the Museum’s grand opening in 2015. Thank you again. Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!
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