Congress

Today in Congress: March 19, 2007

Reuters

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THE SENATE

Meets at 2 p.m. to consider S.214, the “Preserving United States Attorney Independence Act of 2007.” There will be no roll call votes in the Senate on Monday.

Committees

Senate Appropriations (1 p.m.): Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee holds a hearing on the budget for the National Institutes of Health. NIH Director Elias Zerhouni; Joan Brugge, chairman of the Department of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School; Brent Iverson, university distinguished teaching professor of organic chemistry and biochemistry at The University of Texas at Austin; Robert Siliciano, professor of medicine and principal investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Stephen Strittmatter, professor of neurology and neurobiology at Yale University of Medicine, testify. 216 Hart.

THE HOUSE

Meets at 12:30 p.m. for morning hour debate and 2 p.m. for legislative business.

Committees

House Rules (5 p.m.): Meets to formulate a rule on H.R.1227, the “Gulf Coast Hurricane Housing Recovery Act of 2007.” H-313, U.S. Capitol.

House Oversight and Government Reform (10 a.m.): Holds a hearing on “Allegations of Political Interference with the Work of Government Climate Change Scientists. (PART TWO)” Philip Cooney, former chief of staff for the White House Council on Environmental Quality; James Hansen, director of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; George Deutsch, former public affairs officer for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; James Connaughton, chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality; and Roy Spencer of the University of Alabama in Huntsville, testify. 2154 Rayburn.

House Appropriations (5 p.m.): Select Intelligence Oversight Subcommittee closed hearing on the National Reconnaissance Office budget. H-140, U.S. Capitol.

House Appropriations (2 p.m.): Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee holds a hearing on ”Employment and Training Administration, the Office of Job Corps, Veterans Training and Vocational and Adult Education.” Witnesses TBA. 2359 Rayburn.

House Appropriations (2 p.m.): Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee holds a hearing on the Office of Management and Budget. Witnesses TBA. 2220 Rayburn.