http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/today/Upcomfing committee hearings and meetings.en-ushttp://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/20/<p>Committee: Senate Senate Finance</p> <p>Event Time: 10:00 a.m.</p> <p>Description: Hearings to examine the nominations of Lael Brainard, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary, Mary John Miller, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary, and Charles Collyns, of Maryland, to be Deputy Under Secretary, all of the Department of the Treasury; to be immediately followed by a business meeting to consider the nominations of Michael W. Punke, of Montana, to be a Deputy United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, Islam A. Siddiqui, of Virginia, to be Chief Agricultural Negotiator, Office of the United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, Michael F. Mundaca, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, and Jim R. Esquea, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary, Ellen Gloninger Murray, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary, and Bryan Hayes Samuels, of Illinois, to be Commissioner on Children, Youth, and Families, all of the Department of Health and Human Services. </p> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/20/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/19/<p>Committee: Senate House Armed Services</p> <p>Location: SH-216</p> <p>Event Time: 9:30 a.m.</p> <p>Description: Hearings to examine the nominations of Clifford L. Stanley, of Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness, and Erin C. Conaton, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of the Air Force, both of the Department of Defense, and Lawrence G. Romo, of Texas, to be Director of the Selective Service. </p> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/19/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/19/<p>Committee: House House Energy and Commerce</p> <p>Location: 2123 RHOB</p> <p>Event Time: 9:30 a.m.</p> <p>Description: Full Committee. Markup of H.R. 515 – The Radioactive Import Deterrence Act, and H.R. 1084 – Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act. </p> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/19/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/19/<p>Committee: Senate Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs</p> <p>Location: S-216</p> <p>Event Time: 9:30 a.m.</p> <p>Description: Business meeting to consider the nomination of Daniel I. Gordon, of the District of Columbia, to be Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy. </p> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/19/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/19/<p>Committee: House House Ways and Means</p> <p>Location: 1100 LHOB</p> <p>Event Time: 10:00 a.m.</p> <p>Description: Oversight Subc. and Income Security and Family Support Subc. Joint hrng. on the effect of the economic downturn and increased unemployment of the demand for hunger-relief assistance at food banks and other charities. </p> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/19/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/19/<p>Committee: Joint Joint Economic</p> <p>Location: 210 CHOB</p> <p>Event Time: 10:00 a.m.</p> <p>Description: Full Committee. On financial regulatory reform and how proposed changes would promote stability in the financial system and improve the economy. Timothy Geithner, Secretary, Department of the Treasury. </p> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/19/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/19/<p>Committee: House Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs</p> <p>Location: SR-325</p> <p>Event Time: 10:00 a.m.</p> <p>Description: Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2009</p> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/19/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/19/<p>Committee: Senate Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation</p> <p>Location: SR-253</p> <p>Event Time: 10:00 a.m.</p> <p>Description: Business meeting to consider S.592, to implement the recommendations of the Federal Communications Commission report to the Congress regarding low-power FM service, S.850, to amend the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to improve the conservation of sharks, S.1224, to reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay Office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, S.2764, to reauthorize the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reuathorization Act of 2004, and S.2768, to amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the National Transportation Safety Board for fiscal years 2010 through 2014. </p> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/19/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/19/<p>Committee: Senate Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions</p> <p>Location: SD-430</p> <p>Event Time: 10:00 a.m.</p> <p>Description: Hearings to examine nominations for Commissioner and for General Counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. </p> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/19/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/19/<p>Committee: House House Education and Labor</p> <p>Location: 2175 RHOB</p> <p>Event Time: 10:00 a.m.</p> <p>Description: Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subc. On improving the literacy skills of children and young adults. Public witnesses. </p> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/19/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/19/<p>Committee: House House Small Business</p> <p>Location: 2360 RHOB</p> <p>Event Time: 10:00 a.m.</p> <p>Description: Full Committee. On oversight of waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in the programs of the Small Business Administration. </p> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/19/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/19/<p>Committee: House House (Select) Intelligence</p> <p>Location: HVC-304 Capitol</p> <p>Event Time: 10:00 a.m.</p> <p>Description: Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis, and Counterintelligence Subc. On Afghanistan and Pakistan. </p> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/19/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/19/<p>Committee: House House Science and Technology</p> <p>Location: 2325 RHOB</p> <p>Event Time: 10:00 a.m.</p> <p>Description: Technology and Innovation Subc. On the research and development portfolio to support the priorities of the Department of Transportation. Dept. and public witnesses. </p> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/19/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/19/<p>Committee: House House Oversight and Government Reform</p> <p>Location: 2154 RHOB</p> <p>Event Time: 10:00 a.m.</p> <p>Description: Full Committee. On tracking the use of stimulus funds. </p> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/19/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/19/<p>Committee: Senate Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs</p> <p>Location: SD-342 </p> <p>Event Time: 10:00 a.m.</p> <p>Description: Preliminary hearing on the Fort Hood shooting of Nov. 5. </p> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/19/