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AP WASHINGTON DAYBOOK, Friday, Feb. 28
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8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. CENTRAL AMERICA, MEXICO - PRESSING ISSUES — The Inter-American Dialogue half-day conference on ways to enhance international cooperation on migration and security challenges facing the countries of Central America and Mexico. The meeting will be co-hosted by Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), the chair and vice chair of the House Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Representatives Matt Salmon (R-AZ) and Michael McCaul (R-TX), and Representatives Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Tony Cardenas (D-CA) and Jared Polis (D-CO). SICA Secretary General Hugo Martmnez will deliver a keynote address over lunch. Additional speakers: Rafael Fernandez de Castro, director of international studies at Instituto Tecnolsgico Autsnomo de Mixico (ITAM) and a former presidential advisor; Carlos Dada, investigative journalist in El Salvador for the on-line news outlet El Faro; Hector Silva, an American University research fellow from El Salvador; Eduardo Stein, former vice president of Guatemala; Kevin Casas-Zamora, former vice president of Costa Rica and now secretary for political affairs of the Organization of American States; and Rubin Zamora, Ambassador of El Salvador to the United States, among others. For agenda and to register: v
Location: B-338 Rayburn.
Contacts: 202-822-9002
9:30 a.m. BRADY GUN LAW ANNIVERSARY — House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Members of Congress and relatives of victims of gun violence will join Sarah Brady to mark the 20th anniversary of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act and urge Congress to extend background checks to include online purchases and gun show sales. The Brady Campaign will release a report detailing 20 years of "viable evidence" that Brady background checks have blocked more than 2 million illegal gun purchases by felons, domestic abusers, and fugitives.
Location: Capitol Visitor Center, HVC-215, the Gabe Zimmerman Room.
Contacts: Jennifer Fuson, jfuson@Bradymail.org, 202-370-8128
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FLOOR SCHEDULE
9 a.m. — The House will meet at 9:00 a.m. for legislative business. Last votes expected no later than 3:00 p.m.
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COMMITTEE MEETINGS
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9 a.m. JUDICIARY — Full committee hearing on Criminal Code Reform. Witness Panel 1: Michael Volkov, CEO, The Volkov Law Group LLC; Professor Julie Rose O'Sullivan, Georgetown Law Center; Professor Roger A. Fairfax Jr., George Washington University Law School; John D. Cline, Law Office of John D. Cline. http://judiciary.house.gov/index.cfm/hearings?ID=12F8275A-68CC-4BFB-9D97-F7A910FC22F9
Location: 2237 Rayburn.
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9:30 a.m. ENERGY AND COMMERCE — Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Hearing on "The FTC at 100: Views from the Academic Experts." Witnesses: Howard Beales, Professor, The George Washington University School of Business; Daniel Crane, Associate Dean for Faculty and Research and the Frederick Paul Furth, Sr. Professor of Law, University of Michigan School of Law; Geoffrey Manne, Founder and Executive Director, International Center for Law & Economics; Christopher Yoo, John H. Chestnut Professor of Law, Communication, and Computer & Information Science, Director, Center for Technology, Innovation & Competition, University of Pennsylvania Law School; Robert Lande, Venable Professor of Law, University of Baltimore School of Law; Paul Ohm, Associate Professor, University of Colorado Law School. http://energycommerce.house.gov/hearing/ftc-100-views-academic-experts
Location: 2123 Rayburn.
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9:30 a.m. FINANCIAL SERVICES — The Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Subcommittee will hold a hearing to examine equity market structure and review the objectives and outcomes of Regulation National Market System adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission in 2005. Witnesses: Roel Campos, Partner, Locke Lord LLP; former SEC Commissioner, 2002-2007; Steven Lofchie, Partner, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP; Erik R. Sirri, Professor of Finance, Babson College; former Director of SEC Division of Trading and Markets, 2006-2009; Chester Spatt, Professor of Finance, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University; former SEC Chief Economist, 2004-2007. http://financialservices.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=370440
Location: 2128 Rayburn.
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9:30 a.m. NATURAL RESOURCES — Legislative hearing on H.R. ____ (Hastings of WA), A bill to improve and strengthen many provisions of the current Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. "Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act" DAY I - PANEL I: Samuel D. Rauch III, Deputy Assistant Administrator, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Richard B. Robins, Jr., Chair, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council. DAY I - PANEL II: Rick E. Marks, Robertson, Monagle & Eastaugh, PC; Vito Giacalone, Policy Director, Northeast Seafood Coalition; Mark Fina, Ph.D., J.D., Senior Policy Analyst, United States Seafood; David A. Krebs, Jr., President, Ariel Seafoods Inc., Representing the Gulf Seafood Institute; George J. Geiger, Owner and Operator, Chances Are Fishing Charters; Jeff Deem, Recreational Fishing Alliance; Ellen K. Pikitch, Ph.D, Professor and Executive Director, Institute for Ocean Conservation Science, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University. http://naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=367382
Location: 1324 Longworth.
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10 a.m. SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY — Full Committee Markup of H.R. 1786, National Windstorm Impact Reduction Act Reauthorization of 2013.
http://science.house.gov/markup/full-committee-markup-hr-1786
Location: 2318 Rayburn.
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