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AP WASHINGTON DAYBOOK, Wednesday, March 26
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10:45 a.m. DEMANDAVOTE ON IMMIGRATION — House Democrats will be joined by immigration leaders and advocates at a press event to announce a DemandAVote discharge petition. House Democrats will call on Speaker Boehner and the House Republican Conference to bring up H.R. 15 - bipartisan comprehensive immigration bill with 200 co-sponsors, including 3 Republicans - before proceeding to the House floor to sign the DemandAVote petition. With Democratic Caucus Chairman Xavier Becerra (D-CA); Congresswoman Judy Chu (D-CA); Congressman Joe Garcia (D-FL); Congressman Steven Horsford (D-NV); America Ferrera, actress and activist.
Location: House East Front Steps.
Contacts: Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Notes: Cameras may pre-set at 8:45 a.m. and all gear must be in place by 9:45 a.m. for a security sweep. Camera crews must RSVP to Evangeline George at 202-226-7616 or evangeline.george@mail.house.gov.
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11 a.m. SPEAKER BOEHNER — Holds an on-camera press briefing.
Location: Capitol Visitor Center HVC Studio A, located in HVC 114.
Contacts: Kevin Smith, 202-225-0600
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12 p.m. BORDER ENFORCEMENT BILL — Congressman Beto O'Rourke (TX-16) will take part in a press conference along with faith, community, civil rights and local government leaders from border communities to endorse new, bipartisan legislation, the "Border Enforcement Accountability, Oversight, and Community Engagement Act."
Location: House Triangle.
Contacts: John Andrew Meza, John.Meza@mail.house.gov, 202-699-2984
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2:30 p.m. REPUBLICANS - JOBS BILL — Republican Study Committee Chairman Steve Scalise and other RSC members will unveil the RSC's Jumpstarting Opportunities with Bold Solutions (JOBS) Act, a proposal "to spur job creation and economic growth while removing the government burdens that are holding back American job creators." With Rep. Mick Mulvaney (SC-05); Rep. Diane Black (TN-06); Rep. Bill Flores (TX-17); Rep. Doug Lamborn (CO-05); Rep. Cynthia Lummis (WY); Rep. Kerry Bentivolio (MI-11).
Location: HVC Studio A.
Contacts: Stephen Bell, 202-226-9717
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FLOOR SCHEDULE
10 a.m. — The House will meet for Morning Hour debate and at 12:00 p.m. for legislative business. The House is expected to begin consideration of H.R. 1459 - Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act (Rep. Bishop (UT) - Natural Resources) (Subject to a Rule).
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COMMITTEE MEETINGS
9 a.m. APPROPRIATIONS — Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Budget Hearing - Federal Bureau of Investigation's Budget Request and Post 9/11 Reform Efforts. Witnesses: Panel 1: James B. Comey, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation. Panel 2: Timothy J. Roemer, Expert witness on FBI reform efforts; Bruce R. Hoffman, Expert witness on FBI reform efforts; Edwin Meese III, Expert witness on FBI reform efforts. http://appropriations.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=373122
Location: H-309 Capitol.
9:30 a.m. OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM — Full Committee, "Examining the IRS Response to the Targeting Scandal." Witness: John Koskinen, Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service. http://oversight.house.gov/hearing/examining-irs-response-targeting-scandal/
Location: 2154 Rayburn.
9:30 a.m. TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE — Full committee hearing on Presidents Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Request for Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Programs. Witnesses include Admiral Robert J. Papp, Jr., Commandant, United States Coast Guard; Master Chief Michael P. Leavitt, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, United States Coast Guard; Paul "Chip N. Jaenichen, Sr., Acting Administrator, Maritime Administration; Mario Cordero, Chairman, Federal Maritime Commission, http://transportation.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=371224
Location: 2167 Rayburn.
10 a.m. AGRICULTURE — Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry RE: To Review the impacts of Endangered Species Act and related litigation on National Forest System management. Witnesses: Panel I: Jim Pena, Associate Deputy Chief, U.S. Forest Service, Washington, D.C.; Eileen Larence, Director, Homeland Security and Justice, U.S. Government Accountability Office, Washington, D.C.; Alva J. "Joe Hopkins III, President, Forest Landowners Association, Folkston, Georgia; Dr. Greg Schildwachter, President, Watershed Results, Arlington, Virginia. http://agriculture.house.gov/hearing/review-impacts-endangered-species-act-and-related-litigation-national-forest-system
Location: 1300 Longworth.
10 a.m. APPROPRIATIONS — Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Budget Hearing - Future of Biomedical Research. Witnesses: Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., Director, National Institute of Health, Department of Health and Human Services. Accompanying Dr. Collins: Harold E. Varmus, M.D., Director, National Cancer Institute; Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Story C. Landis, Ph.D., Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; Gary H. Gibbons, M.D., Director, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. http://appropriations.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=371302
Location: 2358-C Rayburn.
Notes: This hearing has been rescheduled from March 13, 2014.
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10 a.m. APPROPRIATIONS — Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Budget Hearing - United States Department of Agriculture Research, Education and Economics. Witnesses: Dr. Catherine E. Woteki, Under Secretary, USDA Research, Education and Economics; Dr. Chavonda Jacobs-Young, Administrator, USDA Agriculture Research Service; Dr. Sonny Ramaswamy, Director, USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture; Dr. Mary Bohman, Administrator, USDA Economic Research Service; Dr. Cynthia Clark, Administrator, USDA National Agriculture Statistics Service; Donald K. Bice, USDA Associate Budget Director. http://appropriations.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=373123
Location: 2362-A Rayburn.
10 a.m. APPROPRIATIONS — Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Budget Hearing - United States Army Corps of Engineers. Witnesses: Jo Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary, Army for Civil Works, United States Army Corps of Engineers; Lt.General Thomas P. Bostick, Chief of Engineers, United States Army Corps of Engineers. http://appropriations.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=373125
Location: 2362-B Rayburn.
10 a.m. APPROPRIATIONS — Subcommittee on Homeland Security Budget Hearing - Federal Emergency Management Agency. Witness: Craig Fugate, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency. http://appropriations.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=373126
Location: 2359 Rayburn.
10 a.m. APPROPRIATIONS — Subcommittee on Defense Budget Hearing - United States Air Force. Witnesses: Deborah Lee James, Secretary, United States Air Force; General Mark A. Welsh III, Chief of Staff, United States Air Force. http://appropriations.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=373124
Location: H-140 The Capitol.
10 a.m. EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE — Full Committee, "Reviewing the President's Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Proposal for the Department of Labor." Witness: Thomas E. Perez, Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor.
Location: 2175 Rayburn.
10 a.m. ENERGY AND COMMERCE — Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, "Where Have All the Patients Gone? Examining the Psychiatric Bed Shortage." Witnesses: Lisa Ashley, Parent of a son with serious mental illness, Sacramento, CA; Jeffrey L. Geller, M.D., M.P.H., Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Public Sector Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA; Jon Mark Hirshon, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., FACEP, Task Force Chair, 2014 American College of Emergency Physicians National Report Card on Emergency Care, Associate Professor Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Michael C. Biasotti, Chief of Police, Immediate Past President of New York State, Association of Chiefs of Police, Parent of a daughter with serious mental illness, New Windsor, NY; Thomas J. Dart, Sheriff, Cook County Sheriffs Office, Chicago, IL; Steve Leifman, Associate Administrative Judge, Miami-Dade County Court, Eleventh, Judicial Circuit of Florida, Miami, FL; Gunther Stern, Executive Director, Georgetown Ministry Center, Washington, D.C; Hakeem Rahim Ed.M., M.A., Speaker and mental health educator and advocate, Hempstead, NY; LaMarr D. Edgerson, Psy.D., LMFT, NBCCH, Clinical Mental Health Counselor, Director at Large, American Mental Health Counselors Association, Family Harmony, lbuquerque, NM; Arthur C. Evans Jr., Ph.D., Commissioner, Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disability Services, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. http://energycommerce.house.gov/hearing/where-have-all-patients-gone-examining-psychiatric-bed-shortagesthash.PSPlbAcj.dpuf
Location: 2123 Rayburn.
10 a.m. FOREIGN AFFAIRS — Hearing on The Geopolitical Potential of the U.S. Energy Boom. Witnesses: Admiral Dennis C. Blair, USN, Retired Member, Energy Security Leadership Council, Securing Americas Future Energy; Harold Hamm, Chairman, Domestic Energy Producers Alliance; Elizabeth Rosenberg, Senior Fellow and Director, Energy, Environment and Security Program, Center for a New American Security; Dr. Michael Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow and Director, Program on Energy Security and Climate Change, Council on Foreign Relations. http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/hearing-geopolitical-potential-us-energy-boom
Location: 2172 Rayburn.
10 a.m. JUDICIARY — Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Hearing: Innocence for Sale: Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking. Witnesses: Michael Harpster, Acting Deputy Assistant Director, Criminal Investigative Division, Branch 1, Federal Bureau of Investigation; Withelma "T'' Ortiz Walker Pettigrew, Board Member, Human Rights Project for Girls; Corporal Chris Heid, Child Recovery Unit, Maryland State Police; Donna Quigley Groman;, Supervising Judge, Kenyon Juvenile Justice Center, Los Angeles County Juvenile Delinquency Court. http://judiciary.house.gov/index.cfm/hearings?ID=9E21F2F8-72B6-4DC0-863C-B4F522FE6F42
Location: 2141 Rayburn.
10 a.m. NATURAL RESOURCES — Oversight Hearing on "Collision Course: Oversight of the Obama Administrations Enforcement Approach for Americas Wildlife Laws and Its Impact on Domestic Energy. Witness: Dan Ashe, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. http://naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=372479
Location: 1324 Longworth.
10 a.m. SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY — Full Committee, "A Review of the President's Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Request for Science Agencies." Witness: John Holdren, Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President. http://science.house.gov/hearing/full-committee-hearing-review-president-s-fiscal-year-2015-budget-request-science-agencies
Location: 2318 Rayburn.
10 a.m. SMALL BUSINESS — Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce hearing on Barriers to Opportunity: Do Occupational Licensing Laws Unfairly Limit Entrepreneurship and Jobs? Witnesses: Melony Armstrong, Owner, Naturally Speaking, Tupelo, MS; Timothy Sandefur, Principal Attorney, Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, CA; Patti Morrow, President, Interior Design Protection Consulting, Greer, SC. http://smallbusiness.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=369299
Location: 2360 Rayburn.
10 a.m. - 12 p.m. ARMED SERVICES — Subcommittee on Strategic Forces hearing on Interim Report of the Advisory Panel on the Governance of the Nuclear Security Enterprise. Witnesses: Norm Augustine, Co-Chairman, Advisory Panel on the Governance of the Nuclear Security Enterprise; Admiral Richard W. Mies, U.S. Navy (ret.), Co-Chairman, Advisory Panel on the Governance of the Nuclear Security Enterprise. http://armedservices.house.gov/index.cfm/hearings-display?ContentRecord\_id=0093295E-8F29-41E0-9BD1-4ED8A982178A
Location: 2118 Rayburn.
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10:30 a.m. FINANCIAL SERVICES — Treasury Secretary Jack Lew will appear before the committee to deliver the Secretarys annual testimony on the state of the international financial system and reform of the International Monetary Fund. http://financialservices.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=373538
Location: 2128 Rayburn.
12:30 p.m. ARMED SERVICES — Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces hearing on Fiscal Year 2015 Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force Combat Aviation Programs. Witnesses: Panel One : Lt Gen Christopher C. Bogdan, USAF, Program Executive Officer for the F-35 Joint Program Office; Michael J. Sullivan, Director of Acquisition and Sourcing, U.S. Government Accountability Office. Panel Two : Lieutenant General Burton M. Field, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, Plans and Requirements, U.S. Air, Force; Vice Admiral Paul A. Grosklags, USN, Principal Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development, and Acquisition), U.S. Navy; Dr. William A. LaPlante, Military Deputy, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition; Rear Admiral Michael C. Manazir, USN, Director of the Air Warfare Division, U.S. Navy; Lieutenant General, Robert E. Schmidle, USMC, Deputy Commandant of the Marine Corps for Aviation, U.S. Marine Corps. http://armedservices.house.gov/index.cfm/hearings-display?ContentRecord\_id=9CC5AD08-F955-4C68-B6F9-1ECC9886025F
Location: 2118 Rayburn.
2 p.m. APPROPRIATIONS — Subcommittee on Defense CLOSED: Budget Hearing - United States Pacific Command and United States Forces Korea. Witnesses: Admiral Samuel J. Locklear III, Commander, United States Navy, United States Pacific Command; General Curtis M. Scaparrotti, Commander, United States Army, United Nations Command, Commander, Republic of Korea,United States Combined Forces Command, Commander, United States Forces Korea. http://appropriations.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=373127
Location: H-140 the Capitol.
2 p.m. APPROPRIATIONS — Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Budget Hearing - Bureau of Reclamation. Witness: Lowell Pimley, Action Commissioner of Reclamation. http://appropriations.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=373128
Location: 2362-B Rayburn.
2 p.m. APPROPRIATIONS — Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government Budget Hearing - The Judiciary. Witnesses: Julia S. Gibbons, Chair, Committee on the Budget of the Judicial Conference of the United States; John Bates, Director, Administrative Office of the United States Courts. http://appropriations.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=373130
Location: 2359 Rayburn.
2 p.m. ARMED SERVICES — Subcommittee on Intelligence, Emerging Threats and Capabilities hearing on Department of Defense (DOD) Fiscal Year 2015 Science and Technology Programs: Pursuing Technology Superiority in a Changing Security Environment. Witnesses: Rear Admiral Upper Half Matthew L. Klunder, USN , Chief of Naval Research, U.S. Navy; Mary Miller , Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and Technology, U.S. Army; Dr. Arati Prabhakar , Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, U.S. Department of Defense; Alan Shaffer , Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, U.S. Department of Defense; Dr. David Walker , Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Science, Technology and Engineering, U.S. Air Force. http://armedservices.house.gov/index.cfm/hearings-display?ContentRecord\_id3FCAEC34-ED92-4791-A954-7DBE2BF8C277
Location: 2212 Rayburn.
2 p.m. FOREIGN AFFAIRS — Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific Hearing: The Shocking Truth about North Korean Tyranny. Witnesses: Greg Scarlatoiu, Executive Director, Committee for Human Rights in North Korea; Bruce Klingner, Senior Research Fellow, Northeast Asia, The Heritage Foundation. http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-hearing-shocking-truth-about-north-korean-tyranny
Location: 2172 Rayburn.
2 p.m. HOMELAND SECURITY — Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency Markup, H.R. 4228, the "DHS Acquisition Accountability and Efficiency Act," to require the Department of Homeland Security to improve discipline, accountability, and transparency in acquisition program management. http://homeland.house.gov/markup/subcommittee-markup-hr-4228-dhs-acquisition-accountability-and-efficiency-act
Location: 311 Cannon.
2 p.m. - 4 p.m. TOM LANTOS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION — Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Hearing on the Persecution of Religious and Indigenous Communities in Vietnam. Witnesses: Panel I: U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (Commissioner TBA). Panel II: Father Phan Van Loi, Editor-in-Chief of Freedom of Speech and Co-Founder of the Association of Former Vietnamese Prisoners of Conscience; Sub-dignitary Nguyen Bach Phung, Clergy member of an independent Cao Dai Sect; Attorney Yunie Hong, Director of Policy Advocacy, Hmong National Development; Rong Nay, Executive Director, Montagnard Human Rights Organization.
Location: HVC 210.
Contacts: tlhrc@mail.house.gov (202-225-3599)
3:30 p.m. VETERANS' AFFAIRS — Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs "Legislative Hearing on H.R. 2018, H.R 2088, H.R. 2119, H.R. 2529, H.R. 3671, H.R. 3876, H.R. 4095, H.R. 4102, H.R. 4141, and H.R.4191. Witnesses: Panel 1: Al Green, U.S. House of Representatives; Timothy Walz, U.S. House of Representatives; Jeffrey Denham, U.S. House of Representatives; Ander Crenshaw, U.S. House of Representatives; Steven Stivers, U.S. House of Representatives. Panel 2: Jeffrey C. Hall, Assistant National Legislative Director, Disabled American Veterans; Alexander Nicholson, Legislative Director, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America; Heather Ansley, Esq., MSW, Vice President of Veterans Policy, VetsFirst, a program of United Spinal Association; Diane M. Zumatto, National Legislative Director, AMVETS. Panel 3: Zachary Hearn, Deputy Director for Claims, Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation Commission, The American Legion; Anthony A. Wallis, Legislative Director/Director of Government Affairs, Association of the United States Navy; Raymond C. Kelley, Director, National Legislative Service, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Panel 4: Thomas Murphy, Director, Compensation Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Accompanied by: Patricia Lynch Watts, Director, Legislative and Regulatory Service, National Cemetery Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, David Barrans, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. http://veterans.house.gov/hearing/legislative-hearing-on-hr-2018-hr-2088-hr-2119-hr-2529-hr-3671-hr-3876-hr-4095-hr-4102-hr
Location: 334 Cannon.
3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. ARMED SERVICES — Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces hearing on Department of the Navy Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Request for Seapower and Projection Forces. Witnesses: Vice Admiral Joseph Malloy, USN, Deputy Chief Naval Operations for Integration of Capabilities and Resources (N-8); Lieutenant General Kenneth Glueck, Jr. USMC, Deputy Commandant for Combat Development and Integration, and Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command; Sean J. Stackley, USN, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition. http://armedservices.house.gov/index.cfm/hearings-display?ContentRecord\_id=7390F205-F758-4E44-A2A0-9B650BD062C1
Location: 2118 Rayburn.
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4 p.m. JUDICIARY — Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial, and Antitrust Law hearing on Exploring Chapter 11 Reform: Corporate and Financial Institution Insolvencies; Treatment of Derivatives. Witnesses: Christopher Sontchi, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware; Seth Grosshandler Esq., Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP; Jane Vris, General Counsel and Partner, Millstein & Co.; Professor Thomas H. Jackson; William E. Simon School of Business, University of Rochester; Professor Michelle M. Harner, Co-Director, Business Law Program, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. http://judiciary.house.gov/index.cfm/hearings?ID=94D02F41-1832-4385-B169-C5A0BEC1BAC3
Location: 2141 Rayburn.
Notes: Changes room from 2237 Rayburn.
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