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AP WASHINGTON DAYBOOK, Thursday, April 3
CONGRESS-SENATE
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12 p.m. - 1 p.m. CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON CHINA — Roundtable on "Prospects for Democracy and Press Freedom in Hong Kong. http://www.cecc.gov/events/roundtables/prospects-for-democracy-and-press-freedom-in-hong-kong
Location: 385 Russell.
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COMMITTEE MEETINGS
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9:30 a.m. ARMED SERVICES — Meets To receive testimony on the posture of the Department of the Army in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2015 and the Future Years Defense Program. Witnesses: John M. McHugh, Secretary of the Army; General Raymond T. Odierno, USA, Chief of Staff of the Army. http://www.armed-services.senate.gov/hearings/posture-of-the-department-of-the-army\_04/03/2014
Location: G50 Dirksen.
10 a.m. APPROPRIATIONS — Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2015 for the Department of Justice. Witness: Eric Holder, Attorney General of the United States.
Location: 192 Dirksen
10 a.m. APPROPRIATIONS — Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2015 for the Food and Drug Administration. Witness: The Honorable Dr. Margaret Hamburg, Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration; Accompanied by: William Tootle, Director of the Office of Budget, Food and Drug Administration; Norris W. Cochran, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Location: 138 Dirksen
10 a.m. FOREIGN RELATIONS — Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs hearings to examine evaluating United States policy on Taiwan on the 35th anniversary of the "Taiwan Relations Act" (TRA). Witnesses: Panel One: Daniel Russel, Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs U.S. Department of State Panel Two: Dr. Douglas Paal, Vice President for Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Location: 419 Dirksen
10 a.m. JUDICARY — Executive Business Meeting. Nominations: Cheryl Ann Krause, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit; Richard Franklin Boulware II, to be United States District Judge for the District of Nevada; Salvador Mendoza, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington; Staci Michelle Yandle, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Illinois; Leon Rodriguez, to be Director of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security. Bill: S.1720, Patent Transparency and Improvements Act of 2013.
Location: 226 Dirksen.
2 p.m. FINANCE — Hearing on President Obama's 2014 trade policy agenda with U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman.
Location: 215 Dirksen.
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