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AP WASHINGTON DAYBOOK, Tuesday, April 1
CONGRESS-SENATE
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April 1 - 4. LANDMINE AWARENESS — The Mines Advisory Group (MAG) along with Senator Patrick Leahy and the reception hosted by Senator Bob Casey with remarks planned from Senator Leahy (VT), Senator Bob Casey (PA), Congressman Jim McGovern (MA), and Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, Rose Gottemoeller hosts exhibit on Capitol Hill to celebrate its 25th anniversary and honor the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, MAG America. Surviving the Peace: Landmines, Mortars and Munitions -25 Years of Humanitarian Mine Action. NOTE: Reception and speakers on the 2nd at 4p.m. Contact: Patricia Loria, MAG America (202)531-65135/8 patricia.loria@maginternational.org
Highlights:
4 p.m. - 6 p.m. Reception and remarks by Senators, Congressmen, and State Department officials.
Location: The Rotunda of the Russell Senate Office Building.
10 a.m. IGNITION SWITCH - FAMILIES — Families of victims of the GM ignition switch problem hold a press conference in advance of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Hearing, "The GM Ignition Switch Recall: Why Did It Take So Long? (NOTE: Hearing begins at 2 p.m. in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building - GM CEO Marry Barra and NHTSA Acting Administrator David Friedman to testify).
Press conference speakers: Joan Claybrook, President Emeritus of Public Citizen, and former Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; Senator Edward Markey (D-MA); Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT); Rosie Cortinas (Idaho) Mother of Amador Cortinas (Homedale, ID) who was killed on October 18, 2013, while driving a friend home in a Chevy Cobalt. Amador lost control of the car, and his air bags did not deploy.
Terry DiBattista (South Carolina) and Laura Christian (Maryland) Mother and birth mother of Amber Marie Rose (Marbury, MD), killed on July 29th, 2005 when the car she was driving struck multiple trees. Her airbags did not deploy. Emergency medical personnel have indicated that she would still be alive if her air bags had worked. The car was in the accessory position.
Ken and Jayne Rimer (Wisconsin) and Douglas Weigel (Minnesota) Parents of Natasha Weigel (Albert Lea, MN), killed on October 24, 2006, when she was riding in the car with two of her friends. The driver, who suffered brain damage as a result of the crash, lost control of the car and hit a tree. The airbags did not deploy; Mary and Leo Ruddy (Pennsylvania) Parents of Kelly Erin Ruddy (Scranton, PA), killed on January 10, 2010, when she burned alive after losing control of her vehicle. It is unknown whether her car was in the accessory position, as GM took possession of the black box and will not return it or share the information found on it; Clarence Ditlow, Executive Director of the Center for Auto Safety. ADDS: Representative Henry Waxman (D-CA), Ranking Member, Committee on Energy and Commerce; Representative Diana DeGette (D-CO), Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce. Samantha Denti (Toms River, New Jersey) drove a new 2005 Cobalt which shut down a number of times while she was driving. Luckily, she survived the incidents and she will talk about them. Daryl and David Chansuthus (Tennessee) Mother and brother of Hasaya Chansuthus, killed January 1, 2010 when her car struck a tree. Rosie Cortinas (Idaho) Mother of Amador Cortinas who was killed on October 18, 2013, while driving a friend home in a Chevy Cobalt.
Susan and Shawn Hayes (New York) Mother and uncle of Ryan Quigley, killed on December 30, 2011, after his vehicle lost control and rolled down an embankment.
Nick and Kim Langley Parents of Richard Scott Bailey, killed on April 21, 2008.
Randal Rademaker (Wisconsin) Father of Amy Rademaker, killed on October 24, 2006, while riding in a car that hit a tree.
Mary and Leo Ruddy (Pennsylvania) Parents of Kelly Erin Ruddy, killed on January 10, 2010, when she burned alive after losing control of her vehicle.
Cherie Sharkey (New York) Mother of Michael Sharkey, Jr., killed June 21, 2012 after vehicle went down an embankment and burst into flames.
Renee Trautwein (South Carolina) and Phil Trautwein (Massachusetts) Mother and brother of Sarah Trautwein, killed on June 12, 2009, after losing control of her 2005 Chevy Cobalt.
Shannon Wooten and Christopher Peebles (Tennessee) Mother and brother of Joshua Wooten, killed October 11, 2009, when he lost control of his vehicle and hit an oncoming SUV carrying seven people head on.
Location: Senate Swamp, in front of the U.S. Capitol Building, Senate side.
Contacts: Beth Weaver Beth_Weaver@verizon.net (301.814.4088)
10:15 a.m. 'PAYCHECK FAIRNESS ACT' — Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski (D-MD), a senior member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, will be joined at a press conference by Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Sens. Mary Landrieu (D-LA.), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) along with representatives of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the National Women's Law Center (NWLC) to urge the Senate to take up and pass the Paycheck Fairness Act, legislation which will "help close the wage gap between women and men working equivalent jobs."
Location: Mike Mansfield Room (S-207).
Contacts: Matt Jorgenson, 202-228-1122
Notes: Media are asked to pre-set by 10:00 a.m.
5 p.m. - 7 p.m. SENATE AEROSPACE CAUCUS RECEPTION — Senate Aerospace Caucus Reception "Defending Innovation: Modern Life Redefined. Senate Aerospace Caucus Co-Chairs: Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.); Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.); Dr. Arati Prabhakar, Director of DARPA; Marion C. Blakey, AIA President and CEO.
Location: 902 Hart Senate Office Building, Constitution Ave, between First and Second Streets, NE.
Contacts: Dan Stohr dan.stohr@aia-aerospace.org (703-358-1078 o; 703-517-8173)
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FLOOR SCHEDULE
NEW
10 a.m. — The Senate will convene and begin a period of morning business. Thereafter, resumes consideration of H.R.3979, the legislative vehicle for the unemployment insurance extension.
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COMMITTEE MEETINGS
CANCELED
9:30 a.m. ARMED SERVICES — Committee hearings to examine U.S. European Command and U.S. Transportation Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2015 and the Future Years Defense Program. Witnesses: General Philip M. Breedlove, USAF Commander, U.S. European Command/ Supreme Allied Commander, Europe; General William M. Fraser III, USAF, Commander, U.S. Transportation Command. http://www.armed-services.senate.gov/hearings/us-european-command-and-us-transportation-command\_04/01/14
Location: G50 Dirksen
9:30 a.m. HOMELAND SECURITY & GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS — Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Hearing, "Caterpillar's Offshore Tax Strategy." The Subcommittee will continue its examination of the structures and methods employed by multinational corporations to allocate income outside of the United States and how such activities are affected by the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations. Witnesses will include representatives of Caterpillar Inc. and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, as well as tax experts: Witnesses: PANEL ONE: Bret Wells, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Houston Law Center, Houston, TX; Reuven Avi-Yonah, Irwin I. Cohn Professor of Law, The University of Michigan School of Law, Ann Arbor, MI. PANEL TWO: Steven Williams, Managing Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, McLean, VA; James Bowers, Tax Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Dallas, TX; Thomas Quinn, Tax Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Chicago, IL. PANEL THREE: Robin Beran, Chief Tax Officer, Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL; Rodney Perkins, Former Senior International Tax Manager, Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL; Julie Lagacy, Vice President, Finance Services Division, Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL. http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/subcommittees/investigations/hearings/caterpillars-offshore-tax-strategy
Location: 106 Dirksen.
Notes: There will be an embargoed press briefing Monday March 31st at 10a.m. in 222 Russell.
10 a.m. BUDGET — Committee hearings to examine opportunity, mobility, and inequality in today's economy. Witnesses: Joseph Stiglitz, PhD., University Professor of Economics, Columbia University; Raj Chetty, PhD., William Henry Bloomberg Professor of Economics at Harvard University; Keith Hall, PhD., Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center. http://www.budget.senate.gov/republican/public/index.cfm/hearing-schedule?ID=e0eb88a8-56e8-4f6d-856d-92a5a019ab43
Location: 608 Dirksen
10 a.m. JUDICIARY — Committee hearings to examine certain nominations. http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/judicial-nominations-2014-04-01
Location: 226 Dirksen
2:15 p.m. ARMED SERVICES — Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities hearings to examine proliferation prevention programs at the Department of Energy and at the Department of Defense in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2015 and the Future Years Defense Program; with the possibility of a closed session in SVC-217 following the open session. Witnesses: Anne M. Harrington Deputy Administrator For Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation National Nuclear Security Administration Department Of Energy; Rebecca K. C. Hersman, Deputy Assistant Secretary Of Defense For Countering Weapons Of Mass Destruction Department Of Defense; Kenneth A. Myers III, Director Of The Defense Threat Reduction Agency Department Of Defense, Director of the U.S. Strategic Command Center For Combating Weapons Of Mass Destruction Department Of Defense. http://www.armed-services.senate.gov/hearings/proliferation-prevention-programs-at-the-department-of-energy-and-at-the-department-of-defense\_04/01/14
Location: 222 Russell
2:15 p.m. FOREIGN RELATIONS — Business meeting to consider Protocol Amending the Convention between the and the Swiss Confederation for the Avoidance of Double Taxation; Protocol Amending the Convention between the Government of the and the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion; Convention between the Government of the US and the Government of the Republic of Hungary for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion; Convention Between the Government of the US and the Government of the Republic of Chile for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion; Protocol Amending the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters, expressing the sense of the Senate concerning the humanitarian crisis in Syria and neighboring countries, resulting humanitarian and development challenges, and the urgent need for a political solution to the crisis. http://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/business-meeting-04-01-14
Location: S-116
2:30 p.m. COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION — Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet hearings to examine reauthorization of the "Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act". Witness Panel 1: William T. Lake, Chief, Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission; Gordon Smith, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Association of Broadcasters; Michael W. Palkovic, Executive Vice President, Operations, DirecTV; Michael K. Powell, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Cable & Telecommunications Association; Thomas S. Rogers, President and Chief Executive Officer, TiVo, Inc.; Matt Wood, Policy Director, Free Press. http://www.commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Hearings&ContentRecord\_id=23352a01-e1a7-47b0-9a56-27e88e76e378&ContentType\_id=14f995b9-dfa5-407a-9d35-56cc7152a7ed&Group\_idb06c39af-e033-4cba-9221-de668ca1978a
Location: 253 Russell
2:30 p.m. HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS — Committee hearings to examine equal pay with the "Paycheck Fairness Act." Witnesses: Professor Deborah Thompson Eisenberg , Associate Professor of Law, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, Baltimore, MD; ReShonda Young , Operations Manager, Alpha Express, Inc., Waterloo, IA; Kerri Sleeman , Mechanical Engineer, Houghton, MI; Camille Olson , Partner, Seyfarth Shaw, Chicago, IL. http://www.help.senate.gov/hearings/hearing/?id=f5239448-5056-a032-52ba-0aa8f38ca69f
Location: 430 Dirksen
2:30 p.m. INTELLIGENCE — Closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters. http://www.intelligence.senate.gov/
Location: 219 Hart.
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