The Swamp Today Timelines Change. Wednesday, February 8, 2023 The House Stands Adjourned Until February 8, 2023 at 10:00 AM EST The Senate Stands Adjourned Until February 8, 2023 at 3:00 PM EST Under Secretary for Political Affairs Victoria J. Nuland attends meetings and briefings at the Department of State. Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose W. Fernandez is on travel to Moldova and France from February 8-15, 2023. Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights is on travel to Mongolia and Japan from February 5-10, 2023. Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Molly Phee is on travel to South Africa, Nigeria, and Ethiopia from February 5-19, 2023. Assistant Secretary for Conflict and Stabilization Operations Anne Witkowsky is on travel to Colombia from February 6-8, 2023. Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Migration Julieta Valls Noyes is on travel to Qatar and Albania from February 4-10, 2023. . . . Daily Weather Map National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Weather Prediction Center https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/dailywxmap/ NOAA Tide Predictions - Washington DC Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/tide_predictions.html?gid=1396 NOAA Observed Water Levels - Station 8594900 Washington DC Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/stationhome.html?id=8594900 https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/waterlevels.html?id=8594900 February 8, 2023 - February 9, 2023 37th Annual National Logistics Forum National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) https://www.ndia.org/events/2023/2/8/3730---log-forum February 8, 2023 - February 9, 2023 Buraidah, UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) https://www.unesco.org/en/event/buraidah-unesco-creative-city-gastronomy-4 February 8, 2023 - February 9, 2023 Regional Consultation of the Group V(a) on the Framework on Culture and Arts Education United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) https://www.unesco.org/en/frameworkcultureartseducation https://www.unesco.org/en/event/regional-consultation-group-va-framework-culture-and-arts-education February 8, 2023 - February 10, 2023 Tenth Meeting of the Steering Committee of the European and Central Asian Safety Network International Atomic Energy Agency of the United Nations (IAEA) https://www.iaea.org/events/evt2205228 February 8, 2023 - February 10, 2023 Future of Journalism Education in Eastern Africa and the Launch of UNESCO's Media Development Assessment Report for Kenya United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) https://www.unesco.org/en/event/future-journalism-education-eastern-africa-and-launch-unescos-media-development-assessment-report February 8, 2023 - February 15, 2023 TrainForTrade Port Management Programme Training of Trainers, Modules 1-4, Spain United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) https://unctad.org/meeting/trainfortrade-port-management-programme-training-trainers-modules-1-4-spain February 8, 2023 International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking United States Conference of Catholic Bishops USCCB https://www.usccb.org/events/2023/international-day-prayer-and-awareness-against-human-trafficking 2:00 AM EST E-Meeting of the ITU-T Study Group 9: Q2/9 Methods and Practices for Conditional Access and Content Protection International Telecommunication Union (ITU) of the United Nations https://www.itu.int/net/itu-t/lists/rgmdetails.aspx?id=13530&Group=9 3:45 AM EST (5th Meeting - Technical Presentations) Outer Space: Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Scientific and Technical Subcommittee, 60th Session United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1r/k1rqmvkpwl 4:00 AM EST Preparatory Meeting for the Fifty-Fourth Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) https://www.unescwa.org/events/preparatory-meeting-fifty-fourth-session-united-nations-statistical-commission 4:00 AM EST 1943rd Meeting, 84th Session, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1u/k1unljhuis 4:00 AM EST 5th Meeting, Workshop on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the COVID-19 Recovery United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1k/k1kubpy7rm 4:00 AM EST Module 4 Webinar of the Burkina Faso Online Empowerment Training for National Trade Facilitation Committee United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) https://unctad.org/meeting/module-4-webinar-burkina-faso-online-empowerment-training-national-trade-facilitation 5:00 AM EST Award Ceremony for the Félix Houphouët-Boigny-UNESCO Peace Prize Awarded to Former German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) https://www.unesco.org/en/event/felix-houphouet-boigny-award-ceremony-0 https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/award-ceremony-felix-houphouet-boigny-unesco-peace-prize https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGaptPnBt2s 5:00 AM EST Biobanking: Concepts and Considerations World Health Organization (WHO) of the United Nations https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2023/02/08/default-calendar/who-public-health-laboratories-knowledge-sharing-webinars-bio-banking 5:00 AM EST (5th Meeting - STSC Plenary) Outer Space: Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Scientific and Technical Subcommittee, 60th Session United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k14/k14zhvlfau 5:00 AM EST Assessing Climate Change in Western Asia United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) https://www.unescwa.org/events/assessing-climate-change-western-asia 6:00 AM EST A Conversation with Labour's Preet Gill and Sir Mark Lowcock on the UK's Development Role Center for Global Development https://www.cgdev.org/event/conversation-labours-preet-gill-and-sir-mark-lowcock-uks-development-role https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=indCSEQvUsE 6:30 AM EST Launch of the 2023 Lancet Series on Breastfeeding, Including the Influence of Commercial Milk Formula Marketing World Health Organization of the United Nations (WHO) https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2023/02/08/default-calendar/launch-of-the-2023-lancet-series-on-breastfeeding--including-the-influence-of-commercial-milk-formula-marketing 7:00 AM EST WHO EPI-WIN Webinar: Current COVID-19 Situation and What's Next for COVID-19 World Health Organization of the United Nations (WHO) https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2023/02/08/default-calendar/covid-19-vaccine-safety-monitoring 7:00 AM EST Launch of the Global Status Report on School Health and Nutrition United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) https://www.unesco.org/en/event/launch-global-status-report-school-health-and-nutrition-0 7:00 AM EST Steering Committee of the International Task Force on Teachers United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) https://www.unesco.org/en/event/steering-committee-international-task-force-teachers 7:20 AM EST AUSA Coffee Series Featuring Gen James E. Rainey, Commanding General, U.S. Army Futures Command Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) https://www.ausa.org/events/coffee-series/gen-rainey 7:30 AM EST Launch of the 2023 Lancet Series on Breastfeeding, Including the Influence of Commercial Milk Formula Marketing World Health Organization (WHO) of the United Nations https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-t0AL4GoNJYJOOtt2UhvMg https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2023/02/08/default-calendar/launch-of-the-2023-lancet-series-on-breastfeeding--including-the-influence-of-commercial-milk-formula-marketing 8:00 AM EST Professor Huang Yiping on the Chinese Economy and Future Growth Model Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF) https://www.omfif.org/events/professor-huang-yiping-on-the-chinese-economy-and-future-growth-model/ 8:00 AM EST Secretary Blinken Convenes Fourth COVID-19 Global Action Plan Ministerial Department of State https://www.state.gov/secretary-blinken-convenes-fourth-covid-19-global-action-plan-ministerial/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3AC7VYi0Tc 8:30 AM EST OECD Forum Series 2023: The School-to-Work Transition Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) https://www.oecd-events.org/oecd-forum-2023-the-school-to-work-transition/eventagenda https://www.oecd-events.org/oecd-forum-2023-the-school-to-work-transition 8:30 AM EST NATO hosts conference marking International Day for Women and Girls in Science NATO Science and Technology Organisation https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_211437.htm 9:00 AM EST Daily U.S. Agricultural Weather Highlights - Released No Later Than 9:00 a.m. ET Every Day National Agricultural Statistics Service and World Agricultural Outlook Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/TODAYSWX.pdf 9:00 AM EST Pop-Up Conversation with Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers punchbowl news http://events.punchbowl.news/pop-up_CMR 9:00 AM EST Briefing with Experts: Human Rights, SDGs, Climate change United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and Universal Peace Federation (UPF) https://indico.un.org/event/1003808/ 9:00 AM EST 1944th Meeting, 84th Session, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1j/k1j9v1nel3 9:00 AM EST 1st Day: 3rd Open Science Conference: Accelerating the Sustainable Development Goals, Democratizing the Record of Science United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1h/k1hey0yqxm 9:00 AM EST 6th Meeting, Workshop on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the COVID-19 Recovery United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1q/k1qff9xs57 9:00 AM EST (6th meeting - STSC Plenary) Outer Space: Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Scientific and Technical Subcommittee, 60th session United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1i/k1iy81k9o5 9:00 AM EST Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee Meeting U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security https://www.dco.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Prevention-Policy-CG-5P/Marine-Transportation-Systems-CG-5PW/Office-of-Waterways-and-Ocean-Policy/Great-Lakes-Pilotage-Advisory-Committee/ 9:30 AM EST Winning the Peace After the War: Supporting Ukrainian Democracy United States Institute of Peace https://www.usip.org/events/winning-peace-after-war 9:30 AM EST To Consider Organizational Matters of the Committee on Agriculture for the 118th Congress and the Oversight Plan for the Committee on Agriculture for the 118th Congress House Agriculture Committee https://agriculture.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=7532 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yX4V906vY8 9:55 AM EST The President departs the White House en route Joint Base Andrews Official Schedule https://factba.se/biden/calendar/ 10:00 AM EST Understanding the Threat of White Christian Nationalism to American Democracy Today - Findings From the PRRI and Brookings Christian Nationalism Survey Brookings Institution and Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) https://www.prri.org https://www.brookings.edu/events/understanding-the-threat-of-white-christian-nationalism-to-american-democracy-today/ 10:00 AM EST Mark Whitaker on How 1966 Redefined the Civil Rights Movement Washington Post Live https://www.washingtonpost.com/washington-post-live/2023/02/08/mark-whitaker-how-1966-redefined-civil-rights-movement/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PioXO9K-LDQ 10:00 AM EST The BUSPH Mental Health Research Group Presents: An Applied Primer in Machine Learning for Mental Health Classification and Prediction. Boston University School of Public Health https://www.bu.edu/sph/calendar/?eid=278148 10:00 AM EST United Nations Security Council 2023 Exit Briefing United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1o/k1oqo9vmxa 10:00 AM EST 6th Plenary Meeting - 61st Session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD61) United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1h/k1hl21uk4f 10:00 AM EST The Doha Programme of Action as an Accelerator of Implementation of the 2030 Agenda - Special High-Level Event of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1t/k1tq2c9vaf 10:00 AM EST 4th Meeting, UNICEF First Regular Session of the Executive Board 2023 United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k12/k12r4c04re 10:00 AM EST 2023 Economic Indicator Release: Monthly Wholesale Trade: Sales and Inventories December 2022 US Census Bureau, Department of Commerce https://www.census.gov/wholesale/index.html 10:00 AM EST The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Advisory Council Meeting National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/advisory-and-peer-review-committees/advisory-council https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/sites/default/files/media/docs/Public%20Agenda%20FEB%202023%20.pdf https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=48980 10:00 AM EST U.S. House of Representatives - Morning Hour The House will consider legislation ending an April 2022 CDC order that requires foreign travelers arriving by air to be vaccinated against COVID-19. https://www.c-span.org/video/?525892-1/morning-hour 10:00 AM EST Protecting Speech from Government Interference and Social Media Bias, Part 1: Twitter's Role in Suppressing the Biden Laptop Story House Oversight and Accountability Committee Witnesses and testimonies: ^ Mr. James Baker Former Twitter Deputy General Counsel; Former FBI General Counsel ^ Ms. Vijaya Gadde Former Twitter Chief Legal Officer ^ Ms. Anika Collier Navaroli Former member of Twitter's U.S. Safety Policy Team ^ Mr. Yoel Roth Former Twitter Senior Director, Head of Trust & Safety ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115286 https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/protecting-speech-from-government-interference-and-social-media-bias-part-1-twitters-role-in-suppressing-the-biden-laptop-story/ RSBN https://rumble.com/v28nev2-protecting-speech-from-government-interference-and-social-media-bias-2823.html - Former Twitter Executives Testify on Hunter Biden Laptop Story Former Twitter executives testify on the social media company's role in blocking access to an October 2020 “New York Post” story about Hunter Biden's laptop. The hearing takes place before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee. https://www.c-span.org/video/?525786-1/twitter-executives-testify-hunter-biden-laptop-story 10:00 AM EST Revamping and Revitalizing Banking in the 21st Century House Financial Services Committee ^ H.R. ____ - "Financial Data Privacy Bill" https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115290/documents/glb_03_xml.pdf ^ H.R. ____ - the "Promoting Access to Capital in Underbanked Communities Act" (Rep. Barr) https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115290/documents/barr_006_xml.pdf ^ H.R. ____ - the "Bank Service Company Examination Coordination Act" (Rep. Williams) https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115290/documents/willtx_002_xml.pdf ^ H.R. ____ - the "Promoting New and Diverse Depository Institutions Act" (Rep. Auchincloss) https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115290/documents/auchin_002_xml_draft.pdf ^ H.R. ____ - the "Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act" (Rep. Foster) https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115290/documents/h.r._3899-117hr3899ih.pdf ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115290 https://financialservices.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=408512 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HeIE3g6T6A 10:00 AM EST Stakeholder Perspectives on the Impacts of the Biden Administration's Waters of the United States (WOTUS) Rule House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115291 https://transportation.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=406075 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-YJ07HPYUA 10:00 AM EST Joint Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee and Health Subcommittee Hearing Titled: “The Federal Response to COVID-19.” House Energy and Commerce Committee Witnesses: ^ Dr. Lawrence A. Tabak, D.D.S., PhD., Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Director, National Institutes of Health ^ The Honorable Robert Califf, M.D., Commissioner of Food and Drugs, U.S. Food and Drug Administration ^ Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ^ The Honorable Dawn O'Connell, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ^ https://energycommerce.house.gov/events/joint-oversight-and-investigations-subcommittee-and-health-subcommittee-hearing-titled-the-federal-response-to-covid-19-1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y2XV1qox0c - CDC, FDA & NIH Leaders Testify on COVID-19 Response Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky along with leaders from the FDA and National Institutes of Health testify on the COVID-19 pandemic response. https://www.c-span.org/video/?525878-1/cdc-fda-nih-leaders-testify-covid-19-response 10:00 AM EST Full Committee Business Meeting - Adoption of Committee Rules and Approval of Authorization and Oversight Plan House Science, Space, and Technology Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115284 https://science.house.gov/markups?ID=71C4F892-424F-43E0-B749-6890F3D21786 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EApHoQkZTHs 10:00 AM EST Open Panel w/ Former National Security Officials House Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee ^ Witnesses General Philip M. Breedlove (Ret.) Former Commander of U.S. European Command and 17th Supreme Allied Commander Europe ^ The Honorable Sue M. Gordon Former Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence ^ General David H. Petraeus (Ret.) Partner at KKR, and Chairman of KKR Global Institute ^ Dr. Heather Wilson 11th President of the University of Texas at El Paso ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115296 https://www.c-span.org/video/?525876-1/intelligence-officials-testify-national-security 10:00 AM EST Unleashing America's Energy and Mineral Potential | Full Committee Oversight Hearing House Natural Resources Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115287 https://naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=412760 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEcyo2RLiYo 10:00 AM EST Organizational Meeting House Homeland Security Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115304 10:00 AM EST Hearing on The Greatest Theft of Taxpayer Dollars: Unchecked Unemployment Fraud House Ways and Means Committee ^ Witnesses Gene Dodaro Comptroller General, Government Accountability Office (GAO) ^ Larry Turner Inspector General, Department of Labor Office of the Inspector General (DOL-OIG) ^ Michael Horowitz Chair, Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC) ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115301 https://waysandmeans.house.gov/event/hearing-on-the-greatest-theft-of-taxpayer-dollars-unchecked-unemployment-fraud/ https://www.youtube.com/c/waysandmeanscommitteehearings 10:00 AM EST 5th Annual Dominicans on the Hill Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) https://patch.com/new-york/harlem/rep-adriano-espaillat-host-5th-annual-dominicans-hill-wed https://www.eventbrite.com/e/5th-annual-dominicans-on-the-hill-tickets-477396123657 10:15 AM EST American Education in Crisis House Education and the Workforce Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115335 https://edworkforce.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=408802 https://www.c-span.org/video/?525887-1/hearing-state-us-education https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFAI_CphckA 10:15 AM EST The President departs Joint Base Andrews en route Madison, Wisconsin Official Schedule https://factba.se/biden/calendar/ 10:30 AM EST Commission Meeting Executive Session Federal Election Commission https://www.fec.gov/about/leadership-and-structure/ https://www.fec.gov/updates/february-7-2023-executive-session/ 10:30 AM EST Hearing: Liftoff: Unleashing Innovation in Satellite Communications Technologies House Energy and Commerce Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115337 https://energycommerce.house.gov/events/communications-and-technology-legislative-hearing-liftoff-unleashing-innovation-in-satellite-communications-technologies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Btx6FUP24jM 10:45 AM EST Full Committee Organizational Meeting of the Committee on Appropriation House Appropriations Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115302 https://appropriations.house.gov/legislation/business-meetings/full-committee-organizational-meeting-committee-appropriations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CI9LdVSrC4 11:00 AM EST Livestock and Meat International Trade Data Release Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/livestock-and-meat-international-trade-data/ 11:00 AM EST Rethinking China's Rise, Restraints, and Resilience Brookings Institution https://www.brookings.edu/events/rethinking-chinas-rise-restraints-and-resilience/ 11:00 AM EST Optimised Multidimensional Poverty Reduction: A Model Based on Policy-Makers Capabilities The George Washington University https://calendar.gwu.edu/optimised-multidimensional-poverty-reduction 11:00 AM EST Methodological Approaches on How to Measure Risk of Poverty with Income and Wealth The Institute for International Economic Policy (IIEP) at George Washington University and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), with the support of the United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report office (UNDP HDRO) https://gwu-edu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_eQ711D0TTIuAqXGLmDEbTg https://calendar.gwu.edu/optimised-multidimensional-poverty-reduction 11:00 AM EST What to Expect: Compliance Reviews Department of Labor https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/events/02082023/what-expect-compliance-reviews 11:00 AM EST Learn How to Conduct a Patent Search at the USPTO Texas Regional Office Dallas, TX United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/events/learn-how-conduct-patent-search-uspto-texas-regional-office-0 11:15 AM EST (6th Meeting - Technical Presentations) Outer Space: Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Scientific and Technical Subcommittee, 60th Session United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k19/k19gpvk4ks 11:15 AM EST Secretary Antony J. Blinken Delivers Remarks at the Gender Champion Award Ceremony Department of State https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-february-8-2023/ 11:30 AM EST Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre Gaggle Aboard Air Force One En Route Madison, WI Air Force One https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boR6_Ok1Gh8 12:00 PM EST Eave February Lunch Seminar - Monkey Pox Emory Alliance for Vaccine Epidemiology at Emory University Rollins School of Public Health https://emoryeave.org/event/eave-february-lunch-seminar/ 12:00 PM EST Daily Press Briefing by the Spokesperson of the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly. United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1g/k1gpxcjh3e 12:00 PM EST GW Institute for Brain Health and Dementia Seminar Series - Session 3: Digitizing Driving as a Marker for Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease The George Washington University https://calendar.gwu.edu/gw-institute-brain-health-and-dementia-seminar-series-session-3 12:00 PM EST Empowering Citizens through Heritage Restoration, Culture and Education in Mosul and Basra Media Defence and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) https://web.archive.org/web/20230127211715/https://www.unesco.org/en/event/empowering-citizens-through-heritage-restoration-culture-and-education-mosul-and-basra-0 https://www.unesco.org/en/event/empowering-citizens-through-heritage-restoration-culture-and-education-mosul-and-basra-0 12:00 PM EST Clinical Center Grand Rounds Contemporary Clinical Medicine Great Teachers: Fact Stranger than Fiction: Adventures in the Genomics of Inflammation National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://clinicalcenter.nih.gov/about/news/grcurrent.html https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=49095 12:00 PM EST The Psychological Cost of Code Switching National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42181 12:00 PM EST Pharmacotherapy to Treat Pediatric Obesity National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42159 12:00 PM EST Diversity of Quaternary Structures Regulates Nuclear Receptor Activities in Health and Disease National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42263 12:00 PM EST Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Emerging Technologies (ET) Partnership Series #3: AI-driven Innovation United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) https://www.eventbrite.com/e/uspto-aiet-partnership-series-3-ai-driven-innovation-tickets-518798208407 https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/events/aiet-partnership-series-3-ai-driven-innovation 12:00 PM EST Pharmacotherapy to Treat Pediatric Obesity - 2022-2023 Principles of Pediatric Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Course Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH) https://www.infinityconferences.org/event/9dbb1cdf-b535-416e-a945-50e9fac4db07/summary https://www.infinityconferences.org/event/9dbb1cdf-b535-416e-a945-50e9fac4db07/websitePage:6a182f15-927e-4691-8343-35d44eeab7e5 12:00 PM EST Secretary Antony J. Blinken holds a working lunch with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg Department of State https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-february-8-2023/ 12:00 PM EST U.S. House of Representatives - House Session The House will consider legislation ending an April 2022 CDC order that requires foreign travelers arriving by air to be vaccinated against COVID-19. https://www.c-span.org/video/?525892-2/house-session 12:05 PM EST World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) Report Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLm8HaeFw1A1h0onChnDCLkYgMSxEnpsOk https://www.usda.gov/oce/commodity/wasde 12:15 PM EST World Production, Markets, and Trade Report Release - World Agricultural Production Foreign Agricultural Service, Department of Agriculture https://www.fas.usda.gov/report-release-announcement/world-agricultural-production-24 12:15 PM EST World Production, Markets, and Trade Report Release - Cotton: World Markets and Trade Foreign Agricultural Service, Department of Agriculture https://www.fas.usda.gov/report-release-announcement/cotton-world-markets-and-trade-24 12:15 PM EST World Production, Markets, and Trade Report Release - Grains: World Markets and Trade Foreign Agricultural Service, Department of Agriculture https://www.fas.usda.gov/report-release-announcement/grains-world-markets-and-trade-23 12:15 PM EST World Production, Markets, and Trade Report Release - Oilseeds: World Markets and Trade Foreign Agricultural Service, Department of Agriculture https://www.fas.usda.gov/report-release-announcement/oilseeds-world-markets-and-trade-24 12:30 PM EST Robin Rue Simmons | The History of Reparations, the Movement & Where We Stand Today University of Chicago Institute of Politics https://politics.uchicago.edu/speaker-series/upcoming-events?id=5585 https://iop.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/iop/event.jsp?event=5585 12:30 PM EST Tracing Alternative Epistemologies: Ibn Khaldun as a Global Theorist Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service https://www.georgetown.edu/event/tracing-alternative-epistemologies-ibn-khaldun-as-a-global-theorist/ 12:35 PM EST The President arrives in Madison, Wisconsin (11:35 AM Local) Truax Field Air National Guard Base, Madison, WI Official Schedule https://factba.se/biden/calendar/ 1:00 PM EST Migration and Health. Boston University School of Public Health https://www.bu.edu/sph/conversations/uncategorized/migration-and-health/ 1:00 PM EST Asian Money Laundering Organizations in Latin America and the United States Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association (AFCEA) https://www.workcast.com/register?cpak=2034969570474569 1:00 PM EST Built to Scale: Scaling Evidence-Based Health Interventions for Maximum Impact Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health https://publichealth.jhu.edu/events/2023/built-to-scale-scaling-evidence-based-health-interventions-for-maximum-impact 1:00 PM EST Student Climate Change Roundtable and Lunch with Mark Podlasly and Angel Ransom Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs https://www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/events/student-roundtable-and-lunch-with-mark-podlasly-and-angel-ransom/ 1:00 PM EST Lunch and Learn: How to Make the Editor's Top Ten List Health Affairs https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/he20230126.776061/full/ 1:00 PM EST African Americans in Business: Doing Historical Company Research Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/item/event-407530/african-americans-in-business-doing-historical-company-research/2023-02-08/ 1:00 PM EST Organizational meeting to introduce new Members, consider and adopt the Rules of the Committee, and report and approve Subcommittee Chairs, Ranking Members, and assignments House Veterans' Affairs Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115278 https://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=115278 1:00 PM EST 118th Congress Committee Organizational Meeting House Foreign Affairs Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115283 https://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=115283 1:15 PM EST Corporations, Cooperatives and the 2030 Agenda (CSocD61 Side Event) United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1m/k1mu62hfc9 1:15 PM EST MIPAA at 20: Fit for the Future? (CSocD61 Side Event) United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1k/k1khrfmxz6 1:15 PM EST National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse - February 2023 National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://nida.nih.gov/about-nida/advisory-boards-review-groups/national-advisory-council-drug-abuse-nacda https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=48845 1:20 PM EST Secretary Antony J. Blinken holds a joint press availability with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg Department of State https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-february-8-2023/ https://www.dvidshub.net/ https://www.youtube.com/statedept https://www.c-span.org/video/?525898-1/secretary-blinken-news-conference-nato-secretary-general 1:30 PM EST Deputy Secretary Wendy R. Sherman meets with UK Parliamentary Under Secretary of State David Rutley Department of State https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-february-8-2023/ 1:30 PM EST Jared Bernstein on the US Economy: Where It's Been and Where It's Going Brookings Institution https://www.brookings.edu/events/rethinking-chinas-rise-restraints-and-resilience/ 1:45 PM EST Department of Education Secretary Cardona will give virtual remarks at Rep. Adriano Espaillat's 5th Annual Dominicans on the Hill Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) https://www.eventbrite.com/e/5th-annual-dominicans-on-the-hill-tickets-477396123657 https://www.ed.gov/news/events/calendars/secschedule.html 2:00 PM EST Best of Core Forum: (Meta)data Analysis for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion American Library Association https://elearning.ala.org/local/catalog/view/product.php?productid=712 2:00 PM EST Embedding Machine Learning into Finite Element Analysis to Accelerate Design and Enhance Collaboration American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics AIAA https://www.aiaa.org/events-learning/event/2023/02/08/default-calendar/embedding-machine-learning-into-finite-element-analysis-to-accelerate-design-and-enhance-collaboration 2:00 PM EST Cryptocurrency Regulation Virtual Conference Berkeley Center for Law and Business https://www.law.berkeley.edu/event/cryptocurrency-regulation-virtual-conference/ 2:00 PM EST NIH Director's Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series: Community-engaged Approaches for Preventing and Controlling Obesity Among U.S. Latinos/Hispanics National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/41049 https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=46060 2:00 PM EST Family First 5 Year Anniversary Department of Health and Human Services https://www.hhs.gov/live/live-1/index.html#8812 2:00 PM EST Empowering Entrepreneurs: Removing Barriers to Capital Access for Small Businesses House Financial Services Committee H.R. ___ - the "Improving Crowdfunding Opportunities Act" (Rep. McHenry) https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115289/documents/crowdfunding_improvements.pdf ^ H.R. ___ - the "Small Entrepreneurs Empowerment and Development (SEED) Act of 2023" (Rep. McHenry) https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115289/documents/small_entrepreneurs_empowerment_and_development_seed_act.pdf ^ H.R. ___ - to preempt blue sky laws for off-exchange secondary trading in companies who make available current public information, including information required by Regulation A or Rule 15c2-11. https://financialservices.house.gov/uploadedfiles/blue_sky_-_secondaries_-_preemption.pdf ^ H.R. ___ - to direct the SEC to update its definitions of “small entities” under the Regulatory Flexibility Act to ensure that the SEC more carefully accounts for impacts on small businesses when pursuing rulemakings. https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115289/documents/small_entity_definition.pdf ^ H.R. ___ - the "Developing and Empowering our Aspiring Leaders Act of 2023" https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115289/documents/deal_act.pdf ^ H.R. ___ - the "Improving Capital Allocation for Newcomers Act of 2023" (Rep. Timmons) https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115289/documents/ican.pdf ^ H.R. ___ - the "Regulation A+ Improvement Act of 2023" https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115289/documents/reg_a_improvement.pdf ^ H.R. ___ - the "Unlocking Capital for Small Businesses Act of 2023" https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115289/documents/unlocking_capital_for_small_businesses_act.pdf ^ H.R. ___ - the "Helping Angels Lead Our Startup Act of 2023" https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115289/documents/helping_angels_lead_our_startups_act.pdf ^ H.R. ___ - to amend the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to increase the exemption from registration threshold for certain investment advisers of private funds. https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115289/documents/small_private_funds_exemption.pdf https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115289 https://financialservices.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=408511 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c65Twc9DJ60 2:00 PM EST The President discusses how his economic plan is creating good-paying, union jobs and delivering real results for the American people (1:00 PM Local) DeForest, Wisconsin https://www.c-span.org/video/?525903-1/president-biden-remarks-economic-plan-wisconsin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca60RAZQarw 2:10 PM EST Vice President Harris Participates in a Moderated Conversation on Climate - Atlanta, GA Vice President Harris participates in a moderated conversation to uplift the Administration’s investments and actions to combat the climate crisis and road ahead. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOtB_VKH5WU 2:30 PM EST PubPol715 guest speaker Janani Ramachandran Yates on public budgeting and finance planning Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan https://fordschool.umich.edu/event/2023/pubpol715-guest-speaker-janani-ramachandran-yates-public-budgeting-and-finance-planning 2:30 PM EST Paper Presentation: Cross-Border Portfolio Investment Flows, Household Portfolio Choice and Consumer Spending The George Washington University https://calendar.gwu.edu/paper-presentation-cross-border-portfolio-investment-flows-household-portfolio-choice-and-consumer 2:30 PM EST Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III hosts an honor cordon and meeting welcoming NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to the Pentagon at 2:30 p.m. EST on the steps of the River Entrance. Pentagon https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/ 3:00 PM EST UCLA Center for Health Policy Research | Seminar Series: "Selected Findings from the Final Evaluation of the California Whole Person Care Program" The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health https://ph.ucla.edu/events/ucla-center-health-policy-research-seminar-series-selected-findings-final-evaluation 3:00 PM EST Q-FARM Seminar - Jeff Thompson (Princeton) Quantum Computing With Neutral Ytterbium Atoms Q-FARM - Quantum Science and Engineering at Stanford https://qfarm.stanford.edu/events/q-farm-seminar/jeff-thompson-princeton 3:00 PM EST 7th Plenary Meeting - 61st Session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD61) United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k11/k11uoqxm88 3:00 PM EST 5th Meeting, UNICEF First Regular Session of the Executive Board 2023 United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1c/k1cooc16ip 3:00 PM EST Virology Interest Group Efficient HIV 1 Uncoating Requires Reverse Transcription of Long Viral DNA and Role of Neutral Sphingomyelinase 2 in Retrovirus Maturation National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42286 3:00 PM EST Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen Donfried delivers a classified briefing on Ukraine before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Rayburn House Office Building https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-february-8-2023/ 3:30 PM EST 118th Organizational Meeting House Small Business Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115305 https://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=115305 3:45 PM EST Acting Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources John R. Bass meets with UK Parliamentary Under Secretary of State David Rutley Department of State https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-february-8-2023/ 4:00 PM EST LEAP to Chambers - Silicon Valley San Jose, CA United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/events/leap-chambers-silicon-valley 4:30 PM EST Pritzker Fellow Beto O'Rourke on El Paso & My Path to Public Service University of Chicago Institute of Politics https://politics.uchicago.edu/speaker-series/upcoming-events?id=5555 https://iop.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/iop/event.jsp?event=5555 4:30 PM EST Deputy Secretary Wendy R. Sherman meets with Irish Tánaiste, Foreign Minister, and Defense Minister Micheál Martin Department of State https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-february-8-2023/ 5:00 PM EST Indo-Pacific Seminars: Hedging Against Risk – Japan in an Uncertain World: Geo-Dynamics of Northeast Asia East-West Center in Washington, together with the Social Science Research Council and the Japan Foundation https://www.eastwestcenter.org/events/hedging-against-risk-japan-uncertain-world-geo-dynamics-northeast-asia 5:00 PM EST Neuroepidemiology in Action - How our Epidemiological Findings Change Clinical Practice Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/public-health-now/events/neuroepidemiology-action-how-our-epidemiological-findings-change-clinical-practice 5:00 PM EST Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs Lee Satterfield participates in a celebration of the five-year extension of a Memorandum of Understanding to continue the U.S.-Ireland Intern Work and Travel Program Department of State https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-february-8-2023/ 5:00 PM EST Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan meet with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg Department of State https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-february-8-2023/ 6:00 PM EST "What To Watch This Legislative Session" with Joe Coletti American Institute for Economic Research https://events.aier.org/bastiatmastercalendar/detail/1502/1675897200000 6:00 PM EST Book Talk. Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History The Harriman Institute at Columbia University https://harriman.columbia.edu/event/book-talk-free-a-child-and-a-country-at-the-end-of-history/ 6:00 PM EST The State of the Economy: A YPA Fireside Chat with Susan Segal Americas Society/Council of the Americas (AS/COA) https://www.as-coa.org/events/state-economy-ypa-fireside-chat-susan-segal 6:00 PM EST Oak Ridge Site Specific Advisory Board (ORSSAB) Meeting Department of Energy (DOE) https://www.energy.gov/orem/articles/orssab-meeting-february-8-2023-personvirtual-hybrid 6:05 PM EST The President departs en route Joint Base Andrews (5:05 PM Local) Official Schedule https://factba.se/biden/calendar/ 7:00 PM EST Retribution or Restraint: The Role of Reputation for Resolve in South Korea's Crisis Decision-Making East-West Center https://www.eastwestcenter.org/events/retribution-or-restraint-role-reputation-resolve-south-koreas-crisis-decision-making 7:00 PM EST Young Black Professionals in International Affairs (YBPIA) x USAID: Pathways to USAID The George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs https://blogs.gwu.edu/elliott360/tag/young-black-professional-in-foreign-affairs/ https://calendar.gwu.edu/ybpia-x-usaid-pathways-usaid 7:30 PM EST Bringing Lincoln to Life Through Art and History: A Conversation With Doris Kearns Goodwin and Ivan Schwartz LBJ Presidential Library https://www.lbjlibrary.org/events/friends-lbj-library/2023-02-08_bringing-lincoln-life-through-art-and-history-conversation 7:55 PM EST The President Departs Joint Base Andrews en Route the White House Official Schedule https://factba.se/biden/calendar/ 8:00 PM EST 2023 Great Books: Truth and Lies Aspen Institute https://www.aspeninstitute.org/events/2023-great-books-Session-3/ 8:00 PM EST Praying for America With Father Frank Pavone Weeknights at 8pm ET RSBN https://www.rsbnetwork.com/category/shows/praying-for-america/ 8:00 PM EST Concert: Quatuor Van Kuijk Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/item/event-407466/quatuor-van-kuijk/2023-02-08/ 8:05 PM EST The President Arrives at the White House Official Schedule https://factba.se/biden/calendar/ 9:00 PM EST Onstage at the Reagan Library With Secretary of State Mike Pompeo - an In-Person Event Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute https://www.reaganfoundation.org/programs-events/events-calendar/onstage-at-the-reagan-library-with-secretary-of-state-mike-pompeo/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYJ5rOe2S1w