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Friday, January 27, 2023

The House Stands Adjourned Until January 27, 2023 at 9:00 AM EST
The Senate Stands Adjourned Until January 30, 2023 at 3:00 PM EST

Acting Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources John R. Bass attends meetings and briefings at the Department of State.
Under Secretary for Political Affairs Victoria J. Nuland attends meetings and briefings at the Department of State.
Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya attends meetings and briefings at the Department of State.
Assistant Secretary for Conflict and Stabilization Operations Anne Witkowsky is on travel to Belgium and the United Kingdom from January 23-27, 2023.

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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

The 2022 Congress.gov Top 22 and Year in Review
Top 22 Most-Viewed Bills in 2022
https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2023/01/the-2022-congress-gov-top-22-and-year-in-review/

January 27, 2023 - January 28, 2023
Foundations of Civic Culture: The Importance of Teachers to Free Speech, Civil Discourse, Economics, and Public Policy
Cato Institute
https://www.cato.org/sphere/sphere-freedom-center-summit

January 27, 2023 - January 30, 2023
LibLearnX - ALA 2023 Library Learning Experience #LibLearnX23
American Library Association
https://www.eventscribe.net/2023/LibLearnX/aaStatic.asp?SFP=VldORkRGQkJAMTM1NDVATExYMjMgRGlnaXRhbCBFeHBlcmllbmNl
https://www.2023.alaliblearnx.org/

October 1, 2022 — April 10, 2023
SpaceSuits: space architecture at human scale @ MAXXI, Rome - Technoscape - The architecture of engineers
"art"
https://www.maxxi.art/en/events/technoscape-larchitettura-dellingegneria/
https://www.media.mit.edu/events/spacesuits-space-architecture-at-human-scale-maxxi-rome/

January 27, 2023
TBD
January Fellows Breakfast with Naima Green-Riley
World Affairs Council
https://www.world-affairs.org/event/january-fellows-breakfast-with-naima-green-riley/

5:00 AM EST
Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Seminar ALICE
CERN
https://indico.cern.ch/event/1222412/

8:00 AM EST
ALA Governance Institute @ LibLearnX - ALA 2023 Library Learning Experience #LibLearnX23
American Library Association
https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2022/10/american-library-association-host-inaugural-governance-institute-2023

8:30 AM EST
Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME) Discusses the Debt Limit & Federal Spending
Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME) discusses the debt limit debate, federal spending, and congressional news of the day.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?525574-6/washington-journal-rep-chellie-pingree-d-me-discusses-debt-limit-federal-spending

9:00 AM EST
"America's Secrets: Classified Information and our Democracy" Conference
Clements Center for National Security, Strauss Center for International Security and Law, the Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project, the LBJ Presidential Library, the LBJ School of Public Affairs and the Public Interest Declassification Board (PIDB) 
https://www.clementscenter.org/events/item/2668-america-s-secrets-classified-information-and-our-democracy
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/americas-secrets-classified-information-and-our-democracy-tickets-514333283697

9:00 AM EST
First Look with The Post’s Jonathan Capehart
Washington Post Live
https://www.washingtonpost.com/washington-post-live/2023/01/27/first-look-with-posts-jonathan-capehart/

9:00 AM EST
A Hometown Team: A Conversation with President of the Las Vegas Raiders Sandra Douglass Morgan
Center for Strategic and International Studies
https://www.csis.org/events/hometown-team-conversation-president-las-vegas-raiders-sandra-douglass-morgan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URwzTmU_lhs

9:00 AM EST
Blood Battle
University of Michigan School of Public Health
https://sph.umich.edu/events/event.php?ID=9924

9:00 AM EST
China’s Rise in the Global South: The Middle East, Africa, and Beijing’s Alternative World Order. A Book Talk by Dr. Dawn Murphy
Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service
https://www.georgetown.edu/event/chinas-rise-in-the-global-south-the-middle-east-africa-and-beijings-alternative-world-order-a-book-talk-by-dr-dawn-murphy/

9:00 AM EST
U.S. House of Representatives - House Session
The House will complete work on a bill that prohibits the drawdown of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve until the Energy Dept. develops a plan to increase the percentage of federal lands that can be leased for oil & natural gas production
https://www.c-span.org/video/?525590-1/house-session

9:30 AM EST
Roundtable Discussion with The Honorable Jessica Davis Ba, Ambassador of the United States to the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
Business Council for International Understanding
https://bciu.org/
https://bciu.zohobackstage.com/COTEDIVOIRERoundtableDiscussionwithTheHonorableJessicaDavisBaAmbassadoroftheUnitedStatestotheRepubli

9:45 AM EST
Navy Recruit Training Command Graduation
Navy boot camp graduation from Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois
https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/30867

10:00 AM EST
The Near Crisis Project: Why What You Don't Know Can Hurt You
Atlantic Council Scowcroft Center
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/programs/scowcroft-center-for-strategy-and-security/
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/why-what-you-dont-know-can-hurt-you/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDjy4iHzj_0

10:00 AM EST
Military History for the Modern Strategist: America's Major Wars Since 1861
Brookings Institution
https://www.brookings.edu/events/military-history-for-the-modern-strategist-americas-major-wars-since-1861/

11:00 AM EST
United Nations Holocaust Memorial Ceremony - United Nations Headquarters
United Nations 2023 Holocaust Remembrance
https://www.un.org/en/outreach-programme-holocaust/2023

11:00 AM EST
Deputy Secretary Wendy R. Sherman meets with United States Candidate to the International Court of Justice Professor Sarah Cleveland
Department of State
https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-january-27-2023/

11:30 AM EST
President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities Virtual Open Meeting
Department of Education
https://ems8.intellor.com/login/846162
https://sites.ed.gov/whhbcu/policy/presidents-board-of-advisors-pba-on-hbcus/

11:45 AM EST
Conference on Classified Materials, National Security & Transparency
The Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library convenes a conference to focus on national security, classified material, and transparency as well as role of the National Archives in presidential record keeping.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?525469-1/conference-classified-materials-national-security-transparency

12:00 PM EST
"Litigating for Liberty: How Public Interest Law Can Change the World" with Scott Bullock
American Institute for Economic Research
https://events.aier.org/bastiatmastercalendar/detail/1483/1674838800000

12:00 PM EST
The Inflation Reduction Act: Implications for Private-Sector Initiatives
American Enterprise Institute
https://www.aei.org/events/the-inflation-reduction-act-implications-for-private-sector-initiatives/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U__JCIxDWNM

12:00 PM EST
The EU-US Data Privacy Framework
MITRE's Center for Data Privacy and Protection, Center for Data-Driven Policy, and MITRE Labs
https://www.mitre.org/events/eu-us-data-privacy-framework

12:00 PM EST
White House Lead Pipe Summit
The White House
https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0PTiIMvlYc

12:30 PM EST
Glaucoma is a Chronic Disease: The 4 Leading Causes of Blindness - Chronic Disease Epidemiology Unit Seminar
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/public-health-now/events/manhattan-vision-screening-and-follow-study-nyc-sight

1:00 PM EST
NIH Town Hall Event CANCELED?
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services
https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=44553

1:00 PM EST
Campaign 2024: Republican National Committee Elects Chair & Other Officials
Current RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel faces a challenge from Harmeet Dhillon and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell when the RNC members gather in California to hold an election for chair and other positions.
https://memberservices.gop/event/current/
https://rumble.com/v25wee2-rav-rumble-247.html
https://www.c-span.org/video/?525472-1/republican-national-committee-elects-chair-officials

1:00 PM EST
Peer Learning and Networking Webinar: First Steps for Starting a Small Business
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services
https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42036

1:00 PM EST
National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) January 2023 Board Meeting
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services
https://osp.od.nih.gov/policies/national-science-advisory-board-for-biosecurity-nsabb/
https://osp.od.nih.gov/events/national-science-advisory-board-for-biosecurity-nsabb-meeting-20230127/
https://videocast.nih.gov/livew.asp?live=48960

1:00 PM EST
Secretary Antony J. Blinken and United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai host a virtual ministerial for the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity (APEP)
https://www.state.gov/americas-partnership-for-economic-prosperity-virtual-ministerial-event/
https://www.youtube.com/statedept

1:30 PM EST
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre
The White House
https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJGxqbNO-GM

2:00 PM EST
Re-Imagining Valentine's Day: Candy Hearts for Community Cultivation
University of Michigan School of Public Health
https://sph.umich.edu/events/event.php?ID=9924

2:00 PM EST
Gilbert M. Grosvenor Reflects on 50 Years at National Geographic
National Press Club (NPC)
https://www.press.org/events/special-events/gilbert-m-grosvenor-reflects-50-years-national-geographic

2:00 PM EST
Cancer, Aging, and Comorbidities Webinar Series
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services
https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/41951

2:00 PM EST
Department Press Briefing with Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel
Department of State
https://www.state.gov/todays-briefing-schedule/
https://www.youtube.com/statedept

2:00 PM EST
Vice President Harris Hosts Lead Pipes Replacement Summit
Vice President Harris hosts the Accelerating Lead Pipe Replacement summit at the White House. She is joined by Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?525633-1/vice-president-harris-hosts-lead-pipes-replacement-summit

3:00 PM EST
Structural Basis of a Transcription Pre Initiation Complex on a Divergent Promoter in S.cerevisiae
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services
https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/41938

3:00 PM EST
Livestock and Meat Domestic Data
Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture
https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/livestock-and-meat-domestic-data/

4:00 PM EST
2023 Elton Endowed Lecture featuring Professor Nancy Sherman, Georgetown University. Topic: Stoics on Stuff: Consolations on Attachment and Loss
The George Washington University
https://calendar.gwu.edu/stoics-stuff-consolations-attachment-and-loss

5:30 PM EST
The President departs the White House en route Camp David
Official Schedule
https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/the-grounds/camp-david/
https://factba.se/biden/calendar/

6:30 PM EST
Vladimir Gandelsman: A Man Only Needs a Room. Poetry Reading
The Harriman Institute at Columbia University
https://harriman.columbia.edu/event/vladimir-gandelsman-a-man-only-needs-a-room-poetry-reading/

7:00 PM EST
"Exhibit Opening: Dick Boak opens America at the Crossroads: The GUITAR and A Changing Nation"
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum Grand Rapids, MI
https://www.archives.gov/calendar/event/exhibit-opening-dick-boak-opens-america-at-the-crossroads-the-guitar-and-a-changing-nation
https://www.youtube.com/@GRFordLibraryMuseum

8:00 PM EST
Praying for America 8pm Weekdays
RSBN
https://www.rsbnetwork.com/category/shows/praying-for-america/

8:01 PM EST
After Words: Rep. Ken Buck R-CO, "Crushed - Big Tech's War on Free Speech"
Congressman Ken Buck (R-CO) argues that big tech companies like Apple and Google are hurting commerce and censoring speech.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?525420-1/after-words-rep-ken-buck

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SATURDAY

JANUARY 28, 1986
Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion
President Reagan addressed the nation following the loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger. Earlier that day, the Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all seven crew members.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?153896-1/president-ronald-reagan-space-shuttle-challenger-explosion

January 28, 2023
8:02 AM EST
Lectures in History: The Cold War & the Atomic Apocalypse
American History TV
University of Maryland professor Piotr Kosicki teaches a class on the Cold War and the concept of the atomic apocalypse. The University of Maryland is located in College Park, Maryland.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?525426-1/cold-war-atomic-apocalypse

January 28, 2023
9:30 AM EST
"How to Be a (Young) Antiracist" Ibram X. Kendi and Nic Stone Opening Keynote, LibLearnX - ALA 2023 Library Learning Experience #LibLearnX23
American Library Association
https://www.2023.alaliblearnx.org/ibram-x-kendi-and-nic-stone

January 28, 2023
9:30 AM EST
The Presidency: Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter
American History TV
Stanly Godbold talks about the second of his two-volume biography of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, chronicling their lives and work together from 1975 to 2020.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?523750-1/stanly-godbold-discusses-biography-jimmy-rosalynn-carter

January 28, 2023
10:00 AM EST
LIVE: Trump Delivers Keynote Address in New Hampshire
RSBN
https://rumble.com/v26yoty-nhgop-president-trumps-visit-to-new-hampshire-on-saturday-12823.html

January 28, 2023
2:00 PM EST
The Civil War - National Museum of the Civil War Soldier - Missionary Ridge
American History TV
Historians discuss lopsided victories and stunning defeats of the Civil War. The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier in Petersburg, Virginia, hosts this event.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?523790-5/national-museum-civil-war-soldier-missionary-ridge

January 28, 2023
2:30 PM EST
LIVE: President Trump Unveils His South Carolina Leadership Team in Columbia, SC
RSBN
https://twitter.com/RSBNetwork/status/1615430812865806336
https://rumble.com/v26xh0g-live-president-trump-unveils-his-south-carolina-leadership-team-in-columbia.html

January 28, 2023
3:15 PM EST
Medical Practices of the 1804 Lewis & Clark Expedition
American History TV
Gary Lentz portrays Sgt. Patrick Glass of the Lewis & Clark Expedition, demonstrating medical practices used by the explorers. The Fort Walla Walla Museum in Washington hosts this event.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?523909-1/medical-practices-1804-lewis-clark-expedition

January 28, 2023
4:00 PM EST
Campaign 2024 - Donald Trump Announces South Carolina Campaign Leadership Team
2024 Republican presidential candidate & fmr. President Donald Trump announces the leadership of his South Carolina campaign team during remarks at the Capitol in Columbia. He’s joined by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) & Gov. Henry McMaster (R-SC).
https://www.c-span.org/video/?525562-1/donald-trump-announces-south-carolina-campaign-leadership-team

January 28, 2023
4:05 PM EST
George Washington Parke Custis
American History TV
Author Charles Clarke talks about George Washington Parke Custis who was raised at Mount Vernon and whose life bridged from the American Revolution to the Civil War.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?525427-1/george-washington-parke-custis

January 28, 2023
6:00 PM EST
The Pirate's Wife
American History TV
Historian Daphne Geanacopoulos discusses the life of Sarah Kidd, wife of pirate Captain Kidd. The Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston, Massachusetts, hosts this event.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?524598-1/the-pirates-wife

January 28, 2023
6:30 PM EST
Book Bans, Libraries, and the Law: Standing Up to Library Censorship in Louisiana and Beyond, LibLearnX - ALA 2023 Library Learning Experience #LibLearnX23
American Library Association
https://www.eventscribe.net/2023/LibLearnX/agenda.asp?pfp=Awards

January 28, 2023
6:50 PM EST
Contagion of Liberty
Author Andrew Wehrman discusses how inoculation became a sought-after medical procedure in the 18th century and helped American colonists achieve independence from Great Britain. The American Revolution Institute in Washington, DC, hosts this event.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?524791-1/contagion-liberty

January 28, 2023
7:00 PM EST
"Exhibit Opening: Dick Boak of Martin Guitars opens America at the Crossroads: The GUITAR and A Changing Nation"
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
https://www.archives.gov/calendar/event/exhibit-opening-dick-boak-opens-america-at-the-crossroads-the-guitar-and-a-changing-nation
https://geraldrfordfoundation.org/events/exhibit-opening/

January 28, 2023
7:30 PM EST
U.S. Army Concert Band featured at Mid-Atlantic Honor Band
Shenandoah Conservatory | Winchester, VA
https://www.su.edu/conservatory/invites/mid-atlantic-honor-band/

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SUNDAY

January 29, 2023
1:30 AM EST
ITU Regional Workshop on "Economic & Policy Issues of Digital Transformation"
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) of the United Nations
https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/Workshops-and-Seminars/2023/0129/Pages/default.aspx

January 29, 2023
9:30 AM EST
Library Workers: Organize and Activate, LibLearnX - ALA 2023 Library Learning Experience #LibLearnX23
American Library Association
https://www.2023.alaliblearnx.org/library-workers-organize-and-activate

January 29, 2023
2:00 PM EST
Discussion: A Safer, More Stable Monetary System
American Institute for Economic Research
https://events.aier.org/bastiatmastercalendar/detail/1500/1675018800000

January 29, 2023
5:00 PM EST
Book & Media Awards, LibLearnX - ALA 2023 Library Learning Experience #LibLearnX23
American Library Association
https://www.eventscribe.net/2023/LibLearnX/agenda.asp?pfp=Awards

January 29, 2023
8:00 PM EST
Q&A - Philip K. Howard, "Not Accountable"
Attorney Philip K. Howard, author of “Not Accountable,” provides a critique of public employee unions and their impact in the U.S. He argues that these unions have usurped decision-making power from elected officials and are arguably unconstitutional
https://www.c-span.org/video/?525547-1/qa-philip-k-howard-not-accountable

January 16, 2022
A Constitution for the Living
Author Beau Breslin talked about what the Constitution might look like it if were rewritten by every American generation. He also explored which Founding Fathers encouraged frequent revisions and others who thought the Constitution should remain untouched. This virtual program was hosted by James Madison’s Montpelier in Virginia.
American History TV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?518329-1/a-constitution-living