The Swamp Today Timelines Change. Tuesday, May 9, 2023 The House Stands Adjourned Until May 9, 2023 at 12:00 PM EDT The Senate Stands Adjourned Until May 9, 2023 at 3:00 PM EDT Deputy Secretary Of State Wendy R. Sherman attends meetings and briefings at the Department of State. Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources Richard R. Verma 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. Assistant Secretary for Arms Control, Verification and Compliance Mallory Stewart is on travel to South Africa and Egypt from May 6-12, 2023. Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Todd D. Robinson is on travel to South Africa and Ghana from May 4-9, 2023. . . . Welcome to Hope For The Warriors 2023 Memorial Day 30x30 Challenge. This Memorial Day challenge was made to get YOU moving and motivate you to incorporate any type of physical movement for 30 days for a minimum of 30 minutes. https://support.hopeforthewarriors.org/event/2023-memorial-day-30-x-30-challenge/e475876 Daily Weather Map National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Weather Prediction Center https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/dailywxmap/ National Forecast Charts National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Weather Prediction Center https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/national_forecast/natfcst.php?day=1 A.F. Branco Cartoon – Big Ears https://comicallyincorrect.com/a-f-branco-cartoon-big-ears/ A.F. Branco Flashback Toon - Mayorkas’s Border https://comicallyincorrect.com/a-f-branco-flashback-toon-mayorkass-border/ A.F. 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Dr. Naomi Wolf Talks About Report 69: BOMBSHELL and What Pfizer and the FDA Knew 5/4/23 RSBN https://rumble.com/v2m7tss-dr.-naomi-wolf-talks-about-report-69-bombshell-and-what-pfizer-and-the-fda-.html 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 May 9, 2023 - May 10, 2023 National Science Board Meeting National Science Foundation https://beta.nsf.gov/events/national-science-board-meeting-131/2023-05-09 May 9, 2023 - May 10, 2023 Advances in Aging, Immunity and Chronic Inflammatory Diseases National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42690 May 9, 2023 - May 10, 2023 Heterogeneity and Successful Aging National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42660 https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/43042 May 9, 2023 - May 10, 2023 WIoT Industry Day Northeastern University Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things https://wiot.northeastern.edu/events/industry-day/ May 9, 2023 - May 10, 2023 Joint Meeting of the Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee and the Obstetrics, Reproductive and Urologic Drugs Advisory Committee Food and Drug Administration (FDA) https://www.fda.gov/advisory-committees/advisory-committee-calendar/may-9-10-2023-joint-meeting-nonprescription-drugs-advisory-committee-and-obstetrics-reproductive-and May 9, 2023 - May 10, 2023 National Library of Medicine NLM Board of Regents Meeting National Library of Medicine, Department of Health and Human Services https://web.archive.org/web/20230419151905/https://lhncbc.nlm.nih.gov/LHC-news-events/events/NLMBoardofRegents20230509090000.html https://www.youtube.com/live/qsGSDRoLCx0 May 9, 2023 - May 11, 2023 Administration for Children and Families' (ACF) 2023 APBI Department of Health and Human Services https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ https://www.hhs.gov/live/live-1/index.html#9076 May 9, 2023 - May 12, 2023 Mobilising the Sustainable and Digital Transition in Global Financial Markets: Adapting to the Paradigm Shift in Investing and Funding Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF) https://www.omfif.org/events/mobilising-the-sustainable-and-digital-transition-in-global-financial-markets-adapting-to-the-paradigm-shift-in-investing-and-funding/ May 9, 2023 - May 12, 2023 Surge Arresters (TC 37) Technical Committee Meeting - Components for Low-Voltage Surge Protection (SC 37B) International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) https://www.iec.ch/dyn/www/f?p=103:7:0::::FSP_ORG_ID:1353 May 9, 2023 - May 12, 2023 Electrical Installations for Lighting and Beaconing of Aerodromes (TC 97) Technical Committee Plenary and Its Working Groups (WG) Meeting International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) https://www.iec.ch/dyn/www/f?p=103:7:0::::FSP_ORG_ID:1294 May 9, 2023 Victory Day in Russia https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/russia/victory-day https://www.kp.ru/family/prazdniki/aktsiya-bessmertnyj-polk/ https://www.moypolk.ru/ May 9, 2023 TBD May Fellows Breakfast with Assistant Secretary Arun Venkataraman The World Affairs Council https://www.world-affairs.org/event/may-fellows-breakfast-with-assistant-secretary-arun-venkataraman May 9, 2023 2:45 AM EDT Moscow hosts Victory Day parade in Red Square Russian Federation, Moscow https://www.ruptly.tv/en/events/202305090645-live14220-moscow-hosts-victory-day-parade-in-red-square- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7vy8WmpDHQ 2:00 AM EDT First Aired: May 03, 2023 Hearing on Combating Disinformation Senate Foreign Relations Committee https://www.c-span.org/video/?527837-1/hearing-combating-disinformation 3:00 AM EDT Israel Review - 43rd Session of Universal Periodic Review United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1k/k1ko00rk0j 4:00 AM EDT 1971st Meeting, 85th Session, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) Consideration of Timor Leste United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1i/k1i3nh2jxk 4:00 AM EDT 1st Meeting, 2nd CSP9 Informal Preparatory Meeting - Arms Trade Treaty United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1u/k1uoot8cil 4:00 AM EDT 3,620th Meeting, 74th Session of the International Law Commission - Piracy United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1z/k1z1m4sb4l 4:00 AM EDT Europe's Balancing Act: Taming Inflation Without a Recession Jacques Delors Centre https://invtdu.to/_5v9v3 4:00 AM EDT How Nigeria Can Build a Post-Oil Economic Future Carnegie Endowment for International Peace https://carnegieendowment.org/2023/05/09/how-nigeria-can-build-post-oil-economic-future-event-8083 5:00 AM EDT António Guterres, UN Secretary-General receives the Carlos V European Award (Yuste, Spain) United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k19/k19bwvyml9 5:00 AM EDT Entrepreneurship for Military Spouses and Caregivers Department of Labor https://www.dol.gov/agencies/vets/events/05092023/entrepreneurship-military-spouses-and-caregivers 7:00 AM EDT Washington Journal: Open Phones Viewers commented on the question, “What is your message to Washington on raising the debt ceiling?” https://www.c-span.org/video/?527922-2/open-phones&live= 8:00 AM EDT Ash Carter Exchange on Innovation and National Security The Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP) https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/Date/2023-05-09/ https://www.scsp.ai/event/carter-exchange/ - The SCSP is inspired by the Rockefeller Special Studies Project (SSP), launched in 1956 by Nelson Rockefeller and led by Henry Kissinger. https://www.tfir.io/dr-eric-schmidt-launches-special-competitive-studies-project/ 8:30 AM EDT Women Challenging Washington with Sens. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and Reps. Stephanie Bice (R-Okla.), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) Punchbowl News https://punchbowl.news/events/ http://events.punchbowl.news/wcw 8:30 AM EDT Liechtenstein Review - 43rd Session of Universal Periodic Review United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k10/k10bh14xsv 8:30 AM EDT Summit on American Democracy: A Conference on the Current State of American Democracy and Elections Day 2 Center for Election Innovation and Research https://www.summit.electioninnovation.org/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBWValAHW0A 9:00 AM EDT 1,972nd Meeting, 85th Session, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) Consideration of Timor Leste (cont'd) United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1i/k1iq1bv30y 9:00 AM EDT 2,702nd Meeting, 93rd Session, Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) Consideration of France United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1m/k1mzw1pw7p 9:00 AM EDT 2nd Meeting, 2nd CSP9 Informal Preparatory Meeting - Arms Trade Treaty United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k15/k15xwxgmq1 9:00 AM EDT Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall Provides Remarks at the in-person and virtual Ash Carter Exchange on Innovation and National Security The Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP) https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/Date/2023-05-09/ https://www.scsp.ai/event/carter-exchange/ 9:00 AM EDT National Library of Medicine NLM Board of Regents Meeting National Library of Medicine, Department of Health and Human Services https://web.archive.org/web/20230419151905/https://lhncbc.nlm.nih.gov/LHC-news-events/events/NLMBoardofRegents20230509090000.html https://www.youtube.com/live/qsGSDRoLCx0 9:00 AM EDT Acting Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Derek Hogan participates in the 49th Session of the United States-Portugal Standing Bilateral Commission Department of State https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-may-9-2023/ 9:00 AM EDT Innovative Approaches to Improve Maternal Health Hybrid Workshop Day 2 National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/events/2023/innovative-approaches-improve-maternal-health https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42594 https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=49196 9:00 AM EDT 2023 NIAID Robert M. Chanock Memorial Lecture: Human Monoclonal Antibodies for Emerging Infections National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/43061 9:00 AM EDT Advances in Aging, Immunity and Chronic Inflammatory Diseases Day 1 National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42690 https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=49727 9:00 AM EDT Soldiers' Angels Military and Veteran Food Distribution - Charleston Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/52825/ 9:00 AM EDT 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 9:30 AM EDT Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Eric M. Smith Provides Remarks at the in-person and virtual Ash Carter Exchange on Innovation and National Security The Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP) https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/Date/2023-05-09/ https://www.scsp.ai/event/carter-exchange/ 9:30 AM EDT NPC Headliners Newsmaker: Japan's Ambassador to the U.S. Koji Tomita National Press Club https://www.press.org/events/npc-headliners-newsmaker-japans-ambassador-us-koji-tomita 9:30 AM EDT The Parent Trap: Reducing Social Inequality by Supporting Parents and Their Children Brookings Institution Co-hosted by The MIT Press https://www.brookings.edu/events/the-parent-trap-reducing-social-inequality-by-supporting-parents-and-their-children/ 10:00 AM EDT NATO's Mircea Geoana on Security, Freedom, and Prosperity in Eastern Europe Atlantic Council https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_214256.htm https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/natos-mircea-geoana-on-security-freedom-and-prosperity-in-eastern-europe/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slLgRrGI774 10:00 AM EDT Addressing the Underlying Causes of the Banking Crisis of 2023 American Enterprise Institute https://www.aei.org/events/addressing-the-underlying-causes-of-the-banking-crisis-of-2023/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn_JkB6vvgM 10:00 AM EDT (Part 2) Multistakeholder Hearings in Preparation of the General Assembly High-Level Meetings on the Fight Against Tuberculosis, Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response and Universal Health Coverage - General Assembly, 77th Session United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k15/k15hvoezia 10:00 AM EDT (3rd Meeting) UN Forum on Forests, 18th Session United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k13/k1328xlk3y 10:00 AM EDT NLM Board of Regents Meeting - May 2023 National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=49350 10:00 AM EDT Workshop: Heterogeneity & Successful Aging Day 2 National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://www.nia.nih.gov/research/dab/workshop-heterogeneity-and-successful-aging https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42660 10:00 AM EDT Field Hearing, Staten Island, New York - Trade in America: Securing Supply Chains and Protecting the American Worker - Staten Island House Ways and Means Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115881 https://waysandmeans.house.gov/chairman-smith-announces-hearing-on-trade-in-america-securing-supply-chains-and-protecting-the-american-worker-staten-island/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3ORM-Ffur0 - House Ways and Means Committee Field Hearing on Securing Supply Chains The House Ways and Means Committee holds a field hearing in Staten Island, New York, on securing supply chains and U.S. trade. https://www.c-span.org/video/?527939-1/house-ways-means-committee-field-hearing-securing-supply-chains 10:15 AM EDT Press Briefing: Previewing G7 Leaders’ Summit in Hiroshima Center for Strategic and International Studies https://www.csis.org/events/press-briefing-previewing-g7-leaders-summit-hiroshima 10:30 AM EDT A Conversation with Cote d’Ivoire National Assembly President Adama Bictogo: The Role of Parliamentarians in Peace and Security United States Institute of Peace https://www.usip.org/events/conversation-cote-divoire-national-assembly-president-adama-bictogo 11:00 AM EDT Saving Medicare: Now and for the Future Heritage Foundation https://www.heritage.org/medicare/event/saving-medicare-now-and-the-future 11:00 AM EDT Ukrainian Wartime Art: A Decolonial Perspective Woodrow Wilson Center https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/ukrainian-wartime-art-decolonial-perspective 11:00 AM EDT Disinformation and Deepfakes: Countering Gender-Based Online Harassment Center for Strategic and International Studies https://www.csis.org/events/disinformation-and-deepfakes-countering-gender-based-online-harassment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdN3wscqLwM 11:00 AM EDT Secretary Antony J. Blinken meets with UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly Department of State https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-may-9-2023/ 11:00 AM EDT NLM Intramural Research Program IRP Seminar National Library of Medicine, Department of Health and Human Services https://irpseminar.nlm.nih.gov/seminar/3901/detail/ 11:00 AM EDT National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism - May 2023 National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=49571 11:00 AM EDT Veterans Benefit Seminar - Post Falls, ID Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/55666/ 11:00 AM EDT DECODE Seminar Series National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42921 11:15 AM EDT Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. Provides Remarks at the in-person and virtual Ash Carter Exchange on Innovation and National Security The Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP) https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/Date/2023-05-09/ https://www.scsp.ai/event/carter-exchange/ 11:30 AM EDT Decarbonizing Food Production to Advance Healthy Food and Nutrition (Hosted by Tetra Pak) World Resources Institute https://www.wri.org/events/2023/5/decarbonizing-food-production-advance-healthy-food-nutrition-tetra-pak 11:30 AM EDT The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho: Remarks from Actor and Author Paterson Joseph The City Club of Cleveland https://www.cityclub.org/forums/2023/05/09/the-secret-diaries-of-charles-ignatius-sancho-remarks-from-actor-and-author-paterson-joseph 11:30 AM EDT Rain and Snow in Your Backyard and Around the Globe Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/item/event-408472/rain-and-snow-in-your-backyard-and-around-the-globe/2023-05-09/ 11:30 AM EDT RNA Biology in Aging and Cancer National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/43072 11:30 AM EDT Mindfulness in the Workplace National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42973 12:00 PM EDT 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/k1u/k1u5c7kqom 12:00 PM EDT A Collaborative Conversation on Investigator Initiated Trials, Stem Cell Research, and IRB Oversight Department of Health and Human Services https://about.citiprogram.org/news/event-join-a-collaborative-conversation-on-investigator-initiated-trials-stem-cell-research-and-irb-oversight/ 12:00 PM EDT Warm and Full: Neural Circuits for Behavioral Regulation of Homeostasis NIH Only National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=49512 12:00 PM EDT Learn About the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for AIA Proceedings Before the PTAB United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/events/learn-about-advance-notice-proposed-rulemaking-aia-proceedings-ptab 12:00 PM EDT Weekly International Weather and Crop Highlights - Released Tuesday (Or Second Business Day) Afternoon National Agricultural Statistics Service and World Agricultural Outlook Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/FCW.pdf 12:00 PM EDT U.S. House of Representatives: Morning Hour The House today will consider several science-related bills under suspension of the rules. Off the floor, House and Senate top leaders are scheduled to meet with President Biden at the White House to discuss the debt limit deadline. https://www.c-span.org/video/?527915-1/morning-hour 12:15 PM EDT Secretary Antony J. Blinken holds a joint press availability with UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly Department of State https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-may-9-2023/ https://www.youtube.com/statedept - Secretary Blinken Meeting with British Foreign Secretary Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly. https://www.c-span.org/video/?527952-1/secretary-blinken-meeting-british-foreign-secretary 12:30 PM EDT NPC Headliners Luncheon: Ashley Judd The National Press Club https://www.press.org/events/npc-headliners-luncheon-ashley-judd 12:30 PM EDT Launch Conference: Wadhwani Center for AI and Advanced Technologies Center for Strategic and International Studies https://www.csis.org/events/launch-conference-wadhwani-center-ai-and-advanced-technologies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTHM1ouMvkc 12:30 PM EDT Better Money vs. Easy Money: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the Origins and the Future of Money Cato Institute https://www.cato.org/events/better-money-vs-easy-money 12:30 PM EDT DNA Repair Interest Group - May 2023 National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://oir.nih.gov/sigs/dna-repair-interest-group https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=46286 12:30 PM EDT DNA End Recognition by the MRE11 Complex: Implications for DNA End Resection, Telomeric Protein Counting Model and Cas9 Based Gene Editing National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/43039 12:45 PM EDT National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse - May 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=49514 12:50 PM EDT Public Service Recognition Week Awards Ceremony https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/31747 1:00 PM EDT (To be confirmed) General Assembly Media Stakeout: The President of the General Assembly and WHO Executive Director Dr. Tedros on the two-day multistakholder hearing related to health (TB, pandemic preparedness, and universal health coverage) United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k16/k16wyl1snt 1:00 PM EDT Continental Reckoning: The American West in the Age of Expansion National Archives https://www.archives.gov/calendar/event/continental-reckoning-the-american-west-in-the-age-of-expansion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0vSgV_lUQw 1:00 PM EDT San Francisco Giants Hiring Expo - San Francisco, California Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/54779/ 1:00 PM EDT Remote Work Symposium - Online Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/55710/ 1:00 PM EDT Mimicking the Cellular Microenvironment with 3D Hydrogels enables Target Discovery and Drug Screening National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/43062 https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=49617 1:00 PM EDT BME-SIG Lecture with Molly Schoichet National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/43062 https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=49617 1:00 PM EDT Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre The White House https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4ULrwGlglo https://www.c-span.org/video/?527957-1/white-house-daily-briefing 2:00 PM EDT Defense Innovation Unit Director Doug Beck and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Director Dr. Stefanie Tompkins Provides Remarks at the in-person and virtual Ash Carter Exchange on Innovation and National Security The Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP) https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/Date/2023-05-09/ https://www.scsp.ai/event/carter-exchange/ 2:00 PM EDT Prohibiting Pay Secrecy Policies Webinar Department of Labor https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/events/05092023/prohibiting-pay-secrecy-policies-webinar https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/events/05092023/prohibiting-pay-secrecy-policies-webinar-0 2:00 PM EDT Learn About the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for AIA Proceedings Before the PTAB United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/events/trademark-basics-boot-camp-module-6-responding-office-action-7 2:00 PM EDT Attend DOCX Filing Training United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/events/attend-docx-filing-training-155 2:00 PM EDT National RTAP and AASHTO MTAP - Succession Planning 101 Federal Transit Administration, Department of Transportation https://www.transit.dot.gov/about/events/national-rtap-and-aashto-mtap-succession-planning-101 2:00 PM EDT Free Live Webinar – Sustainable Science: How to Make Research Labs Greener Department of Health and Human Services https://about.citiprogram.org/news/free-live-webinar-registration-a/ 2:00 PM EDT Religion, Spirituality, and Health Scientific Interest Group (RSH SIG) Full Group Meeting National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42169 2:00 PM EDT U.S. House of Representatives: House Session The House today will consider several science-related bills under suspension of the rules. Off the floor, House and Senate top leaders are scheduled to meet with President Biden at the White House to discuss the debt limit deadline. https://www.c-span.org/video/?527915-2/house-session 2:30 PM EDT Tackling Climate Super Pollutants in China Woodrow Wilson Center https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/tackling-climate-super-pollutants-china 2:30 PM EDT Leveling the Playing Field for Female Soccer Players Washington Post Live https://www.washingtonpost.com/washington-post-live/2023/05/09/leveling-playing-field-female-soccer-players/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wz7v2X9qkM 2:30 PM EDT Therapy Induced Senescence and Polyploidy in an Evolving Tumor Microenvironment National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/43109 2:45 PM EDT Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen H. Hicks Provides Remarks at the in-person and virtual Ash Carter Exchange on Innovation and National Security The Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP) https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/Date/2023-05-09/ https://www.scsp.ai/event/carter-exchange/ 3:00 PM EDT (4th Meeting) UN Forum on Forests, 18th Session United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1r/k1rnlvlfpy 3:00 PM EDT (Part 3) Multistakeholder Hearings in Preparation of the General Assembly High-Level Meetings on the Fight Against Tuberculosis, Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response and Universal Health Coverage - General Assembly, 77th Session United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k19/k191ijx1sy 3:00 PM EDT LIG Seminar Series - Three mechanisms to fold chromosomes National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/43084 3:00 PM EDT U.S. Senate: Senate Session The Senate will continue work on President Biden’s executive nominations. https://www.c-span.org/video/?527914-1/senate-session 3:00 PM EDT Electronic Health Record Modernization Deep Dive: Pharmacy House Veterans' Affairs Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115738 https://veterans.house.gov/ 3:00 PM EDT First Lady Jill Biden Participates in a Writing Seminar for Gold Star Children and Siblings: As part of the First Lady’s Joining Forces initiative, Dr. Biden participates in a Writing Seminar for Gold Star Children and Siblings hosted by The War Horse. The White House https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_CDEVBeFvw 3:15 PM EDT Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer Dr. Craig Martell Provides Remarks at the in-person and virtual Ash Carter Exchange on Innovation and National Security The Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP) https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/Date/2023-05-09/ https://www.scsp.ai/event/carter-exchange/ 4:00 PM EDT Reid Hoffman on the Future of Artificial Intelligence Washington Post Live https://www.washingtonpost.com/washington-post-live/2023/05/09/reid-hoffman-future-artificial-intelligence/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR617WUnt88 4:00 PM EDT Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin - Released No Later Than 4:00 p.m. ET Every Tuesday (Or Second Business Day) National Agricultural Statistics Service and World Agricultural Outlook Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/wwcb.pdf 4:00 PM EDT 2023 Demystifying Medicine Lecture Series: mRNA: Will it Deliver Us from Illness? National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://demystifyingmedicine.od.nih.gov/ https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/43097 https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=49725 4:00 PM EDT History Unfolded Research Sprint Library of Congress with the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum https://newspapers.ushmm.org/ https://www.loc.gov/item/event-408417/history-unfolded-research-sprint/2023-05-09/ 4:00 PM EDT The President meets with Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Leader Chuck Schumer, and Leader Mitch McConnell at the White House Oval Office https://factba.se/biden/calendar/ - President Biden Meeting with Congressional Leaders on the Debt Limit President Biden meets with congressional leaders in the Oval Office on raising the debt limit. https://www.c-span.org/video/?527956-1/president-biden-meeting-congressional-leaders-debt-limit 4:00 PM EDT H.R. 2 - Secure the Border Act of 2023; H.R. 1163 - Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act of 2023 House Rules Committee ^ H.R. 2 - Secure the Border Act of 2023 (as introduced) https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2 ^ H.R. 1163 - Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act (as reported) https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1163 ^ Report from the Committee on Ways and Means to accompany H.R. 1163 https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115905/documents/CRPT-118hrpt34.pdf ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115905 https://rules.house.gov/news/announcement/meeting-announcement-may-9-2023 - House Rules Debates Border Security & Unemployment Fraud Bills House Rules Committee debates and votes on a border security measure as well as a bill to protect against unemployment fraud. https://www.c-span.org/video/?527942-1/house-rules-debates-border-security-unemployment-fraud-bills 4:30 PM EDT Secretary Antony J. Blinken hosts and delivers remarks at a reception to celebrate Eid Al-Fitr Blair House https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-may-9-2023/ https://www.youtube.com/statedept - TBD Secretary Blinken Remarks at Eid Reception Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks at an Eid reception at Blair House in Washington, D.C. https://www.c-span.org/video/?527953-1/secretary-blinken-remarks-eid-reception 4:30 PM EDT Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya attends a reception to celebrate Eid Al-Fitr Blair House https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-may-9-2023/ 4:45 PM EDT Hearings to Examine Department of Defense Missile Defense Activities in Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2024 and the Future Years Defense Program Senate Armed Services Committee ^ WITNESSES: Honorable John F. Plumb Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy, Department of Defense ^ General Glen D. VanHerck, USAF Commander, United States Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command ^ Vice Admiral Jon A. Hill, USN Director, Missile Defense Agency ^ Lieutenant General Daniel L. Karbler, USA Commanding General, United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/334088 https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/hearings/to-receive-testimony-on-the-department-of-defense-missile-defense-activities-in-review-of-the-defense-authorization-request-for-fiscal-year-2024-and-the-future-years-defense-program https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/Date/2023-05-09/ https://www.defense.gov/News/Live-Events/#/?currentVideo=31888 5:15 PM EDT Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Provides Remarks at the in-person and virtual Ash Carter Exchange on Innovation and National Security The Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP) https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/Date/2023-05-09/ https://www.scsp.ai/event/carter-exchange/ 5:45 PM EDT Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona will host teachers from the DMV areas and various states for a Teacher Appreciation Week event at the U.S. Department of Education. This event is closed press. Department of Education https://www.ed.gov/news/events/calendars/secschedule.html 6:30 PM EDT Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya attends the Freedom House 2023 Annual Awards Ceremony Washington, D.C. https://www.state.gov/secretary-blinken-to-deliver-remarks-at-the-freedom-house-2023-annual-awards-ceremony/ https://www.youtube.com/statedept 7:00 PM EDT Matthew Desmond - Poverty, By America The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library https://www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/events 7:25 PM EDT Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Don Giovanni Met Opera Free Live Audio Streams https://www.metopera.org/season/2022-23-season/don-giovanni/ https://www.metopera.org/Season/Radio/Free-Live-Audio-Streams/