The Swamp Today Timelines Change. Wednesday, May 17, 2023 17 The House Stands Adjourned Until May 17, 2023 at 10:00 AM EDT The Senate Stands Adjourned Until May 17, 2023 at 10:00 AM EDT pResident Biden and Dr. Jill Biden travel to Japan. Secretary Antony J. Blinken joins President Biden on travel to Japan. Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources Richard R. Verma is on travel to Poland, Moldova, and Romania from May 14-20, 2023. 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 Poland, Moldova, and Romania from May 14-20, 2023. Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Bonnie D. Jenkins is on travel to the Netherlands from May 11-18, 2023. Assistant Secretary for Conflict and Stabilization Operations Anne a. Witkowsky is on travel to Denmark and Germany from May 15-18, 2023. Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs Lee Satterfield is on travel to Jordan from May 17-20, 2023. Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Todd D. Robinson is on travel to Poland, Moldova, and Romania from May 14-20, 2023. Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs Michele Sison is on travel to Switzerland and Italy from May 10-23, 2023. Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Jessica Lewis is on travel to Poland, Moldova, and Romania from May 14-20, 2023. Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Migration Julieta Valls Noyes is on travel to Switzerland and Mexico from May 12-19, 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 – Iron Curtain https://comicallyincorrect.com/a-f-branco-cartoon-iron-curtain/ Gary Varvel - Durham Report: FBI credibility is dead https://garyvarvel.substack.com/p/durham-report-fbi-credibility-is grrrgraphics - Durham Report Proves Russia Collusion Was a Hoax *On the eve of his surgery Ben stayed up and did this cartoon because it was such important breaking news. 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May 19, 2023 Grant Writing for Tribal Housing Programs and Tribally Designated Housing Entities Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Native American Programs https://www.aahaak.org/event-details/grant-writing-1 May 17, 2023 World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD): Empowering the Least Developed Countries Through Information and Communication Technologies International Telecommunication Union (ITU) of the United Nations https://www.un.org/en/observances/telecommunication-day May 17, 2023 Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Forums, Livermore, CA Sandia National Laboratories https://www.sandia.gov/working-with-sandia/prospective-suppliers/small-business/small-business-forums/ May 17, 2023 2023 CTIA 5G Summit Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association CTIA https://www.ctia.org/news/2023-ctia-5g-summit May 17, 2023 Sources Say: Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper Will Give a Transcribed Interview to the Committee United States House Judiciary Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government https://judiciary.house.gov/subcommittees/committee-judiciary/select-subcommittee-weaponization-federal-government https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12046783/Jordan-seeks-testimony-CIA-intel-officials-Hunters-laptop.html May 17, 2023 3:30 AM EDT Sudan Launch United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1i/k1i1ey1g00 3:30 AM EDT SSGA-OMFIF European Roundtable Series 2023: Public Investors in a Volatile Climate Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF) https://www.omfif.org/events/ssga-omfif-emea-roundtable-2023/ 4:00 AM EDT 3,626th Meeting, 74th session of the International Law Commission United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1a/k1amh5k0bx 4:00 AM EDT 1,983rd Meeting, 85th Session, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) Consideration of Slovakia United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1v/k1vitc2lor 4:00 AM EDT 5th Meeting, 2nd Session Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems 2023 United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k10/k10nbzgdo8 5:00 AM EDT Focus Panel 18 – Beyond GDP Indicators European Parliament https://www.beyond-growth-2023.eu/lecture/focus-panel-18/ 5:00 AM EDT 5th Meeting - 24th Session, Working Group on the Right to Development United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k10/k10bvvc0t6 6:00 AM EDT WMO - Press Conference: Climate Predictions for Next 5 Years The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) of the United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1o/k1ozzjkefb 6:30 AM EDT House of Commons Parliamentlive.tv https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/04fda97c-5624-4913-b7b1-766ac0431a43 - TBD Prime Minister's Questions: Question Time Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden fields questions from members of the House of Commons on a range of issues during the weekly Question Time session. https://www.c-span.org/video/?528097-1/question-time 7:00 AM EDT Washington Journal: Open Forum, Part 1 Viewers commented on negotiations over the debt limit. https://www.c-span.org/video/?528133-2/open-phones&playEvent 7:30 AM EDT Washington Journal: Rep. Michael Lawler (R-NY) Discusses the Stalemate Over Raising the Debt Ceiling Rep. Michael Lawler (R-NY), a member of the Financial Services Committee, discusses the stalemate over raising the debt ceiling and Republican priorities. https://www.c-span.org/video/?528133-3/rep-michael-lawler-r-ny-discusses-stalemate-raising-debt-ceiling&playEvent 8:00 AM EDT Preparing for a Post Quantum Future Intelligence and National Security Alliance https://media.defense.gov/2022/Sep/07/2003071834/-1/-1/0/CSA_CNSA_2.0_ALGORITHMS_.PDF https://www.insaonline.org/detail-pages/event/2023/05/17/default-calendar/classified-day---fort-meade 8:00 AM EDT Axios' Financing Small Business Growth Axios https://financingsmallbiz.splashthat.com/ 8:00 AM EDT Washington Journal: Open Phones Join us with your calls and comments on social media as we review the latest news headlines out of Washington. https://www.c-span.org/video/?528133-4/open-phones&playEvent 8:00 AM EDT Shedding Light on Human Maladies: an Overview of Imaging Techniques and Their Applications in Medical and Cancer Research National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/43098 8:15 AM EDT "Risk Reduction Hub" on the margins of the High-Level Meeting on Disaster Risk Reduction - 6 back to back sessions in Conference Room 6 United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1w/k1wfd7ddo2 8:30 AM EDT Washington Journal: Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) Discusses the Debt Limit & Progressive Agenda Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI), a member of the Appropriations Committee, discusses the stalemate over raising the debt ceiling and the progressive agenda. https://www.c-span.org/video/?528133-5/rep-mark-pocan-d-wi-discusses-debt-limit-progressive-agenda&playEvent 8:30 AM EDT Affirmative Action, Meritocracy, and the Future of Higher Education Manhattan Institute https://manhattan.institute/event/affirmative-action-meritocracy-future-higher-education 8:30 AM EDT OECD Forum Series 2023 Tackling the Great Mismatch: Retaining Talent at All Ages Virtual Event Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development https://www.oecd-events.org/oecd-forum-retaining-talent-at-all-ages/session/c8221730-b6de-ed11-8e89-000d3a4a8203/oecd-forum-series-2023-tackling-the-great-mismatch-retaining-talent-at-all-ages- 8:30 AM EDT A Conversation with Sir Angus Houston, Co-Lead of Australia's New Defence Strategic Review Center for Strategic and International Studies https://www.csis.org/events/conversation-sir-angus-houston-co-lead-australias-new-defence-strategic-review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zELEdY7oxX4 8:30 AM EDT 2023 Economic Indicator Release: New Residential Construction (Building Permits, Housing Starts, and Housing Completions) April 2023 US Census Bureau, Department of Commerce https://www.census.gov/construction/nrc 8:30 AM EDT Hydrodynamic Parameter Estimates From Structures National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/43091 9:00 AM EDT Washington Journal: Brandon Pugh Discusses Oversight of Artificial Intelligence R Street Institute, Cybersecurity and Emerging Threats Policy Director Brandon Pugh discusses the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on oversight of artificial intelligence. https://www.c-span.org/video/?528133-6/brandon-pugh-discusses-oversight-artificial-intelligence&playEvent 9:00 AM EDT 1,984th Meeting, 85th Session, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1o/k1ocmommdv 9:00 AM EDT 6th Meeting - 24th Session, Working Group on the Right to Development United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1w/k1w70s6d3c 9:00 AM EDT 6th Meeting, 2nd Session Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems 2023 United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1l/k1llfvhakq 9:00 AM EDT Second Formal Preparatory Meeting for the Global Refugee Forum 2023 United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k17/k17iv2pxp8 9:00 AM EDT 2,714th Meeting, 93rd Session, Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1g/k1ga6q8gtp 9:00 AM EDT The Future of Money: CBDC Cyber Resilience and the Payments Revolution Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF) https://www.omfif.org/events/the-future-of-money-cbdc-cyber-resilience-and-the-payments-revolution-2/ 9:00 AM EDT National Advisory Council on Aging Meeting National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://www.nia.nih.gov/about/naca https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=49372 9:00 AM EDT Green Energy Innovation Expo United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/events/green-energy-innovation-expo 9:00 AM EDT The Future of Money: CBDC Cyber-Resilience and the Payments Revolution Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF) https://www.omfif.org/events/the-future-of-money-cbdc-cyber-resilience-and-the-payments-revolution-2/ 9:00 AM EDT NEXUS 23: A Symposium at the Intersection of Defense, National Security, and Autonomy - Day 1 Atlantic Council https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/nexus-23/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zPTxNcKGHk 9:00 AM EDT Green Energy Innovation Expo United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/events/green-energy-innovation-expo 9:15 AM EDT Introduction to Mass Photometry (MP) National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/43127 9:30 AM EDT Washington Journal: Open Forum, Part 3 Join us with your calls and comments on social media as we review the latest news headlines out of Washington. https://www.c-span.org/video/?528133-7/open-phones&playEvent 9:30 AM EDT The Nakba and Palestinian Refugees 75 Years On: Why They Still Matter The Middle East Institute (MEI) https://mei.edu/events/nakba-and-palestinian-refugees-75-years-why-they-still-matter 9:30 AM EDT Turkish Elections: Takeaways and Implications Atlantic Council https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/turkish-elections-takeaways-and-implications/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnTC7VT_i74 9:30 AM EDT The National Advisory General Medical Sciences Council Open Session - May 2023 National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=49523 9:30 AM EDT The President Honors 2021-2022 Medal of Valor Recipients The White House https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/ https://bja.ojp.gov/program/medalofvalor/recipients/all https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et2lX-D2aE0 - President Biden Honors Medal of Valor Recipients President Biden speaks at a White House event honoring the 2021-2022 Medal of Valor recipients. https://www.c-span.org/video/?528167-1/president-biden-honors-medal-valor-recipients 9:30 AM EDT Hearings to examine the role of Special Operations Forces in supporting the National Defense Strategy, including activities that contribute to long-term strategic competition with China and Russia. Senate Armed Services Committee ^ WITNESSES: Dr. Jonthan Schroden Research Program Director Countering Threats and Challenges Center for Naval Analyses ^ LTG Kenneth E. Tovo, USA (ret.) Former Commanding General United States Army Special Operations Command ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/334147 https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/hearings/to-receive-testimony-on-the-role-of-special-operations-forces-in-supporting-the-national-defense-strategy-including-activities-that-contribute-to-long-term-strategic-competition-with-china-and-russia 9:30 AM EDT Committee Markup House Homeland Security Committee ^ H.R.____, The "Securing Open Source Software Act of 2023" https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115952/documents/BILLS-118pih-SecuringOpenSourceSoftwareActof2023.pdf ^ H.R. 1501, The "Unmanned Aerial Security Act" https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1501 ^ H.R. 3224, The "Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Extension Act of 2023" https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3224 ^ H.R. 3208, The "DHS Cybersecurity On-the-Job Training Program Act" https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3208 ^ H.R. 3254, The "First Responder Access to Innovative Technologies Act" https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3254 ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115952 https://homeland.house.gov/chairman-green-announces-markup-on-legislative-package/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtJPs6INSJ0 9:50 AM EDT Army CID Fallen Agent Remembrance Ceremony Army Criminal Investigation Division Fallen Agent Remembrance Ceremony, May 17, 10 a.m., at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, 444 E Street NW, Washington, D.C. https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/31732 10:00 AM EDT Preventing Social Unrest in Economic Transitions: Conflict-Sensitive Solutions for Peaceful and Just Transitions to Sustainable Economies United States Institute of Peace https://www.usip.org/events/preventing-social-unrest-economic-transitions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qJ-Nw3XuGA 10:00 AM EDT Allied Burden Sharing in Ukraine Center for Strategic and International Studies https://www.csis.org/events/allied-burden-sharing-ukraine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEGxolbU7-U 10:00 AM EDT Keeping the Internet Open Atlantic Council https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/keeping-the-internet-open/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga-YG0q5Z6g 10:00 AM EDT 20th Meeting, Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations - 2023 Resumed Session, Economic and Social Council United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1o/k1oa1cykb9 10:00 AM EDT U.S. House of Representatives: Morning Hour The House will consider two police-related bills during National Police Week: allowing undocumented immigrants convicted of assaulting law enforcement officers to be deported & federal police to buy their own firearm after it's retired from official .... https://www.c-span.org/video/?528140-1/morning-hour 10:00 AM EDT U.S. Senate: Senate Session The Senate will continue work on more of President Biden's judicial nominations. https://www.c-span.org/video/?528142-1/senate-session TBD, in conjunction with the first floor vote. Business meeting to consider the nomination of Xochitl Torres Small, of New Mexico, to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee ^ Xochitl Torres Small The Honorable Xochitl Torres Small, of New Mexico, to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, vice Jewel Hairston Bronaugh ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/334162 https://www.agriculture.senate.gov/hearings/business-meeting-05-17-2023 10:00 AM EDT Tracking the Postal Service: An Update on the Delivering for America Plan House Oversight and Accountability Committee ^ WITNESSES: The Honorable Louis DeJoy Postmaster General U.S. Postal Service ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115956 https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/tracking-the-postal-service-an-update-on-the-delivering-for-america-plan/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9XOf6e14uE - U.S. Postmaster General Testifies on Oversight of the Postal Service U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testifies before a House Oversight and Accountability subcommittee on oversight of the U.S. Postal Service. https://www.c-span.org/video/?528156-1/us-postmaster-general-testifies-oversight-postal-service 10:00 AM EDT Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property: Part I - Interoperability of AI and Copyright Law House Judiciary Committee ^ WITNESSES: Sy Damle, Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP; former General Counsel of the U.S. Copyright Office ^ Chris Callison-Burch, Associate Professor of Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania; Visiting Research Scientist, Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence ^ Ashley Irwin, President, Society of Composers and Lyricists; Emmy Award-winning music director, conductor, composer, arranger, and producer ^ Dan Navarro, Grammy-nominated songwriter, singer, recording artist, and voice actor ^ Jeffrey Sedlik, President & CEO, PLUS Coalition; Member, Joint Committee on Ethics in AI; professional photographer ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115951 https://judiciary.house.gov/committee-activity/hearings/artificial-intelligence-and-intellectual-property-part-i https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm1NQ_Kqumw 10:00 AM EDT The Impacts of FEMA's Strategic Plan on Disaster Preparedness and Response House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee ^ WITNESSES: The Honorable Erik Hooks, Deputy Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), U.S. Department of Homeland Security ^ Mr. Chris Currie, Director, Homeland Security and Justice, U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115827 https://transportation.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=406384 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdSqtUcFM1s 10:00 AM EDT A Review of Animal Agriculture Stakeholder Priorities House Agriculture Committee ^ WITNESSES: Mr. Todd Wilkinson, President, National Cattlemen's Beef Association ^ Mr. Scott Hays, President, National Pork Producers Association ^ Mr. John Zimmerman, Vice Chairman, National Turkey Federation ^ Mr. Bryan Burns, Vice President and Associate General Counsel, North American Meat Institute ^ Ms. Laurie Hubbard, Region I Director, American Sheep Industry Association ^ Ms. Kelsey Scott, Director of Programs, Intertribal Agriculture Council ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115943 https://agriculture.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=7619 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK1HWdh5Gh0 10:00 AM EDT Like Fire Through Dry Grass: Nursing Home Mortality & COVID-19 Policies House Oversight and Accountability Committee ^ WITNESSES: Ms. Janice Dean Family Member of COVID-19 Nursing Home Victim Fox News Senior Meteorologist ^ Mr. Bill Hammond Senior Fellow for Health Policy Empire Center ^ Ms. Vivian Zayas Co-Founder Voice for Seniors ^ Dr. David Grabowski (Minority Witness) Professor of Health Care Policy Harvard Medical School ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115959 https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/like-fire-through-dry-grass-nursing-home-mortality-covid-19-policies/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVLW2D1abMs 10:00 AM EDT Hearings to Examine a Crisis in Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Care, Focusing on Closing Gaps in Access by Bringing Care and Prevention to Communities Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee ^ WITNESSES: Ms. Maria Celli Psy.D Deputy CEO Brockton Neighborhood Health Center Brockton, MA ^ Mr. Steven Denny Deputy Director Four County Mental Health Center Lawrence, KS ^ Dr. Warren Ng President American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry New York, NY ^ Dr. Stephen Taylor President Elect American Society of Addiction Medicine Birmingham, AL ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/334140 https://www.help.senate.gov/hearings/a-crisis-in-mental-health-and-substance-use-disorder-care-closing-gaps-in-access-by-bringing-care-and-prevention-to-communities 10:00 AM EDT The Rich Get Richer, Deficits Get Bigger: How Tax Cuts for the Wealthy and Corporations Drive the National Debt Senate Budget Committee ^ WITNESSES: The Honorable Charles Blahous, Ph.D. J. Fish And Lillian F. Smith Chair And Senior Research Strategist Mercatus Center George Mason University ^ Mr. Bobby Kogan Senior Director Federal Budget Policy Center for American Progress ^ Mr. Bruce Bartlett Former Deputy Assistant Secretary For Economic Policy, United States Department of Treasury ^ Ms. Samantha Jacoby Senior Tax Legal Analyst Center on Budget and Policy Priorities ^ Dr. Adam Michel, Ph.D. Director Of Tax Policy Studies Cato Institute ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/334145 https://www.budget.senate.gov/hearings/the-rich-get-richer-deficits-get-bigger-how-tax-cuts-for-the-wealthy-and-corporations-drive-the-national-debt- 10:00 AM EDT Taking on More Risk: Examining the SBA'S Changes to the 7(a) Lending Program Part II House Small Business Committee ^ WITNESSES: Mr. Tony Wilkinson, President and CEO, National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders (NAGGL) ^ Mr. Ami Kassar, Founder and CEO, MultiFunding, LLC ^ Ms. Alice Frazier, President and CEO, Bank of Charles Town ^ Mr. Manuel Flores, President and CEO, SomerCor ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115925 https://smallbusiness.house.gov/ 10:00 AM EDT Joint Hearing Entitled: Continued Oversight Over Regional Bank Failures House Financial Services Committee ^ WITNESSES: PANEL I Mr. Greg Becker, former Chief Executive Officer, Silicon Valley Bank ^ Mr. Scott Shay, co-founder and former Chairman, Signature Bank ^ PANEL II The Honorable Adrienne Harris, Superintendent, New York Department of Financial Services ^ The Honorable Clothilde "Cloey" Hewlett, Commissioner, Department of Financial Protection and Innovation ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115923 https://financialservices.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=408778 https://www.youtube.com/@GOPFinancialServices/streams - Failed Bank CEOs Testify at House Subcommittee The former CEOs of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, which both collapsed in March 2023, testify at a House Financial Services subcommittee hearing. https://www.c-span.org/video/?528101-1/failed-bank-ceos-testify-house-subcommittee 10:00 AM EDT Nominations Hearing Senate Judiciary Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/334142 https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-activity/hearings/05/17/2023/nominations 10:00 AM EDT Business Meeting House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party https://selectcommitteeontheccp.house.gov/committee-activity/business-meetings https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115978 10:00 AM EDT Full Committee Markup House Natural Resources Committee ^ H.Con.Res. 34 (Rep. Stauber), Expressing disapproval of the withdrawal by the Secretary of the Interior of approximately 225,504 acres of National Forest System lands in Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, Minnesota, from disposition under the United States mineral and geothermal leasing laws https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/34 ^ H.R. 200 (Rep. Rosendale), "Forest Information Reform Act" or the "FIR Act" https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/200 ^ H.R. 359 (Rep. Gonzalez-Colon), "Fort San Gerónimo Preservation Act" https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/359 ^ H.R. 663 (Rep. Gallego), "Native American Child Protection Act" https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/663 ^ H.R. 886 (Rep. Bonamici), "Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act" https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/886 ^ H.R. 1586 (Rep. LaMalfa), "Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2023" https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1586 ^ H.R. 2989 (Rep. McCarthy), "Save Our Sequoias Act" https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2989 ^ H.R. 3195 (Rep. Stauber), "Superior National Forest Restoration Act" https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3195 ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115636 https://naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=413238 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J15LBLSGip0 10:00 AM EDT Fiscal Year 2024 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Bill House Appropriations Committee ^ FY24 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies - Bill Summary https://appropriations.house.gov/sites/republicans.appropriations.house.gov/files/documents/FY24%20Military%20Construction%2C%20Veterans%20Affairs%2C%20and%20Related%20Agencies%20-%20Bill%20Summary.pdf ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115985 https://appropriations.house.gov/legislation/markups/markup-fiscal-year-2024-military-construction-veterans-affairs-and-related https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhoxRAqhaZg 10:00 AM EDT HFAC Member Roundtable on Crisis Facing Afghan Women and Girls House Foreign Affairs Committee ^ WITNESSES ^ Roya Rahmani Former Afghan Ambassador to the U.S. ^ Hadeia Amiry Former Afghan diplomat ^ Hanifa Girowal Former Kabul Deputy Governor on Socio-economic and Development Affairs ^ https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/hfac-member-roundtable-on-crisis-facing-afghan-women-and-girls/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgIA_u9bA1g 10:00 AM EDT A Health Subcommittee Markup of 17 Bills Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115994 https://energycommerce.house.gov/events/a-health-subcommittee-markup-of-17-bills https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PECdnB1B10 10:00 AM EDT Business Meeting to Consider Nominations and Pending Legislation Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/334161 https://www.energy.senate.gov/hearings/2023/5/business-meeting-to-consider-nominations-and-pending-legislation 10:00 AM EDT Subcommittee Hearing on the Roles and Functions of the National Counterintelligence Center (CLOSED) House Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115981 https://www.dni.gov/index.php/ncsc-features/203-about/organization/national-counterintelligence-and-security-center 10:15 AM EDT Surface Plasmon Resonance Optical Biosensing (SPR) National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/43128 10:15 AM EDT Federal Actions to Improve Project Reviews for a Cleaner and Stronger Economy Senate Environment and Public Works Committee ^ WITNESSES: The Honorable Brenda Mallory Chair Council on Environmental Quality ^ Christine Harada Executive Director Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council ^ The Honorable Jason Miller Deputy Director for Management Office of Management and Budget ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/334125 https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2023/5/federal-actions-to-improve-project-reviews-for-a-cleaner-and-stronger-economy 10:30 AM EDT Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman meets with Israeli Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ronen Levi Department of State https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-may-17-2023/ 10:30 AM EDT Business Meeting: 15 Bills Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee ^ S. 285, Improving Government Efficiency and Workforce Development through Federal Executive Boards Act of 2023 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/285 ^ S. 311, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Retirement Technical Corrections Act https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/311 ^ S. 1137, DHS Suicide Prevention and Resiliency for Law Enforcement Act https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1137 ^ S. 931, Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/931 ^ S. ___, Expanding Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1524 ^ S. ___, Disaster Assistance Simplification Act https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1528 ^ S. ___, Congressional Budget Office Data Access Act https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1549 ^ S. 885, Department of Homeland Security Civilian Cybersecurity Reserve Act https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/885 ^ S. 1425, Satellite Cybersecurity Act https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1425 ^ S. 1464, Enhancing DHS Drug Seizures Act https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1464 ^ S. ___, Artificial Intelligence Leadership Training Act https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1564 ^ S. 1443, Protecting the Border from Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1443 ^ S. ___, GAO Inspector General Parity Act https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1510 ^ S. 473, American Security Drone Act of 2023 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/473 ^ S. ___, Rural Hospital Cybersecurity Enhancement Act https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1560 ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/334139 https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023-05-17-BUSINESS-MEETING.pdf https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/hearings/business-meeting-7/ 10:30 AM EDT Reviewing VA's Implementation of the PACT Act: VHA Recruitment and Retention: Is Bureaucracy Holding Back a Quality Workforce? House Veterans' Affairs Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115928 https://veterans.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=6174 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x520-BVHFlU 11:00 AM EDT Carlos Simon on honoring George Floyd's life in new work, 'brea(d)th' Washington Post Live https://www.washingtonpost.com/washington-post-live/2023/05/17/carlos-simon-honoring-george-floyds-life-new-work-breadth/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YVFvKmHPSA 11:00 AM EDT The Role of 3D Genome Organization in Development and Disease National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42236 11:00 AM EDT Markup of Fiscal Year 2024 Legislative Branch Bill House Appropriations Committee ^ FY24 Legislative Branch - Subcommittee Mark https://appropriations.house.gov/sites/republicans.appropriations.house.gov/files/documents/FY24%20Legislative%20Branch%20-%20Subcommittee%20Mark.pdf ^ FY24 Legislative Branch - Bill Summary https://appropriations.house.gov/sites/republicans.appropriations.house.gov/files/documents/FY24%20Legislative%20Branch%20-%20Bill%20Summary_0.pdf ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115986 https://appropriations.house.gov/legislation/markups/fiscal-year-2024-legislative-branch-bill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRD4ucUZvc8 11:15 AM EDT House and Senate Republicans News Conference on Debt Limit House and Senate Republicans hold a news conference on negotiations to raise the debt limit. https://www.c-span.org/video/?528165-1/house-senate-republicans-news-conference-debt-limit 11:25 AM EDT The President departs the White House en route to Joint Base Andrews Official Schedule https://factba.se/biden/calendar/ 11:45 AM EDT The President departs Joint Base Andrews en route to Anchorage, Alaska Joint Base Andrews https://factba.se/biden/calendar/ 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/k10/k10h7hhkeh 12:00 PM EDT The Next Move in Ukraine: A Conversation with Michael R. Pompeo Hudson Institute https://www.hudson.org/events/next-move-ukraine-conversation-michael-r-pompeo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EDWp1m8b9U 12:00 PM EDT Clinical Center Grand Rounds - Biological Embedding and Its Importance to Health Equity National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://clinicalcenter.nih.gov/about/news/grcurrent.html https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=49521 12:00 PM EDT Neonatal Drug Disposition and Renal Maturation National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42922 12:00 PM EDT Framing Environmental Disaster: Eco-Activism and Education in American Graphic Narratives Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/item/event-408313/framing-environmental-disaster-eco-activism-and-education-in-american-graphic-narratives/2023-05-17/ 12:00 PM EDT Interview Skills for Military Spouses and Caregivers Department of Labor https://www.dol.gov/agencies/vets/events/05172023/interview-skills-military-spouses-and-caregivers 12:00 PM EDT Neonatal Drug Disposition and Renal Maturation - 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:04f70415-05d9-4df9-9761-c6fde53f5bbf 12:00 PM EDT U.S. House of Representatives: House Session The House will consider two police-related bills during National Police Week: allowing undocumented immigrants convicted of assaulting law enforcement officers to be deported & federal police to buy their own firearm after it's retired from official https://www.c-span.org/video/?528140-2/house-session 1:00 PM EDT Ghosts of Beirut: A New Spy Drama About One of the World's Most Elusive Terrorists Washington Post Live https://www.washingtonpost.com/washington-post-live/2023/05/17/new-spy-drama-about-one-worlds-most-elusive-terrorists/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug66LvWGA7w 1:00 PM EDT Aerospace Nation with Lt Gen Leah G. Lauderback, Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Cyber Effects Operations Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/Date/2023-05-17/ https://mitchellaerospacepower.org/event/5-17-aerospace-nation-lt-gen-leah-lauderback/ 1:00 PM EDT Department of Defense Emerging Capabilities Policy Office Director Dr. Michael Horowitz discusses "Autonomy policy: Shaping the future of warfighting" Atlantic Council Nexus 23 https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/Date/2023-05-17/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zPTxNcKGHk 1:00 PM EDT American National Security and the Russian-Iranian War on Ukraine: A Conversation with Senator Ted Cruz Hudson Institute https://www.hudson.org/events/american-national-security-russian-iranian-war-ukraine-conversation-senator-ted-cruz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xuvz8Hr_g8 1:00 PM EDT Virtual Hiring Fair: Transportation, Supply, and Logistics Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/55882/ 1:00 PM EDT WE Committee Diversity Event - Native American Focus - NIH Only National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=49627 1:00 PM EDT Genealogy Series - National Archives at St. Louis: Understanding the 1973 Fire and Its Impact on Genealogical Research National Archives https://www.archives.gov/calendar/genealogy-series/2023 https://www.archives.gov/calendar/event/genealogy-series-national-archives-at-st-louis-understanding-the-1973-nprc-fire-and-its-impact-on https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLugwVCjzrJsW5LpOyGo7oYnc0FR0kqPW7 1:00 PM EDT A Virtual Conversation With Surgeon General Dr. Vivek H. Murthy and New York City Former Commissioner of Health Dr. Dave a Chokshi: Strengthening Public Health Through People, Trust, and Connection National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/43141 https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=49353 1:00 PM EDT The NINDS Topics in Clinical Research Seminar Series Lecture Presents, Behind Closed Doors: What Is the IRB and How Do I Get My Studies Approved? National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/43118 1:00 PM EDT Northern New Mexico EM SSAB Meeting – May 2023 Office of Environmental Management, Department of Energy (DOE) https://www.energy.gov/em/events/northern-new-mexico-em-ssab-meeting-may-2023 1:00 PM EDT Candidate Committee Webinar Day 2 - The FEC will host Candidate Committee Operations Parts 1 and 2. Federal Election Commission https://www.fec.gov/about/leadership-and-structure/ https://www.fec.gov/updates/fec-to-host-may-16-17-candidate-committee-webinar-2023/ 1:00 PM EDT Markup: 28 Bills House Energy and Commerce Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115984 https://energycommerce.house.gov/events/a-communications-and-technology-subcommittee-markup-of-28-bills https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsdD6eivi4g 1:15 PM EDT Regulating the Regulators: The Recent Past and Future American Enterprise Institute https://www.aei.org/events/regulating-the-regulators-the-recent-past-and-future/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aLkx0bao_s 1:15 PM EDT Department Press Briefing with Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel Department of State https://www.state.gov/todays-briefing-schedule/ https://www.youtube.com/statedept 1:30 PM EDT FDIC, FRB-SF, and OCC Host Webinar on Expanding Innovative Strategies to Finance ADUs in California's Central Valley Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) https://www.fdic.gov/resources/consumers/events/2023-05-17-innovative-strategies.html 1:45 PM EDT LANPAC 2023 (Day 2) The Association of the United States Army's 2022 LANPAC Symposium & Exposition is a world-class, international event highlighting the role of land forces in the Indo-Pacific theater and their contributions to the Joint Force in peace and war. The strategic location of Hawaii brings together government and industry representatives from our allies in the Indo-Pacific theater. https://www.ausa.org/tags/lanpac https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/31766 2:00 PM EDT AI, Emerging Technologies, and the Division of Domestic Labor Brookings Institution https://www.brookings.edu/events/ai-emerging-technologies-and-the-division-of-domestic-labor/ 2:00 PM EDT Policy Spotlight: One-on-One with Dawn O'Connell, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, US Department of Health and Human Services Health Affairs https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/he20230501.510972/full/ 2:00 PM EDT Building an Alliance of Civilizations in an Age of Disruption Center for Strategic and International Studies https://www.csis.org/events/building-alliance-civilizations-age-disruption https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnqL3UXMaug 2:00 PM EDT 2023 Cleveland Luncheon United States Holocaust Memorial Museum https://www.ushmm.org/online-calendar/2023-cleveland-luncheon?utm_source=online&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=cleveland_luncheon_2023 2:00 PM EDT Annual Robert S. Gordon Jr. Lecture with Dr. Lisa Cooper National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://oir.nih.gov/wals https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42985 https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=46081 2:00 PM EDT Fifth Circuit Court Hears Abortion Pill Case A three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit hears oral argument in a case concerning the abortion medication, mifepristone. https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/oral-argument-information/court-calendars/Details/1661/ https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov//docs/default-source/default-document-library/notice-regarding-argument-in-alliance-for-hippocratic-medicne-v-fda-no-23-103627209ab0547c26210bd33ff0000240338 https://www.c-span.org/video/?527646-1/circuit-court-hears-abortion-pill-case 2:00 PM EDT The State Of American Influence In 2023: Great Power Competition And Persistent Crises In An Era Of Budget Constraints House Foreign Affairs Committee ^ WITNESSES The Honorable Samantha Power Administrator U.S. Agency for International Development ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115919 https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/the-state-of-american-influence-in-2023-great-power-competition-and-persistent-crises-in-an-era-of-budget-constraints/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M38uAbIt-Nk 2:00 PM EDT Examining Health Care Denials and Delays in Medicare Advantage Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee ^ WITNESSES Megan H. Tinker Chief of Staff, Office of Inspector General U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek, Ph.D. Associate Director, Program on Medicare Policy KFF ^ Christine Jensen Huberty Lead Benefit Specialist Supervising Attorney Greater Wisconsin Agency on Aging Resources ^ Lisa M. Grabert Visiting Research Professor Marquette University College of Nursing ^ Gloria Bent Widow of Gary Bent Medicare Advantage Enrollee ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/334141 https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/subcommittees/investigations/hearings/examining-health-care-denials-and-delays-in-medicare-advantage/ 2:00 PM EDT Health Subcommittee on Why Health Care is Unaffordable: Anticompetitive and Consolidated Markets House Ways and Means Committee ^ WITNESSES: Dr. Barak Richman Professor, Duke Law School ^ The Honorable Glen Mulready Commissioner, Oklahoma Insurance Department ^ Mr. Joe Moose Owner, Moose Pharmacy ^ Mr. Frederick Isasi Executive Director, Families USA ^ Dr. Benjamin N. Rome, M.D., M.P.H. Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115971 https://waysandmeans.house.gov/event/health-subcommittee-on-why-health-care-is-unaffordable-anticompetitive-and-consolidated-markets/ 2:00 PM EDT Hearing Entitled: The Current Mortgage Market: Undermining Housing Affordability with Politics House Financial Services Committee ^ WITNESSES: Mr. Edward J. DeMarco, President, Housing Policy Council (HPC) ^ Mr. Kenny Parcell, President, National Association of REALTORS® ^ Dr. Clifford Rossi, Professor-of-the-Practice and Executive-in-Residence at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland ^ Ms. Janneke Ratcliffe, Vice President, Housing Finance Policy Center, Urban Institute ^ https://financialservices.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=408776 2:00 PM EDT Review of Federal Judicial Ethics Processes at the Judicial Conference of the United States Senate Judiciary Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/334150 https://www.uscourts.gov/topics/judicial-conference-united-states https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-activity/hearings/review-of-federal-judicial-ethics-processes-at-the-judicial-conference-of-the-united-states 2:00 PM EDT Driving Bad Policy: Examining EPA's Tailpipe Emissions Rules and the Realities of a Rapid Electric Vehicle Transition House Oversight and Accountability Committee ^ WITNESSES: Joseph Goffman (Invited)* Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator Office of Air and Radiation Environmental Protection Agency ^ Sarah Dunham (Invited)* Director Office of Transportation and Air Quality Environmental Protection Agency ^ Steve Bradbury Distinguished Fellow The Heritage Foundation ^ Doug Kantor General Counsel National Association of Convenience Stores ^ Josh Roe Chief Executive Officer Kansas Corn Growers Association ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115958 https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/driving-bad-policy-examining-epas-tailpipe-emissions-rules-and-the-realities-of-a-rapid-electric-vehicle-transition/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYqqaXulFxA 2:00 PM EDT The Current Mortgage Market: Undermining Housing Affordability with Politics House Financial Services Committee ^ WITNESSES: Mr. Edward DeMarco President, Housing Policy Council (HPC) Mr. Kenny Parcell President, National Association of REALTORS® ^ Dr. Clifford Rossi Professor-of-the-Practice and Executive-in-Residence at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, ^ Ms. Janneke Ratcliffe Vice President, Housing Finance Policy Center, Urban Institute ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115954 https://financialservices.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=408776 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CugLzzWqKrM 2:00 PM EDT Full Committee Business Meeting to Consider the Public Release of a Committee Event Unclassified Transcript House Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115979 https://intelligence.house.gov/ 2:30 PM EDT ScHARe Think-a-Thon: an Interactive Webinar on Terra Datasets National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/43065 2:30 PM EDT "Reimagining Libertarianism" with John Hagel American Institute for Economic Research https://events.aier.org/bastiatmastercalendar/detail/1536/1684348200000 2:30 PM EDT AI Literacy: Using ChatGPT and Artificial Intelligence Tools in Instruction ALA American Library Association https://elearning.ala.org/local/catalog/view/product.php?productid=878 2:30 PM EDT Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan will gaggle aboard Air Force One en route to Anchorage, Alaska The White House https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP02_mT0w9Q 2:30 AM EDT Hearings to Examine Improving Health Care Access in Rural Communities, Focusing on Obstacles and Opportunities Senate Finance Committee ^ WITNESSES: Erin Aune, MBA, CRHCP Vice President Of Strategic Programs Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital Glasgow, MT ^ Sara Rich President And CEO Choptank Community Health System Denton, MD ^ David Herman, MD CEO Essentia Health Duluth, MN ^ Mark Holmes Director, Cecil G. Sheps Center For Health Services Research The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/334148 https://www.finance.senate.gov/hearings/improving-health-care-access-in-rural-communities-obstacles-and-opportunities 2:30 AM EDT Strengthening Accountability at the Federal Reserve: Lessons and Opportunities for Reform Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee ^ WITNESSES: Mr. Mark Bialek Inspector General Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ^ Dr. Peter Conti-Brown Class Of 1965 Associate Professor Of Financial Regulation, Associate Professor Of Legal Studies & Business Ethics The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania ^ Dr. Paul H. Kupiec Senior Fellow American Enterprise Institute ^ Ms. Mayra Rodríguez Valladares Managing Principal MRV Associates ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/334143 https://www.banking.senate.gov/hearings/strengthening-accountability-at-the-federal-reserve-lessons-and-opportunities-for-reform 2:30 PM EDT Hearings to Examine How a U.S. Default Crisis Harms American Families and Businesses Joint Economic Committee ^ WITNESSES: Dr. Wendy Edelberg Director, The Hamilton Project Senior Fellow in Economic Studies Brookings Institution Washington, DC ^ Mr. Indivar Dutta-Gupta President & Executive Director Center for Law and Social Policy Washington, DC ^ Additional witness to be announced ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/joint-event/334146 https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2023/5/counting-the-costs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AfyJK6OFz4 2:30 PM EDT Closed Hearings to Examine Certain Intelligence Matters Senate Intelligence (Select) Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/332520 https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/hearings/closed-briefing-intelligence-matters-432 May 16, 2023 2:45 PM EDT Army Lt. Gen. Willard M. Burleson, commanding general, Eighth Army, and chief of staff, Combined Forces Command; and Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Benjamin T. Watson, commanding general, 1st Marine Division, participate in a panel discussion https://meetings.ausa.org/lanpac/2023/ https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/Date/2023-05-17/ https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/31766 May 16, 2023 2:45 PM EDT Nomination Hearing Senate Foreign Relations Committee ^ NOMINEES Jennifer M. Adams Ms. Jennifer M. Adams, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Cabo Verde ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/334151 https://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/nominations-05-17-2023 3:00 PM EDT Adopting Intersectionality to DRR Using Disability as an Example - "Risk Reduction Hub" on the Margins of the High-Level Meeting on Disaster Risk Reduction United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1b/k1bpp2ldin 3:00 PM EDT 21st Meeting, Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations - 2023 Resumed Session, Economic and Social Council United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1a/k1avq2vur7 3:00 PM EDT Risk-Proofing Sustainable Development - "Risk Reduction Hub" on the Margins of the High-Level Meeting on Disaster Risk Reduction United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k10/k1021bfw3g 3:00 PM EDT Q-FARM Seminar - Quantum Simulation: From Many to Few Body Problems. Q-FARM - Quantum Science and Engineering at Stanford https://qfarm.stanford.edu/events/q-farm-seminar/ignacio-cirac-mpq 3:00 PM EDT A Conversation with the Rt. Hon. Grant Shapps MP, UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Atlantic Council https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/a-conversation-with-the-rt-hon-grant-shapps-mp/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk6IvQodEW0 3:00 PM EDT Heroes Connect: Military to Manufacturing featuring Amazon - Online Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/55350/ 3:00 PM EDT Finding Pictures: Seeing in 3D – Stereographs at the Library of Congress Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/item/event-408395/finding-pictures-seeing-in-3d-stereographs-at-the-library-of-congress/2023-05-17/ 3:00 PM EDT Hearings to Examine Rural Broadband, Focusing on Connecting Our Communities to the Digital Economy Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee ^ WITNESSES: Mr. Roger Nishi Vice President - Industry Relations Waitsfield and Champlain Valley Telecom Waitsfield, VT ^ Ms. Christa Shute Executive Director NEK (Northeast Kingdom) Broadband St. Johnsbury, VT ^ Mr. Jesse L. Shekleton Director Broadband Operations Jo-Carroll Energy, Inc. Elizabeth, IL ^ Mr. James Frederick Johnson CEO Farmers Telecommunications Cooperative, Inc. Rainsville, AL ^ Mr. Justin Forde Vice President of Government Relations Midco West Fargo, ND ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/334144 https://www.agriculture.senate.gov/hearings/rural-broadband-connecting-our-communities-to-the-digital-economy 3:00 PM EDT Review of the Fiscal Year 2024 Budget and 2025 Advance Appropriations Requests for the Department of Veterans Affairs Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee ^ WITNESSES: PANEL ONE The Honorable Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs ^ PANEL TWO Morgan Brown, National Legislative Director, Paralyzed Veterans of America ^ Shane Liermann, Deputy National Legislative Director, Disabled American Veterans ^ Patrick Murray, Director, National Legislative Service, Veterans of Foreign Wars ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/334126 https://www.veterans.senate.gov/2023/5/review-of-the-fiscal-year-2024-budget-and-2025-advance-appropriations-requests-for-the-department-of-veterans-affairs - Veterans Affairs Secretary & Veterans Groups Testify on President's 2024 Budget Request Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough and veterans' groups testify before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee on President Biden's 2024 budget request. https://www.c-span.org/video/?528155-1/veterans-affairs-secretary-veterans-groups-testify-presidents-2024-budget-request 3:00 PM EDT The Transition Assistance Program: Steps to Ensure Success for Servicemembers as they Enter Civilian Life House Veterans' Affairs Committee ^ WITNESSES: PANEL ONE Mr. Alex Baird Acting Director of the Defense Support Services Center, Department of Defense ^ Ms. Margarita Devlin Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Labor ^ Ms. Dawn Locke Director, Strategic Studies, Government Accountability Office ^ Ms. Cheryl J. Rawls Executive Director, Outreach, Transition and Economic Development, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs ^ PANEL TWO Ms. Brittany Dymond Associate Director, National Security and Foreign Affairs Directorate, Veterans of Foreign Wars ^ Dr. Abby Kinch PhD Chief of Staff, Student Veterans of America ^ Mr. Jim Lorraine President and CEO, America's Warrior Partnership ^ Mr. Hernán y Prado Founder and CEO, Workshops for Warriors ^ Mr. Michael Quinn Chief Executive Officer, Hire Military & Tenova LLC ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115740 https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/Date/2023-05-17/ https://veterans.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=6175 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26Q-kxK4Jt4 4:00 PM EDT Portrait Unveiling of Former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan A portrait of former House Speaker Paul Ryan (R) is unveiled in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol. https://www.c-span.org/video/?528137-1/portrait-unveiling-speaker-house-paul-ryan 4:00 PM EDT NIH/FDA Immunology Interest Group (IIG) Seminar: Enfu Hui - HHS Only National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://www.niaid.nih.gov/research/immunology-seminars https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/43155 https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=49527 4:30 PM EDT A Whole of Society Approach: The Role of Non-State Actors in the Sendai Framework - "Risk Reduction Hub" on the Margins of the High-Level Meeting on Disaster Risk Reduction United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1y/k1yrg6h4s4 5:00 PM EDT Nneka Ogwumike on Leveling the Playing Field in Basketball Washington Post Live https://www.washingtonpost.com/washington-post-live/2023/05/17/nneka-ogwumike-leveling-playing-field-basketball/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eskP23ncK9M 6:00 PM EDT Mourning the Presidents: Loss and Legacy in American Culture National Archives https://www.archives.gov/calendar/event/mourning-the-presidents-loss-and-legacy-in-american-culture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsdQBinBhmk 6:00 PM EDT 2023 Twilight Tattoo: U.S. Army Live Military Experience Hosted by LTG Jody J. Daniels, Office of the Chief of the Army Reserve https://twilight.mdw.army.mil/schedule https://www.usarmyband.com/events/tlt-performance-3 https://tlt-17may.eventbrite.com/ https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/31965 6:25 PM EDT The President Arrives in Anchorage, Alaska (2:25 PM Local) Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, AK https://factba.se/biden/calendar/ 6:30 PM EDT POSTPONED NPC Communicators Legends Dinner with Maria Cardona The National Press Club https://www.press.org/events/npc-communicators-legends-dinner-maria-cardona 6:30 PM EDT Secretary Cardona will be the commencement speaker at Columbia University Teacher's College Commencement ceremony Department of Education https://www.ed.gov/news/events/calendars/secschedule.html https://convocation.tc.columbia.edu/ 6:30 PM EDT 2023 AIAA Fellows Induction Ceremony and Dinner American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics AIAA https://www.aiaa.org/events-learning/event/2023/05/17/default-calendar/2023-aiaa-fellows-ceremony-and-dinner 7:00 PM EDT Successful Inventing: The Corporate Licensing Process United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/events/successful-inventing-corporate-licensing-process 7:00 PM EDT Jonathan Eig - King: A Life The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library https://www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/events 7:00 PM EDT Leveling the Playing Field: How to Counter the Chinese Communist Party's Economic Aggression House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party ^ WITNESSES: The Honorable Robert Lighthizer, Former United States Trade Representative ^ Roger Robinson, Chairman, Prague Security Studies Institute, Former Chairman of Congressional U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission ^ Dr. Eric Schmidt, Chairman, Special Competitive Studies Project ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115974 https://selectcommitteeontheccp.house.gov/committee-activity/hearings/hearing-notice-leveling-playing-field-how-counter-chinese-communist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI8ArYsA3Vs - Fmr. Trade Representative Testifies on Competition with China Former U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer testifies on economic competition with China before the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party. https://www.c-span.org/video/?528157-1/fmr-trade-representative-testifies-competition-china 7:55 PM EDT The President departs Anchorage, Alaska en route to Hiroshima, Japan (3:55 PM Local) Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, AK https://factba.se/biden/calendar/ 9:00 PM EDT Fifth Circuit Court Hears Abortion Pill Case A three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit hears oral argument in a case concerning the abortion medication, mifepristone. https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/oral-argument-information/court-calendars/Details/1661/ https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov//docs/default-source/default-document-library/notice-regarding-argument-in-alliance-for-hippocratic-medicne-v-fda-no-23-103627209ab0547c26210bd33ff0000240338 https://www.c-span.org/video/?527646-1/circuit-court-hears-abortion-pill-case 9:00 PM EDT LinkedIn Job Search for Military Spouses and Caregivers Department of Labor https://www.dol.gov/agencies/vets/events/05172023/linkedin-job-search-military-spouses-and-caregivers