The Swamp Today Timelines Change. Tuesday, February 28, 2023 The House Stands Adjourned Until February 28, 2023 at 10:00 AM EST The Senate Stands Adjourned Until February 28, 2023 at 10:00 AM EST Secretary Antony J. Blinken is on travel to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and India from February 26-March 3, 2023. Deputy Secretary Wendy R. Sherman has no public appointments. 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 is on travel to Jordan and Oman from February 25-March 2, 2023. Assistant Secretary for Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance Mallory Stewart is on travel to Belgium, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland from February 28-March 3. . . . 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 NOAA Tide Predictions - Washington DC Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/tide_predictions.html?gid=1396 NOAA Observed Water Levels - Station 8594900 Washington DC Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/stationhome.html?id=8594900 https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/waterlevels.html?id=8594900 February 28, 2023 - March 1, 2023 The All-Volunteer Force at 50: Civil-Military Challenges and Opportunities Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service Center for Security Studies and the America in the World Consortium https://css.georgetown.edu/avf50/ February 28, 2023 - March 1, 2023 Transformers, Reactors, Power Supply Units, and Combinations Thereof (TC 96) Technical Committee and Working Groups Plenary Meeting International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) https://www.iec.ch/dyn/www/f?p=103:7:0::::FSP_ORG_ID:1292 February 28, 2023 - March 1, 2023 Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee Meeting Food and Drug Administration (FDA) https://www.fda.gov/advisory-committees/advisory-committee-calendar/vaccines-and-related-biological-products-advisory-committee-february-28-march-1-2023-meeting February 28, 2023 - March 2, 2023 International Energy Week 2023 Energy Institute https://www.ipieca.org/events/international-energy-week-2023/ https://www.ieweek.co.uk/ February 28, 2023 - March 2, 2023 Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System Advisory Board Meeting – "Meeting the Needs of the User Community: e-Manifest Program Priorities and User Fees for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 and 2025" Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) https://www.epa.gov/e-manifest/hazardous-waste-electronic-manifest-system-advisory-board-meeting-meeting-needs-user February 28, 2023 and March 2, 2023 2023 National Fish Forum Week 1 - Human Health and Contaminants in Fish, Free Virtual Conference with Poster Sessions Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) https://www.epa.gov/fish-tech/2023-national-fish-forum February 28, 2023 - March 3, 2023 18th Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage - Hybrid United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) https://unfccc.int/event/WIMExCom18 February 28, 2023 - March 3, 2023 Technical Meeting on Developments in Country Nuclear Power Profiles International Atomic Energy Agency of the United Nations (IAEA) https://www.iaea.org/events/evt2205135 February 28, 2023 - March 3, 2023 54th Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission: Better Data, Better Lives United Nations Statistics Division https://unstats.un.org/UNSDWebsite/statcom/documents/54 https://unstats.un.org/UNSDWebsite/statcom/session_54/documents/2023-1-Agenda-E.pdf https://unstats.un.org/UNSDWebsite/statcom/54 February 27, 2023 10:25 PM EST Secretary Antony J. Blinken holds a meet and greet with employees and families of U.S. Mission Kazakhstan Astana, Kazakhstan https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-february-28-2023/ February 27, 2023 11:55 PM EST Secretary Antony J. Blinken meets with Kazakh Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi Astana, Kazakhstan https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-february-28-2023/ February 28, 2023 TBD House Republican Agenda House Republican Conference leaders speak to reporters about their legislative agenda for the week. https://www.c-span.org/video/?526336-1/house-republican-conference-leaders-hold-news-conference February 28, 2023 TBD Senate Republican Agenda Senate Republican leaders speak to reporters following their weekly conference luncheon at the U.S. Capitol. https://www.c-span.org/video/?526338-1/senate-republican-leaders-hold-news-conference February 28, 2023 TBD Senate Democratic Agenda Senate Democratic Leaders speak to reporters about their legislative agenda for the week following their weekly caucus luncheon at the Capitol. https://www.c-span.org/video/?526338-101/senate-democratic-leaders-hold-news-conference February 28, 2023 1:00 AM EST Secretary Antony J. Blinken meets with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Astana, Kazakhstan https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-february-28-2023/ 1:15 AM EST Secretary Antony J. Blinken participates in a working lunch with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Astana, Kazakhstan https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-february-28-2023/ 2:00 AM EST Search for Known and Unknown Particles in All-Muon Final States with the CMS Scouting Data CERN https://indico.cern.ch/event/1231795/ 2:25 AM EST Secretary Antony J. Blinken meets with Kyrgyz Republic Foreign Minister Jeenbek Kulubaev Astana, Kazakhstan https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-february-28-2023/ 3:00 AM EST Presentation of the results of the multilateral underwater archaeological mission on the Skerki Bank and in the Sicilian Channel United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) https://www.unesco.org/en/event/presentation-results-multilateral-underwater-archaeological-mission-skerki-bank-and-sicilian-channel-4 https://web.archive.org/web/0/https://www.unesco.org/en/event/presentation-results-multilateral-underwater-archaeological-mission-skerki-bank-and-sicilian-channel-4 3:00 AM EST 4th, 5th, 6th Meeting - 52nd Regular Session of Human Rights Council United Nations https://media.un.org/index.php/en/asset/k1x/k1xtp416l8 3:05 AM EST Secretary Antony J. Blinken meets with Turkmenistan Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov Astana, Kazakhstan https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-february-28-2023/ 3:45 AM EST Secretary Antony J. Blinken meets with Tajikistan Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin Astana, Kazakhstan https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-february-28-2023/ 4:00 AM EST Asset and Risk Management Seminar: Public Sector Investment in a Volatile Environment Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF) https://www.omfif.org/events/asset-and-risk-management-seminar-public-sector-investment-in-a-volatile-environment/ 4:00 AM EST Extraordinary Session of the Committee of the Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education in the European Region United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) https://www.unesco.org/en/event/extraordinary-session-committee-convention-recognition-qualifications-concerning-higher-education-0 4:25 AM EST Secretary Antony J. Blinken attends the Ministerial Meeting of the C5+1 Astana, Kazakhstan https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-february-28-2023/ 4:50 AM EST Doorstep statements by the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, and the Prime Minister of Finland, Ms. Saana Marin, followed by Q&A. SAMAK Nordic Summit 2023 https://samak.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Program-english-1.pdf https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_212271.htm 6:00 AM EST Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence: Making it Work Press Club Brussels Europe https://www.pressclub.be/event/meeting-european-coalition-for-corporate-justice/ 6:15 AM EST Opening speech by the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, at the SAMAK Nordic Summit, followed by panel discussion and Q&A. SAMAK Nordic Summit 2023 https://samak.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Program-english-1.pdf https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_212271.htm 6:30 AM EST Secretary Antony J. Blinken holds a joint press availability with Kazakh Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi Astana, Kazakhstan https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-february-28-2023/ 7:00 AM EST NATO's Nordic Expansion: What Implications for the EU? Wilfried Martens Center for European Studies https://www.martenscentre.eu/event/natos-nordic-expansion-what-implications-for-the-eu/ https://www.youtube.com/c/MartensCentre 7:00 AM EST 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/?526301-2/washington-journal-news-headlines-viewer-calls 7:30 AM EST WHO Press Conference: Prevention and Response to Sexual Misconduct United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k11/k112dkv49t 8:00 AM EST Collaborating to Increase the Use of Administrative Data Sources United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) https://unstats.un.org/UNSDWebsite/statcom/side-events/54 https://unstats.un.org/capacity-development/admin-data/ 8:00 AM EST Washington Journal: Elizabeth Wydra & GianCarlo Canaparo Discusses Supreme Court & Biden Student Loan Plan Constitutional Accountability Center's Elizabeth Wydra and Heritage Foundation's Giancarlo Canaparo discuss the legal issues surrounding President Biden's student loan forgiveness plan that will be debated before the Supreme Court Tuesday. https://www.c-span.org/video/?526301-3/washington-journal-elizabeth-wydra-amp-giancarlo-canaparo-discusses-supreme-court-amp-biden-student 8:00 AM EST TH String Theory Seminar - Nonlinear Effective Field Theory of Fermi Liquids CERN https://indico.cern.ch/event/1253926/ 8:00 AM EST 2023 Information Security and Innovation Forum GovCon https://www.govconwire.com/events/event/gcw-2023-information-security-and-innovation-forum/ 8:00 AM EST 179th Meeting of Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee - Day 1 Food and Drug Administration (FDA) https://www.fda.gov/advisory-committees/advisory-committee-calendar/vaccines-and-related-biological-products-advisory-committee-february-28-march-1-2023-meeting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffmIyeXNOfk 8:20 AM EDT 48th Annual Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS) American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics AIAA https://www.aiaa.org/events-learning/event/2023/02/28/default-calendar/48th-annual-dayton-cincinnati-aerospace-sciences-symposium 8:30 AM EDT 2023 Economic Indicator Release: Advance Economic Indicators Report (International Trade, Retail, & Wholesale) January 2023 US Census Bureau, Department of Commerce https://www.census.gov/econ/indicators/ 9:00 AM EST Daily U.S. Agricultural Weather Highlights - Released No Later Than 9:00 a.m. ET Every Day National Agricultural Statistics Service and World Agricultural Outlook Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/TODAYSWX.pdf 9:00 AM EST 3,958th Meeting, 137th Session, Human Rights Committee (CCPR) United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k11/k11oak58si 9:00 AM EST The International Response to the Earthquake in Turkey: What's Next? Atlantic Council https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/international-response-to-the-earthquake-and-how-will-turkey-move-forward/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39Zeu07hSTY 9:00 AM EST Indigenous Communities, Intergenerational Knowledge, and Climate Change in Mesoamerica Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service https://www.georgetown.edu/event/indigenous-communities-intergenerational-knowledge-and-climate-change-in-mesoamerica/ 9:00 AM EST Rare Disease Day at NIH 2023 National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42010 https://ncats.nih.gov/news/events/rdd https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=46435 9:00 AM EST CCR Cancer Health Disparities Seminar Series: Towards Elimination of Health Disparities in Hepatobiliary Cancers Across the Cancer Control Continuum National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42505 9:00 AM EST Committee Organizational 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/notice-executive-business-meeting-committee-organizational https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115401 9:15 AM EST Csaba Kőrösi (President of the General Assembly) - Press Conference United Nations https://media.un.org/index.php/en/asset/k19/k19tmjd7jw 9:30 AM EST MIPS Seminar: Mechanisms of Air Pollution Exposure Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/environmental-health/event/mips-seminar-mechanisms-of-air-pollution-exposure/ 9:30 AM EST A Conversation With Assistant Attorney General Matthew Olsen on the Reauthorization of FISA Section 702 Brookings Institution https://www.brookings.edu/events/a-conversation-with-assistant-attorney-general-matthew-olsen-on-the-reauthorization-of-fisa-section-702/ 9:30 AM EST Camp Lejeune SkillBridge Exploration & Hiring Fair Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/51888/ 9:30 AM EST Hearings to Examine the Conflict in Ukraine Senate Armed Services Committee ^ Dr. Angela Stent Nonresident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution Professor Emerita, Georgetown University ^ Ms. Dara Massicot Senior Policy Researcher, RAND Corporation ^ LTG Keith Kellogg Co-Chair, Center for American Security America First Policy Institute ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/333709 https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/hearings/to-receive-testimony-on-conflict-in-ukraine 9:45 AM EST Committee Budget Views and Estimates House Small Business Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115354 https://smallbusiness.house.gov/ 10:00 AM EST TH Informal Lattice Meeting - Nucleon-Nucleon Scattering: History, Progress, Resolutions CERN https://indico.cern.ch/event/1251274/ 10:00 AM EST Intergovernmental Conference on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (Resumed Fifth Session, 66th plenary) United Nations https://media.un.org/index.php/en/asset/k11/k11uv3sh3f 10:00 AM EST 1st Meeting - Opening Session 54th Statistical Commission United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1o/k1oggf2s75 10:00 AM EST 2023 MBE DOE Connect Virtual Summit Office of Economic Impact and Diversity, Department of Energy https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2023-mbe-doe-connect-virtual-summit-tickets-479261452907 10:00 AM EST Workforce Futures Initiative: How Well Does the American Workforce System Work? American Enterprise Institute https://www.aei.org/events/workforce-futures-initiative-how-well-does-the-american-workforce-system-work/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWNNs2odx30 10:00 AM EST Sustainable Robots: What Does It Take for a Robot to Be Sustainable? ai for Good Is Organized by ITU in Partnership With 40 UN Sister Agencies and Co-convened With Switzerland https://aiforgood.itu.int/event/sustainable-robots-what-does-it-take-for-a-robot-to-be-sustainable/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCLNmopxoOE 10:00 AM EST Can Regulators Handle the Mastodons of the World? Information Technology & Innovation Foundation https://itif.org/events/2023/02/28/can-regulators-handle-the-mastodons-of-the-world/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ze_003PRfTw 10:00 AM EST 2 PART WEBINAR: Obesity and Prostate Cancer Risk: Gaps in Our Current Understanding, and Thoughts on How to Close the Gaps National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42266 10:00 AM EST Supreme Court October Term 2022 Argument Day Biden v. Nebraska (22-506) Dept. of Education v. Brown (22-535) https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/2022TermCourtCalendar.pdf https://www.supremecourt.gov/ - Biden v. Nebraska Oral Argument The Supreme court hears oral argument in Biden v. Nebraska, a case involving six states challenging President Biden's student loan debt relief program. https://www.c-span.org/video/?525448-1/supreme-court-hears-challenge-biden-administration-student-loan-debt-relief-program 10:00 AM EST U.S. Senate The Senate today will consider more of President Biden’s judicial nominations for U.S. District Courts. https://www.c-span.org/video/?526328-1/us-senate 10:00 AM EST Part 1: Committee Funding for the 118th Congress Committee on House Administration https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115340 https://cha.house.gov/committee-activity/hearings/part-1-committee-funding-118th-congress https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcVAKGY3D2s 10:00 AM EST Full Committee Hearing: Oversight of U.S. Military Support to Ukraine House Armed Services Committee ^ Witnesses: The Honorable Colin H. Kahl Under Secretary of Defense for Policy ^ The Honorable Robert P. Storch Department of Defense Inspector General ^ Lieutenant General Douglas A. Sims II Director for Operations, J-3 The Joint Staff ^ https://armedservices.house.gov/hearings/full-committee-hearing-oversight-us-military-support-ukraine https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/Date/2023-02-28/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bwrxmAm06I http://defense.gov/live https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/31263 - Pentagon Officials Testify on Oversight of U.S. Military Aid to Ukraine Defense Dept. Inspector General Robert Storch and other Pentagon officials testify on oversight of U.S. military aid to Ukraine before the House Armed Services Committee. The hearing occurs over one year after Russia began its full-scale invasion. https://www.c-span.org/video/?526268-1/pentagon-officials-testify-oversight-us-military-aid-ukraine 10:00 AM EST House Administration Full Committee Business Meeting Committee on House Administration https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115339 https://cha.house.gov/committee-activity/business-meetings/full-committee-business-meeting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWINl7fcTIs 10:00 AM EST Legislative Presentation of Disabled American Veterans Before the House and Senate VSO Joint Hearing House Veterans' Affairs Committee ^ Witnesses Mr. Joseph Parsetich National Commander, Disabled American Veterans ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115357 https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/333703 https://veterans.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=6111 https://www.veterans.senate.gov/2023/2/legislative-presentation-of-disabled-american-veterans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJng8YngoOQ 10:00 AM EST United States, China and the Fight for Global Leadership: Building a U.S National Science and Technology Strategy House Science, Space, and Technology Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115359 https://science.house.gov/hearings?ContentRecord_id=37EDAA28-C2E9-4962-A5E7-533B126772E9 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o4uWM8AFOg 10:00 AM EST Uncertainty, Inflation, Regulations: Challenges for American Agriculture House Agriculture Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115364 https://agriculture.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=7542 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk3IUXH3E9c - Hearing on Challenges Faced in the Agriculture Industry The House Agriculture Committee holds a hearing to examine the challenges faced by the agriculture industry. https://www.c-span.org/video/?526330-1/hearing-challenges-faced-agriculture-industry 10:00 AM EST Hearings to examine advancing national security and foreign policy through sanctions, export controls, and other economic tools. Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee ^ Mr. Daleep Singh Former Deputy National Security Advisor For International Economics, And Former Deputy Director National Security Council, and National Economic Council ^ The Honorable Clay Lowery Former Assistant Secretary For International Affairs, And Former Director Of International Finance U.S. Department of the Treasury, and National Security Council ^ The Honorable Kevin Wolf Former Assistant Secretary Of Export Administration U.S. Department of Commerce ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/333705 https://www.banking.senate.gov/hearings/advancing-national-security-and-foreign-policy-through-sanctions-export-controls-and-other-economic-tools 10:00 AM EST Hearings to examine the Equal Rights Amendment, focusing on how Congress can recognize ratification and enshrine equality in our Constitution. Senate Judiciary Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/333707 https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-activity/hearings/the-equal-rights-amendment-how-congress-can-recognize-ratification-and-enshrine-equality-in-our-constitution 10:00 AM EST Every State is a Border State: Examining Secretary Mayorkas' Border Crisis House Homeland Security Committee ^ WITNESSES Ms. Rebecca Kiessling Private Citizen Rochester Hills, Michigan ^ The Honorable Mark Lamb Sheriff Pinal County, Arizona ^ Robert J. Trenschel, DO, MPH President and Chief Executive Officer Yuma Regional Medical Center Yuma, Arizona ^ Mr. David J. Bier Associate Director Immigration Studies CATO Institute ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115369 https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115369/documents/HHRG-118-HM00-WList-20230228.pdf https://homeland.house.gov/full-committee-hearing-every-state-is-a-border-state-examining-secretary-mayorkas-border-crisis/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCcAxj-r7II - Hearing on Immigration & Border Policy Witnesses testify on the impact of the Biden administration’s border and immigration policies on communities around the country before the House Homeland Security Committee. https://www.c-span.org/video/?526331-1/hearing-immigration-border-policy 10:00 AM EST Full Committee Markup House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee https://transportation.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=406139 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyv4JCVYXLs 10:00 AM EST An Energy, Climate, And Grid Security Subcommittee Markup Of Nine Pieces Of Legislation House Energy and Commerce Committee ^ H.R. 1068, Securing America's Critical Minerals Supply Act https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115388/documents/BILLS-118HR1068ih.pdf ^ H.R. 1121, Protecting American Energy Production Act https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115388/documents/BILLS-118HR1121ih.pdf ^ H.R. 1085, Researching Efficient Federal Improvements for Necessary Energy Refining (REFINER) Act https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115388/documents/BILLS-118HR1085ih.pdf ^ H.R. 1058, Promoting Cross-border Energy Infrastructure Act https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115388/documents/BILLS-118HR1058ih.pdf ^ H.Con.Res. 14, a resolution expressing disapproval of the revocation by President Biden of the Presidential permit for the Keystone XL pipeline. https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115388/documents/BILLS-118HConRes14ih.pdf ^ H.Con.Res. 17, a resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the Federal Government should not impose any restrictions on the export of crude oil or other petroleum products. https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115388/documents/BILLS-118HConRes17ih.pdf ^ H.R. 1130, Unlocking Our Domestic LNG Potential Act https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115388/documents/BILLS-118HR1130ih.pdf ^ H.R. 1115, Promoting Interagency Coordination for Review of Natural Gas Pipelines Act https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115388/documents/BILLS-118HR1115ih.pdf ^ H.R. 1160, Critical Electric Infrastructure Cybersecurity Incident Reporting Act https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115388/documents/BILLS-1181160pih-CriticalElectricInfrastructu.pdf ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115388 https://energycommerce.house.gov/events/an-energy-climate-and-grid-security-subcommittee-markup-of-nine-pieces-of-legislation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXl12jdY4mo 10:00 AM EST Open Panel w/ Think Tank Leaders House Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee ^ Witnesses Dr. Richard Haass President, Council on Foreign Relations ^ Mr. Frederick Kempe President and CEO, Atlantic Council ^ Dr. Jason Matheny President and CEO, RAND Corporation ^ Mr. John Walters President and CEO, Hudson Institute ^ Dr. Amy Zegart Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and Professor of Political Science at Stanford University ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115378 https://intelligence.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1198 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv5g5Bn4AD8 10:00 AM EST Markup of the Committee on the Judiciary Authorization and Oversight Plan for the 118th Congress House Judiciary Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115391 https://judiciary.house.gov/committee-activity/markups/markup-committee-judiciary-authorization-and-oversight-plan-118th https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115391/documents/HMKP-118-JU00-20230228-SD001.pdf 10:00 AM EST From Nothing to Something: The Story of the American Dream House Small Business Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115345 https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115345/documents/HHRG-118-SM00-20230228-SD002.pdf 10:00 AM EST Markup of Various Measures House Financial Services Committee ^ 1. H.R. 554, the Taiwan Conflict Deterrence Act of 2023 (Hill) https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115381/documents/BILLS-118HR554ih.pdf ^ 2. H.R. 555, the Securing America's Vaccines for Emergencies (SAVE) Act of 2023 (Hill) https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115381/documents/BILLS-118HR555pih-Toenhanceauthoritiesundert.pdf ^ 3. H.R. 1166, the Public Health Emergency Medical Supplies Enhancement Act of 2023 (Vargas) https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115381/documents/BILLS-118pih-Toenhanceauthoritiesundert.pdf ^ 4. H.R. 1076, the Preventing the Financing of Illegal Synthetic Drugs Act (De La Cruz) https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115381/documents/BILLS-118HR1076ih.pdf ^ 5. H.R. 510, the Chinese Currency Accountability Act of 2023 (Davidson) https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115381/documents/BILLS-118HR510ih.pdf ^ 6. H.R. 839, the China Exchange Rate Transparency Act of 2023 (Meuser) https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115381/documents/BILLS-118HR839ih.pdf ^ 7. H.R. 1156, the China Financial Threat Mitigation Act of 2023 (Spanberger) https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115381/documents/BILLS-118pih-TorequiretheSecretaryofth.pdf 8. H.R. 803, the PROTECT Taiwan Act (Lucas) https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115381/documents/BILLS-118HR803ih.pdf ^ 9. H.R. 1137, the Neutralizing Unfair Chinese Export Subsidies Act of 2023 (Nunn) https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115381/documents/BILLS-118HR1137ih.pdf ^ 10. H.R. 540, the Taiwan Non-Discrimination Act of 2023 (Kim) https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115381/documents/BILLS-118HR540ih.pdf ^ 11. H.R. 1109, the Bank Service Company Examination Coordination Act of 2023 (Williams) https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115381/documents/BILLS-118HR1109ih.pdf ^ 12. H.R. 1165, the Data Privacy Act of 2023 (McHenry) https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115381/documents/BILLS-118HR1165ih.pdf ^ 13. H.R. 1164, the OFAC Outreach and Engagement Capabilities Enhancement Act (Lynch) https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115381/documents/BILLS-118pih-TorequiretheComptrollerGen.pdf ^ 14. H.R. 1161, the Aligning SEC Regulations for the World Bank's International Development Association Act (Waters) https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115381/documents/BILLS-118pih-Toaccordsecuritiesissuedby.pdf ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115381 https://financialservices.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=408575 https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115381/documents/HMKP-118-BA00-20230228-SD002.pdf 10:00 AM EST Views and Estimates Letter to the Committee on the Budget, Oversight Plan for the 118th Congress, and H.R. 1163, the "Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act" House Ways and Means Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115396 https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115396/documents/BILLS-1181163ih.pdf https://waysandmeans.house.gov/event/markup-of-views-and-estimates-letter-to-the-committee-on-the-budget-oversight-plan-for-the-118th-congress-and-h-r-1163/ 10:00 AM EST Combatting the Generational Challenge of CCP Aggression House Foreign Affairs Committee ^ The Honorable Daniel Kritenbrink Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; U.S. Department of State ^ The Honorable Alan Estevez Undersecretary of Commerce for Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce ^ The Honorable Scott Nathan Chief Executive Officer, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation ^ The Honorable Michael Schiffer Assistant Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115362 https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/combatting-the-generational-challenge-of-ccp-aggression/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOWmWQRhVBA - U.S. Officials Testify at House Hearing on Chinese Communist Party Aggression U.S. officials from the State Department, USAID, Development Finance Corporation, and Commerce Department testify on combating Chinese Communist Party aggression. The hearing takes place before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. https://www.c-span.org/video/?526269-1/us-officials-testify-house-hearing-chinese-communist-party-aggression 10:00 AM EST Hearings to examine the nomination of Colleen Joy Shogan, of Pennsylvania, to be Archivist of the United States. Ha ha Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/333700 https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/hearings/nomination-of-colleen-j-shogan-to-be-archivist-of-the-united-states-national-archives-and-records-administration/ https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-josh-hawley-catches-biden-s-national-archives-nominee-saying-gop-is-stupid 10:15 AM EST Legislative hearing on the following bills: H.R. _____ (Westerman), "Transparency and Production of American Energy Act of 2023"; and H.R. 209 (Stauber), "Permitting for Mining Needs Act of 2023" House Natural Resources Committee ^ H.R. 209 (Stauber), "Permitting for Mining Needs Act of 2023" https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115368/documents/BILLS-118HR209ih.pdf ^ Discussion Draft of (Westerman), "Transparency and Production of American Energy Act of 2023" https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115368/documents/BILLS-118pih-TAPAmericanEnergyActof2023.pdf ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115368 https://naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=412806 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkf9-2D6434 10:30 AM EST Commission Meeting Executive Session Federal Election Commission https://www.fec.gov/about/leadership-and-structure/ https://www.fec.gov/updates/february-28-2023-executive-session/ 10:30 AM EST Fifteenth Meeting of Informal Working Group 1 (IWG–1), Maritime, Aeronautical and Radar Services, 2023 World Radiocommunication Conference Advisory Committee (WRC–23 Advisory Committee) (WAC23) Federal Communications Commission (FCC) http://www.fcc.gov/wrc-23 https://www.fcc.gov/news-events/events/2023/02/fifteenth-meeting-iwg-1-maritime-aeronautical-and-radar-services-wac23 10:30 AM EST Oversight Hearing - Quality of Life in the Military House Appropriations Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115365 https://appropriations.house.gov/legislation/hearings/oversight-hearing-quality-life-military-1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbt3-vwCS4U - Senior Enlisted Defense Leaders Speak at Hearing Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass, Marine Corps Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Troy E. Black, Sergeant Major of the Army Michael A. Grinston, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy James A. Honea, Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force Roger A. Towberman address the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies on the quality of life during an oversight hearing https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/Date/2023-02-28/ http://defense.gov/live https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/31264 11:00 AM EST Department of Education v. Brown Oral Argument The Supreme Court hears oral argument in Department of Education v. Brown, a case involving borrowers who are challenging President Biden’s student loan debt relief program. https://www.c-span.org/video/?525447-1/supreme-court-hears-case-challenging-student-loan-debt-relief-program 11:00 AM EST Better Buildings Webinar Series - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Climate Planning Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy https://www.energy.gov/eere/buildings/events/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-climate-planning 11:00 AM EST Current National Security Challenges for the U.S. Foreign Policy Research Institute https://www.fpri.org/event/2023/current-national-security-challenges-for-the-u-s/ 11:00 AM EST From Thought to Action: How Stunting Became a Policy Priority in Indonesia Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health https://publichealth.jhu.edu/events/2023/from-thought-to-action-how-stunting-became-a-policy-priority-in-indonesia 11:00 AM EST The Life and Legacy of Frederick Douglass: Abolitionist, Advocate, and Statesman Heritage Foundation https://www.heritage.org/conservatism/event/the-life-and-legacy-frederick-douglass-abolitionist-advocate-and-statesman 11:00 AM EST Academic Profiles: Everything You Need to Know Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/event/academic-profiles-everything-you-need-to-know/ 11:00 AM EDT Ibero-American Symposium: Making Domestic Work a Decent Work United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1f/k1f814zj53 11:00 AM EDT What to Expect: Compliance Reviews Department of Labor https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/events/02282023/what-expect-compliance-reviews 11:00 AM EDT FMLA Anniversary: Protecting Those Who Care Department of Labor https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/events/02282023/fmla-anniversary-protecting-those-who-care 11:00 AM EDT BBC Guest Seminar Series: Dr. Shoujun Xu National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42493 11:00 AM EDT An Inside Look at the New Fishers Lane Conference Center National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42293 11:00 AM EDT NLM Intramural Research Program IRP Seminar - Data-centric Artificial Intelligence: Improving Biomedical Relation Extraction by Leveraging Heterogeneous Datasets National Library of Medicine, Department of Health and Human Services https://irpseminar.nlm.nih.gov/seminar/3881/detail/ 11:00 AM EDT Full Committee Business Meeting House Oversight and Accountability Committee ^ H.R. 1162 - Accountability for Government Censorship Act - To require the Office of Management and Budget to report to Congress on actions taken by Executive branch employees to censor lawful speech, and for other purposes. https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115379/documents/BILLS-118HR1162ih-bill.pdf ^ H.R.140 - Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act - To amend title 5, United States Code, to prohibit Federal employees from advocating for censorship of viewpoints in their official capacity, and for other purposes. https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115379/documents/BILLS-118HR140ih-bill.pdf ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115379 https://oversight.house.gov/markup/full-committee-business-meeting-63/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojy43pRRRZ0 11:30 AM EST Using Leadership Connect: Find Sources With Smart Database Searches National Press Club (NPC) https://www.leadershipconnect.io/ https://www.press.org/events/using-leadership-connect-find-sources-smart-database-searches 11:45 AM EST Bringing Joy and Purpose to the Frontlines of Caregiving Webinar National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42345 12:00 PM EST Crop Progress - State Stories: This report is released on or near the first Tuesday of the month in December, January, February, and March National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture https://usda.library.cornell.edu/concern/publications/fq977t77k 12:00 PM EST "Practical Economic Meaning of Entrepreneurship – An Evening Dinner" with Peter Bismark Kwofie American Institute for Economic Research https://events.aier.org/bastiatmastercalendar/detail/1508/1677603600000 12:00 PM EST Nicolai Petro on 'The Tragedy of Ukraine' and Conflict Resolution Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft https://quincyinst.org/event/nicolai-petro-on-the-tragedy-of-ukraine-and-conflict-resolution/ 12:00 PM EST Equality within Our Lifetimes How Laws and Policies Can Close - or Widen - Gender Gaps in Economies Worldwide New America https://www.newamerica.org/better-life-lab/events/equality-within-our-lifetimes/ 12:00 PM EST Fire Side Chat with Mike Bingle, Vice Chairman of Silver Lake Group Duke University Initiative for Science & Society https://scienceandsociety.duke.edu/engage/events/upcoming-events/ 12:00 PM EST Book Launch: Weaponizing Water by Marcus King Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service https://www.georgetown.edu/event/book-launch-weaponizing-water-by-marcus-king/ 12:00 PM EST New America & WORLD Policy Analysis Center Event | Equality Within Our Lifetimes The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health https://ph.ucla.edu/news-events/events/new-america-world-policy-analysis-center-event-equality-within-our-lifetimes 12:00 PM EST Hill Briefing: Regulatory Reform Agenda for the 118th Congress Competitive Enterprise Institute https://cei.org/event/hill-briefing-regulatory-reform-agenda-for-the-118th-congress/ 12:00 PM EST Daily Press Briefing by the Spokesperson of the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly United Nations https://media.un.org/index.php/en/asset/k1p/k1pjuu8y87 12:00 PM EST Visiting Scholar Talk - Networks as a language for interdependence: investigating complicated systems in public health, by Keletso Makofane, PhD. Boston University School of Public Health https://www.bu.edu/sph/calendar/?eid=279586 12:00 PM EST Graduate Nutrition Seminar – Introducing the Global Fortification Data Exchange (GFDx): An Interactive Platform to Support Data-Driven Decision on Food Fortification Policies and Programs Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health https://publichealth.jhu.edu/events/2023/graduate-nutrition-seminar-introducing-the-global-fortification-data-exchange-gfdx-an-interactive-platform-to-support-data-driven-decision-on-food 12:00 PM EST U.S. House of Representatives The House will begin work on legislation requiring the Biden Admin. to publish the inflationary impact of any future executive orders and repealing Labor Dept. rule allowing retirement plan managers to consider certain factors in their investments. https://www.c-span.org/video/?526329-1/us-house-representatives 12:00 PM EST Crop Progress - State Stories: This report is released on or near the first Tuesday of the month in December, January, February, and March. National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture https://usda.library.cornell.edu/concern/publications/fq977t77k 12:00 PM EST VBA Stand-Up PACT Act In-Person Hiring Fair Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/53372/ 12:00 PM EST Dissecting the Assembly of the Nuclear Pore Complex National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/41979 12:00 PM EST 2023 Research Infrastructure Project Management Webinar Series National Science Foundation (NSF) https://beta.nsf.gov/events/2023-research-infrastructure-project-management/2023-02-28 12:00 PM EST Become a Patent Examiner United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) https://www.uspto.gov/jobs/become-patent-examiner-2 12:00 PM EST Business Meeting to Consider the Committee's Oversight Plan for the 118th Congress House Homeland Security Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115393 https://homeland.house.gov/ 12:00 PM EST 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 12:30 PM EST Building Participatory Landscapes for Policy and Research: Working Alongside Young People in the Field Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service https://www.georgetown.edu/event/building-participatory-landscapes-for-policy-and-research-working-alongside-young-people-in-the-field/ 12:40 PM EST The President departs the White House en route to Joint Base Andrews Official Schedule https://factba.se/biden/calendar/ 1:00 PM EST Two Years of Justice40: How the Initiative Is Delivering Solutions to the Climate Crisis World Resources Institute (WRI) https://www.wri.org/events/2023/2/two-years-justice40-how-initiative-delivering-solutions-climate-crisis 1:00 PM EST Reckoning with Legacy of Slavery at Harvard in Search of our Personal Truths while Leading (For Faculty & Staff) Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/event/reckoning-with-legacy-of-slavery-at-harvard-in-search-of-our-personal-truths-while-leading-for-faculty-staff/ 1:00 PM EST USMCA: Building More Integrated, Resilient, and Secure North American Supply Chains Brookings Institution https://www.brookings.edu/events/usmca-building-more-integrated-resilient-and-secure-north-american-supply-chains/ 1:00 PM EST The President departs Joint Base Andrews en route to Virginia Beach, Virginia Official Schedule https://factba.se/biden/calendar/ 1:00 PM EST Data Wrangling in R: Part 2 National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42232 1:00 PM EST The Permanent Resident: Excavations and Explorations of George Washington's Life National Archives https://www.archives.gov/calendar/event/the-permanent-resident-excavations-and-explorations-of-george-washington-s-life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGjlBVx5FY4 1:00 PM EST Fifteenth Meeting of Informal Working Group 2 (IWG–2), Terrestrial Services, 2023 World Radiocommunication Conference Advisory Committee (WRC–23 Advisory Committee) (WAC23) Federal Communications Commission (FCC) http://www.fcc.gov/wrc-23 https://www.fcc.gov/news-events/events/2023/02/fifteenth-meeting-iwg-2-terrestrial-services-wac23 1:00 PM EST 2023 Money Smart Town Hall – Black History Month Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) https://www.fdic.gov/resources/consumers/money-smart/training-and-events/2023-02-28-black-history-month.html 1:00 PM EST American Legion National Capital Region Hiring Fair Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/52525/ 1:00 PM EST Hearings to examine North Macedonia's leadership of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe OSCE in a time of war. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission) https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/joint-event/333708 https://www.csce.gov/international-impact/press-and-media/press-releases/hearing-north-macedonia-s-leadership-osce-time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNgAOyC9f5g Date and Time: Immediately Following the Tuesday Caucus Lunches Business meeting to consider nominations: Ambassadors, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Inter-American Development Bank Senate Foreign Relations Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/333704 https://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/business-meeting-02-28-2023 1:00 PM EST Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Markup House Energy and Commerce Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115387 https://energycommerce.house.gov/events/an-environment-manufacturing-and-critical-materials-subcommittee-markup-of-seven-bills https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icHksOtg0rg 1:15 PM EST Principal Deputy Press Secretary Olivia Dalton will gaggle aboard Air Force One en route Virginia Beach, Virginia Press Briefing https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/ 1:30 PM EST Pritzker Fellow Adrian Perkins on "Municipal to National Cybersecurity Threats" University of Chicago Institute of Politics https://iop.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/iop/event.jsp?event=5761 1:45 PM EST The President arrives in Virginia Beach, Virginia Official Schedule https://factba.se/biden/calendar/ 2:00 PM EST Political Rhetoric and American Indian Political Resistance in Jacksonian America The George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs https://calendar.gwu.edu/political-rhetoric-and-american-indian-political-resistance-jacksonian-america 2:00 PM EST The Automation of Jobs: Impacts on Workers and Inequality Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago https://www.chicagofed.org/events/2023/automation-of-jobs 2:00 PM EST Prison Research Meets Practice: A Conversation on Restrictive Housing Urban Institute https://www.urban.org/events/prison-research-meets-practice-conversation-restrictive-housing 2:00 PM EST Roundtable Discussion with Rear Admiral Axel Ristau, Defense Attache of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United States Business Council for International Understanding https://bciu.org/ https://bciu.zohobackstage.com/DEFENSERoundtableDiscussionwithRearAdmiralAxelRistauDefenseAttacheoftheFederalRepublicofGermanytothe 2:00 PM EST The Intersection of Mental Health, Addiction, & Public Health with Dr. Kevin Simon. Boston University School of Public Health https://www.bu.edu/sph/calendar/?eid=278101 2:00 PM EST Webinar Series: FTA Low-No and Bus Competitive Grant Programs FY23 Notice of Funding Federal Transit Administration, Department of Transportation https://www.transit.dot.gov/about/events/webinar-series-fta-low-no-and-bus-competitive-grant-programs-fy23-notice-funding-0 2:00 PM EST FDIC Hosts Webinar on Asset Building in North and South Dakota Native American Communities Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) https://www.fdic.gov/resources/consumers/events/2023-02-28-asset-building.html 2:00 PM EST Attend DOCX Filing Training United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/events/attend-docx-filing-training-132 2:00 PM EST FDIC Hosts Fostering Savings Behaviors in Delaware Youth Webinar Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) https://www.fdic.gov/resources/consumers/events/2023-02-28-savings-behaviors.html 2:00 PM EST Live Chat with HUD's OSDBU Webinar Series: Marketing to Government Agencies Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) https://www.eventbrite.com/e/live-chat-with-huds-osdbu-webinar-marketing-to-government-agencies-tickets-504698646237 2:00 PM EST Trademark Basics Boot Camp, Module 8: Question-And-Answer Panel United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/events/trademark-basics-boot-camp-module-8-question-and-answer-panel-8 2:00 PM EST Getting to Know SBA Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/53614/ 2:00 PM EST MLP Hearing: COVID-19'S Impact on DOD and Its Servicemembers House Armed Services Committee https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/Date/2023-02-28/ https://armedservices.house.gov/hearings/covid-19s-impact-dod-and-its-servicemembers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWr0zD9OT-0 http://defense.gov/live 2:00 PM EST Building an Accountable VA: Applying Lessons Learned to Drive Future Success - Full Committee Oversight Hearing House Veterans' Affairs Committee ^ Panel one Dr. Shereef Elnahal Under Secretary for Health, Department of Veterans Affairs ^ Mr. Michael Frueh Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Benefits, Department of Veterans Affairs ^ Mr. Michael Missal Inspector General, Department of Veterans Affairs ^ Mr. Matthew Quinn Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs, Department of Veterans Affairs ^ Panel two Mr. Gene Dodaro Comptroller General of the United States, Government Accountability Office ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115352 https://veterans.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=6110 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMPKFAMoO_U 2:00 PM EST Ukraine Oversight House Appropriations Committee ^ Witnesses Lieutenant General Douglas Sims Director of Operations (J-3), Joint Staff ^ The Honorable Celeste Wallander Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Department of Defense ^ https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/Date/2023-02-28/ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115360 https://appropriations.house.gov/legislation/hearings/ukraine-oversight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4kh0EXm4lY http://defense.gov/live https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/31265 2:00 PM EST Legislative Hearing on H.R. _____, "Building United States Infrastructure through Limited Delays and Efficient Reviews Act of 2023" | Full Committee House Natural Resources Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115377 https://naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=412811 https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115377/documents/BILLS-118pih-BUILDERAct2023.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXVv4IeafBQ 2:00 PM EST House Committee on Veterans' Affairs consideration of the authorization and oversight plan for the 118th Congress House Veterans' Affairs Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115353 https://veterans.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=6110 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMPKFAMoO_U 2:00 PM EST Roundtable on Preparing For the Future By Learning From the Past: Examining COVID Policy Decisions House Oversight and Accountability Committee ^ Witnesses and testimonies: Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Medicine Stanford University ^ Dr. Martin Kulldorff, Ph.D. Professor of Medicine (on leave) Harvard University ^ Dr. Marty Makary, M.D., M.P.H. Chief, Islet Transplant Surgery & Professor of Surgery Johns Hopkins University ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115367 https://oversight.house.gov/roundtable/preparing-for-the-future-by-learning-from-the-past-examining-covid-policy-decisions/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFMsaRJDeyA 2:00 PM EST Full Committee Markup 11 Bills House Foreign Affairs Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115363 https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/markup/h-r-1093-h-r-1159-h-r-1189-h-r-1157-h-r-1107-h-r-1154-h-res-90-h-r-1151-h-r-406-h-r-1149-h-r-1153/ 2:30 PM EST Book Talk| Female Religious Authority in Shi'i Islam Georgetown University Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding and Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service https://acmcu.georgetown.edu/ https://www.georgetown.edu/event/book-talk-female-religious-authority-in-shii-islam/ 2:30 PM EST Closed business meeting to consider pending intelligence matters; to be immediately followed by a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters. Senate Intelligence (Select) Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/333581 https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/hearings 2:30 PM EST RDY Hearing: Energy, Installations, and Environment Program Update House Armed Services Committee https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/Date/2023-02-28/ https://armedservices.house.gov/hearings/rdy-hearing-energy-installations-and-environment-program-update https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1VDn0bvY2U http://defense.gov/live 3:00 PM EST Assessing Exposure and the Health Effects of Unconventional Oil and Gas Development Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/event/assessing-exposure-and-the-health-effects-of-unconventional-oil-and-gas-development/ 3:00 PM EST Cross-Partisan Interaction in Online Discussion Groups - Talia Stroud | Winter Seminar Series Stanford Cyber Policy Center is a joint initiative of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Stanford Law School https://fsi.stanford.edu/events/cross-partisan-interaction-online-discussion-groups https://cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/events/tongtong-zhang-winter-seminar-series 3:00 PM EST Beijing's Global Media Offensive: A Discussion with Joshua Kurlantzick World Affairs Council https://www.world-affairs.org/event/book-talk-with-joshua-kurlantzick-beijings-global-media-offensive-chinas-uneven-campaign-to-influence-asia-and-the-world/ 3:00 PM EST How Microbes Enable the Elimination of 'Forever' Contaminants? Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health https://publichealth.jhu.edu/events/2023/how-microbes-enable-the-elimination-of-forever-contaminants 3:00 PM EST Infrastructure Development and Democratic Participation Stanford Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law is housed in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies https://fsi.stanford.edu/events/infrastructure-development-and-democratic-participation https://cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu/events/infrastructure-development-and-democratic-participation 3:00 PM EST How Do Government Deficits and Debt Drive Inflation? American Enterprise Institute https://www.aei.org/events/how-do-government-deficits-and-debt-drive-inflation/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD-5fO6dzfc 3:00 PM EST 2nd Meeting - 54th Statistical Commission United Nations https://media.un.org/index.php/en/asset/k1r/k1ri027av5 3:00 PM EST Innovations in Survivorship Models of Care National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/ocs/about/events https://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/ocs/about/events/innovations-survivorship-models-of-care https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/41974 3:00 PM EST Together in Innovation: Agricultural Advances United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/events/together-innovation-agricultural-advances 3:00 PM EST Vets to Manufacturing Virtual Hiring Fair Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/53506/ 3:00 PM EST The President discusses his plan to protect Americans’ access to affordable health care, and highlights how Congressional Republicans would raise health care costs – including for seniors, and cause millions of people to lose their coverage Virginia Beach, VA https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/ https://www.c-span.org/video/?526339-1/president-biden-remarks-protecting-affordable-health-care-access 3:00 PM EST Press Conference: Chairman Tester Leads Bipartisan Press Conference on Major Richard Star Act Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee https://www.veterans.senate.gov/2023/2/press-conference-chairman-tester-press-conference-on-major-richard-star-act 3:00 PM EST Poultry Slaughter Annual Summary - This monthly and annual release contains state and U.S. totals of the number of heads and live weight of chickens, turkeys, ducks, and other poultry slaughtered under federal inspection. National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture https://usda.library.cornell.edu/concern/publications/pg15bd88s 3:00 PM EST Egg Products - This monthly report presents statistics on number and rates of shell eggs broken, based on federal inspection. National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture https://usda.library.cornell.edu/concern/publications/hx11xf25t 3:00 PM EST Cold Storage Annual Summary - This file contains the annual regional and national totals for end-of-month holdings of meat, dairy products, poultry products, fruits, nuts and vegetables in public, private, and semi-private refrigerated warehouses. National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture https://usda.library.cornell.edu/concern/publications/sb397824g 3:00 PM EST Agricultural Prices - This file contains prices received by farmers for principal crops, livestock and livestock products; indexes of prices received by farmers; feed price ratios; indexes of prices paid by farmers; and parity prices. National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture https://usda.library.cornell.edu/concern/publications/c821gj76b 3:30 PM EST Duke Communicators Discussion With President Price Duke University Initiative for Science & Society https://scienceandsociety.duke.edu/engage/events/upcoming-events/ 3:30 PM EST Judicial Innovation Fellowship: Info Session for Potential Applicants Georgetown University Law Center https://www.law.georgetown.edu/event/judicial-innovation-fellowship-info-Session-for-potential-applicants-2/ 3:45 PM EST U.S. Army Medical Readiness Command, West - Change of Responsibility https://www.army.mil/MRCWest https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/31272 4:00 PM EST 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 EST Strategies of Counterproliferation | Rachel Whitlark Stanford Center for International Security and Cooperation is a center of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies https://fsi.stanford.edu/events/strategies-counterproliferation-rachel-whitlark https://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/events/strategies-counterproliferation-rachel-whitlark 4:00 PM EST Careers in UN Organizations: A Panel Discussion Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health https://publichealth.jhu.edu/events/2023/careers-in-un-organizations-a-panel-discussion 4:00 PM EST Book Talk - The Propagandists' Playbook: How Conservative Elites Manipulate Search and Threaten Democracy by Dr. Francesca Tripodi The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University https://cyber.harvard.edu/events/propagandists-playbook-february-28 https://rebootingsocialmedia.org/events/book-talk-the-propagandists-playbook-how-search-engines-are-manipulated-for-political-gain/ 4:00 PM EST Retinal Disease Interest Group RDIG Seminar Series: the Molecular Genetics of a Syndromic Retinopathy: Bardet Biedl Syndrome National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://www.nei.nih.gov/RDIG https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/40827 4:00 PM EST 2023 Demystifying Medicine Lecture Series: The Human Genome at 20 National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://demystifyingmedicine.od.nih.gov/ https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=48823 4:25 PM EST The President departs Virginia Beach, Virginia en route to Joint Base Andrews Official Schedule https://factba.se/biden/calendar/ 4:30 PM EST China's Contributions to the United Nations - a Conversation With Courtney Fung Columbia-Harvard China and the World Program (CWP) https://cwp.sipa.columbia.edu/events/chinas-contributions-united-nations-conversation-courtney-fung 4:30 PM EST Student Senate and Planned Parenthood Presents: Cupcakes and Condoms. Boston University School of Public Health https://www.bu.edu/sph/calendar/?eid=279443 4:30 PM EST Virtual Book Launch | Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Center for a New American Security https://www.cnas.org/events/virtual-book-launch-four-battlegrounds-power-in-the-age-of-artificial-intelligence 4:30 PM EST Defense Leader Speaks at Georgetown Conference Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks delivers the keynote address at the All-Volunteer Force at 50: Civil-Military Challenges and Opportunities conference hosted by the Center of Security Studies and the America in the World Consortium. https://css.georgetown.edu/avf50/ http://defense.gov/live https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/31253 5:00 PM EST Reimagining Public Health for NYC: A Discussion on the Racial Wealth Gap and Health Equity Federal Reserve Bank of New York, in partnership with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene https://www.newyorkfed.org/newsevents/events/regional_outreach/2023/0228-2023 5:15 PM EST The President arrives at Joint Base Andrews Official Schedule https://factba.se/biden/calendar/ 5:30 PM EST Linguistics of War: Meme Culture, Propaganda, and Media in Russia's Invasion of Ukraine - Ksenia Turkova Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies https://sais.jhu.edu/campus-events?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D823960230 5:35 PM EST The President arrives at the White House Official Schedule https://factba.se/biden/calendar/ 6:00 PM EST CFLO x Paul Weiss: Funds Panel Discussion Georgetown University Law Center https://www.law.georgetown.edu/event/cflo-x-paul-weiss-funds-panel-discussion/ 6:00 PM EST U.S. - Latin American Relations with Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Brian A. 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McMaster, former national security adviser during the Trump administration, testifies on national security and Chinese threats to America at the first hearing held by the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party. https://www.c-span.org/video/?526319-1/select-committee-china-holds-hearing-national-security 9:00 PM EST The Bill of Rights and Guarantees of Liberty - "Amendment Mania: Expansion of Rights (And One Repeal!)" Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/news/becoming-america-how-we-gained-and-secured-freedom-and-self-government https://www.youtube.com/RichardNixonLibrary 10:30 PM EST Second Performance: Music and Justice Concert Featuring Dave Brubeck's "The Gates of Justice" Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, The Milken Archive of Jewish Music, the UCLA Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), and the UCLA Alan D. 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