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EVENTS ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2002
EVENT: HOUSE FLOOR in session.
AGENDA: For the latest information on the floor agenda please phone the contacts listed below.
DATE: February 28, 2002
CONTACT: Republican Cloakroom, 202-224-8601 or Democratic Cloakroom, 202-224-8541.
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE receives testimony on the fiscal year 2003 National Defense Authorization budget request.
WHO: Witness:
Thomas E. White, Secretary of the Army
Gen. Eric K. Shinseki, Chief of Staff, Department of the Army
DATE: February 28, 2002
LOCATION: 2118 Rayburn Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-2675
TIME: 1 p.m.
EVENT: HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE receives testimony on the Export Administration Act of 2001.
WHO: Witness:
J.D. Crouch, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy, Department of Defense
James J. Jochum, Asst. Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration, Department of Commerce
Department of State Witness To Be Determined
Gary Milhollin, Director, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control
Edmund Rice, President, Coalition for Employment Through Exports
Joseph Christoff, Director, International Affairs and Trade Team, U.S. General Accounting Office
DATE: February 28, 2002
LOCATION: 2118 Rayburn Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-2675
TIME: 10:30 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE BUDGET COMMITTEE holds hearings on Department Of Health And Human Services Budget Priorities Fiscal YEAR 2003.
WHO: Witnesses:
Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Tara O'Toole, M.D., M.P.H. Director,
Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies
Gail R. Wilensky, PhD Senior Fellow, Project HOPE
Dan L. Crippen Director, Congressional Budget Office
DATE: February 28, 2002
LOCATION: 210 Cannon Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-7270
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE COMMITTEE Subcommittee on Education Reform holds hearings on "The Reauthorization of the Office of Educational Research and Improvement".
WHO: Witnesses:
Dr. Grover "Russ" Whitehurst, Assistant Secretary, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education
Jim Horne, Secretary of Education, Florida Board of Education
Ann Bryant, Executive Director, National School Boards Association
Lisa Towne, Senior Program Officer, National Research Council
Dr. Douglas D. Christensen, Commissioner, Nebraska Department of Education
DATE: February 28, 2002
LOCATION: 2175 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington DC
CONTACT: 202-225-4527
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE ENERGY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE The Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection holds hearings entitled "Implementation of the TREAD Act: One Year Later."
DATE: February 28, 2002
LOCATION: 2322 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-2927
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE ENERGY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE The Subcommittee on Health has holds hearings on "The Uninsured and Affordable Health Care Coverage."
DATE: February 28, 2002
LOCATION: 334 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-2927
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE holds a meeting to consider a committee print entitled "Views and Estimates of the Committee on Financial Services on Matters to be Set Forth in the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for fiscal year 2003."
DATE: February 28, 2002
LOCATION: 2128 Rayburn Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-7391
TIME: 1 p.m.
EVENT: HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE holds hearings to receive the testimony of the Secretary of the Treasury on the International Monetary Fund.
DATE: February 28, 2002
LOCATION: 2128 Rayburn Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-7391
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE GOVERNMENT REFORM COMMITTEE holds hearings on "Quickening the Pace of Research in Protecting Against Anthrax and Other Biological Terrorist Agents - A Look at Toxin Interference."
WHO: Witnesses:
Dr. Robert Smith - Founder and Research Director of Enzyme Systems Products (ESP), Livermore, California;
Dr. Gary Thomas - Senior Scientist at Vollum Institute, Portland, Oregon;
Dr. John Collier - Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts;
Dr. John A.T. Young - Professor in cancer research at the McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin.
Dr. Rodney Balhorn - Research Director at Lawrence Livermore Laboratories (LLNL);
Dr. Stephen Leppla - Senior Investigator for the National Institutes of Dental and Cranial Facial Research of the National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland;
Dr. Arthur Friedlander - Senior Scientist at the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick, Maryland.
DATE: February 28, 2002
LOCATION: 2154 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington DC
CONTACT: 202-225-5074
TIME: 11a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE holds hearings to discuss The U.N. Criminal Tribunals for Yugoslavia and Rwanda: International Justice or Show of Justice?
DATE: February 28, 2002
LOCATION: 2172 Rayburn Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-5021
TIME: 2:30 p.m.
EVENT: HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE Subcommittee on Africa holds hearings on Zimbabwe: Are Free and Fair Elections Possible?
DATE: February 28, 2002
LOCATION: 2172 Rayburn Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-5021
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law holds hearings on the "Legal Services Corporation.
DATE: February 28, 2002
LOCATION: 2141 Rayburn Office Building Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-3951
TIME: 1 p.m.
EVENT: HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE Subcommittee on Constitution
Holds hearings on H.J. Res. 67, Providing for the Temporary Filling of House Vacancies.
DATE: February 28, 2002
LOCATION: 2237 Rayburn Office Building Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-3926
TIME: 3 p.m.
EVENT: HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims holds hearings on "The Implications of Transnational Terrorism for the Visa Waiver Program."
DATE: February 28, 2002
LOCATION: 2237 Rayburn Office Building Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-3926
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE SCIENCE COMMITTEE Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards holds hearings on The NOAA Sea Grant Program: Review and Reauthorization.
DATE: February 28, 2002
LOCATION: 2318 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-7285
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE Subcommittee on Highways and Transit holds hearings on Perspectives of Governors and Local Elected Officials on Reauthorization of TEA 21.
DATE: February 28, 2002
LOCATION: 2167 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-3014
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE Subcommittee on Health holds hearings on physician payments.
DATE: February 28, 2002
LOCATION 1100 Longworth Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-3625
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE Subcommittee on Social Security holds hearing on Social Security improvements for women, seniors and working Americans.
DATE: February 28, 2002
LOCATION B-318 Rayburn Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-3625
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE Subcommittee on Oversight holds hearings on IRS National Taxpayer Advocate Annual Report and IRS Oversight Board Annual Report.
DATE: February 28, 2002
LOCATION 1100 Longworth Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-3625
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