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EVENTS ON THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2003
EVENT: HOUSE in session.
DATE: April 10, 2003
CONTACT: Republican Cloakroom, 202-225-7430 or Democratic Cloakroom, 202-225-7400.
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE APPROPRATIONS COMMITTEE COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE SUBCOMMITTEE holds hearings with Members of Congress.
DATE: April 10, 2003
LOCATION: H-309 U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-2171
TIME: 10:15 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE APPROPRATIONS COMMITTEE LABOR, HHS, EDUCATION Subcommittee holds hearings with Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao.
DATE: April 10, 2003
LOCATION: 2328 Rayburn House Office Building
CONTACT: 202-225-2171
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE APPROPRATIONS COMMITTEE TRANSPO/TREASURY Subcommittee holds hearings on Passenger Rail panel.
DATE: April 10, 2003
LOCATION: 2358 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-2171
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE APPROPRATIONS COMMITTEE VA, HUD & INDEP. AGENCIES Subcommittee holds hearings on the National Science Foundation.
DATE: April 10, 2003
LOCATION: H-143 U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-2171
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE Capital Markets Subcommittee holds hearings entitled "The Effectiveness of State Regulation: Why Some Consumers Can't Get Insurance.
DATE: April 10, 2003
LOCATION: 2128 Rayburn Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-7391
TIME: 11:30 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE GOVERNMENT REFORM COMMITTEE holds hearings on "Are We Ready for Prime Time? Assessing the State of Emergency Readiness in the Nation's Capital."
WHO: Witnesses:
Mark Warner, Governor, Commonwealth of Virginia
Anthony Williams, Mayor, District of Columbia
Major General Bruce Tuxill, Adjutant General accompanied by Col. Edward T. Norris, Secretary of State Police, State of Maryland
Michael Byrne, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Capital Area Administrator
Panel Two Witnesses:
Van Harp, Director of the Washington Field Office, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Department of Justice
Teresa Chambers, Chief, U.S. Park Police
Charles Ramsey, Chief, Metropolitan Police Department
Panel Three Witnesses:
Richard White, General Manager, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
David Robertson, Interim Executive Director, accompanied by Mary K. Hill, Chair of Board of Directors, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
Bob Peck, President, Greater Washington Board of Trade
DATE: April 10, 2003
LOCATION: 2154 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington DC
CONTACT: 202-225-5074
TIME: 1:30 p.m.
EVENT: HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE Subcommittee on Europe holds hearings on The Balkans: Assessing the Progress and Looking to the Future.
DATE: April 10, 2003
LOCATION: 2172 Rayburn Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-5021
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims
Holds hearings on "Department of Homeland Security Transition: Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement."
DATE: April 10, 2003
LOCATION: 2237 Rayburn Office Building Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-3926
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE RESOURCES COMMITTEE Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans holds hearings on H.R. 1497, a bill to reauthorize Title I of the Sikes Act.
DATE: April 10, 2003
LOCATION: 1324 Longworth Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-2761
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE RESOURCES COMMITTEE Subcommittee on Water and Power holds hearings on CALFED's Cross-cut Budget.
DATE: April 10, 2003
LOCATION: 1334 Longworth Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-2761
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE SCIENCE COMMITTEE Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards holds hearings on Transportation Research and Development: Investing in the Future.
DATE: April 10, 2003
LOCATION: 2318 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-7285
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Benefits Subcommittee holds hearings on:
H.R. 241, the Veterans Beneficiary Fairness Act of 2003
H.R. 533, the Agent Orange Veterans' Disabled Children's Benefits Act of 2003
H.R. 761, the Disabled Service members Adapted Housing Assistance Act of 2003
H.R. 850, the Former Prisoners of War Special Compensation Act of 2003
H.R. 966, the Disabled Veterans Return-to-Work Act of 2003
H.R. 1048, the Disabled Veterans Adaptive Benefits Improvement Act of 2003
DATE: April 10, 2003
LOCATION: 334 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-3527
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee
holds hearings on VA's progress in the development of the medical education program mandated by Section 3 of the Department of Veterans Affairs Emergency Preparedness Act of 2002
DATE: April 10, 2003
LOCATION: 340 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-3527
TIME: 1 p.m.
EVENT: HOUSE VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Health Subcommittee holds hearings on medical and prosthetic research programs in the Department of Veterans Affairs.
DATE: April 10, 2003
LOCATION: 334 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-3527
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE Subcommittee on Human Resources holds hearings on Unemployment Benefits and "Returns to Work."
DATE: April 10, 2003
LOCATION B-318 Rayburn Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-3625
