Category: Week at a Glance

It’s a short week due to the Martin Luther King holiday, but a full one nonetheless. President Obama delivers his annual State of the Union address Tuesday evening and House and Senate committees get moving on issues that are sure to be significant in the 114th Congress. We’ll be paying attention to the following hearings and events this week.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 20

Annual State of the Union Address
6 p.m., House Chamber
View online at www.C-SPAN.org

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21

House Science, Space & Technology
UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS ISSUES
2:30 p.m., 2318 Rayburn Bldg.
Full Committee Hearing

House Transportation & Infrastructure
FAA REGULATORY CERTIFICATION PROCESS
10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn Bldg.
Full Committee Hearing

Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation
INTERNET AUTHORITY ISSUES
2:30 p.m., 253 Russell Bldg.
Full Committee Hearing

Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions
NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND
10 a.m., 430 Dirksen Bldg.
Full Committee Hearing

THURSDAY, JANUARY 22

Senate Finance
JOBS AND ECONOMIC ISSUES
10 a.m., 215 Dirksen Bldg.
Full Committee Hearing

House Energy & Commerce
EPA COAL ASH RULE
10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn Bldg.
Subcommittee Hearing

The House begins consideration of a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security through the duration of FY15. You’ll recall DHS was not included in the FY15 CRomnibus so that the new Republican Congress could attempt to block President Obama’s executive order on immigration. However, the White House has promised to veto any attempt to do so. As a result, HR 240 is largely the same version that was negotiated at the end of the last Congress for inclusion in the omnibus. The deadline for passage is in late February, when the CR funding DHS ends.

The Senate resumes consideration of controversial legislation that would allow construction of the Keystone XL pipeline.

Several committees meet this week to organize and adopt committee rules for the 114^th Congress. As House and Senate Committees begin to dive into policy, we’ll keep you updated here on the blog when hearings on topics of interest to the University take place.

Following last week’s election and the October recess, Congress returns to work in the capitol this week.  Both the House and Senate will reconvene on Wednesday, November 12 at 2 p.m. Here are a few committee hearings we’re paying attention to this week.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12

Senate Appropriations Committee
EBOLA OUTBREAK GOVERNMENT RESPONSE
Nov. 12, 2 p.m., G-50 Dirksen Bldg.
Full Committee Hearing
 
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13
 
House Foreign Affairs Committee
EBOLA IN WEST AFRICA
Nov. 13, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn Bldg.
Full Committee Hearing
 
House Veterans’ Affairs Committee
VETERANS ACCESS, CHOICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT
Nov. 13, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon Bldg.
Full Committee Hearing