A View of the House Floor

This week, the House of Representatives will consider:

A View of the Senate Floor

This week, the Senate will consider:

Notes & Happenings

What every House Republican needs to know looking ahead:

A View of the Committees

Monday, February 6, 2012

Committee on Armed Services

Panel on Business Challenges within the Defense Industry Hearing @ 3 PM: “Doing Business with DOD: Contracting and Regulatory Issues”

Committee on Rules

Full Committee Hearing @ 5 PM: “H.R. 3521 – Expedited Legislative Line-Item Veto and Rescissions Act of 2011”

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Committee on Appropriations

Subcommittee on Legislative Branch Hearing @ 9:30 AM: “Budget Hearing – Library of Congress/ U.S. Government Accountability Office/ U.S. Government Printing Office/ Congressional Budget Office”

Committee on Education and the Workforce

Full Committee Hearing @ 10 AM:  “The NLRB Recess Appointments: Implications for America’s Workers and Employers”

Committee on Foreign Affairs

Full Committee Hearing @ 10 AM: “Export Controls, Arms Sales, and Reform: Balancing U.S. Interests, Part II”

Committee on Homeland Security

Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security Hearing @ 10 AM: “Balancing Maritime Security and Trade Facilitation: Protecting our Ports, Increasing Commerce and Securing the Supply Chain – Part 1”

Committee on Natural Resources

Subcommittee on Water and Power Hearing @ 10 AM: “Water for Our Future and Job Creation: Examining Regulatory and Bureaucratic Barriers to New Surface Storage Infrastructure”

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Subcommittee on Government Organization Hearing @ 10 AM: “Solutions Needed: Improper Payments Total $115 Billion in Federal Misspending”

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Subcommittee on Technology Hearing @ 10 AM: “Jobs for Wounded Warriors: Increasing Access to Contracts for Service Disabled Veterans”

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

Full Committee Markup @ 10 AM: “H.R. 3834 and H.R. 3199”

Committee on Ways and Means

Subcommittee on Health Hearing @ 10 AM: “Programs that Reward Physicians Who Deliver High Quality and Efficient Care”

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Full Committee Hearing @ 1:30 PM: “Full Committee Business Meeting”

Committee on the Judiciary

Full Committee Markup @ 1:45 PM: “H.R. 3541, the Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass Nondiscrimination Act of 2011”

Committee on Foreign Affairs

Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade Hearing @ 2 PM: “The U.S. – Philippines Alliance: Deepening the Security and Trade Partnership”

Committee on Homeland Security

Subcommittee on Transportation Security Hearing @ 2 PM: “Screening Partnership Program: Why is a Job-Creating, Public-Private Partnership Meeting Resistance at TSA?”

Committee on Natural Resources

Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs Hearing @ 2 PM: “Legislative Hearing on H.R. 3532”

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Committee on Ways and Means

Full Committee Hearing @ 9 AM: “Interaction of Tax and Financial Accounting on Tax Reform”

Committee on Energy and Commerce

Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Hearing @ 9:30 AM: “Cybersecurity: Threats to Communications Networks and Private-Sector Responses”

Committee on Appropriations

Subcommittee on Defense Hearing @ 10 AM: “Military Health Systems Governance – Army, Navy and Air Force Surgeons General”

Committee on Appropriations

Subcommittee on Legislative Branch Hearing @ 10 AM: “Budget Hearing – U.S. Capitol Police – Chief of Police”

Key Witness: U.S. Capitol Chief of Police Philip D. Morse

Committee on Energy and Commerce

Subcommittee on Energy and Power Hearing @ 10 AM: “The American Energy Initiative: What EPA’s Utility MACT Rule Will Cost U.S. Consumers”

Committee on Financial Services

Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Hearing @ 10 AM: “Legislative Proposals to Promote Accountability and Transparency at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau”

Committee on the Judiciary

Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Hearing @ 10 AM: “Combating Transnational Organized Crime: International Money Laundering as a Threat to our Financial Systems”

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Full Committee Hearing @ 10 AM: “The Right to Choose: Protecting Union Workers from Forced Political Contributions”

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

Full Committee Hearing @ 10 AM: “Assessing America’s Nuclear Future – A Review of the Blue Ribbon Commission’s Report to the Secretary of Energy”

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

Subcommittee on Aviation Hearing @ 11 AM: “A Review of the Issues Associated with Protecting and Improving Our Nation’s Aviation Satellite-Based Global Position System Infrastructure”

Committee on Small Business

Full Committee Hearing @ 1 PM: “Placing Federal Tax Dollars at Risk: How the Small Business Administration Mismanages the Modernization of its Information Technology”

Committee on Financial Services

Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Hearing @ 2 PM: “Limiting the Extraterritorial Impact of Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act”

Committee on Foreign Affairs

Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights Markup @ 2 PM: “H.R. 1410, to Promote Freedom and Democracy in Vietnam”

Committee on Foreign Affairs

Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Hearing @ 2:30 PM: “Baluchistan”   

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Committee on the Judiciary

Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement Hearing @ 9:30 AM: “Regional Perspectives on Agricultural Guestworker Programs”

Committee on Appropriations

Subcommittee on Legislative Branch Hearing @ 10 AM: “Budget Hearing – Architect of the Capitol”

Committee on Energy and Commerce

Subcommittee on Health Hearing @ 10 AM: “Review of the Proposed Generic Drug and Biosimilars User Fees and Further Examination of Drug Shortages”

Committee on Small Business

Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce Hearing @ 10 AM: “Construction Contracting: Barriers to Small Business Participation” 

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management Hearing @ 10 AM: “One Year Later: Still Sitting on Our Assets”

Committee on Veterans’ Affairs

Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Hearing @ 10 AM: “Reforming VA’s Flawed Fiduciary System” 

Committee on Foreign Affairs

Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia Hearing @ 1 PM: “Creating Jobs: Economic Opportunities in Europe and Eurasia”

Friday, February 10, 2012

No Committee Activity

RPC Policy Point of the Week: “Europe as a Major Risk to the U.S. Economic Outlook”

Courtesy of the American Enterprise Institute – click here to access.