Daybook-Wednesday-Congress-Senate
Columbia Basin Herald | UPDATED 6 years, 8 months AGO
Associated Press Daybook-Wednesday-Congress-Senate for Wednesday, Jan. 15.
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Wednesday, Jan. 15 9:30 AM Senate Foreign Relations Committee Business Meeting - Business Meeting, with agenda including 'H.R. 5430, United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act' and the nominations of Todd Chapman to be U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, John Hennessey-Niland to be U.S. Ambassador to Palau, Dorothy Shea to be U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon, and Dr Donald Wright to be U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania
Location: S-116, U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC
Weblinks: http://foreign.senate.gov/
Contacts: Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, 1 202 224 4651
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Wednesday, Jan. 15 10:00 AM Senate Public Works Committee hearing on one year of the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act - Hearing on 'One Year of Progress: An Update on Implementation of the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act', with testimony from Nuclear Regulatory Commission Executive Director of Operations Margaret Doane, and Deputy CFO Ben Ficks Jr.
Location: Rm 406, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC
Weblinks: http://epw.senate.gov/public/
Contacts: Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, 1 202 224 8832
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Wednesday, Jan. 15 10:00 AM Executive Session, to consider 'H. R. 5430, United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act'
Location: Rm 430, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC
Weblinks: http://help.senate.gov/
Contacts: Senate HELP Committee, 1 202 224 5375
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Wednesday, Jan. 15 10:00 AM Senate Commerce Committee Executive Session, hearing on industries of the future - Executive Session, to consider 'HR. 5430, United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act' * Immediately followed by hearing on 'Industries of the Future', with testimony from National Institute of Standards and Technology Director Walter Copan; National Science Foundation Director France Cordova; U.S. CTO Michael Kratsios; and Federal Communications Commission Commissioners Michael O'Rielly and Jessica Rosenworcel
Location: Rm 216, Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC
Weblinks: http://commerce.senate.gov, https://twitter.com/SenateCommerce
Contacts: Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation press, 1 202 224 4546
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Wednesday, Jan. 15 10:00 AM POSTPONED: Senate Foreign Relations Committee top secret briefing on U.S.-Iran policy - POSTPONED: Closed / Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information briefing on 'U.S.-Iran Policy and Authorities For the Use of Force', given by U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook; Assistant Secretary of State David Schenker; and State Department Acting Legal Advisor Marik String
Location: SVC-217, U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, Washington, DC
Weblinks: http://foreign.senate.gov/
Contacts: Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, 1 202 224 4651
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Wednesday, Jan. 15 10:00 AM Senate convenes and begins period of morning business
Location: U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC
Weblinks: http://www.senate.gov/
Contacts: Senate Press Gallery, [email protected], 1 202 224 0241, https://twitter.com/SenatePress
Following leader remarks, the Senate begins morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. Votes are possible
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Wednesday, Jan. 15 10:00 AM Schedule for transmission of articles of impeachment from House of Representatives to Senate - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces impeachment managers, via press conference, HVC Studio A (10:00 AM EST). Later, the House of Representatives holds vote on 'A resolution appointing and authorizing managers for the impeachment trial of Donald John Trump, President of the United States' (expected between 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM EST). Rep. Pelosi later signs the articles of impeachment in an engrossment ceremony, H-207 (approximately 5:00 PM EST). Soon afterwards, the articles are directed to House Clerk Cheryl Johnson, who signs them before preparing them for delivery to the Senate. She then carries them to the Senate packaged in two folders, accompanied by House Sergeant at Arms Paul Irving
Location: U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC
Weblinks: http://www.speaker.gov, https://twitter.com/SpeakerPelosi
Contacts: House Speaker press, 1 202 226 7616
Unilateral coverage ONLY for news conference and engrossment ceremony. Johnson and Irving depart the House side from the hallway just outside the House Democratic Cloakroom/Rayburn Room and proceed to the Senate on the second floor, walking through the Will Rogers area (approximately 5:15 PM EST, POOL coverage fed on CAP DA 9), Statuary Hall (approximately 5:16 PM EST, POOL coverage fed on CAP DAs 10 and 11), and the Rotunda (approximately 5:17 PM EST, POOL coverage fed on CAP DA 12. Unilateral coverage also allowed. Cameras must be preset by 4:15pm). Editorial press may view the procession from the Statuary Hall balcony. Media will not be permitted to follow the procession as it moves to the Senate side
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Wednesday, Jan. 15 3:00 PM Former New Orleans Saint and ALS advocate Steve Gleason honored with Congressional Gold Medal - Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony honoring amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) advocate and former New Orleans Saints safety Steve Gleason, with participants including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, and Minority Whip Steve Scalise, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, and Assistant Minority Leader Patty Murray, Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy, Democratic Rep. Cedric Richmond, and Saints quarterback Drew Brees * Medal is the highest honor Congress can bestow on a civilian. Gleason is the first-ever NFL player to receive it, and one of fewer than 200 people overall * The Team Gleason charitable organization has provided almost $10 million in services to over 15,000 people living with ALS
Location: Statuary Hall, U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC
Weblinks: http://www.speaker.gov, https://twitter.com/SpeakerPelosi
Contacts: House Speaker press, 1 202 226 7616
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Thursday, Jan. 16 9:30 AM Senate Armed Services Committee nominations hearing - Nominations hearing considers James McPherson to be Under Secretary of the Army; and Charles Williams to be Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations, and Environment
Location: Rm G50, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC
Weblinks: http://armed-services.senate.gov/
Contacts: Senate Armed Services Committee, 1 202 224 3871
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Thursday, Jan. 16 10:00 AM Senate Judiciary Committee Executive Business Meeting - Executive Business Meeting, with agenda including nominations of Andrew Lynn Brasher to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit; John Hinderaker and Scott Rash to be U.S. District Judges for the District of Arizona; Joshua Kindred to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Alaska; Matthew Schelp to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri; Fernando Aenlle-Rocha, Stanley Blumenfeld, and Mark Scarsi to be U.S. District Judges for the Central District of California; Stephen Vaden to be a U.S. Court of International Trade Judge; and Grace Karaffa Obermann and Stephen Sidney Schwartz to be U.S. Court of Federal Claims Judges
Location: Rm 226, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC
Weblinks: http://judiciary.senate.gov/, https://twitter.com/senjudiciary
Contacts: Senate Judiciary Committee press, 1 202 224 7703
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Thursday, Jan. 16 1:00 PM Senate impeachment trial of President Trump formally begins - Impeachment trial of President Donald Trump in the Senate formally begins, following yesterday's passage of a resolution through the House of Representatives appointing and authorizing managers for the trial. After the formal start, a number of logistical elements need to be dealt with (including swearing-in of the chief justice, passage of a rules package, and submission of trial briefs) before it begins in earnest * The House passed two articles of impeachment last month, charging President Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, following an inquiry into 'the extent to which he jeopardized national security by pressing Ukraine to interfere with the 2020 election and by withholding security assistance provided by Congress to help Ukraine counter Russian aggression, as well as any efforts to cover up these matters'
Location: U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC
Weblinks: http://www.senate.gov/
Contacts: Senate, 1 202 224 3121
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Thursday, Jan. 16 Senate due to vote on USMCA Implementation Act - Senate due to vote on 'H. R. 5430, United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act' - legislation to implement the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which was signed by all three countries at the end of 2018 with a revised version agreed to last month. The House of Representatives passed it 19 Dec, although, as well as the Senate, it also needs ratification in Mexico and Canada before it can take effect
Location: U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC
Weblinks: http://www.senate.gov/
Contacts: Senate Press Gallery, [email protected], 1 202 224 0241, https://twitter.com/SenatePress