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Daily Digest Committee Meetings/Hearings Schedule

This document provides a brief description of each committee meeting and hearing scheduled to take place today, and on days thereafter. The time and location of each meeting/hearing is identified. Meetings that have been canceled or postponed are also noted.

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Wednesday, Dec. 05, 2012

9:00 am
    Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs
         Hearings to examine assessing developments in Mali, focusing on restoring democracy and reclaiming the north.
SD-419        
    
10:00 am
    Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Homeland Security
         Hearings to examine Hurricane Sandy, focusing on response and recovery and progress and challenges.
SD-192        
    

Thursday, Dec. 06, 2012

9:30 am
    Joint Economic Committee
         Hearings to examine the fiscal cliff, focusing on how to protect the middle class, sustain long-term economic growth, and reduce the Federal deficit.
SH-216        
    
10:00 am
    Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         An oversight hearing to examine the Federal Housing Administration, focusing on Housing and Urban Development's response to fiscal challenges.
SD-538        
    
10:00 am
    Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider S.1223, to address voluntary location tracking of electronic communications devices, and the nominations of Katherine Polk Failla, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, Troy L. Nunley, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of California, Sheri Polster Chappell, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, Pamela Ki Mai Chen, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, Mark A. Barnett, to be a Judge of the United States Court of International Trade, and Louise W. Kelton, to be United States Marshal for the Middle District of Tennessee, and Patrick J. Wilkerson, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, both of the Department of Justice.
SD-226        
    
10:30 am
    Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security
         Hearings to examine superstorm Sandy, focusing on the devastating impact on the nation's largest transportation systems.
SR-253        
    

Monday, Dec. 10, 2012

2:00 pm
    Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
         Hearings to examine the state-sanctioned marginalization of Christians in Western Europe, focusing on the origins, methods, and implications of such a movement and its relation to religious freedom rights as they are protected in major international human rights agreements.
TBA        
    

Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012

10:30 am
    Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         Hearings to examine streamlining and strengthening Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) rental housing assistance programs, part II.
SD-538        
    
2:30 pm
    Intelligence
         Closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters.
SH-219        
    

Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012

10:00 am
    Finance: Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure
         Hearings to examine tax reform and Federal energy policy, focusing on incentives to promoted energy efficiency.
SD-215        
    
10:00 am
    Judiciary
         Hearings to examine certain nominations.
SD-226        
    
10:00 am
    Veterans' Affairs
         Hearings to examine the nomination of Keith Kelly, of Montana, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training.
SR-418        
    
2:00 pm
    Judiciary: Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights
         Hearings to examine ending the school-to-prison pipeline.
SD-226        
    

Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012

2:30 pm
    Intelligence
         A closed business meeting to consider certain intelligence matters.
SH-219        
    
 
  

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