This Week in Congress - September 20, 2010
September 20, 2010
Date | Body | Committee Location |
Topic Title |
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9/22/2010 | House | Financial Services 10:00 a.m. 2128 Rayburn |
Implementation of Higher FHA Loan Fees and Pending Legislative Proposals to Strengthen the FHA MMIF Fund and Improve Lender Oversight |
9/22/2010 | House | Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health 10:00 a.m. 2322 Rayburn |
Hearing On Cutting Waste, Fraud, And Abuse In Medicare And Medicaid |
9/22/2010 | House | Financial Services 2:00 p.m. 2128 Rayburn |
The State of the International Financial System, Including International Regulatory Issues Relevant to the Implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act |
9/23/2010 | House | Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets 10:00 a.m. 2128 Rayburn |
Assessing the Limitations of the Securities Investor Protection Act |
9/22/2010 | House | Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions & Consumer Credit 2:00 p.m. 2128 Rayburn |
Legislative Hearing on H.R. 3149, the Equal Employment for All Act |
9/23/2010 | House | Financial Services 2:30 p.m. 2128 Rayburn |
Perspectives on the Livable Communities Act of 2010 |
9/24/2010 | House | Financial Services 10:00 a.m. 2128 Rayburn |
Executive Compensation Oversight after the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act |
9/21/2010 | Senate | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 10:00 a.m. 538 Dirksen |
Hearings to examine investigating infrastructure, focusing on creating jobs and growing the economy. The witnesses will be: The Honorable Roy Kienitz, Under Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Transportation; The Honorable Alan Krueger, Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy, U.S. Department of the Treasury; The Honorable Edward G. Rendell, Governor, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Mr. Robert Wolf, Chairman and CEO, UBS Americas; and Mr. Donald Shubert, President, Connecticut Construction Industries Association. |
9/22/2010 | Senate | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 10:00 a.m. 538 Dirksen |
An oversight hearing to examine the Securities and Exchange (SEC) Inspector General's Report on the Investigation of the SEC's Response to Concerns Regarding Robert Allen Stanford's Alleged Ponzi Scheme and Improving SEC Performance. The witness on Panel I will be: The Honorable H. David Kotz, Esq., Inspector General, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The witness on Panel II will be Mr. Robert Khuzami, Esq., Director, Division of Enforcement, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. |
9/22/2010 | Senate | Budget 10:00 a.m. 608 Dirksen |
Assessing the Federal Policy Response to the Economic Crisis |
9/22/2010 | Senate | Finance 10:00 a.m. 215 Dirksen |
Tax and Fiscal Policy: Effects on the Military and Veterans Community |
9/22/2010 | Senate | Judiciary 10:00 a.m. 226 Dirksen |
The Electronic Communications Privacy Act: Promoting Security and Protecting Privacy in the Digital Age |
9/22/2010 | Senate | Rules and Administration 10:00 a.m. 301 Russell |
Examining the Filibuster: Legislative Proposals to Change Senate Procedures The Committee will receive testimony on S. Res. 416, by Senator Harkin, amending the Standing Rules of the Senate to provide for cloture to be invoked with less than a three-fifths majority after additional debate; and S. Res. 619, by Senator Tom Udall, expressing the sense of the Senate that the Senate of each new Congress is not bound by the Rules of previous Senates. |
9/22/2010 | Senate | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 2:00 p.m. 538 Dirksen |
Hearings to examine reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program The witnesses for Panel I will be: The Honorable Roger Wicker, of Mississippi; and The Honorable Richard Durbin, of Illinois. The witness for Panel II will be: Ms. Orice Williams Brown, Director of the Office of Financial Markets and Community Investment, U.S. Government Accountability Office. The witness for Panel III will be: Ms. Sally McConkey, PE, CFM, D.WRE, Vice Chair, Association of State Floodplain Managers. |
9/22/2010 | Senate | Judiciary 2:00 p.m. 226 Dirksen |
Investigating and Prosecuting Financial Fraud after the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act The Honorable Lanny A. Breuer , Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC; Robert S. Khuzami, Director, Division of Enforcement, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, DC; Kevin L. Perkins, Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, DC |
9/22/2010 | Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance 2:30 p.m. 253 Russell |
Hearings to examine S. 3742, to protect consumers by requiring reasonable security policies and procedures to protect data containing personal information, and to provide for nationwide notice in the event of a security breach. |
9/23/2010 | Senate | Veterans' Affairs 9:30 a.m. 53 Dirksen |
Oversight Hearing: VA Disability Compensation: Presumptive Disability Decision-Making An oversight hearing to examine Veterans' Affairs disability compensation, focusing on presumptive disability decision-making. |
9/23/2010 | Senate | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 10:00 a.m. 538 Dirksen |
Federal Housing Administration, Focusing on Current Condition and Future Challenges The witnesses will be: The Honorable David H. Stevens, FHA Commissioner and Assistant Secretary for Housing, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; and Mr. Matthew Scire, Director, Financial Markets and Community Investment, Government Accountability Office. |
9/23/2010 | Senate | Finance 10:00 a.m. 215 Dirksen |
Tax Reform: Lessons from the Tax Reform Act of 1986 The Honorable Richard A. Gephardt, President and CEO, Gephardt Group, Washington, DC; The Honorable William R. Archer, Jr, Senior Policy Advisor, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Washington, DC; The Honorable John E, Chapoton, Strategic Advisor, Brown Advisory, Washington, DC; Randall D. Weiss, Ph.D, Managing Director, Economic Research, The Conference Board, New York, NY |
9/23/2010 | Senate | Judiciary 10:00 a.m. 215 Dirksen |
Business meeting to consider S. 3675, to amend chapter 11 of title 11, United States Code, to address reorganization of small businesses, S. 2888 |
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