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Congressional hearings this week

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TSUNAMI GENERATED MARINE DEBRIS

5/17 ? 10:30am, 253 Russell Senate Office Building. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard Subcommittee hearing on "Stemming the Tide: The U.S. Response to Tsunami Generated Marine Debris." Witnesses: Mr. David M. Kennedy, Assistant Administrator, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Rear Admiral Cari B. Thomas, Director of Response Policy, United States Coast Guard.

CHEN GUANGCHENG

5/15 ? 1:00pm, 2172 of the Rayburn House Office Building. House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights on ?Chen Guangcheng: His Case, Cause, Family, and Those Who are Helping Him.? Witnesses: Pastor Bob Fu, Founder and President, ChinaAid Association; Mr. Wei Jingsheng, Founder and Chairman, Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition; Ms. Reggie Littlejohn, Founder and President, Women?s Rights Without Frontiers; Ms. Chai Ling, Founder, All Girls Allowed, Ms. Mei Shunping,Victim of forced abortion.

ECONOMIC CHALLENGES IN SOUTH ASIA

5/16 ? 2:00pm, 2172 of the Rayburn House Office Building. House Foreign Affair Committee, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia hearing on ?Assessing U.S. Foreign Policy Priorities and Needs Amidst Economic Challenges in South Asia.? Witnesses: The Honorable Robert O. Blake, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs, U.S. Department of State; The Honorable Nisha Desai Biswal, Assistant Administrator for Asia, U.S. Agency for International Development; Mr. Daniel Feldman, Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, U.S. Department of State; Alexander Thier, Ph.D., Assistant to the Administrator and Director, Office of Afghanistan and Pakistan Affairs, U.S. Agency for International Development.

INCREASING MARKETACCESS FOR U.S. FINANCIAL FIRMS IN CHINA

5/16 ? 2:00pm, 2128 Rayburn House Office Building. House Financial Services Committee and International Monetary Policy and Trade Subcommittee hearing on "Increasing Market Access for U.S. Financial Firms in China: Update on Progress of the Strategic & Economic Dialogue." Witnesses: The Honorable Lael Brainard, Under Secretary, International Affairs, U.S. Department of the Treasury; Mr. Rob Nichols, President and Chief Executive Officer, Financial Services Forum; Mr. David Strongin, Managing Director, International Policy, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association; The Honorable Clay Lowery, Vice President, Rock Creek Global Advisors.

TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT

5/17 ? 2:00pm, 2360 of the Rayburn House Office Building. House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade hearing on ?The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: Challenges and Potential.? Witnesses: Philip I. Levy, Ph.D., Adjunct Associate Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, Ms. Linda Menghetti, Vice President, Emergency Committee for American Trade; Ms. Celeste Drake, Trade & Globalization Policy Specialist, AFL-CIO; The Honorable Susan C. Schwab, Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland (Former United States Trade Representative).

IRAN SANCTIONS

5/17 ? 10:00am, 2172 Rayburn House Office Building. House Foreign Affairs Full Committee hearing on ?Iran Sanctions: Strategy, Implementation, and Enforcement.? Witnesses The Honorable Mark D. Wallace; President and Chief Executive Officer, United Against Nuclear Iran, (Former United States Representative to the United Nations for Management and Reform); Mr. Mark Dubowitz, Executive Director, Foundation for Defense of Democracies; Ray Takeyh, Ph.D., Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations.

- Manufacturing & Trade
CREATING MANUFACTURING JOBS 11/16 ? 2:00pm, 216 Hart Senate Office Building. Joint Economic Committee, Full committee hearing on "Manufacturing in the USA: Paving the Road to Job Creation," focusing on the impact of infrastructure investment on job creation,...

- American Competitiveness Reviewed
FOSTERING U.S. INNOVATION 11/2 ? 10:00am, 2318 Rayburn House Office Building. House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, Technology and Innovation Subcommittee hearing on "Creating and Growing New Businesses: Fostering U.S. Innovation." Witnesses:...

- China's Currency
This week's big discussion in Washington is China?s currency. There will be two hearings held by the House Ways & Means Committee and one at the Senate Finance Committee. Prior to the hearings, the Heritage Foundation held a seminar examining...

- Congressional Hearing On Us-japan Relations
U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS: ENDURING TIES, RECENT DEVELOPMENTS3/17 ? 2:30pm, 2172 Rayburn House Office Building. House Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and the Global Environment hearing on ?.? Witnesses: Mr. Joseph R. Donovan, Jr., Principal...

- The Big Picture
GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO TOYOTA RECALLS 3/2 - 10:00am, 253 Russell Senate Office Bldg. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee Full committee hearing on ?Toyota's Recalls and Government's Response.? Witnesses: Hon. Raymond LaHood,...

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