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House Schedule
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Hearing: H.R. 3606, the Reopening American Capital Markets to Emerging Growth Companies Act of 2011
9:30 AM | HC-210 Capitol
Host: Committee on Financial Services | Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises
Hearing: The Homeless Children and Youth Act of 2011: Proposals to Promote Economic Independence for Homeless Children and Youth
10:00 AM | 2237 Rayburn HOB
Host: Committee on Financial Services | Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity
Hearing: Ownership Rights Concerning the Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge, H.R. 1171 and S. 363
10:00 AM | 1324 Longworth HOB
Host: Committee on Natural Resources | Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs
Hearing: What The Euro Crisis Means For Taxpayers And The U.S. Economy, Pt. I
10:00 AM | 2154 Rayburn HOB
Host: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform | Subcommittee on TARP and Financial Services
Hearing: New Medical Loss Ratios: Increasing Health Care Value or Just Eliminating Jobs?
10:00 AM | 2360 Rayburn HOB
Host: Committee on Small Business | Investigations, Oversight and Regulations
Hearing: California’s High-Speed Rail Plan: Skyrocketing Costs & Project Concerns
10:00 AM | 2167 Rayburn HOB
Host: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure | Full Committee
Hearing: Reviewing the Implementation of the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011
10:00 AM | 334 Cannon HOB
Host: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs | Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity
Markup: Expedited Line-Item Veto and Rescissions Act of 2011
10:00 AM | 210 Cannon HOB
Host: Committee On The Budget | Full Committee
Markup: H.R. 3401 and H.R. 2542
11:00 AM | 2172 Rayburn HOB
Host: Committee on Foreign Affairs | Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere
Hearing: The Collapse of MF Global
1:00 PM | HC-210 Capitol
Host: Committee on Financial Services | Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Senate Schedule
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Business meeting to consider S.1108, to provide local communities with tools to make solar permitting more efficient, S.1142, to promote the mapping and development of the United States geothermal resources by establishing a direct loan program for high risk geothermal exploration wells, to amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to improve geothermal energy technology and demonstrate the use of geothermal energy in large scale thermal applications, S.1149, to expand geothermal production, S.1160, to improve the administration of the Department of Energy, and the nomination of Arunava Majumdar, of California, to be Under Secretary of Energy.
10am (ET) 
Clean Air and Nuclear Safety Subcommittee
Committee on Environment and Public Works
Joint hearings to examine the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) near-term task force recommendations for enhancing reactor safety in the 21st century.
10am (ET)
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Hearings to examine prescription drug shortages, focusing on examining a public health concern and potential solutions.
10am (ET)
Committee on the Judiciary
Business meeting to consider S.1821, to prevent the termination of the temporary office of bankruptcy judges in certain judicial districts, S.1236, to reduce the trafficking of drugs and to prevent human smuggling across the Southwest Border by deterring the construction and use of border tunnels, and the nomination of Brian C. Wimes, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri.
10:30am (ET)
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Hearings to examine the nominations of Michael T. Scuse, of Delaware, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, and to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation, and Chester John Culver, of Iowa, and Bruce J. Sherrick, of Illinois, both to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation, Farm Credit Administration.
10:30am (ET)
Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Hearings to examine environmental risks of genetically engineered fish.
11am (ET)
Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps and Global Narcotics Affairs
Committee on Foreign Relations
Hearings to examine the United States-Caribbean shared security partnership, focusing on responding to the growth of trafficking narcotics in the Caribbean.
2:15pm (ET)
African Affairs Subcommittee
Committee on Foreign Relations
Hearings to examine improving governance in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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