The Senate will reconvene on Tuesday, September 6th at 3:00 pm and resume consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R.2577, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017. Cloture vote at 5:30 pm on the Zika. If cloture is not invoked, The Senate will vote on a motion to invoke cloture on a motion to proceed to DOD appropriations.
Tuesday, Sep. 6th – 6:00 pm Sen. Corker speaks at ‘Humans of Syria’ photo exhibition opening. Russell 325
Wednesday, September 7th – 2:30 PM Senate Aging Committee hearing on ‘Securing America’s Retirement Future: Examining the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Recommendations to Boost Savings’, with testimony from BPC Commission on Retirement Security and Personal Savings Co-chairs Kent Conrad and James Lockhart III. Dirksen 562
Wednesday, September 7th – 2:30 PM Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee hearing on ‘VHA Best Practices: Exploring the Diffusion of Excellence Initiative’, with testimony from Deputy Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health for Organizational Excellence Dr Carolyn Clancy, and Under Secretary for Health for Best Practices’ Senior Advisor Dr. Shereef Elnahal. Russell 418
Thursday, September 8th – 9:30 am Joint Economic Committee hearing on federal debt with testimony from Purdue University President Mitchell Daniels, Jr.; Campaign to Fix the Debt Co-Chair (and former Senate Budget Committee Chairman) Judd Gregg; and Brookings Institution Senior Fellow Alice Rivlin. Hart 216
Thursday, Sep. 08 10:00 AM Senate Governmental Affairs subcommittee hearing on ‘Reviewing Independent Agency Rulemaking’, with testimony from Kirkland & Ellis Of Counsel Robert Gasaway; Hoover Institution Fellow Adam White; and University of Pennsylvania Law School Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science Dr. Cary Coglianese. Dirksen 342
Thursday, September 8th – 10:00 am Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on ‘Pakistan: Challenges for U.S. Interests’, with testimony from Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Nuclear Policy Program Co-Director Dr Toby Dalton; SAIS Global Policy Program Academic Director Dr Daniel Markey; and former CIA Counterterrorism Center Director Robert Grenier. Dirksen 419
