Senate

Floor Schedule

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Hearings & Markups

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
Full Committee News Conference/Briefing, Green Technology and Economic Recovery
Date Wednesday, Jan. 7, 10 a.m.
Place 406 Dirksen Bldg.

-Thomas Friedman - author and New York Times columnist
-John Doerr - partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
Hearing, Tennessee Valley Authority Coal Ash Spill
Date Thursday, Jan. 8, 10 a.m. Place 406 Dirksen Bldg.

-Tom Kilgore - president and CEO, Tennessee Valley Authority
-Stephen A. Smith - executive director, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
-William 'Howie' Rose - director of emergency management services, Roane County, Tenn.

Monday, Jan. 5
The House is not in session.

Tuesday, Jan. 6, Noon
The House will convene at noon for the start of the 111th Congress. There will be a recorded quorum call at noon. The chamber is expected to consider the rules package for the 111th Congress.

Wednesday, Jan. 7, 10 a.m.
The House will convene at 10 a.m. for legislative business.

Hearings & Markups

House Financial Services Committee
Hearing, Madoff Ponzi Scheme and Need for Regulatory Changes
Date Monday, Jan. 5, 2 p.m.
Place 2128 Rayburn Bldg.

- H. David Kotz - inspector general, Securities and Exchange Commission
-Stephen P. Harbeck - president, Securities Investor Protection Corporation
- Harry Markopolos - independent financial fraud investigator, chartered financial analyst and certified fraud examiner
-Allan Goldstein - retiree and investor with Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities
- Tamar Frankel - law professor and research scholar, Boston University School of Law
-Leon Metzger - adjunct faculty member, Columbia University, Cornell University, New York University and Yale University

House Financial Services Committee
Panel Discussion, "Priorities for the Next Administration: Use of TARP Funds Under EESA Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008."
Date Wednesday, Jan. 7, 10 a.m.
Place 2128 Rayburn Bldg.

House Education and Labor Committee
Economic Recovery Closed - 8:30 a.m. to 10:50 a.m.: To review and evaluate grant applications; Open - 10:50 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.: Staff reports on divisional, programmatic, and special activities
Date Wednesday, Jan. 7, 10 a.m.
Place 2175 Rayburn Bldg.

House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee (Co-chairman Miller, D-Calif.; DeLauro, D-Ct.) Hearing, Economic Recovery Plan
Note: The chairmen of the House Science and Technology, Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Budget, Appropriations and Ways and Means committees will participate in the hearing.
Date Wednesday, Jan. 7, 10 a.m.
Place 1100 Longworth Bldg.

-Mark M. Zandi - chief economist and cofounder, Moody's Economy.com
-Robert Reich - former secretary of Labor and professor, University of California at Berkeley
-Martin Feldstein - professor of economics, Harvard University and president emeritus, National Bureau of Economic Research
-Norman R. Augustine - author, "The Gathering Storm" Maria Zuber - professor of geophysics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

House Financial Services Committee
Panel Discussion, Oversight of Loan Originators
Date Friday, Jan. 9, 10 a.m.
Place 2128 Rayburn Bldg.