The Return of "Committee Hearings" postings. Yeah!!!!!!!!!

[TayTay]

I have been remiss in doing this in recent weeks. I'm sorry. I do seriously think I missed a fisheries hearing. Deep, long, lasting, sad and untenable sigh!

Anyway, here in one list are the Committee hearings for Sen. Kerry for this week. (Possible hearings. They overlap, after all, and one person can only be in one place at a time. Even the good Senator.)

Commerce Committee:

One Year to the DTV Transition: Consumers, Broadcasters, and Converter Boxes
Full Committee

Thursday, February 14, 2008
10:00 AM
SR - 253

The Committee will examine U.S. readiness for the nationwide transition from analog television broadcasting to digital television (DTV) broadcasting. With the February 17, 2009 transition date now just one year away, the hearing will focus on consumer awareness, the role of broadcasters and the Federal Communications Commission, and the status of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration converter box program.


Witnesses

Opening Remarks

Panel 1
The Honorable Kevin J. Martin
Chairman
Federal Communications Commission

The Honorable Meredith Attwell Baker
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce, Communications and Information
National Telecommunications Information Administration

Panel 2
Mr. Allan Horlick
President and General Manager
WUSA9

Mr. Chris Murray
Senior Counsel
Consumers Union

Mr. Byron W. St. Clair
President
National Translator Association

[TayTay]

1. 2 Finance Committee hearings this week

Selling to Seniors: The Need for Accountability and Oversight of
Marketing and Sales by Medicare Private Plans

February 13 , 2008, at 10:00 a.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Member Statements:
Max Baucus, MT
Charles Grassley, IA

Witness Statements:

Kerry N. Weems, Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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AND

International Aspects of a Carbon Cap and Trade Program

February 14 , 2008, at 10:00 a.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Member Statements:
Max Baucus, MT
Charles Grassley, IA

Witness Statements:

Ms. Jennifer Haverkamp, Senior Counsel, Environmental Defense, Washington, DC

Mr. Abraham Breehey, Assistant Director of Government Affairs, International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers & Helpers, Fairfax, VA

Mr. Kjell Olav Kristiansen, Director, Advisory Services, Point Carbon North America, Washington, DC
Ms. Ruksana Mirza, Vice President, Government and Environmental Affairs, Holcim, Inc., Waltham, MA.

(Yeah, this one conflicts with the one in Commerce. But nothing sez lovin on Valentine's Day like Cap and Trade, right? )

[Democrafty]

4. I concur.

Cap + Trade = Quality Television.

[TayTay]

2. Condi returns!!!!! Wed to testify about the budget

And you know how much fun that can be. Most fun you can ever have without actually having any fun. Right?

THE PRESIDENT’S FOREIGN AFFAIRS BUDGET
HEARING
before the

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Time: 10:00 AM
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Presiding: Senator Biden



Witnesses:
The Honorable Condoleezza Rice
Secretary of State
Washington, DC

[TayTay]

5. Condi tomorrow, SFRC 10AM

Defends the fact that we are spending all this money, putting all those people there at great cost to them and their families, and their Parliament might dissolve the govt without getting anything done.

Yeah, glad the Surge is working. We Surge, the Iraqi pols do nothing.

[karynnj]

6. Wasn't that precisely what Kerry predicted in about August 2006

when he said that the violence may decrease with all the soldiers but nothing political would happen?

[wisteria]

7. Oh, a good one. I will definitely y make a note to catch this one. n/t

[Inuca]

3. Those fisheries hearings....

I don't think I can ever forgive you for that. I'll try though....