Committee Highlights
Hearings
House Committee on Education and Labor
Chair: Rep. George Miller (D-CA)
2175 Rayburn House Office Building
10:00 a.m.
Hearing on the importance of early childhood development
WITNESSES
Harriet Meyer
Co-chair
Illinois Early Learning Council
Jessie Rasmussen
Buffett Early Childhood Fund of Nebraska
James Redmon
Kansas Children's Cabinet and Trust Fund
Holly Robinson
Commissioner, Department of Early Care and Learning
Don Soifer
Executive Vice President
The Lexington Institute
Helene Stebbins
Project Coordinator
National Center on Children in Poverty
House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection
Chair: Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL)
2322 Rayburn House Office Building
10:00 a.m.
Hearing on stimulating the economy through trade - examining the role of export promotion
WITNESSES
Suzanne Hale
Acting Administrator, Foreign Agriculture Service
Department of Agriculture
Michelle O’Neill
Acting Undersecretary for International Trade, International Trade Administration
Department of Commerce
Liz Reilly
Director, TradeRoots
Chamber of Commerce
Franklin Vargo
Vice President, International Economic Affairs
National Association of Manufacturers
Loren Yager
Director, International Affairs and Trade
Government Accountability Office
House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Subcommittee on Health
Chair: Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ)
2123 Rayburn House Office Building
10:00 a.m.
Hearing on making health care work for American families - ensuring affordable coverage
WITNESSES
Judith Feder
Senior Fellow
Center for American Progress Action Fund
Edmund Haislmaier
Senior Research Fellow, Center for Health Policy Studie
Heritage Foundation
Jon Kingsdale
Executive Director, Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Mila Kofman
Superintendent of Insurance
State of Maine
Sally Pipes
President and Chief Executive Officer
Pacific Research Institute
Karen Politz
Research Professor, Health Policy Institute
Georgetown University
Uwe Reinhardt
Professor of Political Economy, Economics and Public Affairs
Princeton University
House Committee on the Judiciary
Chair: Rep. John Conyers (D-MI)
2141 Rayburn House Office Building
2:00 p.m.
Hearing on the role of antitrust law in government-funded consolidation in the banking industry