The Swamp Today
The Senate has no committee hearings scheduled.
Next House session starts at 10:30 AM
Assistant Secretary Donfried is on travel to Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia from April 25-29, 2022.
9:00 AM EDT
Hearing: Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Request for the Environmental Protection Agency
Host: Committee on Appropriations | Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
https://appropriations.house.gov/events/hearings/fiscal-year-fy2023-budget-request-for-the-environmental-protection-agency
https://www.c-span.org/video/?519661-1/epa-administrator-cfo-2023-budget-request
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZjZRhp2_y0
9:00 AM EDT
Hearing: CLOSED: E3C Members Meeting with the Leader of Democratic Belarus Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
Host: Committee on Foreign Affairs | Subcommittee on Europe, Energy, the Environment and Cyber
https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearings?ID=7C47CFA1-E459-4D5E-B275-99A0E522E61F
9:00 AM EDT
Hearing: Space Situational Awareness: Guiding the Transition to a Civil Capability
Host: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology | Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics
https://science.house.gov/hearings/space-situational-awareness-guiding-the-transition-to-a-civil-capability
STATUS: POSTPONED
9:00 AM EDT
Hearing: Hybrid Hearing on Ensuring Scientific Integrity at Our Nations Public Health Agencies
Host: Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis
https://coronavirus.house.gov/subcommittee-activity/hearings/covid-gao-scientific-integrity-hearing
https://www.c-span.org/video/?519833-1/hearing-scientific-integrity-public-health-agencies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcv4D1v6wAY
10:00 AM EDT
Hearing: Fostering American Competitiveness in Global Climate Action
Host: Committee on Foreign Affairs | Full Committee
https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearings?ID=E4F63E65-08D8-4A4C-8D6D-3EB7575E5D1A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I1id3Eo9Dc
10:00 AM EDT
State Department
Foreign Press Center Briefing on the Smithsonian’s Cultural Heritage Rescue Work in Ukraine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_ctDdnXye8
10:45 AM EDT
House Speaker Pelosi Holds Briefing
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds a briefing on the legislative agenda.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?519830-1/house-speaker-pelosi-holds-briefing
11:00 AM EDT
The Organization of American States (OAS)
Challenges of LGBTI Persons in Human Mobility
https://twitter.com/OEA_Inclusion/status/1519702954533601282
Spanish
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1wbQf0FGsqCkrvDIJYlxHA/videos
English
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXs7SiwxcsyX4KDzAdjXlzw/videos
11:00 AM EDT
The Atlantic Council
A conversation on lend-lease for Ukraine with US Senators Ben Cardin and John Cornyn
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/a-conversation-with-us-senators-ben-cardin-and-john-cornyn/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LZpP4NUOPA
1:00 PM EDT
The Atlantic Council
Understanding the challenges of US & allied defense innovation: A conversation with James D. Taiclet
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/a-conversation-with-james-taiclet/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzxI9t8kXL8
1:00 PM EDT
The President holds a phone call with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico to discuss North America priorities for the region
Oval Office
Closed Press
1:30 PM EDT
Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby briefs the news media at the Pentagon.
https://www.defense.gov/News/Live-Events/#/?currentVideo=28631
https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/28631
2:00 PM EDT
Press Briefing
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki
https://www.c-span.org/video/?519858-1/white-house-daily-briefing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tEITX9n7OY
2:00 PM EDT
State Department
Principal Deputy Spokesperson Jalina Porter holds a telephonic press briefing.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
3:15 PM EDT
Official Schedule
The President joins a meeting with Inspectors General to discuss his long-standing commitment to oversight, accountability, and transparency when delivering results for all Americans