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The Senate stands adjourned until May 5, 2022 at 11:00 AM
The House stands adjourned until May 6th, 2022 at 10:00 AM
Deputy Secretary Sherman is on travel to South Africa, Angola, Gabon, and France from May 2-7, 2022.
Under Secretary Zeya is on travel to Chile from May 3-5, 2022.
Congressional Record (Most Recent Issue) Daily Digest
https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record
House Activities
Thursday, May 5, 2022
https://live.house.gov/?date=2022-05-05
Senate Executive Calendar
Thursday, May 5, 2022
https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/executive_calendar/2022/05_05_2022.pdf
Library of Congress
Congress.gov: Overview of the Legislative Process - 9 videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1CIWwu6KdQ&list=PLpAGnumt6iV6j07liSyksxaQe_KmPbeow
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May 5, 2022 - May 7, 2022
4:00 AM EDT
The State of the Union: A Europe Fit for the Next Generation?
Woodrow Wilson Center's Global Europe Program
https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/state-union-europe-fit-next-generation
12:45 AM EDT
Continuous coverage begins of the undocking of the SpaceX/Crew Dragon "Endurance" from the International Space Station through splashdown (Undocking scheduled at 1:05 a.m. EDT; splashdown is scheduled about 23.5 hours later at 12:43 a.m. EDT May 6)
NASA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21X5lGlDOfg
6:12 AM EDT CANCELLED
SpaceX Falcon 9 Starlink 4-17
Kennedy Space Center, Florida
RESCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY 5:51 AM EDT
7:00 AM EDT
Noncommunicable Disease NCD Hard Talk: Another meeting, Another Commitment: What now? International Strategic Dialogue and Outcomes
World Health Organization (WHO)
https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2022/05/05/default-calendar/ncd-hard-talkanother-meetinganother-commitmentwhat-nowinternational-strategic-dialogue-and-outcomes
7:00 AM EDT
#ENDTB Webinar: Live Demo of WHO's End TB E-Learning Platform
World Health Organization (WHO)
https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2022/05/05/default-calendar/endtb-webinar–live-demo-of-who-s-end-tb-e-learning-platform
7:30 AM EDT
Webinar: World Hand Hygiene Day 2022
World Health Organization (WHO)
https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2022/05/05/default-calendar/world-hand-hygiene-day-2022-unite-for-safety-clean-your-hands!
8:30 AM EDT
Productivity and Costs (P) First Quarter 2022 News Release
Bureau of Labor Statistics
https://www.bls.gov/bls/newsrels.htm
9:00 AM EDT
Business meeting to consider S.977, to amend the Sherman Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal, and the nomination of S. Lane Tucker, to be United States Attorney for the District of Alaska, Department of Justice.
Senate Committee on the Judiciary
https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/senate-event/332387
https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/05/05/2022/executive-business-meeting
9:00 AM EDT
Attorney General Garland Remarks at BATFE
Attorney General Merrick Garland gives remarks at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?520010-1/attorney-general-garland-addresses-atf-combatting-gun-violence&live
9:30 AM EDT
Hearings to examine the posture of the Department of the Army in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2023 and the Future Years Defense Program; to be immediately followed by a closed session in SVC-217.
Senate Committee on Armed Services
https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/senate-event/332444
https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/hearings/to-receive-testimony-on-the-posture-of-the-department-of-the-army-in-review-of-the-defense-authorization-request-for-fiscal-year-2023-and-the-future-years-defense-program
9:30 AM EDT
The Capital Cable #47: Ukraine's Impact on Asia and Korea
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
https://www.csis.org/events/capital-cable-47-ukraines-impact-asia-and-korea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAzNtII1220
9:30 AM EDT
Under Secretary Fernandez hosts and delivers remarks at the World Food Prize ceremony at the Department of State.
State Department
https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/28680
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEvZFzVKqBs
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