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Wednesday, July 20, 2022

The House Stands Adjourned Until July 20, 2022 at 10:00 AM EDT

The Senate Stands Adjourned Until July 20, 2022 at 10:00 AM EDT

Under Secretary Zeya is on travel to Mozambique and Namibia from July 18-24, 2022.

Assistant Secretary Donfried is on travel to Germany and Luxembourg from July 19-22, 2022.

July 20, 2022

World Chess Day

https://www.un.org/en/observances/world-chess-day

July 20, 2022

International Moon Day

https://www.un.org/en/observances/moon-day

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July 20, 2022 - July 21, 2022

Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons – Amended Protocol II Group of Experts Geneva, Switzerland

United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs

https://meetings.unoda.org/meeting/convention-on-certain-conventional-weapons-amended-protocol-ii-group-of-experts/

July 20, 2022 - July 21, 2022

Third Global Conference on Strengthening Synergies between the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)

https://unfccc.int/event/third-global-conference-on-strengthening-synergies-between-the-paris-agreement-on-climate-change-and

4:30 AM EDT

Whose Wealth Boom? Assessing the UK's Changing Wealth Gaps

Resolution Foundation

https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/whose-wealth-boom/

5:00 AM EDT

25th anniversary of the International Monetary Fund Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (OAP) in Tokyo

International Monetary Fund

https://www.imf.org/en/News/Seminars/Conferences/2022/07/20/oap-25th-anniversary

7:00 AM EDT

Virtual meeting of the Global Chemicals and Health Network - Progress with implementation of WHO Chemicals Road Map

World Health Organization (WHO)

https://www.who.int/teams/environment-climate-change-and-health/chemical-safety-and-health/chemicals-road-map

https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2022/07/20/default-calendar/national-case-studies-on-implementing-the-who-chemicals-road-map—second-virtual-meeting-of-the-global-chemicals-and-health-network

7:30 AM EDT

Best Practices: The Theoretical and Practical Underpinnings of Writing Code That Is Less Bad

CERN

https://home.cern/events/webcasts/best-practices-theoretical-and-practical-underpinnings-writing-code-less-bad

https://webcast.web.cern.ch/old/event/1360

8:45 AM EDT

Norway: Security in Scandinavia - H.R. McMaster in conversation with Ine Eriksen

Hoover Institution

https://www.hoover.org/events/norway-security-scandinavia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujMboEIQS8M

9:00 AM EDT

U.S.-India Clean Energy and Climate Action and Collaboration: A Subnational Perspective

Center for Strategic & International Studies

https://www.csis.org/events/us-india-clean-energy-and-climate-action-and-collaboration-subnational-perspective

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujMboEIQS8M

9:00 AM EDT

The Economic Future of Zero-COVID China

Peterson Institute for International Economics

https://www.piie.com/events/economic-future-zero-covid-china

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VbjuTnJqVs

9:00 AM EDT

Secretary Blinken co-hosts a virtual Supply Chain Ministerial Forum with Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo

Department of State

This event will be live streamed on the Department's homepage and YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/statedept

9:00 AM EDT

Carbon Border Adjustment Fireside Chat with Senator Whitehouse

Center for Strategic & International Studies

https://www.csis.org/events/carbon-border-adjustment-fireside-chat-senator-whitehouse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBLzwFrXa5k

9:00 AM EDT

Biden's Trip to the Middle East: Outcomes and Opportunities

Atlantic Council

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/outcomes-and-opportunities/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNILp0l2KEI

9:00 AM EDT

Office of Study Integrity and Surveillance (OSIS) Workshop 2022: CDER Inspections of Good Laboratory Practice, Animal Rule, and Bioavailability/Bioequivalence Study Sites

Food and Drug Administration

https://www.fda.gov/drugs/news-events-hum

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9:30 AM EDT

Intelligence Authorization Act: I. Mark-up of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023. II. Authorizing all Members of the House of Representatives to review, at a time to be determined by the Committee, the Classified Annex to the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023. (Closed)

House Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/house-event/115014

https://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=115014

9:30 AM EDT

Hearing: Russian War Crimes in Southern and Eastern Ukraine

House Committee on Foreign Affairs

https://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=114975

https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearings/?ContentRecord_id=1C09C933-3F10-4935-94DB-846781B13DFD

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/house-event/114975

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr3GUBRoOp0

9:30 AM EDT

The Changing Election Security Landscape: Threats to Election Officials and Infrastructure

House Homeland Security Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/house-event/115026

https://homeland.house.gov/activities/hearings/the-changing-election-security-landscape-threats-to-election-officials-and-infrastructure

9:45 AM EDT

Markup: Six Bills

House Energy and Commerce Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/house-event/115041

https://energycommerce.house.gov/committee-activity/markups/markup-of-six-bills-full-committee

10:00 AM EDT

Housing in America: Oversight of the Federal Housing Finance Agency

House Committee on Financial Services

https://financialservices.house.gov/events/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=409650

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQetKO3ifyE

10:00 AM EDT

Business Meeting to Consider Pending Calendar Business; To Be Immediately Followed by a Hearing to Examine the Global Food Security Crisis and the U.S. Response

Senate Foreign Relations Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/senate-event/332877

https://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/global-food-security-crisis-and-the-us-response_-immediately-following-the-business-meeting072022

10:00 AM EDT

Hearings to Examine the Nomination of Arati Prabhakar, of California, to Be Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy

Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/senate-event/332875

https://www.commerce.senate.gov/2022/7/nomination-hearing/130ea321-8e50-4479-b146-2cbc20a25ac0

10:00 AM EDT

After the Highland Park Attack: Protecting Our Communities from Mass Shootings

Senate Judiciary Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/senate-event/332873

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/after-the-highland-park-attack-protecting-our-communities-from-mass-shootings

10:00 AM EDT

Hearings to Examine the Role of Tax Incentives in Affordable Housing

Senate Finance Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/senate-event/332874

https://www.finance.senate.gov/hearings/the-role-of-tax-incentives-in-affordable-housing

10:00 AM EDT

Examining the Practices and Profits of Gun Manufacturers

House Oversight and Reform

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/house-event/115024

https://oversight.house.gov/legislation/hearings/examining-the-practices-and-profits-of-gun-manufacturers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mLT2bCTZwY

10:00 AM EDT

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board After 10 Years, Part II: Implications of Adjudicating in an Agency Setting

House Judiciary Committee

https://judiciary.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=4986

10:00 AM EDT

Paper Mills and Research Misconduct: Facing the Challenges of Scientific Publishing

House Science, Space, and Technology Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/house-event/115022

https://science.house.gov/hearings/paper-mills-and-research-misconduct-facing-the-challenges-of-scientific-publishing

10:00 AM EDT

A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Stakeholder Perspectives on Title XI Crop Insurance

House Agriculture Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/house-event/115023

https://agriculture.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=2563

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjjG68yATP8

10:00 AM EDT

SBA District Office Collaboration with Resource Partners

House Small Business Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/house-event/115017

https://smallbusiness.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=4342

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSTVnmDvBOg

10:00 AM EDT

Housing in America: Oversight of the Federal Housing Finance Agency

House Financial Services

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/house-event/115033

https://financialservices.house.gov/events/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=409650#Webcast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQetKO3ifyE

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10:00 AM EDT

Markup: HR 6353, National Service Animals Memorial Act; HR 6438, Dearfield Study Act; HR 6799, John P. Parker House Study Act; HR 7618, To designate the Kol Israel Foundation Holocaust Memorial in Bedford Heights, Ohio, as a national memorial; and HR 8393, Puerto Rico Status Act.

House Natural Resources Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/house-event/115035

https://naturalresources.house.gov/hearings/hybrid-fc-markup-7202022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1opgfeT6ysk

10:00 AM EDT

Markup: H.R. 2814, the "Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act"; H.R. 1808, the "Assault Weapons Ban of 2021"

House Judiciary Committee

https://www.c-span.org/video/?521616-1/highland-park-mayor-testifies-access-assault-weapons

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/house-event/115034

https://judiciary.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=4990

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0l4byDDpXs

10:00 AM EDT

Markup: NOTICE TO RECONVENE 7-14-2022 BUSINESS MEETING 1. H.R. 4258, the Improving Digital Identity Act; 2. H.R. 8322, the Strengthening Tools to Obstruct and Prevent Fraud Act of 2022; 3. H.R. 7602, the Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition Act; 4. H.R. 8326, the Ensuring a Fair and Accurate Census Act; 5. H.R. 8325, the Preventing the Personal Conflicts of Interest Act in Federal Acquisition Act; 6. H.R. 6548, the Justice in Power Plant Permitting Act; and 7. Several postal naming measures.

House Oversight and Reform Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/house-event/115043

https://transportation.house.gov/committee-activity/hearings/full-committee-markup-

10:00 AM EDT

Hearings to Examine Food Safety and the Food and Drug Administration

Senate Appropriations Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/senate-event/332871

https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/food-safety-and-the-food-and-drug-administration

10:00 AM EDT

Full Committee Markup

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/house-event/115037

10:00 AM EDT

State Job Openings and Labor Turnover Data Release May 2022

Bureau of Labor Statistics

https://www.bls.gov/jlt/

10:00 AM EDT

The Legacy Of Shinzo Abe

Stimson Center

https://www.stimson.org/event/the-legacy-of-shinzo-abe/

10:15 AM EDT

Second Class Workers: Assessing H2 Visa Programs Impact on Workers

House Committee on Education and Labor

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/house-event/115013

https://edlabor.house.gov/hearings/second-class-workers-assessing-h2-visa-programs-impact-on-workers

10:30 AM EDT

Examining the Powerful Impact of Investments in Early Childhood for Children, Families, and Our Nation's Economy

House Budget Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/house-event/115018

https://budget.house.gov/legislation/hearings/examining-powerful-impact-investments-early-childhood-children-families

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm714XPXKEE

11:00 AM EDT

Ukraine's First Lady Addresses Congress

Ukraine’s First Lady Olena Zelenska speaks about the on-going war with Russia in Ukraine during an address to Congress at the U.S. Capitol.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?521836-1/ukraines-lady-addresses-congress

11:00 AM EDT

Business Meeting to Consider Pending Calendar Business

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/senate-event/332784

https://archive.ph/Adj5V

11:00 AM EDT

Business meeting to consider the nominations of Joseph Goffman, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Annie Caputo, of Virginia, and Bradley R. Crowell, of Nevada, both to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and 15 General Services Administration resolutions.

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/senate-event/332900

11:30 AM EDT

Preventing the Next Lockdown: Fixing Michigan's Emergency Powers

Mackinac Center Policy Forum - Muskegon

https://www.mackinac.org/events/2022/july-20-preventing-the-next-lockdown-fixing-michigans-emergency-powers

12:00 PM EDT

Homegrown Concert Series: The Chosen Few

Library of Congress

https://www.loc.gov/item/event-404016/homegrown-the-chosen-few/2022-07-20/

British-American Parliamentary Group Luncheon

Open to members of the Meridian Corporate Council

https://www.meridian.org/announcement/british-american-parliamentary-group-luncheon/

12:00 PM EDT

A More Inclusive Policy Sector: Centering Directly Impacted Communities

The Century Foundation

https://tcf.org/content/event/a-more-inclusive-policy-sector-centering-directly-impacted-communities/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcRol6lUurM

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12:40 PM EDT

Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre Gaggle Aboard Air Force One En Route Somerset, MA

Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy will gaggle aboard Air Force One en route Somerset, Massachusetts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUO3-G54Hhc

1:00 PM EDT

Modernizing Veteran Education in the Shadow of COVID-19

House Veterans' Affairs Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/house-event/115021

https://veterans.house.gov/events/hearings/modernizing-veteran-education-in-the-shadow-of-covid-19

1:20 PM EDT

Cmr. Phillips speaking at TechFreedom's 2022 Policy Summit

Federal Trade Commission

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/events/2022/07/cmr-phillips-speaking-techfreedoms-2022-policy-summit

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/truth-expertise-neutrality-social-media-common-carriage-tickets-357766929517

2:00 PM EDT

Improving the Collection of Race and Ethnicity Data for Use by Health Plans and Other Stakeholders to Advance Health Equity

Urban Institute, the American Benefits Council, and Deloitte's Health Equity Institute

https://www.urban.org/events/improving-collection-race-and-ethnicity-data-use-health-plans-and-other-stakeholders-advance

2:00 PM EDT

Now the Real Work Begins: The U.S.-Japan Alliance Agenda

Center for Strategic & International Studies

https://www.csis.org/events/now-real-work-begins-us-japan-alliance-agenda

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY-KxCa9_YQ

2:00 PM EDT

Department Press Briefing with Spokesperson Ned Price

State Department

The Department Press Briefing will be live streamed on the Department's homepage and YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/statedept

2:00 PM EDT

FEE Academy: Inflation 101

Foundation for Economic Education (FEE)

https://fee.org/events/academy-economics-inflation/

2:00 PM EDT

Weatherization Workforce Development

National Community Action Partnership and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

https://communityactionpartnership.com/event/weatherization-workforce-development

2:00 PM EDT

Russia in the Western Hemisphere: Assessing Putin's Malign Influence in Latin America and the Caribbean

House Foreign Relations Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/house-event/115002

https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearings?ID=C729EF6B-39D8-4E61-8E4D-FD4F18223F25

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4frxtqg8Ug

2:00 PM EDT

New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance - a Latin American and Caribbean perspective

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

https://unfccc.int/event/new-collective-quantified-goal-on-climate-finance-a-latin-american-and-caribbean-perspective

2:30 PM EDT

Closed Business Meeting to Consider Pending Calendar Business; To Be Immediately Followed by a Closed Briefing on Certain Intelligence Matters

Senate Intelligence (Select) Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/senate-event/332842

https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/hearings/closed-briefing-intelligence-matters-405

2:30 PM EDT

Legislative Hearing to receive testimony on S. 4104, S. 4439 & H.R. 5221

Senate Indian Affairs Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/senate-event/332870

https://www.indian.senate.gov/hearing/legislative-hearing-receive-testimony-s-4104-s-4439-hr-5221

2:30 PM EDT

Hearings to Examine Life in Ukraine's Newly Occupied Territories

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission)

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/joint-event/332902

https://www.csce.gov/international-impact/events/behind-enemy-lines

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b67eZ_vzyk4

2:30 PM EDT

Hearings to Examine the Economic Toll of Gun Violence, Focusing on How Our Nation Bears the Costs

Joint Economic Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/joint-event/332876

https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings-calendar?id=8A4CC94E-1968-40F5-95BF-A1829A1875A8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIBMh7j2wzI

2:30 PM EDT

The 32nd Anniversary of the ADA - Improving the U.S. Asylum System for Disabled Noncitizens

Center for American Progress

https://www.americanprogress.org/events/the-32nd-anniversary-of-the-ada/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i6lVMQAnkI

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2:45 PM EDT

President Biden Delivers Remarks on the Climate

President Biden delivers remarks on tackling the climate crisis and seizing the opportunity of a clean energy future to create jobs and lower costs for families.

Somerset, MA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqai2X-7bzg

3:00 PM EDT

Hearings to Examine the Status of VA's Electronic Health Record Modernization Program

Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/senate-event/332867

https://www.veterans.senate.gov/2022/7/examining-the-status-of-va-s-electronic-health-record-modernization-program

3:00 PM EDT

Hearings to Examine S.443, to Amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to Provide for Additional Disclosure Requirements for Corporations, Labor Organizations, Super PACs and Other Entities.

Senate Rules and Administration Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/senate-event/332863

3:00 PM EDT

Wellness Wednesday Financial Education Seminar - Budgeting & Emergency Savings

Veterans Administration

https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/46179/

3:00 PM EDT

The Great Stewardess Rebellion - Flight Attendant Labor Activism in History and Today

New America

https://www.newamerica.org/center-education-labor/events/the-great-stewardess-rebellion-flight-attendant-labor-activism-in-history-and-today/

5:00 PM EDT

What Happened to the Vital Center? Presidentialism, Populist Revolt, and the Fracturing of America - A Book Event with Sidney Milkis, Nicholas Jacobs, Philip Wallach, and William Galston

American Enterprise Institute

https://www.aei.org/events/what-happened-to-the-vital-center-a-book-event-with-sidney-milkis-nicholas-jacobs-philip-wallach-and-william-galston/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq9FgNqkfWQ

6:30 PM EDT

Conservative Isn't Enough - Michael Warren Davis, The Reactionary Mind

The American Conservative

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/event/why-conservative-isnt-enough-with-michael-warren-davis/

https://www.youtube.com/user/amconmag

6:45 PM EDT

Twilight Tattoo

US Army Military District of Washington

https://twilight.mdw.army.mil/

9:20 PM EDT

CISM World Women's Football Championship - Canada vs. Mali

The 13th Conseil International du Sport Militaire (CISM) World Women's Football Championship hosted by Fairchild Air Force Base and the United States Delegation in Spokane, Washington. Ten nations from Belgium, Cameroon, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Mali, Netherlands, South Korea, and the United States will compete from 9-24 July for the gold.

https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/29189

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The Real Toria Brooke

@realtoriabrooke

Bannon is all business this morning

8:13 AM · Jul 20, 2022·Twitter Web App

https://twitter.com/realtoriabrooke/status/1549729253876547585

Judge In Stefan Halper Case Drops SpyGate Bombshell: Halper Likely Lied To The FBI On Purpose

JULY 20, 2022

https://thefederalist.com/2022/07/20/judge-in-stefan-halper-case-drops-spygate-bombshell-in-denying-his-motion-to-dismiss-halper-likely-lied-to-the-fbi-on-purpose/

today is 53rd anniversary of the fake Apollo 11 Moon landing

Cardinal Dolan endorses Fr. James Martin’s new LGBT activism group

(LifeSiteNews) – Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York recently gave a strong endorsement of Fr. James Martin’s activism and the dissident Jesuit’s new LGBT group “Outreach.”

In a letter dated May 5 and published late last month by Outreach, Dolan praised the organization, which Martin launched this year, describing it as “an important ministry” ahead of its annual conference in June.

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/cardinal-dolan-endorses-fr-james-martins-new-lgbt-activist-group/

https://twitter.com/OutrchCatholic/status/1539992939300093952

Paper Mills and Research Misconduct: Facing the Challenges of Scientific Publishing

House Science, Space, and Technology Committee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzgDYXUXMaY

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