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Tuesday, July 26, 2022

The House Stands Adjourned Until July 26, 2022 at 12:00 PM EDT

The Senate Stands Adjourned Until July 26, 2022 at 10:00 AM EDT

Under Secretary Nuland is on travel to Japan and the Republic of Korea from July 25-28, 2022.

Assistant Secretary Medina is on travel to Maine from July 26-28, 2022.

Pope Francis is in Canada until July 29, 2022 and arrives back in Rome on July 30, 2022.

President Trump In DC For America First Policy Institute Keynote Speech

North Carolina Municipal and Local Second Primary Elections

https://www.ncsbe.gov/voting/upcoming-election

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July 26, 2022 - July 27, 2022

Federal Open Market Committee FOMC Meeting

Federal Reserve

https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/fomccalendars.htm

July 26, 2022 - July 27, 2022

Summer Institute 2022 - SI 2022 Public Economics

National Bureau of Economic Research

https://www.nber.org/conferences/si-2022-public-economics

https://www.youtube.com/nbervideos

July 26, 2022 - July 27, 2022

Small Business Works 2022: Navigating Equity in Procurement

General Services Administration

https://www.gsa.gov/small-business/small-business-resources/training-resources/small-business-works-2022-navigating-equity-in-procurement

July 26, 2022 - July 29, 2022

Virtual Global Symposium on Soils for Nutrition - "Soils, where food begins"

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

https://www.fao.org/events/detail/symposium-soils-for-nutrition/en

July 26, 2022 - July 29, 2022

Eighteenth session of the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (FI-739-18)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

https://www.fao.org/fishery/en/meeting/41343

July 26, 2022

North Carolina

North Carolina Municipal and Local Second Primary Elections

https://www.ncsbe.gov/voting/upcoming-election

July 26, 2022

Executive Session

Federal Election Commission

https://www.fec.gov/updates/july-26-2022-executive-session/

3:00 AM EDT

Accelerating the Revitalisation of Te Reo Māori with AI

ai for good is organized by ITU in partnership with 40 UN Sister Agencies and co-convened with Switzerland

https://aiforgood.itu.int/event/accelerating-the-revitalisation-of-te-reo-maori-with-ai/

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

3:00 AM EDT

Morning: Introduction to Recent World Health Organization (WHO) Publications on Patient Blood Management, Clinical Use of Blood and Haemovigilance Systems Webinar

World Health Organization (WHO)

https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2022/07/26/default-calendar/introduction-to-recent-world-health-organization-(who)-publications-onpatient-blood-managementclinical-use-of-blood-and-haemovigilance-systems-webinar

3:00 AM EDT

Committee on World Food Security Bureau Meeting

Committee on World Food Security, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

https://agrifood.net/event/cfs-bureau-meeting-2/

7:00 AM EDT

Respiratory Pathogen Pandemic Preparedness: Country Technical Briefing

World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations

https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2022/07/26/default-calendar/respiratory-pathogen-pandemic-preparedness–country-technical-briefing

7:30 AM EDT

GPU programming

https://home.cern/events/webcasts/gpu-programming

https://webcast.web.cern.ch/old/event/1362

7:30 AM EDT

America First Policy Institute Annual Policy Summit Day 2

America First Policy Institute

https://americafirstpolicy.com/

https://www.rsbnetwork.com/video/american-first-policy-institute-annual-policy-summit-day-two-july-26-2022/

RSBN

https://rumble.com/v1d3dcp-live-american-first-policy-institute-annual-policy-summit-day-two-july-26-2.html

8:30 AM EDT

The Revised HS Econ Course: Looking Ahead to Get Ahead - Grades 9-12, Camila

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

https://www.gcee.org/workshop/revised-hs-econ-course-looking-ahead-get-ahead-person

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9:00 AM EDT

Twelfth Annual South China Sea Conference

Center for Strategic & International Studies

https://www.csis.org/events/twelfth-annual-south-china-sea-conference

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdaW7oNj-YI

9:00 AM EDT

DPAA Hosts Series of Briefs and Updates to Korean and Cold War Families, Day 1

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency conducts a series of government briefings and updates to families of American service members who served in the Korean and Cold Wars and are still missing. Guest speakers include senior leaders, experts, and scientists who work on tasks associated with the POW/MIA mission in Arlington, Va.

https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/29258

9:00 AM EDT

Innovations in Climate Resilience: Rain Enhancement Research in the UAE

Middle East Institute

https://mei.edu/events/innovations-climate-resilience-rain-enhancement-research-uae

9:00 AM EDT

Vineed Dayal, Zachary Goldstein, and others participating in: SCIEE Robots – UL STP 3300 Task Group Meeting

Consumer Product Safety Commission

https://www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/Public-Calendar/2022-07-26-090000/Vineed-Dayal-Zachary-Goldstein-and-others-participating-in-SCIEE-Robots-%E2%80%93-UL-STP-3300-Task-Group-Meeting

9:30 AM EDT

The Battery Minerals Supply Challenge

Center for Strategic & International Studies

https://www.csis.org/events/battery-minerals-supply-challenge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRlW3njf2Og

9:30 AM EDT

To Receive a Closed Briefing on Indo-Pacific Policy and Operations

Senate Armed Services Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/senate-event/332909

10:00 AM EDT

June 2022 New Residential Sales Data Release

https://www.census.gov/construction/nrs/index.html

10:00 AM EDT

June 2022 Preliminary U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products Data Release

https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/Press-Release/steel_index.html

10:00 AM EDT

Is It Time to Rethink the Federal Reserve?

American Enterprise Institute

https://www.aei.org/events/is-it-time-to-rethink-the-federal-reserve/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjMPzSvrD0o

10:00 AM EDT

Ensuring Electoral Integrity at the State Level

Brookings Institution

https://www.brookings.edu/events/ensuring-electoral-integrity-at-the-state-level/

10:00 AM EDT

Revisiting Instability and Violent Extremism in West Africa

Foreign Policy Research Institute

https://www.fpri.org/event/2022/revisiting-instability-and-violent-extremism-in-west-africa/

10:00 AM EDT

Afternoon: Introduction to Recent World Health Organization (WHO) Publications on Patient Blood Management, Clinical Use of Blood and Haemovigilance Systems Webinar

World Health Organization (WHO)

https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2022/07/26/default-calendar/introduction-to-recent-world-health-organization-(who)-publications-onpatient-blood-managementclinical-use-of-blood-and-haemovigilance-systems-webinar

10:00 AM EDT

Infodemic Management Community Event: The Science of Storytelling

World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations

https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2022/07/26/default-calendar/infodemic-management-community-event-the-science-of-science-storytelling

10:00 AM EDT

Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ), United Nations

Department of State

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/07/14/2022-15033/biodiversity-beyond-national-jurisdiction-public-meeting

10:00 AM EDT

Secretary of Energy Advisory Board

Department of Energy

https://www.energy.gov/seab/seab-meetings

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10:00 AM EDT

Law Enforcement Officer Safety: Protecting Those Who Protect and Serve

Senate Judiciary Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/senate-event/332908

https://www.c-span.org/video/?521957-1/law-enforcement-leaders-testify-officer-safety

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/law-enforcement-officer-safety-protecting-those-who-protect-and-serve

10:00 AM EDT

Corruption, Abuse, and Misconduct at U.S. Penitentiary Atlanta

Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/senate-event/332907

https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/subcommittees/investigations/hearings/corruption-abuse-and-misconduct-at-us-penitentiary-atlanta

10:00 AM EDT POSTPONED

Hearings to Examine Fairness in Financial Services, Focusing on Racism and Discrimination in Banking

Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/senate-event/332869

https://www.banking.senate.gov/hearings/fairness-in-financial-services-racism-and-discrimination-in-banking

10:00 AM EDT

Hearings to Examine Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in U.S. Diplomacy and Development

Senate Foreign Relations Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/senate-event/332911

https://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/diversity-equity-inclusion-and-accessibility-in-us-diplomacy-and-development

10:00 AM EDT

Hearings to Examine Fighting Fentanyl, Focusing on the Federal Response to a Growing Crisis

Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/senate-event/332906

https://www.help.senate.gov/hearings/fighting-fentanyl-the-federal-response-to-a-growing-crisis

https://www.c-span.org/video/?521980-1/drug-policy-experts-testify-fentanyl-overdose-deaths

11:00 AM EDT

Better Buildings Webinar Series - Driving Decarbonization with 50001 Ready

Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy

https://betterbuildingssolutioncenter.energy.gov/better-buildings-webinar-series

11:00 AM EDT

U.S. Election Assistance Commission Roundtable Discussion: Disability and the Digital Divide in The Voting Process

Election Assistance Commission

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/07/11/2022-14836/sunshine-act-meetings

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpN6i0g2rlF4ITWhwvBwwZw/videos

11:15 AM EDT

Pope Francis - Holy Mass at Commonwealth Stadium

Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta

https://www.ncregister.com/cna/papal-visit-to-canada-schedule-and-how-to-watch-on-ewtn

https://www.papalvisit.ca/schedule/

11:30 AM EDT

OFCCP: CBO Outreach

Department of Labor

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/events/07262022/compliance-assistance-webinar-supply-service-construction

12:00 PM EDT

Accelerating More Equitable Electric Vehicle EV Adoption Through Technological, Business Model, and Policy Innovation

Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

https://itif.org/events/2022/07/26/accelerating-more-equitable-ev-adoption/

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

12:00 PM EDT

A Conversation About Taiwan With the 27th US Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper

Atlantic Council

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/a-conversation-with-mark-esper-2/

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

12:30 PM EDT

Cybersecure the Future: Ransomware | Report Launch

Atlantic Council

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/cybersecure-the-future/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwAJMTq3qg8

1:00 PM EDT

Empowering Villages Webinar Series: Dealing with Weather Emergencies

Federal Trade Commission and the Village to Village Network

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/events/2022/07/empowering-villages-webinar-series-dealing-weather-emergencies

1:00 PM EDT

Physics Department Summer Lectures 2022 "Introduction to Optics" (Block 5)

Brookhaven National Laboratory

https://indico.bnl.gov/event/15829/timetable/

1:30 PM EDT

Assistant Secretary Satterfield participates in the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board Quarterly meeting

Department of State

(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

1:45 PM EDT

Webcast: 21st Signal Brigade Change of Command at Fort Detrick, Maryland

https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/29206

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2:00 PM EDT

What's Next in Syria: Captagon and Assad's Booming Drug Empire

Heritage Foundation

https://www.heritage.org/middle-east/event/whats-next-syria-captagon-and-assads-booming-drug-empire

2:00 PM EDT

Department Press Briefing with Spokesperson Ned Price

Department of State

The Department Press Briefing will be livestreamed on www.state.gov and www.youtube.com/statedept

2:00 PM EDT

Webinar On The Broadband Data Collection System For Tribal Filers and Leaders

Federal Communications Commission

https://www.fcc.gov/news-events/events/2022/07/webinar-broadband-data-collection-system-tribal-filers-and-leaders

http://www.fcc.gov/live

2:00 PM EDT

Susan Bathalon and other CPSC staff are participating in a Conference Call with the ANSI/PHTA-2 Standard for Public Pool and Spa Operations and Maintenance

Consumer Product Safety Commission

https://www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/Public-Calendar/2022-07-26-140000/Susan-Bathalon-and-other-CPSC-staff-are-participating-in-a-Conference-Call-with-the-ANSIPHTA-2-Standard-for-Public-Pool-and-Spa-Operations-and-Maintenance

2:00 PM EDT

H.R. 4040—Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID–19 Act of 2021; H.R. 263—Big Cat Public Safety Act

House Rules Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/house-event/115067

https://rules.house.gov/news/announcement/meeting-announcement-hr-4040-and-hr-263

2:00 PM EDT

Rethinking Cancer Targeting Strategies: New Synthetic Sensors and Circuits in the Era of Smart Cell Therapeutics - Wendell Lim, Ph.D., University of California – San Francisco

National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

https://cssi.cancer.gov/news-and-events

https://events.cancer.gov/cssi/technology-seminar/registration

2:00 PM EDT

President Biden meets virtually with the Chairman and Principal Owner of the Republic of Korea (ROK) conglomerate SK Group to discuss the company’s robust investments in American manufacturing and jobs.

The White House

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY7FW2jzOxI

2:15 PM EDT

Donald J. Trump Delivers Keynote Address at America First Policy Institute Annual Policy Summit

America First Policy Institute

https://americafirstpolicy.com/

C-SPAN

https://www.c-span.org/video/?521940-1/pres-trump-speaks-america-policy-institute-summit

RSBN

https://www.rsbnetwork.com/video/american-first-policy-institute-annual-policy-summit-day-two-july-26-2022/

https://rumble.com/v1d3dcp-live-american-first-policy-institute-annual-policy-summit-day-two-july-26-2.html

2:30 PM EDT

Hearings to Examine Decriminalizing Cannabis at the Federal Level: Necessary Steps to Address Past Harms

Senate Judiciary Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/senate-event/332910

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/decriminalizing-cannabis-at-the-federal-level-necessary-steps-to-address-past-harms

2:30 PM EDT

To Receive a Closed Briefing on Certain Intelligence Matters

Senate Intelligence (Select) Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/senate-event/332881

https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/hearings/closed-briefing-intelligence-matters-406

3:15 PM EDT

Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and Director of the National Economic Council Brian Deese.

The White House

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03gywFVE1dcs

4:00 PM EDT

College of Central Bankers Institutional Alignment Project Event Series: CBDC

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's Global Interdependence Center

https://www.interdependence.org/events/browse/ccb-institutional-alignment-project-event-series-cbdc/

5:30 PM EDT

Public Meeting: Unmanned Aircraft Systems Beyond Visual Line of Sight Aviation Rulemaking Committee Final Report

FAA

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/07/01/2022-14128/unmanned-aircraft-systems-beyond-visual-line-of-sight-aviation-rulemaking-committee-final-report

https://www.facebook.com/FAA

https://www.youtube.com/FAAnews

6:00 PM EDT

Book Talk with the Honorable Kevin Rudd | The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China

Washington State China Relations Council, the China Studies Program and the East Asia Center at the University of Washington, and the World Affairs Council of Seattle

https://www.world-affairs.org/event/book-talk-with-the-honorable-kevin-rudd-the-avoidable-war-the-dangers-of-a-catastrophic-conflict-between-the-us-and-xi-jinpings-china/

7:00 PM EDT

Pope Francis - Pilgrimage to the site of Lac Ste. Anne and Liturgy of the Word

Lac Ste. Anne, Alberta

https://www.ncregister.com/cna/papal-visit-to-canada-schedule-and-how-to-watch-on-ewtn

https://www.papalvisit.ca/schedule/

8:45 PM EDT

Tuesday Sunset Parades at the Marine Corps War Memorial - Gates Open 7PM to 8PM

Iwo Jima Memorial

https://www.barracks.marines.mil/Parades/2022-Parade-Schedule-Reservations/

https://www.barracks.marines.mil/Parades/Sunset-Parade/

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Jill Biden's press secretary to leave White House

Michael LaRosa served as the first lady's press secretary since President Biden started his 2020 campaign

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/jill-bidens-press-secretary-leave-white-house

Portrait of Bravery: Ukraine’s First Lady, Olena Zelenska

BY RACHEL DONADIO

PHOTOGRAPHY BY ANNIE LEIBOVITZ

July 26, 2022

https://www.vogue.com/article/portrait-of-bravery-ukraines-first-lady-olena-zelenska

https://archive.ph/wDO9x

Office of the DNI

@ODNIgov

Happy 114th Birthday @FBI!

Thank you for your partnership and work towards accomplishing the Intelligence Community’s mission.

8:00 AM · Jul 26, 2022·Twitter for iPhone

https://twitter.com/ODNIgov/status/1551900249832169472

Vogue China Plus June 2022

https://www.instagram.com/bryanhuynh/

New Portman Report Details China’s Efforts to Target, Influence, and Undermine U.S. Federal Reserve Banks

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released a new report detailing China’s malign efforts to target, influence, and undermine the U.S. Federal Reserve. Based on a Federal Reserve counterintelligence analysis and unheeded FBI recommendations to change the Federal Reserve’s policies and procedures, this report finds the Federal Reserve has been the target of an extended and effective Chinese malign influence and information theft campaign.

The report, titled China’s Threat to the Fed: Chinese Influence and Information Theft at U.S. Federal Reserve Banks, reveals that China has targeted the U.S. Federal Reserve System to undermine American economic and monetary policy since at least 2013. Portman, as then Chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations documented in a 2019 bipartisan report how China utilizes talent recruitment programs, like the Thousand Talents Plan, to target science and technology sectors. This investigation of the U.S. Federal Reserve shows how China has used a variety of tactics to recruit U.S.-based economists to provide them with knowledge and intellectual capital in exchange for monetary gain and other benefits.

https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/media/minority-media/new-portman-report-details-chinas-efforts-to-target-influence-and-undermine-us-federal-reserve-banks_-

https://archive.ph/dw4RK

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Sotheby's

Auction

Buzz Aldrin: American Icon

26 July 2022

12:00 EDT

New York

https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/buzz-aldrin-american-icon

[Apollo 11]

Buzz Aldrin's FLOWN Inflight Coverall Jacket, worn by him on his mission to the Moon and back during Apollo 11

Estimate:

1,000,000 - 2,000,000 USD

Bid:

750,000 USD

https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/buzz-aldrin-american-icon/buzz-aldrins-flown-inflight-coverall-jacket-worn

Tuesday, July 26, 2022 - 10:40 am

Austin Speaks at Defense Minister Conference

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III participates in the Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas. Delegations discuss shared challenges and opportunities. Established in 1995, the group is the Western Hemisphere's premier defense forum for strategic-level engagement among defense and security officials in the Americas.

https://www.defense.gov/News/Live-Events/#/?currentVideo=29291

https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/29291

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