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Wednesday, August 3, 2022

The House Stands Adjourned Until September 6, 2022 (next session Aug. 5, 2022 at 3:00 PM EDT pro forma)

The Senate Stands Adjourned Until August 3, 2022 at 12:00 PM EDT

Secretary Blinken is on travel to Cambodia, the Philippines, South Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda from August 2-12, 2022.

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August 3, 2022 - August 4, 2022

Sixth Annual Fintech Conference

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

https://www.philadelphiafed.org/calendar-of-events/sixth-annual-fintech-conference

August 3, 2022

OPEC+ Meeting

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/opec-weigh-holding-oil-output-steady-or-small-hike-sources-say-2022-07-28/

2:45 AM EDT

Special Address by President Zelenskyy

Australian National University (ANU)

https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/ukraine-president-volodymyr-zelenskyy-to-address-australia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKY6DvhIkcg

8:00 AM EDT

Proposers Day in Support of HR001122S0028, Ouija Program TA-2

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA: Open only to U.S. citizens possessing a U.S. Department of Defense SECRET clearance or higher

https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/ouija-ta2-proposers-day

9:00 AM EDT

Replay: Beneficial AI to Advance UN SDGs

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

https://aiforgood.itu.int/event/beneficial-ai-to-advance-un-sdgs/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdnIzfaYiq4

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Business Meeting to Consider the Nominations of Anjali Chaturvedi, of Maryland, to Be General Counsel, and Jaime Areizaga-Soto, of Virginia, to Be Chairman of the Board of Veterans' Appeals, Both of the Department of Veterans Affairs

Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/senate-event/332982

9:30 AM EDT

Hearing on "Challenges from Chinese Policy in 2022: Zero-COVID, Ukraine, and Pacific Diplomacy"

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission

https://www.uscc.gov/hearings/challenges-chinese-policy-2022-zero-covid-ukraine-and-pacific-diplomacy

10:00 AM EDT

Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee Meeting

Securities and Exchange Commission

https://www.sec.gov/news/upcoming-events/sbcfac-080222

https://www.youtube.com/c/SECViews

10:00 AM EDT

June 2022 Full Report - Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories and Orders Data Release

https://www.census.gov/manufacturing/m3/index.html

10:00 AM EDT

The Congressional Budget Office's Long-Term Budget Forecast

American Enterprise Institute

https://www.aei.org/events/the-congressional-budget-offices-long-term-budget-forecast/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppEbzr1H4AQ

10:00 AM EDT

Investigating COVID-19 Origins: A Conversation With Senator Roger Marshall

Hudson Institute

https://www.hudson.org/events/2135-investigating-covid-19-origins-a-conversation-with-senator-roger-marshall82022

10:00 AM EDT

Restoring Deterrence: Coercion and Crises in Southern Asia

Stimson Center

https://www.stimson.org/event/restoring-deterrence-coercion-and-crises-in-southern-asia/

10:00 AM EDT

Hearings to Examine the Nomination of Nathaniel Fick, of Maine, to Be Ambassador at Large for Cyberspace and Digital Policy, Department of State, and Other Pending Nominations.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/senate-event/332960

https://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/nominations080322am

10:00 AM EDT

Hearings to Examine Protecting Our Democracy's Frontline Workers

Senate Judiciary Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/senate-event/332706

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/08/03/2022/protecting-our-democracys-frontline-workers

10:00 AM EDT

Field Hearing: Astoria, Oregon Building Climate-Resilient Coastal Communities: Perspectives from Oregon's State, Local, and Tribal Partners

House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/house-event/115066

https://climatecrisis.house.gov/committee-activity/hearings/building-climate-resilient-coastal-communities-perspectives-oregon-s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdd6SAV-CDk

10:00 AM EDT

Business Meeting

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/senate-event/332967

https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/hearings/08/03/2022/business-meeting-

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10:30 AM EDT

Hearings to Examine the Electoral Count Act, Focusing on the Need for Reform

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/senate-event/332966

https://www.rules.senate.gov/hearings/the-electoral-count-act-the-need-for-reform

https://www.c-span.org/video/?522075-1/sens-manchin-collins-testify-electoral-count-act

10:30 AM EDT

Networks of Opportunity: Social Capital and Economic Mobility

Brookings Institution

https://www.brookings.edu/events/networks-of-opportunity-social-capital-and-economic-mobility/

11:00 AM EDT

National Science Board Committee on Science and Engineering Policy (SEP) Teleconference (OPEN)

National Science Board, National Science Foundation

https://www.nsf.gov/events/event_summ.jsp?cntn_id=305617

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

11:00 AM EDT

Artemis I Big Picture Briefing

NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-to-host-briefings-to-preview-artemis-i-moon-mission

11:30 AM EDT

Crony Capitalism: Big Pharma, Big Government, and the Vaccine - Sen. Ron Johnson, Dr. Robert Malone, Dr. Peter McCullough, and Dr. Pierre Kory

The American Conservative

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/event/crony-capitalism/

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

11:30 AM EDT

Paul Pelosi DUI Arraignment

https://www.facebook.com/napacountyda/posts/pfbid0AKstFLb9G7L1dN8NDYF9LbjgjrW72qgEH6toVQyndkNxj4mwBixX68htM9iX5w3rl

https://www.countyofnapa.org/DocumentCenter/View/26034/Press-Release—Paul-Pelosi-Pre-Arraignment-08012022

11:30 AM EDT

Uno: A Modular Open-Source C++ Solver for Unifying Nonlinear Optimization

Argonne National Laboratory

https://www.anl.gov/event/uno-a-modular-opensource-c-solver-for-unifying-nonlinear-optimization

12:00 PM EDT

Baby Bonds in Context: A Systems Approach to Closing the Racial Wealth Gap

Urban Institute

https://www.urban.org/events/baby-bonds-context-systems-approach-closing-racial-wealth-gap

12:00 PM EDT

Homegrown Concert Series: Janusz Prusinowski Kompania: Join us for a Homegrown at Home concert featuring Janusz Prusinowski Kompania for progressive village music from Poland

Library of Congress

https://www.loc.gov/item/event-404019/homegrown-janusz-prusinowski-kompania/2022-08-03/

12:15 PM EDT

Collaborating on Culture in the New Era of Smarter Food Safety

Food and Drug Administration

https://www.fda.gov/food/workshops-meetings-webinars-food-and-dietary-supplements/collaborating-culture-new-era-smarter-food-safety-08032022

12:45 PM EDT

Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre

The White House

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPIruu40uzA

1:00 PM EDT

National Science Board Meeting Day 1

National Science Foundation

https://www.nsf.gov/events/event_summ.jsp?cntn_id=303252&org=NSF

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz85K4mCmSs

2:00 PM EDT

FEE Academy: Why Economics Is Cool — Using Sports!

Foundation for Economic Education (FEE)

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

2:00 PM EDT

The First Meeting of the Interagency Task Force on Reproductive Healthcare Access

President Biden delivers remarks virtually on securing access to reproductive and other health care services at the first meeting of the interagency Task Force on Reproductive Healthcare Access.

The White House

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKqbLRGcKa8

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2:30 PM EDT

Hearings to Examine Gain of Function Research, Focusing on What the Pandemic Taught Us and Where to Go From Here

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/senate-event/332968

https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/subcommittees/etso/hearings/revisiting-gain-of-function-research-what-the-pandemic-taught-us-and-where-do-we-go-from-here

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

2:30 PM EDT

Hearings to Examine Organizational Failures of the U.S.'s Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network

Senate Finance Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/senate-event/332969

https://www.finance.senate.gov/hearings/a-system-in-need-of-repair-addressing-organizational-failures-of-the-uss-organ-procurement-and-transplantation-network

https://www.c-span.org/video/?522134-1/health-care-providers-testify-organ-donation-transplant-system

2:30 PM EDT

Business Meeting to Consider S.4428, to Support the Security of Taiwan and Its Right of Self-Determination, and an Original Bill Entitled, "Department of State Authorization Act"

Senate Foreign Relations Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/senate-event/332970

https://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/business-meeting080322

3:00 PM EDT

WHEJAC Public Meeting

White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council

https://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/white-house-environmental-justice-advisory-council#meetings

4:00 PM EDT

Teaching the New Tools of Monetary Policy

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

https://events.stlouisfed.org/event/61cb4d51-6b51-4631-8574-a97ef3938bb0/summary

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'90s flashback

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https://www.rules.senate.gov/hearings/the-electoral-count-act-the-need-for-reform

WITNESSES

Panel I

The Honorable Senator Susan Collins

U.S. Senator from Maine

The Honorable Senator Joe Manchin

U.S. Senator from West Virginia

Panel II

The Honorable Bob Bauer

Professor of Practice and Distinguished Scholar in Residence at New York University School of Law

New York , NY

The Honorable John Gore

Partner, Jones Day

Washington , DC

Ambassador (ret.) Norman Eisen

Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, the Brookings Institution

Washington , DC

Mr. Derek Muller

Professor of Law, University of Iowa College of Law

Iowa City , IA

Mrs. Janai Nelson

President and Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc

New York , NY

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