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Thursday, August 18, 2022

The House Stands Adjourned Until September 6, 2022 (next session August, 19, 2022 at 11:00 AM EDT pro forma)

The Senate Stands Adjourned Until September 6, 2022 (next session August 19, 2022 at 2:30 PM EDT pro forma)

August 8 - September 5 State Work Period.

Assistant Secretary Bitter is on travel to Brazil from August 14-18, 2022.

The President has no public events scheduled.

Biden Residence, Wilmington, DE

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Safe + Sound Week

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

https://www.osha.gov/safeandsoundweek

8:30 AM EDT

World Production, Markets, and Trade Report Release - Export Sales Report Weekly Export Sales

Foreign Agricultural Service, Department of Agriculture

https://www.fas.usda.gov/report-release-announcement/weekly-export-sales-83

8:40 AM EDT

Under Secretary Fernandez delivers virtual keynote remarks at the 2022 Latin American Cities Conferences hosted by American Societies Council of Americas (AS/COA), from the Department of State.

American Societies Council of Americas (AS/COA)

https://www.as-coa.org/events/2022-latin-american-cities-conferences-buenos-aires

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK494hUdbtA

8:50 AM EDT

II Marine Expeditionary Force Change of Command

https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/29467

9:00 AM EDT

Public Meeting on Proposed Toronto-Dominion Bank Acquisition of First Horizon Corporation, Memphis, Tenn.

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve Board

https://www2.occ.gov/news-events/events/files/event-public-meeting-on-proposed-td-bank-acquisition-8-18-2022.html

10:00 AM EDT

Mastering Resume Essentials for Military Spouses

Department of Labor

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/vets/events/08182022/mastering-resume-essentials-military-spouses

10:30 AM EDT

Ask an Expert: Late Summer in the Kitchen Garden (Online Q&A)

United States Botanic Garden Conservatory

https://usbg.doubleknot.com/registration/calendardetail.aspx?activitykey=2915865&orgkey=4153&ReturnURL=//usbg.doubleknot.com/app/calendar/month/4153/2022-08-01/4153/0/

11:00 AM EDT

AI Assurance: Challenges and Opportunities - Speaker: Mikel Rodriguez, MITRE Labs

Argonne National Laboratory

https://www.anl.gov/event/ai-assurance-challenges-and-opportunities

11:00 AM EDT

What Would It Take to Achieve Place-Level Transformation? Considerations for the Federal Government

Urban Institute

https://www.urban.org/events/what-would-it-take-achieve-place-level-transformation-considerations-federal-government

12:00 PM EDT

Iraq's Internal Politics & Prospects of Expanding Its Regional Role After the Jeddah Summit

Atlantic Council

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/iraqs-internal-politics-prospects-of-expanding-its-regional-role-after-the-jeddah-summit/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8nTvIWc24o

1:00 PM EDT

Taking Charge of Climate Change Through Stretch Codes

Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy

https://www.energy.gov/eere/buildings/events/taking-charge-climate-change-through-stretch-codes

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1:30 PM EDT

Crossing the Consumer Welfare Rubicon: A Conversation with Commissioner Noah Phillips of the Federal Trade Commission

American Enterprise Institute

https://www.aei.org/events/crossing-the-consumer-welfare-rubicon-a-conversation-with-commissioner-noah-phillips-of-the-federal-trade-commission/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OND9BDE9XA

2:00 PM EDT

Measuring and Assessing the Use of Evidence

Urban Institute Cohosted with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy In collaboration with the Office of Management and Budget

https://www.urban.org/events/measuring-and-assessing-use-evidence

2:00 PM EDT

PandemicX Accelerator Finale Event

PandemicX is co-led by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT

https://www.hhs.gov/live/live-1/index.html#8323

2:00 PM EDT

Department of State Press Briefing with Spokesperson Ned Price

Department of State

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

2:30 PM EDT

Book Forum: America's Great‐Power Opportunity Revitalizing U.S. Foreign Policy to Meet the Challenges of Strategic Competition

Cato Institute

https://www.cato.org/events/americas-great-power-opportunity-revitalizing-us-foreign-policy-meet-challenges-strategic

4:00 PM EDT

Brookhaven Women in Science (BWIS) Activity "BWIS Lecture Series"

Brookhaven National Laboratory

https://www.bnl.gov/event.php?q=17619

4:00 PM EDT

State and Local Strategies for Building Worker Power - Can California's FAST Recovery Act Transform Fast Food Jobs and Be a Model for the Nation?

Economic Policy Institute

https://www.epi.org/event/state-and-local-strategies-for-building-worker-power-can-californias-fast-recovery-act-transform-fast-food-jobs-and-be-a-model-for-the-nation/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ5im7BeY24

4:00 PM EDT

Veterans Career Live – Student Loan Forgiveness (Disability Discharge) - Presented by Paralyzed Veterans of America

Veterans Administration

https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/48353/

4:00 PM EDT

Hicks Talks U.S. Innovation at Purdue

Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen H. Hicks delivers a speech on U.S. innovation followed by an audience question and answer session at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind.

https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/29421

5:00 PM EDT

Democratic Responses to Foreign Interference: Learning from Australia's Experience

Center for Strategic & International Studies

https://www.csis.org/events/democratic-responses-foreign-interference-learning-australias-experience

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnENXPvNO6o

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