9:45 AM EST
Hearings to Examine U.S.-China Policy in the Era of Strategic Competition, Witnesses - Deputy Secretary of State The Honorable Wendy Sherman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/333562
https://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/evaluating-us-china-policy-in-the-era-of-strategic-competition
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Deputy Secretary of State Testifies on U.S.-China Policy
Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman testifies on U.S. policy toward China amid strategic competition with the nation. The hearing takes place before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
https://www.c-span.org/video/?525787-1/deputy-secretary-state-testifies-us-china-policy
this hearing is strange - it's more about Jan 6
witness is Architect of the Capitol, J. Brett Blanton says he needed gov't vehicle to communicate with capitol police directly
9:00 AM EST
The Looking Ahead Series: The Architect of the Capitol's Strategic Plan for the 118th Congress
Committee on House Administration
https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115282
https://cha.house.gov/committee-activity/hearings/looking-ahead-series-architect-capitols-strategic-plan-118th-congress
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XItCVmOIdBM
10:00 AM EST
Organizational Business Meeting to Consider Committee Rules, an Original Resolution Authorizing Expenditures by the Committee for the 118th Congress, and Subcommittee Assignments; To Be Immediately Followed by a Hearing to Examine Strengthening Airline Operations and Consumer Protections
Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/333567
https://www.commerce.senate.gov/2023/2/executive-session
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Southwest Airlines Official Testifies on Operations & Consumer Protections
Southwest Airlines Chief Operating Officer and others testify before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on airline operations and consumer protections amid recent mass cancellations by the airline.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?525879-1/southwest-airlines-official-testifies-operations-consumer-protections
10:15 AM EST
Oversight: The People's Republic of China's High Altitude Surveillance Efforts (CHASE) Against the United States
Senate Appropriations Committee
https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/333590
https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/oversight-on-chinese-spy-balloon
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Defense Dept. Officials on Chinese Surveillance Balloon
Defense Dept. officials brief lawmakers on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense about the Chinese surveillance balloon that entered U.S. airspace over the west coast before being shot down by fighter jets off the coast of South Carolina.
https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/
https://www.c-span.org/video/?525930-1/defense-department-officials-lawmakers-chinese-spy-balloon
The Mess of an Address
Joe Biden misinforms, ignores, and attacks—and then calls for “unity,” as the country collectively slides into ruin.
By Victor Davis Hanson
February 8, 2023
After listening to the State of the Union address, Americans know why the latest Reuters poll has Joe Biden at 41 percent approval.
Vice President Kamala Harris polls even lower—despite the obsequious efforts of the most biased media in history that has, in effect, merged with the Democratic Party.
The nation was reminded again why only 37 percent of Biden’s own party want him to run again.
https://amgreatness.com/2023/02/08/the-mess-of-an-address/
Biden Admin Says It Will Terminate Trump-Era Immigration Restrictions
Title 42 allows border agents to immediately expel illegal immigrants
February 8, 2023
The Biden administration told the Supreme Court on Tuesday it will end the Trump-era Title 42 policy, which allows border agents to expel migrants at the border, as the country faces a growing illegal immigration crisis.
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/biden-admin-says-it-will-terminate-trump-era-immigration-restrictions/
Trump re-truthed this on TS
11:30 AM EST
Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre Gaggle Aboard Air Force One En Route Tampa, Florida
Air Force One
https://youtube.com/watch?v=5IQKVvWe7qA