March 13, 2024

9:00 AM EDT

Bureaucratic Overreach or Consumer Protection? Examining the CFPB’s Latest Action to Restrict Competition in Payments

House Financial Services Committee

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WITNESSES:

Mr. Carl Holshouser

Executive Vice President and Corporate Secretary, TechNet

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Mr. Brian Johnson

Managing Director, Patomak Global Partners, LLC

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Mr. James Kim

Partner and Head of Fintech Industry Group, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders, LLP

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Mr. Jack Solowey

Financial Technology Policy Analyst, CATO Institute

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https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/116956

https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/116956/documents/HHRG-118-BA21-20240313-SD002.pdf

https://financialservices.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=409175

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

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Hearing on Regulating Payment Apps & Digital Wallets

The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion holds a hearing on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) proposed rule to regulate payment apps and digital wallets.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?534210-1/hearing-regulating-payment-apps-digital-wallets

March 13, 2024

9:00 AM EDT

Too Critical to Fail: Getting Software Right in an Age of Rapid Innovation

House Armed Services Committee

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WITNESSES:

Dr. Richard Murray

Professor of Control & Dynamical Systems and Bioengineering

California Institute of Technology

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Dr. Daniel Patt

Senior Fellow

Hudson Institute

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The Honorable Ellen Lord

Former Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment

Department of Defense

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https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/116957

https://armedservices.house.gov/hearings/citi-hearing-too-critical-fail-getting-software-right-age-rapid-innovation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYPFEm5IkDY

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Former Defense Under Secretary Testifies on Military Software Innovation

Experts testify on the role of software in Defense Department systems and how to acquire and deploy it for rapid innovation, before a House Armed Services subcommittee.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?534207-1/defense-secretary-testifies-military-software-innovation

10:00 AM EDT

Legislative Presentation of The American Legion & Multi VSOs: JWV, TAPS, NCHV, MOAA, NACVSO, NCAI, VVA, NGAUS, FRA

Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee

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WITNESSES:

PANEL I

Daniel J. Seehafer, National Commander, The American Legion

Accompanied By:

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Chanin Nuntavong, National Executive Director

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Patricia Harris, Chairwoman, Legislative Commission

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Julia Mathis, Director, Legislative Division

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Autrey James, Chairman, Veterans Affairs & Rehabilitation Commission

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Tiffany Ellett, Director, Veterans Affairs & Rehabilitation Division

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John Bowen, Chairman, Veterans Employment & Education Commission

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Joe Sharpe, Director, Veterans Employment & Education Division

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PANEL II

COL Barry Lischinsky, USA, Ret., National Commander, Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A.

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Rebecca Harrison Mullaney, Surviving Spouse of Army Captain Ian Morrison, Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors

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Kathryn Monet, Chief Executive Officer, National Coalition for Homeless Veterans

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Cmdr. René Campos, USN (Ret), Senior Director of Government Relations for Veterans Wounded Warrior Care, Military Officers Association of America

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Michael McLaughlin, Legislative Director, National Association of County Veterans Service Officers

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Larry Wright, Jr., Executive Director, National Congress of American Indians

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Jack McManus, National President, Vietnam Veterans of America

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Maj. Gen. Frank McGinn (Ret.), President, National Guard Association of the United States

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John S. Handzuk, National President, Fleet Reserve Association

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https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/335486

https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/116901

https://www.veterans.senate.gov/2024/3/legislative-presentation-of-the-american-legion-multi-vsos-jwv-taps-nchv-moaa-nacvso-ncai-vva-ngaus-fra

https://veterans.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=6383

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvYBWFtyF6w

10:30 AM EDT

OSTP, U.S. National Science Foundation & National Science Board Event on U.S. Investment in R&D

White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), in collaboration with the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Science Board (NSB)

https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgCjW0Sclis

11:00 AM EDT

Rep. Lieu and Sens. Bennet and Blumenthal News Conference on Ukraine Aid

Rep. Lieu (D-CA) and Sens. Bennet (D-CO) and Blumenthal (D-CT) speak with reporters about efforts to pass an aid package for Ukraine.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?534216-1/rep-lieu-sens-bennet-blumenthal-news-conference-ukraine-aid

11:00 AM EDT

House Minority Leader Weekly Briefing

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY) briefs reporters and responds to questions on his party’s legislative agenda.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?534219-1/house-minority-leader-weekly-briefing

Ukrainian NATO Nazi Shill Meltdown

WATCH: President Trump Addressing Victory as Republican Presumptive Nominee - 3/13/24

Right Side Broadcasting Network

1 hour ago

https://rumble.com/v4izzfc-watch-president-trump-addressing-victory-as-republican-presumptive-nominee-.html

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H.R.7521 - Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act

118th Congress (2023-2024)

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7521

House Approves TikTok Bill, 352-65 LIVE

Agencies take temporary action on appraisal requirements in area affected by Hawaii wildfires

March 13, 2024

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

National Credit Union Administration

For release at 11:00 a.m. EDT

https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/other20240313a.htm

12:00 PM EDT

The Future of American Innovation: A Conversation With Lina Khan 

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

https://carnegieendowment.org/2024/03/13/future-of-american-innovation-conversation-with-lina-khan-event-8255

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpthvSe5mE4

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FTC Chair on Future of American Innovation

Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan is interviewed by the Financial Times' Rana Foroohar about the future of American innovation. The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace hosts the conversation in Washington, DC.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?534204-1/ftc-chair-future-american-innovation

12:00 PM EDT

The Race to Decarbonize the American Economy

Washington Post Live

https://www.washingtonpost.com/washington-post-live/2024/03/13/race-decarbonize-american-economy/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bskH7VSxr-I

12:00 PM EDT

Daily Press Briefing by the Spokesperson of the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly.

United Nations

https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1w/k1wrab0p00

12:00 PM EDT

POLITICO's 2024 Health Care Summit

Politico

https://www.politico.com/healthcaresummit2024

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TBD

Policymakers at Health Care Summit

Officials from the legislative and executive branches join policy stakeholders at Politico’s 2024 health care summit in Washington, DC.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?534208-1/policymakers-health-care-summit

12:00 PM EDT

The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the CIA, and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq

New America

https://theachillestrap.splashthat.com/

https://www.newamerica.org/future-security/events/the-achilles-trap-saddam-hussein-the-cia-and-the-origins-of-americas-invasion-of-iraq/

1:00 PM EDT

The Hope of Lent: Online Retreat

National Catholic Partnership on Disability

https://ncpd.org/events/hope-lent-online-retreat

CUSA: Apostolate for Persons with Chronic Illness

https://www.cusan.org/