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COMMITTEE MEETINGS 10 a.m. FINANCE Full Committee. Hearing on Social Security Administration field offices. Barbara Bovbjerg, GAO; Linda McMahon, SSA; Richard Warsinskey, National Council of Social Security Management Associations; Witold Skwierczynski, AFL-CIO. Location: Room 215, Dirksen.

10 a.m. HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce and the District of Columbia Subcommittee. Hearing on recruitment of the next generation of federal workers. Location: Room 342, Dirksen.

2:30 p.m. COMMERCE, SCIENCE AND TRANSPORTATION Full Committee. Hearing on climate change modeling. Alexander E. “Sandy” MacDonald, NOAA; James J. Hack, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Daniel A. Reed, Microsoft; Edward S. Sarachik, University of Washington; Bruce K. Carlisle, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management; John Walsh, University of Alaska Fairbanks. Location: Room 253, Russell.

HOUSE

FLOOR SCHEDULE 10 a.m. FLOOR SCHEDULE Meets for legislative business.

COMMITTEE MEETINGS 10 a.m. EDUCATION AND LABOR Healthy Families and Communities Subcommittee. Hearing on the impact of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts. Filmmaker Ken Burns; Bruce Cole, chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities; Dana Gioia, chairman, National Endowment for the Arts; William F. Glacken, mayor, Freeport, N.Y.; Ryan Kelly, former Army Captain and participant in Operation Homecoming. Location: Room 2175, Rayburn.

10 a.m. ENERGY AND COMMERCE Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee. Hearing on direct to consumer advertising. Ruth Day, Duke University; Nancy Nielsen, American Medical Association; Mollyann Brodie, Kaiser Family Foundation; Marcia Crosse, GAO; James Sage, Pfizer Inc.; Deepak Khanna, Merck/Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals; Kim Taylor, Johnson and Johnson. Location: Room 2123, Rayburn.

10 a.m. ENERGY AND COMMERCE Health Subcommittee. Hearing on stem cell science. NIH Director Elias Zerhouni; Joseph Bertino, Cancer Institute of New Jersey. Location: Room 2322, Rayburn.

10 a.m. ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND GLOBAL WARMING Full Committee. Hearing on “Negawatts: The Role of Efficiency Policies in Climate Legislation.” New York Deputy Energy Secretary Paul DeCotis; Dian Grueneich, Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission; Steven Kline, Vice President for Environment and Federal Affairs, Pacific Gas and Electric Corporation; Richard Cowart, Director, Regulatory Assistance Project; George Sakellaris, President and CEO, Ameresco Inc.; William Fay, Director, Energy Efficient Codes Coalition. Location: Room 210, Cannon.

10 a.m. FINANCIAL SERVICES Housing and Community Opportunity Subcommittee. Hearing on use of emergency Community Development Block Grant funds in the Gulf Coast. Location: Room 2128, Rayburn.

10 a.m. FOREIGN AFFAIRS Middle East and South Asia Subcommittee. hearing on U.S. assistance to the Middle East. Assistant Secretary of State C. David Welch; George Laudato, USAID. Location: Room 2172, Rayburn.

10 a.m. FOREIGN AFFAIRS Western Hemisphere Subcommittee. Hearing on Central America and the Merida Initiative. Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Shannon; Geoff Thale, Washington office on Latin America; Harold Sibaja, Creative Associates International; Beatriz Casals, CEO, Casals and Associates.

10 a.m. OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM Full Committee. Hearing on EPA’s new ozone standards. EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson; Susan Dudley, OMB. Location: Room 2154, Rayburn.

10 a.m. SMALL BUSINESS Full committee. Hearing on Medicare’s physician fee cuts and the survivability of small medical practices. Herb Kuhn, deputy administrator, CMMS. Location: Room 1539, Rayburn.

11 a.m. WAYS AND MEANS Income Security and Family Support Subcommittee. Hearing on the use of psychotropic drugs for children in foster care. Location: Room B-318, Rayburn.

2 p.m. OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia Subcommittee. Hearing on the economics of Universal Mail Post. Location: Room 2154, Rayburn.

GENERAL CALENDAR

ALL DAY (May 1-8) HURRICANE-TERROR DRILL Federal Emergency Management Agency conducts National Level Exercise 2-08, a combined functional and full scale exercise. Drill is to test preparation and response to multiple incidents, including natural disasters and terror strikes. Location: Various Contacts: FEMA, 202/646-4600

May 7-9 INVESTMENT COMPANY INSTITUTE The Investment Company Institute, the national trade association of the investment company industry, holds its 50th annual ICI General Membership Meeting. Location: Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, 2660 Woodley Park Road NW. Contacts: Petra Smeltzer, 202/326-5829

May 8-9 ECONOMIC SECURITY-YOUTH Demos, Rock the Vote, Campus Progress, Common Cause, others, hold a national conference, “A Better Deal: Reclaiming Economic Security for a New Generation.” Location: Liaison Capitol Hill, 415 New Jersey Ave. NW. Contacts: Tim Rusch, 212/633-1405

May 8-9 US-CANADA The Canada Institute and the Environmental Change and Security Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars host a two-day interactive conference on “Trans-Boundary Environmental Governance in Canada and the United States.” Background: The approaching centennial of the Boundary Waters Treaty provides a unique opportunity to examine a range of experiments in environmental governance that span the U.S.-Canadian border. While much has been written about the institutional framework that emerged since the treaty was signed in 1909, there is still a need for serious discussion of the effectiveness of existing governance arrangements and reflection on their adequacy Location: Woodrow Wilson Center, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Contacts: 202/691-4000 Notes: May 8 sessions from 2:30-5 p.m. May 9 sessions from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Seating is limited. RSVP to Canadawilsoncenter.org

9-10:30 a.m. POLITICS-FAMILY ISSUES The Urban Institute hosts a discussion, “Children and Family Issues on the Campaign Trail: Polling, Politics, and Policy.” Speakers: Speakers: Christopher Blunt, president, Overbrook Research; Anna Greenberg, senior vice president, Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research; Olivia Golden, senior fellow, Urban Institute; Matthew Stagner, executive director, Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago; and (moderator) Wendy Koch, reporter, USA Today. Location: Urban Institute, 2100 M St. NW.

9:30 a.m. IMF BRIEFING IMF holds a news briefing with Masood Ahmed, Director of External Relations. Location: Room R-710, 720 19th St. NW. Contacts: 202/623-7100

10 a.m. HAGEL-NATIONAL SECURITY The Center for American Progress hosts a onversation on National Security with Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb. Location: Center for American Progress, 1333 H St. NW, 10th Floor. Contacts: 202/682-1611 Notes: Please RSVP with contact.

10:30 a.m. PETROLEUM RESERVES Rep. Nick Lampson holds a news conference to modernize the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Location: Cannon Terrace. Contacts: Trevor Kincaid, 202/226-1662

Noon CHINA Commerce Undersecretary Christopher Padilla speaks at a luncheon on China’s innovation and standards setting policies. Location: 1615 H St. NW. Contacts: 202/463-5682

Noon TRUCKING-SUSTAINABILITY The American Trucking Associations holds a news conference to discuss its first industry-wide environmental sustainability report and recommendations for lowering carbon dioxide emissions. Participants include CEOs Doug Duncan of FedEx Freight, Chris Lofgren of Schneider National, Titan Transfer Chairman Tommy Hodges, others. Location: Room 704, Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Contacts: Ben Brundred, 202/828-8801

Noon - 2 p.m. US/CHINA-CLIMATE The Carnegie Endowment hosts a discussion, “U.S.-China Cooperation on Climate Change: Breaking the Suicide Pact.” Speakers: William Chandler, director of the Carnegie Energy & Climate Program; and Zhou Dadi, who has advised the highest level of the Chinese leadership on climate change and now heads Carnegies Energy & Climate Program in Beijing. Location: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1779 Massachusetts Ave. NW. Contacts: Jessica Jennings, 202/939-2265 Notes: Please RSVP with contact.

1-2 p.m. ARTHRITIS-DIABETES LINK The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will announce the latest data from the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), revealing an unexpected link between arthritis and diabetes, and details the important role of physical activity in the management of both diseases. CDC will hold a news briefing to detail the embargoed data findings, review disease management options currently available, and hear from patients affected by arthritis. Briefers: Janet Collins, director, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; John H. Klippel, M.D., president and CEO, Arthritis Foundation; Fay Lovejoy, Arthritis Foundation Program Participant, East Providence, R.I,; and Cindy Copenhaver, Arthritis Foundation Program Trainer, South Holland, Ill. Location: Room 2218, Rayburn House Office Building. Contacts: Kristin Francini, 202/745-5107

2 p.m. AMTRAK House Transportation Committee Chairman James Oberstar, others, hold a news conference to announce the Amtrak reauthorization legislation. Location: Room 2167, Rayburn. Contacts: Mary Kerr, 202/225-6260

3 p.m. HELSINKI COMMISION-RUSSIA The U.S. Helsinki Commission holds a hearing on U.S.-Russian relations in the Medvedev administration, with Acting Undersecretary of State Daniel Fried; Stephen Blank of the Army War College; Celeste Wallander of Georgetown University, and David Foglesong of Rutgers University. Location: Room 419, Dirksen. Contacts: Lale Mamaux, 202/225-1901

5:30 p.m. PAULSON Treasury Secretary Paulson speaks to the International Conference on Financial Education. Location: Organization of American States, 17th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Contacts: 202/622-2920

6 p.m. REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL Refugees International holds its 29th Anniversary Dinner. The event will honor honor actor and humanitarian, Mia Farrow and her son Ronan Farrow, with the 2008 McCall-Pierpaoli award for their leadership and commitment to refugees and internally displaced people around the globe. Senators Edward Kennedy and Gordon Smith also will be honored for their work on behalf of Iraqi refugees. Location: Embassy of Italy, 3000 Whitehaven St. NW. Contacts: Vanessa Parra, 202/828-0110 ext 225 Notes: VIP reception at 6 p.m. General reception at 7 p.m. Dinner begins at 8 p.m.

• Compiled by the Associated Press and The Washington Times