Coming Up on Capitol Hill
Congressional members from the NEMW region are back from their week-long recess with spending bills and other legislation ready for consideration. The House will review and likely pass the funding bill for the Department of Commerce, which includes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Manufacturing Extension Partnership. The NEMWI produced an
overview of the current bill, including funding for regionally-important programs and other policy provisions on manufacturing and coal communities. The House may also consider its spending bill for the Departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development. A similar
NEMWI-produced overview is available, highlighting funding for the TIGER and Community Development Block Grants, among other programs. Hearings and meetings coming up this week include:
Tuesday
- House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management hearing on the Financial Health of Farm Country; 10:00 AM, room 1300 Longworth House Office Building.
- Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing "to receive testimony on the status of drought conditions throughout the western United States and actions states and others are taking to address them"; 10:00 AM, room 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building.
Wednesday
- Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee business meeting to consider (among other items) a "resolution expressing the Sense of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship that the Waters of the United States rule will have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities"; 10:00 AM, room 428A Russell Senate Office Building.
Thursday
- House Science, Space, and Technology Committee hearing on "EPA Regulatory Overreach: Impacts on American Competitiveness" (including consideration of the impacts of the Clean Water Act jurisdiction ("Waters of the United States") rule); 9:00 AM, room 2318 Rayburn House Office Building.
- Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management hearing "Examining Practical Solutions to Improve the Federal Regulatory Process"; 1:15 PM, room 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building.
For more information, contact Mark Gorman, Policy Analyst at the Northeast-Midwest Institute or Danielle Chesky, Director of the Great Lakes Washington Program at the Northeast-Midwest Institute.
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