Here is information about Senator Grassley’s schedule this week. The Senate is in session.
Senator Grassley will meet with Iowans in Washington from United Way of Siouxland.
Senator Grassley will meet with an Iowa family visiting Washington from Thornton.
Senator Grassley will be a guest on public affairs programs hosted by Maxine Sieleman on PRAISE 940 in Des Moines and Ryan Schlader on WMT in Cedar Rapids.
On Tuesday, January 14, at 2:30 p.m. (ET), Senator Grassley will participate in a Judiciary Committee hearing, “Hearing on the Report of the President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies.”
On Wednesday, January 15, at 10 a.m. (ET), Senator Grassley will participate in a Finance Committee hearing on the nomination of R. Gil Kerlikowske to be Department of Homeland Security Commissioner of Customs.
On Wednesday, January 15, at 3 p.m. (ET), Senator Grassley will participate in a Drug Caucus hearing on the “Future of U.S. Counternarcotics Efforts in Afghanistan.” The illegal drug trade is a contributing factor to many of the major challenges facing Afghanistan. Drug trafficking funds the Taliban, increases corruption and poses a serious public health challenge. The hearing will examine how the United States can sustain and improve counternarcotics efforts in Afghanistan as its military presence declines in 2014.
On Thursday, January16, at 10 a.m. (ET), Senator Grassley will participate in the weekly executive business meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The committee may consider the nominations of Carolyn B. McHugh to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, John B. Owens to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Michelle T. Friedland to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Nancy L. Moritz to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, David Jeremiah Barron to be United States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit, Jeffrey Alker Meyer to be United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut, Timothy L. Brooks to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, James Donato to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, Beth Labson Freeman to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, Pedro A. Delgado Hernandez to be United States District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico, Pamela L. Reeves to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Vince Girdhari Chhabria to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, James Maxwell Moody, Jr. to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Matthew Frederick Leitman to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, Judith Ellen Levy to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, Laurie J. Michelson to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, Linda Vivienne Parker to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, Christopher Reid Cooper to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, M. Douglas Harpool to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri, Gerald Austin McHugh, Jr. to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Edward G. Smith to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Sheryl H. Lipman to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, Stanley Allen Bastian to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington, Manish S. Shah to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, Daniel D. Crabtree to be United States District Judge for the District of Kansas, Cynthia Ann Bashant to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of California, Jon David Levy to be United States District Judge for the District of Maine, Theodore David Chuang to be United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, George Jarrod Hazel to be United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, and Peter Joseph Kadzik to be an Assistant Attorney General. The committee may also consider S.619, Justice Safety Valve Act of 2013, sponsored by Senators Patrick Leahy and Rand Paul; S.1410, Smarter Sentencing Act of 2013, sponsored by Senators Dick Durbin, Mike Lee, Leahy, and Sheldon Whitehouse; and S.1675, Recidivism Reduction and Public Safety Act of 2013 sponsored by Senators Whitehouse and Rob Portman.
On Thursday, January 16, at 10 a.m. (ET), Senator Grassley will participate in a Finance Committee hearing, “Advancing Congress’s Trade Agenda: the Role of Trade Negotiating Authority.”
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