CGA NEWS
(6-2-14)
To: CGA
From: A۰P۰L۰U Congressional and Governmental Affairs Staff
Floor Activities
The House is not in session this week, and will meet in a pro forma session today and Thursday, June 5.
The Senate convenes at 2 p.m.
Committee Activities
Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee
Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight: ‘Roundtable: Campus Sexual Assault: The Role of Title IX’
Participants: Lindy Aldrich, Deputy Director at the Victim Rights Law Center; Dana Bolger, Founding Co-Director of Know Your IX; John Kelly, Special Project Organizer of Know Your IX; Katie Eichele, Director of the Aurora Center for Advocacy & Education at the University of Minnesota; Anne Hedgepeth, Government Relations Manager at the American Association of University Women; Deborah Noble-Triplett, Assistant VP for Academic Affairs at the University of Missouri; Cat Riley, Title IX Coordinator of the Office of Title IX Compliance at the University of Texas Medical Branch
2:30, 106 Dirksen; will also be webcast via the Subcommittee webpage.
Senate Appropriations Committee
Commerce, Justice, Science Subcommittee Markup: FY15 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill
11 a.m., 192 Dirksen
Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee
Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Hearing: ‘Student Loan Servicing: The Borrower’s Experience’.
Witnesses: Nancy Hoover, Financial Aid Director, Denison University; Will Hubbard, VP of External Affairs, Student Veterans of America; Robert Geremia, Representative of American Federation of Teachers and Washington Teachers Union
10 a.m., 538 Dirksen
Senate Budget Committee
Full Committee Hearing: ‘Impact of Student Loan Debt on Borrowers and the Economy’.
Witnesses: Rohit Chopra, Student Loan Ombudsman, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Brittany Jones, Recent College Graduate and Former President, Student Virginia Education Association; Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics and Faculty Associate, Contemporary History Institute, Ohio University
10 a.m., 608 Dirksen
Senate Appropriations Committee
Full Committee Markup: FY15 Commerce, Justice Science Appropriations bill and FY15 Transportation, Housing & Urban Development Appropriations bill
10:30 a.m., 106 Dirksen