The Swamp Today Timelines Change. Tuesday, February 7, 2023 The House Stands Adjourned Until February 7, 2023 at 10:00 AM EST The Senate Stands Adjourned Until February 7, 2023 at 3:00 PM EST Deputy Secretary Wendy R. Sherman attends meetings and briefings at the Department of State. Acting Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources John R. Bass attends meetings and briefings at the Department of State. Under Secretary for Political Affairs Victoria J. Nuland attends meetings and briefings at the Department of State. Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya is on travel to Mongolia and Japan from February 5-10, 2023. Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose W. Fernandez on travel to South Africa from February 5-7, 2023. Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Molly Phee is on travel to South Africa, Nigeria, and Ethiopia from February 5-19, 2023. Assistant Secretary for Conflict and Stabilization Operations Anne Witkowsky is on travel to Colombia from February 6-8, 2023. Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Migration Julieta Valls Noyes is on travel to Qatar and Albania from February 4-10, 2023. . . . Daily Weather Map National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Weather Prediction Center https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/dailywxmap/ NOAA Tide Predictions - Washington DC Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/tide_predictions.html?gid=1396 NOAA Observed Water Levels - Station 8594900 Washington DC Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/stationhome.html?id=8594900 https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/waterlevels.html?id=8594900 February 7, 2023 - February 8, 2023 Regional consultation of the Group V(b) on the Framework on Culture and Arts Education United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) https://www.unesco.org/en/frameworkcultureartseducation February 7, 2023 - February 8, 2023 Variation to Biology: Optimizing Functional Analysis of Cancer Risk Variants National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42086 February 7, 2023 - February 9, 2023 Financial Management Training Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Native American Programs https://newregistration.firstpic.org/fm/ February 7, 2023 - February 9, 2023 Workshop and National Consultation on Promoting Sustained Recovery through Economic Diversification United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) https://unctad.org/meeting/workshop-and-national-consultation-promoting-sustained-recovery-through-economic February 7, 2023 - February 9, 2023 ITU-T SG3 Regional Group for Africa (SG3RG-AFR) International Telecommunication Union (ITU) of the United Nations https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/regionalgroups/sg03-afr/Pages/default.aspx February 7, 2023 - February 9, 2023 Workshop and National Consultation on Promoting Sustained Recovery through Economic Diversification United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) https://unctad.org/meeting/workshop-and-national-consultation-promoting-sustained-recovery-through-economic February 7, 2023 - February 10, 2023 AIHEC 2023 Annual Legislative Summit American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) http://www.aihec.org/who-we-are/calendar.htm February 7, 2023 - February 14, 2023 37th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence https://aaai.org/Conferences/AAAI-23/ February 7, 2023 Jacinda Ardern final day as NZ PM https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-19/jacinda-ardern-will-not-seek-re-election/101871232 February 7, 2023 TBD February Fellows Breakfast with Assistant Secretary Michele Sison World Affairs Council https://www.world-affairs.org/event/february-fellows-breakfast-with-assistant-secretary-michele-sison/ February 7, 2023 2:00 AM EST E-Meeting ITU-T Study Group 5: Q11/5 Climate Change Mitigation and Smart Energy Solutions POSTPONED International Telecommunication Union (ITU) of the United Nations https://www.itu.int/net/itu-t/lists/rgmdetails.aspx?id=13514&Group=5 https://www.itu.int/itu-t/workprog/wp_search.aspx?Q=11/5 3:30 AM EST Software Source Code as Documentary Heritage and an Enabler for Sustainable Development United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) https://web.archive.org/web/20230127212127/https://www.unesco.org/en/event/software-source-code-documentary-heritage-and-enabler-sustainable-development-2 https://www.unesco.org/en/event/software-source-code-documentary-heritage-and-enabler-sustainable-development-2 3:45 AM EST (3rd Meeting - Technical presentations) Outer Space: Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Scientific and Technical Subcommittee, 60th session United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1f/k1fbm4usz9 4:00 AM EST 3rd Meeting, Workshop on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the COVID-19 Recovery United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1v/k1v3v04zy3 4:00 AM EST 1941st Meeting, 84th Session, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1z/k1z2m4v8uk 5:00 AM EST Member States Information meeting on Greening Education Partnership United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) https://web.archive.org/web/20230127214031/https://www.unesco.org/en/event/member-states-information-meeting-greening-education-partnership-0 https://www.unesco.org/en/event/member-states-information-meeting-greening-education-partnership-0 5:00 AM EST (3rd Meeting - STSC Plenary) Outer Space: Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Scientific and Technical Subcommittee, 60th session United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1e/k1e2476ydy 7:00 AM EST UPF-EUME-WFWP: Religion in Service to Peace, Human Dignity and Justice for All Universal Peace Federation (UPF) is an NGO in General Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations https://www.upf.org/events/icalrepeat.detail/2023/02/07/710/-/upf-eume-wfwp-religion-in-service-to-peace-human-dignity-and-justice-for-all 7:00 AM EST Washington Journal: 02/07/2023 Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT), top Democrat on the Intelligence Committee, discusses the Chinese spy balloon incursion into U.S. airspace and Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA) discusses immigration and border security. https://www.c-span.org/event/?525769/washington-journal-02072023 8:00 AM EST Agents and Attorneys: Learn to Think Like a Patent Examiner With STEPP's Four-Day Course United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/events/agents-and-attorneys-learn-think-patent-examiner-stepps-four-day-course-2 8:30 AM EST 2023 Economic Indicator Release: U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services December 2022 US Census Bureau, Department of Commerce https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/ 8:30 AM EST The Clinical Neuroscience Grand Rounds: Neuromodulation in the 21st Century the Machine Meets the Mind and Brain National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42247 9:00 AM EST Daily U.S. Agricultural Weather Highlights - Released No Later Than 9:00 a.m. ET Every Day National Agricultural Statistics Service and World Agricultural Outlook Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/TODAYSWX.pdf 9:00 AM EST Nigeria's Elections and Their Security, Economic, and Crime Implications Brookings Institution https://www.brookings.edu/events/nigerias-elections-and-their-security-economic-and-crime-implications/ 9:00 AM EST Affordable Universal Healthcare Access Through Autonomous Mobile Clinics ai for Good Is Organized by ITU in Partnership With 40 UN Sister Agencies and Co-convened With Switzerland https://aiforgood.itu.int/event/affordable-universal-healthcare-access-through-autonomous-mobile-clinics/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwlZA0-p9Xs 9:00 AM EST 1942nd Meeting, 84th Session, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k16/k161ub35rd 9:00 AM EST (4th Meeting - STSC Plenary) Outer Space: Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Scientific and Technical Subcommittee, 60th Session United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1p/k1ph0pesvm 9:00 AM EST 4th Meeting, Workshop on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the COVID-19 Recovery United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1h/k1h0mdn5xk 9:15 AM EST Education Secretary Miguel Cardona will give remarks at the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) Tribal College Legislative Summit. Department of Education https://www.ed.gov/news/events/calendars/secschedule.html 9:15 AM EST Full Committee Meeting to Consider the Committee Authorization and Oversight Plan for the 118th Congress House Natural Resources Committee https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115285/documents/HMTG-118-II00-20230207-SD002.pdf https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115285 9:30 AM EST UN Income Tax Briefing 2023 United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1z/k1zryzvcv5 9:30 AM EST Water @ Wilson | Water and Conflict: Updates from the Russia-Ukraine War Woodrow Wilson Center https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/water-wilson-water-and-conflict-updates-russia-ukraine-war 9:30 AM EST IBD Emerging Market Economy and Finance Analyst Workshop Landegger Program in International Business Diplomacy, Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service https://www.georgetown.edu/event/ibd-emerging-market-economy-and-finance-analyst-workshop/2023-02-07/ 10:00 AM EST 4th Plenary Meeting - 61st Session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD61) United Nations https://www.un.org/development/desa/dspd/2023/01/csocd61/ https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1h/k1h6ms9jcs 10:00 AM EST The ECB's Monetary Policy Decisions and the Latest Euro Area Outlook Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF) https://www.omfif.org/events/the-ecbs-monetary-policy-decisions-and-the-latest-euro-area-outlook/ 10:00 AM EST (Part 1) Briefings From Eminent Scientists and Academics on Sustainable Solutions on the "Economics of Water," "Climate, Conflict and Cooperation," and "Early Warning for Pandemic Preparedness" - General Assembly, Informal Meeting, 77th Session United Nations https://www.un.org/pga/77/2023/02/06/letter-from-the-president-of-the-general-assembly-science-briefing-informal-plenary-concept-note/ https://media.un.org/en/asset/k10/k10cv0ir1f 10:00 AM EST 2nd Meeting, UNICEF First Regular Session of the Executive Board 2023 United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k17/k17kzzogw4 10:00 AM EST NIH/NLM Board of Regents Meeting National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://www.nlm.nih.gov/od/bor/bor.html https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=48731 10:00 AM EST National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities Council - February 2023 National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://www.nimhd.nih.gov/about/advisory-council/ https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=48924 10:00 AM EST U.S. House of Representatives: 02/07/2023 Members today will read the U.S. Constitution on the House floor, as prescribed by the new House rules of the 118th Congress. Later tonight, Pres. Biden will deliver his State of the Union Address before a joint session of Congress in the House chamber. https://live.house.gov/ https://www.c-span.org/video/?525829-1/house-session 10:00 AM EST FAA Reauthorization: Enhancing America's Gold Standard in Aviation Safety House Transportation and Infrastructure https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115276 https://transportation.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=406049 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyJXPsXjwSg - Top Transportation Dept. Officials Testify on Aviation Safety Top Transportation Department officials and airline industry experts testify on aviation safety as lawmakers consider a reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration. The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hosts this hearing. https://www.c-span.org/video/?525853-1/top-transportation-dept-officials-testify-aviation-safety 10:00 AM EST On The Front Lines of the Border Crisis: A Hearing with Chief Patrol Agents House Oversight and Accountability Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115281 https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/on-the-front-lines-of-the-border-crisis-a-hearing-with-chief-patrol-agents/ - Chief Patrol Agents Testify on Southern Border Two U.S. Customs and Border Protection patrol agents testify on southern border security, before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee. https://www.c-span.org/video/?525780-1/chief-patrol-agents-testify-southern-border 10:00 AM EST Hearing Entitled: Combatting the Economic Threat from China House Financial Services Committee ^ H.R. ____ - the "Chinese Military and Surveillance Company Sanctions Act" (Rep. Barr) https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115279/documents/BILLS-118pih-ToimposesanctionswithrespecttoCommunistChinesemilitaryandsurveillancecompanies.pdf ^ H.R. ____ - the "Ostracize China Act" (Rep. Lucas) https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115279/documents/ostracize_china_act_47.pdf ^ H.R. ____ - the "Neutralizing Unfair Chinese Export Subsidies Act" (Rep. Nunn) https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115279/documents/neutralizing_unfair_subsidies_5846_64.pdf ^ H.R. ____ - the "Taiwan Non-Discrimination Act" (Rep. Kim) https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115279/documents/taiwan_non-discrimination_6029_2.pdf ^ H.R. ____ - the "Taiwan Conflict Deterrence Act" (Rep. Hill) https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115279/documents/taiwan_conflict_deterrance_act_7704_59.pdf ^ H.R. ____ - the "Special Drawing Rights Oversight Act" (Rep. Hill) https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115279/documents/special_drawing_rights_oversight_act_1568_76.pdf ^ H.R. ____ - the "21st Century Dollar Act" (Rep. Hill) https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115279/documents/21st_century_dollar_act_4.pdf ^ H.R. ____ - the "Chinese Currency Accountability Act" (Rep. Davidson) https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115279/documents/china_currency_accountability_act_10.pdf ^ H.R. ____ - the "China Exchange Rate Transparency Act" (Rep. Meuser) https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115279/documents/cert_act_of_2023_3.pdf ^ H.R. ____ - the "IMF Reform and Integrity Act" (Rep. Huizenga) https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115279/documents/imf_reform_and_integrity_6086_95.pdf ^ H.R. ____ - the "Chinese CBDC Prohibition Act" (Rep. Luetkemeyer) https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115279/documents/chinese_cbdc_prohibition_act_of_2023_33.pdf ^ H.R. ____ - the "No Energy Revenues for Russian Hostilities Act" (Rep. Barr) https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115279/documents/no_energy_revenue_for_russian_hostilities_6894_97.pdf ^ H.R. ____ - the "International Financial Institutions Governance Act" (Rep. Hill) https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115279/documents/ifi_governance_act_of_2023_28.pdf ^ H.R. ____ - the "International Nuclear Energy Financing Act" (Rep. McHenry) https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115279/documents/international_nuclear_energy_financing_1646_78.pdf ^ H.R. ____ - the "China Financial Threat Mitigation Act" https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115279/documents/china_financial_threat_mitigation_act.pdf ^ H.R. ____ - the "Securing America's Vaccines for Emergencies Act" (Rep. Hill) https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115279/documents/save_act_3146_44.pdf ^ H.R. ____ - the "Preventing the Financing of Illegal Synthetic Drugs Act" (Rep. De La Cruz) https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115279/documents/gao_fentanyl_study_43.pdf ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115279 https://financialservices.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=408509 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGJAPZYfjAc February 7, 2023 10:00 AM EST Hearing Entitled: Sophistication or Discrimination? How the Accredited Investor Definition Unfairly Limits Investment Access for the Non-wealthy and the Need for Reform House Financial Services Committee ^ H.R. ___ - the "Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act" (Rep. Hill) https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115288/documents/fair_investment_opportunities_for_professional_experts_act.pdf ^ H.R. ___ - the "Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act of 2023" (Rep. McHenry) https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115288/documents/equal_opportunity_for_all_investors_act.pdf ^ H.R. ___ - the "Accredited Investor Definition Review Act" (Rep. Huizenga) https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115288/documents/accredited_investor_definition_review_act.pdf ^ H.R. ___ - the "Accredited Investor Self-Certification Act" (Rep. Davidson) https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115288/documents/accredited_investor_self-certification_act.pdf ^ H.R. ___ - the "Investment Opportunity Expansion Act" https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115288/documents/investment_opportunity_expansion_act.pdf ^ H.R. ___ - to expand the definition of “accredited investor” to include individuals receiving individualized investment advice or individualized investment recommendations with respect to a private offering from a professional who qualifies as an accredited investor. https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115288/documents/accredited_investor_-_purchaser_representative.pdf ^ H.R. ___ - the "Increasing Investor Opportunities Act" (Rep. Wagner) https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115288/documents/increasing_investor_opportunities_act.pdf ^ H.R. ___ - the "Gig Worker Equity Compensation Act" (Rep. McHenry) https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115288/documents/gig_worker_equity_compensation_act.pdf ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115288 https://financialservices.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=408510 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIY-yANo6c8 10:15 AM EST Full Committee Meeting House Committee on Natural Resources https://naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=412759 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmFiBQn-MP8 10:15 AM EST House Republican Agenda House Republican leaders hold a news conference to discuss the legislative agenda for the week as the president prepares to deliver his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. https://www.c-span.org/video/?525858-1/house-republican-leaders-hold-news-conference 11:00 AM EST Hon. Jerome Powell, Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System The Economic Club of Washington, D.C. https://www.economicclub.org/events/hon-jerome-powell 11:00 AM EST How Private Are Chinese Companies?: A Big Data China Event Center for Strategic and International Studies https://www.csis.org/events/how-private-are-chinese-companies-big-data-china-event 11:00 AM EST Constitutionalism and Authoritarianism in Central Asia: A Panel Discussion The Harriman Institute at Columbia University https://harriman.columbia.edu/event/constitutionalism-and-authoritarianism-in-central-asia-a-panel-discussion/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syi0n7cWwWo 11:00 AM EST Robert Kagan on America's Role in the World Washington Post Live https://www.washingtonpost.com/washington-post-live/2023/02/07/robert-kagan-americas-role-world/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGJsiwAt6yA 11:00 AM EST ABCs of Multifamily Electrification Strategies Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy https://www.energy.gov/eere/buildings/events/abcs-multifamily-electrification-strategies 11:00 AM EST Eastern Region Virtual Career Fair for Veterans Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/52053/ 11:00 AM EST Systems Biology SIG Seminar: a Good Kind of Stress: UPR Control of Hematopoietic Cell Fate National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42298 11:00 AM EST Decoding Host Immune Responses to Viral Threats to Support the Development and Evaluation of Therapeutics National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42283 11:00 AM EST BBC Guest Seminar Series: New Tools to Visualize in Vitro Biochemistry With Single Molecule Resolution National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42242 11:00 AM EST Animal Model and Model Organism Information Resources National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42214 11:15 AM EST (4th Meeting - Technical presentations) Outer Space: Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Scientific and Technical Subcommittee, 60th Session United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k15/k15b3zwrm0 11:30 AM EST Achieving Health Equity in Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Psycho-Oncology Care: Adolescent & Young Adult (AYA) Cancer Research Group Symposium University of Michigan School of Public Health https://sph.umich.edu/events/event.php?ID=9926 11:30 AM EST FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) Office of Tissues and Advanced Therapies (OTAT) Town Hall: Clinical Development of Gene Therapy Products for Rare Diseases Food and Drug Administration https://www.fda.gov/news-events/otat-town-hall-clinical-development-gene-therapy-products-rare-diseases-02072023 11:30 AM EST House Democratic Leaders News Conference on State of the Union Address House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and the leadership of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee speak to reporters ahead of President Biden’s State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. https://www.c-span.org/video/?525857-1/house-democratic-leaders-news-conference-state-union-address 12:00 PM EST Mortality surveillance using an Automated Mortality Syndromic Surveillance System (MortalSS) - Lessons Learned from New York City Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/public-health-now/events/mortality-surveillance-using-automated-mortality-syndromic-surveillance-system-mortalss-lessons 12:00 PM EST Turkey's New Foreign Policy: Ankara's Ambitions, Regional Responses, and Implications for the United States Foreign Policy Research Institute https://www.fpri.org/event/2023/turkeys-new-foreign-policy-ankaras-ambitions-regional-responses-and-implications-for-the-united-states/ 12:00 PM EST Fireside Chat: Fostering an Inclusive Community and Elevating Allyship The George Washington University https://calendar.gwu.edu/fireside-chat-%E2%80%9Cfostering-inclusive-community-and-elevating-allyship%E2%80%9D 12:00 PM EST 2nd Annual NVSBC Veteran Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition Symposium National Veteran Small Business Coalition (NVSBC) https://nvsbc.org/ 12:00 PM EST On Tuesday 07 February 2023, the NATO Deputy Secretary General, Mr. Mircea Geoană, will receive the Prime Minister of Moldova, Ms. Natalia Gavrilița, at NATO HQ. NATO https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_211446.htm 12:00 PM EST Daily Press Briefing by the Spokesperson of the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k12/k12krse7tt 12:30 PM EST Adrian Perkins | Youth in the Mayor's Office University of Chicago Institute of Politics https://politics.uchicago.edu/speaker-series/upcoming-events?id=5575 https://iop.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/iop/event.jsp?event=5575 12:30 PM EST National Advisory Mental Health Council Open Policy Session - February 2023 National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://www.nimh.nih.gov/about/advisory-boards-and-groups/namhc https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=48916 1:00 PM EST Webinar: Farm Income and Financial Forecasts, February 2023 Update Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture https://www.ers.usda.gov/conferences/webinar-farm-income-and-financial-forecasts-february-2023-update/ 1:00 PM EST China's Response to War in Ukraine Hoover Institution Project on China's Global Sharp Power https://www.hoover.org/events/chinas-response-war-ukraine 1:00 PM EST Emerging Technology for 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy and Hourly Matching World Resources Institute https://www.wri.org/events/2023/2/emerging-technology-247-carbon-free-energy-and-hourly-matching 1:00 PM EST Built to Scale: Scaling Evidence-Based Health Interventions for Maximum Impact Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health https://publichealth.jhu.edu/events/2023/built-to-scale-scaling-evidence-based-health-interventions-for-maximum-impact 1:00 PM EST Tuesday Talk: Evaluating the impacts of Medicaid policy and care delivery models on quality, access, and equity of care, by Megan Cole Brahim, PhD. Boston University School of Public Health https://www.bu.edu/sph/calendar/?eid=278650 1:00 PM EST A Moment in Black History From an Original Tuskegee Airman, Retired Lt. Colonel Harry Stewart Department of Labor https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/events/02072023/moment-black-history 1:00 PM EST Introduction to Scoping Reviews National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42215 1:00 PM EST FDIC Hosts National Webinar – Tax Time Bankable Moments & Resources for Consumers Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) https://www.fdic.gov/resources/consumers/events/2023-02-07-tax-time.html 1:00 PM EST Attend DOCX Filing Training United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/events/attend-docx-filing-training-133 1:00 PM EST Representative George Santos' Constituents Hold News Conference Constituents of Representative George Santos (R-NY) hold a news conference as he faces investigations and calls to resign. https://www.c-span.org/video/?525865-1/representative-george-santos-constituents-hold-news-conference 1:05 PM EST FTC CMR. Bedoya Speaker at National Academies' Committee Meeting: Social Media on Health and Wellbeing of Children & Adolescents National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/events/2023/02/cmr-bedoya-speaker-national-academies-committee-meeting 1:15 PM EST Social Protection to Reduce Climate Loss and Damage: An Economy-of-Wellbeing approach for leaving no-one behind (CSocD61 Side Event) United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1v/k1v8ucssvg 1:31 PM EST Senate Session The Senate will consider its first judicial nomination from President Biden for the year, DeAndrea Benjamin to be a U.S. Court of Appeals Judge for the Fourth Circuit. A vote will take place at 5:30pm to advance her nomination. https://www.c-span.org/video/?525828-1/senate-session 1:30 PM EST Doing Business with DLA with an Emphasis on 8(a)/SDB Program Defense Logistics Agency, Department of Defense https://www.dla.mil/Small-Business/Resources/Outreach-Calendar/ https://www.sba.gov/event/8175 2:00 PM EST Best of Core Forum: A Roadmap for Evidence Based Strategic Planning American Library Association https://elearning.ala.org/local/catalog/view/product.php?productid=707 2:00 PM EST NBR Undergraduate Diversity Fellowship Information Session The National Bureau of Asian Research https://www.nbr.org/event/nbr-undergraduate-diversity-fellowship-information-session/ 2:00 PM EST Justice in Housing: A Conversation with HUD Deputy Secretary Adrianne Todman Georgetown University Law Center https://www.law.georgetown.edu/event/justice-in-housing-a-conversation-with-hud-deputy-secretary-adrianne-todman/ https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/events/justice-in-housing 2:00 PM EST What Will It Take for Congress to Pass Bipartisan Privacy Legislation? Information Technology & Innovation Foundation https://itif.org/events/2023/02/07/what-will-it-take-for-congress-to-pass-bipartisan-privacy-legislation/ 2:00 PM EST Trademark Basics Boot Camp, Module 5: Application Filing Walk-Through United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/events/trademark-basics-boot-camp-module-5-application-filing-walk-through-6 2:00 PM EST How Pathogenic Bacteria Subvert Host Ubiquitin Signaling National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42311 2:00 PM EST Secretary Antony J. Blinken meets with German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck Department of State https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-february-7-2023/ 2:00 PM EST Buy America Updates and Webinar: Waiver of Buy America Requirement for Construction Materials for Certain Contracts and Solicitations Federal Transit Administration, Department of Transportation https://www.transit.dot.gov/about/events/buy-america-updates-and-webinar-waiver-buy-america-requirement-construction-materials 2:00 PM EST New Stories about SZ Lossy Compression for Scientific Datasets Argonne National Lab https://www.anl.gov/event/new-stories-about-sz-lossy-compression-for-scientific-datasets 2:00 PM EST Markup: Five Bills House Energy and Commerce Committee ^ H.R. 750 - the "Chinese-owned Applications Using The Information of Our Nation Act of 2023" or the "CAUTION Act of 2023" https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115303/documents/BILLS-118HR750ih.pdf ^ H.R. 742 - the "Telling Everyone the Location of data Leaving the U.S. Act" or the "TELL Act" https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115303/documents/BILLS-118HR742ih.pdf ^ H.R. 752 - the Securing Semiconductor Supply Chains Act of 2023 https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115303/documents/BILLS-118HR752ih.pdf ^ H.R. 784 - the Internet Application Integrity and Disclosure Act" or the "Internet Application I.D. Act" https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115303/documents/BILLS-118HR784ih.pdf ^ H.R. 813 - the Global Investment in American Jobs Act of 2023 https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115303/documents/BILLS-118HR813ih.pdf ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115303 2:30 PM EST Celebration of Dr. Roger Glass, Former Director Fogarty International Center National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42264 https://www.fic.nih.gov/News/Pages/kilmarx-acting-fogarty-director-sturke-acting-deputy.aspx https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=48984 2:30 PM EST New York City Civil Service 101 for Veterans Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/50714/ 3:00 PM EST The Corrupting Influence of Chinese Development Aid in Angola Hudson Institute and International Republican Institute https://www.hudson.org/events/corrupting-influence-chinese-development-aid-angola 3:00 PM EST 5th Plenary Meeting - 61st Session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD61) United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k18/k18g5qtcgb 3:00 PM EST 3rd Meeting, UNICEF First Regular Session of the Executive Board 2023 United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1w/k1whcoviw2 3:00 PM EST (Part 2) Briefings From Eminent Scientists and Academics on Sustainable Solutions on the "Economics of Water," "Climate, Conflict and Cooperation," and "Early Warning for Pandemic Preparedness" - General Assembly, Informal Meeting, 77th Session United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1p/k1p7keefgv 3:30 PM EST Asylum and Extraction from the Republic of Nauru Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service https://www.georgetown.edu/event/asylum-and-extraction-from-the-republic-of-nauru/ 4:00 PM EST The Launch of Japan Matters For America/America Matters for Japan East-West Center https://www.eastwestcenter.org/events/launch-japan-matters-americaamerica-matters-japan 4:00 PM EST The CIA's Post-9/11 Mission with David Tyson and Toby Harnden Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service https://www.georgetown.edu/event/the-cias-post-9-11-mission-with-david-tyson-and-toby-harnden-css-speaker-series/ 4:00 PM EST 2023 Demystifying Medicine Lecture Series: The Interferonopathies: Interferon Running Amok National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://demystifyingmedicine.od.nih.gov/ https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=48791 4:30 PM EST Secretary Antony J. Blinken meets with Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg Department of State https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-february-7-2023/ 5:30 PM EST Organizational Business Meeting to Consider Committee Rules and an Original Resolution Authorizing Expenditures by the Committee for the 118th Congress Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/333561 5:30 PM EST Closed Business Meeting to Consider Pending Intelligence Matters Senate Intelligence (Select) Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/333581 5:45 PM EST "Black Liberation Through the Marketplace: Hope, Heartbreak, and the Promise of America" with Rachel Ferguson American Institute for Economic Research https://events.aier.org/bastiatmastercalendar/detail/1501/1675809900000 7:00 PM EST Online at the Reagan Library With James Patterson and Matt Eversmann Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute https://www.reaganfoundation.org/programs-events/events-calendar/online-at-the-reagan-library-with-james-patterson-and-matt-eversmann/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFwzukZf_Rc 7:00 PM EST US Cities and States in Taiwan's Quest for International Space Hoover Institution on behalf of Taiwan in the Indo-Pacific Region and its National Security Task Force https://www.hoover.org/events/us-cities-and-states-taiwans-quest-international-space 7:00 PM EST Pulse of the People: America on the Brink Real America's Voice https://americasvoice.news/ https://rumble.com/v25wee2-rav-rumble-247.html 8:00 PM EST State of the Union Address & Republican Response C-SPAN's coverage of President Biden's State of the Union address to Congress followed by the Republican response. https://www.c-span.org/video/?525522-1/state-union-address-republican-response https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfe2sOi-apk 8:00 PM EST Concert: Klangforum Wien Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/item/event-407463/klangforum-wien/2023-02-07/ 8:25 PM The President departs the White House en route the United States Capitol Official Schedule https://factba.se/biden/calendar/ 9:00 PM EST The Bill of Rights and Guarantees of Liberty - "A Bunch of Other Amendments, but They Count!" A. Bearing Arms B. Quartering Soldiers C. Unreasonable Searches and Seizures D. Protections in Trials E. More Protections in Trials F. Even More Protections in Trials Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/news/becoming-america-how-we-gained-and-secured-freedom-and-self-government https://www.youtube.com/RichardNixonLibrary 9:00 PM EST Secretary Antony J. Blinken attends President Biden's State of the Union address The Capitol https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-february-7-2023/ 9:00 PM EST The President addresses the peoples’ representatives in Congress at the State of the Union; The Vice President, The First Lady, and The Second Gentleman attend Official Schedule https://factba.se/biden/calendar/ https://www.c-span.org/video/?525522-1/state-union-address-republican-response https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfe2sOi-apk 10:30 PM EST Lawmakers React to State of the Union Address Members of Congress react to President Biden’s State of the Union speech. https://www.c-span.org/video/?525672-1/lawmakers-react-state-union-address 10:40 PM EST The President arrives at the White House Official Schedule https://factba.se/biden/calendar/