2007 Capitol Hill Week Agenda

Monday, June 18, 2007

• Continental Breakfast
• Introduction
• The Nature of Congress
  Worth H. Hester, Jr.
  Assistant Director
  Government Affairs Institute at Georgetown University
• Break
• Leadership and Organization in the 110th Congress
  Susan Sullivan Lagon, Ph.D.
  Senior Fellow
  Government Affairs Institute at Georgetown University
• Luncheon
• Key Stages of the Legislative Process
  Marian L. Currinder, Ph.D.
  Senior Fellow
  Government Affairs Institute at Georgetown University
• The Congressional Office
  Mark Harkins
  Chief of Staff
  The Honorable Brad Miller (D-NC)
  U.S. House of Representatives
  Member of the House Science and Technology Committee
• Roundtable Discussion

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

• Continental Breakfast
• Chairing the Science Committee
  The Honorable Sherwood Boehlert
  State of New York -- 23rd District
  U.S. House of Representatives (Former)
  Public Policy Scholar
  Woodrow Wilson Center
• Break
• Appropriations Work
  Charles Flickner
  Former Staff Director
  House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations
• Break
• Earmarks, Lobbying, and the Congress
  Jeffrey H. Birnbaum
  Columnist and Feature Writer
  “K Street Confidential”
  The Washington Post
• Luncheon
• A Member's Perspective on Serving in the 110th Congress
  The Honorable Brian Baird
  State of Washington – District 3
  U.S. House of Representatives
• The Congressional Budget Process
  John Haskell, Ph.D.
  Senior Fellow
  Government Affairs Institute at Georgetown University
• Break
• Conducting Oversight
  Dwight Cates
  Professional Staff
  House Committee on Energy and Commerce

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

• Continental Breakfast
• Science Issues and the Senate Armed Services Committee
  Arun Seraphin
  Professional Staff Member
  Senate Armed Services Committee
• Attend House and Senate Committee Hearings
• Luncheon
• Understanding the Uniqueness of the U.S. Senate
  Dr. Robert Dove
  Former Parliamentarian
  U.S. Senate
• Staffing the HELP Committee
  Steven Irizarry
  Former Professional Staff
  Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
• Explaining Science to the Hill
  Rebecca L. Schmidt
  Director of Congressional Affairs
  U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Thursday, June 21, 2007

• Continental Breakfast
• Science Issues in the 110th Congress
  The Honorable Roscoe G. Bartlett
  State of Maryland -- 6th District
  U.S. House of Representatives
• Attend House and Senate Committee Hearings
• Luncheon
• Investigating the Agencies: The Role of GAO
  Linda Kohn, Ph.D.
  Assistant Director
  Health Care Team
• Congressional Committee Staff in the House
  Colin McCormick, Ph.D.
  Professional Staff Member
  Committee on Science and Technology
  U.S. House of Representatives
• Debrief from Attending Committee Hearings

Friday, June 22, 2007

• Continental Breakfast
• Congress and the Executive Branch: Working with Congress
  Kenneth A. Gold, Ph.D.
  Director
  Government Affairs Institute at Georgetown University
• Break
• Covering Science Issues Related to Government
  Rick Weiss
  Chief Science Reporter
  The Washington Post
• Break
• Tighten Your Belts: Budget Politics in the 110th Congress
  Lawrence J. Haas
  Visiting Senior Fellow
  Georgetown Public Policy Institute
• Luncheon
• The Role of the Congressional Research Service
  Wendy Schacht
  Specialist in Science and Technology Resources, Science, and Industry Division
  Congressional Research Service
  
  Dan Morgan
  Specialist in Science and Technology Resources, Science, and Industry Division
  Congressional Research Service
• Break
• Politics and the 110th Congress
  Charles Mahtesian
  Editor
  Almanac of American Politics
• Wrap-up and Evaluation

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