Hearing Watch: Who regulates the regulators?

This Thursday, the House Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hear testimony on regulatory reform from the chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, two Consumer Product Safety Commission and two Federal Communications Commission members.

Details on this hearing, and others on the Hill this week, below.

Wednesday July 6

Federal Government Spectrum Use 2:00 PM | 2123 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Energy and Commerce | Subcommittee on Communications and Technology

Witness list to be announced.

Thursday, July 7

Cybersecurity: Assessing The Nation’s Ability To Address The Growing Cyber Threat 9:30 AM | 2154 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform | Full Committee

Witness list to be announced.

Budgeting for America’s National Security 10:00 AM | 210 Cannon HOB Host: Committee On The Budget | Full Committee

Witnesses:

David E. Mosher

Assistant Director

Congressional Budget Office

The Honorable Jim Talent

Distinguished Fellow, Heritage Foundation

Former Member, Quadrennial Defense Review Independent Panel

Dr. Gordon Adams

Distinguished Fellow

The Stimson Center Rushing

Union Elections: Protecting the Interests of Big Labor at the Expense of Workers’ Free Choice 10:00 AM | 2175 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Education and the Workforce | Full Committee

Witness list to be announced.

PDUFA V: Medical Innovation, Jobs, and Patients 10:00 AM | 2123 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Energy and Commerce | Subcommittee on Health Witness List:

Witness List:

Panel One

Dr. Janet Woodcock

Director

Center for Drug Evaluation and Research

Food and Drug Administration

Panel Two

Mr. Paul J. Hastings

President and CEO

OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc

Mr. Jonathan Leff

Managing Director

Warburg Pincus LLC

Mr. Marc Boutin

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

National Health Council

Dr. Ellen Sigal

Chairperson and Founder

Friends of Cancer Research

Mr. Allan Coukell

Director of Medical Programs

Pew Health Group

The Pew Charitable Trusts

The Views of the Independent Agencies on Regulatory Reform 10:30 AM | 2322 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Energy and Commerce | Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

Witness List:

The Honorable Robert S. Adler

Commissioner

Consumer Product Safety Commission

 

The Honorable Anne Meagher Northup

Commissioner

Consumer Product Safety Commission

 

The Honorable Robert McDowell

Commissioner

Federal Communications Commission

 

The Honorable Jon Wellinghoff

Chairman

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

 

The Honorable Philip D. Moeller

Commissioner

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

 

The Honorable Jon Leibowitz

Chairman

Federal Trade Commission

 

The Honorable William E. Kovacic

Commissioner

Federal Trade Commission

Friday, July 8

Challenges facing Domestic Oil and Gas Development: Review of Bureau of Land Management/U.S. Forest Service Ban on Horizontal Drilling on Federal Lands 10:00 AM | 1324 Longworth HOB Host: Committee on Natural Resources | Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources and Committee on Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy and Forestry

Witness list to be announced.

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