Washington, D.C. -Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced the following upcoming Committee events.
Tuesday, June 16
Hearing: Advancing United States’ Interests at the United Nations
10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 16 in 2172 Rayburn House Office Building
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman
Invited Witnesses Include.
The Honorable Samantha Power
U.S. Permanent Representative
United States Mission to the United Nations
U.S. Department of State
Chairman Royce on the hearing: “In the coming months, the United Nations Security Council is likely to consider several key issues, including sanctions on Iran and North Korea, peacekeeping reform, and Middle East security. It is critical that our mission to the United Nations advance our national interests in an institution that has long been in desperate need of reform and often taken positions against American interests. This hearing will give members an opportunity to press the U.S. Ambassador to the UN on Congressional concerns and priorities."
Tuesday, June 16
Subcommittee Hearing: Reviewing the Administration’s FY 2016 Budget Request for Europe and Eurasia
2 p.m. on Tuesday, June 16 in 2172 Rayburn House Office Building
Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Chairman
Invited Witnesses Include.
Ms. Alina Romanowski
Coordinator of U.S. Assistance to Europe and Eurasia
Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs
U.S. Department of State
Mr. Daniel Rosenblum
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Central Asia
Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs
U.S. Department of State
The Honorable Jonathan Stivers
Assistant Administrator
Bureau for Asia
U.S. Agency for International Development
Ms. Susan Fritz
Acting Assistant Administrator
Europe and Eurasia Bureau
U.S. Agency for International Development
Chairman Rohrabacher on the hearing: “This hearing will address how the Obama Administration’s Fiscal Year 2016 budget request will advance US interests and help our friends and allies in Europe and Eurasia. What is our policy and is our aid being used in a manner which promotes that policy? Are we funding efforts that are fiscally sustainable and don’t create a dependence on the part of the host government? This hearing will provide the chance to put the Administration on the record and continue the Subcommittee’s ongoing oversight efforts."
Wednesday, June 17
Hearing: Assad’s Abhorrent Chemical Weapons Attacks
10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 17 in 2172 Rayburn House Office Building
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman
Invited Witnesses Include.
The Honorable Robert Ford
Senior Fellow
The Middle East Institute
Mohamed Tennari, M.D.
Idlib Coordinator
Syrian-American Medical Society
Mr. Farouq Habib
Syria Program Manager
Mayday Rescue
Annie Sparrow, M.B.B.S.
Deputy Director Human Rights Program
Assistant Professor of Global Health
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Chairman Royce on the hearing: “The Assad regime continues its chemical weapon strikes, despite Obama Administration claims to have destroyed its illegal stockpile. Assad denies having any chemical weapons, while his forces brazenly gas men, women, and children. This hearing will highlight these horrific attacks and what can be done to protect vulnerable Syrian civilians. The Committee will hear chilling accounts, including from brave responders working to save the lives of those targeted by the Assad regime."
Wednesday, June 17
Subcommittee Hearing: The Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act: State Department’s Non-Compliance
2 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17 in 2172 Rayburn House Office Building
Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Chairman
Invited Witnesses Include.
Mr. Thomas Melito
Director
International Affairs and Trade
Government Accountability Office
Chairman Ros-Lehtinen on the hearing: “The GAO’s latest report on the State Department’s non-compliance with the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act’s (INKSNA) reporting requirements is greatly alarming. INKSNA can be a powerful tool in helping curtail the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction but its effectiveness is diminished when State does not sanction individuals and make timely reports to Congress as required by law. State’s non-compliance calls into question which other sanctions provisions the administration has been blatantly ignoring during these misguided and dangerous nuclear negotiations with Iran and puts our national security at risk by increasing the potential for additional proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. This hearing will provide our Members the opportunity to examine State’s reporting history in regards to INKSNA, the reasons State has delayed reporting, how to improve the process to ensure that reporting requirements are met, and what impact State’s delays have had on the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction."
Wednesday, June 17
Subcommittee Hearing: China’s Rise: The Strategic Impact of Its Economic and Military Growth
2 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17 in 2200 Rayburn House Office Building
Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific
Rep. Matt Salmon (R-AZ), Chairman
Invited Witnesses Include.
Derek M. Scissors, Ph.D.
Resident Scholar
American Enterprise Institute
Alison Kaufman, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
China Studies Division
CNA Corporation
Mr. Jerome A. Cohen
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Asia Studies
Council on Foreign Relations
Mr. Han Dongfang
Founder and Director
China Labour Bulletin
Chairman Salmon on the hearing: “The People’s Republic of China is at a turning point economically, politically, demographically, and militarily. Though China’s military buildup has been a decades-long affair, recent Chinese military developments under President Xi Jinping have been particularly disconcerting, especially as its advances threaten to diminish the United States’ role in the region. China is also embarking on massive trade, infrastructure, and investment initiatives, which are global in scope and driven by economic shifts at home. At the same time, China’s domestic profile is changing-its workforce is shrinking, its population is disproportionately aging, and the Xi regime restricts more and more personal and political freedoms. The Subcommittee must fully understand China’s current and future changes to fulfil its duty to oversee U.S.-China relations, particularly in light of increasing bilateral tensions, and in preparation for Chinese President Xi ‘s November state visit."
Thursday, June 18
Subcommittee Hearing: The Future of Property Rights in Cuba
10 a.m. on Thursday, June 18 in 2172 Rayburn House Office Building
Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere
Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Chairman
Invited Witnesses Include.
Panel I
Mr. Mauricio Tamargo
(Former Chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission)
Mr. David Bradley
(Former Chief Counsel of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission)
Panel II
Mr. Javier Garcia-Bengochea
Certified Claimant
Ms. Carolyn Chester Lamb
Certified Claimant
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