Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced the following upcoming Committee events.
Wednesday, September 9
Hearing: Implications of a Nuclear Agreement with Iran (Part IV)
10 a.m. on Wednesday, September 9 in 2172 Rayburn House Office Building
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman
Invited Witnesses Include.
General Chuck Wald, USAF, Retired
(Former Deputy Commander, U.S. European Command)
Admiral William Fallon, USN, Retired
(Former Commander, U.S. Central Command)
Vice Admiral John Bird, USN, Retired
(Former Commander, U.S. Seventh Fleet)
Mr. Leon Wieseltier
Isaiah Berlin Senior Fellow in Culture and Policy
Foreign Policy and Governance Studies
The Brookings Institution
Chairman Royce on the hearing: “This agreement is fatally flawed. The Obama Administration has committed to providing Iran permanent sanctions relief from the U.S. in return for temporary and inadequate constraints on Iran’s nuclear program. It will permit Iran to launch an industrial-scale nuclear program after 10 years, continue to block international inspectors from its secret nuclear facilities, hide its past work on a nuclear weapon, and emerge with its record wiped clean. This hearing is part of a series to examine the nuclear agreement and discuss ways to lessen the fallout from this bad deal."
Wednesday, September 9
Joint Subcommittee Hearing: The Role of Water in Avoiding Conflict and Building Prosperity
2 p.m. on Wednesday, September 9 in 2172 Rayburn House Office Building
Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Chairman
Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations
Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Chairman
Invited Witnesses Include.
Mr. John Oldfield
Chief Executive Officer
WASH Advocates
Mr. Denis Bilodeau
1st Vice President
Orange County Water District Board of Directors
Dale Whittington, Ph.D.
Professor
University of North Carolina
Chairman Rohrabacher on the hearing: “Access to reliable sources of energy and clean water are essential for human survival and development. When either energy or water is lacking, it can exacerbate conflict and increase human suffering and do harm to the environment, which causes more problems in the future. This hearing will focus on water and allow Members to ask detailed questions about the challenges to increasing access to clean water and how new technologies can help relieve this global problem."
Wednesday, September 9
Subcommittee Hearing: Agricultural Trade with Cuba
2 p.m. on Wednesday, September 9 in 2200 Rayburn House Office Building
Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade
Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX), Chairman
Invited Witnesses Include.
Mr. John Smith
Acting Director
Office of Foreign Assets Control
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Mr. Phil Karsting
Administrator
Foreign Agricultural Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Mr. Matt Borman
Deputy Assistant Secretary
Bureau of Industry and Security
U.S. Department of Commerce
Chairman Poe on the hearing: “Since 2000, it has been US policy to allow agricultural exports to Cuba, but after a surge that reached a high in 2008, exports have dropped off at a steep rate. Today the US no longer exports any wheat or rice to Cuba. This hearing will look at some of the impediments facing American farmers who would like to export to Cuba and what needs to be done to level the playing field with their foreign competitors."
Thursday, September 10
Joint Subcommittee Hearing: China’s Advance in Latin America and the Caribbean
Thursday, September 10 at 2 p.m. in 2172 Rayburn House Office Building
Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere
Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Chairman
Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific
Rep. Matt Salmon (R-AZ), Chairman
Invited Witnesses Include.
Evan Ellis, Ph.D.
Author
China on the Ground in Latin America
Enrique Dussel Peters, Ph.D.
Director
Center for Chinese-Mexican Studies
School of Economics
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Ms. Serena Joseph-Harris
Chief Executive Officer
Sirius International (Caribbean) Defense Contractors Ltd.
(Former High Commissioner of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago)
Chairman Salmon on the hearing: “China’s growing economic, trade, military, and diplomatic relationships with countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have strategic implications for our foreign policy and engagement. China is leveraging its vast pool of “no-strings" capital for investment in industry and infrastructure to garner friendships in our hemisphere. An energy and commodity hungry country, China is also fostering robust trade relationships in the region. Nuclear cooperation, shared space assets, and arms sales further amplify the China-Latin America relationship. This hearing will uncover China’s strategy with LAC countries and examine how the United States can more effectively manage and balance its relationships with LAC countries and China."
Friday, September 11
Hearing: Implications of a Nuclear Agreement with Iran (Part V)
Friday, September 11 at 9 a.m. in 2172 Rayburn House Office Building
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman
Invited Witnesses Include.
The Honorable Juan C. Zarate
Chairman
Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance
Foundation for the Defense of Democracies
Robert Satloff, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Howard P. Berkowitz Chair in U.S. Middle East Policy
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Olli Heinonen, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
Mr. Robert Einhorn
Senior Fellow
Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence
Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Initiative
Foreign Policy Program
The Brookings Institution
Chairman Royce on the hearing: “This agreement is fatally flawed. The Obama Administration has committed to providing Iran permanent sanctions relief from the U.S. in return for temporary and inadequate constraints on Iran’s nuclear program. It will permit Iran to launch an industrial-scale nuclear program after 10 years, continue to block international inspectors from its secret nuclear facilities, hide its past work on a nuclear weapon, and emerge with its record wiped clean. This hearing is part of a series to examine the nuclear agreement and discuss ways to lessen the fallout from this bad deal."
***See foreignaffairs.house.gov for updates.
*** The hearings will be webcast live HERE.
