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Today on the Hill
The Senate meets at 2 p.m. ET to resume consideration of H.R.627, the Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights Act of 2009. No roll call votes are scheduled today. House meets at 12:30 p.m. for morning hour debate and 2 p.m. for legislative business.
Noteworthy Committee Hearings:
House Energy and Commerce Committee (1 p.m.)
Full committee markup of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009. 2123 Rayburn
House Appropriations Committee (5 p.m.)
Select Intelligence Oversight Panel Subcommittee holds a closed hearing on the National Intelligence Program and Military Intelligence Program. National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair; and Defense Undersecretary for Intelligence James Clapper Jr., testify. H-140
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I hope these both go through. One tangible thing we can do is contact our Congressional leaders and tell them to support the Lugar-Casey Global Food Security Act (S.384), which helps to bolster our nation's ability to respond quickly and effectively to global food shortages, and invests in long-term agricultural research with collaboration from the public, private and non-profit sectors in our country and developing ones.
The Borgen Project (www.borgenproject.org) has some interesting insight into addressing the issues of global poverty, something we can remedy easily and sustainably.
Some interesting figures to ponder:
$30 billion USD: The annual shortfall to end global poverty.
$550 billion USD: The annual US defense budget.