Coming Up in The Capitol: 4.14.24

Bills expected on the Floor of the House this week:

H.R. 4016: Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act – SUPPORT

• For those veterans who become unable to manage their VA benefits, the VA has a program in which another person can serve as a fiduciary to help the veteran. However, as with anything, there's the potential for fraud. This bill would provide for reimbursement to veterans defrauded by fiduciaries.
• Call Your Representative: tell them to vote YES on HR 4016
• Bipartisan Support
• Read more here

H.R. 4824: Carbon Sequestration Collaboration Act – SUPPORT

• This bill would direct the Secretary of Energy to start performing carbon sequestration work and evaluating the effects of it. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, carbon sequestration can be divided into geologic and biologic sequestration. The former often can assist oil wells which are no longer producing at high levels to produce more oil. Geologic sequestration involves forcing CO2 into geologic formations while biologic generally refers to growing more vegetation, like trees, which can capture and store carbon.
• Call Your Representative: tell them to vote YES on HR 4824
• Bipartisan Support
• Read more here

Senate Hearings Scheduled:

Foreign Relations

• [Many more items than listed here] Business meeting to consider...to impose sanctions with respect to persons engaged in the import of petroleum from the Islamic Republic of Iran, to impose sanctions with respect to foreign support for terrorist organizations in Gaza and the West Bank, to impose sanctions with respect to the Supreme Leader of Iran and the President of Iran and their respective offices for human rights abuses and support for terrorism, to address the threat from the development of Iran's ballistic missile program and the transfer or deployment of Iranian missiles and related goods and technology, including materials and equipment, to require a strategy to counter the role of the People's Republic of China in evasion of sanctions imposed by the United States with respect to Iran
• Tune in at 10:00am ET, Tuesday, April 16, 2024 (or watch after!)

Judiciary

• Hearings to examine eliminating the abuse of solitary confinement, focusing on a legacy of harm.
• Tune in at 10:00am ET, Tuesday, April 16, 2024 (or watch after!)

Judiciary: Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law

• An oversight hearing to examine AI, focusing on election deepfakes.
• Tune in at 2:00pm ET, Tuesday, April 16, 2024 (or watch after!)

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Investigations

• Hearings to examine Boeing's broken safety culture, focusing on firsthand accounts.
• Tune in at 2:00pm ET, Wednesday, April 17, 2024 (or watch after!)

Where to find other Senate hearings!

• https://www.senate.gov/committees/hearings_meetings.htm