Capitol Hill Events – Week of September 24, 2018 – The Eno Center for Transportation

Capitol Hill Events – Week of September 24, 2018

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September 21, 2018 | Jeff Davis

Wednesday, September 26 – House Transportation and Infrastructure – Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation – subcommittee hearing on Coast Guard modernization and recapitalization (witness list to be posted here) – 10:00 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.

Thursday, September 27 – House Homeland Security – Subcommittee on Transportation and Protective Security – subcommittee hearing on insider threats to aviation security (witness list to be posted here) – 10:00 a.m., HVC-210 Capitol Visitors Center.

Thursday, September 27 – House Transportation and Infrastructure – full business meeting to mark up items including H.R. 5158, ordering DOT to request nominations for scenic byway designations – 10:00 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.

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