A Look Ahead — Week of February 24-28
Today, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced the following upcoming Committee events:
Wednesday, February 26
Hearing: International Wildlife Trafficking Threats to Conservation and National Security
10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, February 26 in 2172 Rayburn House Office Building
Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman
Invited witnesses include:
The Honorable Kerri-Ann Jones
Assistant Secretary
Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
U.S. Department of State
The Honorable Daniel M. Ashe
Director
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S. Department of the Interior
Mr. Robert G. Dreher
Acting Assistant Attorney General
Environment and Natural Resources Division
U.S. Department of Justice
Chairman Royce on the hearing: “Wildlife trafficking is a global problem that criminal networks and even terrorists are profiting from. The black market for ivory and other illegal wildlife products is worth an estimated $10 billion, a market ideal to fund deadly terrorist attacks or weapons for rebel groups. Committee members will have an opportunity to press the Administration on its recently released National Strategy for Combating Wildlife Trafficking, specifically how the strategy will be implemented, and how it will provide the tools to better target wildlife criminals.”
Wednesday, February 26
Subcommittee Hearing: U.S. Policy Toward Sudan and South Sudan
2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 26 in 2172 Rayburn House Office Building
Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations
Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chairman
Invited witnesses include:
Panel I
The Honorable Donald Booth
Special Envoy to Sudan and South Sudan
U.S. Department of State
Panel II
Mr. John Prendergast
Co-founder
Enough Project
Walid Phares, Ph.D.
Co-Secretary General
Transatlantic Legislative Group on Counter Terrorism
Chairman Smith on the hearing: “While the U.S. government has been very involved in setting and carrying out policy toward Sudan and South Sudan for the past two decades, our efforts have often been in reaction to crises as they occur rather than in developing a comprehensive response to the broader issues that link the two countries. Our hearing will examine the need for a more unified, wider-ranging and proactive policy that can advance the long-term goals of pursuing peace, security and sovereignty issues that the peoples of Sudan and South Sudan are facing.”
Thursday, February 27
Markup: H.R. 2548, Electrify Africa Act of 2013
10:00 a.m. on Thursday, February 27 in 2172 Rayburn House Office Building
Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman
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