A Look Ahead — Week of September 8-11 | Republican Foreign Affairs Committee

September 8, 2015

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

***See foreignaffairs.house.gov for updates.

*** The hearings will be webcast live HERE.

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