Committees to Hold Hearings on Kerlikowske Nomination, TPA, NAFTA
The Senate Finance Committee will hold a hearing (here) on Jan. 15 at 10 a.m. to consider the pending nomination of Gil Kerlikowske to be CBP Commissioner. The Finance Committee will also hold a hearing (here) on Jan. 16 at 10 a.m. titled “Advancing Congress’s Trade Agenda, The Role of Trade Negotiating Authority.” Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., Finance Committee ranking member Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp, R-Mich., introduced updated Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) legislation on Jan. 9 (see 14011013). The Finance Committee has not yet released the names of witnesses scheduled to attend the trade agenda hearing.
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The House Foreign Affairs Committee subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere will also hold a hearing (here) on Jan. 15 at 2 p.m. to address the accomplishments, challenges and future of the North American Free Trade Agreement. The subcommittee will hear testimony from officials at Hills & Company International Consultants, Annenberg-Dreier Commission at Sunnylands, Council of the Americas and Americas Society and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.