This week, the House of Representatives will turn its focus to controversial new entities created by legislation passed during the Obama administration -- the Medicare Independent Payment Advisory Board and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius will testify to both the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the House Budget Committee on IPAB, the rationing panel created by Obamacare. And Richard Foster, the chief actuary of Medicare, will also testify before the Budget Committee along with Stephen Goss, chief actuary of the Social Security Administration.
Elizabeth Warren, Obama's pick to head the new CFPB created by the financial regulatory bill, will reappear before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committeee. Back in may, she skipped out on a hearing, citing a prior scheduling conflict.
Also, with the economy in the spotlight, the House Financial Services Committee will hear testimony from Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke.
Details on these hearings, and more, below.
TUESDAY JULY 11
House Budget Committee
Medicare’s Future: An Examination of the Independent Payment Advisory Board Time: 10:00 AM Location: 210 Cannon House Office BuildingWitnesses:Kathleen SebeliusSecretary Department of Health and Human ServicesDouglas Holtz-EakinPresidentAmerican Action ForumGrace-Marie TurnerPresidentGalen InstituteJudith Feder, Ph. D.Professor and Former DeanGeorgetown Public Policy Institute and Urban Institute Fellow
Hearing: Fulfilling A Legal Duty: Triggering A Medicare Plan From The Administration1:00 PM | 2154 Rayburn HOBHost: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform | The Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census, and the National Archives
WEDNESDAY JULY 13
House Energy and Commerce Committee
The Health Subcommittee hearing scheduled for Tuesday, June 14, 2011, at 10:30 a.m. in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building has been rescheduled for Wednesday, July 13, 2011, at 9:00 a.m. in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “IPAB: The Controversial Consequences for Medicare and Seniors.”
Background Memo
Witness List
Panel One
The Honorable Phil Roe, M.D. United States Representative, Tennessee The Honorable Allyson Schwartz United States Representative, Pennsylvania
The Honorable John Cornyn United States Senator, Texas
The Honorable George Miller United States Representative, California
Panel Two
The Honorable Kathleen SebeliusSecretaryDepartment of Health and Human Services
Panel Three
Avik S. RoyHealthcare AnalystMonness, Crespi, Hardt & Co.
Christopher M. DavisAnalyst on Congress and the Legislative ProcessCongressional Research Service
Diane CohenSenior AttorneyScharf-Norton Center for Constitutional Litigation at the Goldwater Institute
Scott Gottlieb, M.D.Resident FellowAmerican Enterprise Institute
Judy FederProfessor and Former DeanGeorge Public Policy Institute
Stuart GutermanSenior Program DirectorProgram on Medicare's FutureThe Commonwealth Fund
David NewmanSpecialist in Health Care FinancingCongressional Research Service
Panel Four
Dr. Alex ValadkaAlliance for Specialty MedicineChief Executive OfficerSeton Brain and Spine Institute
Mary GrealyPresidentHealthcare Leadership Council
Teresa MorrowFounderWomen Against Prostate Cancer
Dr. Jack LewinChief Executive OfficerAmerican College of Cardiology
What Went Wrong At The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission?9:30 AM | 2154 Rayburn HOBHost: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform | Subcommittee on TARP, Financial Services, and Bailouts of Public and Private Programs
Committee on Financial Services
Hearing entitled "Monetary Policy and the State of the Economy"Wednesday, July 13, 2011 10:00 AM in 2128 Rayburn HOBFull CommitteeWitness List
The Honorable Ben Bernanke, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Medicare and Social Security: The Fiscal FactsThe Sustainability of America’s Health and Retirement Security ProgramsDate: Wednesday, July 13, 2011Time: 10:00 AMLocation: 210 Cannon House Office BuildingWitnesses:Richard FosterChief ActuaryCenters for Medicare and Medicaid ServicesStephen GossChief ActuarySocial Security AdministrationAdditional witnesses to be announced
THURSDAY, JULY 14
Consumer Financial Protection Efforts: Answers Needed9:30 AM | 2154 Rayburn HOBHost: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform | Full Committee
Witnesses:
Elizabeth Warren
House Energy and Commerce Committee
The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade and the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology have scheduled a joint hearing on Thursday, July 14, 2011, at 11:00 a.m. in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Internet Privacy: The Views of the FTC, the FCC, and NTIA.”
Witness List:
The Honorable Julius GenachowskiChairmanFederal Communication's Commission
The Honorable Edith RamirezCommissionerFederal Trade Commission
The Honorable Lawrence Strickling
Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information & Administrator
National Telecommunication and Information Administration
COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES1324 Longworth House Office BuildingFriday, July 15, 20119:00 a.m.OVERSIGHT HEARING ON: "Offshore Energy: Interior Department’s Plans for Offshore Energy, Revenue, and Safety Reorganization"
