By Congresspedia assistant editor Avelino Maestas [1]

As Americans rush to finish their tax returns on Tuesday, Congress is also hustling to finish the Farm Bill and a housing crisis package while gearing up for fights over Iraq War funding.

The 2002 Farm bill is set to expire on April 18th, and members of both chambers are scrambling to work out an extension [2]. Substantial debate remains, however, over the bill's overall price tag: the $10 billion increase initially floated has been countered by House Agriculture Chairman Collin Peterson (D-Minn.), who, with the support of House Republicans, wants to limit the increase to $5.5 billion.

Peterson’s proposal would also strip out a disaster relief program championed by Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus [3] (D-Mont.) and Senate Budget Chairman Kent Conrad [4] (D-N.D.). Peterson cited "pay as you go" rules as his reason for opposing the program. On the flip side, Charles Rangel [5] (D-N.Y.) was upset that his proposed food stamps increase, coupled with tax breaks for farmers, was left out of the Senate version.

(More on this weeks' legislation and a complete list of this week's committee hearings after the jump.)

A few cracks are already starting to appear in the Senate's compromise housing stimulus bill [6] as the House begins to draft its own version. The Senate's bill - which included tax breaks and credits for existing and future homeowners, assistance for local governments, and homebuilders and homeowners - also includes tax breaks for companies and individuals who invest in green energy.

However, the Senate’s renewable energy breaks would cost $6 billion over the next 10 years, and are not offset by reductions elsewhere in the budget. That will be a problem for House Democrats, who are striving to abide by pay-go rules.

Three other housing-related bills will be highlighted in Congress this week:
* In the Senate, Christopher Dodd [7] (D-Conn.) wants to allow the Federal Housing Authority to refinance up to $400 billion for borrowers who will see their mortgage payments jump after interest rates are reset. In the House, three bills will be introduced:
* Rep. Mike Castle [8]’s (R-Del.) legislation could make it easier for loan servicers to let borrowers refinance to lower-cost loans, by preventing those invested in loan-backed securities from suing the servicer.
* Rep. Maxine Waters [9] (D-Calif.) bill goes a step further, preventing lenders from foreclosing on mortgages only after it determines the borrower can’t refinance.

Following last week’s circus of testimony on the Iraq War [10], discussion will soon turn to the next round of supplemental funding. President George W. Bush [11] has told Congress to limit spending in the supplemental to war-related costs, and has also said legislators should avoid placing conditions on the funding or calling for troop withdrawals.

Many members are balking at the President’s demands, however, and plan to include provisions to extend unemployment benefits to the newly jobless.

April 14, 2008

Senate

No committee meetings scheduled

House

• House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense/Select Intelligence Oversight Panel [12]
  Hearing on National Reconnaissance Office and National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, 5 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
• House Committee on Rules [13]
  Hearing to consider H.R. 2634, Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation of 2007, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.

April 15, 2008

Senate

• Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs [14]
  To hold hearings to examine U.S. credit markets, focusing on the impact on the cost and availability of student loans. 10:00 a.m. [SD-538]
• Senate Finance Committee [15]
  To hold hearings to examine tax reform, focusing on fundamentals for advancement. 10 a.m. [SD-215]
• Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions [16]
  To hold hearings to examine ending abuses and improving working conditions for tomato workers. 10:00 a.m. [SD-430]
• Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs [17]
  To hold hearings to examine nuclear terrorism, focusing on confronting the challenges of the day after.10:00 a.m. [SD-342]
• Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies [18]
  To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2009 for the Department of the Interior.10:00 a.m.[SD-124]
• Senate Committee on Foreign Relations [19]
  To hold hearings to examine protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Adoption of an Additional Distinctive Emblem (the "Geneva Protocol III"), adopted at Geneva on December 8, 2005, and signed by the United States on that date; the Amendment to Article 1 of the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (the "CCW Amendment"); and the CCW Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War (the "CCW Protocol V") (Treaty Doc.109-10), the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (the Convention) and, for accession, The Hague Protocol, concluded on May 14, 1954, and entered into force on August 7, 1956 with accompanying report from the Department of State (Treaty Doc.106-01), and protocols to the 1980 Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects: the amended Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices (Protocol II or the Amended Mines Protocol); the Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Incendiary Weapons (Protocol III or the Incendiary Weapons Protocol); and the Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons (Protocol IV) (Treaty Doc.105-01. 2:30 p.m.[SD-419]
• Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee [20]
  To hold hearings to examine S.570 and H.R. 1011, bills to designate additional National Forest System lands in the State of Virginia as wilderness or a wilderness study area, to designate the Kimberling Creek Potential Wilderness Area for eventual incorporation in the Kimberling Creek Wilderness, to establish the Seng Mountain and Bear Creek Scenic Areas, to provide for the development of trail plans for the wilderness areas and scenic areas, S.758 and H.R. 1311, bills to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Alta-Hualapai Site to the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, for the development of a cancer treatment facility, S.1680, to provide for the inclusion of certain non-Federal land in the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and the Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge in the State of Alaska, S.2109, to designate certain Federal lands in Riverside County, California, as wilderness, to designate certain river segments in Riverside County as a wild, scenic, or recreational river, to adjust the boundary of the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument, S.2124, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain land in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Montana, to Jefferson County, Montana, for use as a cemetery, and S.2581, to designate as wilderness additional National Forest System lands in the Monongahela National Forest in the State of West Virginia. 2:30 p.m. [SD-366]
• Senate Select Committee on Intelligence [21]
  To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters. 2:30 p.m. [SH-219]
• Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works [22]
  To hold hearings to examine pharmaceuticals in the nation's water, focusing on assessing potential risks and actions to address this issue. 3:00 p.m. [SD-406]
• Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs [23]
  To continue hearings to examine the 2010 Decennial Census, focusing on automation and accuracy, and efficiency. 3:15 p.m. [SD-342]

House

• House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense/Select Intelligence Oversight Panel [24]
  Hearing on CIA, 10 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
• House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government [25]
  Hearing on IRS, 10 a.m., 2220 Rayburn.
• House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch [26]
  Hearing on Capitol Visitor Center, 1:30 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
• House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies [27]
  Hearing on SOUTHCOM, 1:30 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
• House Committee on Armed Services [28]
  Hearing on Building Partnership Capacity and Development of the Interagency, 9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
• House Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations [29]
  Hearing on oversight of the Defense Travel System, 3 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
• House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet [30]
  Hearing entitled ``Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission--the 7-MHz Auction, 9:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
• House Committee on Financial Services [31]
  Hearing entitled ``Financial Literacy and Education: The Effectiveness of Governmental and Private Sector Initiatives,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
• House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises [32]
  Hearing on H.R. 5579, Emergency Mortgage Loan Modification Act of 2008, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
• House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection [33]
  Hearing entitled ``Moving Beyond the First Five Years: How the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will Continue to Enhance Security for all Modes of Transportation,'' 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
• House Committee on House Administration [34]
  Hearing on Military and Overseas Voting: Problems and Progress in Ensuring the Vote, 11 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
• House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties [35]
  Hearing on H.R. 3189, National Security Letters Reform Act of 2007, 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
• House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands [36]
  Oversight hearing on the West-wide Energy Corridor Process: State and Community Impacts, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
• House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia [37]
  Hearing to consider pending business, followed by an oversight hearing on D.C. Water and Sewer Authority (DCWASA), 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
• House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization and Procurement [38]
  Hearing on New Contracting and Property Bills, 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
• House Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment [39]
  Hearing on the Department of Energy's FutureGen Program, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
• House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation [40]
  Hearing on Fiscal Year Budget: Federal Maritime Commission, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
• House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs [41]
  Hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2818, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the establishment of Epilepsy Centers of Excellence in the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans' Affairs; H.R. 5554, Veterans' Substance Use Disorders Prevention and Treatment Act of 2008; H.R. 5595, Make Our Veterans Smile Act of 2008; expanding Spina Bifida program; and a discussing authorizing VA to provide mental health treatment to families, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
• House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health [42]
  Hearing on Health Coverage in America, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
• House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence [43]
  Hearing on Fiscal Year 2009 Budget--MIP, 1 p.m., H-140 Capitol.

April 16, 2008

Senate

• Senate Committee on Appropriations, Defense Subcommittee [44]
  To hold hearings to examine the Department of Defense medical programs. 9:30 a.m. [SD-192]
• Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies [45]
  To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2009 for the Department of Education, focusing on teacher quality. 9:45 a.m. [SD-138]
• Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs [46]
  To hold hearings to examine U.S. credit markets, focusing on proposals to mitigate foreclosures and restore liquidity to the mortgage markets. 10:00 a.m. [SD-538]
• Senate Committee on the Judiciary [47]
  To hold hearings to examine National Security Letters, focusing on the need for greater accountability and oversight. 10:00 a.m. [SD-226]
• Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee [48]
  To hold hearings to examine surface transportation and the global economy. 10:00 a.m. [SD-406]
• Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies [49]
  To hold hearings to examine proposed budget request for fiscal year 2009 for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 2:00 p.m. [SD-124]
• Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Crime and Drugs Subcommittee [50]
  To hold hearings to examine violence and exploitation in the 21st century, focusing on solutions for protecting our children. 2:00 p.m. [SD-226]
• Senate Committee on Appropriations, Energy and Water Development Subcommittee [51]
  To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2009 for the Department of Energy. 2:00 p.m. [SD-138]
• Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Housing, Transportation and Community Development Subcommittee [52]
  To hold hearings to examine affordable housing opportunities, focusing on reforming the housing voucher program. 2:00 p.m. [SD-538]
• Senate Committee on Foreign Relations [53]
  To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Robert J. Callahan, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Nicaragua, Heather M. Hodges, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Costa Rica, Barbara J. Stephenson, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Panama, Peter E. Cianchette, of Maine, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Costa Rica, Hugo Llorens, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Honduras, of Guatemala, all of the Department of State; and Samuel W. Speck, of Ohio, to be a Commissioner on the part of the United States on the International Joint Commission, United States and Canada. 2:30 p.m. [SD-419]
• Senate Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Personnel [54]
  To hold hearings to examine the defense authorization request for fiscal year 2009 on military beneficiary organizations regarding the quality of life of Active, Reserve, and retired military personnel and their members, and the future years defense program. 2:30 p.m. [SR-232A]
• Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship [55]
  To hold hearings to examine the impact of the credit market on small businesses. 2:30 p.m. [SR-428A]
• Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government [56]
  To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2009 for the Internal Revenue Service. 3:00 p.m. [SD-192]
• Senate Special Committee on Aging [57]
  To hold hearings to examine caring for the elderly, focusing on how to support those on the frontline. 3:00 p.m.[SD-562]

House

• House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense [58]
  To hold hearings to examine the Department of Defense medical programs, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
• House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies [59]
  Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2009 for the Department of Education, focusing on teacher quality, 9:45 a.m., SD-138.
• House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development [60]
  Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2009 for the Department of Energy, 2 p.m., SD-138.
• House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies [61]
  Hearings to examine proposed budget request for fiscal year 2009 for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2 p.m., SD-124.
• House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government [62]
  Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2009 for the Internal Revenue Service, 3 p.m., SD-192.
• House Committee on Armed Services [63]
  Hearing on National Industrial Security Program: Addressing the Implications of Globalization and Foreign Ownership for the Defense Industrial Base, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
• House Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Land Forces and the Subcommittee on Readiness [64]
  Joint hearing on H. Res. 834, Regarding the readiness decline of the Army, Marine Corps, National Guard, and Reserves, and the implications for national security, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
• House Committee on Education and Labor [65]
  To mark up H.R. 3185, 401(k) Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act of 2007, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
• House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises [66]
  Hearing entitled ``Examining Proposals to Reform Insurance Regulation,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
• House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity [67]
  Hearing on H.R. 5679, Foreclosure Prevention and Sound Mortgage Servicing Act of 2008, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
• House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism [68]
  Hearing entitled ``Moving Beyond the First Five Years: Ensuring Successful Implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
• House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security and International Law [69]
  Oversight hearing on the H-2b Program, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
• House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans [70]
  Oversight hearing on the implementation of the Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported fishing provisions of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and a hearing on H.R. 5741, Shark Conservation Act of 2008, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
• House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Water and Power [71]
  Oversight hearing on Indian Water Rights Settlements, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
• House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform [72]
  Hearing on Healthcare Associated Infections: A Preventable Epidemic, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
• House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census and National Archives [73]
  Hearing on Electronic Communications Preservation Act, 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
• House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs [74]
  To continue hearings on What are the Prospects, What are the Costs?: Oversight Missile Defense, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
• House Committee on Science and Technology [75]
  Hearing on the National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act of 2008, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
• House Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Contracting and Technology [76]
  Hearing on the obstacles that small businesses currently face in securing federal contracts, 2 p.m., 1539 Rayburn.
• House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure [77]
  Hearing on the Clean Water Restoration Act of 2007, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
• House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity [78]
  Hearing on the following bills: H.R. 4883, To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for a limitation on the sale, foreclosure, or seizure of property owned by a service member during the one-year period following the servicemember's period of military service; H.R. 4884, Helping Our Veterans to Keep Their Homes Act of 2008; H.R. 4889, Guard and Reserves Are Fighting Too Act of 2008; H.R. 4539, Department of Veterans Affairs Loan Guaranty Cost Reduction Act of 2007; H.R. 3646, To direct the Secretary of Veterans' Affairs and the Secretary of Labor to conduct a joint study on the fields of employment for which the greatest need for employees exists in various geographic areas; H.R. 5664, to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to update at least once every six years the plans and specifications for specially adapted housing furnished to veterans by the Secretary; H.R. 3798, National Guard Employment Protection Act of 2007; H.R. 3681, Veterans Benefits Awareness Act of 2007; H.R. 3393, Reservist Access to Justice Act of 2007; H.R. 3889, To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a longitudinal study of the vocational rehabilitation programs administered by the Secretary; and H.R. 5684, Veterans Education Improvement Act of 2008, 1 p.m., 334 Cannon.
• House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence [79]
  Briefing on Fiscal Year 2009 Budget--HUMINT, 1 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
• House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis, and Counter-Intelligence [80]
  Briefing on Hot Spots, 8:45 a.m., H-405 Capitol.

April 17, 2008

Senate

• Senate Finance Committee [81]
  To hold hearings to examine the nominations of David Gustafson, of Virginia, Richard T. Morrison, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court, and Elizabeth Crewson Paris, of the District of Columbia, all to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court, and Eric M. Thorson, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, and Edwin Eck, of Montana, to be a Member of the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board, both of the Department of the Treasury.10 a.m. [SD-215]
• Senate Committee on the Judiciary [82]
  To hold hearings to examine S.2533, to enact a safe, fair, and responsible state secrets privilege Act, S.702, to authorize the Attorney General to award grants to State courts to develop and implement State courts interpreter programs, and the nominations of Michael G. McGinn, to be United States Marshal for the District of Minnesota, and Ralph E. Martinez, of Florida, to be a Member of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States, both of the Department of Justice. 10:00 a.m. [SD-226]
• Senate Committee on Appropriations, Military Construction and Veterans' Affairs, and Related Agencies Subcommittee [83]
  To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2009 for Military Construction. 10:00 a.m. [SD-124]
• Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies [84]
  To hold hearings to examine the Federal Aviation Administration's(FAA)safety and modernization performance.
  10:00 a.m. [SD-138]
• Senate Committee on Indian Affairs [85]
  To hold hearings to examine the National Indian Gaming Commission. 10:30 a.m. [SD-562]
• Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness and Integration Subcommittee [86]
  To hold hearings to examine fusion centers, focusing on a recent progress report. 2:00 p.m. [SD-342]
• Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Water and Power Subcommittee [87]
  To hold hearings to examine the United States Bureau of Reclamation, focusing on issues associated with aging water resource infrastructure. 2:00 p.m. [SD-366]
• Senate Select Committee on Intelligence [88]
  To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters. 2:30 p.m. [SH-219]

House

• House Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Military Personnel [89]
  Hearing on Military Resale and Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) overview, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
• House Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces [90]
  Hearing on the Fiscal Year 2009 National Defense Authorization Budget Request for Missile Defense Program, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
• House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit [91]
  Hearing on H.R. 5244, Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
• House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia and the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade [92]
  Joint hearing on Between Feckless and Reckless: U.S. Policy Options to Prevent a Nuclear Iran, 1 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
• House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security [93]
  Hearing on the following bills: H.R. 5464, A Child is Missing Alert and Recovery Center Act; H.R. 2352, School Safety Enhancements Act of 2007; and H.R. 1783, Elder Justice Act, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
• House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform [94]
  Hearing on U.S. Contract with AEY, Inc., 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
• House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Domestic Policy [95]
  Hearing on After the Beef Recall: Exploring Greater Transparency in the Meat Industry, 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
• House Committee on Small Business [96]
  Hearing on Maintaining Public Lands for Hunting, Fishing, Ranching and small Businesses, 10 a.m., 1539 Longworth.