The Senate continued working on fast-track trade authority promotion legislation. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) spoke for approximately 10 hours and 30 minutes in opposition to provisions in the Patriot Act related to National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance.
9:29AM - 11:58PM ETSenate Session
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Briefings for May 20, 2015
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Hearings for May 20, 2015
Today
- Hearings on C-SPAN
- 10:00AM ETSenate Foreign Relations CommitteeU.S.-Cuba Relations
- 10:02AM ETHouse Veterans' Affairs Committee, Senate Veterans' Affairs CommitteeVeterans Health Care and Benefits
- Other Hearings
- 10:00AM ETSenate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions CommitteeReauthorizing the Higher Education Act: Exploring Institutional Risk-sharing
- 10:30AM ETSenate Commerce, Science,and Transportation CommitteeExecutive Session
- 2:15PM ETSenate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee on AgingChallenging the Status Quo: Solutions to the Hospital Observation Stay Crisis
- 2:30PM ETSenate Indian Affairs CommitteeOversight Hearing on "Addressing the Needs of Native Communities Through Indian Water Rights Settlements."
- 2:30PM ETSenate Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Human RightsTaking Sexual Assault Seriously: The Rape Kit Backlog and Human Rights