Today At TRNS

Bureau Chief Ellen Ratner will attending events surrounding the Clinton Global Initiative.

UN Correspondent Tala Dowlatshahi will be covering the President’s speech and the protests over Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit.

The Washington, D.C. bureau will also be covering:

-Remarks from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis on health care.

-A House Financial Services Committee hearing with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on “The Administration’s Proposal for Financial Regulatory Reform.”

-A Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee full committee hearing on “Defense Contract Audit Agency: Who Is Responsible for Reform?”

-A Senate Judiciary Committee full committee hearing on “Reauthorizing the USA PATRIOT Act: Ensuring Liberty and Security.”

-A briefing with Reps. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and John Kline (R-Minn.) on the “Iranian Demonstrator Crackdown.”

-A House Education and Labor Committee hearing on the “Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2009.”

-House Energy and Commerce Committee full committee markup of a motion to instruct the chairman to transmit to the Committee on Rules additional recommended amendments for consideration in connection with H.R.3200, the “America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009.”

-House Financial Services Committee full committee hearing on “The Administration’s Proposals for Financial Regulatory Reform.”