Tuesday, July 23 at 9:00 a.m. – The Senator will attend a Senate Air Force Caucus breakfast. Acting Secretary of the Air Force Eric Fanning and Air Force Chief of Staff General Mark A. Welsh III will speak about issues important to the future of the Air Force. SVC-201, Capitol Visitors Center, Washington, D.C. – Closed to press.
Tuesday, July 23 at 10:00 a.m. — The Senator will attend a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government Markup of its FY2014 appropriations bill. 138 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. – Open to press. Contact: Appropriations Committee’s Rob Blumenthal at 202-224-7363.
Tuesday, July 23 at 10:30 a.m. – The Senator will attend a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Markup of its FY2014 appropriations bill. 138 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. – Open to press. Contact: Appropriations Committee’s Rob Blumenthal at 202-224-7363.
Tuesday, July 23 at 2:15 p.m. – The Senator will attend a Senate Foreign Relations Committee business meeting. The committee will consider several executive branch nominations and S.Res.156, a resolution marking the 10th anniversary of NATO Allied Command Transformation. S-116, U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. – Open to press. Contact: Foreign Relations Committee’s Adam Sharon at 202-224-4651.
Tuesday, July 23 at 3:00 p.m. – The Senator will chair a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Bankruptcy and the Courts hearing, “Sequestering Justice: How the Budget Crisis is Undermining Our Courts.” The hearing will focus on how the sequester and the federal government’s fiscal crisis are impacting the federal court system and Americans’ access to justice. 226 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. – Open to press. Contact Judiciary Committee’s Jessica Brady at 202-224-7703.
Wednesday, July 24 at 9:00 a.m. – The Senator will chair a Senate Foreign Relations Committee nominations hearing. The committee will consider nominees for Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs and Ambassadors to Nigeria, Ethiopia, the Republic of the Congo, South Africa, and the African Union. 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. – Open to press. Contact: Foreign Relations Committee’s Adam Sharon at 202-224-4651.
Wednesday, July 24 at 3:00 p.m. – The Senator will preside over the Senate until 4:00 p.m. Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. – Open to press who wish to sit in the Senate Gallery.
Thursday, July 25 at 9:30 a.m. – The Senator will attend a Senate Judiciary Committee business meeting. The committee will consider S. 987, the Free Flow of Information Act of 2013. The bill seeks to protect the free flow of information to the public by establishing conditions under which the federal government can compel disclosure of information by the news media. 226 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C – Open to press. Contact Judiciary Committee’s Jessica Brady at 202-224-7703.
Thursday, July 25 at 10:00 a.m. – The Senator will attend a Senate Appropriations Committee Markup of the FY2014 appropriations bills for Financial Services and General Government and State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs. 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. – Open to press. Contact: Appropriations Committee’s Rob Blumenthal at 202-224-7363.
Thursday, July 25 at 4:00 p.m. – The Senator will preside over the Senate until 5:00 p.m. Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. – Open to press who wish to sit in the Senate Gallery.
Friday, July 26 at 8:45 a.m. – The Senator will deliver remarks at the Annual Delaware FFA Awards Breakfast, held at the Delaware State Fair, congratulating career development event winners. Harrington Fair Grounds, Harrington, DE – Open to press.
Friday, July 26 at 10:30 a.m. – The Senator will attend the NRG Energy Center Dover grand opening event with DNREC. Senator Coons will join the Delaware Delegation and state officials, as well as NRG East Region President Lee Davis, to announce the conversion of NRG Energy Center Dover from a coal-fueled plant to a high-efficiency combined-cycle natural gas facility. The Senator will tour the facility improvements, which have transformed the facility into one of the nation’s cleanest power plants and improved air quality in Delaware. 1280 West North Street, Dover, DE – Open to press.
Saturday, July 27 at 11:30 a.m. – The Senator will attend the Delaware State Fair until 1:30 p.m. 18500 South DuPont Highway, Harrington, DE – Open to press.
Note: Schedule is subject to change.