ISIS threat dominates House hearings next week

Two House committees, Homeland Security and Foreign Affairs, will discuss the threat of Sunni militant group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) next week. 

Both hearings will start at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 10. State Department officials will testify before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, which will focus on the genocide of religious minorities in Syria and Iraq by ISIS. Witnesses have not yet been announced for the House Homeland Security Committee’s hearing.

{mosads}Also Wednesday, the House Ways and Means subcommittee on health will hear testimony from Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen and Andy Slavitt, deputy principal administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, on the implementation of the healthcare law.

On Tuesday, the House Judiciary Committee will hear testimony from the Justice Department inspector general, Michael Horowitz, on whether his office has access to necessary information to conduct oversight. 

Details on these and other hearings follow:

House Foreign Affairs Committee
Sept. 9, “Hamas’ Benefactors: A Network of Terror”
10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn

Sept. 10, “Genocidal Attacks Against Christian and Other Religious Minorities in Syria and Iraq”
2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn

Sept. 10, “Libya’s Descent”
10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn

House Homeland Security Committee
Sept. 10, “One Flight Away: An Examination of the Threat posed by ISIS Terrorists with Western Passports”
10 a.m., 311 Cannon

House Judiciary Committee
Sept. 9, “Access to Justice?: Does DOJ’s Office of Inspector General have Access to Information Needed to Conduct Proper Oversight?”
10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn

Sept. 9, “Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States Relating to Parental Rights”
2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn

House Veterans Affairs Committee
Sept. 10, “Metrics, Measurements and Mismanagement in the Board of Veterans’ Appeals”
1 p.m., 340 Cannon

House Ways and Means Committee
Sept. 10, “Status of the Affordable Care Act Implementation”
10 a.m., 1100 Longworth