If you want to watch the hearing this morning beginning at 7:30 a.m. (PT) involving, among other bills, HR 1117 adding Nystrom School to Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park, use the livestream on the Committee’s website or YouTube page.
SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC LANDS LONGWORTH 1324 & VIA CISCO WEBEX Tuesday, December 7, 2021 10:30 a.m. (EST)
Agenda
Legislative Hearing on the following bills:
• H.R. 1117 (Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, D-CA), To amend the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park Establishment Act of 2000 to provide for additional areas to be added to the park, and for other purposes. Rosie the Riveter National Historic Site Expansion Act. • H.R. 3525 (Rep. Grace Meng, D-NY), To establish the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture, and for other purposes. Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture Act. • H.R. 5230 (Rep. John Katko, R-NY), To provide a one-time grant for the operation, security, and maintenance of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center to commemorate the events, and honor the victims, of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and for other purposes. 9/11 Memorial and Museum Act.
Witness List
Panel I
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (H.R. 1117) California, 11th District
Rep. Grace Meng (H.R. 3525) New York, 6th District
Rep. John Katko (H.R. 5230) New York, 24th District
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (H.R. 5230) New York, 10th District
Panel II
Mayor Tom Butt (H.R. 1117) Richmond, California
Mr. Theodore S. Gonzalves (H.R. 3525) Acting Director
Asian Pacific American Program Smithsonian Institution
Ms. Lisa Ling (H.R. 3525) Journalist
Dr. Russell M. Jeung (H.R. 3525) Professor, Asian American Studies
San Francisco State University Co-Founder Stop AAPI Hate
Ms. Debra Burlingame (H.R. 5230) Board Member 9/11 Memorial & Museum