The Swamp Today Timelines Change. Tuesday, January 5, 2023 The House Stands Adjourned Until January 5, 2023 at 12:00 PM EST. The Senate Stands Adjourned Until January 6, 2023 at 1:05 PM EST. Secretary Antony J. Blinken attends meetings and briefings at the Department of State. Deputy Secretary Wendy R. Sherman attends meetings and briefings at the Department of State. Acting Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources John R. Bass attends meetings and briefings at the Department of State. Under Secretary for Political Affairs Victoria J. Nuland has no public appointments. Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya attends meetings and briefings at the Department of State. https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-january-5-2023/ . . . 3:30 AM EST Pope Francis Will Preside Over the Funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI St. Peter's Square https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nskOW6C28XA https://www.pillarcatholic.com/benedict-xvi-has-died-what-happens-next https://twitter.com/VaticanNews/status/1609153487949930499 8:00 AM EST CES 2023 Consumer Technology Association https://www.ces.tech/ 8:00 AM EST Representative-elect Steven Horsford on Role as Congressional Black Caucus Chair Representative-elect Steven Horsford (D-NV) discusses the latest on the House Speaker election, his legislative priorities for the 118th Congress, and his new role as Congressional Black Caucus Chair. https://www.c-span.org/video/?525104-4/washington-journal-representative-elect-clay-higgins-r-la-discusses-house-speaker-election-amp 8:30 AM EST Representative-elect Clay Higgins on House Speaker Election and Border Security Representative-elect Clay Higgins (R-LA), a member of the Homeland Security Committee, discusses Republicans' priorities to address the crisis at the border and the latest on the House Speaker election. https://www.c-span.org/video/?525104-4/washington-journal-representative-elect-clay-higgins-r-la-discusses-house-speaker-election-amp 8:30 AM EST November 2022 Preliminary U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products Data Release U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/Press-Release/steel_index.html 9:00 AM EST Unanswered Questions about North Korean Leadership Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) https://www.csis.org/events/unanswered-questions-about-north-korean-leadership 9:30 AM EST The Trial of Julian Assange: A Conversation With Stella Assange The Polis Project twitter space https://mobile.twitter.com/suchitrav/status/1610285354531143680 https://mobile.twitter.com/Stella_Assange/status/1609843672131977218 10:00 AM EST Transgender Public Health in Maine Through the Lens of Tobacco Use New England Public Health Training Center (NEPHTC); Boston University School of Public Health https://www.bu.edu/sph/calendar/?eid=275353 https://www.nephtc.org/enrol/index.php?id=304 11:00 AM EST Jim Popkin on New Book About One of the Most Damaging Spies in U.S. History Washington Post Live https://www.washingtonpost.com/washington-post-live/2023/01/05/jim-popkin-new-book-about-one-most-damaging-spies-us-history/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbFW45VLpkU 11:00 AM EST NIH Virtual Workshop: Near Term Applications of Quantum Sensing Technologies in Biomedical Sciences National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/41955 11:15 AM EST The President delivers remarks on border security and enforcement; The Vice President attends The White House https://www.c-span.org/video/?525185-1/president-biden-remarks-border-security https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUVsaoigOZw 11:15 AM EST Massachusetts Governor Gives Inaugural Address Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey (D) gives an inaugural address from Boston. Gov. Healey is a former attorney general of the state (2015-23) and was elected in November. https://www.c-span.org/video/?525169-1/massachusetts-governor-inaugural-address https://malegislature.gov/Events/Sessions/Detail/4326 11:30 AM EST Arizona Governor Gives Inaugural Address Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs (D) gives an inaugural address from Phoenix. She previously served as Arizona’s secretary of state (2019-23) and in its legislature (2011-19) before defeating Kari Lake (R) to be governor. https://www.c-span.org/video/?525181-1/arizona-governor-inaugural-address https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKDAj9ZSd2c 12:00 PM EST Daily Press Briefing by the Spokesperson of the Secretary-General United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1l/k1lv6pzze6 12:00 PM EST Live Classes: Scholar Exchange: Civil Rights Movement (Introductory Level) National Constitution Center https://constitutioncenter.org/calendar/january-virtual-student-programs 12:00 PM EST SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines & Antibody Landscapes National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42006 https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=48793 12:00 PM EST Peroxiredoxins and Intracellular Messenger Function of Hydrogen Peroxide National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/41913 12:00 PM EST U.S. House of Representatives The House will meet and will continue voting for a House Speaker https://www.c-span.org/video/?525175-1/house-session https://www.youtube.com/@CSPAN https://live.house.gov/ https://rumble.com/v23xrx6-live-day-three-118th-congress-vote-on-speaker-of-the-house-152023.html 12:15 PM EST Japan's 2023 G7 Priorities and the Future Economic Order Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) https://www.csis.org/events/japans-2023-g7-priorities-and-future-economic-order https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrybDQIkyGY 1:00 PM EST New Public-Private Models for Technology Competitiveness - Building a Horizon Network for Democracies The MITRE Corporation and Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP) https://www.scsp.ai https://www.mitre.org/events/new-public-private-models-technology-competitiveness 1:00 PM EST Veteran Experience Live: Montana Q&A Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/51547/ 1:00 PM EST Student Veterans of America National Conference Employer Summit Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/51885/ 1:30 PM EST Scioscicomm SIG Meeting: Networking, Advice, and 2023 Requests! National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/41959 1:50 PM EST OTJAG - Promotion Ceremony in Honor of COL(P) Warren L. Wells The United States Army Judge Advocate General's (JAG) Corps https://www.jagcnet.army.mil/Sites/JAGC.nsf https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/30866 2:00 PM EST Regaining the Spectrum Offensive Association of Old Crows https://www.crows.org/page/RegainingtheSpectrumOffensive 2:00 PM EST Live Classes: Scholar Exchange: Civil Rights Movement (Advanced Level Class) National Constitution Center https://constitutioncenter.org/calendar/january-virtual-student-programs 2:00 PM EST Mechanisms of CRISPR Mediated Immunity and Applications Beyond Editing National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42009 2:00 PM EST Department Press Briefing with Spokesperson Ned Price Department of State https://www.state.gov/todays-briefing-schedule/ https://www.youtube.com/statedept 3:00 PM EST The Future of Sports Health Technology, presented by Abbott, CES 2023 Consumer Technology Association https://www.ces.tech/conference/55924/1030142.aspx 3:00 PM EST NICHD Stillbirth Working Group of Council - January 2023 National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/41954 https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=48645 3:00 PM EST The President holds a Cabinet meeting; The Vice President attends The White House https://www.c-span.org/video/?525186-1/president-biden-holds-cabinet-meeting 6:00 PM EST Book Talk | Converging Empires: Citizens and Subjects in the North Pacific Borderlands, 1867-1945 World Affairs Council https://www.world-affairs.org/event/book-talk-converging-empires-citizens-and-subjects-in-the-north-pacific-borderlands-1867-1945/ 6:30 PM EST Jan. 6 Witnesses Discuss Investigation - Witnesses who testified before the Jan. 6 Committee, including Vice President Pence’s former Chief of Staff Marc Short, discuss the investigation at an event hosted by the Institute of Politics at the University of Chicago. University of Chicago Institute of Politics https://www.c-span.org/video/?525170-1/jan-6-witnesses-discuss-investigation https://iop.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/iop/event.jsp?event=5410 https://politics.uchicago.edu/speaker-series/upcoming-events?id=5410 7:55 PM EST Giuseppe Verdi - La Traviata Met Opera Free Live Audio Streams https://www.metopera.org/season/2022-23-season/la-traviata/ https://www.metopera.org/Season/Radio/Free-Live-Audio-Streams/