Pete King's Thoughts & Whereabouts: 7/11 - 7/17/11

Monday, July 11, 2011
6:30 p.m. - 7:10 p.m. - Votes on House Floor.

7:45 p.m. - 9:50 p.m. - Dinner at Australian Embassy hosted by Ambassador Kim Beazley. Australia is a strong ally and Beazley is a terrific Ambassador. Outstanding evening.

Tuesday, July 12th
8:30 a.m. - 9:50 a.m. - GOP Conference in HC-5. John Boehner & Eric Cantor discuss debt ceiling negotiations.

10:00 a.m. -10:40 a.m. - Meet in 339 Cannon with Taiwan legislators.

11:30 a.m. -11:45 a.m. - Meet in 339 Cannon with NY medical schools including Stony Brook, NYI, North Shore LIJ.

2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. - Votes on House floor.

5:00 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. - Votes on House floor.

6:30 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. - Votes in Financial Services Committee.

Wednesday, July 13th
10:05 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. - To Financial Services Committee for testimony of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.

Friday, July 15th
7:30 a.m. - 7:55 a.m. - meet with Dr. Jasser in 339 Cannon. Great spokesman for Muslim community. Was lead witness at first radicalization hearing. We discussed counter-terrorism strategy paper he is working on.

8:00 a.m. - 9:40 a.m. - to HC-5 for GOP conference on debt ceiling.

10:45 a.m. - 11:55 a.m. - Votes on House floor.

12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. - Delta Shuttle to Laguardia.

Saturday, July 16th
5:45 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. - Irish party at Robert McBride's home in Dix Hills. Large turnout. Robert is a good friend.

Sunday, July 17th
8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. - boxing with Chris Cardona in Bellmore.

8:40 a.m. - 8:50 a.m. - phone interview from gym with Religion on the Line about debt ceiling (WABC radio).

12:20 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. - phone interview from home with Bob Grant (WABC radio) on FBI investigation of 9/11 hacking.

4:15 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. - to Brooklyn Cyclones game in Coney Island with Rabbi Potasnik and my brother Kevin. Throw out first pitch. Great evening.