Agenda - 4/22/2008 - Special Meeting

A G E N D A*
(TENTATIVE)


2008 WASHINGTON CONFERENCE

WOODBURY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

George Boykin, Larry Clausen, Mark Monson



Tuesday, April 22, 2008

8:00 a.m. Kick-Off Breakfast with Representative Steve King (R-IA)
Location: Room B339 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Moderator: Tim Brown
Issue(s): U.S. Highway 20/Nebraska Highway 35; Sioux Gateway Airport/Col. Bud Day Field Terminal
Renovation; Tri-State Drug Task Force; National Training Center; Hyperion Energy Center;
Immigration: National Worker & Contractor Database to Verify Legal Status; Tri-State Equestrian Center; Production Tax Credits for Renewable Energy; Health Care: Physician Recruitment &
Retention

9:15 a.m. Photo with Representative Steve King
Location: Capitol steps, House side

10:00 a.m. Ross Maradian (Legislative Director for Representative Boswell) (D-IA)
Location: Room B339 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Moderator: Dave Madsen
Issue(s): Sioux Gateway Airport/Col. Bud Day Field Terminal Renovation; U.S. Highway 20/Nebraska
Highway 35; Interstate 29 Reconstruction & Utility Relocation; Hyperion Energy Center

10:30 a.m. Ben S. Bernanke, Chairman, Federal Reserve Board
Location: Room B339 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Introduction: Senator Charles Grassley
Moderator: Greg Grupp

12:00 p.m. Lunch on your own
Union Station 50 Massachusetts Avenue, NE
America Street Level, Main Hall
B. Smiths Street Level, East Hall
East Street Caf Mezzanine Level
Station Grill Street Level, West Hall
Thunder Grill Street Level, Main Hall
Uno Chicago Grill Mezzanine Level
Bull Feathers of Capitol Hill 410 First Street, SE
Capitol City Brewing Co 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE
The Monocle 107 D. St., NE
Dirksen North Servery Dirksen Building Basement, NW Corner
Dirksen South Buffet Dirksen Building Basement, South Side
Rayburn Cafeteria Rayburn Building Basement



Tuesday, April 22, 2008 continued


2:00 p.m. Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Location: Room 328A Russell Senate Office Bldg.
Moderator: Mayor Bob Giese
Issue(s): U.S. Highway 20/Nebraska 35; The College Center at South Sioux City, Nebraska;
Immigration: National Worker & Contractor Database to Verify Legal Status; Tri-State Siouxland
Regional Innovation Grant Project; Hyperion Energy Center
Energy Center

2:30 p.m. Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD)
Location: Room 328A Russell Senate Office Bldg.
Moderator: Mayor Don Fuxa
Issue(s): Hyperion Energy Center; Healthcare: Physician Recruitment & Retention; Tri-State Drug
Task Force; Tri-State Siouxland Regional Innovation Grant Project; Production Tax Credits for
Renewable Energy

3:00 p.m. Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE)
Location: Room 328A Russell Senate Office Bldg.
Moderator: Mayor Bob Giese
Issue(s): The College Center at South Sioux City, Nebraska; U.S. Highway 20/Nebraska Highway 35;
Healthcare: Physician Recruitment & Retention; Sioux Gateway Airport/Col. Bud Day Field Terminal
Renovation; Tri-State Drug Task Force; Hyperion Energy Center

3:30 p.m. Todd Wolf (Legislative Assistant for Representative Braley) (D-IA)
Location: Room 328A Russell Senate Office Bldg.
Moderator: Dave Madsen
Issue(s): U.S. Highway 20/Nebraska Highway 35; Interstate 29 Reconstruction & Utility Relocation;
Immigration: National Worker & Contractor Database to Verify Legal Status; Hyperion Energy Center

5:30 p.m. Shuttle departs from the Washington Court Hotel to Filomena Ristorante and
Kennedy

6:00 p.m. Dinner at Filomena Ristorante
1063 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
(202) 338-8800

8:00 p.m. Shear Madness Production at Kennedy Center
2700 F Street, NW
(202) 416-8400

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

8:00 a.m. Breakfast

8:30 a.m. Guest Speaker
Location: Washington Court Hotel Montpelier Room
Moderator: Lance Ehmcke

10:00 a.m. Representative Tom Latham (R-IA)
Location: Room B339 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Moderator: Aaron Rochester
Issue(s): National Training Center; U.S. Highway 20/Nebraska Highway 35; Interstate 29 Reconstruction & Utility Relocation; Sioux Gateway Airport/Col. Bud Day Field Terminal Renovation; Hyperion Energy Center

10:30 a.m. Representative Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD)
Location: Room B339 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Moderator: Mayor Don Fuxa
Issue(s): Hyperion Energy Center; Healthcare: Physician Recruitment & Retention; Tri-State Drug Task Force; Tri-State Regional Innovation Grant Project; Production Tax Credits for Renewable Energy

11:00 a.m. Representative Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE)
Location: Room B339 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Moderator: Mayor Bob Giese
Issue(s): The College Center at South Sioux City, Nebraska; U.S. Highway 20/Nebraska Highway 35; Immigration: National Worker & Contractor Database to Verify Legal Status; Healthcare: Physician Recruitment & Retention; Tri-State Siouxland Regional Innovation Grant Project; Hyperion Energy Center; Production Tax Credits for Renewable Energy

11:30 a.m. Meeting TBD
Location: Room B339 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Moderator:

1:30 p.m. Representative Dave Loebsack (D-IA)
Location: Room B339 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Moderator: Mike Stiles
Issue(s): Healthcare: Physician Recruitment & Retention; Tri-State Siouxland Regional Innovation Grant Project; Immigration: National Worker & Contractor Database to Verify Legal Status; Production Tax Credits for Renewable Energy; Hyperion Energy Center

2:00 p.m. Representative Lee Terry (R-NE)
Location: Room B339 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Moderator: Dennis Nelson
Issue(s): The College Center at South Sioux City, Nebraska; U.S. Highway 20/Nebraska Highway 35; Tri-State Siouxland Regional Innovation Grant Project; Production Tax Credits for Renewable Energy; Hyperion Energy Center

2:30 p.m. Representative Adrian Smith (R-NE)
Location: Room B339 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Moderator: Dennis Nelson
Issue(s): The College Center at South Sioux City, Nebraska; U.S. Highway 20/Nebraska Highway 35; Hyperion Energy Center; Tri-State Siouxland Regional Innovation Grant Project

3:00 p.m. Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA)
Location: Room 328A Russell Senate Office Bldg.
Moderator: Mayor Mike Hobart
Issue(s): Healthcare: Physician Recruitment & Retention; Sioux Gateway Airport/Col. Bud Day Field Terminal Renovation; Tri-State Equestrian Center; Immigration: National Worker & Contractor Database to Verify Legal Status; Tri-State Siouxland Regional Innovation Grant Project; Hyperion Energy Center; Make the Entire Existing Tax Rate Schedule Permanent; Tax Rates, Death Tax,
Qualified Dividends & AMT

3:30 p.m. Senator John Thune (R-SD)
Location: Room 328A Russell Senate Office Bldg.
Moderator: Mayor Don Fuxa
Issue(s): Healthcare: Physician Recruitment & Retention; Immigration: National Worker & Contractor Database to Verify Legal Status; Hyperion Energy Center; Tri-State Siouxland Regional Innovation Grant Project; Tri-State Drug Task Force; Production Tax Credits for Renewable Energy




Wednesday, April 23, 2008 continued

4:00 p.m. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA)
Location: Room 328A Russell Senate Office Bldg.
Moderator: Jim Rixner
Issue(s): Healthcare: Physician Recruitment & Retention; Immigration: National Worker & Contractor Database to Verify Legal Status; Tri-State Drug Task Force; Sioux Gateway Airport/Col. Bud Day Field Terminal Renovation; Tri-State Equestrian Center; Perry Creek Flood Control Project Phase IV; Hyperion Energy Center

6:00 p.m. Reception

7:00 p.m. Steak Dinner
Location: Rayburn Foyer (2nd Floor) Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Moderator: Tim Brown

Thursday, April 24, 2008

7:45 a.m. Pentagon Tour Attendees Meet in Lobby of the Washington Court Hotel

8:30 a.m. Arrive at the Pentagon

9:00 a.m. Pentagon Tour

ADJOURNMENT



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