Capitol Visitors Center, HVC 201 (*)
Please count on about 45 minutes to clear security lines
➢ 9:15 – Session 1 – Taking Stock: Current Situation and Policy Recommendations – Chair: Dr. Walid Phares Co-Sec. General, Transatlantic Legislative Group.
– Hon. Lord David Alton – UK House of Lords
– Ambassador Alberto Fernandez, Director, Center for Strategic Counter Terrorism Communication, US Department of State
– Ms. Nina Shea, Director, Center for Religious Freedom -Hudson Institute
– Q&A
➢ 10:45 – Short Statements by U.S. Legislators:
• Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA)
• Congressman Robert Aderholt (R-AL)
• Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-TX)
• Congressman Gus Bilirakis (R-FL)
• Congressman Joseph R. Pitts (R-PA)
• Congressman Trent Franks (R-AZ)
• Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX)
➢ 11:45 – Leadership Awards presentation
➢ 12:00 – Lunch break (sandwiches served in the room)
➢ 13:00
• Congressman Paul Cook (R-CA)
• Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA)
• Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ)
• Hon. Bob Dechert – Member of the Canadian House of Commons
Special session
– Mr. Steven Feldstein, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State (DRL)
- ➢ 14:40 – Session 2 – As Goes Egypt, So Goes the Middle East – Chair: Mr. Alex Shalaby, Member, Coptic Solidarity Exec. Committee
– Mr. Eric Trager, Senior Fellow, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
– Dr. Herb London, President, London Center for Policy Research
– Q&A
➢ 15:50 – Panel –Western Indifference to Plight of Religious Minorities – Chair: Raymond Ibrahim, Author, columnist
– Mr. Raymond Arroyo, Anchor, The World Over, EWTN
– Mr. Erick Stakelbeck, National Security Analyst, CBN
– Q&A
17:00 – E N D
(*) How to get to the room:
http://www.visitthecapitol.gov/plan-visit/getting-the-capitol#.U58t7vldU6w
http://www.visitthecapitol.gov/Assets/uploads/files/visit/pdfus_capitol_map.pdf
– Enter Main Entrance of Capitol (through East Capitol Street)
– Make a left towards U.S. House of Representatives Appointment Desk. Tell them you have a meeting at HVC201.
– Take escalator down to House Meeting Rooms
– Go through big doors that says House of Representatives Meeting Rooms
– Walk in straight and take first right.
