House committee to hold hearing on 11th anniversary of 9/11 attacks

By Pete Kasperowicz - 09/07/12 09:20 AM ET

The House Homeland Security Committee will hold a hearing next Tuesday to mark the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center, damaged the Pentagon, and killed more than 2,700 people in those buildings and in a plane that crashed in Pennsylvania.

The committee, chaired by Rep. Pete King (R-N.Y.), had not listed a time and place for the hearing as of Friday morning.

Also on Tuesday, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will hold a hearing on the "Failures of Operation Fast and Furious." And on Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee will hold a Wednesday hearing on "The Obama Administration's Abuse of Power."

Details on these and other key hearings follow:

House Armed Services

Sept. 11, "A framework for building partner capacity programs and authorities to meet 21st century challenges"
10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn House Office Building

Sept. 12, "Operational Contracting Support: Learning from the Past and Preparing for the Future"
10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn House Office Building

House Foreign Affairs

Sept. 12, "Beijing as an Emerging Power in the South China Sea"
10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn House Office Building

House Homeland Security

Sept. 11, "11th Anniversary of Terrorist Attacks of 9/11"
(starting time and location TBA)

House Judiciary

Sept. 12, "The Obama Administration's Abuse of Power"
10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn House Office Building

House Natural Resources

Sept. 11, "The Chu Memorandum: Directives Could Increase Electricity Costs for over 40 Million Families and Small Businesses"
11:30 a.m., 1324 Longworth House Office Building

Sept. 13, "Committee Oversight of Department of Interior: Questioning of Key Department of the Interior Officials"
10 a.m., 1324 Longworth House Office Building

House Oversight and Government Reform

Sept. 11, "IG Report: The Department of Justice's Office of the Inspector General Examines the Failures of Operation Fast and Furious"
9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn House Office Building

House Transportation and Infrastructure

Sept. 11, "A Review of Amtrak Operations Part 2: The High Cost of Amtrak's Monopoly Mentality in Commuter Rail Competitions"
10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn House Office Building