Featured House hearings: SEC, Afghanistan and Pakistan

Several House committees are planning full committee hearings next week, including the House Financial Services Committee, which will examine ways to improve the Securities and Exchange Commission.

House Foreign Affairs plans two hearings, one on the transition in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and another on "Why Taiwan Matters."

More details on these and other full committee hearings follow:

House Financial Services

Aug. 4, "Fixing the Watchdog: Legislative Proposals to Improve and Enhance the Securities and Exchange Commission"

10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn House Office Building

House Foreign Affairs

Aug. 2, "Why Taiwan Matters, Part II"

10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn House Office Building

Aug. 4, "Afghanistan and Pakistan: Transition and the Way Forward"

9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn House Office Building

House Judiciary

Aug. 1, markup of H.R. 1981, H.R. 1433, H.R. 2633, H.R. 83 and H.R. 2189.

10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn House Office Building

House Science, Space, and Technology

Aug. 3, "Impacts of the LightSquared Network"

10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn House Office Building

House Small Business

Aug. 3, "Innovative Approaches to Meeting the Workforce Needs of Small Business"

1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn House Office Building

House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

Aug. 4, "Ongoing Intelligence Activities"

10 a.m., HVC-304 (closed hearing)