by Alexis Simendinger & Kristina Karisch
The House meets at 10 a.m. House Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Turner (R-Ohio) at 10 a.m. will moderate a panel discussion about “American Interests and Support for Ukraine,” in conjunction with the Atlantic Council Eurasia Center.
The Senate convenes at 10 a.m.
The president will receive the President’s Daily Brief at 10 a.m. He will travel from Denver to Pueblo, Colo., to speak about clean energy manufacturing at CS Wind, the world’s largest wind tower manufacturing company. Biden, during his visit, which was rescheduled from October, plans to make a starkly partisan argument that Republicans, such as Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, are “threatening” job creation, especially in underserved areas of the country where clean energy strides are achievable. Biden is scheduled to return to the White House tonight.
Vice President Harris will fly this morning from Washington to New York City to participate in The New York Times’s “DealBook” moderated conversation at Lincoln Center at 1:30 p.m. She plans to return to Washington this evening in time to host a 7 p.m. reception at the Naval Observatory with husband Doug Emhoff for members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken began his day in Belgium and will travel later in the day to North Macedonia. In the morning he participated in a third session of the NATO foreign ministers meeting in Brussels and took questions from the press at midday. He plans to meet with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. Blinken will travel to Skopje, North Macedonia, for an evening meeting with Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani. The secretary will participate in an evening reception on the margins of a ministerial meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), followed by a working dinner.
First lady Jill Biden at 5:30 p.m. will showcase a 2023 White House holiday ice rink installed for the season on the South Lawn.
Economic indicators: The Bureau of Economic Analysis at 8:30 a.m. will report on gross domestic product in the third quarter (second estimate) as well as corporate profits.
