Word on the Hill: The Week Ahead
Your social calendar for the week
Happy May! Hope you enjoyed your White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner weekend in Washington.
Here are some highlights from the weekend.
The view from inside the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner last night via @gkroberts ! pic.twitter.com/Rjz7Idu4kb
— Alex Gangitano (@AlexGangitano) April 30, 2017
Meanwhile, the party hosted by Buzzfeed was packed.
Shout out to @BuzzFeed for their party at the Brixton last night! pic.twitter.com/NvwDCO11RT
— Alex Gangitano (@AlexGangitano) April 30, 2017
And on Sunday…
Spotted at the @CNN Sunday brunch: @RickSantorum & @amyklobuchar pic.twitter.com/QgmSICmOXY
— Alex Gangitano (@AlexGangitano) April 30, 2017
We’d love to see photographs and hear your party-hopping stories. Send them to HOH@rollcall.com.
Here what’s coming up this week.
Monday
The American Kennel Club Reception celebrating National Purebred Dog Day, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Capitol Visitor Center. RSVP: melissa.ferrell@akc.org.
2017 AANP Whole Health Reception, hosted by the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians, 5 to 7 p.m., Rayburn Foyer. Open invite.
The 17th Annual Wenger Awards and Dinner, hosted by the National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease. VIP reception begins at 6 p.m., Union Station, East Hall. RSVP here.
Tuesday
Preview reception for American Visionary: John F. Kennedy’s Life and Times, 7 p.m., Smithsonian American Art Museum (corner of Eighth and F streets NW). Invite-only. Watch for HOH’s coverage.
The fifth annual CHEERS: A Celebration of Beer & Food during the 2017 National Beer Wholesalers Association Legislative Conference, 7 to 9 p.m., Library of Congress (10 First St. SE).
Wednesday
Peanut and Tree Nut Processors Association networking reception, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Art and Soul (415 New Jersey Ave. NW). RSVP: membership@ptnpa.org.
The American Association for Cancer Research, the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the Association of American Cancer Institutes’ reception recognizing cancer research, 6 to 7 p.m., Rayburn 2060. RSVP: kristin.palmer@asco.org.
Staffer shuffle
Shaylyn Hynes is the press secretary for the Department of Energy and Secretary Rick Perry, previously communications director of Ted Poe.
Brian Hart announced Friday he is the new director of the office of media relations at the Federal Communications Commission. He previously worked as communications director for Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo.
It’s National Burger Month
May is National Burger Month. To celebrate, nopa Kitchen + Bar (800 F St. NW) is expanding its burger selection. Try the new NoPa Burger with Roseda Farms angus beef, pimento cheese, bacon jam, and Kewpie aioli, or the restaurant’s other new inventive burgers. Prices range from $14 to $16.
But on Friday, Congress tried vegan burgers
Seth Goldman, executive chairman, Beyond Meat, Ethan Brown, founder and CEO, Beyond Meat, Adam Sarvana, CVSA president and communications director, House Natural Resources Committee Democrats, Maureen Cohen Harrington, CVSA Advisory Board (Photo courtesy of CVSA)
The Congressional Vegetarian Staff Association, The Good Food Institute, and Beyond Meat hosted a Beyond Burger event for staffers to try vegan options. It was a standing room only event and Rep. Brendan Boyle, among others, spoke. Check out more information.
Overheard on the Hill
“I picked this tie to match your shoes.”
— Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., — picked up on a hot mic at the Democrats’ news conference on Friday.
Happy Birthday to …
Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Pa., 56.
Rep. Ed Perlmutter, D-Colo., 64.
What’s going on?
Have any tips, announcements or Hill happenings? Send them to AlexGangitano@cqrollcall.com.
