Word on the Hill: Kushner Meets Congressional Interns

By Alex Gangitano

Posted July 31, 2017 at 7:19am

First son-in-law Jared Kushner is scheduled to speak to interns on Capitol Hill today at 3 p.m. as part of the House Administration Committee and Senate Committee on Rules and Administration’s Intern Lecture Series.

It was originally scheduled for July 28 and then moved to today. The White House senior adviser’s lecture will take place in the Capitol Visitor Center’s Congressional Auditorium.

On Tuesday, joint chief of staff general Robert Neller is scheduled to speak to the interns at 10 a.m. and CIA director Mike Pompeo at 1 p.m.

On Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is scheduled to speak at 10:30 a.m., Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., at 1 p.m. and Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., at 4 p.m., which was rescheduled from last week.

Last week, Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., Whip Steve Scalise’s chief of staff Brett Horton and joint chiefs of staff general Joseph Lengyel all spoke at the Intern Lecture Series.

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