September 1, 2016
Purdue President to testify before Joint Economic Committee, interview Mike McCurry while in D.C.
Events:
*Purdue President Mitch Daniels will testify at 9:30 a.m. Thursday (Sept. 8) before a hearing of the Joint Economic Committee of the United States Congress. Daniels, along with the Honorable Judd Gregg, former New Hampshire governor and senator, and Alice Rivlin, economist and former director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, will speak about “Federal Debt: Direction, Drivers and Dangers.” The hearing will be livestreamed at http://www.senate.gov/isvp/?type=LIVE&comm=jec&filename=LIVE
*Also, while in Washington, D.C., Daniels will host Mike McCurry for a special installment of Purdue’s Presidential Lecture Series (http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2016/Q3/mitch-daniels-to-host-mike-mccurry-in-washington,-d.c.,-for-election-2016-and-the-intersection-of-politics-and-policy.html). Daniels will interview Curry, former White House press secretary to President Bill Clinton, about “Election 2016 and the Intersection of Politics and Policy” at 6 p.m. Wednesday (Sept. 7) in the JW Marriott, 1331 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.
Media who would like to attend the JEC testimony may contact Breann Gonzalez at mailto:breann_gonzalez@jec.senate.gov. A copy of Daniels’ testimony will be made available following the committee session at purdue.edu/president.
Media who would like to attend the Presidential Lecture Series event should contact Lisa Tally at 765-496-2160 or 765-494-2181, lhtally@prf.org