Next week’s hearings: Voter ‘stupidity,’ Benghazi

Hearings on an ObamaCare consultant’s comments about voter “stupidity” and the Sept. 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya will take the spotlight next week.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Jonathan Gruber, who served as a consultant during the creation of the 2010 healthcare law, will appear before the House Oversight Committee Tuesday morning to discuss his controversial comments.

{mosads}It will likely be the last hearing House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) presides over before he hands the gavel to Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) in the new Congress.

On Wednesday, the Select Committee on Benghazi will convene for its second hearing. Greg Starr, the assistant secretary for Diplomatic Security, and Steve Linick, the State Department’s inspector general, will testify.

Details on these and other hearings follow:

Select Committee on Benghazi
Dec. 10, “Hearing 2: Reviewing Efforts to Secure U.S. Diplomatic Facilities and Personnel”
10 a.m., HVC-210 Capitol

House Foreign Affairs Committee
Dec. 10, “Countering ISIS: Are We Making Progress?”
10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn

Dec. 10, ” Russian Arms Control Cheating and the Administration’s Responses”

2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn

Dec. 10, “After the Withdrawal: The Way Forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan (Part III)”
2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn

House Judiciary Committee
Dec. 10, “The Impact on Local Communities of the Release of Unaccompanied Alien Minors and the Need for Consultation and Notification”
2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn

House Oversight Committee
Dec. 9, “Examining ObamaCare Transparency Failures”
9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn

Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Health Care, and Entitlements
Dec. 10, “Examining EPA’s Management of the Renewable Fuel Standard Program”
9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn

Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and the Census
Dec. 10, ” Addressing the Backlog in the Federal Employee Retirement Process”
9:30 a.m., 2247 Rayburn