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Mike's Schedule in 1999

Please note that unlike the more recent schedules, this schedule advances in chronological order.

March 1999

Monday March 29, 1999

• 4:30 PM: Mike will join community activists, concerned citizens and elected officials at a rally on the steps of the Massachusetts State House to protest Massport's proposed Logan Airport runway.
   

Tuesday March 30, 1999

• 9:30 AM: Mike will visit the Madison Park Technical Vocational High School.
   
• 6:30 PM: Mike will attend a Town Meeting at Roxbury Community College Roxbury, MA.
   
• 7:30 PM: Mike will attend a benefit for the Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC) Foundation's college textbook assistance program at the Hampshire House in Boston. BHCC is in Charlestown, MA.
   

Wednesday March 31, 1999

• 9:30 AM: Mike will visit the Chenery Middle School in Belmont, MA.
   
• 1:00 PM: Mike will tour the Codman Square Health Center in Dorchester, MA.
   
• 4:00 PM: Mike will visit the Lincoln Park Elementary School in Somerville, MA.
   

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April 1999

Thursday April 1, 1999

• 10:00 AM: Mike will tour Watertown High School and the Cuniff Elementary School in Watertown, MA.
   

Friday April 2, 1999

• 11:30 AM: Mike will tape a public service announcement at the Franklin Institute for the Committee for Citizens Awareness on the three branches of government.
   
• 2:30 PM: Mike will receive a briefing on the Boston Harbor Association.
   

Monday April 5, 1999

• 10:30 AM: Mike will tour Youville Hospital in Cambridge, MA.
   
• 3:00 PM: Mike will participate in a forum on federal funding for land and water conservation, and preservation. He will be joined by Congressman Jim McGovern and Boston Mayor Tom Menino. It will take place in Boston's historic Faneuil Hall.
   

Tuesday April 6, 1999

• 10:30 AM: Mike will visit the Winship Elementary School in Allston/Brighton, MA.
   
• 2:30 PM: Mike will tour Children's Hospital in Boston, MA.
   

Wednesday April 7, 1999

• 9:30 AM: Mike will meet with the local organization Reaching Out for Chelsea Adolescents in Chelsea, MA.
   

Thursday April 8, 1999

• 12:00 PM: Mike will tour the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, MA.
   

Friday April 9, 1999

• 6:00 PM: Mike will attend the "Taste of the Back Bay" at the Prudential Tower Skywalk in Boston, MA.
   

Saturday April 10, 1999

• 12:30 PM: Mike will deliver the keynote address at the Association for Resident Control of Housing's annual meeting at the Swiss Hotel in Boston, MA.
   

Tuesday April 13, 1999

• 10:00 AM: The House Committee on Banking and Financial Services, of which Mike is a member, will hold a Committee Hearing on finalizing bank preparedness for the year 2000.
   

Wednesday April 14, 1999

• 10:00 AM: The House Committee on Banking and Financial Services will hold a hearing on Housing and Urban Development's Preparedness for the Year 2000.
   

Thursday April 15, 1999

• 10:00 AM: The House Committee on Science, of which Mike is a member, will attend a Technology Subcommittee hearing on the Melissa virus.
   

Saturday April 16, 1999

• 6:00 PM: Mike will attend the Pirandello Lyceum's annual "I Migliori" Awards Dinner, honoring outstanding men and women of Italian descent. Mike is one of 1999's honorees.
   

Tuesday April 20, 1999

• 4:00 PM: House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt will meet with Democratic freshmen.
   

Wednesday April 21, 1999

• 5:30 PM: Mike is a cosponsor of a reception hosted by the Armenian National Committee of America.
   

Thursday April 22, 1999

• 11:00 AM: The House Committee on Science's Subcommittee on Technology, of which Mike is a member, will hold a hearing.
   

Friday April 23, 1999

• 7:30 PM: Mike will deliver the keynote address at a dinner sponsored by HMFH Architects of Cambridge, MA. He will speak on the issue of new school construction.
   

Saturday April 24, 1999

• 10:30 AM: Mike will throw out the first pitch at Opening Day for the South End Youth Baseball League at Peters Park in Boston's South End.
   

Monday, April 26, 1999

• 9:00 AM: Mike will deliver the keynote address at a meeting of the Massachusetts Association of Older Americans regarding Medicare. It will take place in Boston.
   
• 2:30 PM: Mike will attend a groundbreaking ceremony in Somerville, MA for the Tage Inn.
   

Tuesday, April 27, 1999

• 2:30 PM: Mike is planning to attend the National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology Awards ceremony at the White House. Honorees from the 8th district include: Biogen, and Harvard Professors William Wilson and George M. Whitesides.
   

Wednesday, April 28, 1999

• 10:00 AM: The Science Committee, of which Mike is a member, will review math and science education in our nation's schools.
   

Thursday, April 29, 1999

• 1:00 PM: Mike is Cosponsoring a briefing regarding Kosovar Refugees.
   

Friday April 30, 1999

• 6:00 PM: Mike will attend the Legislative Black Caucus Dinner at the Park Plaza Hotel in Boston, MA.
   

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May 1999

Saturday May 1, 1999

• 6:30 PM: Mike will attend the Somerville Parent Teacher Association's Annual Dinner. This year, the PTA is establishing a scholarship in Mike's name.
   

Monday May 3, 1999

• 11:00 AM: Mike will attend a press conference in Boston, MA to announce Sail Boston 2000, a summer celebration featuring the USS Constitution and a Tall Ships parade.
   

Tuesday May 4, 1999

• 2:00 PM: Mike will attend a Housing Subcommittee Hearing regarding section 8 "opt-outs" and HR 1336 "The Emergency Residents Protection Act".
   

Wednesday May 5, 1999

• 3:30 PM: Mike will meet with Daniel Goldin, Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
   

Thursday May 6, 1999

• 2:00 PM: Mike will attend a Congressional Research Services briefing on Foreign Debt Relief.
   

Friday May 7, 1999

• 12:30 PM: Mike will tour the Martin Luther King Jr. School and the King Open School in Cambridge, MA.
   
• 3:00 PM: Mike will attend a groundbreaking ceremony at the Boston Latin School.
   
• 6:00 PM: Mike will attend Watertown High School Athletic Hall of Fame Induction ceremony.
   

Saturday May 8, 1999

• 9:00 AM: Mike will walk with a letter carrier in the 8th Congressional District during the United States Postal Service's annual food drive.
   

Monday May 10, 1999

• 7:30 AM: Mike will speak at a Harvard Club Breakfast on the proposed Urban Ring transportation project.
   

Tuesday May 11, 1999

• 12:00 PM: Mike will attend an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. for the GrandFamilies House - the first housing in the country for grandparents who are raising their grandchildren. Today, the GrandFamilies House, which is located in Dorchester, MA, will receive the Tax Credit Excellence Award in the area of senior housing.
   

Wednesday May 12, 1999

• 12:00 PM: Mike will meet students from Somerville, MA's Cummings Elementary School on the steps of the Capitol.
   

Thursday May 13, 1999

• 9:30 AM: The Science Committee, of which Mike is a member, will hold a bill markup hearing.
   

Friday May 14, 1999

• 11:00 AM: Mike will meet with representatives from the Joint National Committee for Languages in Washington, D.C.
   

Saturday May 15, 1999

• 7:00 PM: Mike will deliver the keynote address at the Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers' Annual Award Dinner.
   

Monday May 17, 1999

• 10:00 AM: Congressmen Capuano, Moakley and Markey will meet with Federal Aviation Administrator Jane Garvey to express their concerns over Massport's plans to construct an additional runway at Logan Airport.
   

Wednesday May 19, 1999

• 1:30 PM: Mike will meet with representatives from the American Cancer Society regarding managed care.
   

Thursday May 20, 1999

• 10:00 AM: The Banking Committee, of which Mike is a member, will hold a Committee Meeting.
   

Friday May 21, 1999

• 6:00 PM: Mike will attend the Inaugural Ceremonies for newly elected Mayor of Somerville, Dorothy Kelly Gay.
   

Monday May 24, 1999

• 8:30 AM: Mike will visit the Boston Center for the Arts
   

Tuesday May 25, 1999

• 9:30 AM: The Science Committee, of which Mike is a member, will mark up legislation
   

Wednesday May 26, 1999

• 1:00 AM: The Banking Committee, of which Mike is a member, will mark up legislation.
   

Thursday May 27, 1999

• 1:00 PM: Mike will meet with representatives from Science Research
   

Friday May 28, 1999

• 12:30 PM: Mike will tour East Boston High School
   

Monday May 31, 1999

• 11:00 AM: Mike will march in Watertown, MA's Memorial Day Parade
   

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June 1999

Tuesday June 1, 1999

• 5:30 PM: Mike will appear on "Cambridge Inside Out"'s tenth anniversary program. This is a public access television series devoted to politics and public affairs.
   

Wednesday June 2, 1999

• 1:00 PM: Mike will tour some of the businesses in Beacon Hill, MA.
   

Thursday June 3, 1999

• Mike will tour the newly opened PIllsbury plant in Chelsea, MA.
   

Friday June 4, 1999

• 10:30 AM: Mike will visit the Mary C. Burke Community School complex in Chelsea, MA.
   

Saturday June 5, 1999

• 10:00 AM: Mike will serve as a guest auctioneer for WGBH television in Boston.
   

Sunday June 6, 1999

• 10:00 AM: Mike will attend a dedication ceremony for firefighters who lost their lives in the Arrow Paper fire in Somerville, MA over twenty years ago. A memorial has been constructed in their honor.
   
• 3:00 PM: Mike will deliver the commencement address at the Franklin Institute's graduation ceremonies.
   

Tuesday June 8, 1999

• 9:00 AM Mike will attend a Democratic Caucus meeting.
   

Wednesday June 9, 1999

• 12:30 PM: Mike will greet students from Watertown Middle School who are visiting Washington, D.C.
   

Thursday June 10, 1999

• 10:00 AM: The House Committee on Banking, of which Mike is a member, will hold a full hearing.
   

Saturday June 12, 1999

• 10:00 AM: Mike will attend the Somerville Charities Fair at Tufts Field in Somerville, MA.
   

Monday June 14, 1999

• 4:00 PM Mike will attend a groundbreaking ceremony for the Chelsea Theatre Works in Chelsea, MA.
   

Tuesday June 15, 1999

• 6:30 PM: Mike will join alumni from Tufts University on Capitol Hill.
   

Wednesday June 16, 1999

• 8:00 AM: Mike will meet with members of the New England Solid Waste Committee.
   

Thursday June 17, 1999

• 1:00 PMThe Technology Subcommittee, of which Mike is a member, will hold a hearing.
   

Friday June 18, 1999

• 6:00 PM Mike will join the Secretary of the Navy at the USS Constitution in the Charlestown Navy Yard.
   

Saturday June 19, 1999

• 10:00 AM: Mike will tour the Boston Harbor Islands.
   

Monday June 21, 1999

• 1:00 PM: Mike will deliver the keynote address at the 25th anniversary celebration of the Cambridge Community Development Block Grant Program in Cambridge, MA.
   
• 6:00 PM: Mike will host an open house at his Roxbury, MA district office.
   

Tuesday June 22, 1999

• 12:00 PM: Mike has been invited to attend the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Children's Congress luncheon.
   

Wednesday June 23, 1999

• 2:45 PM: Mike will meet with students from Cambridge, MA's Harrington Elementary School at the Capitol.
   

Thursday June 24, 1999

• 10:00 AM: The Technology Subcommittee, of which Mike is a member, will hold a hearing.
   

Friday June 25, 1999

• 1:00 PM: Mike will meet with the Massachusetts Aliance of HUD Tenants.
   

Tuesday June 29, 1999

• 6:30 PM: Mike will attend a meeting of the Italian American Democratic Leadership Council.
   

Wednesday June 30, 1999

• 9:00 AM: Mike will attend a Democratic Caucus meeting.
   

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July 1999

Friday July 1, 1999

• 10:00 AM: The Technology Subcommittee, of which Mike is a member, will hold a hearing.
   

Wednesday July 7, 1999

• 9:00 AM: Mike will attend a public hearing on the Fleet Bank/Bank Boston merger.
   

Monday July 12, 1999

• 10:00 AM - Mike will tour the YMCA in Brighton, MA.
   

Tuesday July 13, 1999

• 2:00 PM - The Space Subcommittee, of which Mike is a member, will conduct a hearing.
   

Wednesday July 14, 1999

• 4:30 PM: Mike will visit with students from the University of Massachusetts, Boston campus.
   

Tuesday July 20, 1999

• 6:00 PM: Mike has been invited to a reception for Harvard Law School students.
   

Wednesday July 21, 1999

• 1:00 PM: Mike will meet with interns from the Armenian Assembly of America.
   

Thursday July 22, 1999

• 10:00 AM: The Banking Committee, of which Mike is a member, will conduct a hearing.
   

Monday July 26, 1999

• 9:00 AM: Mike will tape a Public Service Announcement on the Judicial System.
   

Thursday July 29, 1999

• 1:00 PM: The Space Subcommittee, of which Mike is a member, will mark up H.R. 1883.
   

Friday July 30, 1999

• 9:30 PM: The Banking Committee, of which Mike is a member, will conduct a hearing on the Homeowners Insurance Availability Act.
   

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August 1999

Tuesday August 3, 1999

• 1:30 Mike will meet with some of his Washington, D.C. interns.
   

Wednesday August 4, 1999

• The Housing Subcommittee, of which Mike is a member, will conduct a bill markup.
   

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September 1999

Tuesday September 7, 1999

• 2:00 PM: Mike will attend a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Healey Elementary School in Somerville, MA
   

Wednesday September 8, 1999

• 10:00 PM: Mike will attend a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Wyndham Gardens Hotel in Chelsea, MA
   

Thursday September 9, 1999

• 12:30 PM: Mike will join Boston Mayor Tom Menino for a press conference on gun safety in Washington, D.C.
   

Saturday September 11, 1999

• 7:00 PM: Mike will attend a town meeting in Watertown, MA to discuss his recent trip to Armenia
   

Sunday September 12, 1999

• 1:00 PM: Mike will march in the East Cambridge parade
   

Tuesday September 14, 1999

• 10:00 AM: The Banking Committee, of which Mike is a member, will hold a hearing
   

Wednesday September 15, 1999

• 10:00 AM: Mike will hodl a press conference in Washington, D.C. to announce the filing of "The Medicare Vision Rehabiliation Coverage Act of 1999"
   

Sunday September 19, 1999

• 1:00 PM: Mike will march in the Allston Brighton Parade
   

Monday September 20, 1999

• 12:30 PM.: Mike will tour McLean's Hospital in Belmont, MA.
   

Tuesday September 21, 1999

• 8:30 AM: Mike will attend a breakfast in honor of the Boston non-profit Community Builders Inc.
   

Wednesday September 22, 1999

• 10:00 AM: The Banking Committee, of which Mike is a member, will hold a hearing.
   

Thursday September 23, 1999

• 12:00 PM: Mike will attend the Action for Cancer Awareness lunch in Washington, D.C.
   

Friday September 24, 1999

• 6:00 PM: Mike will serve as master of ceremonies for the 8th annual Somerville Pride Night.
   

Saturday September 25, 1999

• 7:00 PM: Mike will attend a reception sponsored by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Boston, MA.
   

Sunday September 26, 1999

• 6:45 PM: Mike will attend a reception hosted by the Museum of Afro American History. He is a memebr of the museum's Honorary Committee.
   

Monday September 27, 1999

• 8:00 AM: Mike will attend a reception at Stull and Lee in Roxbury. MA
   

Tuesday September 28, 1999

• 11:00 AM: Mike will meet with members of the Women's Action for New Directions organization in his DC office.
   

Wednesday September 29, 1999

• 10:00 AM: Mike will attend a meeting of the New England Congressional Caucus.
   

Thursday September 30, 1999

• 1:30 PM: The Science Committee's Subcommittee on Technology will hold a hearing.
   

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October 1999

Saturday October 2, 1999

• 12:00 PM: Mike will attend Treaty Day in Watertown, MA.
   

Sunday October 3, 1999

• 5:00 PM: Mike will host a Service Academy Seminar at Bunker Hill Community College in Boston.
   

Monday October 4, 1999

• 8:45 AM: Mike will tour Biogen in Cambridge, MA.
   

Tuesday October 5, 1999

• 11:00 AM: Mike will meet with members of the Association of Independent Research Institutes in Washington, D.C.
   

Wednesday October 6, 1999

• 9:00 AM: Mike will attend a Democratic Caucus meeting on the Patients' Bill of Rights.
   

Thursday October 7, 1999

• 1:00 PM: Mike will attend a Department of Labor reception where the New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans will receive an award.
   

Friday October 8, 1999

• 8:00 AM: Mike will tour the Kennedy Elementary School in Cambridge.
   

Tuesday October 12, 1999

• 9:30 AM: Mike will tour the Chelsea Clock Company in Chelsea, MA.
   

Wednesday October 13, 1999

• 2:00 PM: Mike will meet with representatives from the Shriners Hospital for Children.
   

Thursday October 14, 1999

• 10:00 AM: the Banking Committee's Subcommittee on Housing, of which Mike is a member, will hold a hearing.
   

Friday October 15, 1999

• 6:00 PM: Mike will attend the Taste of Somerville in Somerville, MA.
   

Monday October 18th, 1999

• 10:30 AM: Mike will tape a public service announcement on the Legislative Branch of the Federal Government.
   

Tuesday October 19th, 1999

• 8:00 AM: Mike will meet with students from the 8th Congressional District in Washington, D.C. for the Congressionally sponsored "Voices Against Violence" conference.
   

Wednesday October 20th, 1999

• 10:30 AM: The Technology Subcommittee, of which Mike is a member, will hold a hearing.
   

Thursday October 21st, 1999

• 10:00 AM: The Space Subcommittee, of which Mike is a member, will hold a hearing.
   

Saturday October 23rd, 1999

• 12:15 PM: Mike will speak at the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute Conference in Boston.
   

Monday October 25th, 1999

• 10:00 AM: Mike attended a press conference in Allstion announcing the implementation of a program designed to promote home ownership.
   

Tuesday October 26th, 1999

• 10:00 AM: The Science Committee's Subcommittee on Technology will conduct a hearing.
   

Wednesday October 27th, 1999

• 10:00 AM: The Banking Committee's Subcommittee on Housing will conduct a hearing.
   

Friday October 29th, 1999

• 7:00 PM: Mike will attend the Action for Boston Community Development dinner.
   

Sunday October 31st, 1999

• 1:00 PM: Mike will participate in the Great Walk Down Broadway in Somerville to benefit persons with AIDS.
   

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November 1999

Monday November 1st, 1999

• 11:00 AM: Mike will tour the Mattahunt School in Mattapan. The school received a Peace Games grant from the U.S. Department of Justice for a violence prevention program.
   

Wednesday November 3rd , 1999

• 10:00 AM: The Banking Committee, of which Mike is a member, will markup the "Debt Relief for Poverty Reduction Act".
   

Thursday November 4th, 1999

• 10:00 AM: The Banking Committee, of which Mike is a member, will review the "Homeowners Insurance Availability Act".
   

Friday November 5th, 1999

• 5:45 PM: Mike will attend the grand opening of Centro Presente in Chelsea, MA.
   

Monday November 8th, 1999

• 12:15 PM: Rep. Capuano attended a press conference at Boston's Logan Airport to introduce USAir's quieter, more fuel efficient airplane.
   

Tuesday November 9th, 1999

• 10:00 AM: The Banking Committee, of which Mike is a member, will mark up the Homeowners' Insurance Availability Act.
   

Wednesday November 10th, 1999

• 10:00 AM: The Banking Committee, of which Mike is a member, will finish marking up the Homeowners Insurance Availability Act.
   

Thursday November 11th, 1999

• 9:00 AM: Mike attended a ceremony commemorating Veterans Day in Somerville.
   

Friday November 12th, 1999

• 1:15 PM: Mike toured the USS Constitution in Charlestown, MA
   

Saturday November 13th, 1999

• 6:00 PM: Mike attended Belmont Veterans Of Foreign Wars 75th Anniversary dinner.
   

Tuesday November 16th, 1999

• 8:30 AM: Mike attended a meeting of the New England Council in Boston.
   

Thursday November 18, 1999

• 9:00 AM: The Democratic Caucus will hold a meeting welcoming newly elected Representative Joe Baca.
   

Friday November 19, 1999

• 7:00 PM: Mike will attend a reception hosted by Adoption Resource Exchange, Inc. in Boston.
   

Monday November 22, 1999

• 10:30 AM: Mike will tour a variety of sites in East Boston with Boston Mayor Thomas Menino.
   

Tuesday November 23, 1999

• 6:30 PM: Mike will attend a reception at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston for Urban Edge.
   

Wednesday November 24, 1999

• 11:00 AM: Mike will go to Morgan Memorial Goodwill in Boston to help staff serve Thanksgiving dinner.
   

Monday November 29, 1999

• 6:00 PM: Mike will attend the City of Somerville's holiday lighting ceremony.
   

Tuesday November 30, 1999

• 7:00 PM: Mike will host a Town Meeting at Cambridge City Hall.
   
• Rep. Capuano Schedules Town Meetings
   

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December 1999

Wednesday December 1, 1999

• 1:30 PM: Mike will tour Project SAVE in Watertown - an organization that archives Armenian photographs and other historical documents.
   

Thursday December 2, 1999

• 11:30 AM: Mike will host a forum with students at Roxbury Community College.
   

Friday December 3, 1999

• 7:00 PM: Mike will attend a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Codman Square.
   

Saturday December 4, 1999

• 12:00 PM: Mike will attend a holiday party at the Chelsea senior center.
   

Sunday December 5, 1999

• 1:00 PM: Mike will participate in Beacon Hill's Holiday Lamp Lighting Ceremony.
   

Monday December 6, 1999

• 8:00 AM: Mike will attend a meeting of the Environmental Business Council.
   

Tuesday December 7, 1999

• 7:00 PM: Mike will attend a reception hosted by Habitat For Humanity in Boston.
   

Wednesday December 8, 1999

• 7:00 PM: Mike will host a town meeting at Roxbury Community College.
   

Friday December 10, 1999

• 7:30 PM: Mike will attend a farewell party for outgoing Cambridge Mayor Frank Duehay.
   

Wednesday December 15, 1999

• 7:00 PM: Mike hosted a town meeting in Belmont, MA.
   

Thursday December 16, 1999

• 7:00 PM: Mike attended a dinner for the Brighton, MA YMCA.
   

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