welcomes Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, considers more than a dozen minor measures and a bill designed to increase worker protections against combustible dust.

continues debate on a Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill (HR 2881).

participates in photo ops with 2008 national and state Teachers of the Year and later with the New York Giants; attends an evening fundraiser for the National Republican Congressional Committee.

the World Affairs Council of Washington holds its annual gala, with keynote speaker Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Joseph R. Biden Jr., D-Del. 7:30 p.m., Renaissance Mayflower Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Ave. N.W.