Congressional Hearings on Wednesday, February 5, 2025

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Organizational business meeting to consider an original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee during the 119th Congress; to be immediately followed by hearings to examine the real impacts of debanking in America.

Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider S.93, to amend the Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 to address harmful algal blooms, S.98, to require the Federal Communications Commission to establish a vetting process for prospective applicants for high-cost universal service program funding, S.99, to require the Secretary of Commerce to produce a report that provides recommendations to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and impact of Department of Commerce programs related to supply chain resilience and manufacturing and industrial innovation, S.161, to require the Secretary of Transportation to issue rules relating to the testing procedures used under the New Car Assessment Program of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, S.195, to amend the Visit America Act to promote music tourism, S.216, to amend the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act to improve the administration of the Marine Debris Foundation, to amend the Marine Debris Act to improve the administration of the Marine Debris Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, S.245, to require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish a working group on cyber insurance, to require dissemination of informative resources for issuers and customers of cyber insurance, S.246, to protect the right of law-abiding citizens to transport knives interstate, notwithstanding a patchwork of local and State prohibitions, S.257, to improve the resilience of critical supply chains, S.258, to improve forecasting and understanding of tornadoes and other hazardous weather, S.260, to amend the Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Act to require hygienic handling of breast milk and baby formula by security screening personnel of the Transportation Security Administration and personnel of private security companies providing security screening, S.278, to prohibit users who are under age 13 from accessing social media platforms, to prohibit the use of personalized recommendation systems on individuals under age 17, and limit the use of social media in schools, S.281, to require sellers of event tickets to disclose comprehensive information to consumers about ticket prices and related fees, to prohibit speculative ticketing, S.283, to require the Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and the Administrator of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to develop a standard methodology for identifying the country of origin of seafood to support enforcement against illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, S.306, to establish and maintain a coordinated program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that improves wildfire, fire weather, fire risk, and wildfire smoke related forecasting, detection, modeling, observations, and service delivery, S.314, to prohibit unfair and deceptive advertising of prices for hotel rooms and other places of short-term lodging, S.315, to require the Secretary of Transportation to issue a rule requiring access to AM broadcast stations in passenger motor vehicles, and the nomination of Howard Lutnick, of New York, to be Secretary of Commerce.

Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · 253 Russell Senate Office Building · Notice

Bills: S. 161, S. 195, S. 216, S. 245, S. 246, S. 257 and 11 more

10:30 AM ET · Meeting

Organizational business meeting to consider an original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee during the 119th Congress, committee rules for the 119th Congress, and subcommittee assignments for the 119th Congress; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine farmer and rancher views on the agricultural economy.

Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

10:30 AM ET · Meeting

Organizational business meeting to consider committee rules, an original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee during the 119th Congress, S.347, to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to reauthorize brownfields revitalization funding, and S.351, to establish a pilot grant program to improve recycling accessibility, to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out certain activities to collect and disseminate data on recycling and composting programs in the United States.

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee · 406 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

Bills: S. 347, S. 351

11:15 AM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider S.68, to prohibit the suspension of collections on loans made to small businesses related to COVID-19, S.273, to allow nonprofit child care providers to participate in certain loan programs of the Small Business Administration, S.298, to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to relocate 30 percent of the employees assigned to headquarters to duty stations outside the Washington metropolitan area, S.300, to improve accountability in the disaster loan program of the Small Business Administration, an original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee during the 119th Congress, committee rules, and the nomination of Kelly Loeffler, of Georgia, to be Administrator of the Small Business Administration.

Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee · 238 Capitol (Senate side) · Notice

Bills: S. 273, S. 298, S. 300, S. 68

2:30 PM ET · Meeting

Organizational business meeting to consider selection of Chairman and Vice Chairman, committee rules, and an original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee during the 119th Congress.

Senate Indian Affairs Committee · 628 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

2:30 PM ET · Meeting

To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters.

Senate Intelligence Committee · 219 Hart Senate Office Building · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Make Community Banking Great Again

House Financial Services Committee · 2128 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Ms. Mitria Spotser (Vice President, Federal Policy, Center for Responsible Lending); Mr. Patrick Kennedy, Jr. (Founding Partner, Kennedy Sutherland LLP); Ms. Susannah Marshall (Bank Commissioner, Arkansas State Bank Department); Ms. Cathy Owen (Executive Chairman, Eagle Bank & Trust Company); Ms. Rebeca Romero Rainey (President and CEO, Independent Community Bankers of America)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

“Rightsizing Government”

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee · HVC-210 Capitol · Notice

Witnesses: Kim Reynolds (Governor, State of Iowa); Mr. Thomas Schatz (President, Citizens Against Government Waste); Dr. William Resh (Associate Professor of Public Policy & Management / C.C. Crawford Professor in Management and Performance, Sol Price School of Public Policy / University of Southern California)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

"Preparing the Pipeline: Examining the State of America's Cyber Workforce"

House Homeland Security Committee · 310 Cannon House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: David Russomanno, PhD (Executive Vice President, Academic Affairs and Provost, University of Memphis); Mr. Robert Rashotte (Vice President, Global Training and Technical Field Enablement, Fortinet); Mr. Max Stier (President and Chief Executive Officer, Partnership for Public Service); Mr. Chris Jones (President and Chief Executive Officer, Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

"America Builds: Maritime Infrastructure"

Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation (House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee) · 2167 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Paul Anderson (President and Chief Executive Officer, Port Tampa Bay); Mr. Tom Reynolds (Chief Strategy Officer, Seasats); Mr. Brian Schoeneman (Political and Legislative Director, Seafarers International Union of North America); Mr. Joe Rella (President, St. Johns Ship Building, Inc.)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Hope on the Horizon: Prioritizing Small Business Growth in the 119th Congress

House Small Business Committee · 2360 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Karl Hutter (CEO, Chief Executive Officer, Click Bond, Inc.); Ms. Molly Moon Neitzel (Founder and CEO, Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream); Mr. Bill New (President and Owner, New Industries); Ms. Alice Frazier (President and Chief Executive Officer, Bank of Charles Town)

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

SST Business Meeting

House Science, Space, and Technology Committee · 2318 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

The State of U.S. Science and Technology: Ensuring U.S. Global Leadership

House Science, Space, and Technology Committee · Notice

Witnesses: Heather Wilson (President, University of Texas at El Paso, Former Secretary of the U.S. Air Force); Rev. Walter Copan (Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer, Colorado School of Mines and Former Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology); Dr. Sudip Parikh (Chief Executive Officer and Executive Publisher, American Association for the Advancement of Science); Mr. Samuel Hammond (Chief Economist, Foundation for American Innovation)

10:15 AM ET · Hearing

"The State of American Education"

House Education and Workforce Committee · 2175 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mrs. Nicole Neily (President, Parents Defending Education); Dr. Preston Cooper (Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute); Mrs. Janai Nelson (President and Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense Fund); Mr. Johnny Taylor (President and Chief Executive Officer, Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM))

10:15 AM ET · Hearing

“Powering America’s Future: Unleashing American Energy”

Energy (House Energy and Commerce Committee) · 2123 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Brigham McCown (Senior Fellow and Director, Initiative on American Energy Security, Hudson Institute); Mr. Tyler O'Connor (Partner, Crowell & Moring LLP); Mr. Gary Arnold (Business Manager, Denver Pipefitters Local 208); Ms. Amanda Eversole (Executive Vice President and Chief Advocacy Officer, American Petroleum Institute)

10:15 AM ET · Hearing

Legislative Hearing on: H.R. 410 (Rep. Begich), “Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans Land Allotment Extension Act of 2025”; H.R. 412 (Rep. Bergman), To authorize the Bay Mills Indian Community of the State of Michigan to convey land and interests in land owned by the Tribe; H.R. 504 (Rep. Gimenez), “Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments Act”; and H.R. 741 (Rep. Stanton), “Stronger Engagement for Indian Health Needs Act of 2025”.

Indian and Insular Affairs (House Natural Resources Committee) · 1324 Longworth House Office Building · Notice

Bills: H.R. 410, H.R. 412, H.R. 504, H.R. 741

Witnesses: Talbert Cypress (Chairman, Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida); Carlos Gimenez (Member of Congress); Nicholas Begich (Member of Congress); A.C. Locklear (Interim CEO, National Indian Health Board); Greg Stanton (Member of Congress); Mr. Nelson Angapak (Veterans Committee, Alaska Federation of Natives Veterans Committee); Whitney Gravelle (President, Bay Mills Indian Community)