Congressional Hearings on Thursday, February 6, 2025

9:50 AM ET · Meeting

Organizational business meeting to consider committee rules for the 119th Congress, an original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee during the 119th Congress, designation of subcommittees for the 119th Congress, designation of members to serve on the Joint Committee on Taxation, and designation of members to serve as Congressional Trade Advisors on Trade Policy and Negotiations.

Senate Finance Committee · 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the nomination of Jamieson Greer, of Maryland, to be United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador.

Senate Finance Committee · 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

10:15 AM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider an original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee during the 119th Congress, committee rules for the 119th Congress, designation of subcommittees for the 119th Congress, and the nomination of Kashyap Patel, of Nevada, to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice.

Senate Judiciary Committee · 216 Hart Senate Office Building · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Combatting Existing and Emerging Illicit Drug Threats

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

Witnesses: Sheriff Michael Bouchard (Vice President of Government Affairs, Major County Sheriffs Association); Dr. Timothy Westlake, MD, FFSMB, FACEP (Emergency Medicine Physician, ProHealth Care Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital); Dr. Deepa Camenga, MD, MHS, FAAP (Chair, Committee on Substance Use and Prevention, American Academy of Pediatrics); Mr. Raymond Cullen (Family Advocate); Ms. Regina LaBelle, JD (Professor and Director Master of Science in Addiction Policy and Practice,, Georgetown University)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Oversight Hearing on "Now Ore Never: The Importance of Domestic Mining for U.S. National Security"

Energy and Mineral Resources (House Natural Resources Committee) · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Jeremy Harrell (Chief Executive Officer, ClearPath); Dr. Dustin Mulvaney (Professor, Environmental Studies Department, San José State University); Ms. Mckinsey Lyon (Vice President, External Affairs, Perpetua Resources); Dr. Morgan Bazilian (Director, Payne Institute for Public Policy, Colorado School of Mines)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

“California Fires and the Consequences of Overregulation”

The Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust (House Judiciary Committee) · 2141 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Steve Hilton (Founder, Golden Together); Mr. Steven Greenhut (Resident Senior Fellow & Western Region Director of State Affairs, R Street Institute); Mr. Frank Frievalt (Director, Wildland-Urban Interface FIRE Institute); Mr. Edward Ring (Director of Water and Energy Policy, California Policy Center)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

"Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems"

Aviation (House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee) · 2167 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Dr. Catherine Cahill, Ph.D. (Director, The Alaska Center for UAS Integration (ACUASI), University of Alaska Fairbanks); Ms. Lisa Ellman (Executive Director, Commercial Drone Alliance (CDA)); Mr. Chris McLaughlin (Executive Vice President of Operations, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW))

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

Operation Choke Point 2.0: The Biden Administration’s Efforts to Put Crypto in the Crosshairs

Oversight and Investigations (House Financial Services Committee) · 2128 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Ms. Shayna Olesiuk (Director of Banking Policy, Better Markets); Mr. Fred Thiel (Chief Executive Officer, MARA); Mr. Austin Campbell (Adjunct Professor, Stern School of Business, New York University); Mr. Paul Grewal (Chief Legal Officer, Coinbase)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

“Transgender Lab Rats and Poisoned Puppies: Oversight of Taxpayer Funded Animal Cruelty”

Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation (House Oversight and Government Reform Committee) · 2247 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Dr. Paul Locke (Professor, Department of Environmental Health and Engineering / Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health); Mr. Justin Goodman (Senior Vice President / Advocacy and Public Policy, White Coat Waste Project); Ms. Elizabeth Baker (Director of Research Policy, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

VA First, Veteran Second: The Biden-Harris Legacy

Oversight and Investigations (House Veterans' Affairs Committee) · 360 Cannon House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Donald Sherman (Executive Director and Chief Counsel, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington); Dr. Mark Upton (Deputy to the Deputy Under Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration); Mr. Ted Radway (Acting Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection); Ms. Tracey Therit (Chief Human Capital Officer, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration); Mr. David Case (Acting Inspector General/Deputy Inspector General, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of the Inspector General)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

Time's Running Out: Prosecuting Fraudsters for Stealing Billions in Unemployment Benefits from American Workers

Work and Welfare (House Ways and Means Committee) · 2020 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Haywood Talcove (Chief Executive Officer, LexisNexis Risk Government Solutions); Anna Hui (Director, Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations); Jeff Ficke (Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Russell Allen Partners); Shelby Meyenburg (Unemployment Insurance Worker, AFSCME Council 28, the Washington Federation of State Employees)