Congressional Hearings on Tuesday, February 11, 2025

12:00 AM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider 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

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress, including S.257, to improve the resilience of critical supply chains.

Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · 216 Hart Senate Office Building · Notice

Bill: S. 257

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Organizational business meeting to consider an original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee, and subcommittee assignments for the 119th Congress.

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

2:30 PM ET · Meeting

Closed business meeting to consider pending intelligence matters; to be immediately followed by a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters.

Senate Intelligence Committee · 219 Hart Senate Office Building · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

"Examining the Economic Crisis in Farm Country"

House Agriculture Committee · 1300 Longworth House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Dr. John Newton (Executive Head, Terrain); Ms. Alisha Schwertner (Owner, Eric and Alisha Schwertner Farms); Mr. Ryan Talley (Partner, Talley Farms); Mr. Rodney Weinzierl (Owner, Weinzierl Farms)

10:00 AM ET · HearingCancelled

Oversight Hearing – Mexico’s Water Treaty Violations and the Impact on Americans

National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs (House Appropriations Committee) · 2359 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Full Committee Hearing: "Part 1: Committee Funding for the 119th Congress

House House Administration Committee · 1310 Longworth House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Nydia Velázquez (Member of Congress); Rick Larsen (Member of Congress); Zoe Lofgren (Member of Congress); Sam Graves (Member of Congress); Robert Scott (Member of Congress); Bruce Westerman (Member of Congress); Brian Babin (Member of Congress); Jared Huffman (Member of Congress); Gregory Meeks (Member of Congress); John Moolenaar (Member of Congress); and 3 more

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

"Examining the PRC's Strategic Port Investments in the Western Hemisphere and the Implications for Homeland Security, Part I"

Transportation and Maritime Security (House Homeland Security Committee) · 310 Cannon House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Cary Davis (President and Chief Executive Officer, The American Association of Port Authorities); Matthew Kroenig, PhD (Private Citizen); Ryan Berg, PhD (Private Citizen); Isaac Kardon, PhD (Private Citizen)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

“Reining in the Administrative State: Regulatory and Administrative Law Reform”

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

Witnesses: Mr. Patrick Smith (CEO, Axon Enterprise, Inc.); Ms. Magatte Wade (Senior Fellow for Initiatives for America, Atlas Network); Mr. Steve Vladeck (Agnes Williams Sesquicentennial Professor of Federal Courts, Georgetown Law); Dr. Patrick McLaughlin (Research Fellow, Hoover Institution)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

"America Builds: Clean Water Act Permitting and Project Delivery"

Water Resources and Environment (House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee) · 2167 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Shawn M. LaTourette (Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection); Mr. Robert Singletary (Executive Director, Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality); Mr. Noah Hanners (Executive Vice President, Nucor Corporation); Mr. Buddy Hasten (President and Chief Executive Officer, Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

IRS Return on Investment and the Need for Modernization

Oversight (House Ways and Means Committee) · 1100 Longworth House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Pete Sepp (President, National Taxpayers Union); Hayden Dublois (Data and Analytics Director, Foundation for Government Accountability); Minesh Ladwa (Global Solution Manager, Tax and Revenue Management, SAP); Kristen Kociolek (Managing Director for Financial Management and Assurance Team, Government Accountability Office); Nina Olson (Executive Director, Center for Taxpayer Rights)

10:15 AM ET · Hearing

Oversight Hearing on “Restoring Energy Dominance: The Path to Unleashing American Offshore Energy”

Energy and Mineral Resources (House Natural Resources Committee) · 1324 Longworth House Office Building · Notice

10:15 AM ET · Hearing

Bureaucratic Barriers: Making VBA Education Services Work for Veterans and not the Bureaucracy

Economic Opportunity (House Veterans' Affairs Committee) · 360 Cannon House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. James Ruhlman (Deputy Director, Education Service, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs); Mr. Ken Smith (Acting Executive Director, Education Service, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)

1:30 PM ET · Hearing

“Examining the Growth of the Welfare State, Part I”

Health Care and Financial Services (House Oversight and Government Reform Committee) · 2247 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Ms. Patrice Onwuka (Director / Center for Economic Opportunity, Independent Women's Forum); Mr. Robert Rector (Senior Research Fellow / Center for Health and Welfare, The Heritage Foundation); Mr. Michael Linden (Senior Policy Fellow, Washington Center for Equitable Growth)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

Oversight Hearing on: "Restoring Multiple Use to Revitalize America’s Public Lands and Rural Communities"

Federal Lands (House Natural Resources Committee) · 1324 Longworth House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Eric Clarke (County Attorney, Washington County, Utah); Mr. Tim Canterbury (President, Public Lands Council); Mr. Dan Gibbs (Executive Director, Colorado Department of Natural Resources); Mr. Jim Neiman (President & CEO, Neiman Enterprises)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

Modernizing American Health Care: Creating Healthy Options and Better Incentives

Health (House Ways and Means Committee) · 1100 Longworth House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Dr. Jay Carlson (OBGYN and Clinical Chair, Mercy Clinical Research); Marcie Strouse (Small Business Owner and Partner, Capitol Benefits); Leslie Dach (Founder and Chairman, Protect Our Care); Brooks Tingle (CEO, John Hancock Financial)

2:30 PM ET · Hearing

A Golden Age of Digital Assets: Charting a Path Forward

Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence (House Financial Services Committee) · 2128 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Jonathan Jachym (Deputy General Counsel and Global Head of Policy & Government Relations, Kraken Digital Asset Exchange); Mr. Ji Hun Kim (President and Acting CEO, Crypto Council for Innovation); Mr. Coy Garrison (Partner, Steptoe LLP); Mr. Jose Fernandez da Ponte (Senior Vice President and General Manager of Blockchain, Crypto and Digital Currencies, PayPal); Mr. Timothy Massad (Research Fellow and Director of Digital Assets Policy Project, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University)