Congressional Hearings on Tuesday, February 25, 2025

9:30 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the nomination of Stephen Feinberg, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of Defense.

Senate Armed Services Committee · G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

9:30 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the nominations of Troy Edgar, of California, to be Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, and James Bishop, of North Carolina, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the nominations of Michael Kratsios, of South Carolina, to be Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Mark Meador, of Virginia, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner.

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

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative presentation of Disabled American Veterans and multi VSOs: AMVETS, Vietnam Veterans of America, Military Order of the Purple Heart, Blinded Veterans Association, Veterans Education Success, Gold Star Wives of America, Inc., and Reserve Organization of America.

Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · CHOB 390 · Notice

2:00 PM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider an original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee, an original resolution entitled, "Omnibus Committee Funding Resolution", and adoption of committee rules of procedure for the 119th Congress.

Senate Rules and Administration Committee · 219 Capitol (Senate side) · Notice

2:30 PM ET · Meeting

To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters.

Senate Intelligence Committee · 219 Hart Senate Office Building · Notice

4:00 PM ET · Meeting

To receive a closed briefing on Department of Defense cyber operations.

Cybersecurity (Senate Armed Services Committee) · 217 Capitol Visitor Center (Senate side) · Notice

9:30 AM ET · Hearing

American Indian and Alaska Native Public Witness Hearing

Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies (House Appropriations Committee) · 2008 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mike Natchees (Councilman, Ute Indian Tribe); Stacy Shepherd (Executive Officer of Member Services, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma); Audrey Lee (Second Chief, Sac and Fox Nation); Charles Martin (Chairman, Morongo Band of Mission Indians); Frank Star Comes Out (President, Oglala Sioux Tribe); Donna Thompson (Vice-Chair, Fort Hall Business Council of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes); Kirk Francis (Chief, Penobscot Indian Nation); Kathleen Wooden Knife (President, Rosebud Sioux Tribe); Ryman Lebeau (Chairman, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe); Cecilia Flores (Tribal Council Chairwoman, Alabama-Coushatta Tribe); and 7 more

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Oversight Hearing - State of the Civil Works Program

Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies (House Appropriations Committee) · 2362-B Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Lieutenant General William Graham Jr. (Chief of Engineers and Commanding General, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers); Colonel James Handura (Commander, South Pacific Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers); Colonel George Walter (Commander, Southwestern Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers); Brigadier General Daniel Hibner (Commanding General, South Atlantic Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers); Major General Mark Quander (Commanding General, Great Lakes and Ohio River Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Examining Policies to Counter China

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

Bill: H.R. 910

Witnesses: Mr. John Cassara (Special Agent, United States Department of Treasury (Retired)); Mr. John Miller (Senior Vice President of Policy for Trust, Data, and Technology and General Counsel, Information Technology Industry Council (ITI)); Mr. Nicholas McMurray (Managing Director, ClearPath); Mr. Martin Mühleisen (Nonresident Senior Fellow, GeoEconomics Center, Atlantic Council); Dr. Rush Doshi (C.V. Starr Senior Fellow for Asia Studies and Director of the China Strategy Initiative, Council on Foreign Relations; and Assistant Professor, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

“Emerging Global Threats: Putting America’s National Security First”

Military and Foreign Affairs (House Oversight and Government Reform Committee) · 2247 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Dr. Jacob Olidort (Director of the Center for American Security, America First Policy Institute); Dr. Meaghan Mobbs (Director / Center for American Safety and Security, Independent Women's Forum); Mr. Brent Sadler (Senior Research Fellow / Naval Warfare and Advanced Technology, The Heritage Foundation); Dr. Charles Kupchan (Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations)

10:00 AM ET · Markup

Committee on House Administration Full Committee Markup

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

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

“Justice Delayed: The Crisis of Undermanned Federal Courts”

Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet (House Judiciary Committee) · 2141 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witness: Timothy Tymkovich (Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

"Promoting and Improving Safety and Efficient Pipeline Infrastructure"

Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials (House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee) · 2167 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Andrew Black (President and Chief Executive Officer, Liquid Energy Pipeline Association); Mr. Bill Caram (Executive Director, Pipeline Safety Trust); Mr. Eric Taylor, P.E. (Director, Engineering Services, Berkshire Hathaway Energy Eastern Gas Transmission and Storage); Mr. Emanuel Paris IV (Vice President, Alex E. Paris Contracting Co., Inc.)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Legislative Presentation of Disabled American Veterans & Multi VSOs: AMVETS, Vietnam Veterans of America, Military Order of the Purple Heart, Blinded Veterans Association, Veterans Education Success, Gold Star Wives of America, Inc., and Reserve Organization of America before the House and Senate VSO Joint Hearing

House Veterans' Affairs Committee · 390 Cannon House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Daniel Contreras (National Commander, Disabled American Veterans); Ms. Joy Ilem (National Legislative Director, Disabled American Veterans); Mr. Barry Jesinoski (National Adjutant); Mr. Edward R. Reese, Jr. (Executive Director, Washington Headquarters, Disabled American Veterans); Ms. Nancy Menagh (Past National President, Gold Star Wives of America, Inc.); Mr. John Kleindienst (National Director of Voluntary Service, Disabled American Veterans); Mr. Lamarr Couser (National Employment Director, Disabled American Veterans); Mr. Christopher Easley (Auxiliary National Commander, Disabled American Veterans); Mr. Horace Johnson (National Commander, AMVETS); Mr. Jack McManus (National President, Vietnam Veterans of America); and 5 more

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

American Trade Enforcement Priorities

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

Witnesses: Jeffrey Gerrish (Partner, Schagrin Associates); Gregg Doud (President and CEO, National Milk Producers Federation); Jonathan McHale (Vice President, Computer and Communications Industry Association); Greta Peisch (Partner, Wiley Rein LLP); Kevin Rosenbaum (Executive Director, International Intellectual Property Alliance)

10:15 AM ET · Hearing

Oversight Hearing Titled: "Full Blast: Contrasting Momentum in the Space Mining Economy to the Terrestrial Mining Regulatory Morass."

Oversight and Investigations (House Natural Resources Committee) · 1324HR Longworth House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Misael Cabrera (Director and Professor of Practice, School of Mining and Mineral Resources, The University of Arizona); Mr. Saurav Shroff (CEO, Starpath); Mr. Steven Place (Senior Policy Advisor, AstroForge); Mr. Richard Painter (Professor of Corporate Law, University of Minnesota Law School)

10:30 AM ET · Markup

Full Committee Markup

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

12:45 PM ET · Markup

the Full Committee to Consider the Following: 1) Authorization & Oversight Plan of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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

1:00 PM ET · Hearing

The Government Accountability Office’s 2025 High Risk List

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

Witness: Gene Dodaro (Comptroller General, Government Accountability Office)

1:30 PM ET · Hearing

American Indian and Alaska Native Public Witness Hearing

Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies (House Appropriations Committee) · 2008 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Jeffrey Stiffarm (President, Fort Belknap Indian Community); Gene Small (President, Northern Cheyenne Tribe); Leonard Fineday (Secretary, Treasurer, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe); J. Conrad "JC" Seneca (President, Seneca Nation); Darrell Seki (Chairman, Red Lake Band Chippewa Indians); Ryan Rusche (Citizen, Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of Fort Peck); Carole Lankford (Councilwoman, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation); Virgil Wind (Chief Executive, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe); Wena Supernaw (Business Committee Chair, Quapaw Nation); Jeff Wacoche (Chief, United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians); and 7 more

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

Missed Milestones: Evaluating The Last Four Years in the EAP Region and Unseized Opportunities Under President Trump

East Asia and Pacific (House Foreign Affairs Committee) · 2172 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Zack Cooper (Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute); Mr. Craig Singleton (China Program Senior Director and Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies); Mr. Richard Fontaine (Chief Executive Officer, Center for a New American Security)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

Oversight Hearing on: Federal Indian Trust Asset Management: Progress Made But Improvement Needed

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

Witnesses: Mr. Glen Gobin (Chair, Tulalip Tribes); Mr. Cody Desautel (President, Intertribal Timber Council); Guy Capoeman (President, Quinault Indian Nation); Ms. Amber Schulz-Oliver (Executive Director, Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

“‘Subject to the Jurisdiction Thereof’: Birthright Citizenship and the Fourteenth Amendment”

The Constitution and Limited Government (House Judiciary Committee) · 2141 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Ms. Amanda Frost (Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law); Mr. R. Trent McCotter (Partner, Boyden Gray PLLC); Mr. Charles Cooper (Chairman and Founding Partner, Cooper and Kirk PLLC); Mr. Matt O'Brien (Director of Investigations, Immigration Reform Law Institute)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

“Entering the Golden Age: Ending the Weaponization of the Justice Department”

Oversight (House Judiciary Committee) · 2237 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Jonathan Fahey (Partner, Holtzman Vogel); Mr. Chris Swecker (Former FBI Assistant Director, Criminal Investigative Division); Mr. Peter Breen (Executive Vice President & Head of Litigation, Thomas More Society); Mr. Brendan Ballou (Former Prosecutor, Department of Justice)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

Legislative Hearing on: H.R. 472, The Restore VA Accountability Act of 2025; H.R. 1041, Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act; Discission Draft: To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from transmitting certain information to the Department of Justice for use by the national instant criminal background check system; H.R. 740, Veterans’ ACCESS Act of 2025; and Discussion Draft: Student Veteran Benefit Restoration Act of 2025

House Veterans' Affairs Committee · 360 Cannon House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Jim Whaley (Chief Executive Officer, Mission Roll Call); Max Rose (Senior Advisor, Vet Voice Foundation); Ms. Tracey Therit (Chief Human Capital Officer, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration); Mr. Patrick Murray (Director, National Legislative Service, Veterans of Foreign Wars); Ms. Beth Murphy (Acting Principal Deputy Undersecretary for Benefits, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefits Administration); Dr. Sachin Yende (Chief Medical Officer, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration)

3:00 PM ET · HearingRescheduled

FY26 Members' Day

Defense (House Appropriations Committee) · H - 140 Capitol · Notice