Congressional Hearings on Thursday, February 27, 2025

9:00 AM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider 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

9:00 AM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider S.331, to amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, and the nominations of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be Deputy Attorney General, and Abigail Slater, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, both of the Department of Justice.

Senate Judiciary Committee · 216 Hart Senate Office Building · Notice

Bill: S. 331

9:30 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the nomination of John Phelan, of Florida, to be Secretary of the Navy.

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

9:30 AM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider the nomination of Lori Chavez-DeRemer, of Oregon, to be Secretary of Labor, and other pending calendar business.

Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · 562 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the nominations of Stephen Miran, of New York, to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, Jeffrey Kessler, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security, William Pulte, of Florida, to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, and Jonathan McKernan, of Tennessee, to be Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.

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

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider the nomination of Steven Bradbury, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Transportation, and routine lists in the Coast Guard.

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

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the nomination of Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Deputy Secretary of Labor.

Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · 562 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

10:30 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine cargo theft, focusing on the threat to consumers and the U.S. supply chain.

Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety (Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee) · 253 Russell Senate Office Building · Notice

11:45 AM ET · Meeting

To receive a closed briefing on global nuclear and missile threats.

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

9:00 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: Reno Franklin (Chair, California Rural Indian Health Board); Anthony Locklear (Interim Chief Executive Officer, National Indian Health Board); Jason Dropik (Executive Director, National Indian Education Association); Teresa Sanchez (Health Board Delegate, Riverside-San Bernardino County Indian Health Inc.); Mark Macarro (President, National Congress of American Indians); Jerilyn Church (President, Chief Executive Officer, Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board); Inder Wadhwa (Chief Executive Officer, Northern Valley Indian Health); Ahniwake Rose (President, Chief Executive Officer, American Indian Higher Education Consortium); Crystal Williams (Treasurer, United South and Eastern Tribes Sovereignty Protection Fund); Monique Martin (Vice President of Intergovernmental Affairs, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium); and 17 more

9:00 AM ET · Hearing

"Protecting Victims of Human Trafficking and Online Exploitation”

Crime and Federal Government Surveillance (House Judiciary Committee) · 2141 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Ms. Anne Basham (Founder and Chair, Interparliamentary Taskforce on Human Trafficking); Ms. Camille Cooper (Vice President, Anti-Human Trafficking & Child Exploitation); Ms. Sheri Lopez (Survivor-advocate & Founder, Pearl at the Mailbox); Ms. Jean Bruggeman, Esq. (Executive Director, Freedom Network USA)