Congressional Hearings on Wednesday, March 12, 2025

9:30 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the current readiness of the Joint Force.

Readiness and Management Support (Senate Armed Services Committee) · G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

9:30 AM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider S.28, to require the disclosure of a camera or recording capability in certain internet-connected devices, S.97, to require SelectUSA to coordinate with State-level economic development organizations to increase foreign direct investment in semiconductor-related manufacturing and production, S.244, to direct the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, to conduct a study of the national security risks posed by consumer routers, modems, and devices that combine a modem and router, S.289, to ban the sale of products with a high concentration of sodium nitrate to individuals, S.323, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to develop a National Strategy to Synchronize Federal Broadband Programs, S.389, to establish consumer standards for lithium-ion batteries, S.414, to require covered digital advertising platforms to report their public service advertisements, S.428, to promote space situational awareness and space traffic coordination and to modify the functions and leadership of the Office of Space Commerce, S.433, to require the Secretary of Commerce to establish the National Manufacturing Advisory Council within the Department of Commerce, S.582, to provide for the authorized use of Federal vehicle transportation by certain astronauts, S.613, to require the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere to maintain the National Mesonet Program, S.759, to provide for standardization, publication, and accessibility of data relating to public outdoor recreational use of Federal waterways, S.841, to require online dating service providers to provide fraud ban notifications to online dating service members, S.843, to require the Secretary of Commerce to establish the Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance Grant Program, and the nominations of Mark Meador, of Virginia, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner, and Michael Kratsios, of South Carolina, to be Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy.

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

Bills: S. 244, S. 28, S. 289, S. 323, S. 389, S. 414 and 9 more

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine housing roadblocks, focusing on paving a new way to address affordability.

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

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine S.362, to allow certain Federal minerals to be mined consistent with the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification, S.544, to provide for the location of multiple hardrock mining mill sites, to establish the Abandoned Hardrock Mine Fund, S.596, to establish a pilot program to support domestic critical material processing, S.714, to amend the Energy Act of 2020 to include critical materials in the definition of critical mineral, S.789, to require reports on critical mineral and rare earth element resources around the world and a strategy for the development of advanced mining, refining, separation, and processing technologies, and S.859, to modify the requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain land.

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

Bills: S. 362, S. 544, S. 596, S. 714, S. 789, S. 859

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider the nominations of Christopher Landau, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of State, Michael Rigas, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, and Matthew Whitaker, of Iowa, to be United States Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with the rank and status of Ambassador.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee · 116 Capitol (Senate side) · Notice

2:00 PM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider the nomination of James Bishop, of North Carolina, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

Senate Budget Committee · 120 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

2:30 PM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the nomination of William Briggs, of Texas, to be Deputy Administrator, and Casey Mulligan, of Illinois, to be Chief Counsel for Advocacy, both of the Small Business Administration.

Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee · 428A Russell Senate Office Building · Notice

2:40 PM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider Major Medical Lease Committee Resolution FY25, Major Medical Lease Committee Resolution PACT Act, and the nomination of Paul Lawrence, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · 216 Capitol (Senate side) · Notice

3:30 PM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine breaking the cycle of senior loneliness, focusing on strengthening family and community support.

Senate Aging Committee · 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

9:00 AM ET · Hearing

Conflict and Persecution in Nigeria: The Case for a CPC Designation

Africa (House Foreign Affairs Committee) · 2200 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Ms. Nina Shea (Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom, Hudson Institute); Mr. Tony Perkins (Former Chair, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom); Bishop Wilfred Anagbe (Bishop of Makurdi Diocese, Nigeria, Roman Catholic Church); Ms. Oge Onubogu (Director, Africa Program, The Wilson Center)

9:15 AM ET · Markup

Markup of H.Res. 127 and H.Res. 195

House Ways and Means Committee · 1100 Longworth House Office Building · Notice

Bills: H.Res. 127, H.Res. 195