Congressional Hearings on Wednesday, March 26, 2025

9:30 AM ET · Meeting

Open hearings to examine the United States Strategic Command and United States Space Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2026 and Future Years Defense Program; to be immediately followed by a closed session in SVC-217.

Strategic Forces (Senate Armed Services Committee) · 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the nominations of Brian Nesvik, of Wyoming, to be Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and Jessica Kramer, of Wisconsin, and Sean Donahue, of Florida, both to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee · 406 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine Indo-Pacific alliances and burden sharing in today's geopolitical environment.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee · 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

10:15 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the nominations of Patrick David Davis, of Maryland, John Andrew Eisenberg, of Virginia, and Brett Shumate, of Virginia, each to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice.

Senate Judiciary Committee · 226 Dirksen Senate Office Building · 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

An oversight hearing to examine the status of the Military Service Academies.

Personnel (Senate Armed Services Committee) · 222 Russell Senate Office Building · Notice

2:30 PM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine People's Republic of China influence and the status of Taiwan's diplomatic allies in the Western Hemisphere.

Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues (Senate Foreign Relations Committee) · 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

9:30 AM ET · Hearing

Oversight Hearing – National Transportation Safety Board

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (House Appropriations Committee) · 2358-A Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witness: Jennifer Homendy (Chair, National Transportation Safety Board)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Annual Worldwide Threats Assessment Hearing (Open)

House Intelligence Committee · 1100 Longworth House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Tulsi Gabbard (Director, Office of the Director of National Intelligence); John Ratcliffe (Director, Central Intelligence Agency); Kash Patel (Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation); General Timothy Haugh (Director, National Security Agency); Lieutenant General Jeffrey Kruse (Director, Defense Intelligence Agency)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

A New Era for the CFPB: Balancing Power and Reprioritizing Consumer Protections

Financial Institutions (House Financial Services Committee) · 2128 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Bills: H.J.Res. 74, H.R. 1606, H.R. 1652, H.R. 1653, H.R. 2183, H.R. 645

Witnesses: Ms. Ana Fonseca (President and CEO, Logix Federal Credit Union); Mr. David Pommerehn (General Counsel, Head of Regulatory Affairs, Consumer Bankers Association); Mr. Seth Frotman (Former General Counsel and Senior Advisor to Director Chopra, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau); Ms. Rebecca Kuehn (Partner, Hudson Cook, LLP); Bryan Schneider (Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP)

10:00 AM ET · HearingPostponed

The Fiscal State of the Nation

House Budget Committee · 210 Cannon House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Daniel Clifton (Partner and Head of Policy Research, Strategas Asset Management); Dr. Joshua Rauh (Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University); Dr. Paul Winfree (President and CEO, Economic Policy Innovation Center)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

“Anti-American Airwaves: Accountability for the Heads of NPR and PBS”

Delivering on Government Efficiency (House Oversight and Government Reform Committee) · HVC-210 Capitol · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Michael Gonzalez (Angeles T. Arredondo E Pluribus Unum Senior Fellow, The Heritage Foundation); Ms. Paula Kerger (President and Chief Executive Officer, Public Broadcasting Service); Ms. Katherine Maher (Chief Executive Officer and President, National Public Radio); Mr. Ed Ulman (President and Chief Executive Officer, Alaska Public Media)

10:00 AM ET · HearingPostponed

“Oversight of the Federal Emergency Management Agency: Operational Challenges and Opportunities for Reform”

Government Operations (House Oversight and Government Reform Committee) · 2175 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

The World Wild Web: Examining Harms Online

Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade (House Energy and Commerce Committee) · 2123 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Ms. Clare Morell (Fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center); Ms. Dawn Hawkins (Senior Advisor, National Center on Sexual Exploitation); Ms. Yiota Souras (Chief Legal Officer, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children); Rebecca Slaughter (Former Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

"America Builds: How Trucking Supports American Communities"

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

Witnesses: Mr. Ryan Lindsey (Executive Vice President, Government Relations, CRH); Mr. John Elliott (Executive Chairman, Load One; Past Chairman, Truckload Carriers Association); Mr. Dan Glessing (President, Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation); Mr. Cole Scandaglia (Senior Legislative Representative and Policy Advisor, International Brotherhood of Teamsters); Mr. Lewie Pugh (Executive Vice President, Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA))

10:00 AM ET · HearingPostponed

The Golden Age: Unleashing Main Street Through Deregulation

House Small Business Committee · 2360 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

To the Depths, and Beyond: Examining Blue Economy Technologies

Environment (House Science, Space, and Technology Committee) · 2318 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Shepard Smith (Chief Technology Officer, XOcean); Dr. Tim Janssen (CEO, Sofar Ocean); Dr. Margaret Leinen (Director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego); Mr. Earl Childress (SCP and Chief Commercial Officer, Oceaneering)

10:15 AM ET · Hearing

Legislative Hearing on: H.R. 530, ACES Act; H.R. 647, Ensuring Veterans’ Final Resting Place Act of 2025; H.R. 1039, Clear Communication for Veterans Claims Act; H.R. 1228, Prioritizing Veterans’ Survivors Act; H.R. 1286, Simplifying Forms for Veterans Claims Act; H.R. 1344, Dennis and Lois Krisfalusy Act; H.R. 2138, Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2025; H.R. 2137, Review Every Veterans Claim Act of 2025; Discussion Draft, Veteran Appeals Transparency Act of 2025; Discussion Draft, Improving VA Training for Military Sexual Trauma Claims Act; Discussion Draft, Veterans Claims Education Act; Discussion Draft, Survivors Benefits Delivery Improvement Act of 2025; and Discussion Draft, Board of Veterans Appeals’ Attorney Retention and Backlog Reduction Act.

Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs (House Veterans' Affairs Committee) · 360 Cannon House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Ms. Diane Boyd Rauber (Executive Director, National Organization of Veterans' Advocates); Ms. Kenesha Britton (Assistant Deputy Undersecretary, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefits Administration); Tom Barrett (Member of Congress); Robert Bresnahan (Member of Congress); Ms. Jocelyn Moses (Senior Principal Advisor, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefits Administration); August Pfluger (Member of Congress); Ms. Lesley Witter (Senior Vice President, Advocacy, National Funeral Directors Association); Mr. Evan Deichert (Acting Deputy Vice Chairman, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Board of Veterans’ Appeals); Ms. Lisa Pozzebon (Executive Director, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration); Rudy Yakym (Member of Congress); and 4 more

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

Annual Worldwide Threats Assessment Hearing (Closed)

House Intelligence Committee · HVC-304 Capitol · Notice

Witnesses: Tulsi Gabbard (Director, Office of the Director of National Intelligence); Kash Patel (Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation); General Timothy Haugh (Director, National Security Agency); John Ratcliffe (Director, Central Intelligence Agency); Lieutenant General Jeffrey Kruse (Director, Defense Intelligence Agency)