Congressional Hearings on Thursday, March 27, 2025

9:30 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the nominations of Troy Meink, of Virginia, to be Secretary of the Air Force, Michael Duffey, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Acquisition and Sustainment, Emil Michael, of Florida, to be Under Secretary for Research and Engineering, and Keith Bass, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary, all of the Department of Defense.

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

9:30 AM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider S.1047, to prohibit individuals convicted of defrauding the Government from receiving any assistance from the Small Business Administration, S.1093, to amend the Small Business Act to enhance the Office of Rural Affairs, and the nominations 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

Bills: S. 1047, S. 1093

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the nominations of Jonathan Gould, of Virginia, to be Comptroller of the Currency for a term of five years, Luke Pettit, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Paul Atkins, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 5, 2026, and Marcus Molinaro, of New York, to be Federal Transit Administrator.

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

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the National Transportation Safety Board preliminary report, focusing on the DCA midair collision.

Aviation, Space, and Innovation (Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee) · 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine ensuring safe learning environments for all students, focusing on protests on campus.

Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · 430 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

11:00 AM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider S.860, to modify the information about countries exporting methamphetamine that is included in the annual International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, to require a report to Congress on the seizure and production of certain illicit drugs, to impose sanctions with respect to the production and trafficking into the United States, of synthetic opioids, S.868, to support democracy and the rule of law in Georgia, S.Res.86, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 (XXVI) and the harmful conflation of China's "One China Principle" and the United States'"One China Policy", S.Res.98, condemning Beijing's destruction of Hong Kong's democracy and rule of law, S.Res.106, supporting the goals of International Women's Day, S.799, to establish and implement a multi-year Legal Gold and Mining Partnership Strategy to reduce the negative environmental and social impacts of illicit gold mining in the Western Hemisphere, S.821, to provide for increased reporting regarding Department of State Taiwan guidelines, S.555, to direct the Secretary of State to establish a national registry of Korean American divided families, and S.842, to counter efforts by Hezbollah to conduct terrorist activities in Latin America, S.Res.52, recognizing religious freedom as a fundamental right, expressing support for international religious freedom as a cornerstone of United States foreign policy, and expressing concern over increased threats to and attacks on religious freedom around the world, and an original resolution recognizing the 204th anniversary of the independence of Greece and celebrating democracy in Greece and the United States, and the nominations of Peter Hoekstra, of Michigan, to be Ambassador to Canada, George Glass, of Oregon, to be Ambassador to Japan, and Ronald Johnson, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the United Mexican States, all of the Department of State.

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

Bills: S. 555, S. 799, S. 821, S. 842, S. 860, S. 868 and 4 more

2:15 PM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the nomination of Arielle Roth, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information.

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

11:00 AM ET · HearingRescheduled

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Western Hemisphere (House Foreign Affairs Committee) · 2172 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Ms. Chelsa Kenney (Director, International Affairs and Trade, U.S. Government Accountability Office); Mr. Adam Isacson (Director for Defense Oversight, Washington Office on Latin America); Mr. Andrés Martínez-Fernández (Senior Policy Analyst, Latin America, Allison Center for National Security, The Heritage Foundation)