Congressional Hearings on Tuesday, April 29, 2025

9:30 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the nominations of Michael Cadenazzi, of Rhode Island, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, and Scott Pappano, of Pennsylvania, to be Principal Deputy Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration.

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

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2026 for Congressional Budget Office, the Government Accountability Office, and the Government Publishing Office.

Legislative Branch (Senate Appropriations Committee) · 138 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider the nominations of William Kimmitt, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, and Kenneth Kies, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.

Senate Finance Committee · 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

10:30 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine bridging the gap, focusing on enhancing outreach to support veterans' mental health.

Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

2:30 PM ET · Meeting

Closed business meeting to consider pending intelligence matters; to be immediately followed by a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters in SH-219.

Senate Intelligence Committee · 120 Capitol (Senate side) · Notice

3:00 PM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the nominations of Luke Lindberg, of South Dakota, to be Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, and Devon Westhill, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary, both of the Department of Agriculture.

Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · 216 Hart Senate Office Building · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Budget Hearing – John C. Stennis Center for Public Service, Office of Congressional Workplace Rights and Congressional Office for International Leadership

Legislative Branch (House Appropriations Committee) · 2358-C Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Ms. Jane Sargus (Executive Director, Congressional Office for International Leadership); Mr. Martin Crane (Executive Director, Office of Congressional Workplace Rights); Dr. Brian Pugh (Executive Director, John C. Stennis Center for Public Service)

10:00 AM ET · Markup

Committee Print - Providing for reconciliation pursuant to H. Con. Res. 14, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2025

House Armed Services Committee · 2118 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Regulatory Overreach: The Price Tag on American Prosperity

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

Bills: H.R. 1181, H.R. 2702, H.R. 2808

Witnesses: Ms. Sarah Flowers (Senior Vice President, Senior Associate General Counsel, Bank Policy Institute); Mr. J. Radcliffe (Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Community Financial Services Bank); Mrs. Margaret Tahyar (Partner, Head of Financial Institutions Group, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP); Graham Steele (Academic Fellow, Rock Center for Corporate Governance, Stanford Law School)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

“Tracking Progress: Updates to DoD’s Financial Management Scorecard”

Government Operations (House Oversight and Government Reform Committee) · 2247 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Lieutenant General James Adams, III (Deputy Commandant for Programs and Resources, U.S. Marine Corps); Mr. Brett Mansfield (Deputy Inspector General for Audit, U.S. Department of Defense Office of Inspector General); Mr. Asif Khan (Director / Financial Management Assurance, U.S. Government Accountability Office)

10:00 AM ET · Markup

Committee Print providing for reconciliation pursuant to H. Con. Res. 14, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2025

House Homeland Security Committee · 310 Cannon House Office Building · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Markup

Markup of 6 Bills

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

Bills: H.R. 1082, H.R. 1520, H.R. 1669, H.R. 2319, H.R. 2483, H.R. 2484

10:00 AM ET · Markup

Approval of an updated Committee roster due to changes on the Majority side

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee · 2167 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Markup

SST Full Committee Markup

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

Bills: H.R. 1223, H.R. 2313, H.R. 2600, H.R. 2613, H.R. 2984, H.R. 3029

10:15 AM ET · Markup

Committee Print to comply with reconciliation directives included in H. Con. Res. 14 Section 2001(b)(3), H. Res. 344

House Education and Workforce Committee · 2175 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Bills: H.Con.Res. 14, H.Res. 344

10:15 AM ET · Hearing

Oversight hearing titled “Exploring the Potential of Deep-Sea Mining to Expand American Mineral Production.”

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

Witnesses: Mr. Gerard Barron (CEO and Chairman, The Metals Company); Mr. Oliver Gunasekara (CEO and Co-Founder, Impossible Metals); Mr. Duncan Currie (Legal Advisor, Deep Sea Conservation Center); Dr. Thomas Peacock (Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Director, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

10:15 AM ET · Hearing

"America Builds: The Need for a Long-Term Solution for the Highway Trust Fund"

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

Witnesses: Mr. Ty Johnson (President, Fred Smith Company); Mr. Jeff Davis (Senior Fellow, Eno Center for Transportation); Mr. Brian Burkhard, P.E. (Vice President and Global Principal for Advanced Mobility Systems, Jacobs); Mr. Carlos Braceras, P.E. (Executive Director, Utah Department of Transportation); Mr. Adie Tomer (Senior Fellow, Brookings Metro)

10:30 AM ET · Hearing

Member Day

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies (House Appropriations Committee) · 2362A Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Harriet Hageman (Member of Congress); Mike Flood (Member of Congress)

10:30 AM ET · Hearing

Full Committee Hearing: “Why the Wait? Unpacking California’s Untimely Election Counting Process”

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

Witnesses: Donald Palmer (Chairman, Election Assistance Commission); Ms. Ashlee Titus (Partner, Bell, McAndrews & Hiltachk, LLP); Mr. Austin Gilbert (Co-Owner, Right Choice Strategies, LLC); Mrs. Rebecca Nowatchik (Director of External Partnerships, Secure Families Initiative Inc)

10:30 AM ET · Hearing

Legislative hearing on: • H.R. 528 (Rep. Pettersen), “Post-Disaster Reforestation and Restoration Act of 2025” • H.R. 655 (Rep. Bentz), “The Dalles Watershed Development Act” • H.R. 1276 (Rep. Comer), To remove restrictions from a parcel of land in Paducah, Kentucky. • H.R. 2876 (Rep. Moore of UT), “University of Utah Research Park Act.”

Federal Lands (House Natural Resources Committee) · 1334 Longworth House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Cliff Bentz (Member of Congress); James Comer (Member of Congress); Ms. Ellen Shultzabarger (Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System, United States Forest Service); Richard Mays (Mayor, City of The Dalles); George Bray (Mayor, City of Paducah); Mr. Matthew McCombs (State Forester & Director, Colorado State Forest Service); Mr. Taylor Randall (President, University of Utah)

11:00 AM ET · Hearing

“Made in the USA: Igniting the Industrial Renaissance of the United States”

Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs (House Oversight and Government Reform Committee) · HVC-210 Capitol · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Kevin Czinger (Founder, Divergent 3D); Mr. Chris Power (Founder and CEO, Hadrian); Mr. Austin Bishop (CEO, New American Industrial Alliance); Dr. Adam Hersh (Senior Economist, Economic Policy Institute)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

Exposing the Proxy Advisory Cartel: How ISS & Glass Lewis Influence Markets

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

Witnesses: Mr. Paul Washington (President & CEO, Society for Corporate Governance); Mr. Paul Rose (Dean, School of Law, Case Western Reserve University); Ms. Nell Minow (Vice Chair, ValueEdge Advisors); Mr. Charles Crain (Managing Vice President, Policy, National Association of Manufacturers); Ms. Elizabeth Ising (Partner, Gibson Dunn)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

Shaping the Future of Cyber Diplomacy: Review for State Department Reauthorization

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

Witnesses: Ms. Latesha Love-Grayer (Director, International Affairs and Trade, U.S. Government Accountability Office); Ms. Annie Fixler (Director, Center on Cyber and Technology, Foundation for Defense of Democracies); Mr. Theodore Nemeroff (Co-Founder and Vice President for Data and Compliance, Verific AI)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

“Securing the Skies: Addressing Unauthorized Drone Activity Over U.S. Military Installations”

Military and Foreign Affairs (House Oversight and Government Reform Committee) · HVC-210 Capitol · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Timothy Arel (Chief Operating Officer / Air Traffic Organization, Federal Aviation Administration); Rear Admiral Lower Half Paul Spedero, Jr. (Vice Director for Operations, J3 / Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), U.S. Department of Defense); Mr. M. Ditlevson (Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense / Homeland Defense and Hemispheric Affairs, U.S. Department of Defense)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

“Unlocking Government Efficiency Through IT Modernization”

Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation (House Oversight and Government Reform Committee) · 2247 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Ms. Erie Meyer (Former Chief Technologist, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Federal Trade Commission); Ms. Maria Roat (Former U.S. Deputy Federal Chief Information Officer); Ms. Suzette Kent (Former U.S. Federal Chief Information Officer); Ms. Margaret "Margie" Graves (Former U.S. Deputy Federal Chief Information Officer, Fellow, National Academy of Public Administration)

2:15 PM ET · Hearing

Dignity Denied: The Case for Reform at State Veterans Homes

Health (House Veterans' Affairs Committee) · 360 Cannon House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Ed Harries (President, National Association of State Veterans Homes); Ms. Sharon Silas (Director, Health Care, U.S. Government Accountability Office); Colonel Charlton Meginley (Secretary, Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs); Dr. Scottie Hartronft (Executive Director, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)