Congressional Hearings on Wednesday, May 7, 2025

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Budget Hearing - U.S. Department of Agriculture

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

Witness: Brooke Rollins (Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Oversight Hearing – The United States Army

Defense (House Appropriations Committee) · H-140 Capitol · Notice

Witnesses: Daniel Driscoll (Secretary, Department of the Army); General Randy George (Chief of Staff, United States Army)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Budget Hearing - U.S. Department of Energy

Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies (House Appropriations Committee) · 2359 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witness: Chris Wright (Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

The Annual Testimony of the Secretary of the Treasury on the State of the International Financial System

House Financial Services Committee · 2128 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Bill: H.R. 2548

Witness: Scott Bessent (Secretary, U.S. Department of Treasury)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

The Fiscal State of the Nation

House Budget Committee · 210 Cannon House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Michael Linden (Senior Policy Fellow, Washington Center for Equitable Growth); Dr. Joshua Rauh (Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University); Dr. Paul Winfree (President and CEO, Economic Policy Innovation Center); Mr. Don Schneider (Deputy Head of U.S. Policy, Piper Sandler)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

“Examining the Growth of the Welfare State, Part II”

Health Care and Financial Services (House Oversight and Government Reform Committee) · 2247 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Ben Carson, M.D. (Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development); Mr. Chris Edwards (Kilts Family Chair in Fiscal Studies, The Cato Institute); Mr. Howard Husock (Senior Fellow / Domestic Policy Studies, The American Enterprise Institute); Mr. Indivar Dutta-Gupta (Advisor / Community Change, Doris Duke Distinguished Visiting Fellow / McCourt School of Public Policy / Georgetown University)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

“Protecting Our Edge: Trade Secrets and the Global AI Arms Race”

Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet (House Judiciary Committee) · 2141 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Dr. Benjamin Jensen (Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies); Dr. John Villasenor (Professor of Electrical Engineering, Law, Public Policy, and Management, University of California, Los Angeles); Ms. Helen Toner (Director of Strategy and Foundational Research Grants, Georgetown University Center for Security and Emerging Technology); Mr. Nicholas Anderson (President and Chief Operating Officer, Invictus International Consulting, LLC); Mr. Christopher Mohr (President, Software and Information Industry Association)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

"Cleaning Up the Past, Building the Future: The Brownfields Program"

Water Resources and Environment (House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee) · 2167 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Lance Larson (Analyst in Environmental Policy, Resources, Science, and Industry Division, Congressional Research Service); Michael Goldstein (Managing Partner, Goldstein Environmental Law Firm, P.A.); Lisa Shook (Assistant Chief, Division of Environmental Response and Remediation, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency); Terry Wilbur (Clerk)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

From Policy to Progress: How the National Quantum Initiative Shapes U.S. Quantum Technology Leadership

House Science, Space, and Technology Committee · Notice

Witnesses: Dr. Celia Merzbacher (Executive Director, Quantum Economic Development Consoritum); Dr. Charles Tahan (Partner, Microsoft Quantum); Dr. Pete Shadbolt (Chief Scientific Officer and Co-Founder, PsiQuantum); Dr. Charina Chou (Chief Operating Officer and Director, Google Quantum AI)

10:15 AM ET · Hearing

"Beyond the Ivy League: Stopping the Spread of Antisemitism on American Campuses"

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

Witnesses: Dr. Wendy Raymond (President, Haverford College); Dr. Robert Manuel (President, DePaul University); Mr. David Cole, Esq. (George J. Mitchell Professor in Law and Public Policy, Georgetown University Law Center, and former National Legal Director, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)); Dr. Jeffrey Armstrong (President, California Polytechnic State University)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

Oversight Hearing – The Federal Emergency Management Agency

Homeland Security (House Appropriations Committee) · 2008 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witness: Cam Hamilton (Acting Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

Budget Hearing – Fiscal Year 2026 Request for the Federal Bureau of Investigation

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (House Appropriations Committee) · 2359 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witness: Kash Patel (Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

“Unfair Play: Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports”

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

Witnesses: Ms. Fatima Goss Graves (President and Chief Executive Officer, National Women's Law Center); Mr. Damien Lehfeldt (Chairman of the Board, USA Fencing); Ms. Stephanie Turner (Competitive Fencer); Ms. Payton McNabb (Former High School Athlete, Ambassador for Independent Women)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

“Criminalizing America: The Growth of Federal Offenses and Regulatory Overreach”

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

Witnesses: Mr. Michael Fox (Legal Fellow, Project on Criminal Justice); Mr. GianCarlo Canaparo (Senior Legal Fellow, The Heritage Foundation); Mr. Brett Tolman (Executive Director, Right on Crime); Mr. Jonathan Turley (J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law, George Washington University Law School)

3:00 PM ET · Hearing

Nuclear Forces and Atomic Energy Defense Activities Programmatic Updates

Strategic Forces (House Armed Services Committee) · 2118 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Ms. Teressa Robbins (Acting Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy); Vice Admiral Johnny Wolfe (Director, Strategic Systems Programs, United States Navy); Dr. Brandi Vann (Performing the Duties of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs, Department of Defense); Ms. Andrea Yaffe (Performing the Duties of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy, Department of Defense); Lieutenant General Andrew Gebara (Deputy Chief of Staff, Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration)

3:30 PM ET · Hearing

Update on Air Force Projection Forces Aviation Programs and Capabilities

Seapower and Projection Forces (House Armed Services Committee) · 2212 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Lieutenant General David Tabor (Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Programs, United States Air Force); Ms. Darlene Costello (Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics, Department of the Air Force)