Congressional Hearings on Thursday, May 8, 2025

9:00 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2026 for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (Senate Appropriations Committee) · 138 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

9:30 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the nominations of Michael Obadal, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of the Army, and Sean O'Keefe, of Virginia, to be a Deputy Under Secretary, both of the Department of Defense.

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

9:30 AM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider the nominations of Andrea Travnicek, of North Dakota, and Leslie Beyer, of Texas, both to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior, and Theodore J. Garrish, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary (Nuclear Energy), and Tristan Abbey, of Florida, to be Administrator of the Energy Information Administration, both of the Department of Energy; to be immediately followed by hearings to examine the nominations of William L. Doffermyre, of Texas, to be Solicitor of the Department of the Interior, and Catherine Jereza, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary (Electricity), and Kyle Haustveit, of Oklahoma, to be an Assistant Secretary (Fossil Energy), both of the Department of Energy.

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

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2026 for the Department of Homeland Security.

Department of Homeland Security (Senate Appropriations Committee) · 124 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine winning the AI race, focusing on strengthening United States capabilities in computing and innovation.

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

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the nomination of James O'Neill, of California, to be Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services.

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

10:30 AM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider the nomination of Brandon Judd, of Idaho, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Chile, Leah Campos, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Charles Kushner, of New York, to be Ambassador to the French Republic, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Principality of Monaco, Edward Walsh, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to Ireland, and Joseph Popolo, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine the nominations of Caleb Orr, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary (Economic and Business Affairs), Kenneth Howery, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark, Callista Gingrich, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Swiss Confederation, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Principality of Liechtenstein, Somers Farkas, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Malta, and Leandro Rizzuto, of Florida, to be Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the Organization of American States, with the rank of Ambassador, all of the Department of State.

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

9:00 AM ET · Hearing

Oversight Hearing – The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

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

Witness: Bridget Bean (Acting Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency)

9:00 AM ET · Hearing

Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence Posture of the Department of Defense

Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation (House Armed Services Committee) · 2212 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

11:00 AM ET · Hearing

Spread Freedom, Not Woke Values: An American Agenda for Democracy and Human Rights

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

Witnesses: Robert Destro (Former Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, U.S. State Department); Dr. Patrick Quirk (Vice President of Strategy, Innovation, and Impact, The International Republican Institute (IRI)); Tom Malinowski (Former Member of Congress and Former Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, U.S. Department of State)