Congressional Hearings on Wednesday, May 14, 2025

9:30 AM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider 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; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine the nominations of Jonathan Brightbill, of Virginia, to be General Counsel, Tina Pierce, of Idaho, to be Chief Financial Officer, and Conner Prochaska, of Texas, to be Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, all of the Department of Energy, and Ned Mamula, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of the United States Geological Survey, Department of the Interior.

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

9:45 AM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider the nomination of Paul Dabbar, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce.

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

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine FAA reauthorization one year later, focusing on aviation safety, air traffic, and next generation technology.

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

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine trade in critical supply chains.

Senate Finance Committee · 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

10:30 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2026 for the Environmental Protection Agency.

Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies (Senate Appropriations Committee) · 124 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

10:30 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the nominations of Sean McMaster, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, John Busterud, of California, to be Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste, Environmental Protection Agency, and Adam Telle, of Mississippi, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army, Department of Defense.

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee · 562 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

1:30 PM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2026 for the Department of Health and Human Services.

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

2:30 PM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine foreign threats to American innovation and economic leadership.

Intellectual Property (Senate Judiciary Committee) · 226 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

2:30 PM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine financing America's manufacturing and industrial boom.

Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee · 428A Russell Senate Office Building · Notice

2:50 PM ET · Meeting

To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters.

Senate Intelligence Committee · 219 Hart Senate Office Building · Notice

3:00 PM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2026 for the Senate Sergeant at Arms and United States Capitol Police.

Legislative Branch (Senate Appropriations Committee) · 192 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

3:30 PM ET · Meeting

Oversight hearings to examine delivering essential public health and social services to Native Americans, focusing on Federal programs serving Native Americans across the operating divisions at the Department of Health and Human Services.

Senate Indian Affairs Committee · 628 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

3:30 PM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine preparing for disasters, focusing on unique challenges facing older Americans.

Senate Aging Committee · 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

9:30 AM ET · Hearing

Budget Hearing - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (House Appropriations Committee) · 2358-C Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witness: Robert Kennedy (Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Oversight Hearing – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Homeland Security (House Appropriations Committee) · 2362-A Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witness: Todd Lyons (Acting Director, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Budget Hearing – U.S. Department of Transportation

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

Witness: Sean Duffy (Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Oversight Hearing of the Federal Judiciary

Financial Services and General Government (House Appropriations Committee) · 2362-B Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Robert Conrad (Secretary, Judicial Conference); Amy St. Eve (Chair, Budget Committee, Judicial Conference)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Expanding Choice and Increasing Supply: Housing Innovation in America

Housing and Insurance (House Financial Services Committee) · 2128 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Eric Schaefer (Chief Business Development Officer, Fading West); Mr. Bill Boor (President and Chief Executive Officer, Cavco Industries; testifying on behalf of the Manufactured Housing Institute as Chairman of the Board); Dr. Andrew McCoy, Ph.D (Director of the Virginia Center for Housing Research (VCHR), Professor in the Department of Building Construction); Mr. Colten Fleu (Senior Attorney, Mountain State Justice, Inc.)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

National Economic Security, Advancing US Interests Abroad

East Asia and Pacific (House Foreign Affairs Committee) · 2172 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Dr. William Norris (Associate Professor, Texas A&M University); Ms. Elaine Dezenski (Senior Director and Head of the Center on Economic and Financial Power, The Foundation for Defense of Democracies); Ms. Wendy Cutler (Vice President, Asia Society Policy Institute); Mr. Matthew Goodman (Director of the Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Council on Foreign Relations)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

“A New Era of Homeland Security: A Review of the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request for the Department of Homeland Security.”

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

Witness: Kristi Noem (Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

“The MATCH Monopoly: Evaluating the Medical Residency Antitrust Exemption”

The Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust (House Judiciary Committee) · 2141 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Thomas Miller (Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute); Dr. James Lin (President, Institute for Successful Living); Mr. Sherman Marek (Attorney and Principal, Marek Health Law); Dr. William Feldman (Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

"Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Member Day"

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

Witnesses: Gilbert Cisneros (Member of Congress); Scott Fitzgerald (Member of Congress); Darrell Issa (Member of Congress); Marie Perez (Member of Congress); Pablo Hernández (Member of Congress); Jennifer Kiggans (Member of Congress); Ryan Mackenzie (Member of Congress); Maxwell Frost (Member of Congress); Rashida Tlaib (Member of Congress); Nick LaLota (Member of Congress); and 11 more

10:00 AM ET · HearingPostponed

“Investing in America: How Private Equity Empowers Main Street”

Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access (House Small Business Committee) · 2360 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

10:00 AM ET · HearingPostponed

Forecasting Disaster: NOAA’s Transparency, Trust, and Scientific Integrity in Crisis

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

10:15 AM ET · Hearing

The Committee on Natural Resources Member Day hearing.

House Natural Resources Committee · 1324 Longworth House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: James Moylan (Member of Congress); Troy Downing (Member of Congress); Austin Scott (Member of Congress); Paul Gosar (Member of Congress); Tracey Mann (Member of Congress); Troy Nehls (Member of Congress)

10:15 AM ET · Hearing

Waste & Delays: Examining VA's Improper Payments in its Compensation and Pension Programs

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

Witnesses: Mr. Kevin Friel (Executive Director, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs); Ms. Nina Tann (Executive Director, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs); Ms. Jeanine Gilson (Acting Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs); Mr. Brent Arronte (Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Audits and Evaluations, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)

10:30 AM ET · HearingRescheduled

“Reimagining Education: How Charter Schools Are Closing Gaps and Opening Doors”

Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education (House Education and Workforce Committee) · 2175 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Darryl Cobb (President, Charter School Growth Fund); Mr. David Griffith (Associate Director of Research, Thomas B. Fordham Institute); Dr. Genevieve Siegel-Hawley (Professor of Educational Leadership, Virginia Commonwealth University); Ms. Eva Moskowitz (CEO and President of National Strategy and Advancement, Success Academy Charter Schools)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

Oversight Hearing – The United States Navy and Marine Corps

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

Witnesses: General Eric Smith (Commandant, United States Marine Corps); John Phelan (Secretary, United States Navy); Admiral James Kilby (Acting Chief of Naval Operations, United States Navy)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

Oversight Hearing – The United States Coast Guard

Homeland Security (House Appropriations Committee) · 2362-A Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witness: Admiral Kevin Lunday (Acting Commandant, The United States Coast Guard)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

Enhancing Competition: Shaping the Future of Bank Mergers and De Novo Formation

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

Bill: H.J.Res. 92

Witnesses: Mr. John Berlau (Senior Fellow and Director of Finance Policy, Competitive Enterprise Institute); Mrs. ReShonda Young (Founder, Jabez Inc.); Ms. Mary Usategui (President and CEO, BankMiami); Mr. Keith Costello (President and CEO, Locality Bank); Ms. Amanda Allexon (Partner, Simpson Thacher & Barlett LLP)

3:00 PM ET · HearingRescheduled

Energy, Installations, and Environment Update

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

Witnesses: Mr. Robert (Bob) Thompson (Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment, Office of the Secretary of Defense); Mr. Michael Saunderse (Acting Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Energy, Installations & Environment, Department of the Air Force); Mr. Daniel Klippstein (Performing the Duties of Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment, Department of the Army); Ms. Brenda Johnson-Turner (Performing the Duties of Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations & Environment, Department of the Navy)

3:30 PM ET · Hearing

National Security Space Programs

Strategic Forces (House Armed Services Committee) · 2212 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Major General Stephen Purdy (Acting Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force); Ms. Andrea Yaffe (Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy, Office of the Secretary of Defense); Dr. Chris Scolese (Director, National Reconnaissance Office); Vice Admiral Frank Whitworth (Director, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency)