Congressional Hearings on Thursday, May 15, 2025

9:30 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the Department of Defense responsibilities related to Foreign Military Sales system and international armaments cooperation.

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

9:30 AM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider the nomination of Janet Dhillon, of Virginia, to be Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

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

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

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

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (Senate Appropriations Committee) · 192 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine pipeline safety reauthorization, focusing on ensuring the safe and efficient movement of American energy.

Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety (Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee) · 253 Russell Senate Office Building · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider the nominations of James O'Neill, of California, to be Deputy Secretary, and Gary Andres, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary, both of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Senate Finance Committee · 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

10:30 AM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider 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, 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; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine the nominations of Joel Rayburn, of Oklahoma, to be an Assistant Secretary (Near Eastern Affairs), Chris Pratt, of Utah, to be an Assistant Secretary (Political-Military Affairs), and Michael DeSombre, of Illinois, to be an Assistant Secretary (East Asian and Pacific Affairs), all of the Department of State.

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

1:30 PM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider S.180, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the use of grant amounts for providing training and resources for first responders on the use of containment devices to prevent secondary exposure to fentanyl and other potentially lethal substances, and purchasing such containment devices for use by first responders, S.237, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide public safety officer benefits for exposure-related cancers, S.419, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to reauthorize grants to support law enforcement officers and families, S.539, to reauthorize the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008, S.911, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include certain retired law enforcement officers in the public safety officers' death benefits program, S.1316, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide that COPS grant funds may be used for local law enforcement recruits to attend schools or academies if the recruits agree to serve in precincts of law enforcement agencies in their communities, S.1563, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to establish a grant program to help law enforcement agencies with civilian law enforcement tasks, S.1595, to establish standards for trauma kits purchased using funds provided under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program, and the nominations of Terrance Cole, of Virginia, to be Administrator of Drug Enforcement, Gadyaces Serralta, of Florida, to be Director of the United States Marshals Service, and Jason Reding Quinones, of Florida, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida for the term of four years, all of the Department of Justice.

Senate Judiciary Committee · 216 Capitol (Senate side) · Notice

Bills: S. 1316, S. 1563, S. 1595, S. 180, S. 237, S. 419 and 2 more

9:00 AM ET · Hearing

Deterrence Amid Rising Tensions: Preventing CCP Aggression on Taiwan

House Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party Committee · 390 Cannon House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: General Charles Flynn (Former Commander, United States Army Pacific); Rear Admiral Upper Half Mark Montgomery (Senior Director, Foundation for Defense of Democracies); Kurt Campbell (22nd United States Deputy Secretary of State)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Budget Hearing – Environmental Protection Agency

Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies (House Appropriations Committee) · 2008 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witness: Lee Zeldin (Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Budget Hearing - U.S. Department of Labor

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

Witness: Lori Chavez-DeRemer (Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Oversight Hearing – U.S. Customs and Border Protection

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

Witness: Pete Flores (Acting Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection)

10:00 AM ET · HearingRescheduled

Budget Hearing - U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies (House Appropriations Committee) · 2359 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witness: Doug Collins (Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Oversight Hearing of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission

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

Witness: Andrew Ferguson (Chairman, Federal Trade Commission)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Task Force on Monetary Policy, Treasury Market Resilience, and Economic Prosperity: Examining Treasury Market Fragilities and Preventative Solutions

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

Witnesses: Mr. Nathaniel Wuerffel (Head of Product & Global Market Structure, BNY); Mr. Darrell Duffie, Ph.D (Adams Distinguished Professor of Management and Professor of Finance at the Graduate School of Business, and professor by courtesy, Department of Economics, Stanford University); Mr. Ira Jersey (Chief U.S. Interest Rate Strategist and Global Rates Team Leader, Bloomberg Intelligence); Ms. Jill Cetina (Excutive Professor of Finance, Mays Business School, Texas A&M Univeristy)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Oversight hearing titled "Fixing Our Forests: How Improved Land Management Can Protect Communities in the Wildland-Urban Interface"

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

Witnesses: Mr. Roy Wright (President and CEO, Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety); Mr. Neil Chapman (Wildland Fire Captain, Flagstaff Fire Department); Mr. Dan Munsey (Fire Chief and Fire Warden, San Bernadino Fire Protection District); Mr. Matt Weiner (CEO, Megafire Action)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

"FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024: An Update on Implementation One Year Later"

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

Witnesses: Ms. Jodi Baker (Deputy Associate Administrator, Aviation Safety, Federal Aviation Administration); Mr. Wayne Heibeck (Deputy Associate Administrator, Airports, Federal Aviation Administration); Mr. Franklin McIntosh (Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Air Traffic Organization, Federal Aviation Administration); Mr. Derrick Collins (Director, Physical Infrastructure, United States Government Accountability Office)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

"A Small Part in A Big Company: Examining the Power of Franchising in the American Economy"

House Small Business Committee · 2360 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Randy Cross (Franchise Owner, Fish Window Cleaning); Ms. Jennifer Beaudoin (Franchisee, Buffalo Wild Wings); Mr. Craig Wright (CEO, AquaTots Swim School); Mr. Gary Kalman (Executive Director, Transparency International US)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

From Detection to Deflection: Evaluating NASA’s Planetary Defense Strategy

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

Witnesses: Dr. Amy Mainzer (Professor, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles); Dr. Nicola Fox (Associate Administrator, Science Mission Directorate, National Aeronautics and Space Administration); Dr. Matthew Payne (Director, Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory)

10:15 AM ET · Hearing

"Reclaiming OSHA's Mission: Ensuring Safety Without Overreach"

Workforce Protections (House Education and Workforce Committee) · 2175 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Jake Parson (President, Northeast Division, CRH Americas Materials); Mr. Ben Tresselt (President and Owner, Arborist Enterprises); Ms. Felicia Watson (Senior Counsel, Littler Mendelson); Mr. Jordan Barab (Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of OSHA)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

“In Defense of Defensive Measures: Reauthorizing Cybersecurity Information Sharing Activities that Underpin U.S. National Cyber Defense”

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection (House Homeland Security Committee) · 310 Cannon House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Ms. Diane Rinaldo (Private Citizen); Mr. Karl Schimmeck (Chief Information Security Officer, Northern Trust); Mr. John Miller (General Counsel and Senior Vice President of Policy, Trust, Data, and Technology, Information Technology Industry Council); Ms. Kate Kuehn (Member and CISO-in-Residence, National Technology Security Coalition)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Budget Request for Fiscal Years 2026 and 2027 Advance Appropriations

House Veterans' Affairs Committee · 360 Cannon House Office Building · Notice

Witness: Douglas Collins (Secretary, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)

3:00 PM ET · Hearing

Defense Intelligence Enterprise Posture Hearing

Intelligence and Special Operations (House Armed Services Committee) · 2118 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Lieutenant General Jeffrey Kruse (Director, Defense Intelligence Agency); Mr. Dustin Gard-Weiss (Performing the Duties of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence & Security, Office of the Secretary of Defense); Lieutenant General William Hartman (Acting Commander, U.S. Cyber Command; Performing the Duties of Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security Service)