Congressional Hearings on Thursday, May 22, 2025

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

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

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies (Senate Appropriations Committee) · 138 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine securing America, focusing on key authorities under the Defense Production Act.

Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

10:15 AM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider 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 David Charles Waterman, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, all of the Department of Justice.

Senate Judiciary Committee · 216 Hart Senate Office Building · Notice

10:30 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2026 for the Food and Drug Administration.

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies (Senate Appropriations Committee) · 124 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

10:30 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2026 for the National Guard and Reserves Forces.

Department of Defense (Senate Appropriations Committee) · 192 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

11:00 AM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider the nominations of Julie Hocker, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary, Wayne Palmer, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health, and Henry Mack III, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary, all of the Department of Labor, Marco Rajkovich, Jr., of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, and Kirsten Baesler, of North Dakota, to be Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education, Kevin O'Farrell, of Florida, to be Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult Education, and Nicholas Kent, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary, all of the Department of Education.

Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · 216 Capitol (Senate side) · Notice

10:30 AM ET · Hearing

A Dire Crisis in Sudan: A Global Call to Action

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

Witnesses: Mr. Ken Isaacs (Vice President, Programs & Government Relations, Samaritan’s Purse); Mr. Cameron Hudson (Senior Fellow, Africa Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies); Ms. Kholood Khair (Founder and Director, Confluence Advisory)