Congressional Hearings on Wednesday, June 4, 2025

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

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

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (Senate Appropriations Committee) · 192 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the reauthorization of the over-the-counter monograph drug user fee program.

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

10:15 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the nominations of Whitney D. Hermandorfer, of Tennessee, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, Maria A. Lanahan, Zachary M. Bluestone, and Cristian M. Stevens, each to be a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, and Joshua M. Divine, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri.

Senate Judiciary Committee · 216 Hart Senate Office Building · Notice

1:00 PM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine China's malign influence in Africa.

Africa and Global Health Policy (Senate Foreign Relations Committee) · 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

4:00 PM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the nominations of Cheryl Mason, of North Carolina, to be Inspector General, and Donald Bergin III, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary (Congressional and Legislative Affairs), both of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · 418 Russell Senate Office Building · Notice

4:15 PM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the aging farm workforce, focusing on America's vanishing family farms.

Senate Aging Committee · 216 Hart Senate Office Building · Notice

9:00 AM ET · Hearing

National Reconnaissance Office, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency FY 2026 Budget Hearing (CLOSED)

Defense Intelligence and Overhead Architecture (House Intelligence Committee) · Capitol · Notice

Witnesses: Vice Admiral Frank Whitworth (Director, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency); Dr. Christopher Scolese (Director, National Reconnaissance Office); Lieutenant General Jeffrey Kruse (Director, Defense Intelligence Agency)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

"American Innovation and the Future of Digital Assets: From Blueprint to a Functional Framework"

House Agriculture Committee · 1300 Longworth House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Dr. Avery Ching (CEO and Co-Founder, Aptos Labs); Michael Piwowar (Executive Vice President, Milken Institute, and Former Commissioner and Acting Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission); Mrs. Chelsea Pizzola (Partner, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP); Mr. Ryne Miller (Partner, Lowenstein Sandler LLP; Chair of Commodities, Futures, and Derivatives Group, and Co-Chair of Lowenstein Crypto)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Budget Hearing – Federal Aviation Administration

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

Witness: Mr. Chris Rocheleau (Acting Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Department of the Army Fiscal Year 2026 Posture

House Armed Services Committee · 2118 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

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

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

American Innovation and the Future of Digital Assets: From Blueprint to a Functional Framework

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

Bill: H.R. 3633

Witnesses: Ms. Katherine Minarik (Chief Legal Officer, Uniswap Labs); Timothy Massad (Research Fellow and Director of Digital Assets Policy Project of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, Former Chairman, U.S. CFTC); Mr. Vivek Raman (Founder, Etherealize); Elad Roisman (Partner, Cravath, Former SEC Commissioner); Rostin "Russ" Behnam (Distinguished Fellow, Psaros Center for Financial Markets & Policy, Georgetown University and Former Chairman, U.S. CFTC); Ms. Carole House (Senior Fellow, GeoEconomics Center, Atlantic Council); Mr. Bartlett Collins Naylor (Financial Policy Advocate and Economist, Public Citizen); Ms. Amanda Fischer (Policy Director and Chief Operating Officer, Better Markets); Professor Hilary Allen (Professor of Law, Washington College of Law, American University)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Assessing the Challenges Facing NATO

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

Witnesses: Rear Admiral Upper Half Mark Montgomery (CCTI Senior Director and Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies); Dr. Nile Gardiner (Director, Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom and Bernard and Barbara Lomas Fellow, The Heritage Foundation); Julianne Smith (Former U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO, U.S. Department of State)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

“Safeguarding Procurement: Examining Fraud Risk Management in the Department of Defense”

Government Operations (House Oversight and Government Reform Committee) · 2247 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Seto Bagdoyan (Director, Forensic Audits and Investigative Services, U.S. Government Accountability Office); Mr. Kelly Mayo (Deputy Inspector General for Investigations, DOD Office of the Inspector General)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

“The Elite Universities Cartel: A History of Anticompetitive Collusion Inflating the Cost of Higher Education”

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

Witnesses: Dr. Preston Cooper (Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute); Mr. Alex Shieh (Brown University, Class of 2027); Mr. Scott Martin (Partner, Hausfeld LLP); Ms. Julie Margetta Morgan (President, The Century Foundation)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

"FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024: Stakeholder Perspectives on Implementation One Year Later"

Aviation (House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee) · 2167 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Edward Bolen (President and Chief Executive Officer, National Business Aviation Association (NBAA)); Captain Jody Reven (President, Southwest Airlines Pilots Association); Ms. Sara Nelson (International President, Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO); Mr. Darren Pleasance (President and Chief Executive Officer, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association); Mr. Michael Robbins (President and Chief Executive Officer, Association of Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

"Budgeting for Growth: Testimony from SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler"

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

Witness: Kelly Loeffler (Administrator, Small Business Administration)

10:15 AM ET · Hearing

"Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Department of Education"

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

Witness: Linda McMahon (Secretary, U.S. Department of Education)

10:15 AM ET · Hearing

Stopping Illegal Robocalls and Robotexts: Progress, Challenges, and Next Steps

Oversight and Investigations (House Energy and Commerce Committee) · 2322 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Sarah Leggin (Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, CTIA--The Wireless Association); Joshua Bercu (Executive Director, ndustry Traceback Group, and Senior VP, USTelecom;); Stephen Waguespack (President, Institute for Legal Reform and Senior Vice President, U.S. Chamber Federation, State and Local Advocacy); Ben Winters (Director of AI and Data Privacy, Consumer Federation of America)

10:15 AM ET · Hearing

Oversight Hearing titled “Restoring American Seafood Competitiveness.”

Water, Wildlife and Fisheries (House Natural Resources Committee) · 1324 Longworth House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Ms. Martha Guyas (Southeast Fisheries Policy Director, American Sportfishing Association); Mr. Dustin Delano (Chief Operating Officer, New England Fishermen's Stewardship Association); Ms. Jamie O'Connor (Deputy Director, Alaska Marine Conservation Council); Mr. Larson Hunter (Chairman, Coastal Villages Region Fund); Mr. Rick Bellavance (Chair, Council Coordination Committee)

10:30 AM ET · Hearing

AI in the Everyday: Current Applications and Future Frontiers in Communications and Technology

Communications and Technology (House Energy and Commerce Committee) · 2123 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Chip Pickering (Chief Executive Officer, INCOMPAS); Ronnie Vasishta (Senior Vice President of Telecom, NVIDIA); Jim Shea (Chief Executive Officer, DeepSig, Inc.); Asad Ramzanali (Director of AI and Technology Policy,, anderbilt Policy Accelerator, Vanderbilt University)

1:30 PM ET · HearingRescheduled

FY 2026 Budget Request for the National Security Agency (Closed)

National Security Agency and Cyber (House Intelligence Committee) · Capitol · Notice

Witness: Lieutenant General William Hartman (Official Performing the Duties of the Director, National Security Agency)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

Budget Hearing – Office of Management and Budget

Financial Services and General Government (House Appropriations Committee) · 2359 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witness: Russell Vought (Director, Office of Management and Budget)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

“Public Funds, Private Agendas: NGOs Gone Wild”

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

Witnesses: Mr. Daniel Turner (Founder and Executive Director, Power the Future); Mr. Mark Krikorian (Executive Director, Center for Immigration Studies); Ms. Diane Yentel (President and Chief Executive Officer, National Council of Nonprofits); Mr. Scott Walter (President, Capital Research Center)

3:00 PM ET · Hearing

Update on Navy Programs and Capabilities for Seapower and Projection Forces

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

Witnesses: Dr. Brett Seidle (Acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition, Department of the Navy); Lieutenant General Eric Austin (Deputy Commandant of the Marine Corps for Combat Development and Integration, Department of the Navy); Vice Admiral James Pitts (Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Warfighting Requirements and Capabilities)