Congressional Hearings on Wednesday, July 16, 2025

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the nominations of Derek Barrs, of Florida, to be Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and Jonathan Morrison, of California, to be Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and Paul Roberti, of Rhode Island, to be Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, both of the Department of Transportation.

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

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine constructing the surface transportation reauthorization bill, focusing on stakeholders' perspectives.

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

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider the nominations of Anjani Sinha, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore, Jeffrey Bartos, of Pennsylvania, to be Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform, with the Rank of Ambassador, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, Lynda Blanchard, of Alabama, to be U.S. Representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, with the rank of Ambassador, Kimberly Guilfoyle, of Florida, to be Ambassador to Greece, and Jennifer Locetta, of Florida, to be Alternate Representative of the United States of America for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, all of the Department of State; to be immediately followed by hearings to examine reforming the State Department to compete in the 21st century.

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

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the nominations of Crystal Carey, of New Jersey, to be General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board for term of four years, Brian Christine, of Alabama, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Brittany Panuccio, of Florida, to be a Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

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

12:00 PM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the AI industry's mass ingestion of copyrighted works for AI training.

Crime and Counterterrorism (Senate Judiciary Committee) · 226 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

2:30 PM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider S.1555, to increase loan limits for loans made to small manufacturers, S.1199, to extend the statute of limitations for fraud under certain pandemic programs, S.2232, to expand the surety bond program under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, and S.1703, to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to improve access to disaster assistance for individuals located in rural areas.

Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee · 115 Capitol (Senate side) · Notice

Bills: S. 1199, S. 1555, S. 1703, S. 2232

9:00 AM ET · HearingRescheduled

Making America the Crypto Capital of the World: Ensuring Digital Asset Policy Built for the 21st Century

Oversight (House Ways and Means Committee) · 1100 Longworth House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Summer Mersinger (CEO, Blockchain Association); Sarah Reilly (Vice President and Senior Tax Counsel, Fidelity Investments); Alison Mangiero (Head of Staking Policy and Industry Affairs, Crypto Council for Innovation); Jason Somensatto (Director of Policy, Coin Center); Corey Frayer (Director of Investor Protection, Consumer Federation of America)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

U.S. Policy on Investment Security

National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions (House Financial Services Committee) · 2128 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Jonathan Samford (President and Chief Executive Officer, Global Business Alliance); Mr. Brian Reissaus (Senior Advisor for National Security, Freshfields US LLP); Mr. Benjamin Joseloff (Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP); Dr. Sarah Bauerle Danzman (Associate Professor of International Studies, Indiana University Bloomington)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

“An Inside Job: How NGOs Facilitated the Biden Border Crisis”

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

Witnesses: Mr. Michael Howell (Director, Oversight Project, The Heritage Foundation); Ms. Alicia Hopper (President and Founder, GUARD Against Trafficking); Mr. Julio Rosas (National Correspondent, Blaze Media)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Legislative Proposals to Maintain and Improve the Public Health Workforce, Rural Health, and Over-the-Counter Medicines

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

Bills: H.R. 2493, H.R. 2821, H.R. 2846, H.R. 3302, H.R. 3419, H.R. 3686 and 1 more

Witnesses: Dr. Jacqueline Corrigan-Curay (Acting Director for Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), U.S. Food and Drug Administration); Dr. Candice Chen (Acting Associate Administrator for Health Workforce, U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration); Mr. Tom Morris (Associate Administrator for Rural Health Policy, U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Oversight Hearing on: “Puerto Rico’s Fiscal Recovery Under PROMESA and the Road Ahead”

Indian and Insular Affairs (House Natural Resources Committee) · 1324 Longworth House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Robert Mujica (Executive Director, Financial Oversight and Management Board of Puerto Rico); Mr. D. Andrew Austin (Analyst in Economic Policy, Congressional Research Service); Ms. Michelle Sager (Managing Director, Strategic Issues, U.S. Government Accountability Office)

10:00 AM ET · HearingRescheduled

“Artificial Intelligence and Criminal Exploitation: A New Era of Risk”

Crime and Federal Government Surveillance (House Judiciary Committee) · 2141 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Ms. Zara Perumal (Chief Technology Officer, Overwatch Data); Mr. Ari Redbord (Global Head of Policy, TRM Labs); Dr. Andrew Bowne (Professor, George Washington University); Mr. Cody Venzke (Senior Policy Counsel, National Political Advocacy Division)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

"Oversight of the Department of Transportation's Policies and Programs and Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request"

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

Witness: Sean Duffy (Secretary, United States Department of Transportation)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Protecting Lives and Property: Harnessing Innovative Technologies to Enhance Weather Forecasting

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

Witnesses: Mr. Thomas Cavett (Vice President of Government Affairs and Strategy, Tomorrow.io); Dr. John Nielsen-Gammon (Texas State Climatologist; Director, Southern Regional Climate Center, Regents Professor); Dr. Waleed Abdalati (Director; Professor, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science; Department of Geography, University of Colorado Boulder); Dr. Jayesh Gupta (CEO, Silurian AI)

10:15 AM ET · Hearing

"Safe Workplaces, Stronger Partnerships: The Future of OSHA Compliance Assistance"

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

Witnesses: Mr. Chris Williams (CAE (Chief Association Executive), Executive Director, Voluntary Protection Program Participants' Association (VPPA)); Mr. Myron Harper (National Health and Safety Director, Cintas Corporation); Ms. Rebecca Reindel (MS, MPH, Director of Occupational Safety and Health, AFL-CIO); Mr. Kevin Sell (Senior Manager, Corporate Development, Kwest Group)

10:15 AM ET · Hearing

Beyond the Blue Bin: Forging a Federal Landscape for Recycling Innovation and Economic Growth.

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

Witnesses: Mr. Matt Bedingfield (President, Mint Innovation); Mr. Ross Eisenberg (President, America's Plastic Makers); Mr. Dan Felton (President and Chief Executive Officer, Flexible Packing Association); Ms. Keefe Harrison (Chief Executive Officer, The Recycling Partnership)

10:15 AM ET · Hearing

Legislative hearing on four bills: • H.R. 1945 (Rep. Onder), “America’s National Churchill Museum National Historic Landmark Act” • H.R. 2290 (Rep. Dingell), “World War II Women’s Memorial Location Act” • H.R. 2306 (Rep. Moolenaar), “The Adams Memorial-Great American Heroes Act” • H.R. 4285 (Rep. Maloy), “Semiquincentennial Tourism and Access to Recreation Sites Act” or the “STARS Act.”

Federal Lands (House Natural Resources Committee) · 1334 Longworth House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Celeste Maloy (Member of Congress); Debbie Dingell (Member of Congress); Robert Onder (Member of Congress); Ms. Natalie Randall (Managing Director, Utah Office of Tourism and Film Commission); Mr. Tim Riley (Sandra L. and Monroe E. Trout Director and Chief Curator, America's National Churchill Museum); Ms. Raya Kenney (Executive Director, WWII Women's Memorial Foundation); Ms. Jackie Cushman (Chair, Adams Memorial Commission)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

"Financing Farm Operations: The Importance of Credit and Risk Management"

General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit (House Agriculture Committee) · 1300 Longworth House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Clint Hood (Senior Vice President, Director - Ag & Timber Group, Synovus Bank); Mrs. Mandy Minick (Senior Vice President - Stakeholder Relations, Public Affairs and Advocacy Team, AgWest Farm Credit); Mr. Brian Gilbert (Senior Vice President and Ag Banking Manager, First National Bank in Sioux Falls); Mr. John Wicks (Owner/Operator, Tiber Ridge Organics, Montana Farmers Union/National Farmers Union)

2:00 PM ET · HearingRescheduled

HOME 2.0: Modern Solutions to the Housing Shortage

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

Witnesses: Ms. Alison George (Director, Colorado Division of Housing, Department of Local Affairs); Mr. Eric Oberdorfer (Director of Policy and Legislative Affairs, National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO)); Ms. Tiffany Bohee (President, Mercy Housing California); Mrs. Ellen Woodward Potts (Executive Director,, Habitat for Humanity of Tuscaloosa)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

Management Family FY26 Budget Posture Hearing

Middle East and North Africa (House Foreign Affairs Committee) · 2172 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witness: José Cunningham (Acting Under Secretary (M), U.S. Department of State)

2:30 PM ET · Hearing

Oversight: Path of Purpose: Restoring the VA VR&E Program to Effectively Serve Veterans

Economic Opportunity (House Veterans' Affairs Committee) · 360 Cannon House Office Building · Notice

Witness: Ms. Margarita Devlin (Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary For Benefits, Veterans Benefits Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs)

4:00 PM ET · MeetingPostponed

H. Res. ____ – Directing the Clerk to make certain engrossment modifications

House Rules Committee · H-313 Capitol · Notice