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Congressional Hearings on Tuesday, September 16, 2025

18 committee meetings (15 House, 3 Senate): 13 hearings, 4 other meetings, and 1 markup.

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Senate (3)

House (15)

  • · Hearing

    "An Examination of the State of the Specialty Crop Industry"

    House Agriculture Committee · 1300 Longworth House Office Building · Notice

    Witnesses: Dr. Ramesh Sagili (Professor, Horticulture, Oregon State University); Dr. Tim Boring (Director, Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development); Mr. Michael Frantz (President, Frantz Wholesale Nursery, LLC); Mrs. Dana Brennan (Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Grimmway Farms)

  • · Markup

    Various Measures

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

    Bills: H.R. 1531, H.R. 2478, H.R. 3234, H.R. 3484, H.R. 3682, H.R. 5262 and 4 more

  • · Hearing

    “Playing God with the Weather – A Disastrous Forecast”

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

    Witnesses: Dr. Roger Pielke, Jr. (Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute); Mr. Chris Martz (Meteorologist/Policy Analyst, Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow); Dr. Michael MacCracken (Chief Scientist for Climate Change Programs, Climate Institute)

  • · Hearing

    “Pathway to Capital: The Role of SBA Lending in Supporting Main Street America”

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

    Witness: Mr. Thomas Kimsey (Associate Administrator, Office of Capital Access)

  • · Hearing

    "No More Surprises: Reforming College Pricing for Students and Families"

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

    Witnesses: Dr. Andrew Gillen (Research Fellow, Cato Institute); Mr. Justin Draeger (Senior Vice President, Affordability, Strada Education Foundation); Mr. Lee Wishing III (Vice President for Student Recruitment and Chief Marketing Officer, Grove City College); Ms. Amy Laitinen (Senior Director of Higher Education, New America)

  • · Hearing

    “Appliance and Building Policies: Restoring the American Dream of Home Ownership and Consumer Choice.”

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

    Bills: H.R. 1355, H.R. 3474, H.R. 3699, H.R. 4593, H.R. 4626, H.R. 4690 and 2 more

    Witnesses: Mr. Jeff Novak (Acting General Counsel and Principal Deputy General Council, U.S. Department of Energy); Mr. George Lowe (Vice President, Governmental Affairs and Public Policy, American Gas Association); Mr. Brain Tebbenkamp (President & Owner, Patriot Homes); Ms. Jennifer Cleary (Vice President, Regulatory Affairs & Deputy General Counsel, Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers); Mr. Andrew deLaski (Executive Director, Appliance Standards Awareness Project)

  • · Hearing

    Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential

    Oversight and Investigations (House Natural Resources Committee) · Notice

    Witnesses: Nagruk Harcharek (President, Voice of the Arctic Iñupiat); Ms. Deantha Skibinski (Executive Director, Alaska Miners Association); John Christensen (Tribal President, Native Village of Port Heiden); Mr. Clark Penney (President, Penney Capital); Mr. Philip Wight (Associate Professor of History and Arctic & Northern Studies, University of Alaska, Fairbanks); Mr. Dutch Kuyper (Vice President, Land and Real Estate, Cook Inlet Region, Inc.); Clarence Clark (Owner, Southeast Alaska Resources); Mr. Ethan Tyler (Senior Director of Public Policy and Lands, Aleut Corporation)

  • · Hearing

    “From Protection to Persecution: EPA Enforcement Gone Rogue Under the Biden Administration”

    Federal Law Enforcement (House Oversight and Government Reform Committee) · 2247 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

    Witnesses: Mr. Eric Schaeffer (Founder and Executive Director (former), Environmental Integrity Project); Mr. Kory Willis (Owner & Founder, PPEI Custom Tuning); Mr. Justin Savage (Parner, Sidley Austin LLP)

  • · HearingPostponed

    "A One Year Update on DoD’s Struggling Background Check System”

    Government Operations (House Oversight and Government Reform Committee) · HVC-210 Capitol · Notice

    Witnesses: Ms. Alissa Czyz (Director / Defense Capabilities Management, U.S. Government Accountability Office); Mr. David Cattler (Director / Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, U.S. Department of Defense)

  • · HearingRescheduled

    Committee on House Administration Rescheduled Elections Subcommittee Hearing, "Maintaining Election Operations in the Face of Natural Disasters”

    Elections (House House Administration Committee) · 1310 Longworth House Office Building · Notice

    Witnesses: Ms. Karen Brinson Bell (Former Executive Director, North Carolina State Board of Elections); Cord Byrd (Secretary of State of Florida, Office of the Florida Secretary of State); Mr. Stacy Eggers (Eggers, Eggers, Eggers, & Eggers, PLLC)

  • · Hearing

    “Surveying the Threat of Agroterrorism: Perspectives on Food, Agriculture, and Veterinary Defense”

    Emergency Management and Technology (House Homeland Security Committee) · 310 Cannon House Office Building · Notice

    Witnesses: Daniel Wims, PhD (President, Alabama A&M University); Cris Young, DVM, MPH, DACVPM, COL USA (Ret.) (Professor of Practice, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University); Asha George, DrPH (Executive Director, Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense); Marty Vanier (Director, National Agricultural Biosecurity Center; Associate Director, Biosecurity Research Institute, Kansas State University)

  • · Hearing

    “From Gridlock to Growth: Permitting Reform Under the Clean Air Act.”

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

    Bill: H.R. 161

    Witnesses: Mr. Danny Seiden (President and CEO, Arizona Chamber of Commerce Industry); Ms. Keri Powell (Senior Attorney for Community Health and Air Program Leader, Southern Environmental Law Center); Ms. Ashley Kunz (Senior Director Environmental, Health and Safety, Front-End U.S. Expansion, Micron); Mr. Mark Gebbia (Vice President of Environmental, Regulatory, and Permitting, The Williams Company); Mr. Ali Mirzakhalili (Air Quality Division Administrator, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality); Mr. Clint Woods (Commissioner, Indiana Department of Environmental Management)

  • · Hearing

    “Unmanned and Unchecked: Confronting the Rising Threat of Malicious Drone Use in America”

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

    Witnesses: Dr. Catherine Cahill (Director, ACUASI - Geophysical Institute); Mr. Robert Dooley (Statewide UAS and C-UAS Coordinator, Florida Highway Patrol); Mr. Brett Feddersen (Vice President for Strategy and Government Affairs, D-Fend Solutions AD, Inc.); Dr. Ryan Wallace (Professor, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University)

  • · Hearing

    Virtue Signaling vs. Vital Services: Where Tax-Exempt Hospitals are Spending Your Tax Dollars

    Oversight (House Ways and Means Committee) · Notice

  • · Meeting

    H.R. 5371 – Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026; H. Res. 719 – Honoring the life and legacy of Charles “Charlie” James Kirk

    House Rules Committee · H-313 Capitol · Notice

    Bills: H.R. 5371, H.Res. 719

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