Congressional Hearings on Wednesday, October 29, 2025

9:30 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the Section 106 consultation process under the National Historic Preservation Act.

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider S.2082, to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to modify the definition of "production facility" to exclude an equipment or device capable of reprocessing spent nuclear fuel in a manner that does not separate plutonium from other transuranic elements, S.2235, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize the diesel emissions reduction program, S.2741, to establish within the Environmental Protection Agency the Office of Mountains, Deserts, and Plains, S.3022, to amend the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act to reauthorize certain Environmental Protection Agency programs, S.2110, to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to prepare a report on reuse and refill systems, S.2878, to reauthorize funding to monitor, assess, and research the Great Lakes Basin, S.287, to designate the Federal building located at 225 South Pierre Street in Pierre, South Dakota, as the "Marcella LeBeau Federal Building," and for other purposes, S.2319, to designate the Federal building located at 300 West Congress Street in Tucson, Arizona, as the "Raul M. Grijalva Federal Building", and the nominations of Jeffrey Hall, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator, and Douglas Troutman, of Maryland, to be Assistant Administrator for Toxic Substances, both of the Environmental Protection Agency, Ho Nieh, of Alabama, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mitch Graves, and Jeff Hagood, both of Tennessee, Randall Jones, of Alabama, and Arthur Graham, of Florida, each to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority, and 3 General Services Administration resolutions.

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

Bills: H.R. 144, S. 2082, S. 2110, S. 2235, S. 2319, S. 2741 and 3 more

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the nominations of Arjun Mody, of New Jersey, to be Deputy Commissioner Social Security for the term expiring January 19, 2031, Jeffrey Goettman, of Virginia, to be a Deputy United States Trade Representative (Africa, Western Hemisphere, Europe, the Middle East, Environment, Labor, and Industrial Competitiveness), with the Rank of Ambassador, Julie Callahan, of the District of Columbia, to be Chief Agricultural Negotiator, Office of the United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, and Thomas Bell, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services.

Senate Finance Committee · 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the future of biotech, focusing on maintaining U.S. competitiveness and lifesaving cures to patients.

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

10:30 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine Big Tech and silencing Americans part 2.

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

2:00 PM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine impacts of government shutdowns and agency reductions in force on Native communities.

Senate Indian Affairs Committee · 628 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

3:00 PM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the nominations of Mindy Brashears, of Texas, to be Under Secretary for Food Safety, Stella Herrell, of New Mexico, to be an Assistant Secretary, and John Walk, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, all of the Department of Agriculture.

Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

4:00 PM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine putting veterans first, focusing on the current VA disability system.

Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice