Congressional Hearings on Wednesday, November 19, 2025

12:00 AM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider the nominations of Michael Payne, of Virginia, to be Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, John Noh, of Texas, Timothy Dill, of Ohio, Robert Kadlec, of New York, Maurice Todd, of Florida, Marc Berkowitz, of Virginia, Joseph Jewell, of Indiana, and James Caggy, of New York, each to be an Assistant Secretary, Charles Young III, of West Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of the Army, Brendan Rogers, of Connecticut, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy, William Lane III, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force, Michael Borders, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, and David Beck, of Tennessee, to be Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, National Nuclear Security Administration, all of the Department of Defense, and 965 nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force.

Senate Armed Services Committee · Notice

9:30 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine how the BLM land use planning process under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) affects permitting for energy, mining, grazing, and infrastructure projects on public lands.

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

9:45 AM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider the nominations of Arjun Mody, of New Jersey, to be Deputy Commissioner Social Security, 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 PFAS cleanup and disposal policy.

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

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the rising cost of health care, focusing on considering meaningful solutions for all Americans.

Senate Finance Committee · 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the nominations of Tammy Bruce, of California, to be the Deputy Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador; the Deputy Representative of the United States of America in the Security Council of the United Nations; and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, during her tenure of service as Deputy Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, Darryl Nirenberg, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Romania, Melissa Argyros, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Latvia, Christopher Yeaw, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary (Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Stability), Bernardo Navarro, of Puerto Rico, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Peru, and Yehuda Kaploun, of Florida, to be Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, with the rank of Ambassador, all of the Department of State.

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

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the nominations of John Walk, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of Agriculture, and Thomas Bell, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services.

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the nominations of David Clay Fowlkes, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, Nicholas Jon Ganjei, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, and Aaron Christian Peterson, to be United States District Judge for the District of Alaska.

Senate Judiciary Committee · 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

10:15 AM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider the nominations of Joseph Gormley, of Maryland, to be President, Government National Mortgage Association, Francis Cassidy, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Paul Hollis, of Louisiana, to be Director of the Mint, and Travis Hill, of Maryland, to be Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

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

10:30 AM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider the nominations of Stephen Carmel, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Maritime Administration, John DeLeeuw, of Texas, to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board, Laura DiBella, of Florida, to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner, Ethan Klein, of New Jersey, to be an Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Ryan McCormack, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, Trent Morse, of Florida, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Timothy Petty, of Indiana, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, and Michelle A. Schultz, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Surface Transportation Board.

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

11:00 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the nomination of Admiral Kevin Lunday, to be Commandant of the United States Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security.

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

2:00 PM ET · Meeting

Closed business meeting to consider pending calendar business.

Senate Intelligence Committee · Notice

2:30 PM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine how shutdowns threaten air safety, travel, and the economy.

Aviation, Space, and Innovation (Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee) · 253 Russell Senate Office Building · Notice

2:30 PM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Border Security and Immigration (Senate Judiciary Committee) · 226 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

2:30 PM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine Trump's regulatory rollback, focusing on saving Americans $907 billion and counting.

Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee · 428A Russell Senate Office Building · Notice

3:00 PM ET · Meeting

To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters.

Senate Intelligence Committee · 219 Hart Senate Office Building · Notice

3:00 PM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the nomination of Michael Selig, of Florida, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

3:45 PM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine made in America, focusing on restoring trust in our medicines.

Senate Aging Committee · 216 Hart Senate Office Building · Notice

4:15 PM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider the nominations of Scott Mayer, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board, Mary Anne Carter, of Tennessee, to be Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts, and pending calendar business.

Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · 120 Capitol (Senate side) · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

No Exit Strategy: Burma's Endless Crisis and America's Limited Options

East Asia and Pacific (House Foreign Affairs Committee) · 2172 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Steve Ross (Senior Fellow, Stimson Center); Kelley Currie (Non-resident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council's Indo-Pacific Security Initiative); Lucky Karim (Executive Director, Refugee Women for Peace and Justice (RWPJ))

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Full Committee Hearing: “Taking Stock of the STOCK Act.”

House House Administration Committee · 1310 Longworth House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Jim Copland (Director, Legal Policy, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research); Jacob Straus; Mr. Dan Savickas (Vice President of Policy and Government Affairs, Taxpayers Protection Alliance)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Legislative Hearing on:H.R. 338 (Rep. Costa), “Every Drop Counts Act” H.R. 1514 (Rep. Ezell), “Mississippi River Basin Fishery Commission Act” H.R. 3756 (Rep. Crenshaw), “Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvests Act of 2025” or the “FISH Act of 2025” H.R. 5699 (Rep. Rutherford), “Fisheries Data Modernization and Accuracy Act of 2025”

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

Bills: H.R. 1514, H.R. 338, H.R. 3756, H.R. 5699

Witnesses: Mike Ezell (Member of Congress); Jim Costa (Member of Congress); John Rutherford (Member of Congress); Dan Crenshaw (Member of Congress); Mr. Benjamin Batten (Chairman, Mississippi Interstate Cooperative Resources Association); Mr. Justin Conrad (Chair-Elect, National Fisheries Institute); Ms. Christine Compton (Director os Strategic Communications and Advocacy/ Deputy General Counsel, Irvine Ranch Water District); Dr. Christopher Sweetman (Federal Fisheries Section Leader, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission- Division of Marine Fisheries Management)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

“Enumeration or Estimation: Why Inaccurate Census Results Hurt American Citizens”

The Constitution and Limited Government (House Judiciary Committee) · 2141 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. John Yang (President and Executive Director, Asian Americans Advancing Justice); Mr. Jay Rodriguez (Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Kansas Attorney General); Mr. Trey Mayfield (Member, Chalmers, Adams, Becker, & Kaufman, LLC); Mr. Joseph Miller (Senior Advisor, Center for Renewing America)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Predatory Pricing: How The Chinese Communist Party Manipulates Global Mineral Prices to Maintain Its Dominance

House Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party Committee · 390 Cannon House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Jonathan Rowntree (Chief Executive Officer, Niron Magnetics); Mr. Jonathan Evans (Chief Executive Officer, Lithium Americas); Mr. Matthew Sloustcher (Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs, MP Materials)

10:15 AM ET · Hearing

"E-Verify: Ensuring Lawful Employment in America"

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

Witnesses: Ms. Rosemary Jenks (Co-Founder and Policy Director, Immigration Accountability Project); Ms. Jessie Hahn (Senior Counsel, Labor and Employment Policy, National Immigration Law Center); Mrs. Jaime Andress (Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, Caddell Construction); Mr. Chris Gamvroulas (President, Ivory Development)

10:15 AM ET · Markup

Subcommittee on Energy Markup of 8 Bills

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

10:15 AM ET · Hearing

Legislative Hearing on: H.R. 4276 (Rep. Case), To amend the Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience Act to authorize grants to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and Native Hawaiian organizations, and for other purposes H.R. 5515 (Rep. Hurd), “Indian Trust Asset Reform Amendment Act” H.R. 5682 (Rep. Issa), To take certain land in the State of California into trust for the benefit of the Pechanga Band of Indians, and for other purposes H.R. 5696 (Rep. LaMalfa), “Strengthening Tribal Real Estate Authority and Modernizing Land for Indigenous Nation Expansion Act” or the “STREAMLINE ACT”

Indian and Insular Affairs (House Natural Resources Committee) · 1334 Longworth House Office Building · Notice

Bills: H.R. 4276, H.R. 5515, H.R. 5682, H.R. 5696

Witnesses: Marc Luker (Councilman, Pechanga Band of Indians); Ed Case (Member of Congress); Mr. Tim Vredenburg (Director of Forest Management, Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians); Jeff Hurd (Member of Congress); Darrell Issa (Member of Congress); Doug LaMalfa (Member of Congress); Wena Supernaw (Chair, Quapaw Nation)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

"From Classroom to Career: Strengthening Skills Pathways Through CTE"

Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education (House Education and Workforce Committee) · 2175 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mrs. Kristi Rice (Cybersecurity Teacher, Spotsylvania County Public Schools); Dr. Deb Volzer (Vice President, Workforce Development, SME); Mrs. Nicole Gasper (CEO, West Michigan Aviation Academy); Mr. Braden Goetz (Senior Policy Advisor, Center on Education & Labor, New America)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

“Restoring Law and Order in High-Crime U.S. Cities”

Oversight (House Judiciary Committee) · 2141 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Ms. Tina McKinney; Mr. Rafael Mangual (Nick Ohnell Fellow, Manhattan Institute); Dr. Nancy La Vigne (Dean); Mr. Paul Mauro (Former Inspector)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

Modernizing Care Coordination to Prevent and Treat Chronic Disease

Health (House Ways and Means Committee) · Notice

Witnesses: Dr. Michael Hoben (M.D., Chief Medical Officer of Population Health Services, Novant Health); Mrs. Allison Reichert (Pharmacist, Bode Drug); Dr. Ashish Parikh (M.D., Chief Population Health Officer, Summit Health); Mr. Brian Connell (Vice President of Federal Affairs, Blood Cancer United)