Congressional Hearings on Thursday, November 20, 2025

9:00 AM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider the nominations of Brent Christensen, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the People's Republic of Bangladesh, Benjamin Leon, Jr., of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Principality of Andorra, Leo Brent Bozell III, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of South Africa, and Morvared Namdarkhan, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Consular Affairs), all of the Department of State; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine reviewing implementation of the Taiwan Enhanced Resilience Act, and future opportunities for U.S.-Taiwan cooperation.

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

9:15 AM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider the nominations of Andrew Duva, of Florida, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Robert P. Chamberlin, and James D. Maxwell II, both to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi, William J. Crain, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Alexander C. Van Hook, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, William Boyle, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Erin Creegan, to be United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire, Ryan Anthony Kriegshauser, to be United States Attorney for the District of Kansas, James Kruger, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, Scott Leary, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, and Richard Price, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri.

Senate Judiciary Committee · 216 Hart Senate Office Building · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider 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

1:45 PM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider the nomination of Michael Selig, of Florida, to be Chairman and a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · 216 Capitol (Senate side) · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Export Control Loopholes: Chipmaking Tools and their Subcomponents

South and Central Asia (House Foreign Affairs Committee) · 2200 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Chris McGuire (Senior Fellow for China and Emerging Technologies, Council on Foreign Relations); Mr. Kevin Wolf (Partner, International Trade, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP); Mr. Dean Ball (Senior Fellow, Foundation for American Innovation)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

“Securing Global Communications: An Examination of Foreign Adversary Threats to Subsea Cable Infrastructure”

Transportation and Maritime Security (House Homeland Security Committee) · 310 Cannon House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Matthew Kroenig, PhD (Vice President and Senior Director, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Atlantic Council); Mr. Alexander Botting (Senior Director, Global Security and Technology Strategy, Venable, LLP); Mr. Kevin Frazier (AI Innovation and Law Fellow, Senior Editor, Lawfare); Mr. Timothy Stronge (Chief Research Officer, TeleGeography)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Daylight and Destinations: Examining Time, Travel, and Tourism

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

Witnesses: Mr. Jay Karen (CEO, National Golf Course Owners Association); Dr. Tyler Kleppe (EY Associate Professor of Accounting, Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky); Ms. Rosanna Maietta (President and CEO, American Hotel and Lodging Association); Ms. Lisa Simon (CEO and Executive Director, International Inbound Travel Association)

10:00 AM ET · Markup

• H.R. 573 (Rep. Yakym), “Studying NEPA’s Impact on Projects Act” • H.R. 681 (Rep. Keating), To amend the Act of August 9, 1955 (commonly known as the "Long-Term Leasing Act"), to authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), and for other purposes. • H.R. 3903 (Rep. Begich), “Chugach Alaska Land Exchange Oil Spill Recovery Act of 2025” • H.R. 4386 (Rep. Walberg), To amend the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to clarify entrance privileges for vehicles with respect to the America the Beautiful interagency pass. • H.R. 4467 (Rep. Thompson of MS), “Vicksburg National Military Park Boundary Modification Act” • H.R. 4503 (Rep. Johnson of SD), “ePermit Act” • H.R. 4776 (Rep. Westerman), "Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act” or the “SPEED Act” • H.R. 5131 (Rep. Begich), “Public Lands Military Readiness Act of 2025”

House Natural Resources Committee · 1324 Longworth House Office Building · Notice

Bills: H.R. 3903, H.R. 4386, H.R. 4467, H.R. 4503, H.R. 4776, H.R. 4778 and 3 more

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Member Day

House Judiciary Committee · 2141 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Yassamin Ansari (Member of Congress); Pat Harrigan (Member of Congress); Dave Min (Member of Congress); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Member of Congress); Emilia Sykes (Member of Congress); Laura Gillen (Member of Congress); Lizzie Fletcher (Member of Congress); James Moylan (Member of Congress); Melanie Stansbury (Member of Congress); Brian Fitzpatrick (Member of Congress)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

“Made in the USA: How Main Street is Revitalizing Domestic Manufacturing”

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

Witnesses: Ms. Shirley Modlin (Co-Owner, 3D Design and Manufacturing); Mr. Charles Crain (Managing Vice President, Policy, National Association of Manufacturers); Mr. Kurt Voss (Owner & Chief Executive Officer, The AmeriLux Family of Companies); Mr. Harry Moser (Founder & President, Reshoring Initiative)

10:15 AM ET · Markup

H.R. 2870 the "Working Families Flexibility Act"; H.R. 2312 the "Tipped Employee Protection Act"; H.R. 2299 the "Ensuring Workers Get PAID Act of 2025"

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

11:00 AM ET · Hearing

President Trump’s redesignation of Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern—CPC”: A serious, well-founded wake-up call

Africa (House Foreign Affairs Committee) · 2172 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Jonathan Pratt (Senior Bureau Official, Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. Department of State); Ms. Nina Shea (Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom, Hudson Institute); Mr. Jacob McGee (Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, U.S. Department of State); Bishop Wilfred Anagbe (Bishop of Makurdi Diocese, Nigeria, Roman Catholic Church); Ms. Oge Onubogu (Director and Senior Fellow, Africa Program, Center for Strategic & International Studies)

12:00 PM ET · HearingRescheduled

Improving Outcomes for Disabled Veterans: Oversight of VA’s Medical Disability Examination Office

Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs (House Veterans' Affairs Committee) · 360 Cannon House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Ms. Elizabeth Curda (Director of Education, Workforce, and Income Security, Government Accountability Office); Ms. Mary Glenn (Deputy Executive Director, Medical Disability Examination Office); Ms. Tara Flores (Director, Acquisition Service, Office of Acquisition, Logistics and Construction, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

Democracy in Peril: the Fight for Free Elections in Honduras

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

Witnesses: Mr. Enrique Roig (Vice President of External Affairs, Human Rights First); Ms. Deborah Ullmer (Regional Director, Latin America and the Caribbean Programs, National Democratic Institute (NDI)); Carlos Trujillo (Former U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS))