Congressional Hearings on Tuesday, December 2, 2025

9:30 AM ET · Meeting

To receive a closed briefing on naval aviation mishaps.

Senate Armed Services Committee · 217 Capitol Visitor Center (Senate side) · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine America's communications networks.

Telecommunications and Media (Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee) · 253 Russell Senate Office Building · Notice

2:30 PM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine China's challenge to American AI leadership.

East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy (Senate Foreign Relations Committee) · 419 Dirksen 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 S.90, to prohibit the use of funds by the Secretary of the Interior to finalize and implement certain travel management plans in the State of Utah, S.91, to improve Federal activities relating to wildfires, S.140, to address the forest health crisis on the National Forest System and public lands, S.451, to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to eliminate an administrative fee, S.764, to provide for the designation of certain wilderness areas, recreation management areas, and conservation areas in the State of Colorado, S.790, to redesignate the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper, Wyoming, as the "Barbara L. Cubin National Historic Trails Interpretive Center", S.888, to designate certain land administered by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service in the State of Oregon as wilderness and national recreation areas, to withdraw certain land located in Curry County and Josephine County, Oregon, from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and operation under the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws, S.902, to require the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to establish a standard for the response time to wildfire incidents, S.945, to amend the Smith River National Recreation Area Act to include certain additions to the Smith River National Recreation Area, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain wild rivers in the State of Oregon, S.1005, to provide for conservation and economic development in the State of Nevada, S.1175, to amend section 6903 of title 31, United States Code, to provide for additional population tiers, S.1195, to promote conservation, improve public land management, and provide for sensible development in Pershing County, Nevada, S.1228, to amend the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 to modify the cost-sharing requirement for conservation projects carried out by a qualified youth or conservation corps, S.1319, to withdraw certain Federal land in the Pecos Watershed area of the State of New Mexico from mineral entry, S.1341, to amend the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 to add certain land to the Sarvis Creek Wilderness, S.1321, to amend the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to provide for the transfer of the Moab site to Grand County, Utah, S.1363, to provide for greater cooperation and coordination between the Federal Government and the governing bodies and community users of land grant-mercedes in New Mexico relating to historical or traditional uses of certain land grant-mercedes on Federal public land, S.1468, to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide that Alexander Creek, Incorporated, is recognized as a Village Corporation under that Act, S.1476, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the Gila River system in the State of New Mexico as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, to provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal land in the State of New Mexico, S.1737, to designate and expand wilderness areas in Olympic National Forest in the State of Washington, and to designate certain rivers in Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park as wild and scenic rivers, S.1860, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to Brian Head Town, Utah, certain National Forest System land, S.2016, to exchange non-Federal land held by the Chugach Alaska Corporation for certain Federal Land in the Chugach Region, S.2033, to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on existing programs, rules, and authorities that enable or inhibit wildfire mitigation across land ownership boundaries on Federal and non-Federal land, S.2042, to provide lasting protection for inventoried roadless areas within the National Forest System, S.2262, to amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to clarify the nature of public investment for purposes of certain rulemaking, and S.2273, to amend the Act of July 10, 1890, to modify certain provisions relating to the disposal of public land in the State of Wyoming for educational purposes.

Public Lands, Forests, and Mining (Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee) · 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

Bills: S. 1005, S. 1175, S. 1195, S. 1228, S. 1319, S. 1321 and 20 more

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Oversight of Prudential Regulators

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

Bill: H.R. 4936

Witnesses: Jonathan Gould (Comptroller, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency); Michelle Bowman (Vice Chair for Supervision, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System); Kyle Hauptman (Chairman, National Credit Union Association); Travis Hill (Acting Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)

10:00 AM ET · Markup

the Full Committee to consider the following: 1) H.R. 151, the Equal Representation Act; 2) H.R. 5750, the Ensuring a Qualified Civil Service Act of 2025; 3) H.R. 5749, the Official Time Reporting Act; 4) H.R. 5810, the Federal Supervisor Education Act of 2025; 5) H.R. 6330, Federal Relocation Payment Improvement Act; 6) H.R. 6329, Information Quality Assurance Act of 2025; 7) H.R. 3766, a bill to prohibit the District of Columbia from requiring tribunals in court or administrative proceedings in the District of Columbia to defer to the Mayor of the District of Columbia's interpretation of statutes and regulations, and for other purposes; 8) H.R. 5457, the Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act; 9) H.R. 5235, Skills-Based Federal Contracting Act; 10) H.R. 5578 Expanding Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act of 2025; 11) H.R. 143, Unauthorized Spending Accountability Act; 12) Several postal naming measures

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

Bills: H.R. 143, H.R. 1431, H.R. 1461, H.R. 151, H.R. 1706, H.R. 2175 and 21 more

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

“Main Street Under Attack: The Cost of Crime on Small Businesses.”

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

Witnesses: Mr. Hrag Kalebjian (Owner, Henry’s House of Coffee); Ms. Lisa Plaggemier (Executive Director, National Cybersecurity Alliance); Gregory Jackson (Former Deputy Director, White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention); Mr. Tom Wickham (Vice President and Managing Director of Government Affairs, U.S. Chamber of Commerce)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Lives at Stake: Holding Tax-Exempt Organ Procurement Organizations Accountable

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

Witnesses: Ms. Nyckolleta Martin (Whistleblower, Former OPO Employee); Ms. Jennifer Erickson (Senior Fellow for Organ Donation Policy, Federation of American Scientists); Dr. Emily Gee (Senior Vice President, Economic Policy; Senior Fellow, Health Policy, American Progress); Ms. Heather Knuckles (Family Member of Organ Donor)

10:15 AM ET · Hearing

"Pension Predators: Stopping Class Action Abuse Against Workers' Retirement"

Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions (House Education and Workforce Committee) · 2175 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Andrew Salek-Raham (Principal, Groom Law Group); Mr. William Rivera (Senior Vice President of Litigation, AARP Foundation); Mrs. Lynn Dudley (Senior Vice President, Global Retirement and Compensation Policy, American Benefits Council); Mr. Glenn Butash (Chair, ERIC Legal Center, The ERISA Industry Committee)

10:15 AM ET · Hearing

Legislative Solutions to Protect Children and Teens Online

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

Bills: H.R. 1623, H.R. 2657, H.R. 3149, H.R. 5360, H.R. 6253, H.R. 6257 and 7 more

Witnesses: Mr. Marc Berkman (CEO, Organization for Social Media Safety); Mr. Joel Thayer (President, Digital Progress Institute); Mr. Paul Lekas (Executive Vice President, Software & Information Industry Association); Ms. Kate Ruane (Director of the Free Expression Project, Center for Democracy & Technology)

10:15 AM ET · Hearing

Legislative hearing on five bills: • H.R. 4671 (Rep. Harder), “Ensuring Casualty Assistance for our Firefighters Act” • H.R. 4931 (Rep. Murphy of NC), “National Park System Long-Term Lease Investment Act” • H.R. 5063 (Rep. Kiggans), “Safe Beaches, Safe Swimmers Act” • H.R. 5103 (Rep. McGuire), “Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Act” • H.R. 5254 (Rep. Bell), “Gateway Partnership Act of 2025”

Federal Lands (House Natural Resources Committee) · 1324 Longworth House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Ms. Forlesia Cook; Mr. Ryan McClure (Executive Director, Gateway Arch Park Foundation); Mr. Robert MacLean (Director, Office of Law Enforcement and Security, U.S. Department of the Interior); Mr. Greggory Pemberton (Chairman, D.C. Police Union Lodge #2 of the Fraternal Order of Police); Mr. Robert Woodard (Chairman, Dare County Board of Commissioners); Ms. Denise Bowden (Mayor, Town of Chincoteague); Dr. Matthew Rahn (Director, The Wildfire Conservancy); Mr. Kenneth Spencer (Government Affairs Chief of Staff, United States Park Police Fraternal Order of Police)

10:30 AM ET · Hearing

“Securing America’s Energy Infrastructure: Addressing Cyber and Physical Threats to the Grid.”

Energy (House Energy and Commerce Committee) · 2141 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Sharla Artz (Security and Resilience Policy Area Vice President, Xcel Energy); Michael Ball (Senior Vice President and CEO, Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center, North American Electric Reliability Corporation); Tim Lindahl (President and CEO, Kenergy Corp); Zach Tudor (Associate Laboratory Director, National & Homeland Security, Idaho National Laboratory); Harry Krejsa (Director of Studies, Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy & Technology)

10:30 AM ET · Hearing

Strengthening the Workforce of Veterans in America

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

Witnesses: Mr. Greg Hamm (Vice President of Field and Government Recruiting, Werner Enterprise on behalf of the American Trucking Associations); Ms. Chantile Stovall (Acting Executive Director at Veteran Readiness and Employment Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs); Mr. Kenneth Smith (Executive Director at Education Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs); Mr. Jerome Grant (Chief Executive Officer, Universal Technical Institute Inc.); Mr. Gary LaBarbera Jr. (Teamsters Local 282 Business Agent, Helmets to Hardhats Teamsters Trade Advisor); Mr. Ying Vang (Human Resources Manager, ORC Industries); Mr. David Bostic (Service Development Manager, Aftermarket & Customer Support for Region 4, Deere & Company)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

Task Force on Monetary Policy, Treasury Market Resilience, and Economic Prosperity: Examining Primary Dealers and Their Balance Sheet

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

Witnesses: Ms. Susan McLaughlin (Executive Fellow, Yale School of Management); Mr. James Tabacchi (Chairman, Independent Dealers & Trading Association); Ms. Laura Klimpel (Managing Director, and Head of DTCC’s Fixed Income and Financing Solutions); Dr. Haoxiang Zhu (Gordon Y Billard Associate Professor of Management and Finance, MIT Sloan School of Management)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

Flashpoint: A Path Toward Stability in the Western Balkans

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

Witnesses: Mr. Edward Joseph (Lecturer & Senior Fellow, Merrill Center for Strategic Studies, Foreign Policy Institute, Johns Hopkins SAIS); Mr. Max Primorac (Senior Research Fellow, Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom, Heritage Foundation); Mr. Luke Coffey (Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia, Hudson Institute)