Congressional Hearings on Thursday, December 11, 2025

9:30 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the Administration's deployment of the National Guard across the United States.

Senate Armed Services Committee · G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Oversight hearings to examine the Federal Reserve's big bank welfare program, focusing on the IORB regime.

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

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the future of the U.S. organ procurement and transplantation network.

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

10:15 AM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider S.2132, to amend title 18, United States Code, to prevent and mitigate the potential for conflicts of interest following government service, and 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, Aaron Christian Peterson, to be United States District Judge for the District of Alaska, Andrew Benson, to be United States Attorney for the District of Maine, William Boyle, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Richard Price, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, Darin Smith, to be United States Attorney for the District of Wyoming.

Senate Judiciary Committee · 216 Hart Senate Office Building · Notice

Bill: S. 2132

10:30 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the nominations of Frank Weiland, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary (International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs), Jennifer Wicks McNamara, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Eric Meyer, of California, to be Ambassador to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, and Gregory LoGerfo, of Massachusetts, to be Coordinator for Counterterrorism, with the rank and status of Ambassador at Large, all of the Department of State.

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

11:00 AM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider S.Res.526, withholding the pay of Senators if a Government shutdown occurs.

Senate Rules and Administration Committee · 301 Russell Senate Office Building · Notice

Bill: S.Res. 526

9:00 AM ET · Hearing

"Oversight of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act"

House Judiciary Committee · 2141 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Brett Tolman (Executive Director, Right on Crime); Mr. James Czerniawski (Head of Emerging Technology Policy, Consumer Choice Center); Ms. Elizabeth Goitein (Senior Director, Liberty and National Security, Brennan Center); Mr. Gene Schaerr (General Counsel, Project for Privacy & Surveillance Accountability)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

"CFTC Reauthorization: Stakeholder Perspectives"

House Agriculture Committee · 1300 Longworth House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Dawn Stump (Former Commissioner, Commodity Futures Trading Commission); Mr. Edward Prosser (Senior Vice President, Special Projects, the Scoular Company and Member of the Board, Commodity Markets Council); Ms. Alicia Crighton (Managing Director, Global Co-head of Futures, and Head of OTC and Prime Clearing at Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Chair, Futures Industry Association); Mr. Rob Schwartz (Partner, Morgan Lewis & Bockius and Former General Counsel, Commodity Futures Trading Commission); Ms. Amanda Fischer (Policy Director & COO, Better Markets); Mr. Benjamin Schiffrin (Director of Securities Policy, Better Markets)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Right-Sizing the U.S. Bank Capital Framework: A Return to Tailoring, Economic Growth, and Competitiveness

Financial Institutions (House Financial Services Committee) · 2128 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Bills: H.R. 1761, H.R. 5616

Witnesses: Mrs. Margaret Tahyar (Head of Financial Institutions, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP); Mr. Andrew Olmem (Managing Partner and Co-Leader of the Financial Services Group, Mayer Brown); Mr. Mike Flood (Head of Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness, U.S. Chamber of Commerce); Mrs. Amanda Eversole (President and Chief Executive Officer, Financial Services Forum); Mr. Simon Johnson (Professor of Entrepreneurship, MIT Sloan School of Management)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Member Day

House Foreign Affairs Committee · 2172 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Nick LaLota (Member of Congress, New York, District 01); Chris Smith (Member of Congress, New Jersey, District 04); Lois Frankel (Member of Congress, Florida, District 22)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

“Worldwide Threats to the Homeland”

House Homeland Security Committee · 310 Cannon House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Kristi Noem (Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security); Joe Kent (Director, National Counterterrorism Center, Office of the Director of National Intelligence); Mr. Michael Glasheen (Operations Director, National Security Branch, Federal Bureau of Investigation)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Oversight Hearing on: "Modernizing the Implementation of 638 Contracting at the Indian Health Service"

Indian and Insular Affairs (House Natural Resources Committee) · 1324 Longworth House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Chuck Hoskin (Principal Chief, Cherokee Nation); Mr. Jay Spaan (Executive Director, Self-Governance Communication & Education Tribal Consortium (SGCETC)); Mr. Benjamin Smith (Deputy Director, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services); Greg Abrahamson (Chairman, Spokane Tribe of Indians); Victoria Kitcheyan (Council Member, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

"Cutting Costs, Adding Value: The Future of Federal Property"

Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management (House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee) · 2167 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Andrew Heller (Acting Public Buildings Service Commissioner, General Services Administration); Ms. Heather Krause (Managing Director, Physical Infrastructure, Government Accountability Office); Michael Capuano (Member, Public Buildings Reform Board)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Trojan Horse: China's Auto Threat to America

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

Witnesses: Ms. Elaine Dezenski (Senior Director and Head of the Center on Economic and Financial Power, Foundation for Defense of Democracies); Mr. Peter Ludwig (Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Applied Intuition); Charles Parton OBE (Honorary Fellow at the Council on Geostrategy, Senior Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute)

10:15 AM ET · Markup

H.R. 6392, the "Home School Graduation Recognition Act"; H.R. 6472, A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for in-state tuition rates for certain residents of Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and the United States Virgin Islands, and for other purposes; H.R. 6498, the "Student Financial Clarity Act of 2025"; H.R. 6502, the "College Financial Aid Clarity Act of 2025"

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

Bills: H.R. 6392, H.R. 6472, H.R. 6498, H.R. 6502

10:15 AM ET · Markup

Markup of 18 Bills

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 12 more

12:30 PM ET · HearingRescheduled

Stopping the Bloodshed: U.S. Response to Crimes Against Humanity in Sudan

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

Witnesses: Vincent Spera (Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. Department of State); Mr. Ken Isaacs (Vice President, Programs and Government Relations, Samaritan's Purse); Ms. Nicole Widdersheim (Deputy Washington Director, Human Rights Watch); Mr. Tony Perkins (President of the Family Research Council (FRC), Former Chair, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom); Samuel Brownback (Former Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

Legislative hearing on: • H.R. 3924 (Rep. Neguse), “Wildfire Risk Evaluation Act” • H.R. 5095 (Rep. Patronis), “Housing Our Military Effectively For Readiness, Operations, and Neutralization of Threats Act of 2025” or the “HOMEFRONT Act of 2025” • H.R. 5419 (Rep. Kean), “Enhancing Administrative Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act” • H.R. 5729 (Rep. Crane), “North Rim Restoration Act of 2025” • H.R. 6365 (Rep. McGuire), “Wintergreen Emergency Egress Act” • H.R. 6380 (Rep. Ciscomani), “Chiricahua National Park Act” • Discussion Draft of H.R. ____ (Rep. Gottheimer), “American Products in Parks Act”.

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

Witnesses: Joe Neguse (Member of Congress); Juan Ciscomani (Member of Congress); Elijah Crane (Member of Congress); Thomas Kean (Member of Congress); John McGuire (Member of Congress); Jimmy Patronis (Member of Congress); Mr. John Dillon (Executive Director, Grand Canyon River Outfitters Association); Mr. Greg Hancock (Mayor, City of Willcox); Mr. Curtis Sheets (Chief, Wintergreen Fire & Rescue); Mr. Brad White (Chief, Grand Fire Protection District No. 1); and 2 more