Congressional Hearings on Tuesday, January 13, 2026

9:30 AM ET · Meeting

To receive a closed briefing on Operation Absolute Resolve.

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

2:30 PM ET · Meeting

To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters.

Senate Intelligence Committee · 219 Hart Senate Office Building · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Delivering for American Consumers: A Review of FinTech Innovations and Regulations

Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence (House Financial Services Committee) · 2128 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Ms. Jodie Kelley (Chief Executive Officer, Electronic Transactions Association); Mr. Kevin Lefton (Global General Counsel, Stream); Mr. Ram Palaniappan (Founder and Chief Executive Officer, EarnIn); Mr. Todd Zywicki (Law Professor, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School); Ms. Delicia Reynolds Hand (Senior Director, Digital Marketplace, Consumer Reports)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

“Defense through Offense: Examining U.S. Cyber Capabilities to Deter and Disrupt Malign Foreign Activity Targeting the Homeland”

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection (House Homeland Security Committee) · 310 Cannon House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Ms. Emily Harding (Vice President, Defense and Security Department, Center for Strategic and International Studies); Mr. Drew Bagley (Chief Privacy Officer, Crowdstrike); Mr. Joe Lin (Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Twenty Technologies, Inc.); Mr. Frank Cilluffo (Director, McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security)

10:00 AM ET · Markup

H.R. 2853, the Combatting Organized Retail Crime Act; H.R. 6998, the Renewed Hope Act; H.R. 1958, the Deporting Fraudsters Act of 2025; H.R. 6978, the Preserving Integrity in Immigration Benefits Act; H.R. 7015, the Protecting Third Party Litigation Funding From Abuse Act; H.R. 1028, the Protection of Women in Olympic and Amateur Sports Act; and H. J. Res. 139, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring a balanced budget for the Federal Government

House Judiciary Committee · 2141 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Bills: H.R. 1028, H.R. 1958, H.R. 2853, H.R. 6978, H.R. 6998, H.R. 7015

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

"Drugs, Thugs, and Fish: Examining Coast Guard Law Enforcement Efforts."

Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation (House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee) · 2167 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Heather MacLeod (Director, Homeland Security Programs, United States Government Accountability Office); Vice Admiral David Barata (Deputy for Operations Policy and Capabilities, United States Coast Guard)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

From Orbit to Operations: How Weather Satellites Support the National Security Mission

Environment (House Science, Space, and Technology Committee) · 2318 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Ms. Irene Parker (Deputy Assistant Administrator for Systems, NOAA's National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS)); Colonel Bryan Mundhenk (Chief, Weather Operations Division, United States Air Force); Dr. Christopher Ekstrom (Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare (N2N6); Deputy Director, Oceanography & Navigation, United States Navy)

10:15 AM ET · Hearing

"Who's Watching the Kids? How Employers, Innovators, and Parents are Solving America's Child Care Crunch"

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

Witnesses: Ms. Alex Grover (CEO, i2M); Ms. Amy Matsui (Vice President for Child Care & Income Security, National Women's Law Center); Ms. Mary Lou Burke Afonso (COO, Bright Horizons); Mr. Haden Polseno-Hensley (President and Co-Founder, Red Rooster Coffee Company, LLC)

10:15 AM ET · HearingRescheduled

“Protecting America’s Energy Infrastructure in Today’s Cyber and Physical Threat Landscape.”

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

Witnesses: Rebecca O'Neil (Research Principal, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory); Alex Fitzsimmons (Acting Undersecretary of Energy and Director of the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response,, U.S. Department of Energy); Adrienne Lotto (Senior Vice President of Grid Security, Technical and Operations Services,, American Public Power Association); Dr. Nathaniel Melby (Vice President and Chief Information Officer,, Dairyland Power); Scott Aaronson (Senior Vice President, Energy Security and Industry Operations, Edison Electric Institute)

10:15 AM ET · Hearing

Legislative Hearing on the following bill: • H.R. 5745 (Rep. Ezell), “Marine Fisheries Habitat Protection Act”

Energy and Mineral Resources (House Natural Resources Committee) · 1324 Longworth House Office Building · Notice

Bill: H.R. 5745

Witnesses: Dr. Greg Stunz (Senior Executive Director, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi); Mr. Chris Horton (Senior Director, Fisheries Policy, Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation); Mr. Ryan Montegut (Assistant Secretary of Fisheries, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries); Mike Ezell (Member of Congress); Ms. Megan Biven (Founder, True Transition); Mr. Bryan Domangue (Gulf of America Regional Director, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

“Curbing Federal Fraud: Examining Innovative Tools to Detect and Prevent Fraud in Federal Programs”

Government Operations (House Oversight and Government Reform Committee) · HVC-210 U.S. Capitol · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Sterling Thomas (Chief Scientist, U.S. Government Accountability Office); Ms. Renata Miskell (Deputy Assistant Secretary for Accounting Policy & Financial Transparency, U.S. Department of the Treasury); Mr. Ken Dieffenbach (Executive Director, Pandemic Response Accountability Committee)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

Examining Legislative Options to Strengthen Motor Vehicle Safety, Ensure Consumer Choice and Affordability, and Cement U.S. Automotive Leadership.

Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade (House Energy and Commerce Committee) · 2175 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Ms. Hilary Cain (Senior Vice President, Alliance for Automotive Innovation); Mr. Bill Hanvey (CEO, Auto Care Association); Mr. Finch Fulton (Government Affairs Advisor, K&L Gates); Mr. Michael Brooks (Executive Director, Center for Auto Safety)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

"Hunting and Fishing Access in the Great American Outdoors"

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

Witnesses: Brian Nesvik (Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of the Interior); Mr. Jason Tharpe (Chief Executive Officer, Delta Waterfowl); Mr. Chris Butler (President, Butler Marine); Mr. Ryan Callaghan (President and Chief Executive Officer, Backcountry Hunter & Anglers); Mr. Paul Johansen (Chief, Wildlife Resources Section, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources)

2:00 PM ET · Meeting

H.R. 7006 – Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026

House Rules Committee · H-313 Capitol · Notice

Bill: H.R. 7006

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

Maintaining American Innovation and Technology Leadership

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

Witnesses: Mr. Nigel Cory (Director, Crowell Global Advisors); Andrei Iancu (Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell); Mr. Anissa Brennan (Senior Vice President of Global Policy and Federal Affairs, Motion Picture Association); Mr. Dan Mauer (Government Affairs Director, Communications Workers of America)

2:15 PM ET · Hearing

Legislative Hearing on: Discussion Draft: the “BEACON Act”; H.R.6444, the “Blast Overpressure Research and Mitigation Task Force Act”; H.R.6526, the “Clarity on Care Options Act”; Discussion Draft: the “Data Driven Suicide Prevention Act”; H.R. 2283, the “RECOVER Act”; Discussion Draft: the “Health Desert Reform Act”; H.R. 2426, the “Veterans Mental Health and Addiction Therapy Quality of Care Act”; H.R 6652: the “US Vets of the FAS Act”; H.R. 4509, the “NOPAIN for Veterans Act”; H.R. 5999, To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish an opioid antagonist to a veteran without requiring a prescription or copayment; H.R. 6001, the “Veterans with ALS Reporting Act”; Discussion Draft: the “Whole Health for Veterans Act.”

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

Witnesses: Dr. Maria Llorente (Acting Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Integrated Veteran Care, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs); Ms. K. Smith (Deputy Chief, Military & Veterans Policy, American Psychological Associatio); Dr. Mark Koeniger (Acting Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Patient Care Services, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs); Charles Paul (Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Republic of the Marshall Islands); Ms. Elizabeth McCoy (Associate Director of Government Affairs, Wounded Warrior Project); Mr. James Whaley (Chief Executive Officer, Mission Roll Call)