Congressional Hearings on Tuesday, February 3, 2026

9:30 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine strategic competition in an unconstrained, post-New START Treaty environment.

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

9:45 AM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider S.71, to require Amtrak to install baby changing tables in bathrooms on passenger rail cars, S.1898, to establish a demonstration program for the active remediation of orbital debris and to require the development of uniform orbital debris standard practices in order to support a safe and sustainable orbital environment, S.2585, to modernize and improve the Broadband Funding Map in order to promote the most efficient use of Federal funds for broadband deployment, S.3199, to establish a multi-stakeholder advisory committee tasked with providing detailed recommendations to address challenges to transmitting geolocation information with calls to the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, S.3266, to support the athletic programs of the United States Merchant Marine Academy, S.3468, to establish a national programmable cloud laboratories network to enhance research efficiency, innovation, and collaboration, S.3639, to expedite processing of satellite and space licenses, S.3700, to establish an expert review panel to make recommendations for a comprehensive agency-wide safety management system at the FAA, and the nominations of Daniel Edwards, of North Carolina, to be an Assistant Secretary, and Ryan McCormack, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Policy, both of the Department of Transportation, Steven Haines, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, Robert Harvey, of Florida, to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner, and John DeLeeuw, of Texas, to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board.

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

Bills: S. 1898, S. 2585, S. 3199, S. 3266, S. 3468, S. 3639 and 2 more

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine modernizing the National Institutes of Health, focusing on faster discoveries and more cures.

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

10:15 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine hidden facts regarding Nazis and Swiss banks.

Senate Judiciary Committee · 216 Hart Senate Office Building · Notice

2:30 PM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine countering terrorism in North Africa, focusing on opportunities and challenges.

Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism (Senate Foreign Relations Committee) · 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

2:30 PM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the competitive impact of the proposed Netflix-Warner Brothers transaction.

Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights (Senate Judiciary Committee) · 226 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

U.S. Policy Toward Lebanon: Obstacles to Dismantling Hezbollah’s Grip on Power

Middle East and North Africa (House Foreign Affairs Committee) · 2172 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Ms. Hanin Ghaddar (Friedmann Senior Fellow, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy); Ms. Dana Stroul (Director of Research, Shelly and Michael Kassen Senior Fellow, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy); David Schenker (Taube Senior Fellow, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

“Frontline Defenders: How the Coast Guard’s Deployable Specialized Forces Combat Narcoterrorists and other Maritime Threats on the High Seas”

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

Witnesses: Rear Admiral Upper Half David Barata (Deputy Commandant for Operations Policy and Capabilities, U.S. Coast Guard); Ms. Heather MacLeod (Director, Homeland Security & Justice Issues, U.S. Government Accountability Office)

10:00 AM ET · Markup

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.J.Res. 139, H.R. 1028

10:15 AM ET · Hearing

“Building an AI-Ready America: Adopting AI at Work”

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

Witnesses: Ms. Revana Sharfuddin (Research Fellow, Mercatus Center at George Mason University); Mr. David Walton (Partner, Founder and Co-Chair of AI, Data, and Analytics Group, Fisher Phillips); Mr. Bradford Kelley (Shareholder, Littler Mendelson P.C.); Ms. Tanya Goldman (Fellow, Workshop)

10:15 AM ET · Hearing

“Oversight of FERC: Advancing Affordable and Reliable Energy for All Americans.”

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

Witnesses: Lindsay See (Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission); Judy Chang (Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission); David Rosner (Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission); Laura Swett (Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission); David LaCerte (Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)

10:15 AM ET · Hearing

Oversight Hearing titled: “Fix Our Forests: The Need for Urgent Action One Year After the L.A. Wildfires”

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

Witnesses: Steven Crowder (Mayor, Town of Paradise); Mr. John Mills (CEO and Co-founder, Watch Duty); Dr. David Calkin (Principal, Calkin Wildfire Consulting LLC); Mr. Robert Gordon (Senior Vice President, Policy, Research & International, American Property Casualty Insurance Association)

10:15 AM ET · Hearing

Legislative Hearing on: H.R. 1004, Love Lives on Act of 2025; H.R. 1685, Justice for ALS Veterans of 2025; H.R. 2164, Dayton National Cemetery Expansion Act of 2025; H.R. 6698, Board of Veterans Appeals Annual Report Transparency Act of 2025; H.R. 6943, Veterans Burial Allowance and Reimbursement Act of 2026; Discussion Draft, National Cemetery Administration Annual Report Act of 2026; H.R. 4469, PRESUME Act; H.R. 5723, FRAUD in VA Disability Exam Act; H.R. 5339, Susan E. Lukas 9/11 Servicemember Fairness Act

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

Witnesses: Mr. James McCormick (Executive Director, Vietnam Veterans of America); Mr. Paul Shipley (National Commander, AMVETS); Ms. Nancy Springer (Associate Director, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States); Ms. Jennifer Bover (Executive Director, Veterans Benefits Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs); Mr. Glenn Powers (Deputy Under Secretary, Field Programs and Cemetery Operations, National Cemetery Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs); Mrs. Tanya Wilson-Thomas (Surviving Spouse and Former Caregiver, Gold Star Wives of America); Mr. James Smith II (Deputy Executive Director, Policy and Procedures for Compensation Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)

10:30 AM ET · Hearing

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Inspector General

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies (House Appropriations Committee) · 2362-A Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. John Walk (Inspector General, U.S. Department of Agriculture); Ms. Nicole Gardner (Assistant Inspector General for Investigations, U.S. Department of Agriculture); Ms. Yarisis Rivera-Rojas (Acting Assistant Inspector General for Audit, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

10:30 AM ET · Hearing

Common Schemes, Real Harm: Examining Fraud in Medicare and Medicaid

Oversight and Investigations (House Energy and Commerce Committee) · 2360 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Ms. Jessica Gay, CPC, AHFI, CFE (Vice President and Co-Founder, Integrity Advantage); Mr. Stephen Nuckolls (Chief Executive Officer, Coastal Carolina Health Care, P.A. and Treasurer and former Board Chair, National Association of Accountable Care Organizations); Ms. Jessica Tillipman, J.D. (Government Contracts Advisory Council Distinguished Professorial Lecturer in Government Contracts Law, Practice & Policy, George Washington University Law School); Ms. Kaye Lynn Wootton, J.D. (President, National Association of State Medicaid Fraud Control Units)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

Oversight Hearing on: “Making Federal Economic Development Programs Work in Indian Country”

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

Witnesses: Hope Silvas (Chairwoman, Shivwits Band of Paiutes); Rodney Butler (Chairman, Native American Finance Officers Association); Mr. Derrick Watchman (Chairman, National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development); Mr. Haven Harris (Co-Chair, Native American Contractors Association)