Congressional Hearings on Thursday, March 5, 2026

9:30 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the American small drone industrial base.

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

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the nominations of Arvind Raman, of Indiana, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology, and Matthew Anderson, of Colorado, to be Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

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

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the nominations of Frank Garcia, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, Lee Lipton, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines, Asel Roberts, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Slovenia, Troy Edgar, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador, and Jared Novelly, of Missouri, to be Ambassador to New Zealand, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Independent State of Samoa, the Cook Islands, and Niue, all of the Department of State.

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

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine transforming health care with data, focusing on improving patient outcomes through next-generation care.

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

10:15 AM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider S.3798, to amend title 18, United States Code, to establish criminal offenses with respect to violations involving ATMs, regardless of whether the ATM is located on the physical premises of a financial institution, and the nominations of Robert Cekada, of Florida, to be Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Andrew B. Davis, and Christopher R. Wolfe, both to be a United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas, Anna St. John, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, John Thomas Shepherd, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, Robert Rotter, to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of Iowa, Daniel Satterlee, to be United States Marshal for the District of South Dakota, David St. Pierre, to be United States Marshal for the District of Maine, Melissa Holyoak, to be United States Attorney for the District of Utah, and Phillip Williams, Jr., to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, all of the Department of Justice.

Senate Judiciary Committee · 216 Hart Senate Office Building · Notice

Bill: S. 3798

9:00 AM ET · MarkupRescheduled

H.R. 7640, the Shut Down Sanctuary Policies Act

House Judiciary Committee · 2141 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Hearing – Inspectors General for the Department of Transportation and the Department of Housing and Urban Development

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (House Appropriations Committee) · 2358-A Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Mitch Behm (Deputy Inspector General, Department of Transportation); Mr. Brian Harrison (Acting Inspector General, Department of Housing and Urban Development)

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

U.S. Defense Strategy and Posture

House Armed Services Committee · 2118 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witness: Elbridge Colby (Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Department of Defense)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Fighting Fraud on the Front Lines: Challenges and Opportunities for Financial Institutions

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

Witnesses: Mr. Patrick McDade (Senior Vice President for Fraud and Technology Risk Management, EverBank); Ms. Kate McKune (General Counsel, Park Community Credit Union); Mr. Joseph Schuster (Partner, Ballard Spahr LLP); Mr. Adam Rust (Director of Financial Services, Consumer Federation of America); Mrs. Gay Dempsey (Chief Executive Officer, Bank of Lincoln County)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Advancing National Security through Public Diplomacy

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

Witness: Sarah Rogers (Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy, U.S. Department of State)

10:00 AM ET · Markup

Full Committee Markup of Nine Bills

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

Bills: H.R. 2657, H.R. 3149, H.R. 6291, H.R. 7035, H.R. 7257, H.R. 7258 and 5 more

10:00 AM ET · Markup

Full Committee Markup of: • H.R. 41 (Rep. Begich), “Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act” • H.R. 301 (Rep. Maloy), “Geothermal Energy Opportunity Act” or the “GEO Act” • H.R. 398 (Rep. Ocasio-Cortez), “Geothermal Cost-Recovery Authority Act of 2025” • H.R. 1077 (Rep. Lee of NV), “Streamlining Thermal Energy through Advanced Mechanisms Act” or the “STEAM Act” • H.R. 2252 (Rep. Fedorchak), “North Dakota Trust Lands Completion Act of 2025” • H.R. 2709 (Rep. Fong), “Save Our Sequoias Act” • H.R. 2768 (Rep. Fleischmann), “Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act of 2025” • H.R. 3553 (Rep. Min), “Building Resiliency and Understanding of Shrublands to Halt Fires Act” or the “BRUSH Fires Act” • H.R. 3831 (Rep. Webster), “Florida Safe Seas Act of 2025” • H.R. 4684 (Rep. Kennedy of UT), “Star-Spangled Summit Act of 2025” • H.R. 5576 (Rep. Fulcher), “Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act” • H.R. 5587 (Rep. Kim), “Harnessing Energy At Thermal Sources Act” or the “HEATS Act” • H.R. 5617 (Rep. Ansari), “Geothermal Gold Book Development Act” • H.R. 5631 (Rep. Hurd), “Geothermal Ombudsman for National Deployment and Optimal Reviews Act” • H.R. 5638 (Rep. Kennedy of UT), “Geothermal Royalty Reform Act” • H.R. 5682 (Rep. Issa), To take certain land in the State of California into trust for the benefit of the Pechanga Band of Indians, and for other purposes.

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

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Work & Welfare Subcommittee Hearing on Reclaiming “Forgotten” Fraudulent Pandemic Unemployment Funds Frozen by Banks

Work and Welfare (House Ways and Means Committee) · 2020 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Ms. Linda Miller (President, Program Integrity Alliance); Mr. Dan Williams (Founder, Origin Payments); Michele Evermore (Senior Fellow, National Academy of Social Insurance); Anthony D’Esposito (Inspector General, U.S. Department of Labor)

10:15 AM ET · Markup

H.R. 7720, the "Child Care Payment Integrity and Fraud Accountability Act"; H.R. 7721, the "Combating Regulatory Abuse, Closing Known Deficiencies, and Overseeing Waste Nationwide (CRACKDOWN) Act"; H.R. 7722, the "Child Care Integrity Monitoring Act"; H.R. 7723, the "Safeguarding Taxpayer Dollars in Child Care Act"; H.R. 7724, the "No Waivers for Fraud Act"; H.R. 7725, the "Stop Child Care Fraud Act"; H.R. 7677, the "Closing the Provider Fraud Gap Act"; H.R. 7726, the "No Funds for Repeat Child Care Violations Act"

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

Bills: H.R. 7677, H.R. 7720, H.R. 7721, H.R. 7722, H.R. 7723, H.R. 7724 and 2 more

10:15 AM ET · Hearing

Hidden Wounds: Effectively Supporting Veterans with TBI

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

Witnesses: Dr. Rachel McArdle (Deputy Executive Director, Rehabilitation and Prosthetic Services, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs); Dr. Joel Scholten (Executive Director, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs); Mr. Al Johnson (Army Veteran, Flight Surgeon); Mr. Buster Miscusi (Marine Corps Veteran, Graduate of Operation Mend); Dr. Russell Gore, MD (Chief Medical Officer, Avalon Action Alliance)

10:30 AM ET · Hearing

Member Day

Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (House Appropriations Committee) · 2358-C Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Morgan Luttrell (Member of Congress); Laura Gillen (Member of Congress); Christopher Smith (Member of Congress); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Member of Congress); Chuck Edwards (Member of Congress); Sylvia Garcia (Member of Congress)

1:00 PM ET · Hearing

Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies — Member Day

Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies (House Appropriations Committee) · 2008 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Aumua Amata Radewagen (Member of Congress); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Member of Congress); Dina Titus (Member of Congress)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

The Role of Self-Regulatory Organizations in U.S. Markets: Examining FINRA and the MSRB

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

Witnesses: Mr. Onnig Dombalagian (Professor of Law, Tulane University School of Law); Mr. Mike Nicholas (Chief Executive Officer, Bond Dealers of America); Ms. Valerie Mirko (Partner & Leader of Securities Regulation and Litigation, Armstrong Teasdale LLP); Ms. Jennifer Shaw (Executive Director, Public Investors Advocate Bar Association)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

Merit, Accountability, and Performance at State: Evaluating Promotion and Placement

Middle East and North Africa (House Foreign Affairs Committee) · 2200 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witness: Ms. Sarah McKemey (Senior Bureau Official, Bureau of Human Resources, U.S. Department of State)