Congressional Hearings on Tuesday, March 17, 2026

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the World Radiocommunication Conference 2027, focusing on strategy and challenges ahead of Shanghai.

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

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine S.1034, to establish the Southwestern Power Administration Fund, S.1242, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry out watershed pilots, S.2437 and H.R.3857, bills to amend the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Authorization Act, S.2753, to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to authorize certain extraordinary operation and maintenance work for urban canals of concern, S.3409, to reaffirm that the Bureau of Reclamation retains exclusive ownership, operational control, and financial responsibility for the Lower Yellowstone Fish Bypass Channel, ensuring long-term conservation of the endangered pallid sturgeon and other native aquatic species in the Yellowstone River while protecting the Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project and District from undue financial and operational burdens, S.3500, to amend the Federal Power Act to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to annually submit to Congress a report on the status of ongoing hydropower relicensing applications, S.3518, to amend the Federal Power Act to address certain alterations in, and the maintenance and repair of, project works, to provide for the licensing of micro hydrokinetic energy projects, S.3635, to reauthorize the Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System Act of 2000, S.3684, to amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to reauthorize water power research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities, S.3693, to extend the authorization for a large-scale water recycling and reuse grant program, S.3723, to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of constructing a project to supply municipal, rural, and industrial water from the Missouri River to the Western Dakota Regional Water System, S.3725, to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of constructing a project to supply municipal, rural, and industrial water to expand the capacity and reach of the Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, Inc. (doing business as "Lewis & Clark Regional Water System"), in the States of Iowa, Minnesota, and South Dakota, S.3732, to amend the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act to authorize assistance under the storage program, S.3736, to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of constructing a project to supply municipal, rural, and industrial water to the Dakota Mainstem Regional Water System service area in the States of South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, and Minnesota, S.3737, to amend the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 to provide financial and technical assistance to eligible entities for the conduct of innovative approaches to voluntary water partnership agreements among multiple water users and projects conducted by individual agricultural entities, S.3738, to amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to reauthorize the large-scale water recycling and reuse program, to establish a Water Conveyance Improvement Program, S.3743, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a feasibility study on a selective water withdrawal system at Glen Canyon Dam, S.3792, to provide for the establishment of a Water Project Navigators Program, S.4040, to amend Public Law 89-108 to modify the authorization of appropriations for State and Tribal, municipal, rural, and industrial water supplies, and S.4041, to reauthorize the Cooperative Watershed Management Program.

Water and Power (Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee) · 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

Bills: H.R. 3857, S. 1034, S. 1242, S. 2437, S. 2753, S. 3409 and 15 more

9:00 AM ET · Hearing

Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies – American Indian and Alaska Native Public Witness (Day 1, Morning Session)

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

Witnesses: Darrell Seki (Chairman, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians); Grant Johnson (Tribal Council President, Prairie Island Indian Community); Winnay Wemigwase (Chairperson, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians); Whitney Gravelle (President, Bay Mills Indian Community/Board Member, Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority); Ashton Picard (Vice-Chairman, Nez Perce Tribe); Chief Allan (Chairman, Coeur d’Alene Tribe); Audrey Lee (Principal Chief, Sac and Fox Nation); Brian Harris (Chief, Catawba Nation); Kristina Andrew (Third Chief, Curyung Tribal Council); Stephen Lewis (Governor, Gila River Indian Community); and 14 more

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

U.S. Military Posture and National Security Challenges in North and South America

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

Witnesses: General Francis Donovan (Commander, U.S. Southern Command); Mr. Joseph Humire (Performing the Duties of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Americas Security Affairs, Office of the Secretary of Defense); General Gregory Guillot (Commander, U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Updating America’s Financial Privacy Framework for the 21st Century

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

Witnesses: Ms. Clara Kim (Senior Vice President, Bank Policy Institute); Mr. Jordan Crenshaw (Senior Vice President, Technology Engagement Center, U.S. Chamber of Commerce); Ms. Laura MacCleery (Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy, UnidosUS); Mr. Nathan Taylor (Partner, Morrison Foster); Mr. Steve Boms (Executive Director, Financial Data and Technology Association)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Reforming America’s Defense Sales

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

Witnesses: Michael Duffy (Under Secretary of War for Acquisition and Sustainment, U.S. Department of War); Mr. Michael Miller (Director, Defense Security Cooperation Agency); Mr. Stanley Brown (Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, U.S. Department of State); Michael Duffey (Under Secretary of War for Acquisition and Sustainment, U.S. Department of War); Mr. Fleet White (Senior Bureau Official, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, U.S. Department of State); Mr. Stanley Brown (Senior Bureau Official, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, U.S. Department of State)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Winter Storm Fern Lessons: Supplying Reliable Power to Meet Peak Demand

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

Witnesses: Mr. Michael Goggin (Executive Vice President, Grid Strategies LLC); Mr. James Robb (President and CEO, North American Electric Reliability Corporation); Mr. Brett Mattison (President and COO, Southwestern Electric Power Company); Mr. Jose Costa (President and CEO, Northeast Gas Association)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

“Pier Pressure: Regulation and Competition in Maritime Shipping”

The Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust (House Judiciary Committee) · 2141 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Dr. Diana Moss (Vice President and Director of Competition Policy, Progressive Policy Institute); Mr. Tony Rice (Senior Director of Trade Policy, National Milk Producers Federation); Mr. Richard Sicotte (Professor of Economics, University of Vermont); Ms. Erika Douglas (Associate Professor of Law, Temple University)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

"Force Design or Force in Decline: Reviewing Readiness"

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

Witness: Admiral Thomas Allan Jr. (Vice Commandant, United States Coast Guard)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Advancing America’s Interests at the World Trade Organization’s 14th Ministerial Conference

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

Witnesses: Mr. Stephen Ezell (Vice President of Global Innovation Policy, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation); Mr. Bruce Hirsh (Founder, Tailwind Global Strategies LLC); Mr. Peter Bachmann (President and CEO, USA Rice Federation); Ms. Kelly Ann Shaw (Partner, Akin)

10:15 AM ET · Hearing

Budget Hearing – United States Capitol Police

Legislative Branch (House Appropriations Committee) · 2362-B Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witness: Mr. Michael Sullivan (Chief, United States Capitol Police)

10:15 AM ET · HearingPostponed

The Congressional Budget Office's Budget and Economic Outlook

House Budget Committee · 210 Cannon House Office Building · Notice

Witness: Phillip Swagel (Director, Congressional Budget Office)

10:15 AM ET · Markup

H.R. 7894, the "Truman Scholarship Clean House Act"; H.R. 7661, the "Stop the Sexualization of Children Act"; H.R. 7890, the "Science of Reading Act of 2026"; H.R. 7892, the "No Aid for Ghost Students Act of 2026"; H.R. 7891, the "Student Aid Fraud Oversight and Accountability Act of 2026"; H.R. 7893, the "FAFSA Verification Efficiency Act"; H.R. 6084, the "ERISA Litigation Reform Act"

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

10:30 AM ET · Hearing

Oversight Hearing – National Institutes of Health

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

Witness: Dr. Jay Bhattacharya (Director, National Institutes of Health)

11:30 AM ET · Hearing

Member Day

Legislative Branch (House Appropriations Committee) · 2362-B Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Rashida Tlaib (U.S. House of Representatives); Mr. James Burd (President & CEO, Preservation Technologies, L.P.); Ms. Lorelei Kelly (Principal, Public Good Group); Ms. Anne Meeker (Managing Director, POPVOX Foundation); Mr. Fritz Mulhauser; Dr. Haiman Wong; Ms. Danielle Stewart (Advisor for Congressional Initiatives, POPVOX Foundation); Ms. Aubrey Wilson (Director of Government Innovation and Global Initiatives, POPVOX Foundation); Mr. Omar Awan (Founder, HillClimbers.org); Mr. Kel McClanahan (Executive Director, National Security Counselors); and 10 more

1:00 PM ET · Hearing

Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies – American Indian and Alaska Native Public Witness (Day 1, Afternoon Session)

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

Witnesses: Reggie Wassana (Governor, Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes); Charles Riley (Governor, Pueblo of Acoma); Verlon Jose (Chairman, The Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona); Abigail Echo-Hawk (Director, Urban Indian Health Institute); Aaron Hines (Chair, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board); Laurie Harper (President, Tribal Education Departments National Assembly (TEDNA)); Aurene Martin (Secretary, National Indian Child Welfare Association); James Naranjo (Governor, Pueblo of Santa Clara); Conrad Jacket (Board Member, Albuquerque Area Indian Health Board, Inc.); Esther Lucero (President and Chief Executive Officer, Seattle Indian Health Board); and 11 more

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

Budget Hearing – U.S. House of Representatives

Legislative Branch (House Appropriations Committee) · H-140 Capitol · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Matthew Berry (General Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives); Ms. Christen Stevenson (Inspector General, U.S. House of Representatives); Mr. Brian Lindsey (Law Revision Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives); Kevin McCumber (Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives); William McFarland (Sergeant at Arms, U.S. House of Representatives); Anne Dressendorfer Binsted (Acting Chief Administrative Officer, U.S. House of Representatives); Mr. Warren Burke (Legislative Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Foreign Assistance: Lessons Learned and Charting a Path Forward

Oversight and Intelligence (House Foreign Affairs Committee) · 2172 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Ms. Latesha Love-Grayer (Director, International Affairs and Trade, Government Accountability Office); Mr. John Sapko (Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction); Mr. Joseph Windrem (Former Director for the Lessons Learned Program, Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction); Mr. Adam Kaplan (Deputy Inspector General, Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Agency for International Development)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

“Oversight of the U.S. Postal Service: The Financial Future Under Postmaster General Steiner”

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

Witnesses: Mr. David Marroni (Director / Physical Infrastructure, U.S. Government Accountability Office); David Steiner (Postmaster General, U.S. Postal Service)

2:00 PM ET · HearingRescheduled

“DeepSeek and Unitree Robotics: Examining the National Security Risks of PRC Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Autonomous Technologies and Building a Secure U.S. Technology Base”

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

Witnesses: Rush Doshi, PhD (C.V. Starr Fellow for Asia Studies and Director, China Strategy Initiative, Council on Foreign Relations); Mr. Michael Robbins (President & CEO, Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI)); Mr. Max Fenkell (Global Head of Policy and Government Relations, Scale AI); Mr. Matthew Malchano (Vice President of Software, Boston Dynamics)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

Protecting Patients and Safeguarding Taxpayer Dollars: The Role of CMS in Combatting Medicare and Medicaid Fraud

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

Witness: Ms. Kimberly Brandt (Deputy Administrator and Chief Operating Officer, U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)

3:30 PM ET · Hearing

FY27 Strategic Forces Posture Hearing

Strategic Forces (House Armed Services Committee) · 2212 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: General Stephen Whiting (Commander, U.S. Space Command); General Gregory Guillot (Commander, U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command); Admiral Richard Correll (Commander, U.S. Strategic Command); Marc Berkowitz (Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy, Office of the Secretary of Defense); Robert Kadlec (Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Deterrence, Chemical, and Biological Defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense)