Congressional Hearings on Wednesday, April 15, 2026
28 committee meetings (16 House, 12 Senate): 14 other meetings, 13 hearings, and 1 markup.
Last updated · 3 sources
Senate (12)
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Hearings to examine restoration efforts in the Great Lakes Region, including S.528, to reauthorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee · 562 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice
Bill: S. 528
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Hearings to examine the IRS 2026 filing season and IRS operations.
Senate Finance Committee · 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice
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Business meeting to consider the nominations of Catherine Dillon, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary (Educational and Cultural Affairs), Ademola Adewale-Sadik, of New York, to be United States Director of the African Development Bank for a term of five years, Yeouk Kim, of Texas, to be Representative of the United States of America to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador, and routine lists in the Foreign Service all of the Department of State; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine reforming the UN, focusing on assessing U.S. efforts and priorities.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee · 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice
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Hearings to examine the Second Amendment.
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice
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An oversight hearing to examine the Federal Trade Commission.
Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · 253 Russell Senate Office Building · Notice
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Hearings to examine the nominations of Justin D. Smith, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, and Jeffrey M. Kuhlman, Anthony W. Mattivi, and Anthony J. Powell, each to be a United States District Judge for the District of Kansas.
Senate Judiciary Committee · G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice
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Joint hearings to examine preparations for the FIFA World Cup 2026.
Department of Homeland Security (Senate Appropriations Committee) · 138 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice
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Hearings to examine S.465, to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reform the interconnection queue process for the prioritization and approval of certain projects, S.1327, to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to establish a shared savings incentive to return a portion of the savings attributable to an investment in grid-enhancing technology to the developer of that grid-enhancing technology, S.3034, to amend the Federal Power Act to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to review regulations that may affect the reliable operation of the bulk-power system, S.3192, to require Transmission Organizations to allow aggregators of retail customers to submit to organized wholesale electric markets bids that aggregate demand flexibility of customers of certain utilities, S.3269, to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a technology assessment focused on liquid cooling systems for artificial intelligence compute clusters and high-performance computing facilities, S.3947, to amend the Federal Power Act to establish a categorical exclusion for reconductoring within existing rights-of-way.
Energy (Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee) · 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice
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Closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters.
Senate Intelligence Committee · 219 Hart Senate Office Building · Notice
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Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Congressional Budget Office, Government Publishing Office, and the Government Accountability Office.
Legislative Branch (Senate Appropriations Committee) · 138 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice
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Hearings to examine empowering seniors through financial literacy, focusing on tools to protect savings, prevent fraud, and promote independence.
Senate Aging Committee · 216 Hart Senate Office Building · Notice
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Hearings to examine programs for justice-involved veterans.
Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · 418 Russell Senate Office Building · Notice
House (16)
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Member Day
House Armed Services Committee · 2118 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice
Witnesses: Julie Johnson (Member of Congress); Dina Titus (Member of Congress); Sylvia Garcia (Member of Congress); Timothy Kennedy (Member of Congress); August Pfluger (Member of Congress); Emily Randall (Member of Congress); Kathy Castor (Member of Congress); Tom Barrett (Member of Congress); Hillary Scholten (Member of Congress); James Baird (Member of Congress); and 17 more
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Safeguarding Main Street: Combatting Fraud and Exploitation in Our Capital Markets
Capital Markets (House Financial Services Committee) · 2128 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice
Witnesses: Ms. Jilenne Gunther (National Director of BankSafe Initiative, AARP); Mr. Andrew Verstein (Professor of Law and Vice Dean for Curricular and Academic Affairs, UCLA School of Law); Mr. Bryan Smith (Senior Vice President of Complex Investigations and Intelligence, FINRA); Mr. Matthew Michel (Founder and Managing Partner, InvestorLink Capital Markets, LLC)
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Helping American Businesses Win Abroad: Strengthening U.S. Commercial Diplomacy
East Asia and Pacific (House Foreign Affairs Committee) · 2172 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice
Witnesses: Mr. Jim Golsen (Vice President, Center for Corporate Diplomacy, Meridian International Center); Ms. Christina Sharkey (Senior Advisor, Edge Partners); Mr. Arun Venkataraman (Partner, Covington & Burling LLP)
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“Fraud Prevention: Understanding Fraud in Federally Funded Programs Run by the States”
Government Operations (House Oversight and Government Reform Committee) · 2154 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice
Witnesses: Dr. O.J. Oleka (Chief Executive Officer, State Financial Officers Foundation); Mr. Seto Bagdoyan (Director / Forensic Audits and Investigative Service, U.S. Government Accountability Office); Ms. Allison Ball (Auditor of Public Accounts, Commonwealth of Kentucky); Mr. Robert Westbrooks (Former Executive Director, Pandemic Response Accountability Committee)
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“Restricted Rights: Second Amendment Under Fire”
Crime and Federal Government Surveillance (House Judiciary Committee) · 2141 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice
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The State of Scientific Publishing: Assessing Trends, Emerging Issues, and Policy Considerations
Investigations and Oversight (House Science, Space, and Technology Committee) · 2318 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice
Witnesses: Mr. Carl Maxwell (Senior Vice President, Public Policy, Assocation of American Publishers); Ms. Kate Travis (Managing Editor, Retraction Watch); Dr. Jason Owen-Smith (Executive Director, Institute for Research on Innovation & Science, University of Michigan)
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The President's Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request
House Budget Committee · 210 Cannon House Office Building · Notice
Witness: Russell Vought (Director, Office of Management and Budget)
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"Building an AI-Ready America: Understanding AI’s Economic Impact on Workers and Employers"
Workforce Protections (House Education and Workforce Committee) · 2175 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice
Witnesses: Ms. Chatrane Birbal (Senior Vice President, CHRO Association); Mr. Matthew Gizzo (Shareholder, Ogletree Deakins); Ms. Sara Steffens (Worker Power Director, We Build Progress); Ms. Rachel Greszler (Senior Research Fellow, Advancing American Freedom)
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Healthier America: Legislative Proposals to Improve Public Health
Health (House Energy and Commerce Committee) · 2123 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice
Witnesses: Mr. Jamie Ulmer, MA (President and CEO, Healthcare Network); Ms. Holly Ahern, MS, MT(ASCP) (Associate Professor of Microbiology, State University of New York Adirondack); Mr. René Quashie, JD (Vice President, Digital Health, Consumer Technology Association); Dr. Rachel F. Brem, MD, FACR, FSBI (Co-Founder, Chief Medical Officer, Brem Foundation to Defeat Breast Cancer and Professor and Vice-Chair Emeritus, The George Washington University); Brian Wallach & Sandra Abrevaya (Co-Founders, I AM ALS); Ms. Amy L. Ronneberg, MBA (Chief Executive Officer, National Marrow Donor Program)
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Faster Decisions, Stronger Outcomes: VA’s Work to Streamline the Disability Claims Backlog
House Veterans' Affairs Committee · 360 Cannon House Office Building · Notice
Witnesses: Ms. Margarita Devlin (Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Benefits, Veterans Benefits Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs); Ms. Sandra Flint (Deputy Under Secretary for Field Operations, Veterans Benefits Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)
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“Lower Taxes, Stronger Main Street: The Benefits of the Working Families Tax Cuts.”
House Small Business Committee · 2360 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice
Witnesses: Ms. Traci Tapani (Co-President and Owner, Wyoming Machine, Inc.); Mr. Michael Negron (Senior Fellow for Economic Opportunity, Center for American Progress); Mr. Garrett Watson (Director of Policy Analysis, Tax Foundation); Ms. Becky Renfro Borbolla (Senior Vice President, Renfro Foods, Inc.)
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Budget Hearing - Department of Energy
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies (House Appropriations Committee) · 2359 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice
Witness: Chris Wright (Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy)
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Computing Power and Competition: Examining the Semiconductor Ecosystem.
Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade (House Energy and Commerce Committee) · 2123 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice
Witnesses: Mr. Jason Oxman (President and CEO, Information Technology Industry Council); Mr. Jason Grebe (Senior Vice President Corporate Planning, Intel); Dr. Charles Wessner (Nonresident Senior Advisor, Renewing American Innovation Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)); Mr. Asad Ramzanali (Director of AI and Technology Policy, Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator, Vanderbilt University)
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H.R.7950, “To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs in the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes”; H.R.7683, the “VA Fiscal Management Modernization Act”; H.R. 8041, the “Supporting VA Families Act”; H.R.8052, the “Veterans Infection Prevention Act”; H.R.8010, the “VA Police Recruitment and Retention Act of 2026”; H.R.7280, the “Veteran DATA Act; H.R. 6654, the “VAMOSA Act of 2025”; H.R. 8043, the “Vets CLEAR Act”
Oversight and Investigations (House Veterans' Affairs Committee) · 360 Cannon House Office Building · Notice
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FY27 Missile Defense & Missile Defeat Programs and Activities
Strategic Forces (House Armed Services Committee) · 2118 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice
Witnesses: General Gregory Guillot (Commander, United States Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command); Lieutenant General Heath Collins (Director, Missile Defense Agency); Lieutenant General Sean Gainey (Commanding General, United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command); General Michael Guetlein (Direct Report Program Manager for Golden Dome for America, Office of the Secretary of Defense); Marc Berkowitz (Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy, Office of the Secretary of Defense)
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Military Readiness for Fiscal Year 2027
Readiness (House Armed Services Committee) · 2212 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice
Witnesses: Admiral James Kilby (Vice Chief of Naval Operations, United States Navy); General John Lamontagne (Vice Chief of Staff, United States Air Force); General Bradford Gering (Assistant Commandant, United States Marine Corps); General Christopher LaNeve (Vice Chief of Staff, United States Army); General Shawn Bratton (Vice Chief of Space Operations, United States Space Force)
Sources
- House committee schedule (docs.house.gov) · retrieved Oct 2, 2026
- Senate committee hearings (senate.gov) · retrieved Oct 2, 2026
- Committee meetings (Congress.gov API)