Congressional Hearings on Wednesday, May 13, 2026

9:30 AM ET · Hearing

Hearings to examine the Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration atomic energy defense activities in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2027 and the Future Years Nuclear Security Program; to be immediately followed by a closed session in SVC-217.

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

9:30 AM ET · Hearing

Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2027 for the United States Forest Service.

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2027 for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee · 406 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Hearings to examine whistleblower testimony on COVID.

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

10:30 AM ET · Hearing

Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Environmental Protection Agency.

Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies (Senate Appropriations Committee) · 124 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the General Services Administration.

Financial Services and General Government (Senate Appropriations Committee) · 138 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

2:30 PM ET · Closed hearing

To receive a closed briefing on cyber operations and readiness for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025 and the first quarter of fiscal year 2026.

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

2:30 PM ET · Hearing

Hearings to examine how social media verdicts demand federal action to protect kids online.

Privacy, Technology, and the Law (Senate Judiciary Committee) · 226 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

2:30 PM ET · Hearing

Hearings to examine industrialization and the rise of small manufacturers, including S.1555, to increase loan limits for loans made to small manufacturers, and H.R.3174, to increase loan limits for loans made to small manufacturers.

Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee · 428A Russell Senate Office Building · Notice

Bills: H.R. 3174, S. 1555

3:30 PM ET · Hearing

Hearings to examine supporting families in the sandwich generation.

Senate Aging Committee · G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

4:00 PM ET · Hearing

Hearings to examine VA police operations.

Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · 216 Hart Senate Office Building · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Markup

Various Measures

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

Bills: H.R. 2152, H.R. 2978, H.R. 4801, H.R. 5396, H.R. 8278, H.R. 8671

10:00 AM ET · Markup

Various Measures

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

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Oversight hearing titled “Examining the President's FY 2027 Budget Request for the Department of the Interior.”

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

Witness: Doug Burgum (Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

“Sharia-Free America: Why Political Islam & Sharia Law are Incompatible with the U.S. Constitution: Part II”

The Constitution and Limited Government (House Judiciary Committee) · 2141 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Ammon Blair (Senior Fellow, Texas Public Policy Foundation); Mr. Marco Hunter-Lopez; Ms. Amy Mekelburg (Founder & Editor-in-Chief, RAIR Foundation USA); Ms. Amanda Tyler (Executive Director, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

10:15 AM ET · Hearing

"Building a Safer Future: Private-Sector Strategies for Emerging Safety Issues"

Workforce Protections (House Education and Workforce Committee) · 2175 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Ms. Lorraine Martin (CEO, National Safety Council); Ms. Melissa Peters (Shareholder, Ogletree Deakins); Mr. Douglas Parker (Senior Research Fellow, Harvard Law School Center for Labor and a Just Economy); Mr. Pat Sughrue (Senior Director of Health, Safety, and Environmental, Cianbro Corporation)

10:15 AM ET · Hearing

Wires, Rates, and States: Permitting Transmission for Reliable and Affordable Power

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

Witnesses: Tony Clarke (Executive Director, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners); Mr. Randy Howard (General Manager, Northern California Power Agency); Mr. Michael Skelly (President and Co-founder, GridUnited); Mark Christie (Director, Center on Energy Law and Policy, William & Mary Law School); Mr. Clay Rikard (Senior Vice President of System Planning, Southern Company); Mr. Rob Gramlich (President, Grid Strategies); Mr. Michael Skelly (CEO and Co-founder, GridUnited); Tony Clark (Executive Director, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners)

10:15 AM ET · Hearing

Expanding the Mission: The Future of the National Center for Warrior Independence in West LA

House Veterans' Affairs Committee · 360 Cannon House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Brett Simms (Executive Director, Office of Asset Management, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs); Ms. Danielle Ranyan (Senior Counsel to the Secretary, Office of General Counsel, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs); Dr. Nelson SooHoo (Associate Dean, Graduate Medical Education at the David Geffen School of Medicine, Designated Institutional Official for UCLA Health System); Ms. Tess Banko (Project Director at the Veterans Collective, U.S. VETS); Mr. Richard Valdez (Past State Commander, Disabled American Veterans – Department of California); Dr. Thomas O’Toole (Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Health Clinical Services, Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs); Mr. Jim Zenner (Executive Director, Los Angeles County Department of Military and Veteran Affairs); John Bartrum (Under Secretary for Health, Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs); Ms. Danielle Ranyan (Senior Counselor to the Secretary, Office of General Counsel, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)

11:00 AM ET · Markup

Fiscal Year 2027 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Bill

House Appropriations Committee · 2359 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

“DoW Financial Management: Examining Progress and New Audit Approaches”

Government Operations (House Oversight and Government Reform Committee) · 2154 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Thomas Harker (Deputy Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Department of War); Mr. Ryan A. Busby, CPA (Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Operations, U.S. Army); Mr. Brett Mansfield (Deputy Inspector General for Audit, U.S. Department of War, Office of Inspector General); Mr. Asif Khan (Director, Financial Management Assurance, U.S. Government Accountability Office)

2:00 PM ET · Markup

Markup of Ten Pieces of Legislation

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

Bills: H.R. 1703, H.R. 2715, H.R. 2821, H.R. 3747, H.R. 4348, H.R. 4541 and 4 more

3:30 PM ET · Hearing

Department of the Air Force Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request for Seapower and Projection Forces

Seapower and Projection Forces (House Armed Services Committee) · 2212 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. William Bailey (Performing the Temporary Duties of Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, Department of the Air Force); Lieutenant General David Tabor (Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Programs, Department of the Air Force)