Congressional Hearings on Tuesday, May 19, 2026

8:00 AM ET · Business meeting

Business meeting to consider reconciliation recommendations to the Budget Committee.

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

9:30 AM ET · Hearing

Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Justice.

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (Senate Appropriations Committee) · 138 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

9:30 AM ET · Closed hearing

Closed hearings to examine the posture of the Department of the Navy in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2027 and the Future Years Defense Program; to be immediately followed by an open hearing at approximately 11:00 a.m. in SD-G50.

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

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Labor.

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies (Senate Appropriations Committee) · 124 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

10:30 AM ET · Hearing

Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Army.

Department of Defense (Senate Appropriations Committee) · 192 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

Hearings to examine the evaluation of FAA safety measures from the DCA crash.

Aviation, Space, and Innovation (Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee) · 253 Russell Senate Office Building · Notice

2:30 PM ET · Hearing

Hearings to examine enforcing Callais, focusing on implementing the Supreme Court's gerrymandering.

the Constitution (Senate Judiciary Committee) · 226 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

3:00 PM ET · Closed hearing

To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters.

Senate Intelligence Committee · 219 Hart Senate Office Building · Notice

3:00 PM ET · Hearing

Hearings to examine the science and technology priorities in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2027 and the Future Years Defense Program.

Emerging Threats and Capabilities (Senate Armed Services Committee) · 222 Russell Senate Office Building · Notice

3:30 PM ET · Hearing

Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Transportation.

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (Senate Appropriations Committee) · 192 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

U.S. Military Posture and National Security Challenges in the Greater Middle East and Africa

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

Witnesses: General Dagvin Anderson (Commander, United States Africa Command); Admiral Brad Cooper (Commander, United States Central Command); Daniel Zimmerman (Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Department of Defense)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Crime, Corruption, and Power: The Rise of CCP-linked Scam Networks Targeting Americans And Threatening U.S. Security

House Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party Committee · 210 Cannon House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Erin West (Founder and President, Operation Shamrock); Jacob Sims (Visiting Fellow, Asia Center at Harvard University); Jason Tower (Senior Expert, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime)

12:00 PM ET · Meeting

H.R. 1041 – Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act; H.R. 6047 – Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2026; H.R. 1329 – Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Act

House Rules Committee · H-313 U.S. Capitol · Notice

Bills: H.R. 1041, H.R. 1329, H.R. 6047

2:00 PM ET · HearingPostponed

25 Years After September 11 – Lessons Learned from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction

Oversight and Intelligence (House Foreign Affairs Committee) · 2200 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. John Sopko (Former Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction); Mr. Joseph Windrem (Former Director of the Lessons Learned Program, Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction)