Congressional Hearings on Wednesday, May 20, 2026

9:30 AM ET · Business meeting

Business meeting to consider S.Con.Res.33, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035.

Senate Budget Committee · 608 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

Bill: S.Con.Res. 33

9:45 AM ET · Hearing

Hearings to examine S.4529, to require the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to allow the use of commercial-grade steel and concrete in non-safety-related structures at nuclear power plants, and proposed legislation entitled, "RECHARGE Act", and "Enrichment Licensing Modernization Act".

Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety (Senate Environment and Public Works Committee) · 406 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

Bill: S. 4529

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Hearings to examine betting, focusing on protecting sports integrity in America.

Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy (Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee) · 253 Russell Senate Office Building · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Hearings to examine the nominations of Michael Kavoukjian, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway, Michelle Steel, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, Brock Dahl, of Maryland, to be Legal Adviser, David Brat, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Commonwealth of Australia, and Eric Wendt, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Albania, all of the Department of State.

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

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Hearings to examine meeting the individual needs of all students, focusing on the role of charter schools.

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

10:15 AM ET · Hearing

Hearings to examine the nominations of Benjamin M. Flowers, of Ohio, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, Matthew A. Schwartz, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, and Don Richard Berthiaume, Jr., of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of Justice.

Senate Judiciary Committee · 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

Hearings to examine the Department of Defense personnel policies and programs in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2027 and the Future Years Defense Program.

Personnel (Senate Armed Services Committee) · 222 Russell Senate Office Building · Notice

2:30 PM ET · Business meeting

Business meeting to consider S.236, to amend the Act of August 9, 1955 (commonly known as the "Long-Term Leasing Act"), to authorize leases of up to 99 years for land in the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation and land held in trust for the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), S.1513, to take certain Federal land in the State of Washington into trust for the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, S.2098, to provide for the conveyance of certain property to the Southcentral Foundation located in Anchorage, Alaska, S.2735, to take certain Federal land in the State of California into trust for the benefit of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, H.R.681, to amend the Act of August 9, 1955 (commonly known as the "Long-Term Leasing Act"), to authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), H.R.2302, to take certain Federal land in the State of California into trust for the benefit of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, H.R.2388, to take certain Federal land in the State of Washington into trust for the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, and H.R.3620, to provide for the conveyance of certain property to the Southcentral Foundation located in Anchorage, Alaska; to be immediately followed by an oversight hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2027 for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service.

Senate Indian Affairs Committee · 628 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

Bills: H.R. 2302, H.R. 2388, H.R. 3620, H.R. 681, S. 1513, S. 2098 and 2 more

2:30 PM ET · Hearing

Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation.

Energy and Water Development (Senate Appropriations Committee) · 124 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

2:30 PM ET · Hearing

Hearings to examine blowing the whistle, focusing on inside the grift that keeps giving.

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

3:00 PM ET · Business meeting

Closed business meeting to consider certain intelligence matters.

Senate Intelligence Committee · 219 Hart Senate Office Building · Notice

3:30 PM ET · Hearing

Hearings to examine preventing falls and preserving independence, focusing on technology, community programs, and innovation in senior safety.

Senate Aging Committee · 216 Hart Senate Office Building · Notice

3:30 PM ET · Closed hearing

To receive a closed briefing on anomalous health incidents.

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

4:00 PM ET · Hearing

Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2027 and 2028 advance appropriations requests for the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

9:00 AM ET · Hearing

25 Years After 9/11 - Reviewing the 9/11 Commission & Intelligence Reform Impacts (OPEN)

House Intelligence Committee · 1334 Longworth House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Dr. Bruce Hoffman; Mr. Jamil Jaffer; John Pistole (President Emeritus, Anderson University); Dr. Bruce Hoffman (Senior Fellow for Counterterrorism & Homeland Security, Council on Foreign Relations); Professor Jamil Jaffer

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Department of the Air Force Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request

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

Witnesses: Troy Meink (Secretary, Department of the Air Force); General Kenneth Wilsbach (Chief of Staff, United States Air Force); General B. Saltzman (Chief of Space Operations, United States Space Force)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Partnering for Innovation: How Bank-Fintech Collaborations Enhance Financial Infrastructure

Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence (House Financial Services Committee) · 2128 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Bill: H.R. 6552

Witnesses: Ms. Alexandra Steinberg Barrage (Partner, Morrison Foerster); Ms. Henrietta Thomas (Executive General Manager for Advocacy, Risk & Compliance, Xero); Ms. Sheetal Parikh (General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, Treasury Prime); Ms. Erica Khalili (Co-founder, Chief Legal & Risk Officer, Lead Bank); Mrs. Mitria Spotser (Vice President, Federal Policy, and President, Julian Bond Institute for Financial Equity Research, Center for Responsible Lending)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

FY2027 Budget Request: State Department Adjacent Entities

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

Witnesses: Mr. Damon Wilson (President, National Endowment for Democracy); Sara Aviel (President & CEO, Inter-American Foundation); Tom Malinowski (Former Member of Congress, Former Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, U.S. Department of State)

10:00 AM ET · Markup

the full Committee to consider the following: 1) H.R. 8096, Duplication Scoring Act of 2026; 2) H.R. 8801, DC Rejecting Oppressive Automotive Driving Surcharges Act; 3) H.R. 8844, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Retirement Technical Corrections Act; 4) H.R. 3087, Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Reauthorization Act; 5) Several postal naming measures.

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

Bills: H.R. 3087, H.R. 3350, H.R. 4662, H.R. 8096, H.R. 8669, H.R. 8801 and 2 more

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

“TSA Modernization: Industry Perspectives on Key Security and Travel Reforms 25 Years After 9/11”

House Homeland Security Committee · 310 Cannon House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Chris McLaughlin (Chief Executive Officer, Dallas Forth Worth International Airport (DFW)); Christopher Sununu (President and CEO, Airlines for America); Dr. Everett Kelley (National President, American Federation of Government Employees)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Oversight hearing titled “The Federal Reclamation Program’s Next Century”

Water, Wildlife and Fisheries (House Natural Resources Committee) · 1324 Longworth House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Scott Cameron (Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior); Mr. J. Petersen (Director of Water Policy, San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority); Mr. Shivaji Deshmukh (General Manager, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California); Ms. Samantha Barncastle (Executive Director, Family Farm Alliance); Ms. Jennifer Patrick (Project Manager, Milk River Joint Board of Control)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

“The Southern Poverty Law Center: Manufacturing Hate”

House Judiciary Committee · 2141 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Tyler O'Neil (Author and Senior Editor, The Daily Signal); Mr. Tony Perkins (President, Family Research Council); Dr. Carol Swain (Author and Commentator, Former Professor at Vanderbilt University); Ms. Maya Wiley (President and CEO, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights)

10:00 AM ET · Markup

Full Committee Markup

House Science, Space, and Technology Committee · 2318 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Bills: H.R. 7129, H.R. 8748, H.R. 8790

10:00 AM ET · HearingRescheduled

Tax Subcommittee Hearing on Your Paycheck, Returned: How the Working Families Tax Cuts Delivered for Americans

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

Witnesses: Mr. Clark Saunders (Adoptive Parent of Two and Public School Teacher); Mr. Sultan Stipho (Server, Buck and Rider Restaurant); Ms. Darcy Michalek (Owner, Michalek Properties); Mr. Jason Alexander (Mechanical Maintenance Worker, Optimus Steel); Mr. Donald Schneider (Deputy Head of U.S. Policy, Piper Sandler); Dr. Kathryn Edwards (Labor Economist and Public Policy Consultant)

10:15 AM ET · Hearing

"Bad Medicine: Politics, Unions, and Antisemitism in Health Care"

Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions (House Education and Workforce Committee) · 2175 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Ms. Deena Margolies (Litigation Staff Attorney, Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law); Dr. Jacob Agronin (Cardiology Fellow, Temple University Hospital); Ms. Jamie Beran (Chief Executive Officer, Bend the Arc); Ms. Eveline Shekhman (Chief Executive Officer, American Jewish Medical Association); Dr. Jacob Agronin (Cardiology Fellow)

10:15 AM ET · HearingRescheduled

Corrosion, Collapse, and Clean-Up: Examining the Potomac Interceptor Collapse.

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

Witnesses: Colonel Francis Pera (Commander, Baltimore District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers); Mr. Edward Wenschhof (Acting Superintendent, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park, National Park Service); Mr. David Gadis (CEO and General Manager, DC Water); Mr. Tom Neltner (National Director, Unleaded Kids); Jessica Kramer (Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)

10:15 AM ET · Hearing

“Legislative Hearing on: H.R: 6733, The “VISN Reform Act of 2025”; H.R.6580, The “VA National Formulary Act of 2025”; H.R.6599, The “Leasing and Infrastructure Act of 2025”; H.R.6583, The “Research Reform Act of 2025”; H.R. 6549, The “VA Contracting and Procurement Act”; H.R.6740, The “VA TRUST Act”; H.R. 6764, The “Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee Oversight Act of 2025”; H.R. 6904, The “Veterans Readiness and Employment Improvement and Accountability Act of 2025”; H.R. 6843, The “Establishing the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration Act of 2025”; H.R. 6833, The “Acquisition Reform and Cost Assessment Act of 2025”; H.R.2303, The “Board of Veterans’ Appeals Attorney Retention and Backlog Reduction Act”; H.R.210, The “Dental Care for Veterans Act”; H.R.3183, The “SAFE STEPS for Veterans Act of 2025”; H.R.5203, “To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to update directives of the Department of Veterans Affairs regarding the management of acute sexual assault, and for other purposes; H.R.4114, The “EVEST Act”; H.R.3869, The “Every Veteran Housed Act”; H.R.2722, The “VA Funding and Workforce Protection Act”; H.R.1391, The “Student Veteran Benefit Restoration Act of 2025”; H.R.8044, The “Get Justice-Involved Veterans BACK HOME Act”; Discussion Draft: The “Toxic Exposure Advisory Committee Establishment Act”; Discussion Draft, “To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the Advisory Committee on Toxic Exposure of the Department of Veterans Affairs”; Discussion Draft: The “Honor Vets Act”; Discussion Draft, “To provide for the modernization of the electronic health record system and other health information technology activities and systems of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.”

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

Witnesses: Mr. Mark Ritchie (Policy Chair, National Federal Development Association); Ms. Brittany Mahdi (Executive Vice President, Economic Policy Innovation Center); Ms. Kristina Keenan (Director, National Legislative Service, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S.); Mr. Mike Desmond (Strategic Director of Government Affairs and Advocacy, Mission Roll Call); Ms. Brittany Madni (Executive Vice President, Economic Policy Innovation Center); Mr. Tim Stretton (Director of the Congressional Oversight Initiative, Project On Government Oversight); Mr. Cole Lyle (Director, Legislative Affairs Division, The American Legion); Mr. Jon Retzer (National Legislative Director, Disabled American Veterans); Mr. Morgan Brown (National Legislative Director, Paralyzed Veterans of America)

11:00 AM ET · Markup

Fiscal Year 2027 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Bill and Fiscal Year 2027 Legislative Branch Bill

House Appropriations Committee · 2359 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

From Order to Execution: Ensuring Efficient and Transparent Equity Markets

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

Bills: H.R. 1483, H.R. 3197

Witnesses: Mr. Matt Billings (Vice President of Brokerage and President, Robinhood Financial and Robinhood Securities); Mr. Kevin Kennedy (Executive Vice President and Head of North American Market Services, Nasdaq); Mr. Joseph Saluzzi (Partner and Co-Founder, Themis Trading); Dr. Robert Battalio (Professor of Finance at the Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame); Mr. Matt MacKenzie (Head of U.S. Policy and Regulatory Affairs, Optiver)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Elections Hearing: “Examining Best Practices for Strengthening Election Security”

Elections (House House Administration Committee) · 1310 Longworth House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Thomas Hicks (Chairman, U.S. Election Assistance Commission); Christy McCormick (Vice Chair, U.S. Election Assistance Commission); Donald Palmer (Former Commissioner, U.S. Election Assistance Commission); Benjamin Holvland (Chair, U.S. EAC); Donald Palmer (Former Commissioner / Sr. Legal Fellow, U.S. Election Assistance Commission / Heritage Foundation)

2:00 PM ET · HearingRescheduled

Examining the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, MACRA, and Opportunities for Payment Reforms

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

Witnesses: Dr. William Fox (Chair-Emeritus, Board of Regents); Dr. Steven Furr (Family Medicine Physician); Dr. Dana Smetherman (Chief Executive Officer, American College of Radiology); Dr. Rick Snyder (President, HeartPlace PLLC); Dr. Farzad Mostashari (Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Aledade, Inc.); Dr. William Fox (Chair-Emeritus, ACP Board of Regents)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

Oversight Hearing titled “The Profit Engine Driving Environmental Nonprofits.”

Oversight and Investigations (House Natural Resources Committee) · 1324 Longworth House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Ken Braun; Mr. Jonathan Wood; Mr. Lawson Fite; Mr. Eddie Ahn; Mr. Jonathan Wood (Vice President of Law & Policy, Property and Environment Research Center); Mr. Ken Braun (Managing Editor and Director of Content, Capital Research Center); Mr. Eddie Ahn (Executive Director, Brightline Defense); Mr. Lawson Fite (Natural Resources Attorney)

2:00 PM ET · Markup

Various Measures

House Small Business Committee · 2360 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Bills: H.R. 2804, H.R. 4238, H.R. 5498, H.R. 826, H.R. 8879, H.R. 8880 and 3 more

3:30 PM ET · Hearing

Department of the Navy 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. Jason Potter (Performing the Duties of Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition, Department of the Navy); Lieutenant Colonel Eric Austin (Deputy Commandant of the Marine Corps for Combat Development and Integration, Department of the Navy); Rear Admiral Upper Half Mark Behning (Acting Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Warfighting Requirements and Capabilities, United States Navy)