Congressional Hearings on Wednesday, July 15, 2026

9:00 AM ET · Hearing

Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be Attorney General.

Senate Judiciary Committee · 216 Hart Senate Office Building · Notice

9:30 AM ET · Hearing

Hearings to examine the nomination of Walter Clayton, of New York, to be Director of National Intelligence.

Senate Intelligence Committee · 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

9:45 AM ET · Business meeting

Business meeting to consider the nominations of Brett Matsumoto, of Maryland, to be Commissioner of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor, James Macy, of Wisconsin, and David M. Prouty, of Maryland, both to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board, and Michael McDonald, of the District of Columbia, to be Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Hearings to examine the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress.

Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Business meeting

Business meeting to consider S.4949, to provide for improvements to the rivers and harbors of the United States, to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, and the nomination of Kevin Lilly, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife.

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

Bill: S. 4949

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Hearings to examine exposing fraud in America.

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

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Hearings to examine the nominations of Sean Kaufman, of Georgia, to be Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, and Erica Schwartz, of Florida, to be Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, both of the Department of Health and Human Services.

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

2:30 PM ET · Hearing

Hearings to examine the TRICARE pharmacy program.

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

2:30 PM ET · Hearing

Hearings to examine S.1791, to designate certain special management areas, wildlife conservation areas, protection areas, recreation areas, wilderness areas, and a scientific research and education area in the State of Colorado, S.4200, to promote conservation, improve public land, and provide for sensible development in Douglas County, Nevada, S.4239, to require the Secretary of the Interior to annually submit to Congress, and make publicly available on a website, a report on decommissioning offshore oil and gas wells, platforms, and pipelines, S.4383, to appoint a Geothermal Ombudsman and establish a Geothermal Permitting Task Force from within the Bureau of Land Management, S.4410, to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to provide for the payment of bonus payments of certain coal leases issued under that Act, S.4458, to establish the Caja del Rio Special Management Area and Caja del Rio National Conservation Area in the State of New Mexico, S.4561, to modernize and streamline the permitting process for broadband infrastructure on Federal land, S.4605, to amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to provide cost-recovery authority for the Department of the Interior, S.4715, to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to establish fitness to operate standards and decommissioning escrow accounts for offshore oil and gas operators, H.R.655, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain Federal land to the City of The Dalles, Oregon, S.4960 and H.R.1687, to amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to increase the frequency of lease sales, to require replacement sales, H.R.4090, to codify certain provisions of certain Executive Orders relating to domestic mining and hardrock mineral resources, S.4975 and H.R.5587, to amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to waive the requirement for a Federal drilling permit for certain activities, to exempt certain activities from the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, H.R.5631, to appoint a Geothermal Ombudsman and establish a Geothermal Permitting Task Force from within the Bureau of Land Management, and H.R.7831, to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to extend the period of time during which the Secretary of the Interior is required to collect a fee for each new application for a permit to drill.

Public Lands, Forests, and Mining (Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee) · 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

Bills: H.R. 1687, H.R. 4090, H.R. 5587, H.R. 5631, H.R. 655, H.R. 7831 and 10 more

3:30 PM ET · Hearing

Hearings to examine behind the label, focusing on foreign ownership and control in America's drug supply chain.

Senate Aging Committee · G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

4:30 PM ET · Closed hearing

To receive a closed briefing on the Department of War's fiscal year 2027 budget request.

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · 217 Capitol Visitor Center (Senate side) · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

The Semi-Annual Report of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection

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

Witness: Russell Vought (Acting Director, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Ending Supply Chain Dependency: Aligning Tools, Capital, and Partnerships

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

Witnesses: Mr. Dan Petrie (Acting Chief of Staff, Millennium Challenge Corporation); Mr. Thomas Hardy (Deputy Director / Chief Operating Officer, U.S. Trade and Development Agency); Mr. Ben Black (Chief Executive Officer, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation)

10:00 AM ET · Markup

Three Pieces of Legislation

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

Bills: H.R. 5880, H.R. 7184, H.R. 8005

10:00 AM ET · Markup

• H.R. 726 (Rep. Downing), “Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 2025” • H.R. 2317 (Rep. Amodei), “Northern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act of 2025” • H.R. 2406 (Rep. Bonamici), “National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention Improvements Act of 2025” • H.R. 2827 (Rep. Cole), To provide for the equitable settlement of certain Indian land disputes regarding land in Illinois, and for other purposes. • H.R. 6251 (Rep. Begich), To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. • H.R. 6893 (Rep. Scott of VA), “Chesapeake Bay Watershed Advancement for Training, Education, Restoration, and Science (WATERS) Act” • H.R. 7889 (Rep. Wittman), “Advancing Water Research and Collaboration Act of 2025” or the “AWRC Act of 2025” • H.R. 8658 (Rep. Kennedy of UT), “Indian Health Service Emergency Claims Parity Act” • H.R. 9436 (Rep. Lawler), To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 to extend the time period for which certain regulations concerning the North Atlantic right whale are effective.

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

Bills: H.R. 2317, H.R. 2406, H.R. 2827, H.R. 6251, H.R. 6893, H.R. 726 and 3 more

10:00 AM ET · Markup

H.R. 9098, the Congressional Records Protection Act; H. Res. 1394, Condemning prosecution policies that give preferential treatment to foreign nationals over United States citizens; H.R. 3100, the CHILD Act of 2026; H.R. 7651, the Chloe Cole Act of 2026; H.R. 9191, the National Fossil Act; H.R. 625, the Local Access to Courts Act; and H.R. 7834, the Safe Cloud Storage Act

House Judiciary Committee · 2141 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Bills: H.R. 3100, H.R. 625, H.R. 7651, H.R. 7834, H.R. 9098, H.R. 9191 and 1 more

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

"Reforming FEMA: Ensuring the Nation's Disaster Readiness Works for Americans"

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee · 2167 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Craig Fugate (Former Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator (2009-2017)); Cynthia Sheng (President); Jim Matheson (Chief Executive Officer, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association); Brian Waller (Vice President, External Relations, Shelter Mutual Insurance Company); Chuck Chaitovitz (Vice President, Environmental Affairs and Sustainability, United States Chamber of Commerce)

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

A Review of the Office of Space Commerce’s Mission Authorization Proposal

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

Witness: Taylor Jordan (Director of the Office of Space Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

10:00 AM ET · Markup

H.R. 9641, H.R. 3108, H.R. 9642, H.R. 9468, H.R. 3514, H.R. 9644, and H.R. 9645

House Ways and Means Committee · 1100 Longworth House Office Building · Notice

Bills: H.R. 3108, H.R. 3514, H.R. 9468, H.R. 9641, H.R. 9642, H.R. 9644 and 1 more

10:00 AM ET · Hearing

Protecting American Innovation: The Federal Research Security Enterprise

House Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party Committee · 390 Cannon House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Dr. Rebecca Keiser (Acting Chief of Staff and Chief of Research Security Policy and Strategy, National Science Foundation); Mr. Jeremy Ison (Chief of Staff to the Under Secretary for Science, U.S. Department of Energy); Dr. Patricia Valdez (Chief Extramural Research Integrity Officer, National Institutes of Health)

10:15 AM ET · Markup

H.R. 9607, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Workforce Development Act"; H.R. 9609, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Student Aid Act"; H.R. 9602, "Less Bureaucracy, Better International Foreign Gift Transparency Act"; H.R. 9603, "Less Bureaucracy, Better International Education Oversight Act"; H.R. 9605, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Foreign Medical Accreditation Act"; H.R. 9606, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Child Care for Student Parents Act"; H.R. 9611, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Higher Education Act"; H.R. 9610, "Less Bureaucracy, Better K-12 Education Act"; H.R. 9608, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Family Engagement Act"; H.R. 9604, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Tribal Education Act"

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

Bills: H.R. 9602, H.R. 9603, H.R. 9604, H.R. 9605, H.R. 9606, H.R. 9607 and 4 more

10:15 AM ET · Hearing

Maintaining America’s Leadership in Biomedical Innovation: FDA’s Role in Advancing U.S. Drug Development.

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

Witnesses: Dr. Cynthia Verst (President, Design and Delivery Innovation, R&D Solutions, IQVIA); Ms. Susan Winckler (CEO, Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA); Dr. Aaron Kowalski (CEO, Breakthrough T1D); Dr. Thomas Hwang (Assistant Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School); Mr. Thomas Bollyky (Bloomberg Chair in Global Health, Senior Fellow for International Economics, Law, and Development; and Director of the Global Health Program, Council)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

States on the Frontlines of Counterintelligence

House Intelligence Committee · HVC-210 U.S. Capitol · Notice

Witnesses: Michael Sena (President, National Fusion Center Association and Director, Northern California Regional Intelligence Center); Mr. Jay Mosely (Director, Alabama Fusion Center); Ms. Amy Lay (Director, Northern Virginia Regional Intelligence Center); Eliot Bostar (Senator, 29th District of the Nebraska Senate); Daniel Alvarez (Representative, 69th District of the Florida House of Representatives); Jay Moseley (Director, Alabama Fusion Center); Michael Lucci (Founder and CEO, State Armor)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

A New Beginning for Colombia

Western Hemisphere (House Foreign Affairs Committee) · 2172 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

Witnesses: Mr. Luis Mendez (Deputy Assistant Secretary for South America, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. Department of State); F. Weiland (Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, U.S. Department of State)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

“Emerging Fraud Threats and the Evolving Fraud Landscape”

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

Witnesses: Mr. Jordan Burris (Vice President and Head of Public Sector Strategy, Socure); Mr. David Maimon (Head of Fraud Insights, SentiLink); Mr. Jay Stanley (Senior Policy Analyst, American Civil Liberties Union); Ms. Marisol Cruz Cain (Director / Information Technology and Cybersecurity, U.S. Government Accountability Office)

2:00 PM ET · Hearing

Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Election Observation: Best Practices and Congress’s Role”

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

Witnesses: Lance Reed (Director, Summit County Board of Elections); Wesley Wilcox (Supervisor, Marion County Supervisor of Elections); Paige Gallagher (Legislative Attorney, Congressional Research Service)