Today's Floor Schedule
The Senate is in recess and will convene for pro forma sessions on the following dates and times:
• Friday, January 16th at 8:30 AM
• Tuesday, January 20th at 10:00 AM
• Thursday, January 22nd at 11:00 AM
The Senate will then convene on Monday, January 26 at 3:00 PM, and, following any leader remarks, will be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each.
At 5:30 PM the Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.3627, a bill to require institutions of higher education to disseminate information on the rights of, and accommodations and resources for pregnant students, and for other purposes.
The House will next meet on Wednesday, January 21 at 10:00 AM for morning hour and 12:00 PM for legislative business. Following One Minute Speeches, the House will debate the rule providing for consideration of H.R. 6945, H.R. 6359, and H.J. Res. 140, here.
At 1:30 PM, the House will vote on the adoption of the rule.
At 4:00 PM, the House will vote on the Motion to Recommit and passage of H.R.6945 and passage of H.J. Res. 140.
Upcoming Hearings & Events
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Wednesday, January 21
House Committee on Small Business | Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Supply Chains
Hearing: Empowering Rural America Through Investment in Innovation.
Witnesses: Mr. Chris Crosby, Chief Executive Officer, Compass Datacenters; Mr. Kirk Offel, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Overwatch Mission Critical; Dr. Nicol Turner Lee, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies and Director, Center for Technology Innovation, Brookings Institution
10:00 AM | 2360 Rayburn HOB
Host: Committee on Homeland Security
Hearing: Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security: CISA TSA ST
Witnesses: Dr. Madhu Gottumukkala, Acting Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency; Ms. Ha Nguyen McNeill, Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Administrator, Transportation Security Administration; Mr. Pedro Allende, Under Secretary, Science & Technology Directorate
10:00 AM | 310 Canon HOB
Committee on the Judiciary | Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance
Hearing: When Public Funds Are Abused: Addressing Fraud and the Theft of Taxpayer Dollars
Witnesses: Jennifer Larson, Founder and CEO, Holland Autism Center and Clinic; Nick Shirley, YouTuber and content creator; Scott Dexter, Former Wyoming, MN police officer; former fraud investigator, Minnesota Department of Human Services
10:00 AM | 2141 Rayburn HOB
House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Markup: Various Measures
10:00 AM | 2172 Rayburn HOB
House Committee on Homeland Security
Hearing: Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security: CISA TSA ST
Witnesses: Dr. Madhu Gottumukkala, Acting Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency; Ms. Ha Nguyen McNeill, Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Administrator, Transportation Security Administration; Mr. Pedro Allende, Under Secretary, Science & Technology Directorate
10:00 AM | 310 Canon HOB
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Markup: 1 H.Res. _____ Recommending that the House of Representatives find William J. Clinton in Contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena duly issued by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform;2 H.Res. _____ Recommending that the House of Representatives find Hillary R. Clinton in Contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena duly issued by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
10:00 AM | HVC-210 CAPITOL
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Markup: an ANS of H.R. 7084 the “Defending American Property Abroad Act of 2026”; an ANS to H.R. 6744 the “Military Air Traffic Control Transition Act”; an ANS to H.R. 6618 the “Wildfire Aerial Response Safety Act”; an ANS to H.R. 2247 the “Pilot Certificate Accessibility Act”; an ANS to H.R. 2474 the “Expanding Appalachia’s Broadband Access Act”; and other matters cleared for consideration.
10:00 AM | 2167 Rayburn HOB
House Committee on Natural Resources | Subcommittee on Federal Lands
Hearing: Oversight hearing titled “EXPLORE America250: Celebrating One Year of the Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences Act
Witnesses: Panel I (Administration Witnesses): Mr. Thomas Heinlein, Assistant Director for National Conservation Lands and Community Partnerships, Bureau of Land Management, Washington, DC; Mr. Gordon “Gordie” Blum, Associate Deputy Chief, U.S. Forest Service, Washington, DC; Panel II (Outside Experts): Ms. Jess Turner, President, Outdoor Recreation Roundtable, Washington, DC; Mr. Taylor Schmitz, Senior Vice President, Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation, Washington, DC; Mr. Jason Curry, Director, Utah Division of Outdoor Recreation, Salt Lake City, UT; Mr. David Duncan, President, American Battlefield Trust, Washington, DC; Mr. Matt Wade, Executive Director, American Mountain Guides Association, Boulder, CO [Minority Witness]; Mr. Louis Geltman, Vice President of Policy & Government Relations, Outdoor Alliance, Washington, DC [Minority Witness]
10:15 AM | 1324 Longworth HOB
House Committee On The Budget
Hearing: Reverse the Curse: Skyrocketing Health Care Costs and America’s Fiscal Future
Witnesses: Dr. Benedic Ippolito, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute; Mr. Avik Roy, Co-Founder and Chairman, Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity; Mr. Joel White, President, Council for Affordable Health Coverage
10:15 AM | 210 Canon HOB
House Committee on Education and Workforce
Markup: H.R. 7082 the “Fostering Learning and Excellence in Charter Schools FLEX Act”; H.R. 7086 the “Equitable Access to School Facilities Act”; H.R. 4624 the “Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act”
10:15 AM | 2175 Rayburn HOB
House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Markup: Markup of 11 Bills
10:15 AM | 2123 Rayburn HOB
House Committee on Natural Resources | Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Hearing: Oversight hearing on “America First: U.S. Leadership National Security in International Conservation”
Witnesses: Panel I (Administration Witness): Mr. Justin Shirley, Principal Deputy Director, USFWS, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. Panel II (Outside Expert Witnesses); Mr. Arturo Tomas Benavides, Title, Dallas Safari Club, Laredo, TX; Dr. R. Evan Ellis, Senior Non-Resident Associate, Center for Strategic and International Studies, U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, PA; Dr. Eric Kingma, Executive Director, Hawaii Longline Association, Honolulu, HI; Mr. Ed Newcomer, USFWS Special Agent (Retired), Gardena, CA (Minority witness)
2:00 PM | 1324 Longworth HOB
House Committee on the Judiciary | Subcommittee on Oversight
Hearing: Embedded Threats: Foreign Ownership Hidden Hardware and Licensing Failures in Americas Transportation Systems; Witnesses: Chris Spear, President and CEO, American Trucking Associations; Rocky Cole, former intelligence analyst at the National Security Agency, co-founder of iVerify, Commentator, Fox News; Emily de La Bruyère, Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
2:00 PM | 2141 Rayburn HOB
House Committee on Rules
Business Meeting: H.R. 7148 Consolidated Appropriations Act 2026; H.R. 7147 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act 2026
2:00 PM | H-313 CAPITOL
House Committee on Natural Resources | Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
Hearing: Oversight hearing titled Deep Dive: Examining the Regulatory and Statutory Barriers to Deep Sea Mining.
Witnesses: Mr. Gerard Barron, CEO and Chairman, The Metals Company and The Metals Company USA, Raleigh, NC; Mr. Oliver Gunasekara, CEO and Co-Founder, Impossible Metals, San Jose, CA; Mr. Erik Milito, President, National Ocean Industries Association, Washington, DC; Dr. Andrew Thaler, Founder & CEO, Blackbeard Biologic: Science and Environmental Advisors, St. Michaels, MD [Minority Witness]
2:15 PM | 1334 Longworth HOB
House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs | Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity
Hearing: Legislative Hearing on: H.R. 982 the Warriors to Workforce Act; H.R. 2878 the Daniel J. Harvey Jr. and Adam Lambert Improving Servicemember Transition to Reduce Veteran Suicide Act; H.R. 4105 the VET Act of 2025; H.R. 5634 the Veterans Flight Training Responsibility Act of 2025; Discussion Draft: the CRUISE Act; Discussion Draft: the Improving Mental Health Care and Coordination for Homeless Veterans Act; Discussion Draft: the Improving Emerging Tech Opportunities for Veterans Act; Dis
Witnesses: Panel one: Mr. Kenneth Smith, Assistant Deputy Undersecretary, Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; Ms. Chantile Stovall, Acting Executive Director, Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; Mr. Jeremiah Workman, Assistant Secretary, Veterans’ Employment and Training Service, Department of Labor; Panel two: Mr. Sam Cook, President, Superior Van & Mobility; Mr. Larry Smith, Semiconductor Industry Expert; Ms. Julie Howell, Associate Legislative Director for Government Relations, Paralyzed Veterans of America; Ms. Kathryn Monet, Chief Executive Officer, National Coalition of Homeless Veterans
2:30 PM | 360 Canon HOB
House Committee on Ways and Means | Subcommittee on Work and Welfare
Hearing: Strengthening the Child Support Enforcement Program: Status Challenges and Opportunities for Modernization
Witnesses: Ms. Jessica Tollestrup, Specialist in Social Policy, Congressional Research Service (CRS) Domestic Social Policy Division; Ms. Connie Chesnik, Administrator, Wisconsin Division of Family and Economic Security in the Department of Children and Families; Ms. Ruth Anne Thornton, Director,
Texas Office of the Attorney General, Child Support Division; Mr. Nick Gwyn, Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
3:00 PM | 2020 Rayburn HOB
Thursday, January 22
House Committee on Energy and Commerce | Subcommittee on Health
Business Meeting: Lowering Health Care Costs for All Americans: An Examination of Health Insurance Affordability
9:45 AM | 2123 Rayburn HOB
House Committee on Homeland Security | Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement
Hearing: Smarter Borders Safer Nation: Expanding the Use of Non-Intrusive Inspection Technology
Witnesses: Diane Sabatino, Acting Executive Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection; Hilary Benedict , Director, Science, Technology Assessments, and Analytics, U.S. Government Accountability Office
10:00 AM | 310 Canon HOB
House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
Hearing: Assessing U.S. Leadership in Quantum Science and Technology
Witnesses: Dr. James Kushmerick, Director, Physical Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology; Dr. Saul Gonzalez, Deputy Directorate Head, Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences, National Science Foundation; Dr. Mark Clampin, Deputy Associate Administrator, Science Mission Directorate, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Dr. Tanner Crowder, Quantum Information Science Lead, Office of Science, Department of Energy
10:00 AM | 2318 Rayburn HOB
House Committee on the Judiciary
Hearing: Oversight of the Office of Special Counsel Jack Smith
Witnesses: Former Special Counsel Jack Smith
10:00 AM | 2141 Rayburn HOB
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure | Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management
Hearing: “Smarter Spending Stronger Results: Reducing Duplication and Ensuring Effectiveness Through Economic Development Reforms”
Witnesses: Mr. Ben Page, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Development and Chief Operating Officer, United States Economic Development Administration; The Honorable Gayle Conelly Manchin, Federal Co-Chair, Appalachian Regional Commission; The Honorable Corey Wiggins, Federal Co-Chair, Delta Regional Authority; The Honorable Chris Saunders, Federal Co-Chair, Northern Border Regional Commission; The Honorable Jennifer Clyburn Reed, Federal Co-Chair, Southeast Crescent Regional Commission; The Honorable Juan Sanchez, Federal Co-Chair, Southwest Border Regional Commission; Ms. Jocelyn Fenton, Director of Programs, Denali Commission
10:00 AM | 2167 Rayburn HOB
House Committee on Natural Resources
Markup: Mark-up on: H.R. 2130 Rep. Dusty Johnson of SD Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act of 2025 H.R. 3073 Rep. Maloy Shivwits Band of Paiutes Jurisdictional Clarity Act H.R. 3340 Rep. Fry Modernizing Access to Our Public Oceans Act H.R. 4255 Rep. Gosar Enhancing Safety for Animals Act of 2025 H.R. 4294 Rep. Elfreth Mitigation Action and Watermen Support Act of 2025 or the MAWS Act of 2025 H.R. 5254 Rep. Bell Gateway Partnership Act of 2025 H.R. 5729 Rep
10:00 AM | 1324 Longworth HOB
House Committee on Education and Workforce | Subcommittee on Workforce Protections
Hearing: Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Mine Safety and Health Administration
Witnesses: The Honorable Wayne Palmer, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health, Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor
10:15 AM | 2175 Rayburn HOB
House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
Hearing: Community Care Network Next Generation: One Trillion Dollars of Oversight
Witnesses: Panel one: Mr. Richard F. Topping, Assistant Secretary for Management and Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Ms. Alicia Skolrood, Executive Director, Integrated External Networks, Office of Integrated Veteran Care, Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Panel two: Mr. John Vick, Executive Director, Concerned Veterans for America; Dr. Rachel Madley, Ph.D., Executive Director, Center for Health and Democracy
10:15 AM | 360 Canon HOB
House Committee on House Administration
Hearing: Full Committee Hearing Oversight of the Government Publishing Office in the Digital-First Era.
Witnesses: The Honorable Hugh Halpern, Director, Government Publishing Office
2:00 PM | 1310 Longworth HOB
House Committee on Energy and Commerce | Subcommittee on Environment
Hearing: Chemicals in Commerce: Legislative Proposal to Modernize Americas Chemical Safety Law Strengthen Critical Supply Chains and Grow Domestic Manufacturing.
Witnesses: Dimitrios Karakitsos, Esq., Holland & Knight; Dr. Kimberly Wise White, Vice President, Regulatory and Scientific Affairs, American Chemistry Council; John Carey, Esq., Regulatory Director, dsm-firmenich; Tracey Woodruff, PhD, MPH, University of California, San Francisco
2:00 PM | 2123 Rayburn HOB
House Committee on Foreign Affairs | Africa Subcommittee
Hearing: Advancing Peace in DRC and Rwanda through President Trumps Washington Accords
Witnesses: Ms. Sarah Troutman, Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, U.S. Department of State
2:00 PM | 2172 Rayburn HOB
House Committee on Natural Resources | Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
Hearing: Oversight hearing titled Deep Dive: Examining the Regulatory and Statutory Barriers to Deep Sea Mining.
Witnesses: Mr. Gerard Barron, CEO and Chairman, The Metals Company and The Metals Company USA, Raleigh, NC; Mr. Oliver Gunasekara, CEO and Co-Founder, Impossible Metals, San Jose, CA; Mr. Erik Milito, President, National Ocean Industries Association, Washington, DC; Dr. Andrew Thaler, Founder & CEO, Blackbeard Biologic: Science and Environmental Advisors, St. Michaels, MD [Minority Witness]
2:00 PM | 1334 Longworth HOB
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform | Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs
Hearing: Housing Affordability: Saving the American Dream
Witnesses: Mr. Edward Pinto, Senior Fellow and Co-Director, American Enterprise Institute Housing Center; Mr. Buddy Hughes, Chairman of the Board, National Association of Home Builders; Ms. Patrice Onwuka, Director – Center for Economic Opportunity, Independent Women
2:00 PM | 2247 Rayburn HOB
House Committee on Small Business
Hearing: Local Ownership National Brands: How Franchising is a Pathway to Entrepreneurship.
Witnesses: Ms. Angie Katsanevas, Founder and Owner, Lunatic Fringe; Ms. Tina Patel, Co-Principal, Chief Financial Officer, Promise Hotels; Mr. Clement Troutman, Franchise Owner, Troutman Management LLC; Mr. Rico Macaraeg, Co-Founder and CEO, StriveWell
2:00 PM | 2360 Rayburn HOB
House Committee on Ways and Means
Business Meeting: Full Committee Hearing with Health Insurance CEOs
2:30 PM | 1100 Longworth HOB
Senate Hearings & Meetings
2026 Congressional Calendar