| Date Time-Room | Committee | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 9:00 AM – S-116 | Foreign Relations | Business meeting to consider the nominations of Kari Lake, of Arizona, to be Ambassador to Jamaica, Douglas Mastriano, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Slovak Republic, Juan Segura, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation, and to be an Assistant Secretary (Western Hemisphere Affairs), Barbera Thornhill, of North Carolina, to be Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, with the rank of Ambassador at Large, Joseph Burkhalter, of Georgia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova, John Hurley, of California, to be Representative of the United States of America to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, with the rank of Ambassador, Daniel Perez, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Federative Republic of Brazil, Rudolph Bauer, of South Carolina, to be Ambassador to Belize, Brendan Hanrahan, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (European and Eurasian Affairs), Katherine Bowles, of Alabama, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Legislative Affairs), Donald Blome, of Illinois, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Near Eastern Affairs), Christopher Anderson, of Wisconsin, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia, Laurence Socha, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Republic of The Gambia, and Stanley Brown, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, all of the Department of State. |
| Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 9:30 AM – SD-366 | Energy and Natural Resources | An oversight hearing to examine the Federal Regulatory Commission. |
| Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 9:30 AM – SD-342 | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs | Business meeting to consider the nominations of Hal Duncan, of Texas, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Brian Cavanaugh, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary for Management, and Cameron Hamilton, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, both of the Department of Homeland Security, Charles Baldis, of Virginia, to be Special Counsel, Office of Special Counsel, Bradford Pentony Wilson, of New Jersey, to be Archivist of the United States, Jeffrey Brodsky, and William Gallo, of Florida, both to be a Governor of the United States Postal Service, James Woodruff, of Florida, to be Chairman of the Merit Systems Protection Board, Charlton Allen, of North Carolina, to be General Counsel of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, James Andrew Crowell IV, and Stuart Gordon Nash, both to be an Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, and Christopher Michael De Bono, Michael Christopher DiLorenzo, Sharon E. Goodie, Craig Edward Leen, Christine Michelle Macey, and John Barlow Timmer, each to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. |
| Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 10:00 AM – SD-608 | Budget | Business meeting to consider the nomination of Hal Duncan, of Texas, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget. |
| Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 10:00 AM – SD-215 | Finance | Hearings to examine the President's 2026 trade policy agenda. |
| Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 10:00 AM – SD-430 | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions | Business meeting to consider S.2355, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for hospital and insurer price transparency, S.4189, to reduce the price of insulin and provide for patient protections with respect to the cost of insulin, S.4974, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to food safety, S.5026, to require warning labels on sugar-sweetened foods and beverages, foods and beverages containing high-intensity sweeteners, ultra-processed foods, and foods high in nutrients of concern, such as added sugar, saturated fat, or sodium, to restrict junk food advertising to children, S.1414, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide that clinical studies required for licensure of biological products as biosimilar shall not be required to include the assessment of immunogenicity, pharmacodynamics, or comparative clinical efficacy, S.3788, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require drug labeling to include original manufacturer and supply chain information, S.3794, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to further regulate compounding pharmacies and outsourcing facilities, S.494, to establish a national plan to coordinate research on epilepsy, S.4110, to revise and extend health workforce programs under title VII of the Public Health Service Act, S.1874, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain nursing workforce development programs, and S.380, to improve obstetric emergency care. |
| Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 10:30 AM – SR-253 | Commerce, Science, and Transportation | Business meeting to markup S.1759, to allow for the operation of civil supersonic flight in the national airspace system under certain conditions, S.3258, to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to publish the list of medications that the Administrator has compiled for purposes of the medical certification of airmen and air traffic control specialists, S.3885, to provide for updates to the Federal Aviation Administration type certification process to support development of new and novel technologies, S.4429, to prohibit the importation, manufacture, sale, resale, or introduction into interstate commerce in the United States of connected vehicles and related software and hardware associated with foreign adversaries, S.4448, to require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to create tools for tracking the progress of grant recipients under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program, to require the Assistant Secretary to help executive agencies improve compliance with the statutory deadline for processing communications use applications, S.4691, to support improved awareness and coordination of Federal communications resources during disasters and emergencies, S.4802, to provide for the acquisition by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of aircraft for air, atmosphere, and weather reconnaissance and research missions, and the nominations of Thomas B. Chapman, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board, Edward Eppler, of Connecticut, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Transportation, Karen Jean Hedlund, of New York, to be a Member of the Surface Transportation Board, Brien Lorenze, of Virginia, and Karen Sessions, of Texas, each to be a Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and David Cummins, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration. |
| Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 2:00 PM – S-120 | Indian Affairs | Business meeting to consider the nominations of Mark Cruz, of Oregon, to be Director of the Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services. |
| Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 2:00 PM – S-216 | Environment and Public Works | Business meeting to consider the nomination of Kevin Lilly, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife, Department of the Interior. |
| Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 3:00 PM – SH-219 | Intelligence | To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters. |
| Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 4:00 PM – SR-418 | Veterans' Affairs | Hearings to examine advancing the mission, focusing on evaluating the future of VA research. |
| Thursday, Jul 23, 2026 9:47 AM – SD-430 | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions | Business meeting to consider the nominations of Sean Kaufman, of Georgia, to be Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Erica Schwartz, of Florida, to be Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, both of the Department of Health and Human Services, and Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor. |
| Thursday, Jul 23, 2026 10:00 AM – SD-538 | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs | Business meeting to consider the nominations of Christopher Phelan, of Minnesota, to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, John Crews, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National Credit Union Administration Board, and Jeffrey Ledbetter, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of Housing and Urban Development; to be immediately followed by an opening hearing to examine the nominations of Brian Johnson, of Ohio, to be Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, Abby Warren, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, and Irving Dennis, of Ohio, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development. |
| Thursday, Jul 23, 2026 10:15 AM – SH-216 | Judiciary | Business meeting to consider the nominations of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be Attorney General, and Christopher Nassar, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma, both of the Department of Justice, Daniel Desmond Domenico, of Colorado, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, and Matthew R. Byrne, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio, and designation of subcommittees for the 119th Congress. |
| Thursday, Jul 23, 2026 10:30 AM – SD-215 | Finance | Business meeting to consider the nominations of Francis Brooke, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary, Erin Browne, of New York, to be an Under Secretary, Sriprakash Kothari, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Secretary, and George McMaster, of South Carolina, to be an Assistant Secretary, all of the Department of the Treasury. |
| Wednesday, Jul 29, 2026 8:30 AM – SD-342 | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs | Hearings to examine the testimony of Anthony Fauci. |
| Wednesday, Jul 29, 2026 10:00 AM – SD-430 | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions | Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled "Special Education Administration Protection Act", S.5046, to prohibit the transfer of certain offices and functions of the Department of Education to other Federal agencies, S.2511, to establish a postsecondary student data system, S.3010, to amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to improve provisions relating to dyslexia, S.3589, to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide students with disabilities and their families with access to critical information needed to select the right college and succeed once enrolled, S.4097, to establish that a State-based education loan program is excluded from certain requirements relating to a preferred lender arrangement, S.4689, to strengthen literacy outcomes for all students, to amend the comprehensive literacy State development grant program, and to ensure Federal accountability and investment in research, teacher preparation, and evidence-based instruction aligned with the science of reading, S.3333, to modify the eligibility requirements and account contribution maximum for pension-linked emergency savings accounts, S.4965, to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to establish a Railroad Retirement Board Administrative Account, and S.3097, to provide additional protections with respect to health information. |
| Wednesday, Jul 29, 2026 2:00 PM – SD-430 | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety | Hearings to examine the impact of AI on the workplace. |
| Wednesday, Jul 29, 2026 2:30 PM – SD-628 | Indian Affairs | Hearings to examine S.3573, to amend the Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act to modify a provision relating to the extension of certain dates for the completion of the Regional Water System, S.3617, to approve the settlement of water rights claims of the Yavapai-Apache Nation in the State of Arizona, to authorize construction of a water project relating to those water rights claims, S.4368, to approve the settlement of the water rights claims of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, S.4417, to amend the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Water Rights Settlement Act to make technical corrections, and S.4890, to amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to establish subaccounts in the Indian Water Rights Settlement Completion Fund. |
| Wednesday, Jul 29, 2026 3:30 PM – SD-562 | Aging | Hearings to examine the AI deception machine, focusing on deepfakes, chatbots, and the new frontier of senior fraud. |
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