Welcome to the Gallery

Today's Floor Schedule

The Senate will next convene on Wednesday, April 2 at 10:00 AM and, following any leader remarks, will proceed to Executive Session and resume consideration of the nomination of Dean Sauer to be Solicitor General of the United States.

At 2:15 PM, the Senate will proceed to two roll call votes relative to the following:

1. Motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Dean Sauer to be Solicitor General of the United States.
2. Motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Harmeet Dhillon to be an Assistant Attorney General.

If cloture is invoked on the Sauer or Dhillon nominations, at a time to be determined by the Majority Leader, in consultation with the Democratic Leader, during Wednesday’s session, the Senate will proceed to two roll call votes relative to the following:

1. Confirmation of the nomination of Dean Sauer to be Solicitor General of the United States.
2. Confirmation of the nomination of Harmeet Dhillon to be an Assistant Attorney General.

During Wednesday’s session the Senate is expected to execute the order with respect to S.J.Res.37, a joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Canada.

Additional votes are expected during Wednesday’s session.

The House will next meet on Wednesday, April 2 at 6:00 PM for a pro forma session only.

Upcoming Hearings & Events

Please contact gallery for hearings coverage at press_photo@saa.senate.gov

Monday, March 31

House Committee on Rules
Business Meeting: H.R. 1526 No Rogue Rulings Act of 2025; H.R. 22 Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act; S.J. Res. 18 Disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to Overdraft Lending: Very Large Financial Institutions.; S.J. Res. 28 Disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to Defining Larger Participants of a Market for General-Use Digital Consumer Payment Applications.
4:00 PM | H-313 CAPITOL

Tuesday, April 1

House Committee on Appropriations | Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs
Hearing: Member Day
Witnesses: Members of Congress
8:30 AM | H-140 CAPITOL

Senate Committee on Armed Services
Hearings to examine the nomination of Lieutenant General John D. Caine (Retired), to be general and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Department of Defense.
Witnesses: Testimony from nominees.
9:30 AM – SD-G50

Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Hearings to examine S.222, to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to allow schools that participate in the school lunch program to serve whole milk.
Witnesses: Dr. Eve Stoody, Director, Nutrition Guidance and Analysis Division, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, USDA, Alexandria, VA; Dr. Keith Ayoob, Associate Professor Emeritus, Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY; Mrs. Krista Byler, District Food Service Director/Chef, Union City Area School District, Spartansburg, PA; Dr. Linette Dodson, Deputy Superintendent of School Nutrition, Georgia Department of Education, Carrollton, GA; Mr. Dan Gorman, Food Service Director, Montague Area Public and North Muskegon Public Schools, Montague, MI
10:00 AM – SR-328A

Senate Committee on Finance
Business meeting to consider the nomination of Frank Bisignano, of New Jersey, to be Commissioner of Social Security Administration.
10:00 AM – SD-215

House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology | Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics
Hearing: Leveraging Commercial Innovation for Lunar Exploration: A Review of NASAs CLPS Initiative; Witnesses: Dr. Nicola Fox, Associate Administrator, Science Mission Directorate, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Dr. Brett W. Denevi, Principal Staff Scientist, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory; Mr. John Thornton, Chief Executive Officer, Astrobotic Technology; Mr. Stephen Altemus, President and CEO, Intuitive Machines; Mr. Jason Kim, Chief Executive Officer, Firefly Aerospace
10:00 AM | 2318 Rayburn HOB

House Committee on Small Business
Hearing: The Golden Age: Unleashing Main Street Through Deregulation
Witnesses: Mr. Patrick Montalban, Chairman & CEO, Montalban Oil & Gas Operations, Inc, on behalf of National Stripper Well Association (NSWA); Mr. Elden Johnson, Owner, Elden Johnson Transportation, on behalf of National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB); Mr. Buddy Hughes, Chairman of the Board, National Association of Home Builders; Mr. John Arensmeyer, Founder & CEO, Small Business Majority
10:00 AM | 2360 Rayburn HOB

House Committee on Armed Services
Hearing: U.S. Military Posture and National Security Challenges in North and South America
Witnesses: TBC, Office of the Secretary of Defense; General Gregory M. Guillot, Commander, U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command; Admiral Alvin Holsey, Commander, U.S. Southern Command; The Honorable Rafael F. Leonardo, Performing the Duties of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Hemispheric Affairs, Office of the Secretary of Defense; The Honorable Robert G. Salesses, Deputy Director, Washington Headquarters Services
10:00 AM | 2118 Rayburn HOB

House Committee on Financial Services
Hearing: Hearing Entitled: Following the Money: Tools and Techniques to Combat Fraud
Witnesses: Ms. Jacqueline Burns Koven, Head of Cyber Threat Intelligence, Chainalysis; Mr. Darrin McLaughlin, Executive Vice President – Chief BSA/AML & Sanctions Officer, Flagstar Bank, on behalf of the American Bankers Association; Mr. Jeff Brabant, Vice President, Federal Government Relations, National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB); Ms. Kathy Stokes, Director, Fraud Prevention Programs, on behalf of AARP
10:00 AM | 2128 Rayburn House Office Building

House Committee on Homeland Security | Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection
Hearing: Cybersecurity is Local Too: Assessing the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program
Witnesses: Robert Huber, Chief Security Officer, Tenable, Inc.; Alan Fuller, Chief Information Officer, State of Utah; Kevin Kramer, First Vice President, National League of Cities; Councilman, Louisville, KY
10:00 AM | 310 Canon HOB

House Committee on Foreign Affairs | South and Central Asia Subcommittee
Hearing: Censorship-Industrial Complex: The Need for First Amendment Safeguards at the State Department
Witnesses: Mr. Matt Taibbi, Twitter Files Journalist, Author, Founder, Racket News; Mr. Benjamin Weingarten, Investigative Journalist & Columnist
10:00 AM | 2172 Rayburn HOB

House Committee on the Judiciary | Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet
Hearing: Judicial Overreach and Constitutional Limits on the Federal Courts
Witnesses: Newt Gingrich, Former Congressman for Georgia and 50th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives; Paul Larkin, John, Barbara, and Victoria Rumpel Senior Legal Research Fellow, Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, The Heritage Foundation; Cindy Romero, Victim of criminal activity perpetrated by terrorist organization Tren de Aragua in Aurora, Colorado
10:00 AM | 2141 Rayburn HOB

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform | Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs
Hearing: Americas AI Moonshot: The Economics of AI Data Centers and Power Consumption
Witnesses: Neil Chilson, Head of AI Policy, Abundance Institute; Josh Levi, President, Data Center Coalition; Mark P. Mills, Executive Director, National Center for Energy Analytics
10:00 AM | 2247 Rayburn HOB

House Committee on Energy and Commerce | Subcommittee on Health
Hearing: Examining the FDAs Regulation of Over-the-Counter Monograph Drugs
Witnesses: Mr. Kevin Menzel, Member, Board of Directors, Consumer Healthcare Products Association; President, Focus Consumer Healthcare; Mr. Douglas M. Troutman, Interim Co-Chief Executive Officer, American Cleaning Institute; Ms. Kim Wezik, MPH, Director of Advocacy, Melanoma Research Foundation; Mr. Scott Faber, Senior Vice President, Government Affairs, Environmental Working Group (Minority); Mr. Carl D’Ruiz, MPH, Senior Science, Advocacy, and Business Development Manager for Beauty and Care, North America, dsm-firmenich
10:15 AM | 2123 Rayburn HOB

House Committee on Education and Workforce | Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education
Hearing: “From Chalkboards to Chatbots: The Impact of AI on K-12 Education”
Witnesses: Dr. Sid Dobrin, Chair, Department of English, University of Florida; Dr. Julia Rafal-Baer, CEO, ILO Group; Ms. Erin Mote, CEO, InnovateEDU/EDSAFE AI Alliance; Mr. Chris Chism, Superintendent, Pearl Public School District
10:15 AM | 2175 Rayburn HOB

House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
Hearing: Harnessing Biomedical Innovation: Modernizing VA Healthcare for the Future
Witnesses: Mr. Will Gray, Vice President, Marketing, Commercial Operations, and Government, Boston Scientific; Dr. Jon Bloom, Chief Executive Officer, Podimetrics; Mr. Jeff DiLullo, Executive Vice President and Chief Regional Leader, Philips North America; Dr. Sai Parthasarathy, Director, Center for Sleep, Circadian and Neuroscience Research, University of Arizona Health Sciences
10:15 AM | 360 Canon HOB

Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Hearings to examine certain nominations.
Witnesses: Mr. Tilman Fertitta, of Texas, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Italian Republic, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of San Marino
10:30 AM – SD-419

Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
Hearings to examine the nominations of Samuel Brown, of Nevada, to be Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Memorial Affairs, James Baehr, of Louisiana, to be General Counsel, and Richard Topping, of Ohio, to be Chief Financial Officer, all of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Witnesses: Testimony from nominees.
10:30 AM – SR-418

House Committee on Energy and Commerce | Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Hearing: Aging Technology Emerging Threats: Examining Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities in Legacy Medical Devices
Witnesses: Dr. Christian Dameff, MD, MS, FACEP, Emergency Physician and Co-Director, Center for Healthcare Cybersecurity, University of California San Diego Health; Mr. Greg Garcia, Executive Director, Healthcare Sector Coordinating Council Cybersecurity Working Group; Mr. Erik Decker, Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, Intermountain Healthcare; Ms. Michelle Jump, Chief Executive Officer, MedSec, Dr. Kevin Fu, PhD, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Khoury College of Computer Sciences,, Department of Bioengineering, Kostas Research Institute (KRI) for Homeland Security, Northeastern University
10:30 AM | 2322 Rayburn HOB

House Committee on Oversight
Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets: the JFK Files
Witnesses: Oliver Stone, American Filmmaker; Jefferson Morley, Independent Journalist and Author; James DiEugenio, Researcher and Author
2:00 PM – HVC-210

House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Hearing: A Return to Maximum Pressure: Comprehensively Countering the Iranian Regime’s Malign Activities
Witnesses: Norman T. Roule, Non-resident Senior Advisor, Warfare, Irregular Threats, and Terrorism Program, The Center for Strategic and International Studies; Claire Jungman, Chief of Staff, United Against Nuclear Iran; Ms. Dana Stroul, Director of Research, Shelly and Michael Kassen Senior Fellow, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
2:00 PM | 2172 Rayburn HOB

House Committee on Homeland Security | Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement
Hearing: Exploring the Use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Across the DHS Enterprise
Witnesses: Bryan Farrell, Interim Director, Raspet Flight Research Laboratory, Mississippi State University; Mike Ledbetter, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, COLSA Corporation; Jerry Hendrix, Executive Director, Rotorcraft Systems Engineering and Simulation Center, the University of Alabama in Huntsville
2:00 PM | 310 Canon HOB

Senate Committee on the Judiciary – Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights
Hearings to examine big fixes for big tech.
Witnesses: Kamyl Bazbaz, VP Communications, DuckDuckGo, New York, NY; Morgan Harper, Director of Policy and Advocacy, American Economic Liberties Project, Columbus, OH; Jason Kint, CEO, Digital Content Next, New York, NY; Garry Tan, CEO, Y Combinator, San Francisco, CA; Rory Van Loo, Professor, Boston University School of Law, Boston, MA
2:30 PM – SD-226

Wednesday, April 2

Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Business meeting to consider pending calendar nominations.
10:00 AM – S-116

Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Hearings to examine the nominations of Katharine MacGregor, of Florida, to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior, and James Danly, of Tennessee, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy.
Witnesses: Testimony from nominees.
10:00 AM – SD-366

Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
Hearings to examine constructing the Surface Transportation Reauthorization bill, focusing on United States Secretary of Transportation’s perspective.
Witnesses: The Honorable Sean Duffy, United States Secretary of Transportation
10:00 AM – SD-406

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Hearings to examine restoring Boeing’s status as a great American manufacturer, focusing on safety first.
Witnesses: Kelly Ortberg, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Boeing Company
10:00 AM – SD-G50

House Committee on Small Business
Hearing: Fueling America’s Future: How Investment Empowers Small Business Growth
Witnesses: Mr. Brett Palmer, President, Small Business Investor Alliance, Washington, DC; Mr. William Baumel, Managing Director, Ohio Innovation Fund, Dublin, OH; Mr. Bryan Yourdon, Chief Executive Officer, Olympia Chimney Supply Holdings, LLC, Pittston, PA; Mr. Anthony Cimino, Vice President & Head of Public Policy, Carta, San Francisco, CA
10:00 AM | 2360 Rayburn HOB

House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Markup: H.R. 2390 the “Maritime Supply Chain Security Act”; H.R. 2351 “To direct the Commandant of the Coast Guard to update the policy of the Coast Guard regarding the use of medication to treat drug overdose and for other purposes”; an ANS to H.R. 252 the “Secure Our Ports Act of 2025”; H.R. 2035 the “American Cargo for American Ships Act”; H.R. 188 the “Amtrak Transparency and Accountability for Passengers and Taxpayers Act”; H.R. 248 the “Baby Changing on Board Act”; an ANS to H.R. 1373 the
10:00 AM | 2167 Rayburn HOB

House Committee on the Judiciary | Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust
Hearing: Artificial Intelligence: Examining Trends in Innovation and Competition
Witnesses: Neil Chilson, Head of AI Policy, Abundance Institute; Joseph Coniglio, Director of Antitrust and Innovation, Information Technology & Innovation Foundation ; Jessica Melugin, Director of the Center for Technology & Innovation, Competitive Enterprise Institute
10:00 AM | 2141 Rayburn HOB

House Committee on Natural Resources | Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Hearing: Oversight hearing titled “Unleashing the Golden Age of American Energy Dominance.”
Witnesses: Mr. Matthew Jensen, Director, Office for Fiscal and Regulatory Analysis, America First Policy Institute, Washington, D.C.; Mr. Glen Sweetnam, Distinguished Fellow, Energy Policy Research Foundation, Washington, D.C.; Dr. Kevin Dayaratna, Acting Director, Chief Statistician, and Senior Research Fellow, Center for Data Analysis, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C.; Ms. Megan Gibson, Senior Attorney, Southern Environmental Law Center, Washington, D.C. [Minority witness].
10:00 AM | 1324 Longworth HOB

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform | Subcommittee on Military and Foreign Affairs
Hearing: Salt Typhoon: Securing Americas Telecommunications from State-Sponsored Cyber Attacks
Witnesses: Josh Steinman, CEO, Galvanick
10:00 AM | HVC-210 CAPITOL

House Committee on Appropriations | Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs
Hearing: Outside Witness Day
Witnesses: Mr. Elliot Brandt, CEO, American Israel Public Affairs Committee; Mrs. Talin Yacoubian, Co-Chair, Armenian Assembly of America; Dr. Ian Bickford, President, American University of Afghanistan; Mr. Peter Yeo, President, Better World Campaign; Mr. Paul Hazen, Executive Director, U.S. Overseas Cooperative Development Council; Mr. Bill O’Keefe, Executive Vice President, Mission, Mobilization, & Advocacy, Catholic Relief Services; Mr. Blake Selzer, Director of Government Affairs, Edesia Nutrition; Mr. Mark Viso, President and CEO, Food for the Hungry; Dr. Sania Nishtar, CEO, Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance; Ms. Giulia McPherson, Executive Director, Global Campaign for Education-US; Mr. Chris Collins, President & CEO, Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, TB and Malaria; Mr. Chris Whatley, Executive Director, The HALO Trust; Mr. Daniel Twining, President, International Republican Institute; Mr. Stan Soderstrom, Executive Director Emeritus, Kiwanis; Ms. Shari Bryan, Executive Director, Mines Advisory Group – US; Mr. Spencer Knoll, Director of U.S. Policy and Advocacy, Malaria No More; Dr. Tamara Cofman Wittes, President, National Democratic Institute; Ms. Jennifer Cervantes, Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers; Mr. John Nanni, Member, Rotary’s Polio Eradication Advocacy Task Force for the United States; Ms. Carol Jenkins, CEO, World Learning
10:00 AM | 2358-C Rayburn HOB

House Committee on Financial Services
Markup: Markup of Various Measures
10:00 AM | 2128 Rayburn House Office Building

House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Markup: Markup of 26 Bills
10:00 AM | 2123 Rayburn HOB

House Committee on Appropriations | Subcommittee on Legislative Branch
Hearing: Budget Hearing U.S. House of Representatives
Witnesses: The Honorable Catherine L. Szpindor, Chief Administrative Officer, U.S. House of Representatives; The Honorable Kevin F. McCumber, Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives; The Honorable William P. McFarland, Sergeant at Arms, U.S. House of Representatives; Mr. Matthew Barry, General Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives; Ms. Christen Stevenson, Acting Inspector General, U.S. House of Representatives; Mr. Brian Lindsey, Law Revision Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives; Mr. Warren Burke, Legislative Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives
10:00 AM | 2362-A Rayburn HOB

Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Hearings to examine District Judges, focusing on exploring legislative solutions to the bipartisan problem of universal injunctions.
Witnesses: Samuel L. Bray, John N. Matthews Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law School, Notre Dame, IN; Stephen I. Vladeck, Agnes Williams Sesquicentennial Professor of Federal Courts, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC; Jesse Panuccio, Partner, Bois Schiller Flexner, Washington, DC
10:15 AM – SD-226

House Committee on Education and Workforce | Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
Hearing: “A Healthy Workforce: Expanding Access and Affordability in Employer-Sponsored Health Care”
Witnesses: Ms. Angela Shields, Chief Executive Officer, Tennessee REALTORS; Ms. Marcie Strouse, Partner, Capitol Benefits Group; Ms. Bethany Lilly, Executive Director, Public Policy, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society; Mr. Kev Coleman, Research Fellow, Paragon Health Institute
2:00 PM | 2175 Rayburn HOB

House Committee on the Judiciary | Subcommittee on Oversight
Hearing: Inside the Biden FBI: Waste Fraud Abuse and a Bureau Leadership in Decline
Witnesses: Stewart Whitson, Senior Director of Federal Affairs, Foundation for Government Accountability; former FBI Supervisory Special Agent; Richard Stout, Director, Reform the Bureau; former FBI Special Agent; Nicole Parker, former FBI Special Agent
2:00 PM | 2141 Rayburn HOB

House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs | Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Hearing: Answering the Call: Examining VAs Mental Health Policies
Witnesses: Dr. Thomas O’Toole, Acting Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Clinical Services, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration; Dr. Ilse Wiechers, Deputy Executive Director, Office of Mental Health, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration; Dr. Anthony Stazzone, Chief Medical Officer, Veterans Integrated Service Network 9, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration; Dr. Julie Kroviak, MD, Principal Deputy Assistant Inspector General in the Role of Acting Assistant Inspector General for Healthcare Inspections, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of the Inspector General
2:00 PM | 360 Canon HOB

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
An oversight hearing to examine Native American education, focusing on Federal programs at the U.S. Department of Education.
Witnesses: Mr. Jason Dropik, Executive Director, National Indian Education Association, Washington, DC; Ms. Sydna Yellowfish, Director of Indian Education
Edmond Public Schools, Edmond, OK; Dr. Rosita Worl, President, Sealaska Heritage Institute, Juneau, AK; Ms. Nicole Russell, Executive Director, National Association of Federally Impacted Schools, Washington, DC; Ms. Ahniwake Rose, President and CEO, American Indian Higher Education Consortium, Alexandria, VA
2:30 PM – SD-628

Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Business meeting to consider S.1199, SBA Fraud Enforcement Extension Act.
2:30 PM – SR-428A

House Committee on Armed Services | Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces
Hearing: Small UAS and Counter-Small UAS: Gaps Requirements and Projected Capabilities
Witnesses: Lieutenant General Eric Austin, USMC, Deputy Commandant of the Marine Corps for Capabilities Development and, Integration and Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command; Lieutenant General Robert Collins, USA, Principal Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology) and Director, Army Acquisition Corps, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army; Major General David Stewart, USA, Director, Joint Counter-Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office; Colonel Guy Yelverton, USA, Deputy for Acquisition and Systems Management, Program Executive Office Missiles & Space
3:30 PM | 2118 Rayburn HOB

Thursday, April 3

Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Hearings to examine the nominations of Scott Kupor, of California, to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management, and Eric Matthew Ueland, of Virginia, to be Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget.
Witnesses: Testimony from nominees.
9:30 AM – SD-342

Senate Committee on Armed Services
Hearings to examine the posture of the United States European Command and United States Africa Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2026 and the Future Years Defense Program; to be immediately followed by a closed hearing in SVC-217.
Witnesses: General Christopher G. Cavoli, USA; Commander, United States European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe; General Michael E. Langley, USMC Commander, United States Africa Command
9:30 AM – SD-G50

Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Paul Atkins, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Jonathan Gould, of Virginia, to be Comptroller of the Currency, and Luke Pettit, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary, both of the Department of the Treasury, and Marcus Molinaro, of New York, to be Federal Transit Administrator, Department of Transportation.
10:00 AM – SD-538

Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Business meeting to consider S.527, to require the Federal Trade Commission to study the role of intermediaries in the pharmaceutical supply chain and provide Congress with appropriate policy recommendations, S.1040, to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to prohibit product hopping, S.1041, to amend title 35, United States Code, to address the infringement of patents that claim biological products, S.1097, to amend title 35, United States Code, to establish an interagency task force between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Food and Drug Administration for purposes of sharing information and providing technical assistance with respect to patents, S.1095, to enable the Federal Trade Commission to deter filing of sham citizen petitions to cover an attempt to interfere with approval of a competing generic drug or biosimilar, to foster competition, and facilitate the efficient review of petitions filed in good faith to raise legitimate public health concerns, and S.1096, to prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market, and to prohibit biological product manufacturers from compensating biosimilar and interchangeable companies to delay the entry of biosimilar biological products and interchangeable biological products, and the nomination of Patrick David Davis, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice.
10:15 AM – SH-216

Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Business meeting to consider pending nominations; to be immediately followed by hearings to examine the nominations of David Perdue, of Georgia, to be Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, and Monica Crowley, of New York, to be Chief of Protocol, and to have the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service, both of the Department of State.
10:30 AM – SD-419

Senate Hearings & Meetings

2025 Congressional Calendar