Today's Floor Schedule
The Senate will next convene on Thursday, June 5 at 10:00 AM and, following any leader remarks, will proceed to Executive Session and resume consideration of Executive Calendar #144, James O’Neill, of California, to be Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services.
At 11:30 AM the Senate will vote on confirmation of the nomination.
Following disposition of the O’Neill nomination the Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #120, John Andrew Eisenberg, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General.
If cloture is invoked on the Eisenberg nomination the Senate will vote on confirmation at approx. 1:45pm, followed by the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #111, Brett Shumate, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General.
If cloture is invoked on the Shumate nomination, the Senate will vote on confirmation at a time to be determined by the Majority Leader in consultation with the Democratic Leader on Monday, June 9.
The House will next meet on Thursday, June 5 at 10:00 AM for morning hour and 12:00 PM for legislative business. First votes are expected at 3:00 PM and final votes will occur at 3:45 PM.
Upcoming Hearings & Events
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TUESDAY, JUNE 3
Senate Committee on Finance
Business meeting to consider the nomination of William Long, of Missouri, to be Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Department of the Treasury.
9:30 AM – SD-215
Senate Committee on Appropriations – Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2026 for the Department of Education.
Witnesses: The Honorable Linda McMahon, Secretary, Department of Education
10:00 AM – SD-124
Senate Committee on Finance
Hearings to examine the nominations of Joseph Barloon, of Maryland, to be a Deputy United States Trade Representative (Geneva Office), with the rank of Ambassador, Janet Dhillon, of Virginia, to be Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation for a term of five years, and Brian Morrissey, Jr., of Virginia, to be General Counsel for the Department of the Treasury.
Witnesses: Testimony from nominees.
10:00 AM – SD-215
Senate Committee on Appropriations – Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government
Hearings to examine proposed budget estimate for fiscal year 2026 for the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Witnesses: The Honorable Paul S. Atkins, Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission
2:30 PM – SD-124
Senate Committee on the Judiciary – Subcommittee on Constitution AND Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights
Joint hearings to examine District Judges v. Trump.
Witnesses: Josh Blackman, Professor of Law and Centennial Chair of Constitutional Law, South Texas College of Law, Houston, TX; Kate Shaw, Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Philadelphia, PA; J. Joel Alicea, St. Robert Bellarmine Professor of Law, Director, Center for the Constitution and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, Washington, DC
2:30 PM – SD-226
Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Business meeting to consider 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; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine the nomination of Michael Boren, of Idaho, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment.
3:00 PM – SR-328A
House Committee on Rules
Business Meeting: H.R. 2483 SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025; H.R. 2931 Save SBA from Sanctuary Cities Act of 2025; H.R. 2987 Capping Excessive Awarding of SBLC Entrants Act of 2025; H.R. 2966 American Entrepreneurs First Act of 2025
4:00 PM | H-313 CAPITOL
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4
Senate Committee on Appropriations – Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2026 for the Department of Commerce.
Witnesses: The Honorable Howard Lutnick, Secretary, Department of Commerce
10:00 AM – SD-192
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Hearings to examine the reauthorization of the over-the-counter monograph drug user fee program.
Witnesses: Dr. Jacqueline Corrigan-Curay, Acting Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, United States Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD
10:00 AM – SD-430
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Hearings to examine dismantling transnational criminal organizations in the Americas.
Witnesses: Prof. Celina Realuyo, Adjunct Professor, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
10:00 AM – SD-419
House Committee on Foreign Affairs | Europe Subcommittee
Hearing: Assessing the Challenges Facing NATO
Witnesses: RADM (ret.) Mark Montgomery, CCTI Senior Director and Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies; Dr. Nile Gardiner, Director, Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom and Bernard and Barbara Lomas Fellow, The Heritage Foundation; The Honorable Julianne Smith, Former U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO, U.S. Department of State
10:00 AM | 2200 Rayburn HOB
House Committee on Armed Services
Hearing: Department of the Army Fiscal Year 2026 Posture
Witnesses: The Honorable Daniel P. Driscoll, Secretary of the Army, Department of the Army; General Randy A. George, Chief of Staff, Department of the Army
10:00 AM | 2118 Rayburn HOB
House Committee on Appropriations | Subcommittee on Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
Hearing: Budget Hearing Federal Aviation Administration
Witnesses: Mr. Chris Rocheleau, Acting Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration
10:00 AM | 2358-A Rayburn HOB
House Committee on the Judiciary | Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust
Hearing: The Elite Universities Cartel: A History of Anticompetitive Collusion Inflating the Cost of Higher Education
Witnesses: Dr. Preston Cooper, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute (AEI) for Public Policy Research; Scott Martin, Partner, Hausfeld; Alex Shieh, Student, Brown University
10:00 AM | 2141 Rayburn HOB
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform | Subcommittee on Government Operations
Hearing: Safeguarding Procurement: Examining Fraud Risk Management in the Department of Defense
Witnesses: Kelly P. Mayo, Deputy Inspector General for Investigations and Director of Defense Criminal Investigative Services, DOD Office of Inspector General; Seto Bagdoyen, Director, Forensic Audits and Investigative Services, U.S. Government Accountability Office
10:00 AM | 2247 Rayburn HOB
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure | Subcommittee on Aviation
Hearing: “FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024: Stakeholder Perspectives on Implementation One Year Later”
Witnesses: Mr. Darren Pleasance, President and Chief Executive Officer, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association; Mr. Edward M. Bolen, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Business Aviation Association (NBAA); Captain Jody Reven, President, Southwest Airlines Pilots Association; Ms. Sara Nelson, International President, Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO
10:00 AM | 2167 Rayburn HOB
House Committee on Small Business
Hearing: “Budgeting for Growth: Testimony from SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler”
Witnesses: SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler
10:00 AM | 2360 Rayburn HOB
Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Hearings to examine pending nominations.
Witnesses: Panel I: Whitney D. Hermandorfer to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit; Panel II: Maria A. Lanahan to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri; Cristian M. Stevens to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri; Joshua M. Divine to be United States District Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri; Zachary M. Bluestone to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri
10:15 AM – SH-216
House Committee on Education and Workforce
Hearing: “Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Department of Education”
Witnesses: The Honorable Linda McMahon, Secretary, U.S. Department of Education
10:15 AM | 2175 Rayburn HOB
House Committee on Energy and Commerce | Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Hearing: Stopping Illegal Robocalls and Robotexts: Progress Challenges and Next Steps
Witnesses: Joshua M. Bercu, Executive Director, Industry Traceback Group, and Senior VP, USTelecom; Sarah Leggin, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, CTIA; Stephen Waguespack, President, Institute for Legal Reform and Senior Vice President, U.S. Chamber Federation, State and Local Advocacy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Ben Winters, Director of AI and Data Privacy, Consumer Federation of America
10:15 AM | 2322 Rayburn HOB
House Committee on Natural Resources | Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries
Hearing: Oversight Hearing titled Restoring American Seafood Competitiveness.
Witnesses: Mr. Rick Bellavance, Chair, Council Coordination Committee, U.S. Regional Fishery Management Councils, North Kingstown, RI; Mr. Dustin Delano, Chief Operating Officer, New England Fishermen’s Stewardship Association, South Portland, ME
Ms. Martha Guyas, Southeast Fisheries Policy Director, American Sportfishing Association, Tallahassee, FL; Mr. Larson Hunter, Chairman, Board of Directors, Coastal Villages Region Fund, Scammon Bay, AK; Ms. Jamie O’Connor, Deputy Executive Director, Alaska Marine Conservation Council, Anchorage, AK [Minority witness]
10:15 AM | 1324 Longworth HOB
House Committee on Energy and Commerce | Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
Hearing: AI in the Everyday: Current Applications and Future Frontiers in Communications and Technology
Witnesses: Chip Pickering, Chief Executive Officer, INCOMPAS; Ronnie Vasishta, Senior Vice President of Telecom, NVIDIA; Jim Shea, Chief Executive Officer, DeepSig, Inc.; Asad Ramzanali, Director of AI and Technology Policy,, anderbilt Policy Accelerator, Vanderbilt University
10:30 AM | 2123 Rayburn HOB
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform | Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency
Hearing: Public Funds Private Agendas: NGOs Gone Wild
Witnesses: Mr. Mark Krikorian, Executive Director, Center for Immigration Studies; Mr. Daniel Turner, Founder and Executive Director, Power the Future; Mr. Scott Walter, President, Capital Research Center
2:00 PM | HVC-210 CAPITOL
House Committee on Appropriations | Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government
Hearing: Budget Hearing Office of Management and Budget
Witnesses: The Honorable Russell Vought, Director, Office of Management and Budget
2:00 PM | 2359 Rayburn HOB
Senate Committee on Appropriations – Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2026 for the National Nuclear Security Administration.
Witnesses: Ms. Teresa Robbins, Acting Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration; Mr. Dave Hoagland, Acting Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, National Nuclear Security Administration; Ms. Kasia Mendelsohn, Acting Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Nuclear Security Administration; Admiral William Houston, Deputy Administrator for Naval Reactors, National Nuclear Security Administration
2:30 PM – SD-124
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations – Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy
Hearings to examine China’s malign influence in Africa.
Witnesses: The Honorable Troy Fitrell, Senior Bureau Official, Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C.
2:30 PM – SD-419
Senate Committee on Aging
Hearings to examine the aging farm workforce, focusing on America’s vanishing family farms.
Witnesses: Zippy Duvall, President, American Farm Bureau Federation, Madison, GA; Jim Alderman, Owner, Alderman Farms, Boynton Beach, FL; Aaron Locker, Managing Director, Kincannon & Reed, Lewes, DE; Dr. Chris Wolf, E.V. Baker Professor of Agricultural Economics and Director of Land Grant Affairs, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2:45 PM – SD-106
House Committee on Armed Services | Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces
Hearing: Update on Navy Programs and Capabilities for Seapower and Projection Forces
Witnesses: Dr. Brett Seidle, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition, Department of the Navy; Vice Admiral James E. Pitts, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Warfighting Requirements and Capabilities, on behalf of Department of the Navy; Lieutenant General Eric E. Austin, Deputy Commandant of the Marine Corps for Combat Development and Integration, Department of the Navy
3:00 PM | 2212 Rayburn HOB
Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
Hearings to examine the nominations of Cheryl Mason, of North Carolina, to be Inspector General, and Donald Bergin III, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary (Congressional and Legislative Affairs), both of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Witnesses: Testimony from nominees.
4:00 PM – SR-418
Senate Committee on Aging
Hearings to examine the aging farm workforce, focusing on America’s vanishing family farms.
Witnesses: Zippy Duvall, President, American Farm Bureau Federation, Madison, GA; Jim Alderman, Owner, Alderman Farms, Boynton Beach, FL; Aaron Locker, Managing Director, Kincannon & Reed, Lewes, DE; Dr. Chris Wolf, E.V. Baker Professor of Agricultural Economics and Director of Land Grant Affairs, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
4:15 PM – SH-216
THURSDAY, JUNE 5
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Hearings to examine the nominations of Sean Cairncross, of Minnesota, to be National Cyber Director, Robert Law, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans, James Percival, of Florida, to be General Counsel, Sean Plankey, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and Kevin Rhodes, of Florida, to be Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, all of the Department of Homeland Security, and James Woodruff II, of Florida, to be a Member of the Merit Systems Protection Board.
Witnesses: Testimony from nominees.
9:00 AM – SD-342
Senate Committee on Armed Services
Hearings to examine the posture of the Department of the Army in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2026 and the Future Years Defense Program; to be immediately followed by a closed session in SVC-217.
Witnesses: Honorable Daniel P. Driscoll, Secretary of the Army; General Randy A. George, USA, Chief of Staff of the Army
9:30 AM – SD-G50
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Hearings to examine the nominations of Penny Schwinn, of Tennessee, to be Deputy Secretary, and Kimberly Richey, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, both of the Department of Education, and Daniel Aronowitz, of Virginia, and David Keeling, of Kentucky, both to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor.
Witnesses: Testimony from nominees.
10:00 AM – SD430
Joint Economic Committee
Hearings to examine barriers to supply chain modernization and factor productivity enhancements.
Witnesses: Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Professor, Department of Maritime Business Administration, Texas A&M Galveston, Galveston, TX; Dr. Patrick McLaughlin, Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Palo Alto, CA; Dr. Yossi Sheffi, Director, MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics, Cambridge, MA
10:00 AM – 210 Canon House Office Building
House Committee on Armed Services
Hearing: Department of the Air Force Fiscal Year 2026 Posture
Witnesses: General David W. Allvin, Chief of Staff, United States Air Force; The Honorable Troy Meink, Secretary, Department of the Air Force; General B. Chance Saltzman, Chief of Space Operations, United States Space Force
10:00 AM | 2118 Rayburn HOB
House Committee on the Judiciary | Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance
Hearing: Foreign Influence on Americans Data Through the CLOUD Act
Witnesses: Richard Salgado, Partner & Founder, Salgado Strategies; Gregory T. Nojeim, Senior Counsel & Director, Security and Surveillance Project, Center for Democracy & Technology; Susan Landau, Professor of Cyber Security & Policy, Department of Computer Science, Tufts University; Caroline Wilson Palow, Legal Director and General Counsel, Privacy International
10:00 AM | 2141 Rayburn HOB
House Committee on Small Business | Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access
Hearing: Investing in America: How Private Equity Empowers Main Street
Witnesses: Mr. Jordan Bastable, Co-Founder and Managing Director, LongWater; Ms. Sarah Fields, CEO, Jetta Corporation; Ms. Senofer Mendoza, Founder, General Partner, Mendoza Ventures and the National Advisory Committee for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (NACIE)
10:00 AM | 2360 Rayburn HOB
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Hearing: The Federal Government in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Witnesses: Mr. Yll Bajraktari, President, Special Competitive Studies Project; Mr. Bhavin Shah, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Moveworks; Ms. Linda Miller, Founder and Chief Growth Officer, TrackLight;
Mr. Adam Thierer, Senior Research Fellow, R Street Institute
10:00 AM | HVC-210
Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Business meeting to consider the nomination of David Charles Waterman, of Iowa, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa for the term of four years.
10:15 AM – SH-216
House Committee on Education and Workforce
Hearing: “Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Department of Labor”
Witnesses: The Honorable Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor
10:15 AM | 2175 Rayburn HOB
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Business meeting to consider S.1397, to require the Secretary of State to establish a quantum cooperation program to enhance international cooperation in quantum information science, S.1463, to allow the Secretary of the Interior to enter into memoranda of understanding for the purpose of scientific and technical cooperation in the mapping of critical minerals and rare earth elements, S.1478, to provide the United States Government with additional tools to deter state and non-state actors from wrongfully detaining United States nationals for political leverage, S.1579, to provide for the treatment of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), and the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) as international organizations for purposes of the International Organizations Immunities Act, S.1731, to require the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense to develop a strategy in response to the global basing intentions of the People’s Republic of China, S.1780, to provide for congressional oversight of security assistance to Mexico, S.1801, to facilitate the development of a whole-of-government strategy for nuclear cooperation and nuclear exports, S.Res.227, condemning Hamas for its premeditated, coordinated, and brutal terrorist attacks on October 7, 2023, against Israel and demanding that Hamas immediately release all remaining hostages and return them to safety, an original bill entitled, “Defending International Security by Restricting Unlawful Partnerships and Tactics (“DISRUPT”) Act, and an original bill entitled, “Taiwan Non-Discrimination Act of 2025”.
10:30 AM – S-116
House Committee on Appropriations | Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Hearing: Budget Hearing Fiscal Year 2026 Request for the Department of Commerce
Witnesses: The Honorable Howard Lutnick, Secretary, Department of Commerce
11:00 AM | 2359 Rayburn HOB
House Committee on Appropriations | Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Hearing: Budget Hearing Indian Health Service
Witnesses: Mr. Benjamin Smith, Acting Director, Indian Health Service
1:30 PM | 2008 Rayburn HOB
House Committee on Foreign Affairs | Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee
Hearing: After Assad: The Future of Syria
Witnesses: The Honorable David Schenker, Taube Senior Fellow, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Dr. Anna Borschevskaya, Harold Grinspoon Senior Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Mr. Jon B. Alterman, Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy, Center for Strategic and International Studies
2:00 PM | 2200 Rayburn HOB
House Committee on Homeland Security | Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence
Hearing: Among Us: Evaluating Sleeper Cell Activity and Other Subversion and Sabotage Threats
Witnesses: Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster (Ret.), Fouad and Michelle Ajami Senior Fellow, the Hoover Institution, Stanford University; Wendi Whitmore, Chief Security Intelligence Officer, Palo Alto Networks; Jeanette Manfra, Global Director for Security and Compliance, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud; Jack Cable, CEO and Co-Founder of Corridor
2:00 PM | 310 Canon HOB
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