- Record: Daily Digest
- Section type: Committee activity
- Chamber: Congress
- Date: March 26, 2026
- Congress: 119th Congress
- Why this source matters: The Daily Digest is the official recap that explains what Congress did and what comes next.
(Committees not listed did not meet) DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed hearings to examine the posture of the United States Space Command and United States Strategic Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2027 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from General Stephen N. Whiting, USSF, Commander, United States Space Command, and Admiral Richard A. Correll, USN, Commander, United States Strategic Command, both of the Department of Defense.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine Export-Import Bank Reauthorization, including S. 753, to amend the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to exclude certain financing from the calculation of the default rate for purposes of determining when the lending cap under such Act applies, S. 3659, to establish a Strategic Resilience Reserve of the United States, and S. 257, to improve the resilience of critical supply chains, after receiving testimony from John Jovanovic, President and Chairman, Export-Import Bank. NOMINATIONS Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Catherine Dillon, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary (Educational and Cultural Affairs), who was introduced by Representative Foxx, and Yeouk Kim, of Texas, to be Representative of the United States of America to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador, who was introduced by Senator Wicker, both of the Department of State, and Ademola Adewale-Sadik, of New York, to be United States Director of the African Development Bank for a term of five years, after the nominees testified, and answered questions in their own behalf. STUDENT ATHLETES Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine positioning student-athletes for success in school and beyond, after receiving testimony from Collis Temple Jr., Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors, Baton Rouge; Trayvean D. Scott, Grambling State University, Grambling, Louisiana; Abigail Lynch, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Chicago; Mikayla Pivec, United College Athletes Association, Beaverton, Oregon; and Liam Anderson, National College Players Association, San Francisco, California. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 545, to prohibit certain uses of xylazine, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
H.R. 2159, to direct the Attorney General of the United States to submit to the Congress a report on Federal criminal offenses;
S. 2934, to limit the availability of civil actions affected by United States sanctions; and
District of Montana, and James Stuart, to be United States Marshal for the District of Minnesota.