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Official title: Daily Digest/COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 2026-04-16
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Download official Daily Digest PDFReturn to issue contextCOMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,
APRIL 16, 2026
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the nominations of John Breslow, of Arizona, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cyprus, Fleet White, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary (Political-Military Affairs), Todd Steggerda, of Virginia, to be Representative to the Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, with the rank of Ambassador, Preston Wells Griffith III, of Virginia, to be Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency, with the rank of Ambassador, and Adam Cassady, of Virginia, to be Ambassador at Large for Cyberspace and Digital Policy, all of the Department of State, 10:30 a.m., SD- 419.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold hearings to examine making medicines more affordable, focusing on how competition can lower drug prices, 10 a.m., SD-430.
House
Committee on Agriculture, Full Committee, hearing entitled “For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from the Honorable Michael S. Selig, Chairman, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission”, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
budget hearing on the Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation, 10 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
Department of Homeland Security: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, 10 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
Administration, and Related Agencies, budget hearing on the Department of Agriculture, 10:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
budget hearing on the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, 11 a.m., 2358-C Rayburn.
Department of Homeland Security: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Transportation Security Administration, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Secret Service, and Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2 p.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
Related Agencies, budget hearing on the Department of Health and Human Services, 2 p.m., 2358-C Rayburn.
Special Operations, hearing entitled “Defense Intelligence Enterprise—Challenges, Priorities, and Resourcing for Fiscal Year 2027”, 3:30 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
Employment, Labor, and Pensions, hearing entitled “Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Employee Benefits Security Administration”, 10:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
entitled “The Fiscal Year 2027 Department of Energy Budget”, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Institutions, hearing entitled “Promoting Access to Credit for Everyday Americans”, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
hearing entitled “Latin America After the Fall of Maduro”, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
entitled “Oversight with Secretaries of State: List Maintenance and Eligibility Verification”, 10:15 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
entitled “The Human Toll of Sanctuary Policies: Stories from Victims and Families”, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
and Fisheries, hearing on H.R. 4219, the “National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act of 2025”; H.R. 6251, to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973; H.R. 7288, the “Western South Dakota Water Supply Project Feasibility Study Act”; and H.R. 8195, the “Responsible Cormorant Management and Control Act of 2026”, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
Energy, hearing entitled “Subsurface Science and Technology: American Energy and Mineral Dominance”, 10:15 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
H.R. 2283, the “Recognizing Community Organizations for Veteran Engagement and Recovery Act”; H.R. 6993, the “BEACON Act of 2026”; H.R. 6652, the “U.S. Vets of the FAS Act”; H.R. 6444, the “Blast Overpressure Research and Mitigation Task Force Act”; H.R. 5999, to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish an opioid antagonist to a veteran without requiring a prescription or copayment; H.R. 6848, the “Whole Health for Veterans Act”; and H.R. 6001, the “Veterans with ALS Reporting Act”, 10:15 a.m., 360 Cannon.
Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, hearing entitled “Bounce Houses, Drones, and Massage Chairs: A Review of VA's Purchase History in the Veteran Readiness and Employment Program”, 2 p.m., 360 Cannon.
Defense Intelligence and Overhead Architecture, hearing entitled “Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request for the National Reconnaissance Office, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and the United States Space Force”, 10 a.m., HVC-304 Capitol. This hearing is closed.
entitled “Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Homeland Security”, 1 p.m., HVC-304 Capitol. This hearing is closed.
States and the Chinese Communist Party, Full Committee, hearing entitled “China's Campaign to Steal America's AI Edge”, 11 a.m., 390 Cannon.