- Record: Extensions of Remarks
- Section type: Committee activity
- Chamber: Congress
- Date: May 18, 2026
- Congress: 119th Congress
- Why this source matters: Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate Daily Digest—designated by the Rules Committee—of the time, place and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled and any cancellations or changes in the meetings as they occur.
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
- Daily Digest of today's Record.
MEETINGS SCHEDULED
MAY 20
9:30 a.m.
Committee on the Budget
Business meeting to consider S. Con. Res. 33, setting
forth the congressional budget for the United States
Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027
through 2035.
SD-608
9:45 a.m.
Committee on Environment and Public Works
Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation
and Safety
To hold hearings to examine proposed legislation
entitled, “Build Nuclear with Local Materials Act”,
“RECHARGE Act”, and “Enrichment Licensing
Modernization Act”.
SD-406
10 a.m.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data
Privacy
To hold hearings to examine betting, focusing on
protecting sports integrity in America.
SR-253
Committee on Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Michael
Kavoukjian, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom
of Norway, Michelle Steel, of California, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, Brock Dahl, of
Maryland, to be Legal Adviser, David Brat, of Virginia,
to be Ambassador to the Commonwealth of Australia, and
Eric Wendt, of California, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Albania, all of the Department of State.
SD-419
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
To hold hearings to examine meeting the individual needs
of all students, focusing on the role of charter
schools.
SD-430
10:15 a.m.
Committee on the Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine certain pending nominations.
SD-106
2 p.m.
Committee on Armed Services
Subcommittee on Personnel
To hold hearings to examine the Department of Defense
personnel policies and programs in review of the
Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2027 and
the Future Years Defense Program.
SR-222
2:30 p.m.
Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and
justification for fiscal year 2027 for the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation.
SD-124
Committee on Indian Affairs
Business meeting to consider S. 236, to amend the Act of
August 9, 1955 (commonly known as the “Long-Term
Leasing Act”), to authorize leases of up to 99 years
for land in the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation and
land held in trust for the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
(Aquinnah), S. 1513, to take certain Federal land in
the State of Washington into trust for the Lower Elwha
Klallam Tribe, S. 2098, to provide for the conveyance
of certain property to the Southcentral Foundation
located in Anchorage, Alaska, S. 2735, to take certain
Federal land in the State of California into trust for
the benefit of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok
Indians, H.R. 681, to amend the Act of August 9, 1955
(commonly known as the “Long-Term Leasing Act”), to
authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in
trust for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and the Wampanoag
Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), H.R. 2302, to take
certain Federal land in the State of California into
trust for the benefit of the Shingle Springs Band of
Miwok Indians, H.R. 2388, to take certain Federal land
in the State of Washington into trust for the Lower
Elwha Klallam Tribe, and H.R. 3620, to provide for the
conveyance of certain property to the Southcentral
Foundation located in Anchorage, Alaska; to be
immediately followed by an oversight hearing to examine
the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year
2027 for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian
Health Service.
SD-628
Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action,
and Federal Rights
To hold hearings to examine the Muslim brotherhood in
America.
SD-226
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
To hold hearings to examine blowing the whistle, focusing
on inside the grift that keeps giving.
SR-428A
3 p.m.
Select Committee on Intelligence
Closed business meeting to consider certain intelligence
matters.
SH-219
3:30 p.m.
Committee on Armed Services
To receive a briefing on anomalous health incidents.
SVC-217
Special Committee on Aging
To hold hearings to examine preventing falls and
preserving independence, focusing on technology,
community programs, and innovation in senior safety.
SH-216
4 p.m.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs
To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed
budget request for fiscal year 2027 and 2028 advance
appropriations requests for the Department of Veterans
Affairs.
SD-G50
MAY 21
9:30 a.m.
Committee on Armed Services
To hold closed hearings to examine the posture of the
Department of the Air Force in review of the Defense
Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2027 and the
Future Years Defense Program; to be immediately
followed by an open session at approximately 11:00 a.m.
in SD-G50.
SVC-217
10 a.m.
Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and
justification for fiscal year 2027 for the National
Institutes of Health.
SD-124
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
To hold hearings to examine gender transition procedures
on minors.
SD-430
10:15 a.m.
Committee on the Judiciary
Business meeting to consider S. 1133, to provide for
media coverage of Federal court proceedings, S. 1146,
to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings,
and the nominations of Michael J. Hendershot, to be
United States District Judge for the Northern District
of Ohio, Arthur Roberts Jones, and John George Edward
Marck, both to be a United States District Judge for
the Southern District of Texas, and Jeffrey T. Kuntz,
to be United States District Judge for the Southern
District of Florida.
SH-216
10:30 a.m.
Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Department of Defense
To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and
justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Navy.
SD-192