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Congressional Daily Record
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Official title: Daily Digest/House Committee Meetings
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May 19, 2026
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Download official Daily Digest PDFReturn to issue contextU.S. MILITARY POSTURE AND NATIONAL SECURITY CHALLENGES IN THE GREATER MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA Committee on Armed Services: Full Committee held a hearing entitled “U.S. Military Posture and National Security Challenges in the Greater Middle East and Africa”. Testimony was heard from the following
Department of Defense officials: General Dagvin Anderson, Commander, U.S. Africa Command; Admiral Brad Cooper, Commander, U.S. Central Command; and Daniel Zimmerman, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs. Part of this hearing was closed. VETERANS 2ND AMENDMENT PROTECTION ACT; SHARRI BRILEY AND ERIC EDMUNDSON VETERANS BENEFITS EXPANSION ACT OF 2026; SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN WOMEN'S HISTORY MUSEUM ACT Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 1041, the “Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act”; H.R. 6047, the “Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2026”; and H.R. 1329, the “Smithsonian American Women's History Museum Act”. The Committee granted, by a record vote of 7-3, a rule providing for consideration of H.R. 1041, the “Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act”, H.R. 6047, the “Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2026”, and H.R. 1329, the “Smithsonian American Women's History Museum Act”. The rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1041, the “Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act”, under a closed rule. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs now printed in the bill shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended. The rule provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs or their respective designees. The rule provides one motion to recommit. The rule further provides for consideration of H.R. 6047, the “Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2026”, under a closed rule. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs now printed in the bill, modified by the amendment printed in part A of the Rules Committee report, shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended. The rule provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs or their respective designees. The rule provides one motion to recommit. The rule further provides for consideration of H.R. 1329, the “Smithsonian American Women's History Museum Act”, under a closed rule. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on House Administration now printed in the bill, modified by the amendment printed in part B of the Rules Committee report, shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended. The rule provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on House Administration or their respective designees. The rule provides one motion to recommit. Finally, the rule provides that the requirement of clause 6(a) of rule 13 for a two-thirds vote to consider a report from the Committee on Rules on the same day it is presented to the House is waived with respect to any resolution reported through the legislative day of May 24, 2026, relating to a measure providing for reconciliation pursuant to title 2 of S. Con. Res. 33. Testimony was heard from Chairman Bost, Chairman Steil, and Representatives Takano and Morelle. CRIME, CORRUPTION, AND POWER: THE RISE OF CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY- LINKED SCAM NETWORKS TARGETING AMERICANS AND THREATENING U.S. SECURITY Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party: Full Committee held a hearing entitled “Crime, Corruption, and Power: The Rise of CCP-linked Scam Networks Targeting Americans And Threatening U.S. Security”. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
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