- Record: Daily Digest
- Section type: Committee activity
- Chamber: Congress
- Date: May 21, 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) APPROPRIATIONS: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the National Institutes of Health, after receiving testimony from Jay Bhattacharya, Director, National Institutes of Health; Richard Hodes, Director, National Institute on Aging; Anthony Letai, Director, National Cancer Institute; Griffin Rodgers, Director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; Joni Rutter, Director, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences; and Nora Volkow, Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse. APPROPRIATIONS: USN Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Navy, after receiving testimony from General Eric Smith, Commandant of the Marine Corps, Admiral Daryl Caudle, Chief of Naval Operations, and Hung Cao, Acting Secretary of the Navy, all of the Department of Defense. DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and 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, after receiving testimony from Troy Meink, Secretary of the Air Force, General Kenneth S. Wilsbach, USAF, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and General B. Chance Saltzman, USSF, Chief of Space Operations, all of the Department of Defense.