https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3387082026-08-05 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338708 Hearings to examine empowering Main Street by unlocking access to capital The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee met to examine how to lower barriers to capital formation for entrepreneurs, small businesses, and everyday investors, and to review pending bipartisan legislation on IPO access, retirement plan investment options, and accredited investor rules. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=banking&filename=banking080626 4813 2026-08-06 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3387212026-08-05 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338721 Hearings to examine protecting Americans from global scam operations, focusing on assessing the United States response The Senate Foreign Relations Committee convened this hearing to examine global scam center operations, largely based in Southeast Asia, that defraud Americans and rely on trafficked labor, and to assess the U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign080626 2089 2026-08-06 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3387222026-08-05 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338722 Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural Act of 2026 The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee held an open business meeting to mark up an original bill, the "Agricultural Act of 2026" (Farm Bill), voting on a series of member amendments before ordering the underlying bill favorably reported. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=ag&filename=ag080626 7573 2026-08-06 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386992026-08-04 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338699 Hearings to examine the next 250, focusing on small businesses leading the way The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee held this hearing, part of a series marking the 250th anniversary of the United States, to hear directly from small business owners across sectors — space manufacturing, food service, agriculture, and retail — about the opportunities and challenges shaping small business over the next 250 years. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=smbiz&filename=smbiz080526 6161 2026-08-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3387002026-08-05 https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3387012026-08-04 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338701 Hearings to examine exploring process approaches for addressing Social Security solvency The Senate Finance Committee held this hearing to examine proposed legislative processes—such as bipartisan commissions or expedited procedures—for addressing Social Security's looming insolvency, with the Old Age and Survivor Insurance Trust Fund projected to be exhausted in late 2032, triggering a roughly 22% cut in benefits [0:21:40]. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance080526 7769 2026-08-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3387022026-08-04 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338702 Nominations for U.S. ambassadors to Montenegro, Sierra Leone, and Colombia The Senate Foreign Relations Committee convened this hearing on August 5, 2026, to consider three State Department ambassadorial nominations: Peter McCoy for Montenegro, Daniel Travis for Sierra Leone, and Nathaniel (Nate) Morris for Colombia. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign080526 4815 2026-08-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3387052026-08-04 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338705 Hearings to examine the Muslim brotherhood network in America The Senate Judiciary Committee held a two-panel confirmation hearing for five Trump administration nominees: Anna St. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary080526 8679 2026-08-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3387202026-08-05 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338720 Committee advances Crow mineral trust bill and four other tribal land measures The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs held an open business meeting to consider five bills: the Crow Revenue Act exchanging mineral and land interests in Montana, the Indian Health Service Emergency Transparency Act extending the deadline for emergency care outside IHS from 72 hours to 13 days, the Quinault Nation Land Transfer Act, the Albuquerque Indian School Act transferring federal property to 19 New Mexico Pueblos, and the Pit River Land Transfer Act. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=indian&filename=indian080526 4140 2026-08-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386932026-08-03 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338693 Hearings to examine the reality of Medicaid The Senate Budget Committee convened this hearing (August 4, 2026) at the request of Chairman Ron Johnson (R-WI), who said it was prompted by a CBO release showing Medicaid spending up $49 billion year-over-year through the first three quarters [0:16:19]. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=budget&filename=budget080426 7993 2026-08-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386952026-08-03 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338695 Hearings to examine building a resilient health care future with biotechnology The Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care held this hearing to examine how the United States can strengthen its biotechnology sector amid China's rapid advances in biotech and the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance080426 5614 2026-08-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386972026-08-03 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338697 Hearings to examine tracking prediction markets' exponential growth, focusing on tribal implications and beyond The Senate Indian Affairs Committee convened this roundtable to examine the rapid growth of prediction markets — platforms offering event contracts on sports and other outcomes — and their implications for tribal gaming revenue, sovereignty, and consumer protection. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=indian&filename=indian080426 6349 2026-08-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386982026-08-03 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338698 Hearings to examine data and profit, focusing on the consumer cost of AI surveillance pricing The Senate Judiciary Committee convened this markup to vote on the nomination of Todd Blanche to serve as Attorney General of the United States, the only item on the agenda. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary080426 8267 2026-08-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3387232026-08-03 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338723 Business meeting to consider the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be Attorney General The Senate Judiciary Committee met to vote on the nomination of Todd Blanche, currently Deputy/Acting Attorney General, to be Attorney General of the United States. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary080426 8267 2026-08-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386842026-07-30 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338684 AI's impact on American workers and workforce training The Senate HELP Subcommittee on Employment and Workforce Safety, chaired by Sen. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help072926 6066 2026-07-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386892026-07-30 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338689 Hearings to examine intelligent networks, focusing on powering artificial intelligence and transforming communications The Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media held this hearing (July 30, 2026) to examine the two-way relationship between artificial intelligence and telecommunications networks — how AI demands more capacity from networks and how AI can in turn make networks more efficient and secure. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce073026 6610 2026-07-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386942026-07-30 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338694 Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Taxpayer Assistance and Service Act The Senate Finance Committee held an open markup to consider the Chairman's mark of the Taxpayer Assistance and Service Act (TAS Act), a bipartisan bill incorporating more than 60 provisions to modernize IRS operations, streamline customer service, and strengthen taxpayer rights. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance073026 4183 2026-07-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386832026-07-25 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338683 Hearings to examine the testimony of Anthony Fauci The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, chaired by Sen. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=govtaff&filename=govtaff072926 11574 2026-07-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386852026-07-29 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338685 Hearings to examine the AI deception machine, focusing on deepfakes, chatbots, and the new frontier of senior fraud The Senate Special Committee on Aging held this hearing to examine how artificial intelligence — deepfake videos, cloned voices, and chatbots — is being used to defraud older Americans, and to hear directly from victims and experts about the scale of the problem. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=aging&filename=aging072926 5769 2026-07-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386862026-07-29 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338686 Hearings to examine the impact of AI on the workplace The Senate HELP Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety, chaired by Sen. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help072926 6066 2026-07-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386872026-07-29 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338687 Five Indian water rights settlements and settlement funding challenges The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs convened to consider five bills: S.3573 (extending deadlines under the Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act), S.3617 (ratifying the Yavapai-Apache Nation water rights settlement in Arizona), S.4368 (ratifying the Agua Caliente Band settlement in the Coachella Valley), S.4417 (technical fixes to the Pechanga Band settlement), and S.4890 (establishing subaccounts within the Indian Water Rights Settlement Completion Fund). https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=indian&filename=indian072926 6907 2026-07-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386912026-07-29 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338691 Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Business Meeting on 20 Public Lands Bills The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee met to mark up roughly 20 bills covering energy permitting, land conveyances, national heritage areas, and water resources, including legislation on Bureau of Land Management drilling permit fees, geothermal permitting, a national historic site conveyance in Alaska, and drought-resilience water recycling authority. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=energy&filename=energy072926 3230 2026-07-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194602026-07-24 https://img.youtube.com/vi/FR63vqNRH9E/hqdefault.jpg Building an AI-Ready America: How AI Is Creating Opportunities Across America's Workforce The House Committee on Education and Workforce held this field hearing at the Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center in Augusta, part of the committee's "Building an AI Ready America" series, to examine how artificial intelligence is affecting jobs across agriculture, manufacturing, healthcare, and telecommunications. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FR63vqNRH9E 4138 2026-07-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386712026-07-23 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338671 Business meeting to consider the nomination of Erica Schwartz, of Florida, to be Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee met to consider the nomination of Erica Schwartz, of Florida, to be Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help072326 1554 2026-07-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386792026-07-23 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338679 Senate Committee Business Meeting and Nominations Hearing (Economic and Financial Posts) This session opened as an executive (business) meeting of the committee to vote on the nominations of Dr. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=banking&filename=banking072326 9288 2026-07-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386802026-07-22 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338680 Senate Banking markup and hearing on economic and financial regulator nominees The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee met to vote on the nominations of Christopher Phelan (Council of Economic Advisers) and John Crews (National Credit Union Administration Board), then immediately opened a hearing on three further nominees: Brian Johnson (CFPB Director), Abby Warren (Assistant Secretary of Commerce), and Irving Dennis (HUD Chief Financial Officer). https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=banking&filename=banking072326 9288 2026-07-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194082026-08-03 https://img.youtube.com/vi/81SlFNbbncU/hqdefault.jpg False Narratives Surrounding Conditions at the Delaney Hall ICE Detention Center The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight held this hearing to examine competing claims about conditions at the GEO Group-operated Delaney Hall ICE detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, following weeks of protests, a detainee hunger strike, and litigation between the state/city and GEO/ICE over facility access. https://www.youtube.com/embed/81SlFNbbncU 6243 2026-07-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194322026-07-23 https://img.youtube.com/vi/0SJQ4HUVABY/hqdefault.jpg Charting a New Course: Countering China's Dominance in Global Shipbuilding The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific held this hearing to examine how China's state-directed shipbuilding industry — now controlling over 50% of global commercial capacity while the US holds less than one-tenth of 1% — poses economic and national security risks, and how the US could partner with allies like South Korea and Japan to rebuild its maritime industrial base. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0SJQ4HUVABY 5361 2026-07-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194632026-07-23 https://img.youtube.com/vi/y9qQ01rLYOs/hqdefault.jpg United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First Foreign Policy Through Strategic Diplomacy and Burden Sharing The House Foreign Affairs Committee convened this hearing to examine reform efforts, budget cuts, and accountability at the United Nations, and to press U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/y9qQ01rLYOs 11996 2026-07-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194792026-07-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/YTQiQFcv_J4/hqdefault.jpg For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. Forest Service The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture convened to receive testimony from Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz on the agency's ongoing reorganization, wildfire preparedness during an intense 2026 fire season, and forest management efforts including timber production. https://www.youtube.com/embed/YTQiQFcv_J4 6811 2026-07-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194822026-07-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/m2aC2dWOdPE/hqdefault.jpg Broken Trust: How the Biden-Harris DOL Leaked Confidential Information The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections held this hearing to review a June 2026 Department of Labor Office of Inspector General (OIG) report on the Biden-Harris DOL's use of "common interest agreements," through which the department shared confidential investigative information with outside plaintiffs' law firms and advocacy groups, including before lawsuits were filed. https://www.youtube.com/embed/m2aC2dWOdPE 6203 2026-07-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194832026-07-24 https://img.youtube.com/vi/A0KGtWpACMM/hqdefault.jpg Oversight of SBA’s Office of Entrepreneurial Development The House Small Business Committee held this hearing to examine how the SBA's Office of Entrepreneurial Development (OED) manages its network of resource partners — small business development centers (SBDCs), women's business centers (WBCs), SCORE, and the State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) — after months of delayed grant payments and a June 2026 agency reorganization. https://www.youtube.com/embed/A0KGtWpACMM 7734 2026-07-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194842026-07-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/SLqi22MdCFU/hqdefault.jpg Unleashing the Golden Age of Science: Examining the Priorities of the FY2027 Research and Technology Enterprise The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee held this hearing to examine the Trump administration's fiscal year 2027 research and technology priorities with OSTP Director Michael Kratsios, covering funding levels, indirect cost policy, NSF grant disbursement, the newly released "Science: The New Golden Age" report, and the Genesis mission AI-for-science initiative. https://www.youtube.com/embed/SLqi22MdCFU 10975 2026-07-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194852026-07-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/01xlahGSbuo/hqdefault.jpg Funding Lapses: Analyzing Shutdown Reform The House Appropriations Committee held a rare full-committee hearing to examine legislative proposals aimed at preventing future government funding lapses, following the two longest shutdowns in U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/01xlahGSbuo 13277 2026-07-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194862026-07-27 https://img.youtube.com/vi/J-Q4fuu7dPc/hqdefault.jpg Oversight hearing on Smithsonian National Museum of American History exhibits The House Administration Committee convened this hearing to examine allegations, raised in a White House Domestic Policy Council report, that the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History has shifted from its founding mission of fostering patriotism toward ideological "activism" and "revisionism." Republicans, led by Chairman Bryan Steil, argued the museum's leadership promotes a divisive political narrative, while Democrats, led by Ranking Member Joseph Morelle, characterized the hearing as an attempt by the administration to control historical interpretation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/J-Q4fuu7dPc 5857 2026-07-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194872026-07-23 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ACGwn5jsRuM/hqdefault.jpg Building a New Regional Security Architecture: The Next Phase of the Abraham Accords The House Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa held this hearing to examine the future of the Abraham Accords nearly six years after their signing, focusing on how to expand and strengthen regional security, economic, and diplomatic cooperation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ACGwn5jsRuM 5830 2026-07-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194882026-07-31 https://img.youtube.com/vi/fm_vcypLeEY/hqdefault.jpg Legislative Hearing on Protecting Communications Networks and Improving Connectivity The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology met to mark up several bills covering illegal robocalls (the QUIET Act and Foreign Robocall Elimination Act), national security risks from Chinese-made humanoid and quadruped robots (the GUARD Act), AI-based network defense (the AI for Secure Networks Act), and federal broadband program coordination and mapping (the PLAN for Broadband Act and the Data Bridge Act). https://www.youtube.com/embed/fm_vcypLeEY 8541 2026-07-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194892026-07-24 https://img.youtube.com/vi/5UNAiTriCWY/hqdefault.jpg Legislative Proposals to Strengthen Consumer Protection in a Changing Marketplace The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade held a legislative hearing to examine a dozen bills addressing consumer protection, including truth-in-labeling and recycling claims (PAC Act, Recycled Materials Attribution Act), event ticketing transparency (Boss and Swift Act, Main Event Ticketing Act), scam and debt-settlement disclosure (Strategic Task Force on Scam Prevention Act, Debt Settlement Disclosures Act), app store competition (App Store Freedom Act), nitrous oxide misuse (Nitrous Oxide Safety Act), and unsafe/counterfeit imports from Chinese online marketplaces (Stop the Fraud Act). https://www.youtube.com/embed/5UNAiTriCWY 9386 2026-07-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194922026-08-06 https://img.youtube.com/vi/XtqxA2SiGss/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Committee markup: PBM reform, D.C. taxing authority, and inspector general oversight bills The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a markup to consider several bills, including H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/XtqxA2SiGss 13653 2026-07-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194942026-07-29 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ptr7tvqCiGg/hqdefault.jpg H.R. 9772, H.R. 9771, H.R. 9721, and H.R. 9722 The House Ways and Means Committee met to mark up four bills governing tax-exempt organizations: HR 9772 (requiring disclosure of foreign donations to nonprofits), HR 9771 (penalizing tax-exempt organizations that receive foreign donations and then give to political committees), HR 9721 (requiring disclosure of fiscal sponsorship arrangements), and HR 9722 (barring the IRS from treating religious beliefs about marriage, sexuality, or gender identity as inconsistent with law or public policy). https://www.youtube.com/embed/ptr7tvqCiGg 17325 2026-07-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386642026-07-21 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338664 An oversight hearing to examine the Federal Regulatory Commission The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held this oversight hearing to review the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) operations and priorities, hearing from all five sitting commissioners. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=energy&filename=energy072226 8892 2026-07-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386662026-07-21 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338666 Committee reports FEMA, OMB, and D.C. court nominations by vote The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a business meeting to vote on reporting a slate of pending nominations, including Cameron Hamilton to be FEMA Administrator, Bradford Wilson to be Archivist of the United States, a block of seven nominees including Hal Duncan (OMB) and Brian Cavanaugh (DHS Under Secretary for Management), and a block of District of Columbia Court of Appeals and Superior Court judges. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=govtaff&filename=govtaff072226 1568 2026-07-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386672026-07-21 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338667 Committee markup of insulin pricing, price transparency, and food safety bills The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions convened this business meeting to mark up eleven bipartisan bills covering hospital and insurer price transparency, insulin cost caps, biosimilar drug approval, food and drug safety, nursing workforce shortages, obstetric emergency care, and warning labels on ultra-processed foods and sugary drinks. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help072226 6931 2026-07-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386682026-07-21 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338668 Hearings to examine advancing the mission, focusing on evaluating the future of VA research The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee held this hearing to examine the future of VA research, marking the 100th anniversary of the VA research program, and to scrutinize the fiscal year 2027 budget request's proposed cuts. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=vetaff&filename=vetaff072226 6216 2026-07-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386812026-07-21 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338681 Hearings to examine the President's 2026 trade policy agenda The Senate Finance Committee convened this hearing to examine the Trump administration's 2026 trade agenda with U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance072226 6826 2026-07-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386822026-07-22 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338682 Business meeting to consider the nomination of Hal Duncan, of Texas, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget The Senate Budget Committee, under newly installed Chair Ron Johnson, convened this business meeting following the death of Chairman Lindsey Graham to allow members to share remembrances of him and to vote on the nomination of Hal Duncan to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=budget&filename=budget072226 2905 2026-07-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194002026-07-09 https://img.youtube.com/vi/CLQAhWXznn0/hqdefault.jpg Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Modernization and Innovation Hearing: “Modernizing Public Access to Legislative Data and Information The House Administration Subcommittee on Modernization and Innovation held this hearing to examine how outdated, cluttered congressional websites hinder public access to legislative data, and to hear from the Library of Congress, the Office of the House Clerk, and a customer-experience expert on modernization efforts underway for Congress.gov and House.gov. https://www.youtube.com/embed/CLQAhWXznn0 4175 2026-07-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194622026-07-21 https://img.youtube.com/vi/rfbzxFHS4KI/hqdefault.jpg Confronting Haiti’s Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and the Path Ahead The House Foreign Affairs Committee held this hearing to examine the security collapse in Haiti, where US-designated terrorist gangs control an estimated 90% of Port-au-Prince and have displaced more than 1.4 million people, and to assess the newly launched UN-authorized Gang Suppression Force (GSF) that replaced the failed Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rfbzxFHS4KI 11159 2026-07-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194762026-07-20 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Hoz61NpdPzI/hqdefault.jpg Oversight of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network The House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions held its annual oversight hearing with FinCEN Director Andrea Gacki, examining the bureau's rulemakings under the Corporate Transparency Act, the Bank Secrecy Act modernization effort, the vacated residential real estate reporting rule, and FinCEN's fraud-recovery and sanctions programs. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Hoz61NpdPzI 6368 2026-07-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194772026-07-21 https://img.youtube.com/vi/oDY-mcwOYe0/hqdefault.jpg Oversight of the Federal Home Loan Bank System The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance held this hearing to examine the Federal Home Loan Bank system's dual mission of providing liquidity to member institutions and supporting affordable housing, nearly 15 years since the committee last addressed the topic. https://www.youtube.com/embed/oDY-mcwOYe0 8576 2026-07-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194782026-07-21 https://img.youtube.com/vi/UJvIH_CrYiQ/hqdefault.jpg Examining Customer Protections and Market Integrity in Sports Event Prediction Markets The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development held this hearing to examine whether sports-related event contracts on CFTC-regulated prediction markets amount to sports betting, whether the CFTC has sufficient authority and resources to police these fast-growing markets, and whether Congress needs to legislate to clarify jurisdiction and consumer protections. https://www.youtube.com/embed/UJvIH_CrYiQ 7651 2026-07-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194802026-07-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/6YJRrR1OdnA/hqdefault.jpg H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subcommittee Assignments The House Judiciary Committee met to mark up H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/6YJRrR1OdnA 28800 2026-07-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194812026-08-04 https://img.youtube.com/vi/961Mclohmi8/hqdefault.jpg Rewriting American History: Examining the Smithsonian’s Efforts to Reshape the Past The House Oversight Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency held this hearing to examine a White House Domestic Policy Council report, released July 4, 2025, that accused the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History of "extreme political activism" in its exhibits, mission statement, and staff training materials. https://www.youtube.com/embed/961Mclohmi8 8459 2026-07-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194912026-07-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/qTgo3RYON0I/hqdefault.jpg Committee marks up 10 bills on Title IX, AI, franchising, and union rules The House Education and Workforce Committee met to mark up ten bills covering Title IX's definition of sex, parental consent for school surveys, AI literacy funding, workforce data systems, youth fitness, overtime pay calculations, health care staffing classification, OSHA heat standards, union leadership eligibility, and franchise joint-employer liability. https://www.youtube.com/embed/qTgo3RYON0I 23108 2026-07-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194932026-07-21 https://img.youtube.com/vi/it4uzWoffhs/hqdefault.jpg Full Committee Markup The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology met to markup four bipartisan bills: HR 3168 (National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2025), HR 8437 (the Geo Power Act), HR 9326 (the USA Act, on international technical standards), and HR 8981 (the Scale Biology Act, establishing a biometrology program at NIST). https://www.youtube.com/embed/it4uzWoffhs 4808 2026-07-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386632026-07-20 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338663 Hearings to examine a review of the President's supplemental funding request of June 24, 2026 The Senate Appropriations Committee met to examine President Trump's June 24, 2026 supplemental funding request, covering roughly $67 billion for the Department of War and $10 billion-plus in agricultural disaster and economic assistance. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=approps&filename=appropsA072126 13459 2026-07-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386652026-07-20 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338665 Hearings to examine measuring what matters, focusing on science, standards, and strategic competition The Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Science, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness held this hearing to examine how the federal government should measure scientific and technological competitiveness relative to China, and how agencies like NIST and NSF should be structured to strengthen U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce072126 5176 2026-07-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386752026-07-21 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338675 Senate subcommittee markup hearing on 25 national parks bills The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks held a legislative hearing to review 25 bills covering park boundaries, leasing, battlefield preservation, national heritage areas, trail designations, and other National Park Service matters. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=energy&filename=energy072126 3160 2026-07-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188552026-07-21 https://img.youtube.com/vi/wnroDTCt6ZE/hqdefault.jpg House Rules Committee Meeting on Six Legislative Measures The House Rules Committee met to set the terms of debate for six measures: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/wnroDTCt6ZE 18128 2026-07-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194902026-07-29 https://img.youtube.com/vi/t4LDAgTdSpY/hqdefault.jpg Full Committee Markup of Twenty-Nine Pieces of Legislation The House Energy and Commerce Committee convened a full committee markup of 29 bills spanning electric grid modernization and data-center ratepayer protections, pipeline safety reauthorization, critical minerals supply chains, illicit drug scheduling and pill-press enforcement, and health care price transparency. https://www.youtube.com/embed/t4LDAgTdSpY 2025 2026-07-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194612026-07-20 https://img.youtube.com/vi/fijdz8IDEDc/hqdefault.jpg Building the Future of Finance: How the CLARITY Act Unlocks Innovation The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence held this hearing at Federal Hall in New York, one year after the House passed the CLARITY Act, to press the Senate to complete work on a market structure bill dividing SEC and CFTC jurisdiction over digital assets. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fijdz8IDEDc 6909 2026-07-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386432026-07-15 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338643 Hearings to examine the nomination of Lieutenant General Douglas A. Schiess, USSF, to be general and Chief of Space Operations The Senate Armed Services Committee convened to consider the nomination of Lieutenant General Douglas A. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA071626 3530 2026-07-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386532026-07-15 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338653 Hearings to examine the nomination of David Cummins, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held a confirmation hearing for David Cummins, nominated by President Trump to be Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce071626 4483 2026-07-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386542026-07-15 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338654 Senate Finance Committee considers four Treasury Department nominees The Senate Finance Committee held a confirmation hearing for four Treasury Department nominees: Francis Brooke for Deputy Secretary, Erin Browne for Under Secretary for International Affairs, S.P. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance071626 6982 2026-07-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386552026-07-15 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338655 Judicial nominee votes and continued hearing on Todd Blanche for Attorney General The Senate Judiciary Committee convened first as a business meeting to vote on eight judicial and U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary071626 10184 2026-07-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386562026-07-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338656 Hearings to examine the nomination of Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee convened to consider the nomination of Keith Sonderling, currently Acting Secretary of Labor and Deputy Secretary of Labor, to become Secretary of Labor. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help071626 7871 2026-07-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386572026-07-15 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338657 Hearings to examine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Semi-Annual Report, focusing on a new day at the CFPB through reform The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee held this hearing to receive the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's semi-annual report to Congress, with Acting Director Russell Vought testifying near the end of his tenure at the agency. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=banking&filename=banking071626 7639 2026-07-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386592026-07-15 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338659 Confirmation hearing for State Department ambassadorial nominees The Senate Foreign Relations Committee met to consider five State Department nominations: Donald Blome for Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Christopher Anderson to be Ambassador to Cambodia, Douglas Mastriano to be Ambassador to Slovakia, Daniel Perez to be Ambassador to Brazil, and Laurence Socha to be Ambassador to The Gambia. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign071626 6333 2026-07-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386622026-07-15 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338662 Senate Energy Committee advances land bills and three Interior/Energy nominations The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a business meeting to vote on a slate of pending legislation and three executive branch nominations — William Hague and Kevin Lilly for Assistant Secretary posts at Interior, and Kaveh Farzad for Assistant Secretary of Energy. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=energy&filename=energy071626 2891 2026-07-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194342026-07-15 https://img.youtube.com/vi/KiCA6fRmWM8/hqdefault.jpg Reforming FEMA: Ensuring the Nation's Disaster Readiness Works for Americans The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure held this hearing to examine reforms to FEMA, focusing on the bipartisan FEMA Act (the "Fixing the Emergency Management for Americans Act"), which the committee passed out of committee in September, and how it compares with the recommendations of the President's FEMA Review Council released in May 2026. https://www.youtube.com/embed/KiCA6fRmWM8 14771 2026-07-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194392026-07-20 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Qx-K4zz-K88/hqdefault.jpg Protecting American Innovation: The Federal Research Security Enterprise The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party held this hearing to examine how the National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, and National Institutes of Health are protecting federally funded research from exploitation by the Chinese Communist Party, and to press the agencies on whether they will adopt policies barring funding for entities on U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Qx-K4zz-K88 6567 2026-07-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194512026-07-15 https://img.youtube.com/vi/dt2FpOVTtxI/hqdefault.jpg Ending Supply Chain Dependency: Aligning Tools, Capital, and Partnerships The House Foreign Affairs Committee convened this hearing to examine how the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/dt2FpOVTtxI 9124 2026-07-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194522026-07-15 https://img.youtube.com/vi/BH_EiY8VBVk/hqdefault.jpg A New Beginning for Colombia The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere met to assess Colombia's June 21 presidential election, review the outgoing Petro government's counternarcotics and security record, and hear how the Trump administration plans to reset bilateral relations with President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella. https://www.youtube.com/embed/BH_EiY8VBVk 4731 2026-07-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194532026-07-15 https://img.youtube.com/vi/T8dn1Z7delc/hqdefault.jpg The Semi-Annual Report of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection The House Financial Services Committee held this hearing to receive the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's legally mandated semiannual report and to examine the significant deregulatory, staffing, and enforcement changes made under Acting Director Russell Vought since he took over the bureau. https://www.youtube.com/embed/T8dn1Z7delc 12310 2026-07-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194542026-07-15 https://img.youtube.com/vi/kMkyun33vj0/hqdefault.jpg Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Election Observation: Best Practices and Congress’s Role The House Administration Subcommittee on Elections held this hearing to examine best practices for election observation and Congress's constitutional role — under Article I's authority to judge the elections, returns, and qualifications of its own members — in deploying congressional election observers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/kMkyun33vj0 3807 2026-07-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194552026-07-27 https://img.youtube.com/vi/i_1oZ-GSuZU/hqdefault.jpg Emerging Fraud Threats and the Evolving Fraud Landscape The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations held this hearing to examine how identity-related fraud against federal programs is evolving — from synthetic identities and AI-generated deepfakes to organized transnational fraud rings — and whether digital identity tools like login.gov and mobile driver's licenses can keep pace without compromising privacy or access for vulnerable Americans. https://www.youtube.com/embed/i_1oZ-GSuZU 7550 2026-07-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194572026-07-15 https://img.youtube.com/vi/sTL86njNnfY/hqdefault.jpg Maintaining America’s Leadership in Biomedical Innovation: FDA’s Role in Advancing U.S. Drug Development The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held this hearing to examine how FDA policy, clinical-trial modernization, and the upcoming FDA user-fee reauthorization can help the United States maintain its lead in biomedical innovation as China's share of early-stage clinical trials grows rapidly. https://www.youtube.com/embed/sTL86njNnfY 10384 2026-07-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194642026-07-20 https://img.youtube.com/vi/bSQGvoenMHc/hqdefault.jpg Markup of 10 bills transferring Education Department programs to other agencies The House Education and Workforce Committee met to mark up 10 Republican-sponsored bills that would permanently codify the transfer of Department of Education programs and offices to five other federal agencies (Labor, Treasury, State, Health and Human Services, and Interior). https://www.youtube.com/embed/bSQGvoenMHc 21902 2026-07-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194652026-07-20 https://img.youtube.com/vi/gaiNQbRPtjY/hqdefault.jpg H.R. 9641, H.R. 3108, H.R. 9642, H.R. 9468, H.R. 3514, H.R. 9644, and H.R. 9645 The House Ways and Means Committee met to mark up seven bills addressing tax administration: relief for hostages and wrongfully detained Americans, deductions for fraud and scam victims, an AI pilot program to detect fraudulent returns, an IRS data-scientist fellowship, protections against "ghost" tax preparers, expanded authority for the National Taxpayer Advocate to file amicus briefs, and new Form 990 disclosure requirements for tax-exempt hospitals. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gaiNQbRPtjY 14504 2026-07-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194662026-07-16 https://img.youtube.com/vi/EkzrYCIif9I/hqdefault.jpg Committee advances seven bills on child safety, records, and immigration policy The House Judiciary Committee met to mark up seven measures: HR 3100 (Child Act, expanding national background checks to contractors), HR 9191 (National Fossil Act, designating the mastodon and T-Rex as national fossils), HR 7834 (Safe Cloud Storage Act, giving liability protection to vendors storing child sex abuse evidence for law enforcement), HR 625 (Local Access to Courts Act, adding federal court locations in El Centro, CA and College Station, TX), HR 9098 (Congressional Records Protection Act, restricting executive branch access to lawmakers' communications), H. https://www.youtube.com/embed/EkzrYCIif9I 16620 2026-07-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194672026-07-15 https://img.youtube.com/vi/FsSGuBPdBKQ/hqdefault.jpg A Review of the Office of Space Commerce’s Mission Authorization Proposal The House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics held this hearing to examine the Office of Space Commerce's (OSC) new "space commerce certification" proposal, a voluntary framework directed by President Trump's Executive Order 14335 for authorizing novel commercial space activities not covered by existing FAA, FCC, or Commerce regulations. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FsSGuBPdBKQ 6010 2026-07-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194702026-07-15 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZDG6HtXSwE4/hqdefault.jpg Three Pieces of Legislation The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health met to mark up three bills responding to the proliferation of pill presses and counterfeit fentanyl pills: the Fight Illicit Pill Presses Act (H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZDG6HtXSwE4 2347 2026-07-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386122026-07-14 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338612 Hearings to examine the TRICARE pharmacy program The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel held this hearing to examine the TRICARE pharmacy program, focusing on the Defense Health Agency's contract with Express Scripts/Evernorth and complaints that the arrangement lets a single vertically integrated company both manage and compete against the retail pharmacy network. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA071526 6485 2026-07-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386132026-07-14 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338613 Nominations markup plus CDC and ASPR nominee confirmation hearing The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee first held a brief business meeting to vote on four nominations — James Macy and David Prouty to the NLRB, Brett Matsumoto to be Commissioner of Labor Statistics, and Michael McDonald to chair the National Endowment for the Humanities — all of which were favorably reported. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help071526 10433 2026-07-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386462026-07-14 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338646 Confirmation hearing for CDC director and ASPR nominees The Senate HELP Committee held a confirmation hearing for Sean Kaufman, nominated as Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), and Dr. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help071526 10433 2026-07-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386472026-07-13 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338647 Hearings to examine exposing fraud in America The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held this hearing to examine widespread fraud in federal spending programs — particularly Medicaid, childcare subsidies, and hospice care — and separately, cash-for-signatures election fraud in California ballot petitions. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=govtaff&filename=govtaff071526 6429 2026-07-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386482026-07-14 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338648 Legislative hearing on public lands, coal, geothermal, and mining bills The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining held this legislative hearing to consider roughly 15 bills covering Colorado and New Mexico conservation designations, a Douglas County, Nevada land bill, coal lease bonus payment timing, geothermal permitting reform, broadband permitting on federal lands, and critical minerals policy. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=energy&filename=energy071526 4540 2026-07-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386492026-07-14 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338649 Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be Attorney General The Senate Judiciary Committee convened this confirmation hearing (July 15, 2026) to consider the nomination of Todd Blanche, currently Acting Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General, to be the 88th Attorney General of the United States. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary071526 19064 2026-07-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386502026-07-14 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338650 Hearings to examine the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee held this hearing to receive Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh's first Semiannual Monetary Policy Report since taking office seven weeks earlier. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=banking&filename=banking071526 8711 2026-07-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386522026-07-14 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338652 Hearings to examine behind the label, focusing on foreign ownership and control in America's drug supply chain The Senate Special Committee on Aging held this hearing to examine how foreign — particularly Chinese — ownership, investment, and control affect the pharmaceutical and biotechnology supply chain that produces medicines relied on by seniors. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=aging&filename=aging071526 5430 2026-07-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386612026-07-14 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338661 Committee approves bipartisan Water Resources Development Act of 2026 The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee met to mark up S.4949, the Water Resources Development Act of 2026, a biennial bipartisan bill authorizing Army Corps of Engineers water resources projects (Division A) and reauthorizing EPA water infrastructure and geographic programs (Division B). https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=epw&filename=epw071526 3227 2026-07-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193012026-07-14 https://img.youtube.com/vi/6sAdr7weWfc/hqdefault.jpg More Bang for the Buck: Aligning Commercial Diplomacy Between State and Commerce The House Foreign Affairs East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee and South and Central Asia Subcommittee held this joint hearing to examine how the State Department and Commerce Department divide labor and coordinate on commercial diplomacy supporting American businesses overseas. https://www.youtube.com/embed/6sAdr7weWfc 5170 2026-07-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194412026-07-14 https://img.youtube.com/vi/o6wzOeWfVAI/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing - Supreme Court of the United States The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government held a budget hearing to examine the Supreme Court's fiscal year 2027 funding request, focusing heavily on rising security threats to justices and judicial staffing needs. https://www.youtube.com/embed/o6wzOeWfVAI 6864 2026-07-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194422026-07-14 https://img.youtube.com/vi/gMqhLruF0ww/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Hearing - U.S. Small Business Administration The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government held this oversight and budget hearing to examine the Small Business Administration's fiscal year 2027 budget request and review Administrator Kelly Loeffler's management of the agency, including its lending programs, entrepreneurial development grants, the 8(a) contracting program, and disaster loan operations. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gMqhLruF0ww 8512 2026-07-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194442026-07-14 https://img.youtube.com/vi/XcKNV5ZqyAg/hqdefault.jpg FY27 BIS Budget: the AI Arms Race and the ICTS Office The House Foreign Affairs Committee held this hearing to examine the Trump administration's fiscal year 2027 budget request for the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and its role in the AI competition with China, including enforcement of chip export controls and the Office of Information and Communications Technology and Services (OICTS), which oversees the Connected Vehicles Rule. https://www.youtube.com/embed/XcKNV5ZqyAg 9125 2026-07-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194452026-07-14 https://img.youtube.com/vi/m4EeaPsxa2s/hqdefault.jpg Training Activists, Not Physicians: The Impact of DEI on Medical Schools The House Education and Workforce Committee held this hearing to examine DEI-related curricula, admissions practices, and anti-semitism complaints at three medical schools — UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine, UCSF School of Medicine, and the University of Illinois College of Medicine — following an investigation opened last August into complaints of anti-semitism at these campuses [0:32:04]. https://www.youtube.com/embed/m4EeaPsxa2s 10167 2026-07-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194462026-07-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/DBeEROP03Ok/hqdefault.jpg AI on Main Street: How AI is Shaping the Future of Small Business The House Small Business Committee held this hearing to examine how artificial intelligence is being adopted by small businesses, what barriers owners face, and what federal policy — including AI literacy programs and a possible national data privacy/AI framework — Congress should pursue. https://www.youtube.com/embed/DBeEROP03Ok 7879 2026-07-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194472026-07-28 https://img.youtube.com/vi/VdbsRxDyi-g/hqdefault.jpg Subcommittee Markup of Six Pieces of Legislation The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy met to mark up six bills amending the Atomic Energy Act and related nuclear licensing and reporting requirements, building on the bipartisan 2024 ADVANCE Act. https://www.youtube.com/embed/VdbsRxDyi-g 4410 2026-07-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194482026-07-23 https://img.youtube.com/vi/czA3URvoveQ/hqdefault.jpg Subcommittee Markup of Seven Pieces of Legislation The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment met to mark up seven bills: three bipartisan measures to boost domestic critical mineral recovery (the Brace Act, Emrite Act, and Charm Act) and four bills amending the Clean Air Act, including reauthorization of the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act and three more contested measures on locomotive emissions, bus idling, and diesel engine emissions-control regulation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/czA3URvoveQ 4544 2026-07-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194492026-07-14 https://img.youtube.com/vi/QCcl7NPrq8U/hqdefault.jpg U.S. Economic Security and Investment Abroad: Assessing Economic Security Zones The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Intelligence held this hearing to examine "economic security zones" — a Trump administration initiative under the PAC Silica framework designed to build trusted industrial hubs with allied nations in critical minerals, manufacturing, and infrastructure. https://www.youtube.com/embed/QCcl7NPrq8U 6173 2026-07-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194502026-07-14 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZO9HbvGe7cE/hqdefault.jpg The Federal Reserve's Semi-Annual Monetary Policy Report The House Financial Services Committee held this hearing to receive the Federal Reserve's semi-annual monetary policy report, marking new Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh's first appearance before Congress since his confirmation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZO9HbvGe7cE 12482 2026-07-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194592026-07-14 https://img.youtube.com/vi/kERidNlMDwU/hqdefault.jpg House committee markup of Water Resources Development Act of 2026 The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure met to markup updated subcommittee rosters, two General Services Administration capital investment and leasing program resolutions, and an amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/kERidNlMDwU 14442 2026-07-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386422026-07-13 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338642 Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Supreme Court of the United States The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government held its third and final FY2027 hearing to examine the Supreme Court's budget request, hearing testimony from Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=approps&filename=appropsA071426 7445 2026-07-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386442026-07-13 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338644 Hearings to examine genes to machines, focusing on the patent eligibility debate The Senate Judiciary Committee convened this full-committee hearing on the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA), a bill governing what inventions — from gene diagnostics to artificial intelligence — qualify for U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary071426 8503 2026-07-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386452026-07-13 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338645 Hearings to examine the national security strategy and the western hemisphere The Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere convened this hearing on July 14, 2026, to examine how the Trump administration's national security strategy prioritizes the Western Hemisphere, including the removal of Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela's earthquake recovery, and countering Chinese, Russian, and Iranian influence in the region. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign071426 6845 2026-07-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386582026-07-13 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338658 Senate Finance Committee advances five ITC commissioner nominations The Senate Finance Committee met to formally consider and vote on advancing five nominees to serve as Commissioners of the United States International Trade Commission (ITC): Brett Doyle, David Foley, Peter-Anthony Pappas, Bart Thanhauser, and Samuel Negatu. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance071426 1611 2026-07-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188542026-07-14 https://img.youtube.com/vi/zdYMMgCqRH4/hqdefault.jpg Rules Committee sets terms for Daylight Saving Time and three other bills The House Rules Committee met to set the rule governing floor debate on four bills: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/zdYMMgCqRH4 4130 2026-07-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194432026-07-21 https://img.youtube.com/vi/fzzumzymGoA/hqdefault.jpg PACT Act Implementation: Modernizing VA Disability Claims Through Effective Technology The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization held this hearing to examine how the Veterans Benefits Management System (VBMS) and related automation and AI tools have performed since the 2023 five-year modernization plan mandated by section 701B of the PACT Act, and whether the technology is actually easing or complicating disability claims processing for veterans. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fzzumzymGoA 7423 2026-07-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194262026-07-31 https://img.youtube.com/vi/KyxA1nlj3rc/hqdefault.jpg 250 Years of American Legacy: Small Businesses and the American Dream The House Small Business Committee held this hearing to mark the 250th anniversary of American independence by hearing from small business owners about entrepreneurship, family legacy, and the policy challenges facing Main Street. https://www.youtube.com/embed/KyxA1nlj3rc 5901 2026-07-01 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194272026-07-01 https://img.youtube.com/vi/nCpnx3CffH4/hqdefault.jpg Direct Contracting: A Prescription for Lower Health Care Costs The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions held this hearing to examine "direct contracting" and direct primary care — models in which employers negotiate directly with providers — as potential tools to lower employer-sponsored health care costs. https://www.youtube.com/embed/nCpnx3CffH4 6386 2026-07-01 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194382026-07-07 https://img.youtube.com/vi/gaiNQbRPtjY/hqdefault.jpg H.R. 9496, H.R. 9500, H.R. 9498, H.R. 9501, H.R. 9499, H.R. 7972, H.R. 9504 The House Ways and Means Committee held a markup to consider seven bills addressing IRS tax administration, taxpayer protections, and transparency requirements for tax-exempt hospitals, including relief for hostages, fraud and theft-loss victims, ghost tax preparers, an AI fraud-detection pilot, a data-scientist fellowship, taxpayer advocate amicus authority, and new Form 990 disclosure requirements for tax-exempt hospitals. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gaiNQbRPtjY 14504 2026-07-01 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193632026-06-30 https://img.youtube.com/vi/2VazULnBzYQ/hqdefault.jpg Northern Exposure: Assessing the Evolving Threat Landscape at America's Northern Border The Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement held a joint hearing with the Counterterrorism and Intelligence Subcommittee to examine security challenges along the roughly 4,000-mile northern border with Canada, including shifting smuggling routes, staffing and technology gaps, and terrorism screening concerns. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2VazULnBzYQ 9551 2026-06-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194152026-06-29 https://img.youtube.com/vi/m3SIAqhR59A/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Hearing - Office of Management and Budget The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government held this oversight hearing to examine the Office of Management and Budget's fiscal year 2027 budget request and its broader role in implementing the Trump administration's spending priorities. https://www.youtube.com/embed/m3SIAqhR59A 7296 2026-06-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194162026-06-30 https://img.youtube.com/vi/vLevoPPLgV0/hqdefault.jpg Legislative hearing on 15 veterans health care bills The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health held this legislative hearing to consider 15 bills and discussion drafts covering topics including VA-CMS/HHS data coordination, spinal cord injury care, aviator neurological health, foreign medical program fraud, chaplaincy and suicide research, staffing transparency, and burial timeliness. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vLevoPPLgV0 9536 2026-06-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194172026-08-05 https://img.youtube.com/vi/gY7aZIqR4P0/hqdefault.jpg A Midlife Crisis? IP and the Internet After 40 The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet held this hearing to examine whether US intellectual property law has kept pace with online piracy, counterfeiting, and AI-generated "digital replicas" of people's voices and likenesses. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gY7aZIqR4P0 8958 2026-06-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194182026-07-16 https://img.youtube.com/vi/KT6hFcI46_4/hqdefault.jpg Field of Fees: Private Equity’s Role in the Commercialization of American Youth Sports The Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education held this hearing to examine how private equity investment and market consolidation are affecting the cost, accessibility, and quality of youth sports programs across the country. https://www.youtube.com/embed/KT6hFcI46_4 6304 2026-06-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194212026-07-09 https://img.youtube.com/vi/5WD04woytqQ/hqdefault.jpg Sanctuary Policies: Victims’ Perspectives The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement held its fourth hearing on sanctuary jurisdictions, centered on testimony from the families of two young women killed by immigrants in the country illegally, alongside a California sheriff and a policy researcher. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5WD04woytqQ 9491 2026-06-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194222026-07-30 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZpXxWxZMTWo/hqdefault.jpg Memorializing our Veterans: Outreach, Upkeep, and Community Partnerships at Veterans Cemeteries The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs held this hearing to examine how the National Cemetery Administration (NCA), the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC), the Army's Office of Army Cemeteries/Arlington National Cemetery, state veteran cemetery programs, and veteran service organizations administer, maintain, and expand veteran cemeteries at home and abroad. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZpXxWxZMTWo 7139 2026-06-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194232026-07-24 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Ajc2mReIpCM/hqdefault.jpg American Global Competitiveness at 250: Legislative Proposals to Secure U.S. Technology Leadership The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade held this legislative hearing to review roughly ten bills and discussion drafts touching robotics, open-source AI, biosecurity, memory chips, connected vehicles, data privacy, and foreign regulatory overreach, all framed around maintaining U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ajc2mReIpCM 11703 2026-06-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194252026-06-30 https://img.youtube.com/vi/iXcL5vv_3A8/hqdefault.jpg Full Committee Hearing on The Growing Business of Sports: Reviewing Federal Tax Policy in the Multibillion-Dollar Industry The House Ways and Means Committee held this hearing to examine federal tax policy across the sports industry, focusing on tax-exempt municipal bonds used to finance stadiums, the tax treatment of professional sports leagues and franchise owners, and the tax obligations facing college athletes earning name, image, and likeness (NIL) income. https://www.youtube.com/embed/iXcL5vv_3A8 14385 2026-06-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194302026-07-01 https://img.youtube.com/vi/2TOtBFQbSfs/hqdefault.jpg Various Measures The House Financial Services Committee met to mark up nine bills, including reauthorization of a task force on Fed independence and Treasury markets, SEC reforms, several Fair Credit Reporting Act changes, an earned wage access consumer protection framework, and a bill to protect heirs' property. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2TOtBFQbSfs 26247 2026-06-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194312026-06-30 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZpXxWxZMTWo/hqdefault.jpg Markup of three veterans bills and hearing on national cemetery administration The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs first marked up three bills — H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZpXxWxZMTWo 7139 2026-06-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194352026-07-16 https://img.youtube.com/vi/-NsQjEsXkPw/hqdefault.jpg Oversight of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held an oversight hearing with NTIA Administrator Arielle Roth to examine implementation of the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program, use of remaining non-deployment funds, spectrum reallocation efforts, and public safety communications including FirstNet and Next Generation 911. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-NsQjEsXkPw 12273 2026-06-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188532026-07-13 https://img.youtube.com/vi/yPxww0MOvI0/hqdefault.jpg House Rules Committee sets terms for NDAA, disability, and tax bills The House Rules Committee met to set the terms of debate for four measures headed to the floor: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/yPxww0MOvI0 20965 2026-06-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193852026-07-15 https://img.youtube.com/vi/qxl7kz0WQP8/hqdefault.jpg China’s Economic Espionage and Subnational Influence in the United States The House Select Committee on China held this hearing to examine how the Chinese Communist Party conducts economic espionage against American companies and universities and runs "United Front" influence operations targeting US state and local governments, businesses, and Chinese diaspora communities. https://www.youtube.com/embed/qxl7kz0WQP8 5512 2026-06-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193962026-06-25 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ESz2dGeMndM/hqdefault.jpg Reviewing Partnerships to Enhance Management of the National Forest System The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture held this hearing to examine how partnerships between the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ESz2dGeMndM 5178 2026-06-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193972026-06-23 https://img.youtube.com/vi/xB79ey569Cg/hqdefault.jpg Committee on House Administration Full Committee Hearing, “The Congressional Research Service and the Future of AI-Enabled Policy Analysis The House Committee on House Administration held this hearing to examine how the Congressional Research Service (CRS) can incorporate artificial intelligence into its work while preserving its core values of confidentiality, objectivity, nonpartisanship, authoritativeness, and timeliness. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xB79ey569Cg 4085 2026-06-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194012026-06-23 https://img.youtube.com/vi/vf2rIMEj350/hqdefault.jpg From Wall Street to Main Street: The Future of How America Invests The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets held this hearing to examine the growing shift toward passive index investing and exchange-traded funds and what it means for retail investors, retirement savers, corporate governance, and initial public offerings. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vf2rIMEj350 7808 2026-06-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194032026-06-24 https://img.youtube.com/vi/heTzlb8Fouo/hqdefault.jpg Six bills on veterans' COLA, unclaimed remains, and Hawaii burial access The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs met to consider six bills covering a cost-of-living adjustment for disability compensation, disaster-related claims processing, a Hawaii national cemetery, and multiple efforts to locate and honor unclaimed veterans' remains. https://www.youtube.com/embed/heTzlb8Fouo 6214 2026-06-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194042026-06-25 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Fs9TgIKR0Zg/hqdefault.jpg From Startup to Scale: The Role of the SBA Office of Investment and Innovation in Powering America’s Small Businesses The House Small Business Committee held this hearing to examine the SBA's Office of Investment and Innovation (OI), which runs the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program and coordinates the SBIR/STTR research programs. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Fs9TgIKR0Zg 7282 2026-06-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194052026-07-30 https://img.youtube.com/vi/IwIgy5SBdcc/hqdefault.jpg State Medicaid Program Integrity: Examining Fraud Risks and Oversight Deficiencies The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations convened this hearing to examine Medicaid program integrity and fraud risks in four states — Minnesota, California, New York, and Ohio — following months of subcommittee investigation, letters to 11 states, and review of over 90,000 pages of documents [0:17:32]. https://www.youtube.com/embed/IwIgy5SBdcc 8922 2026-06-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194062026-06-25 https://img.youtube.com/vi/9-mke4zwv2Q/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Hearing – Department of Homeland Security The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security held its annual oversight hearing with DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin and Deputy Secretary Troy Edgar, covering border wall construction, the $260 billion in reconciliation funding, FEMA disaster declarations, immigration detention deaths, organized retail/cargo theft, cybersecurity (CISA), counter-drone authority, and TSA labor issues. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9-mke4zwv2Q 8083 2026-06-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194102026-07-29 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ID-pEkGtgSs/hqdefault.jpg Combating Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in SNAP The House Oversight Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency held its first formal hearing under the new chair to examine waste, fraud, and abuse in SNAP (food stamps), a roughly $100 billion annual federal program. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ID-pEkGtgSs 6078 2026-06-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194112026-06-25 https://img.youtube.com/vi/fNmZBCtKtLQ/hqdefault.jpg Implementing an America First Approach in the East Asia and Pacific Region The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific held this hearing to review the Trump administration's "America First" strategy in the Indo-Pacific, focusing on Taiwan arms sales, deterring China in the South China Sea, countering online scam operations, and diversifying critical mineral supply chains away from China. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fNmZBCtKtLQ 4370 2026-06-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194122026-06-25 https://img.youtube.com/vi/INJjmGKakSg/hqdefault.jpg Work & Welfare Subcommittee Hearing on the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program: Early Support, Lifelong Impact The House Ways and Means Work and Welfare Subcommittee held this hearing to review implementation of the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program since its 2022 reauthorization and to hear from parents, home visitors, tribal representatives, and state administrators ahead of the program's expiration in October 2027. https://www.youtube.com/embed/INJjmGKakSg 6479 2026-06-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194202026-07-06 https://img.youtube.com/vi/mBuyGR65duw/hqdefault.jpg Markup of 11 bills on campus antisemitism, student associations, and worker programs The House Committee on Education and Workforce met to mark up 11 bills covering antisemitism and civil rights enforcement on campuses, students' freedom of association, occupational licensing reciprocity, federal workers' compensation programs, AI workforce data collection, and health plan data transparency. https://www.youtube.com/embed/mBuyGR65duw 15275 2026-06-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194242026-07-06 https://img.youtube.com/vi/s4BUU1i7Z0k/hqdefault.jpg Markup of Fifteen Bills The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health met to mark up fifteen bills covering hospital and insurer price transparency, Medicare Advantage reporting requirements, community health center funding, and scheduling of xylazine and nitazenes as controlled substances. https://www.youtube.com/embed/s4BUU1i7Z0k 8626 2026-06-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386062026-06-24 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338606 Senate Finance Committee considers five nominees for U.S. International Trade Commission The Senate Finance Committee held a confirmation hearing for five nominees to fill vacant seats on the U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance062526 5237 2026-06-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386082026-06-25 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338608 Senate Foreign Relations Committee weighs five State Department ambassador nominees The Senate Foreign Relations Committee convened this hearing to consider five State Department nominations: Barbera Thornhill for Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking Persons, John Hurley for Representative to the OECD, Keith Noreika for Ambassador to Lithuania, Joseph Burkhalter for Ambassador to Moldova, and Stanley Brown for Ambassador to Equatorial Guinea. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign062526 5248 2026-06-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386092026-06-24 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338609 Senate Banking Committee weighs CEA, NCUA, and HUD IG nominees The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee met to consider three of President Trump's nominees: Dr. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=banking&filename=banking062526 5857 2026-06-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192972026-06-26 https://img.youtube.com/vi/muDHzBMqS0A/hqdefault.jpg House Homeland Security markup of 19 bipartisan bills The House Committee on Homeland Security met to mark up 19 bipartisan bills covering DHS intelligence and analysis reform, TSA passenger-screening programs, aviation security fee spending, fentanyl trafficking data-sharing, northern border security, agroterrorism preparedness, and travel programs for families and service members. https://www.youtube.com/embed/muDHzBMqS0A 7510 2026-06-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193902026-06-24 https://img.youtube.com/vi/3f4CKiIAzGM/hqdefault.jpg Safeguarding Federal Research Funds: The False Claims Act's Role in Combating Grant Fraud The House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight held this hearing to examine how the False Claims Act (FCA) is used to combat fraud in federally funded research, including false certifications, undisclosed foreign funding, and cybersecurity violations. https://www.youtube.com/embed/3f4CKiIAzGM 6572 2026-06-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193922026-07-28 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Ul3eQYi9sTw/hqdefault.jpg Trash to Treasure: Examining Legislation to Support Domestic Critical Mineral Recovery and Recycling The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment held this legislative hearing to examine seven bills and discussion drafts aimed at recovering critical minerals from waste streams already in the United States, including battery recycling and cleanup of legacy mine sites. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ul3eQYi9sTw 7524 2026-06-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193932026-07-28 https://img.youtube.com/vi/DRhfy5ePMj0/hqdefault.jpg Subcommittee Markup of Eight Pieces of Legislation The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy held this markup to consider eight bills addressing rising electricity costs from data center and AI-driven load growth, transmission capacity, load forecasting, and pipeline safety reauthorization. https://www.youtube.com/embed/DRhfy5ePMj0 7526 2026-06-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193942026-07-09 https://img.youtube.com/vi/O4Ojf6ZUeJY/hqdefault.jpg Workforce Rewired: Modern Apprenticeships for a Modern Economy The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development held this hearing to examine how registered apprenticeships and other work-based learning models can address skills gaps, expand into fields beyond the trades, and meet the Trump administration's goal of reaching 1 million new active apprentices. https://www.youtube.com/embed/O4Ojf6ZUeJY 6572 2026-06-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193952026-06-24 https://img.youtube.com/vi/WNx8cqv3-jk/hqdefault.jpg To Review the Implementation of Farm Safety Net, Disaster, and Conservation Programs The House Agriculture Committee convened this hearing to review how USDA's Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) mission area has implemented the farm safety net, crop insurance, disaster, and conservation provisions of last year's reconciliation law, known to Republicans as the Working Families Tax Cuts Act and to Democrats as the "big, ugly bill." Under Secretary Richard Fordyce, a Missouri farmer overseeing the Farm Service Agency (FSA), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), and Risk Management Agency (RMA), was the sole witness. https://www.youtube.com/embed/WNx8cqv3-jk 10458 2026-06-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193992026-06-23 https://img.youtube.com/vi/98cIEA8JbSg/hqdefault.jpg Future of Payments: Promoting Innovation and Fair Markets The House Financial Services Committee held this hearing to examine how outdated federal chartering and regulatory frameworks apply to modern payment technologies, including stablecoins, digital wallets, and non-bank payment processors. https://www.youtube.com/embed/98cIEA8JbSg 10048 2026-06-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194092026-06-25 https://img.youtube.com/vi/lGylX5-jGlU/hqdefault.jpg The 30,000 Foot View: Competition and Regulation in the U.S. Airline Industry The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust held this hearing to examine competition and regulation in the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/lGylX5-jGlU 6033 2026-06-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194132026-06-24 https://img.youtube.com/vi/9mmr2wmNKYU/hqdefault.jpg Committee on House Administration Full Committee Markup on Various Measures The House Administration Committee met to mark up five bills: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9mmr2wmNKYU 6067 2026-06-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1194142026-06-25 https://img.youtube.com/vi/K0kj5hEGTJw/hqdefault.jpg Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Bill The House Appropriations Committee met to mark up its final fiscal year 2027 bill, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, providing $1.072 trillion in discretionary funding — the panel's 12th and last FY27 measure. https://www.youtube.com/embed/K0kj5hEGTJw 28800 2026-06-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3385822026-06-23 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338582 Hearings to examine reforming the U.S. Postal Service's business model The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee met to examine the U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=govtaff&filename=govtaff062426 7455 2026-06-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3385852026-06-23 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338585 Nominations for NTSB, DOT CFO, Surface Transportation Board, and CPSC The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee convened to consider five nominations: Thomas Chapman for a second term on the National Transportation Safety Board, Edward Eppler to be Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Transportation, Karen Hedlund for a second term on the Surface Transportation Board, and Brien Lorenze and Karen Sessions to be Commissioners of the Consumer Product Safety Commission. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce062426 4332 2026-06-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3385872026-06-23 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338587 Hearings to examine the nomination of Kevin Lilly, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee met to consider the nomination of Kevin Lilly, currently serving as Acting Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife at the Department of the Interior, to hold that position permanently. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=epw&filename=epw062426 4576 2026-06-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3386022026-06-23 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338602 Hearings to examine the future of social security The Senate Finance Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy convened this hearing to examine Social Security's finances ahead of the trust fund's projected 2032 depletion date, when benefits would face an automatic cut of roughly 22% [0:25:58]. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance062426 6168 2026-06-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188522026-06-24 https://img.youtube.com/vi/9VoLU-O4L8E/hqdefault.jpg Rules Committee sets floor terms for spending, veterans, and gun-privacy bills The House Rules Committee met to set the rules for floor consideration of four bills: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9VoLU-O4L8E 13771 2026-06-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3385772026-06-22 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338577 Senate confirmation hearing for eight D.C. Superior Court and Court of Appeals nominees The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee convened this hearing to consider eight nominees to the D.C. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=govtaff&filename=govtaff062326 4614 2026-06-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3385802026-06-22 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338580 Hearings to examine the affordability agenda The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee held this hearing to examine the "affordability agenda" — the rising costs of housing, credit, groceries, gas, and health care facing American families — and to hear witness perspectives on digital assets, housing policy, and consumer banking as potential remedies. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=banking&filename=banking062326 8139 2026-06-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3385712026-06-17 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338571 Judiciary Committee advances judicial nominees and court-transparency bills The Senate Judiciary Committee held a business meeting to vote on eight executive nominations — including circuit and district court judges, a DOJ Inspector General, and a U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary061826 4200 2026-06-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3385742026-06-17 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338574 Committee advances Protect College Sports Act (NIL, revenue-sharing, broadcasting) The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held an executive business meeting to mark up S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce061826 4422 2026-06-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3385752026-06-18 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338575 Senate Foreign Relations panel on five State Department nominees The Senate Foreign Relations Committee met to consider five nominations: Juan Segura for Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Brendan Hanrahan for Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, Rudolph Bauer for Ambassador to Belize, Kari Lake for Ambassador to Jamaica, and Michael Vance for Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign061826 7958 2026-06-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3385642026-06-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338564 HELP Committee markup of eight bipartisan health bills amid amendment dispute The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee held an open business meeting to mark up eight bipartisan bills covering organ transplant discrimination, community health centers, stem cell therapy, breast health education, ALS therapies, and pharmaceutical patent and citizen-petition reforms. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help061726 7586 2026-06-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3385652026-06-17 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338565 Senate confirms hearing for 11 DHS, OMB, DOJ, and postal nominees The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a confirmation hearing on 11 nominees across two panels: OMB Deputy Director, DHS Under Secretary for Management, TSA Administrator, FEMA Administrator, and Office of Special Counsel in the first panel, followed by the Archivist of the United States, DOJ Inspector General, two USPS Governors, the Merit Systems Protection Board Chairman, and the FLRA General Counsel in the second. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=govtaff&filename=govtaff061726 9227 2026-06-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3385682026-06-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338568 Hearings to examine China's toll on older Americans' health, finances, and security The Senate Special Committee on Aging held this hearing to examine how the Chinese government and Chinese-linked criminal networks harm older Americans through fentanyl trafficking, pharmaceutical supply-chain dependence, financial scams, and data collection. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=aging&filename=aging061726 5586 2026-06-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3385692026-06-17 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338569 Hearings to examine 250 years of Main Street, focusing on retail to research The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee held this hearing as part of its "America 250" series honoring the nation's upcoming 250th anniversary, focusing on small businesses in four states — Iowa, Idaho, Delaware, and Nevada. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=smbiz&filename=smbiz061726 5496 2026-06-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3385702026-06-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338570 Hearings to examine the state of the U.S. Territories Before its scheduled hearing, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a brief business meeting to mark up and pass S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=energy&filename=energy061726 10515 2026-06-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3385732026-06-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338573 Business meeting to consider S.1547, to amend title 54, United States Code, to reauthorize the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee first held a brief business meeting to mark up S.1547, reauthorizing the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund, before opening a hearing to receive testimony from the governors (or their representatives) of Puerto Rico, the U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=energy&filename=energy061726 10515 2026-06-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3385602026-06-15 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338560 Hearings to examine Army force modernization in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2027 and the Future Years Defense Program The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Airland met to examine Army force modernization in review of the Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Authorization Request and the Future Years Defense Program. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA061626 3774 2026-06-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3385612026-06-15 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338561 Hearings to examine the nomination of Hal Duncan, of Texas, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget The Senate Budget Committee convened this nomination hearing to consider Hal Duncan, currently OMB associate director for legislative affairs and acting deputy director, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget, succeeding Dan Bishop. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=budget&filename=budget061626 5364 2026-06-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3385622026-06-15 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338562 Hearings to examine the future of K-12 education in the age of artificial intelligence The Senate HELP Subcommittee on Education and the American Family held this hearing to examine how AI is being adopted in K-12 schools and what federal, state, and local policymakers should do to encourage safe and effective use while protecting students. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help061626 6063 2026-06-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193762026-06-10 https://img.youtube.com/vi/iqFxulvSNeY/hqdefault.jpg Delivering Quality and Modern Healthcare to Michigan's Veterans and Servicemembers The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization held this field hearing in Grand Ledge, Michigan to examine VA's External Provider Scheduling (EPS) system and broader community care scheduling challenges facing rural veterans. https://www.youtube.com/embed/iqFxulvSNeY 7918 2026-06-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193822026-06-10 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZXUegTT31Bk/hqdefault.jpg Task Force on Monetary Policy, Treasury Market Resilience, and Economic Prosperity: Examining the Structure of the Federal Reserve System The House Financial Services Task Force on Monetary Policy, Treasury Market Resilience, and Economic Prosperity held a field hearing in Oklahoma City to examine the structure of the Federal Reserve System, including its 12 regional Reserve Banks, the Board of Governors, and the FOMC. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZXUegTT31Bk 7179 2026-06-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193692026-07-14 https://img.youtube.com/vi/vXXWVDRfo6o/hqdefault.jpg Examining the Sports Broadcasting Act The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust held this hearing to examine the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961, which exempts professional sports leagues from antitrust law when pooling and selling broadcast rights, and whether leagues' expansion into streaming deals still serves the "sponsored telecasting" bargain Congress intended. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vXXWVDRfo6o 8012 2026-06-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193702026-08-05 https://img.youtube.com/vi/2EcqVktFkNg/hqdefault.jpg Breaking Trust: Attacks on Parental Rights, Inappropriate Content, and Legal Abuses in America’s Schools The House Education and Workforce Committee convened this hearing to examine allegations that some school districts sideline parents, compromise student privacy, and promote contested gender-identity policies, and to scrutinize the Trump administration's Department of Education civil rights enforcement. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2EcqVktFkNg 11659 2026-06-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193712026-06-10 https://img.youtube.com/vi/a56zdXhDvm4/hqdefault.jpg Agricultural Perspectives on the Future of the USMCA The House Agriculture Committee convened this hearing to gather perspectives from agricultural and business witnesses on the upcoming five-year joint review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), set to occur in July 2026. https://www.youtube.com/embed/a56zdXhDvm4 11443 2026-06-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193722026-06-10 https://img.youtube.com/vi/a6LTzL5bwRE/hqdefault.jpg An Overview of the Department of Energy’s Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology held this hearing to review the Department of Energy's fiscal year 2027 budget request, DOE's November reorganization, and Secretary Chris Wright's first appearance before the committee in his 16-plus months in office. https://www.youtube.com/embed/a6LTzL5bwRE 12136 2026-06-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193732026-06-09 https://img.youtube.com/vi/2EsyZvU5XNs/hqdefault.jpg Examining Local Needs in Disaster Recovery The Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance held this hearing to examine HUD's Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBGDR) program, an unauthorized, ad hoc program funded through supplemental appropriations that has disbursed only about 59% of the $109.8 billion allocated since its inception [0:14:48]. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2EsyZvU5XNs 8121 2026-06-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193752026-06-03 https://img.youtube.com/vi/IDrEtGTWum8/hqdefault.jpg Committee on House Administration Full Committee Hearing: “Preventing Fraudulent Donations: Transparency, Verification, and Accountability The House Administration Committee, joined by members of the Judiciary and Oversight and Government Reform Committees, held this hearing to examine allegations that ActBlue allowed foreign and fraudulent donations on its platform and misled Congress about its fraud-prevention practices. https://www.youtube.com/embed/IDrEtGTWum8 4267 2026-06-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193772026-06-10 https://img.youtube.com/vi/UP95goyPfzk/hqdefault.jpg Joint Social Security and Work & Welfare Subcommittee Hearing with the Commissioner of Social Security, Frank J. Bisignano The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, joined by the Work and Welfare Subcommittee, held this hearing to review the Social Security Administration's operational performance under Commissioner Frank Bisignano's first year and to examine the agency's finances following release of the 2026 Trustees Report. https://www.youtube.com/embed/UP95goyPfzk 8481 2026-06-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193782026-07-08 https://img.youtube.com/vi/RR1eyX1Z7f8/hqdefault.jpg Lowering Health Care Costs for All Americans: Examining Policies to Increase Health Care Transparency The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held this hearing to examine a package of roughly nine legislative proposals and discussion drafts aimed at expanding health care price and ownership transparency, including an updated Lower Cost, More Transparency Act, the Patients Deserve Price Tags Act, the CHECK Act, and draft bills on hospital/physician ownership disclosure and Medicare Advantage broker compensation and encounter data. https://www.youtube.com/embed/RR1eyX1Z7f8 10775 2026-06-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3385422026-06-09 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338542 An oversight hearing to examine the U.S. Department of Agriculture The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee held this oversight hearing to examine the U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=ag&filename=ag061026 10422 2026-06-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3385432026-06-09 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338543 Senate HELP Committee considers NLRB and Labor Statistics nominees The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee met to consider three nominations: Dr. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help061026 6901 2026-06-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3385442026-06-10 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338544 Senate confirms hearing on Traynor Eighth Circuit and four district court nominees The Senate Judiciary Committee held a two-panel confirmation hearing on five judicial nominees: Daniel Traynor for the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, and Angela Colmenero, Michael Martin, Kasdin Mitchell, and Antonio Pozos for district courts in Texas, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary061026 9417 2026-06-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3385472026-06-09 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338547 Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2027 for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee met to examine the Trump administration's fiscal year 2027 budget request for the U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=epw&filename=epw061026 5417 2026-06-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3385482026-06-04 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338548 An oversight hearing to examine the Colorado river basin, including post-2026 operations negotiations The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a business meeting on 17 pending bills, followed by an oversight hearing on the Colorado River Basin as the current operating guidelines near their October 1, 2026 expiration and the seven basin states remain deadlocked on a replacement agreement. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=energy&filename=energy061026 10830 2026-06-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3385492026-06-09 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338549 Senate energy markup advances 17 bills amid roadless rule fight; Colorado River hearing The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a business meeting to vote on 17 pending bills and amendments, followed by an oversight hearing on Colorado River Basin water management as the current operating guidelines near their October 2026 expiration. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=energy&filename=energy061026 10830 2026-06-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193292026-07-23 https://img.youtube.com/vi/bCCMsjB1L8Y/hqdefault.jpg Various Measures The House Foreign Affairs Committee met to consider four measures: the Foreign Service Modernization Act (HR 9086), the Boost American Business Act (HR 9062), the US Engagement in Sudan Peace Act (HR 1939), and a general foreign affairs authorities bill (HR 9087), the last of which drew roughly 120 amendments over an extended, multi-recess session. https://www.youtube.com/embed/bCCMsjB1L8Y 28800 2026-06-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193642026-07-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/7IrZlTtSrBw/hqdefault.jpg On Call for America: Strengthening Access Through Locum Tenens Providers The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections held this hearing to examine H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7IrZlTtSrBw 5029 2026-06-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193652026-07-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/1e51MBvBSRk/hqdefault.jpg The Southern Poverty Law Center: Manufacturing Hate, Part II The House Judiciary Committee convened this hearing to examine the Southern Poverty Law Center following a federal superseding indictment alleging the organization paid roughly $4.1 million to confidential "field sources" tied to white supremacist groups, and to revisit longstanding Republican criticism of SPLC's "hate map" designations of conservative organizations. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1e51MBvBSRk 14109 2026-06-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193662026-06-08 https://img.youtube.com/vi/nAPPetYDGdk/hqdefault.jpg Converging Criminal Enterprises: Chinese Money Laundering Networks and Cartel Financing in the U.S. Financial System The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held this hearing to examine Chinese Money Laundering Networks (CMLNs), which witnesses described as the dominant professional laundering service for drug cartels, and how they intersect with fentanyl trafficking, human trafficking, and cryptocurrency-based fraud. https://www.youtube.com/embed/nAPPetYDGdk 6344 2026-06-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193672026-07-28 https://img.youtube.com/vi/trKKYblVhQg/hqdefault.jpg Nuclear Permitting Reform: Legislation to Advance Efficient Licensing The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy met to consider six legislative proposals aimed at streamlining Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Department of Energy licensing processes, building on the bipartisan 2024 ADVANCE Act. https://www.youtube.com/embed/trKKYblVhQg 11236 2026-06-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193682026-06-09 https://img.youtube.com/vi/trzfJOgfUec/hqdefault.jpg Full Committee Legislative Hearing on Digital Asset Taxation The House Ways and Means Committee held a full-committee legislative hearing on eight bills and discussion drafts addressing the taxation of digital assets, covering topics such as de minimis exemptions for small transactions, mining and staking rewards, charitable donation appraisals, parity with traditional financial assets, anti-abuse rules, and a voluntary disclosure program. https://www.youtube.com/embed/trzfJOgfUec 13291 2026-06-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3385172026-06-08 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338517 Business meeting to markup the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2027 The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel held an open markup session to consider its portion of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2027, using the chairman's mark as the base legislative vehicle [0:06:20]. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA060926 1256 2026-06-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3385412026-06-08 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338541 Hearings to examine how technological advances are driving transportation innovation The Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety held this hearing to examine how emerging technologies — autonomous vehicles, AI-based rail inspection, digital infrastructure, and vehicle-to-everything communication — are transforming transportation, and what federal policy framework could support their deployment. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce060926 6773 2026-06-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3385452026-06-08 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338545 Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of the Air Force The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense held this open hearing to examine the fiscal year 2027 budget request for the Department of the Air Force, including the Air Force and Space Force. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=approps&filename=appropsA060926 5570 2026-06-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188512026-06-09 https://img.youtube.com/vi/FTlDZajF4C8/hqdefault.jpg House Rules Committee sets floor votes on fraud bills and $70B ICE/CBP reconciliation The House Rules Committee met to set the terms of debate for four measures: two Oversight Committee anti-fraud bills (H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FTlDZajF4C8 19371 2026-06-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193602026-06-08 https://img.youtube.com/vi/NzRvxL2m-Oc/hqdefault.jpg Fiscal Year 2027 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Bill The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies met to mark up its Fiscal Year 2027 funding bill, covering the Departments of Labor, HHS, and Education. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NzRvxL2m-Oc 6245 2026-06-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193612026-06-04 https://img.youtube.com/vi/NzRvxL2m-Oc/hqdefault.jpg Fiscal Year 2027 Department of Homeland Security Bill The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security met to mark up its Fiscal Year 2027 Department of Homeland Security funding bill, following on the heels of a Labor-HHS markup held earlier the same morning. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NzRvxL2m-Oc 6245 2026-06-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192582026-06-04 https://img.youtube.com/vi/5K_0etAPDxA/hqdefault.jpg The AI Security Landscape: How Frontier Models, Agentic AI, and AI Coding Tools Are Reshaping Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Resilience The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection held this hearing to examine how frontier AI models, agentic AI, and AI coding tools are reshaping cybersecurity and the resilience of critical infrastructure, including national security risks from China's open-weight AI strategy and adversarial distillation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5K_0etAPDxA 6206 2026-06-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193332026-06-08 https://img.youtube.com/vi/vqriCfy3zc0/hqdefault.jpg H.R. 8800 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 The House Armed Services Committee met to mark up H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vqriCfy3zc0 28800 2026-06-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193412026-06-04 https://img.youtube.com/vi/EnCKTzC3ugI/hqdefault.jpg Connecting Rural America to the National Airspace System The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation held this hearing to examine the state of air service to small and rural communities and the federal programs — Essential Air Service (EAS), the Small Community Air Service Development Program (SCASDP), and the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) — meant to sustain it. https://www.youtube.com/embed/EnCKTzC3ugI 8042 2026-06-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193422026-06-04 https://img.youtube.com/vi/muHWmKzGQ24/hqdefault.jpg Committee approves rosters, FY2027 views, and GSA leasing resolution The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure held a business meeting to approve revised subcommittee rosters following majority-side membership changes, adopt the committee's Fiscal Year 2027 views and estimates for submission to the Committee on Budget, and approve a General Services Administration capital investment and leasing program resolution for the renovation of the GSA's headquarters building. https://www.youtube.com/embed/muHWmKzGQ24 2498 2026-06-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193442026-06-04 https://img.youtube.com/vi/xA5NOe9AHYw/hqdefault.jpg Beijing’s Poison Pipeline: The CCP’s Role in the Fentanyl Crisis The House Foreign Affairs East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee held this hearing to examine China's role as the primary source of fentanyl precursor chemicals and cartel money laundering, and to discuss legislative and diplomatic tools—including reauthorizing expiring fentanyl sanctions—for pressuring Beijing to act. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xA5NOe9AHYw 4420 2026-06-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193462026-07-08 https://img.youtube.com/vi/JSDt9l84MJc/hqdefault.jpg Medicines and IP: Balancing Innovation and Access The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet held this hearing to examine how pharmaceutical patent practices — including so-called "patent thickets," terminal disclaimers, and skinny labeling of generic drugs — affect both medical innovation and patient access to affordable medicines. https://www.youtube.com/embed/JSDt9l84MJc 7891 2026-06-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193482026-06-04 https://img.youtube.com/vi/gLgaQZrBKmA/hqdefault.jpg For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from the Honorable Brooke L. Rollins, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture The House Committee on Agriculture convened this hearing to receive testimony from USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins, marking her second appearance before the committee, on the state of the farm economy, trade policy, the newly detected New World Screwworm case in Texas, SNAP program integrity, and implementation of the 2026 farm bill and Working Families Tax Cuts Act. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gLgaQZrBKmA 15813 2026-06-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193492026-08-04 https://img.youtube.com/vi/qZGfxn5WpeY/hqdefault.jpg Examining the Policies and Priorities of the NLRB The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions held this hearing to question NLRB Chairman James Murphy and General Counsel Crystal Carey on the agency's policies and its efforts to work through a large case backlog that grew after the board lost its quorum in 2025. https://www.youtube.com/embed/qZGfxn5WpeY 6178 2026-06-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193512026-07-16 https://img.youtube.com/vi/g2jp90ONZFQ/hqdefault.jpg Where Are We?: Examining Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Capabilities in the United States The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held this hearing to examine the current state and vulnerabilities of GPS-based positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) services and to hear from industry witnesses about complementary and backup technologies under consideration, including terrestrial broadcast-based systems and 5G-based systems. https://www.youtube.com/embed/g2jp90ONZFQ 12014 2026-06-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193522026-06-04 https://img.youtube.com/vi/F9pIOenVcLk/hqdefault.jpg Hearing with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent The House Ways and Means Committee convened this oversight hearing to question Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on implementation of the 2025 "working families tax cuts," the administration's trade and tariff policy, and broader economic conditions. https://www.youtube.com/embed/F9pIOenVcLk 17147 2026-06-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193532026-06-03 https://img.youtube.com/vi/zb82OkJ87EM/hqdefault.jpg Oversight of Prudential Regulators The House Financial Services Committee convened this oversight hearing to examine how the Federal Reserve, OCC, FDIC, and NCUA are implementing regulatory and supervisory reforms, including revisions to the Basel III capital proposal, implementation of the GENIUS Act for stablecoins, tailoring of rules for community banks, and the rollback of "reputational risk" supervision tied to debanking concerns. https://www.youtube.com/embed/zb82OkJ87EM 11702 2026-06-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193542026-07-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/eKmKeReYbEg/hqdefault.jpg Hearing with the Commissioners of the Postal Regulatory Commission The House Oversight Subcommittee on Government Operations held this hearing to question the four commissioners of the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) — their first testimony before the committee since 2018 — about the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/eKmKeReYbEg 9913 2026-06-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192432026-06-03 https://img.youtube.com/vi/0Di_gndngPM/hqdefault.jpg A Review of the Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request for the Department of Homeland Security The House Committee on Homeland Security convened this hearing to review the Department of Homeland Security's fiscal year 2027 budget request, with newly confirmed Secretary Markwayne Mullen and Deputy Secretary Troy Edgar testifying on funding needs for FEMA, CISA, the Coast Guard, TSA, and border security amid recent government shutdowns. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0Di_gndngPM 12273 2026-06-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193362026-06-03 https://img.youtube.com/vi/m7enx_5VDZ4/hqdefault.jpg Department of State FY 2027 Budget Request: A Commitment to America First Foreign Policy The House Foreign Affairs Committee convened to examine the State Department's fiscal year 2027 budget request, focusing on the department's "America First" reorganization, dismantling of USAID, and the aftermath of "Operation Epic Fury" against Iran. https://www.youtube.com/embed/m7enx_5VDZ4 14433 2026-06-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193372026-06-04 https://img.youtube.com/vi/gAp45SN_Cic/hqdefault.jpg Restoring America’s Industrial Base: The Role of Small Businesses in National Security The House Small Business Committee held this hearing, "Restoring America's Industrial Base: The Role of Small Businesses in National Security," to examine why the number of small firms contracting with the Department of Defense has declined even as defense spending and small-business contract dollars have risen. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gAp45SN_Cic 7721 2026-06-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193382026-06-30 https://img.youtube.com/vi/kfRYHhh8yD4/hqdefault.jpg Building an AI-Ready America: Higher Education in the Age of AI The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development held this hearing to examine how artificial intelligence is reshaping teaching, learning, and administration on college campuses, and what federal policy should do to support institutions while protecting students. https://www.youtube.com/embed/kfRYHhh8yD4 6389 2026-06-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193392026-06-04 https://img.youtube.com/vi/fNCYqkBRhE8/hqdefault.jpg Oversight of the Architect of the Capitol's Rayburn renewal and campus projects The House Administration Committee held this oversight hearing to review the Architect of the Capitol's (AOC) recent work, including the completed Cannon Building renewal, and to examine planning for a potential renovation of the Rayburn House Office Building, including swing space needs and the forthcoming Capitol Complex Master Plan. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fNCYqkBRhE8 3396 2026-06-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193402026-06-03 https://img.youtube.com/vi/x3PFot0aeG8/hqdefault.jpg Future of United States Maritime: Review of Fiscal Year 2027 Maritime Administration and Federal Maritime Commission Budget Requests The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation held this hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2027 budget requests for the Maritime Administration (MARAD) and the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), and to examine the state of the US maritime industrial base. https://www.youtube.com/embed/x3PFot0aeG8 6270 2026-06-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193432026-07-28 https://img.youtube.com/vi/iGy7552u6Oc/hqdefault.jpg Rules of the Road: Examining Legislation to Modernize the Clean Air Act's Mobile Source Requirements The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment met to examine ten pieces of legislation and discussion drafts updating Title II of the Clean Air Act, which governs emissions from cars, trucks, buses, and locomotives. https://www.youtube.com/embed/iGy7552u6Oc 10240 2026-06-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193452026-06-05 https://img.youtube.com/vi/apA8xkeQ_RI/hqdefault.jpg Examining Legislation to Establish a Federal Comprehensive Privacy and Data Security Law The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade held this legislative hearing to examine the SECURE Data Act, a Republican-drafted bill intended to create a single national consumer data privacy and security standard preempting the 22 state comprehensive privacy laws now in effect. https://www.youtube.com/embed/apA8xkeQ_RI 10389 2026-06-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193592026-06-08 https://img.youtube.com/vi/eQMYwWF_dt0/hqdefault.jpg House Judiciary markup of five bills, from victims' rights to court size The House Judiciary Committee met to mark up five measures: HR 8481 (Kayleigh's Law, lifetime no-contact orders for certain violent/sexual offenders), HR 1869 (a DOJ trade-crimes task force), HR 175 (the Deport Alien Gang Members Act), HJ Res 1 (a constitutional amendment fixing the Supreme Court at nine justices), and HR 5437 (liability protection for stone-slab manufacturers in silicosis lawsuits). https://www.youtube.com/embed/eQMYwWF_dt0 23488 2026-06-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193622026-06-05 https://img.youtube.com/vi/MaWjr70DGJE/hqdefault.jpg House Appropriations markup of FY2027 Interior and THUD spending bills The House Appropriations Committee met to mark up two fiscal year 2027 spending bills: the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies bill and the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) bill, ahead of floor consideration of the Agriculture appropriations bill the following day. https://www.youtube.com/embed/MaWjr70DGJE 28800 2026-06-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193742026-06-04 https://img.youtube.com/vi/LlKqjHhBDBI/hqdefault.jpg House Rules Committee Meeting on Same-Day Authority for Senate Reconciliation Bill The House Rules Committee met to grant same-day authority through Friday, June 5, 2026, allowing the House to immediately consider the Senate's forthcoming reconciliation bill under Title II of S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/LlKqjHhBDBI 1968 2026-06-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3385052026-06-02 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338505 Hearings to examine federal benefits cliffs on small businesses and workers The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee held this hearing to examine how "benefits cliffs" — abrupt losses of federal assistance (SNAP, Medicaid, housing, childcare) triggered by small income increases — affect low-wage workers and the small businesses that employ them. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=smbiz&filename=smbiz060326 5442 2026-06-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3385062026-06-02 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338506 Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of the Treasury The Senate Finance Committee convened this hearing to examine Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on the President's fiscal year 2027 budget request for the Treasury Department, including implementation of the 2025 tax law and IRS modernization. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance060326 10321 2026-06-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3385072026-06-02 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338507 Hearings to examine protecting American citizenship, focusing on denaturalization and its constitutional limits The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution held this hearing to examine the legal and constitutional limits on denaturalization — the revocation of citizenship from naturalized Americans — and to consider Chair Schmitt's SCAM Act, which would expand grounds for denaturalization and tie it to deportation. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary060326 6795 2026-06-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3385082026-06-03 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338508 Senate VA Committee considers nominees for CIO and whistleblower protection chief The Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs convened this hearing to consider the nominations of Gary Shatswell to be Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology (CIO) and Michael Tierney to be Assistant Secretary for the Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection (OAWP), both at the Department of Veterans Affairs. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=vetaff&filename=vetaff060326 5877 2026-06-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3385092026-06-02 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338509 Senate Indian Affairs considers nine tribal land trust and settlement bills The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs held a legislative hearing to consider nine bills — six Senate measures and three House companions — addressing tribal land transfers, land exchanges, and resolution of long-standing land claims for the Quapaw Nation, Quinault Indian Nation, Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation, Pit River Tribe, the 19 Pueblos of New Mexico, and the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe/Mohawk Council of Akwesasne. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=indian&filename=indian060326 3150 2026-06-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3385102026-06-02 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338510 Hearings to examine COVID-19 injections and attacks on scientific publications The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, chaired by Sen. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=govtaff&filename=govtaff060326 12051 2026-06-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3385112026-06-02 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338511 Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of State The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs met to examine the Trump administration's fiscal year 2027 budget request for the State Department and to press Secretary of State Marco Rubio on implementation of foreign assistance law, ongoing global health funding delays, and the department's restructuring after USAID's absorption. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=approps&filename=appropsA060326 8235 2026-06-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3385122026-06-02 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338512 Hearings to examine the human cost of dangerous foreign drugs The Senate Special Committee on Aging held this hearing to examine health harms linked to low-quality generic drugs manufactured abroad, particularly in India and China, and to discuss oversight gaps at the FDA. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=aging&filename=aging060326 4605 2026-06-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3385242026-06-02 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338524 Hearings to examine college sports, focusing on supporting student athletes and fair competition The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held this hearing to examine the crisis facing college athletics — chaotic NIL spending, transfer portal free agency, conference realignment, and cuts to women's and Olympic sports — and to review the bipartisan Protect College Sports Act introduced by Chair Cruz, Ranking Member Cantwell, Sen. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce060326 12525 2026-06-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188502026-06-04 https://img.youtube.com/vi/hX0udWy90ow/hqdefault.jpg House Rules Committee weighs FY27 Agriculture bill and fraud-focused child care, student aid, TANF bills The House Rules Committee met to set the terms of debate for four measures headed to the floor: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/hX0udWy90ow 14137 2026-06-02 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192862026-06-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/rt_bIvnvq3o/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Hearing – Department of Justice The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies held this oversight hearing to examine the Department of Justice's fiscal year 2027 budget request and to question Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on department priorities, following the panel's markup of the FY27 Commerce-Justice-Science bill the prior month. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rt_bIvnvq3o 7183 2026-06-02 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193352026-06-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/CZaqbwuH5cc/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing – Department of State and Related Programs The House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs convened to examine the fiscal year 2027 budget request for the State Department, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifying on funding levels, embassy operations, and administration foreign policy priorities. https://www.youtube.com/embed/CZaqbwuH5cc 8177 2026-06-02 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3384802026-06-01 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338480 Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of State The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held this hearing to examine the Trump administration's proposed fiscal year 2027 budget request for the Department of State, delivered by Secretary of State Marco Rubio in his capacity as both Secretary of State and National Security Advisor. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign060226 10703 2026-06-02 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3385002026-06-01 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338500 Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Homeland Security The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Department of Homeland Security convened to examine the Trump administration's fiscal year 2027 budget request for DHS, marking Secretary Kristi Noem's successor Secretary Mullin's first appearance before the panel. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=approps&filename=appropsA060226 9725 2026-06-02 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3385012026-06-01 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338501 An oversight hearing to examine the United States Forest Service The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee held this oversight hearing to examine the U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=ag&filename=ag060226 5372 2026-06-02 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3385032026-06-01 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338503 Hearings to examine the blue economy, focusing on advancing American fisheries, maritime strength, and coastal economies The Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries held this hearing to examine America's "blue economy" — fisheries, seafood, maritime transportation, tourism, and hydrographic data — and the policies needed to grow it and strengthen national security. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce060226 6713 2026-06-02 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3385252026-06-01 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338525 Senate Intelligence Committee considers NRO and INR nominees The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence convened this hearing to consider two nominations: Dr. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=intel&filename=intel060226 6559 2026-06-02 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192112026-06-15 https://img.youtube.com/vi/UQYszuHwvXE/hqdefault.jpg House Transportation Committee markup of the Build America 250 surface transportation bill The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee met to mark up H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/UQYszuHwvXE 28800 2026-05-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192542026-05-21 https://img.youtube.com/vi/NttrrMP8RvE/hqdefault.jpg State and Local Cybersecurity: Escalating Threats, Federal Partnership, and the Resilience of America’s Communities The Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection convened to examine the growing cyber threat landscape facing state and local governments, evaluate federal support programs including the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP), and hear from state officials about "whole-of-state" cybersecurity strategies. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NttrrMP8RvE 8543 2026-05-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192922026-05-19 https://img.youtube.com/vi/UyEClxN5NJI/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing – Department of Transportation The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, HUD, and Related Agencies held a budget hearing to examine the President's fiscal year 2027 request of $26.8 billion in discretionary funding for the Department of Transportation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/UyEClxN5NJI 7783 2026-05-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192952026-05-21 https://img.youtube.com/vi/A_cTyi-0oMg/hqdefault.jpg Building the Future: How Small Home Builders are Closing America’s Housing Gap The House Small Business Committee held this hearing to examine why the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/A_cTyi-0oMg 7564 2026-05-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193022026-05-21 https://img.youtube.com/vi/5niANg9phSA/hqdefault.jpg Modernizing the BSA for Financial Crime in the 21st Century The House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions held this hearing to examine whether the 1970 Bank Secrecy Act's reporting framework—suspicious activity reports (SARs) and currency transaction reports (CTRs)—should be modernized, including through updated thresholds, risk-based supervision, and artificial intelligence tools. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5niANg9phSA 6264 2026-05-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193102026-07-08 https://img.youtube.com/vi/7Hgo63HsgLo/hqdefault.jpg Court Packing: A Threat to the Supreme Court’s Legitimacy The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet held this hearing to examine proposals to increase the number of Supreme Court justices ("court packing"), historical precedents for changing the Court's size, and broader questions about judicial legitimacy, ethics, and the shadow docket. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7Hgo63HsgLo 8761 2026-05-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193232026-05-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/nHI0sr4qeCk/hqdefault.jpg Fiscal Year 2027 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Bill The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies met to mark up its Fiscal Year 2027 funding bill, covering the Department of the Interior, EPA, U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/nHI0sr4qeCk 5810 2026-05-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193252026-06-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/dSzU-6xqamo/hqdefault.jpg Markup of disability employment, PBM, and hospital billing transparency bills The House Education and Workforce Committee met to mark up five bills: HR 8736 (Restoration of Employment Choice for Adults with Disabilities Act), HR 8705 (the "Charlie Act" on civics and history funding), HR 7362 (Form 5500 Filing Simplification Act), HR 7895 (PBM Kickback Prohibition Act), and HR 8684 (Transparency in Billing Act of 2026). https://www.youtube.com/embed/dSzU-6xqamo 16169 2026-05-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193272026-05-29 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Rg-T56nm-RY/hqdefault.jpg Full Committee Markup of 16 Bills The House Energy and Commerce Committee held a full committee markup to consider 16 bills spanning its jurisdiction, including a bipartisan motor vehicle safety and supply-chain package tied to the surface transportation reauthorization, a recycling infrastructure and data bill, and 14 public health reauthorizations covering issues from Alzheimer's, ALS, and Down syndrome research to school-based health centers and tick-borne disease programs. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Rg-T56nm-RY 18794 2026-05-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3384232026-05-20 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338423 Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Navy The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services (with the NIH director and institute leaders as witnesses) held this hearing to examine the National Institutes of Health's fiscal year 2027 budget request and review NIH's record on grants, indirect research costs, and program priorities over the past year. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=approps&filename=appropsA052126 6500 2026-05-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3384262026-05-20 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338426 Air Force and Space Force FY2027 budget posture hearing The Senate Armed Services Committee held this hearing to examine the Department of the Air Force's fiscal year 2027 defense authorization request and Future Years Defense Program, following a closed classified session earlier that morning. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA052126 7720 2026-05-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3384402026-05-20 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338440 Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the National Institutes of Health The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, and Education met to examine the National Institutes of Health's proposed fiscal year 2027 budget, with NIH Director Dr. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=approps&filename=appropsA052126 6500 2026-05-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191282026-05-20 https://img.youtube.com/vi/zWdL8BvEATo/hqdefault.jpg TSA Modernization: Industry Perspectives on Key Security and Travel Reforms 25 Years After 9/11 The House Homeland Security Committee held this hearing to examine TSA modernization 25 years after 9/11, focusing on aviation security technology investment, the Screening Partnership Program (SP) and proposed "Gold Plus" privatization expansion, and the impact of recent government shutdowns on the TSA workforce. https://www.youtube.com/embed/zWdL8BvEATo 8680 2026-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192842026-05-20 https://img.youtube.com/vi/0mXv1txAifg/hqdefault.jpg Full Committee Markup The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee met to mark up three reauthorization bills: HR 8748, the Surface Transportation Research and Development Act of 2026; HR 8790, the Next Generation Geothermal Research and Development Act; and HR 7129, the Water Power Research and Development Reauthorization Act. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0mXv1txAifg 5214 2026-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192932026-07-23 https://img.youtube.com/vi/yfsCjxR6ViE/hqdefault.jpg Corrosion, Collapse, and Clean-Up: Examining the Potomac Interceptor Collapse The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations convened this hearing to examine the January 19, 2026 collapse of DC Water's 54-mile Potomac Interceptor sewer pipe, which released roughly 240 million gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac River [0:16:27]. https://www.youtube.com/embed/yfsCjxR6ViE 13745 2026-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192992026-05-19 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Z2pkYagkXY0/hqdefault.jpg Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Elections Hearing: “Examining Best Practices for Strengthening Election Security The House Administration Subcommittee on Elections convened this hearing to examine best practices for strengthening election security, focusing on physical security, cybersecurity, and federal resources like grants and voting system certification programs offered through the Help America Vote Act (HAVA). https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z2pkYagkXY0 3758 2026-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193002026-06-15 https://img.youtube.com/vi/2hinxs4GGxg/hqdefault.jpg Tax Subcommittee Hearing on Your Paycheck, Returned: How the Working Families Tax Cuts Delivered for Americans The Ways and Means Subcommittee on Tax convened this hearing to examine the effects of the "Working Families Tax Cuts" (also called the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, OBBBA) — including no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, an expanded child tax credit, a larger standard deduction, and a higher adoption tax credit — through testimony from individual beneficiaries alongside economic analysis of the law's costs and distributional effects. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2hinxs4GGxg 10704 2026-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193032026-05-20 https://img.youtube.com/vi/hyRzzqu_l4k/hqdefault.jpg FY2027 Budget Request: State Department Adjacent Entities The House Foreign Affairs Committee held this hearing to examine the FY2027 budgets and operations of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) — two congressionally chartered, State Department-adjacent organizations that the Trump administration has proposed defunding or folding into the State Department. https://www.youtube.com/embed/hyRzzqu_l4k 9090 2026-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193042026-07-28 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Y6OC32SgE9Q/hqdefault.jpg Examining the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, MACRA, and Opportunities for Payment Reforms The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held this hearing to examine the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, ten years after MACRA's enactment, and to consider reforms to the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Models (APMs). https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y6OC32SgE9Q 10232 2026-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193052026-05-26 https://img.youtube.com/vi/owYhJoKP3dc/hqdefault.jpg Legislative hearing on VA reauthorization, leasing, research, and benefits bills The House Veterans' Affairs Committee held a legislative hearing to receive testimony on roughly twenty bills and discussion drafts covering VA reorganization (the VISN Reform Act), leasing and infrastructure, research management, drug formulary policy, procurement, dental care, appeals backlog, homelessness, sexual-assault care, and other reforms, many addressing programs unauthorized since before 2001. https://www.youtube.com/embed/owYhJoKP3dc 6216 2026-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193072026-05-19 https://img.youtube.com/vi/N9pDYMkCois/hqdefault.jpg Partnering for Innovation: How Bank-Fintech Collaborations Enhance Financial Infrastructure The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence held this hearing to examine how bank-fintech partnerships enhance financial infrastructure, expand consumer and small-business access, and how regulators are equipped to oversee these arrangements. https://www.youtube.com/embed/N9pDYMkCois 6581 2026-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193082026-05-19 https://img.youtube.com/vi/1W_loJEUvPM/hqdefault.jpg From Order to Execution: Ensuring Efficient and Transparent Equity Markets The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets held this hearing to examine whether Regulation NMS, and specifically Rule 611 (the trade-through rule), should be reformed or rescinded as SEC Chairman Atkins pursues a broader review of equity market structure. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1W_loJEUvPM 5884 2026-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193092026-06-04 https://img.youtube.com/vi/U6Apbu9OqAg/hqdefault.jpg Bad Medicine: Politics, Unions, and Antisemitism in Health Care The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions held this hearing to examine allegations that the Committee of Interns and Residents (CIR) and other health care unions have used institutional resources to advance anti-Israel resolutions since October 7, 2023, and whether this has created a hostile or discriminatory environment for Jewish and Israeli health care workers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/U6Apbu9OqAg 5074 2026-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193112026-06-23 https://img.youtube.com/vi/XvkGHbqzIZk/hqdefault.jpg The Southern Poverty Law Center: Manufacturing Hate The House Judiciary Committee held this hearing to examine a federal indictment alleging the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) defrauded donors by secretly paying roughly $3 million to informants tied to extremist groups, including the 2017 Charlottesville "Unite the Right" rally. https://www.youtube.com/embed/XvkGHbqzIZk 19611 2026-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193122026-05-20 https://img.youtube.com/vi/j_lHHK3YAXI/hqdefault.jpg Department of the Air Force Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request The House Armed Services Committee held this hearing to examine the Department of the Air Force's fiscal year 2027 budget request, a $338.8 billion proposal representing a 34% increase over the prior year. https://www.youtube.com/embed/j_lHHK3YAXI 10515 2026-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193162026-06-29 https://img.youtube.com/vi/NnyT8q35eKY/hqdefault.jpg Committee advances six bills on GAO scoring, DC tolls, CBP retirement, civil rights records The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a markup to consider and vote on six measures: the Duplication Scoring Act of 2026 (H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NnyT8q35eKY 14711 2026-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193192026-05-21 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Q4G3v9erq2Y/hqdefault.jpg Fiscal Year 2027 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Bill and Fiscal Year 2027 Legislative Branch Bill The House Appropriations Committee convened this markup to consider two fiscal year 2027 appropriations bills: the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies bill and the Legislative Branch bill. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q4G3v9erq2Y 28800 2026-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193202026-05-27 https://img.youtube.com/vi/-R4VUHMUbpE/hqdefault.jpg Various Measures The House Small Business Committee met to mark up nine bipartisan bills addressing SBA oversight, disaster loan accountability, COVID fraud reporting, small business certifications, federal contracting rules (the "rule of two"), cybersecurity and AI use at the SBA, 7(a) loan eligibility for technology, antitrust impacts on small firms, and SBA outreach on health coverage options. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-R4VUHMUbpE 9365 2026-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193242026-05-20 https://img.youtube.com/vi/E6clPjOCnxc/hqdefault.jpg Department of the Navy Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request for Seapower and Projection Forces The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces held this hearing to examine the Department of the Navy's fiscal year 2027 budget request, focusing on shipbuilding rates, the new amphibious "Golden Fleet" and continuous ARG/MEU posture, the proposed nuclear-powered "battleship," submarine and reconstitution production, aviation and munitions programs, and unmanned systems. https://www.youtube.com/embed/E6clPjOCnxc 4656 2026-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3383642026-05-19 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338364 Defense personnel posture: TRICARE pharmacy conflicts, mold, and policy shifts The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel held this posture hearing to review Department of Defense personnel policies and programs under the Fiscal Year 2027 defense budget request. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA052026 6377 2026-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3383672026-05-19 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338367 Hearings to examine betting, focusing on protecting sports integrity in America The Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy held this hearing to examine threats to sports integrity from the rapid growth of legal sports betting and the newer rise of CFTC-regulated "prediction markets" offering sports event contracts. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce052026 8429 2026-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3384122026-05-19 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338412 Hearings to examine preventing falls and preserving independence, focusing on technology, community programs, and innovation in senior safety The Senate Special Committee on Aging held this hearing to examine how technology, community-based programs, and innovation can help prevent falls among older Americans, a leading cause of injury and lost independence that Chairman Scott said costs roughly $80 billion a year [0:17:32]. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=aging&filename=aging052026 4950 2026-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3384132026-05-19 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338413 Hearings to examine meeting the individual needs of all students, focusing on the role of charter schools The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee held this hearing to examine how charter schools help meet the individual educational needs of students, including those with dyslexia and other disabilities, and to hear directly from parents and advocates about their experiences. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help052026 4262 2026-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3384152026-05-19 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338415 VA Secretary Collins defends FY2027 budget amid community care fight The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee held this hearing to examine the Department of Veterans Affairs' $488.2 billion fiscal year 2027 budget request and fiscal year 2028 advance appropriations, focusing heavily on the balance between VA direct care and outsourced community care. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=vetaff&filename=vetaff052026 8298 2026-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3384162026-05-19 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338416 Hearings to examine blowing the whistle, focusing on inside the grift that keeps giving The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee held this hearing to examine fraud in federal small-business and social-service programs and the retaliation faced by government employees who flag it. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=smbiz&filename=smbiz052026 5561 2026-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3384172026-05-19 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338417 Business meeting on tribal land bills; FY2027 BIA/IHS budget oversight hearing The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs held a business meeting to consider eight bills on tribal land leasing and land-into-trust transfers, followed immediately by an oversight hearing on the President's fiscal year 2027 budget request for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=indian&filename=indian052026 6400 2026-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3384182026-05-19 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338418 FY2027 budget review for Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development met to examine the Trump administration's fiscal year 2027 budget requests for the U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=approps&filename=appropsA052026 6889 2026-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3384192026-05-20 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338419 Judiciary Committee considers two circuit court nominees and DOJ inspector general The Senate Judiciary Committee met to consider three nominations: Benjamin M. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary052026 8462 2026-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3384212026-05-20 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338421 Nuclear licensing reform: commercial materials, brownfield sites, enrichment The Senate EPW Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety held a legislative hearing to examine S.4529 (allowing commercial-grade steel and concrete in non-safety-related nuclear plant structures), the discussion draft RECHARGE Act (streamlining deployment of advanced reactors at retired fossil fuel sites), and the discussion draft Enrichment Licensing Modernization Act (updating 40-year-old domestic uranium enrichment licensing rules). https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=epw&filename=epw052026 6353 2026-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3384222026-05-19 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338422 Nominations for ambassadors to Norway, Korea, Australia, Albania, and State Legal Adviser The Senate Foreign Relations Committee convened to consider five State Department nominations: Michael Kavoukjian for Ambassador to Norway, Michelle Steel for Ambassador to South Korea, Brock Dahl for Legal Adviser, David Brat for Ambassador to Australia, and Eric Wendt for Ambassador to Albania [0:24:33]. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign052026 7516 2026-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3384292026-05-19 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338429 Senate Budget Committee reports FY2026 reconciliation bill on party lines The Senate Budget Committee met to report the legislative recommendation from the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, part of a budget reconciliation package (S.Con.Res.33) providing roughly $72 billion for border security, immigration enforcement, and related agencies. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=budget&filename=budget052026 3129 2026-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192892026-05-19 https://img.youtube.com/vi/2aZmuhCpmF4/hqdefault.jpg U.S. Military Posture and National Security Challenges in the Greater Middle East and Africa The House Armed Services Committee held this posture hearing to review the military strategy and force posture of US Central Command and US Africa Command amid ongoing conflict with Iran (Operation Epic Fury/Midnight Hammer) and rising terrorism threats across Africa. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2aZmuhCpmF4 11788 2026-05-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192902026-06-01 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Cgc1yPgBRb4/hqdefault.jpg Crime, Corruption, and Power: The Rise of CCP-linked Scam Networks Targeting Americans And Threatening U.S. Security The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party held this hearing to release and discuss a new bipartisan investigative report on China-linked scam compounds in Southeast Asia, which the committee found stole at least $10 billion from Americans in 2024. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Cgc1yPgBRb4 4337 2026-05-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1193142026-05-20 https://img.youtube.com/vi/rxQYH3Ixlvs/hqdefault.jpg Rules Committee sets floor debate for two veterans bills and women's history museum act The House Rules Committee met to set the terms of floor debate for three bills: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rxQYH3Ixlvs 9455 2026-05-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3383922026-05-18 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338392 Hearings to examine the evaluation of FAA safety measures from the DCA crash The Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation, Space, and Innovation convened this hearing to examine the FAA's response to the 35 safety recommendations the NTSB issued following the January 29, 2025 midair collision between American Airlines Flight 5342 and a U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce051926 6490 2026-05-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3384042026-05-18 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338404 Business meeting to consider reconciliation recommendations to the Budget Committee The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee met to mark up its reconciliation recommendations to the Budget Committee, funding Border Patrol, ICE, and related DHS law enforcement functions as part of a broader budget reconciliation package. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=govtaff&filename=govtaff051926 10300 2026-05-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3384052026-05-22 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338405 Hearings to examine enforcing Callais, focusing on implementing the Supreme Court's gerrymandering The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution held this hearing to examine the Supreme Court's decision in Louisiana v. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary051926 7160 2026-05-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3384062026-05-18 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338406 Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Transportation The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee overseeing the Department of Labor convened to examine Acting Secretary Keith Sonderling's testimony on the President's fiscal year 2027 budget request for the Department of Labor. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=approps&filename=appropsA051926 4912 2026-05-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3384072026-05-18 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338407 Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Labor The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, and Education met to examine Acting Secretary Keith Sonderling's testimony on President Trump's fiscal year 2027 budget request for the Department of Labor. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=approps&filename=appropsA051926 4912 2026-05-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3384082026-05-18 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338408 Navy and Marine Corps FY2027 budget and shipbuilding posture The Senate Armed Services Committee held this open hearing, following an earlier closed session, to examine the posture of the Department of the Navy in review of the FY2027 defense budget request and shipbuilding plan. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA051926 8366 2026-05-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3384092026-05-18 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338409 Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Justice The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies met to examine President Trump's fiscal year 2027 budget request for the Department of Labor, with Acting Secretary Keith Sonderling testifying as the sole witness. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=approps&filename=appropsA051926 4912 2026-05-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3384102026-05-18 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338410 Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Army The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee overseeing the Department of Labor convened to examine the Trump administration's proposed fiscal year 2027 budget for the agency, with Acting Secretary of Labor Keith Sonderling testifying on workforce training, apprenticeships, mine safety, unemployment insurance fraud, and visa processing. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=approps&filename=appropsA051926 4912 2026-05-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3384112026-05-18 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338411 Navy and Marine Corps FY2027 shipbuilding and readiness posture The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities met to examine the Department of the Navy's fiscal year 2027 budget request, following an earlier classified session on the same posture topics. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA051926 8366 2026-05-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192762026-05-15 https://img.youtube.com/vi/QtEuiAG6sA0/hqdefault.jpg Department of the Army Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request The House Armed Services Committee met to review the Department of the Army's fiscal year 2027 budget request, focusing on the industrial base, acquisition reform, and the Army's ongoing "continuous transformation" initiative. https://www.youtube.com/embed/QtEuiAG6sA0 12794 2026-05-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192832026-05-14 https://img.youtube.com/vi/qPEwma6YSnw/hqdefault.jpg Fiscal Year 2027 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Bill The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development met to mark up the Fiscal Year 2027 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies appropriations bill, totaling $58.5 billion [0:06:27]. https://www.youtube.com/embed/qPEwma6YSnw 2658 2026-05-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191842026-05-14 https://img.youtube.com/vi/fKwztbVu1iw/hqdefault.jpg Science, Technology, and Innovation Posture of the Department of Defense The House Armed Services Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation Subcommittee met to review the Department of Defense's science and technology posture, focusing on a recent reorganization that unified the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), the Chief Digital and AI Office (CDAO), and the Strategic Capabilities Office under a single Chief Technology Officer. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fKwztbVu1iw 5317 2026-05-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192572026-05-14 https://img.youtube.com/vi/M73OW7XsJak/hqdefault.jpg Securing NATO’s Eastern Frontier: Assessing the Strategic Landscape in the Baltic Region The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe convened this hearing to examine the security landscape facing NATO's Baltic allies — Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania — including Russian hybrid warfare, potential post-Ukraine troop repositioning, Chinese economic pressure, undersea infrastructure sabotage, and the state of US arms deliveries to the region. https://www.youtube.com/embed/M73OW7XsJak 4745 2026-05-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192612026-07-21 https://img.youtube.com/vi/K39YX0IGr34/hqdefault.jpg House VA Committee markup of 20-plus veterans bills and lease resolutions The House Committee on Veterans' Affairs held a full committee markup to consider roughly two dozen bills and VA lease resolutions covering fiscal management, traumatic brain injury research, congressional oversight of VA, opioid treatment, and other veterans' issues. https://www.youtube.com/embed/K39YX0IGr34 10191 2026-05-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192712026-06-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/o5aFsyFzl-M/hqdefault.jpg Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Department of Education The House Committee on Education and Workforce held this oversight hearing to question Education Secretary Linda McMahon on the department's fiscal year 2027 budget request and on the administration's efforts to shrink and reorganize the Department of Education, including interagency agreements transferring programs to other federal agencies, changes to student loan caps and professional-degree definitions, the new tax-credit scholarship program, and enforcement of Title IX and civil-rights obligations. https://www.youtube.com/embed/o5aFsyFzl-M 14039 2026-05-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192722026-05-21 https://img.youtube.com/vi/wPR6b3QfN50/hqdefault.jpg Fairfax County, Virginia: The Dangerous Consequences of Sanctuary Policies The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement convened this hearing to examine Fairfax County, Virginia's law enforcement policies limiting cooperation with federal immigration authorities, prompted by the February 2026 murder of Stephanie Minter, allegedly by an undocumented man with an extensive prior arrest record who had been released from local custody multiple times. https://www.youtube.com/embed/wPR6b3QfN50 10410 2026-05-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192732026-05-14 https://img.youtube.com/vi/lRV8qy7fKJc/hqdefault.jpg Department of the Navy Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request The House Armed Services Committee met to examine the Department of the Navy's fiscal year 2027 budget request of $377.5 billion, part of a $1.5 trillion overall defense budget, with witnesses Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Daryl Caudle, and Marine Corps Commandant General Eric Smith. https://www.youtube.com/embed/lRV8qy7fKJc 12951 2026-05-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192772026-06-30 https://img.youtube.com/vi/P3EbNo1Garc/hqdefault.jpg Privacy Protections & the Second Amendment: Examining ATF’s Relationship to the Tiahrt Amendment The House Oversight Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement held this hearing to examine ATF's record of complying with the Tiahrt Amendment, which restricts disclosure of federal firearms trace data outside law enforcement investigations, and to hear from newly confirmed ATF Director Robert Cekada on recent regulatory reforms and privacy protections. https://www.youtube.com/embed/P3EbNo1Garc 7278 2026-05-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192912026-05-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/JwzJw3T-LSs/hqdefault.jpg Subcommittee Markup of Three Pieces of Legislation The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment met to mark up three bills: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/JwzJw3T-LSs 3547 2026-05-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192962026-05-14 https://img.youtube.com/vi/FAMBefoCwW0/hqdefault.jpg Committee on House Administration Full Committee Markup on Various Measures The House Administration Committee met to mark up seven bills, including measures on campaign finance donor verification, foreign funding of elections and ballot initiatives, converting the unused Presidential Election Campaign Fund into an election security grant, FEC administrative modernization, polling-place-change notification, and legislative branch agency governance. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FAMBefoCwW0 4235 2026-05-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3383272026-05-13 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338327 CENTCOM and AFRICOM posture, Iran war strategy, and Africa resourcing The Senate Armed Services Committee held this open hearing, following a closed session, on the posture of U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA051426 8579 2026-05-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3383982026-05-13 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338398 Judiciary Committee advances judicial nominees and bipartisan police-week legislation The Senate Judiciary Committee met to vote on 12 executive branch and judicial nominations, including Justin D. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary051426 5233 2026-05-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3383992026-05-13 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338399 Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development held this hearing to examine the Department of Housing and Urban Development's fiscal year 2027 budget request, which proposes $73.5 billion compared to $84.2 billion in current funding. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=approps&filename=appropsA051426 5597 2026-05-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3384002026-05-13 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338400 Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for Military Construction and Family Housing The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee met to review the Department of Housing and Urban Development's fiscal year 2027 budget request, testifying witness HUD Secretary Scott Turner. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=approps&filename=appropsA051426 5597 2026-05-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3384032026-05-13 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338403 Senate Banking markup of the crypto market structure CLARITY Act The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee held an open business meeting to mark up H.R. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=banking&filename=banking051426 9869 2026-05-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192602026-06-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/9HV_KTnxpZM/hqdefault.jpg Expanding the Mission: The Future of the National Center for Warrior Independence in West LA The House Veterans' Affairs Committee held this hearing to examine management of the VA's West Los Angeles campus, including decades of leases and agreements the department says did not benefit veterans, and to review VA's plan to implement President Trump's executive order establishing a National Center for Warrior Independence to house thousands of homeless veterans by 2028. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9HV_KTnxpZM 8567 2026-05-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192652026-05-20 https://img.youtube.com/vi/c-BeZGU_-eo/hqdefault.jpg Various Measures The House Foreign Affairs Committee convened this markup to consider eleven measures, including bills on foreign military financing and sales, defense cooperation with Greece and Taiwan, a resolution on the US-Korea alliance, a State Department reporting-reduction bill, a resolution condemning attacks on civilians in Sudan, a critical minerals bill, a building-naming bill honoring former Chairman Elliot Engel, and the YALI Act on African youth leadership. https://www.youtube.com/embed/c-BeZGU_-eo 17412 2026-05-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192672026-05-15 https://img.youtube.com/vi/YtxxmZzuRl4/hqdefault.jpg Sharia-Free America: Why Political Islam & Sharia Law are Incompatible with the U.S. Constitution: Part II The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government held this hearing — the second on this topic in 2026 — to examine claims that "political Islam" and Sharia law threaten the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/YtxxmZzuRl4 8493 2026-05-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192682026-07-16 https://img.youtube.com/vi/aLXtkezFmqM/hqdefault.jpg Building a Safer Future: Private-Sector Strategies for Emerging Safety Issues The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections held this hearing to examine emerging workplace safety risks — including vehicle-related fatalities, silica dust exposure, opioid use, and AI adoption — and to hear how private employers are using "leading indicator" safety management systems to prevent injuries before they occur. https://www.youtube.com/embed/aLXtkezFmqM 4167 2026-05-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192692026-06-30 https://img.youtube.com/vi/FeYLwdwoZgc/hqdefault.jpg DoW Financial Management: Examining Progress and New Audit Approaches The House Oversight Subcommittee on Government Operations held this hearing to review the Department of War's (formerly Department of Defense) progress toward the statutory deadline of a clean audit opinion by December 31, 2028, and to examine a newly revised audit approach unveiled in March 2026. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FeYLwdwoZgc 11480 2026-05-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192702026-07-28 https://img.youtube.com/vi/oycCnNDUMjY/hqdefault.jpg Wires, Rates, and States: Permitting Transmission for Reliable and Affordable Power The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy held this hearing to examine how transmission projects are planned, permitted, and paid for, with particular focus on whether states or the federal government (FERC) should hold primary siting authority. https://www.youtube.com/embed/oycCnNDUMjY 12408 2026-05-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192742026-05-13 https://img.youtube.com/vi/IaLZRsRZGSM/hqdefault.jpg Department of the Air Force Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request for Seapower and Projection Forces The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces met to review the Department of the Air Force's fiscal year 2027 budget request, focusing on bomber, tanker, and mobility aircraft programs including the B-21, KC-46, VC-25B (Air Force One), and next-generation airlift. https://www.youtube.com/embed/IaLZRsRZGSM 4976 2026-05-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192782026-05-13 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Cx2ZD83fC5s/hqdefault.jpg Various Measures The House Financial Services Committee held a markup session to consider six bills: HR 5396 (Price Stability Act, removing the Fed's maximum employment mandate), HR 2978 (GUARD Act, on elder financial fraud), HR 2152 (AI Plan Act, on AI-driven financial crime), HR 4801 (Unleashing AI Innovation in Financial Services Act, creating AI regulatory sandboxes), HR 8278 (FUTURES Act, on regulator technology modernization), and HR 8671 (Bank Fraud Technology Advancement Act of 2026). https://www.youtube.com/embed/Cx2ZD83fC5s 21572 2026-05-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192822026-05-15 https://img.youtube.com/vi/009f7LonFvQ/hqdefault.jpg Fiscal Year 2027 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Bill The House Appropriations Committee held its fifth full committee markup of fiscal year 2027, taking up the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies bill, which funds DOJ, NASA, NOAA, NSF, NIST, and related agencies at a total discretionary allocation of $77.3 billion, a $670 million cut from FY26 enacted levels. https://www.youtube.com/embed/009f7LonFvQ 28800 2026-05-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192942026-05-24 https://img.youtube.com/vi/zRXaSF1bMVA/hqdefault.jpg Markup of Ten Pieces of Legislation The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health met to mark up ten bipartisan bills covering public health program reauthorizations, FDA authorities, and Medicare payment changes, including tick-borne disease research, breast cancer education, ALS therapies, stem cell transplants, school-based health centers, hazardous import destruction, animal-free drug testing, and wheelchair and accountable care organization reporting rules. https://www.youtube.com/embed/zRXaSF1bMVA 8662 2026-05-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3383872026-05-12 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338387 Hearings to examine VA police operations The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee held this hearing during National Police Week to examine VA police staffing, potential pay downgrades tied to a federal classification review, and a new GAO report on physical security at VA medical facilities. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=vetaff&filename=vetaff051326 5606 2026-05-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3383882026-05-12 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338388 Hearings to examine whistleblower testimony on COVID The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held this hearing, under subpoena, to hear public testimony from a CIA officer who alleges intelligence analysts concluded a laboratory leak was the most likely origin of COVID-19 but that these conclusions were suppressed and altered under bureaucratic and outside pressure, including from Dr. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=govtaff&filename=govtaff051326 6477 2026-05-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3383892026-05-12 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338389 Hearings to examine supporting families in the sandwich generation The Senate Special Committee on Aging held this hearing to examine the challenges facing "sandwich generation" caregivers — an estimated 11 million Americans simultaneously raising children and caring for aging parents while often working full-time [0:16:59]. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=aging&filename=aging051326 6818 2026-05-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3383932026-05-12 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338393 Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2027 for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee convened to examine the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's proposed fiscal year 2027 budget, hearing from Chairman Nieh and Commissioners Wright, Crowell, Marzano, and Weaver on implementation of the Advance Act, agency staffing losses, and the licensing reforms driving faster reactor approvals. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=epw&filename=epw051326 5823 2026-05-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3383942026-05-12 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338394 Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2027 for the United States Forest Service The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held this hearing (May 13, 2026) to examine the Forest Service's fiscal year 2027 budget request under Chief Tom Schultz, in the agency's new headquarters state of Utah. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=energy&filename=energy051326 7292 2026-05-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3383962026-05-12 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338396 Hearings to examine how social media verdicts demand federal action to protect kids online The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law held this hearing to examine recent jury verdicts against Meta, YouTube, and Google — a Los Angeles case and a New Mexico case against Meta — and to press Congress to act on child online safety legislation, including the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and Section 230 reform. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary051326 7856 2026-05-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3383972026-05-13 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338397 Celebrating America's manufacturing history and small manufacturer loan bills The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee held this hearing in connection with America's 250th anniversary to examine the historical role of small manufacturers and consider S.1555 and H.R.3174, bills to increase loan limits for small manufacturers. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=smbiz&filename=smbiz051326 4968 2026-05-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188482026-05-19 https://img.youtube.com/vi/j_MvK5ZpxcE/hqdefault.jpg Rules Committee advances policing, bail, and MilCon-VA appropriations bills The House Rules Committee met to set floor rules for five measures: H. https://www.youtube.com/embed/j_MvK5ZpxcE 7799 2026-05-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192622026-05-11 https://img.youtube.com/vi/_acgB6vhEZk/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing – Department of Housing and Urban Development The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation-HUD held a budget hearing to review HUD Secretary Scott Turner's fiscal year 2027 budget request, which proposes $62 billion in new budget authority, roughly $11-15 billion below current funding. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_acgB6vhEZk 6140 2026-05-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192642026-05-12 https://img.youtube.com/vi/0TubemiSC6U/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing - The Department of Defense The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense held this budget hearing to examine the Department of War's fiscal year 2027 request, including its unusual split between discretionary and mandatory (reconciliation) funding, and to press officials on the cost and legal basis of ongoing military operations against Iran ("Operation Epic Fury"). https://www.youtube.com/embed/0TubemiSC6U 7480 2026-05-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192662026-05-12 https://img.youtube.com/vi/dkAvA6hfZKs/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing - The United States Navy and Marine Corps The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense met to review the Department of the Navy's fiscal year 2027 budget request, totaling $377.5 billion, with testimony from Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Daryl Caudle, and Commandant of the Marine Corps General Eric Smith. https://www.youtube.com/embed/dkAvA6hfZKs 7517 2026-05-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3383652026-05-11 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338365 Army posture hearing on FY2027 budget, readiness, and modernization The Senate Armed Services Committee convened this hearing to examine the posture of the U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA051226 10198 2026-05-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3383662026-05-12 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338366 Hearings to examine the United States Special Operations Command; to be immediately followed by a closed session in SVC-217 The Senate Armed Services Committee convened this hearing on the posture of the U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA051226 10198 2026-05-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3383802026-05-11 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338380 Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Architect of the Capitol and Library of Congress The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative Branch held its third and final fiscal year 2027 budget hearing, examining requests from the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) and the Library of Congress. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=approps&filename=appropsA051226 4409 2026-05-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3383812026-05-11 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338381 Hearings to examine Air Force modernization in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2027 and the Future Years Defense Program The Senate Armed Services Committee convened this hearing to examine the posture of the U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA051226 10198 2026-05-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3383822026-05-12 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338382 FY2027 budget requests: Architect of the Capitol and Library of Congress The Senate Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee held the third and final fiscal year 2027 budget hearing for agencies under its jurisdiction, examining requests from the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) and the Library of Congress. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=approps&filename=appropsA051226 4409 2026-05-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3383832026-05-11 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338383 Hearings to examine oversight of the U.S. Copyright Office The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property held its recurring oversight hearing of the U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary051226 4774 2026-05-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3383842026-05-11 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338384 Hearings to examine perspectives on the fertilizer industry, focusing on ensuring a stable and affordable supply for American producers The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee held this hearing to examine why fertilizer prices remain high for American farmers and what could ensure a stable, affordable supply, amid recent Middle East conflict disruptions to the Strait of Hormuz, tariffs, and long-standing market concentration [0:17:32]. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=ag&filename=ag051226 8599 2026-05-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3384022026-05-11 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338402 Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Defense The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch held its third and final FY2027 budget hearing to examine funding requests for the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) and the Library of Congress. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=approps&filename=appropsA051226 4409 2026-05-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192492026-05-27 https://img.youtube.com/vi/AQqN7YUb8Sc/hqdefault.jpg Protecting Workers and Powering America: The Future of Mining The House Education and Workforce Committee held this field hearing at Vincennes University in Indiana to examine the state of the US mining industry, focusing on workforce development, safety regulation, and federal policy affecting coal and emerging critical-mineral mining. https://www.youtube.com/embed/AQqN7YUb8Sc 3845 2026-05-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192252026-04-29 https://img.youtube.com/vi/R9GYuj-96zk/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing - the United States Air Force and Space Force The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense met to examine the Department of the Air Force's fiscal year 2027 budget request, including the Air Force and Space Force posture, force structure, and a significant portion of funding proposed through mandatory (reconciliation) rather than discretionary appropriations. https://www.youtube.com/embed/R9GYuj-96zk 3124 2026-04-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192282026-04-29 https://img.youtube.com/vi/K4y-_d-txms/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing – Indian Health Service The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies held this budget hearing to examine the Indian Health Service's fiscal year 2027 budget request with IHS Chief of Staff Clayton Fulton, who holds delegated duties of the IHS director, and Jillian Curtis, Director of the Office of Finance and Accounting. https://www.youtube.com/embed/K4y-_d-txms 6391 2026-04-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192502026-05-01 https://img.youtube.com/vi/GaCXN8LdvUY/hqdefault.jpg Fiscal Year 2027 Legislative Branch Bill The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, chaired by Rep. https://www.youtube.com/embed/GaCXN8LdvUY 6148 2026-04-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192512026-05-01 https://img.youtube.com/vi/GaCXN8LdvUY/hqdefault.jpg Fiscal Year 2027 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Bill The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies met to markup its Fiscal Year 2027 funding bill, covering the Department of Justice, NASA, NSF, NIST, and related trade and law-enforcement agencies. https://www.youtube.com/embed/GaCXN8LdvUY 6148 2026-04-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3383532026-04-29 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338353 Judiciary panel advances carjacking, AI chatbot, and judicial nominations The Senate Judiciary Committee met to vote on multiple judicial and executive branch nominations and to mark up several bills, including the Federal Carjacking Enforcement Act, the GUARD Act (AI chatbot age verification), and Trey's Law (barring NDAs covering child sexual abuse). https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary043026 6721 2026-04-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3383542026-04-30 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338354 Undersea cable sabotage by Russia and China, and business meeting on five nominees The Senate Foreign Relations Committee first held a brief business meeting to vote on five State Department nominations, then convened a hearing titled "Sabotage in the Baltic Sea: Implications for European Security and Lessons for the Indo-Pacific." The hearing examined Russian and Chinese sabotage of subsea cables and pipelines in the Baltic Sea and near Taiwan, with witnesses Dr. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign043026 5684 2026-04-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3383562026-04-29 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338356 Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Veterans Affairs The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies met to examine the Department of Veterans Affairs' fiscal year 2027 budget request and fiscal year 2028 advance appropriations. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=approps&filename=appropsA043026 7606 2026-04-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3383572026-04-29 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338357 Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the U.S. Forest Service The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee (chaired by Sen. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=approps&filename=appropsA043026 7606 2026-04-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3383612026-04-29 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338361 FY2027 defense budget request amid Iran war and personnel controversies The Senate Armed Services Committee held its public session, following a closed briefing, to examine the Department of Defense's proposed $1.5 trillion Fiscal Year 2027 budget request and the ongoing Future Years Defense Program. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA043026 13196 2026-04-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191832026-04-30 https://img.youtube.com/vi/OnlCe7f0I9M/hqdefault.jpg Full Committee Markup The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology met to mark up HR 8462, the National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act, which updates the 2018 law establishing federal quantum research programs, formally adds NASA to the initiative, and addresses workforce, supply chain, and international partnership priorities. https://www.youtube.com/embed/OnlCe7f0I9M 11480 2026-04-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191892026-07-31 https://img.youtube.com/vi/bUXDIvEg-UE/hqdefault.jpg AI and the Grid: Meeting Growing Power Demand While Protecting Ratepayers The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy held this legislative hearing to review several bills addressing how the power grid should meet surging electricity demand from AI data centers while protecting residential ratepayers, including the Ratepayer Protection Act, the Load Forecasting Enhancement Act, the Fair Allocation of Interstate Rates (FAIR) Act, and the Advanced Transmission Technologies to Reduce Rates Act. https://www.youtube.com/embed/bUXDIvEg-UE 13000 2026-04-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192142026-04-29 https://img.youtube.com/vi/avPvpAQPLEM/hqdefault.jpg U.S. Accountability at the United Nations: Challenges and Opportunities for Reform The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Intelligence held this hearing to examine recent controversies at the United Nations — including Iran's placement on nonproliferation and human rights bodies — and to assess the Trump administration's push for UN budget cuts, staffing reductions, and reform under Ambassador Mike Waltz. https://www.youtube.com/embed/avPvpAQPLEM 6696 2026-04-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192182026-04-29 https://img.youtube.com/vi/dZi9AS1GGXk/hqdefault.jpg Data Centers, Telecommunications Networks, and Space-Based Systems: Modernizing DHS’s SRMA Role for the Communications and IT Sectors The Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection convened this hearing to examine whether DHS's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), acting as the sector risk management agency (SRMA) for the communications and information technology sectors, has the resources and authorities to keep pace with evolving threats — including hyperscale data centers, telecommunications networks, subsea cables, and space-based systems [0:11:55]. https://www.youtube.com/embed/dZi9AS1GGXk 9118 2026-04-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192302026-04-29 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ycMWk6lStLc/hqdefault.jpg Orbits of Influence: Emerging Threats to U.S. Space Security and Foreign Policy Implications The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe held this hearing to examine how China and Russia's growing counterspace and space activities threaten U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ycMWk6lStLc 7819 2026-04-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192402026-05-01 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Hhegy70sta0/hqdefault.jpg Peace of Mind: Strengthening Victim Protections Under Kayleigh’s Law The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance held this hearing to examine H.R.8481, the "Kayle's Law Act of 2026," which would require federal courts to impose lifetime no-contact orders on defendants convicted of certain violent and sex-based offenses, sparing victims from having to periodically return to court to renew protective orders. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Hhegy70sta0 11009 2026-04-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192412026-04-29 https://img.youtube.com/vi/miiSP-LB22A/hqdefault.jpg Speech or Silence? The Future of the First Amendment in Higher Education The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development held this hearing to examine free speech and academic freedom on college campuses, including student self-censorship, university speech codes, restrictions on religious and single-sex student organizations, and federal funding pressure on institutions. https://www.youtube.com/embed/miiSP-LB22A 9365 2026-04-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192442026-04-29 https://img.youtube.com/vi/cDcvMkjAGUs/hqdefault.jpg Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request The House Armed Services Committee met to review the Department of Defense's proposed $1.5 trillion FY2027 budget request, which Chairman Mike Rogers described as a historic increase aimed at rebuilding the defense industrial base, modernizing forces, and restoring readiness [0:24:35]. https://www.youtube.com/embed/cDcvMkjAGUs 22287 2026-04-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192452026-04-27 https://img.youtube.com/vi/lnBwoGb_b0Q/hqdefault.jpg Task Force on Monetary Policy, Treasury Market Resilience, and Economic Prosperity: Examining Derivatives’ Role in the Treasury Market The House Financial Services Task Force on Monetary Policy, Treasury Market Resilience, and Economic Prosperity held this hearing to examine how futures, options, and swaps support liquidity and price discovery in the roughly $30 trillion US Treasury market, ahead of upcoming SEC mandatory central clearing deadlines for cash Treasuries and repo. https://www.youtube.com/embed/lnBwoGb_b0Q 7754 2026-04-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192462026-04-30 https://img.youtube.com/vi/b17SfXx8Q6g/hqdefault.jpg Healthier America: Legislative Proposals on the Regulation and Oversight of Food The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health convened this legislative hearing to examine roughly 28 bills addressing FDA's oversight of the food supply, including reforms to the "generally recognized as safe" (GRAS) additive pathway, food date labeling, dairy and cheese labeling standards, infant formula safety, orange juice standards, caffeine disclosure, and federal-state information sharing during recalls. https://www.youtube.com/embed/b17SfXx8Q6g 10449 2026-04-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192482026-06-10 https://img.youtube.com/vi/URNtE20aU5w/hqdefault.jpg Committee markup of nine anti-fraud and improper-payments bills The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a markup to consider nine bills aimed at preventing federal fraud and improper payments — covering prepayment fraud screening, pausing suspicious Treasury payments, a permanent fraud inspector general, workforce anti-fraud training, reforming improper-payment reporting, emergency-fund internal controls, chief financial officer accountability, income verification for benefits, and a GAO risk assessment of state-administered federal programs — plus several postal facility naming measures. https://www.youtube.com/embed/URNtE20aU5w 20019 2026-04-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192532026-04-30 https://img.youtube.com/vi/YJyc42XOJkA/hqdefault.jpg Fiscal Year 2027 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, Related Agencies Bill The House Appropriations Committee held its fourth full-committee markup of the fiscal year 2027 cycle to consider the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies appropriations bill, which sets a $26.27 billion discretionary allocation, about 1.4% below FY26 [0:12:58]. https://www.youtube.com/embed/YJyc42XOJkA 24304 2026-04-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192552026-04-29 https://img.youtube.com/vi/h4TtJ80hnxQ/hqdefault.jpg H.R. 7432, H.R. 7463, H.R. 7343, H.R. 7529, H.R. 7655, H.R. 7995 The House Ways and Means Committee convened this markup to consider six bipartisan bills reforming the John H. https://www.youtube.com/embed/h4TtJ80hnxQ 11969 2026-04-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3383412026-04-28 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338341 Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2027 for the Environmental Protection Agency The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held an oversight hearing on the Trump administration's fiscal year 2027 budget request for the Environmental Protection Agency. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=epw&filename=epw042926 7800 2026-04-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3383452026-04-28 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338345 Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of the Interior The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee met to examine the Department of the Interior's fiscal year 2027 budget request, with Secretary Doug Burgum as the sole witness. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=energy&filename=energy042926 10183 2026-04-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3383462026-04-28 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338346 Hearings to examine the American Entrepreneurship for 250 Years: Driving Innovation, Growth, and Opportunity The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee convened to kick off its contribution to America's 250th anniversary celebrations, hearing testimony on the history of entrepreneurship in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and South Carolina. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=smbiz&filename=smbiz042926 5296 2026-04-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3383482026-04-28 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338348 Confirmation hearing for four district court nominees The Senate Judiciary Committee met to consider four U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary042926 5215 2026-04-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3383502026-04-29 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338350 Senate VA Committee markup hearing on 25 veterans bills The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee met to hear testimony on roughly 25 pieces of legislation covering veterans' health care, disability claims, appeals, survivor benefits, staffing, and education, spanning bills sponsored by members on both sides of the aisle. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=vetaff&filename=vetaff042926 5804 2026-04-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3383512026-04-28 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338351 Hearings to examine Biden Health Officials and COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Signals Chairman Ron Johnson convened this Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations hearing to release and discuss an interim report titled "Unmasked," alleging that Biden administration health officials knowingly used a flawed FDA data-mining system that concealed statistically significant COVID-19 vaccine safety signals. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=govtaff&filename=govtaff042926 6908 2026-04-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3383522026-04-29 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338352 Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the National Nuclear Security Administration The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development convened to examine the National Nuclear Security Administration's fiscal year 2027 budget request of $32.8 billion, a roughly 30-35% increase driven largely by weapons modernization spending. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=approps&filename=appropsA042926 5135 2026-04-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3383592026-04-28 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338359 Committee approves Kevin Warsh's nomination to lead the Federal Reserve The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee convened this executive session to vote on the nomination of Kevin Warsh to serve as a Member and Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=banking&filename=banking042926 2083 2026-04-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191882026-05-05 https://img.youtube.com/vi/LrjRJ2wfOwk/hqdefault.jpg The Fiscal Year 2027 Environmental Protection Agency Budget The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment held this hearing to examine President Trump's Fiscal Year 2027 budget request for the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/LrjRJ2wfOwk 11151 2026-04-28 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192122026-04-28 https://img.youtube.com/vi/xEavTAUuJ-s/hqdefault.jpg Review of the Coast Guard's Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request The House Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee met to review the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xEavTAUuJ-s 5832 2026-04-28 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192322026-04-28 https://img.youtube.com/vi/R46qQuS4yes/hqdefault.jpg Prioritizing Main Street: Evaluating the Impact of Capital Proposals on Economic Growth and American Communities The House Financial Services Committee held this hearing to examine the March 2026 capital proposals from the Federal Reserve, OCC, and FDIC — revisions to Basel III's standardized approach and the GSIB surcharge — following bipartisan criticism of the more stringent 2023 proposal. https://www.youtube.com/embed/R46qQuS4yes 11412 2026-04-28 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192342026-05-13 https://img.youtube.com/vi/cv16FqzPomc/hqdefault.jpg From Tool to Weapon: The FACE Act and the Dangers of Federalizing Criminal Law The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government held this hearing to examine the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, focusing on a recent DOJ report alleging the Biden administration selectively enforced the law against pro-life activists, and on broader arguments for repealing federal criminal statutes that touch conduct traditionally regulated by states. https://www.youtube.com/embed/cv16FqzPomc 8305 2026-04-28 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192352026-04-28 https://img.youtube.com/vi/nNm2hYkzJXg/hqdefault.jpg Leveling Down: How Equity Policies Undermine Excellence and Harm Students The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education held this hearing to examine whether "equity" policies in K-12 education—covering gifted and talented programs, grading practices, and charter schools—undermine academic excellence or advance fairness. https://www.youtube.com/embed/nNm2hYkzJXg 7457 2026-04-28 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192372026-04-28 https://img.youtube.com/vi/vDYHZr160Sc/hqdefault.jpg A Review of the President's Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration The House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Environment held this hearing to examine the Trump administration's fiscal year 2027 budget request for NOAA, which proposes a $4.4–4.5 billion topline — roughly a $1.1–1.6 billion (about 26%) cut from prior enacted levels. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vDYHZr160Sc 5840 2026-04-28 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192392026-04-28 https://img.youtube.com/vi/zEuQIxKJNtQ/hqdefault.jpg Full Committee Hearing with Health System CEOs The House Ways and Means Committee convened this hearing to question CEOs of major hospital systems about hospital pricing, consolidation, and site-of-service payment disparities, as part of a broader committee investigation into health care affordability that previously examined insurers and will continue looking at drug makers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/zEuQIxKJNtQ 17308 2026-04-28 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192522026-04-30 https://img.youtube.com/vi/6j8mFWBKe7k/hqdefault.jpg Fiscal Year 2027 National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Bill The House Appropriations Committee met to mark up the Fiscal Year 2027 National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs bill, which funds the State Department, foreign assistance, and international organizations. https://www.youtube.com/embed/6j8mFWBKe7k 27800 2026-04-28 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3383402026-04-28 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338340 Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Education The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, and Education met to examine Secretary Linda McMahon's fiscal year 2027 budget request for the Department of Education and to question her ongoing efforts to shift the department's programs to other federal agencies. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=approps&filename=appropsA042826 8190 2026-04-28 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3383422026-04-28 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338342 Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education met to examine the Department of Education's fiscal year 2027 budget request and Secretary Linda McMahon's plans to shift federal education programs to other agencies. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=approps&filename=appropsA042826 8190 2026-04-28 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3383442026-04-28 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338344 Confirmation hearing for OSCE, Guatemala, Tanzania, and EBRD nominees The Senate Foreign Relations Committee convened this open hearing on April 28, 2026 to consider four State Department nominations: Darrell Owens to be U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign042826 4801 2026-04-28 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3383622026-04-28 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338362 Special Operations and Cyber Command posture and FY2027 budget review The Senate Armed Services Committee held this open posture hearing on U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA042826 10352 2026-04-28 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192232026-04-24 https://img.youtube.com/vi/iRbb1C0v2G8/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing - National Aeronautics and Space Administration The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies convened to review NASA's fiscal year 2027 budget request of $18.8 billion, an 23% cut from current funding, and to hear testimony from NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman following the successful Artemis II mission. https://www.youtube.com/embed/iRbb1C0v2G8 7496 2026-04-27 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192272026-04-27 https://img.youtube.com/vi/uLIQyLlmV14/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing – Environmental Protection Agency The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies convened this hearing to examine the EPA's fiscal year 2027 budget request, which proposes cutting the agency's budget by more than 50%. https://www.youtube.com/embed/uLIQyLlmV14 6491 2026-04-27 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192472026-04-29 https://img.youtube.com/vi/fE0v0k4IjzI/hqdefault.jpg House Rules Committee Meeting on Farm Bill, FISA, Budget, and School Gender Policy Bills The House Rules Committee met to set floor rules for four measures: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fE0v0k4IjzI 28196 2026-04-27 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3383302026-04-28 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338330 Golden Dome missile defense funding, cost, and oversight The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces held this hearing to review Department of Defense missile defense activities in support of the Fiscal Year 2027 defense authorization request, with a particular focus on the "Golden Dome for America" homeland missile defense initiative. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA042726 4748 2026-04-27 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191932026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/2unb8GjjE6E/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing - Department of Commerce The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies held a budget hearing to review the Department of Commerce's fiscal year 2027 budget request, which proposes a $9.2 billion topline, a 16.5% cut from current levels [0:02:13]. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2unb8GjjE6E 5010 2026-04-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192312026-04-24 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Cp26he3Fdl8/hqdefault.jpg Fiscal Year 2027 National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Bill The House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs met to mark up its Fiscal Year 2027 appropriations bill, which funds State Department operations, foreign assistance, and international security programs. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Cp26he3Fdl8 5503 2026-04-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192332026-04-24 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Cp26he3Fdl8/hqdefault.jpg Fiscal Year 2027 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Bill The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies met to mark up its Fiscal Year 2027 funding bill, covering USDA, FDA, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Cp26he3Fdl8 5503 2026-04-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191082026-05-12 https://img.youtube.com/vi/WMIkIEjMyiA/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Hearing on "Tribal Natural Resource Development: Barriers and Successes The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs held this oversight hearing to examine why energy and mineral development on tribal trust lands faces far more federal regulatory steps than similar development on private land. https://www.youtube.com/embed/WMIkIEjMyiA 4801 2026-04-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191312026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/H-XoKX5VBGQ/hqdefault.jpg U.S. Military Posture and National Security Challenges in the Indo-Pacific Region The House Armed Services Committee held this posture hearing to examine U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/H-XoKX5VBGQ 11583 2026-04-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191582026-05-05 https://img.youtube.com/vi/IH0J0zhItaY/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Hearing on: “EXPLORE America250: Enhancing Accessibility at our National Parks and Public Lands The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands held an oversight hearing to examine implementation of Title II of the EXPLORE Act, which directs federal land agencies to expand accessible recreation opportunities for people with disabilities, veterans, and youth ahead of America's 250th anniversary. https://www.youtube.com/embed/IH0J0zhItaY 5792 2026-04-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191862026-06-16 https://img.youtube.com/vi/UvLtjncjEJk/hqdefault.jpg Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Oversight of Activities, Priorities, and Fiscal Year 2027 Budget The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy convened the full five-member Nuclear Regulatory Commission for its first appearance before the committee in three years, examining implementation of the 2024 ADVANCE Act, ongoing reforms under Executive Order 14300, and the NRC's Fiscal Year 2027 budget request. https://www.youtube.com/embed/UvLtjncjEJk 13786 2026-04-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191872026-05-05 https://img.youtube.com/vi/abeaBeKXCqo/hqdefault.jpg Help or Hindrance? The impact of U.S. Environmental Laws on Critical Material Supply Chains, National Security, and Economic Growth The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment held this hearing on Earth Day, April 22, 2026, to examine whether U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/abeaBeKXCqo 9051 2026-04-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191912026-04-23 https://img.youtube.com/vi/2SdjU7QGQ0c/hqdefault.jpg Various Measures The House Foreign Affairs Committee held a marathon markup to consider 23 measures, most aimed at strengthening the Bureau of Industry and Security's (BIS) export-control enforcement, closing loopholes used by China to acquire semiconductors and AI technology, and promoting U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2SdjU7QGQ0c 22636 2026-04-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191972026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/hhi_fJP4_7A/hqdefault.jpg A Review of the President’s Budget Request for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for Fiscal Year 2027 The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee held this hearing to examine the Trump administration's fiscal year 2027 budget request for NASA — a proposed $18.8 billion, roughly a 23% cut from FY2026 enacted levels [0:17:25] — and to question new NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on the agency's recently announced "Ignition" initiatives, including a lunar south pole base, a nuclear Mars demonstration mission, and a new government-built ISS module. https://www.youtube.com/embed/hhi_fJP4_7A 14478 2026-04-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192022026-06-08 https://img.youtube.com/vi/jNXHzZN_tW0/hqdefault.jpg Profits Over Patients: The PBM Business Model Under Scrutiny The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions held this hearing to examine how pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) pay brokers and consultants — the advisers employers trust to design and manage group health plans — potentially creating conflicts of interest that drive up drug costs. https://www.youtube.com/embed/jNXHzZN_tW0 10157 2026-04-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192032026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/GCeEOVg8nJc/hqdefault.jpg FY27 Budget Request for Nuclear Forces and Atomic Energy Defense Activities The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces held this hearing to examine the Department of Defense and Department of Energy's fiscal year 2027 budget request for nuclear forces and atomic energy defense activities. https://www.youtube.com/embed/GCeEOVg8nJc 3771 2026-04-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192052026-04-21 https://img.youtube.com/vi/vsM2ICrkvyE/hqdefault.jpg Diversifying Risk: The Benefits of Reinsurance and Credit Risk Transfers The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance held this hearing to examine how reinsurance and credit risk transfer (CRT) mechanisms shift catastrophic and mortgage credit risk away from insurers, government-sponsored enterprises, and taxpayers onto private capital markets. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vsM2ICrkvyE 5199 2026-04-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192062026-04-21 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZJaYQTLeTK0/hqdefault.jpg Evaluating the Effectiveness of U.S. Sanctions Programs The House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions held this hearing to examine whether U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZJaYQTLeTK0 4957 2026-04-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192072026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/GBE1mkNuZEU/hqdefault.jpg Full Committee Hearing on the Trump Administration’s 2026 Trade Policy Agenda with United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer The House Ways and Means Committee convened this hearing to question U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/GBE1mkNuZEU 17612 2026-04-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192092026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/rr7e9_5Tvzo/hqdefault.jpg Revitalizing Shipbuilding and the Maritime Industrial Base The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, joined by the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee, held this joint hearing to examine the state of the Navy's and Coast Guard's shipbuilding programs and the broader US maritime industrial base. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rr7e9_5Tvzo 11231 2026-04-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192172026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/xmg8n9mcvzA/hqdefault.jpg Minority-day hearing on citizens harmed during DHS shutdown and ICE/CBP operations This House Homeland Security Committee minority-day hearing (a rare procedure last used 20 years ago, per Ranking Member Thompson) was convened by the committee's Democrats to hear directly from four American citizens who say they were shot, detained, or assaulted by ICE or Border Patrol agents amid the ongoing DHS funding lapse. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xmg8n9mcvzA 12183 2026-04-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192222026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Rpxl97Y6GYo/hqdefault.jpg H.R. 8352, the Criminal History Access Act; H.R. 8365, the Monitor Accountability Act of 2026; and Ratification of Subcommittee Assignments The House Judiciary Committee met to mark up two bills: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Rpxl97Y6GYo 3404 2026-04-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192292026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/dtUaNPDIPqI/hqdefault.jpg Committee on House Administration Full Committee Markup The Committee on House Administration held a markup to consider H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/dtUaNPDIPqI 502 2026-04-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3382422026-04-28 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338242 Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Health and Human Services The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee convened this hearing to examine the President's proposed fiscal year 2027 budget for the Department of Health and Human Services, with Secretary Robert F. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help042226 8916 2026-04-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3382432026-04-28 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338243 Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of the Treasury The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee held this hearing to examine the President's fiscal year 2027 budget request for the Department of the Interior, with Secretary Doug Burgum testifying. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=approps&filename=appropsA042226 8648 2026-04-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3382602026-04-28 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338260 Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Senate Sergeant at Arms and United States Capitol Police The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science convened to examine Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick's fiscal year 2027 budget request, which proposes a 12.2% reduction in budget authority including elimination of the Economic Development Administration and Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and cuts to NOAA, NIST, and the International Trade Administration [0:17:14]. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=approps&filename=appropsC042226 7543 2026-04-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3382802026-04-28 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338280 Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of the Interior The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government (chaired by Sen. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=approps&filename=appropsB042226 4348 2026-04-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3382812026-04-28 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338281 Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Health and Human Services The Senate Finance Committee convened this hearing to examine the President's proposed fiscal year 2027 budget for the Department of Health and Human Services, with HHS Secretary Robert F. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance042226 10837 2026-04-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3383002026-04-28 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338300 Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Agriculture This Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing examined the Department of Commerce's fiscal year 2027 budget request, including proposed cuts to NOAA, NIST, the Economic Development Administration, and the Manufacturing Extension Partnership, alongside the department's progress on deploying remaining BEAD broadband funds. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=approps&filename=appropsC042226 7543 2026-04-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3383202026-04-28 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338320 Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Energy The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee (chaired by Sen. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=approps&filename=appropsA042226 8648 2026-04-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3383212026-04-28 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338321 Hearings to examine federal boxing laws The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held this hearing to examine federal boxing laws — the Professional Boxing Safety Act and Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act — and to consider the House-passed Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act, which would create a "Unified Boxing Organization" (UBO) structure allowing a centralized entity to promote, sanction, and employ fighters alongside the existing promoter/sanctioning-body system [0:26:17]. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce042226 6327 2026-04-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3383222026-04-28 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338322 Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Commerce The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science convened to review Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick's proposed fiscal year 2027 budget, which cuts overall department funding by 12.2% and proposes eliminating the Economic Development Administration and Manufacturing Extension Partnership while cutting NOAA and NIST [0:17:14]. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=approps&filename=appropsC042226 7543 2026-04-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3383232026-04-28 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338323 Hearings to examine China's theft of U.S. innovation The Senate Judiciary Committee held this full-committee hearing to examine how China's theft of American intellectual property — estimated at $400–600 billion annually — threatens U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary042226 7079 2026-04-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191262026-04-21 https://img.youtube.com/vi/58UVfeHWMzc/hqdefault.jpg Online Scams, Crypto Fraud, and Digital Extortion: An Examination of How Transnational Criminal Networks Target Americans This joint hearing of the House Homeland Security Subcommittees on Border Security and Enforcement and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection examined how transnational criminal organizations use cryptocurrency, AI, and global digital platforms to commit fraud, ransomware, and extortion against Americans. https://www.youtube.com/embed/58UVfeHWMzc 6597 2026-04-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191852026-06-24 https://img.youtube.com/vi/gSXPXXsiRsE/hqdefault.jpg Examining VA Benefits: Pension and Fiduciary, and VA Life Insurance Options The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs held this oversight hearing to examine how VA administers its pension, fiduciary, and life insurance programs, and to press VA officials on transparency and timeliness following recent Inspector General reports on fiduciary misconduct. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gSXPXXsiRsE 7410 2026-04-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191902026-04-21 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Lfh-EQ4OeOM/hqdefault.jpg Robots Made in America: Advancing U.S. Leadership in Manufacturing and Automation The House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Research and Technology held this hearing to examine the state of U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Lfh-EQ4OeOM 6594 2026-04-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191942026-05-12 https://img.youtube.com/vi/3Vr0ImcvRH0/hqdefault.jpg Independent Work, Real Opportunity: The Gig Economy and the Future of Entrepreneurship The House Small Business Committee held this hearing to examine the role of app-based "gig" platforms in supporting entrepreneurship and small businesses, and to hear from platform representatives and small business owners about regulation, worker classification, and delivery marketplace practices. https://www.youtube.com/embed/3Vr0ImcvRH0 7991 2026-04-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191952026-05-15 https://img.youtube.com/vi/L4apbEyYyb8/hqdefault.jpg Protecting U.S. Leadership in Codes Development and Enhancing Public Access The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet held this hearing to examine H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/L4apbEyYyb8 7132 2026-04-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191962026-04-21 https://img.youtube.com/vi/6vJX0MIo7fk/hqdefault.jpg Cyber Posture of the Department of Defense The House Armed Services Committee's Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. https://www.youtube.com/embed/6vJX0MIo7fk 3565 2026-04-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192012026-04-21 https://img.youtube.com/vi/SEz0t4QKG_k/hqdefault.jpg Full Committee Hearing on Protecting Patients and Taxpayers: Cracking Down on Medicare Fraud The House Ways and Means Committee held this full-committee hearing to examine the scale of Medicare fraud, waste, and abuse — particularly in hospice, home health, and durable medical equipment (DME) — and to hear from a fraud victim, industry representatives, and a former CMS official about causes and possible reforms. https://www.youtube.com/embed/SEz0t4QKG_k 15722 2026-04-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192042026-04-23 https://img.youtube.com/vi/o_PM8nE-bvk/hqdefault.jpg SAT Streamlining Act: Modernizing Satellite Licensing for the Final Frontier The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held this hearing to examine H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/o_PM8nE-bvk 10503 2026-04-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192102026-04-28 https://img.youtube.com/vi/1qeJha0zDf4/hqdefault.jpg Various Measures The House Financial Services Committee convened this markup to consider four bills: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1qeJha0zDf4 23129 2026-04-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192132026-05-05 https://img.youtube.com/vi/oYcjq7eO1Hc/hqdefault.jpg The Fiscal Year 2027 Department of Health and Human Services Budget The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health convened to examine the Department of Health and Human Services' fiscal year 2027 budget request, with Secretary Robert F. https://www.youtube.com/embed/oYcjq7eO1Hc 11631 2026-04-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192152026-04-23 https://img.youtube.com/vi/-71gzElP9vY/hqdefault.jpg Full committee markup of the FY2027 Financial Services and General Government bill The House Appropriations Committee held a full committee markup on April 21, 2026, to consider amendments to and report the Fiscal Year 2027 Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) appropriations bill, followed by a vote on interim FY2027 subcommittee funding allocations (302(b)s) for six of the twelve annual bills. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-71gzElP9vY 28800 2026-04-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1192162026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/edxBZDtxFRU/hqdefault.jpg H.R. 8210, the "A Stronger Workforce for America Act of 2026 The House Education and Workforce Committee met to mark up H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/edxBZDtxFRU 14779 2026-04-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3381602026-04-28 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338160 Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for the fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Energy The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee convened this hearing to examine Secretary of Energy Christopher Wright's fiscal year 2027 budget request for the Department of Energy [0:15:38]. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=energy&filename=energy042126 7717 2026-04-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3381622026-04-28 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338162 Indo-Pacific Command and U.S. Forces Korea posture, open session This Senate Armed Services Committee hearing was an open session following a closed hearing earlier the same morning on the posture of U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA042126 9091 2026-04-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3381632026-04-28 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338163 Hearings to examine the nominations of Kevin Warsh, of Florida, to be a Member and Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee held a confirmation hearing for Kevin Warsh, nominated by President Trump to be Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=banking&filename=banking042126 10152 2026-04-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3381642026-04-28 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338164 Hearings to examine maritime unmanned surface vessels The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower (sitting with the full committee) held a posture hearing with Adm. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA042126 9091 2026-04-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3382002026-04-28 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338200 Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Health and Human Services The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense (chaired by Senator McConnell, per the transcript's speaker labels, despite the "Labor-HHS" committee name in the event metadata) met to examine the fiscal year 2027 budget posture of the National Guard Bureau and the reserve components of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=approps&filename=appropsA042126 6019 2026-04-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3382202026-04-28 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338220 Hearings to examine Arctic Frost, focusing on conspiracy and coordination The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution held this hearing to examine "Arctic Frost," the FBI/DOJ investigation opened in 2022 that expanded into inquiries touching Trump associates, Republican members of Congress, and conservative organizations, and its links to the Jack Smith special counsel probe, the Fulton County (Georgia) prosecution, and the Manhattan district attorney's case against President Trump. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary042126 7025 2026-04-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3382402026-04-28 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338240 Hearings to examine the U.S. approach to counterterrorism in Africa The Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy held this hearing to examine the growing terrorism threat across Africa and the Trump administration's approach to counterterrorism, foreign assistance, and diplomatic engagement on the continent. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign042126 7073 2026-04-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3382412026-04-28 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338241 Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the National Guard and Reserves Forces The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense met to receive testimony from the chiefs of the National Guard Bureau and the reserve components of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force on the President's fiscal year 2027 budget request. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=approps&filename=appropsA042126 6019 2026-04-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188462026-05-08 https://img.youtube.com/vi/IIImkzCpigo/hqdefault.jpg Rules Committee sets floor debate for energy, infrastructure, and Endangered Species Act bills The House Rules Committee met to set the terms of floor debate for four measures: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/IIImkzCpigo 8880 2026-04-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191922026-04-17 https://img.youtube.com/vi/C20U6HS2awA/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing – Department of the Interior The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies held a budget hearing on the Department of the Interior's fiscal year 2027 budget request, with Secretary Doug Burgum testifying as the sole witness. https://www.youtube.com/embed/C20U6HS2awA 9065 2026-04-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3381612026-04-18 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338161 Nuclear weapons modernization and Defense Authorization request for FY2027 The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces held this hearing to review the Department of Energy's atomic energy defense activities and the Department of Defense's nuclear weapons programs as part of the Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Authorization Request and Future Years Defense Program. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA042026 5965 2026-04-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191532026-04-15 https://img.youtube.com/vi/FUHHCHO2bbo/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing – National Guard and Reserve Forces The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense held this open budget hearing to receive testimony from the chiefs of the National Guard Bureau and the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force Reserve on the fiscal year 2027 budget request, readiness, equipment modernization, and facilities. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FUHHCHO2bbo 7516 2026-04-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191702026-05-07 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Knq-Gv6BhbY/hqdefault.jpg Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Department of Health and Human Services The House Education and Workforce Committee held this hearing to question HHS Secretary Robert F. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Knq-Gv6BhbY 11626 2026-04-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191142026-04-16 https://img.youtube.com/vi/FHVYuh2IYmY/hqdefault.jpg Latin America After the Fall of Maduro The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere held this hearing to examine U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FHVYuh2IYmY 6736 2026-04-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191432026-04-13 https://img.youtube.com/vi/CxRTC759ke0/hqdefault.jpg Department of Health and Human Services The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education convened this hearing to examine Secretary Robert F. https://www.youtube.com/embed/CxRTC759ke0 10129 2026-04-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191462026-04-15 https://img.youtube.com/vi/8eCHIcDaF54/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing - Department of Agriculture The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies held a budget hearing to examine the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/8eCHIcDaF54 5068 2026-04-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191472026-04-14 https://img.youtube.com/vi/v4xjNoRQHFM/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing - Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development met to review the Trump administration's fiscal year 2027 budget requests for the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/v4xjNoRQHFM 6444 2026-04-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191492026-04-15 https://img.youtube.com/vi/qsa9m1vMglA/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing – Department of Homeland Security: CBP, ICE, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security convened this budget hearing to examine the President's fiscal year 2027 budget requests for Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/qsa9m1vMglA 6885 2026-04-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191502026-04-15 https://img.youtube.com/vi/K78YqkbUukw/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing – The Office of the United States Trade Representative The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies held its first fiscal year 2027 budget hearing to examine the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/K78YqkbUukw 9416 2026-04-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191512026-04-15 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Pkgzso9sx_U/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing – The United States Army The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense held this hearing on the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Pkgzso9sx_U 6923 2026-04-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191522026-04-15 https://img.youtube.com/vi/eBOtrg6Asi4/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing – Department of Homeland Security: CISA, TSA, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Secret Service, and FEMA The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security held this hearing (April 16, 2026) to review the Trump administration's Fiscal Year 2027 budget requests for the Coast Guard, U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/eBOtrg6Asi4 6621 2026-04-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191542026-04-15 https://img.youtube.com/vi/zqy4rYeYnwM/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing - United States Forest Service The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies held this budget hearing to examine the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/zqy4rYeYnwM 6029 2026-04-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191572026-04-16 https://img.youtube.com/vi/o10gZ_3EUVw/hqdefault.jpg For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from the Honorable Michael S. Selig, Chairman, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission The House Agriculture Committee convened this hearing to receive testimony from Michael Selig, sworn in about 100 days earlier as the 16th Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, on his agenda for the agency. https://www.youtube.com/embed/o10gZ_3EUVw 14557 2026-04-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191602026-04-14 https://img.youtube.com/vi/HlTLP0_NUw0/hqdefault.jpg Committee on House Administration Full Committee Hearing, “Oversight with Secretaries of State: List Maintenance and Eligibility Verification The House Administration Committee held this oversight hearing to examine how states maintain accurate voter rolls and verify voter eligibility, including citizenship, amid Chairman Bryan Steil's push for the "MEGA Act" requiring more frequent list maintenance. https://www.youtube.com/embed/HlTLP0_NUw0 4922 2026-04-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191612026-07-09 https://img.youtube.com/vi/cl-vzURjXTQ/hqdefault.jpg Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Employee Benefits Security Administration The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions held this hearing to examine the policies and priorities of the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) under Assistant Secretary Daniel Aronowitz. https://www.youtube.com/embed/cl-vzURjXTQ 10383 2026-04-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191622026-04-16 https://img.youtube.com/vi/LI_Fcd2KuFE/hqdefault.jpg Defense Intelligence Enterprise – Challenges, Priorities, and Resourcing for Fiscal Year 2027 The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations convened to review the fiscal year 2027 posture and resourcing of the Defense Intelligence Enterprise, hearing from leaders of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, NSA/Cyber Command, DIA, and — for the first time on this panel — NGA. https://www.youtube.com/embed/LI_Fcd2KuFE 3862 2026-04-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191632026-04-14 https://img.youtube.com/vi/AiuALOI7gjU/hqdefault.jpg Promoting Access to Credit for Everyday Americans The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions held this hearing to examine credit reporting access and consider several bills affecting the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), including liability reform, reseller accuracy standards, alternative data reporting, and CFPB complaint database changes. https://www.youtube.com/embed/AiuALOI7gjU 7355 2026-04-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191642026-06-16 https://img.youtube.com/vi/-VSn7P1MtCE/hqdefault.jpg Bounce Houses, Drones, and Massage Chairs: A Review of VA’s Purchase History in the Veteran Readiness and Employment Program The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity held this hearing to examine spending and oversight practices within the Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E) program, prompted by a review of high-cost purchases such as raised flower beds, a massage chair, and business-startup supplies approved for individual veterans. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-VSn7P1MtCE 5044 2026-04-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191652026-04-20 https://img.youtube.com/vi/U1KCdpEvhFE/hqdefault.jpg Hearing: China’s Campaign to Steal America’s AI Edge The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party held this hearing to examine how China illegally acquires advanced US AI chips and steals American AI software and models, and what legislative and export-control measures could counter these efforts. https://www.youtube.com/embed/U1KCdpEvhFE 2503 2026-04-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191662026-04-20 https://img.youtube.com/vi/YJOx02e_poo/hqdefault.jpg The Human Toll of Sanctuary Policies: Stories from Victims and Families The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight held this hearing to hear directly from family members of Americans killed or severely injured by people who entered the United States illegally, and from an attorney representing a woman killed by a federal immigration agent, in order to examine the human consequences of sanctuary city and county policies. https://www.youtube.com/embed/YJOx02e_poo 6833 2026-04-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191672026-07-28 https://img.youtube.com/vi/BR1jTnGfgL4/hqdefault.jpg The Fiscal Year 2027 Department of Energy Budget The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy convened this hearing to examine the Department of Energy's Fiscal Year 2027 budget request under Secretary Chris Wright. https://www.youtube.com/embed/BR1jTnGfgL4 15452 2026-04-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191712026-04-17 https://img.youtube.com/vi/u6hmFqzB3UM/hqdefault.jpg House VA Health Subcommittee markup of seven veterans' health bills The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health met to mark up seven bills covering veterans' mental health grants, traumatic brain injury research, care for veterans in the Freely Associated States, naloxone access, whole health copays, and ALS reporting. https://www.youtube.com/embed/u6hmFqzB3UM 4962 2026-04-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3381422026-04-15 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338142 Hearings to examine the President's fiscal year 2027 budget proposal The Senate Budget Committee met to examine the Trump administration's proposed fiscal year 2027 budget, presented by OMB Director Russell Vought. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=budget&filename=budget041626 9046 2026-04-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3381512026-04-15 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338151 Hearings to examine making medicines more affordable, focusing on how competition can lower drug prices The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee held this hearing to examine how competition — particularly from generic drugs and biosimilars — can make prescription medicines more affordable. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help041626 7372 2026-04-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3381522026-04-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338152 Senate confirmation hearing for five State Department nominees The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a confirmation hearing for five nominees to State Department posts: John Breslow (Ambassador to Cyprus), Fleet White (Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs), Todd Steggerda (Representative to the U.N. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign041626 6522 2026-04-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191242026-04-15 https://img.youtube.com/vi/O61_MBMBT18/hqdefault.jpg Helping American Businesses Win Abroad: Strengthening U.S. Commercial Diplomacy This joint hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittees on East Asia and the Pacific and on the Middle East and North Africa examined the structure, funding, and effectiveness of the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/O61_MBMBT18 5539 2026-04-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191292026-04-15 https://img.youtube.com/vi/vZMsri-ZKS0/hqdefault.jpg Member Day The House Armed Services Committee held its traditional "Member Day" hearing to let non-committee members testify on their priorities for the fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act, with Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Smith presiding and each member given four minutes. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vZMsri-ZKS0 4303 2026-04-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191332026-04-14 https://img.youtube.com/vi/g5_2n-uAlEc/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing - Department of Energy The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held this budget hearing to examine the Department of Energy's fiscal year 2027 budget request with Secretary Chris Wright. https://www.youtube.com/embed/g5_2n-uAlEc 9325 2026-04-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191342026-07-15 https://img.youtube.com/vi/JuwEfqhHxjQ/hqdefault.jpg Faster Decisions, Stronger Outcomes: VA’s Work to Streamline the Disability Claims Backlog The House Veterans' Affairs Committee held this hearing to examine the Department of Veterans Affairs' reduction of the disability claims backlog and to question VA officials on whether faster processing has come at the cost of accuracy. https://www.youtube.com/embed/JuwEfqhHxjQ 7281 2026-04-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191362026-04-16 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Ub4UiZ_xbZQ/hqdefault.jpg The President's Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request The House Budget Committee held its first appearance in over a year by OMB Director Russell Vought to examine the President's Fiscal Year 2027 budget request, covering discretionary spending cuts, a proposed 42% defense increase, health care and safety-net program changes, tariff revenue, and disputes over the administration's use of impoundment. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ub4UiZ_xbZQ 16640 2026-04-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191372026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/yJRdo_U-ExE/hqdefault.jpg Lower Taxes, Stronger Main Street: The Benefits of the Working Families Tax Cuts The House Small Business Committee held this hearing on tax day, April 15, 2026, to examine how provisions of the 2025 reconciliation law (branded the "Working Families Tax Cuts Act") — including permanent bonus depreciation, the Section 199A pass-through deduction, R&D expensing, and no tax on tips/overtime — are affecting small businesses. https://www.youtube.com/embed/yJRdo_U-ExE 7020 2026-04-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191392026-06-04 https://img.youtube.com/vi/7QljNpZdu3Q/hqdefault.jpg Building an AI-Ready America: Understanding AI’s Economic Impact on Workers and Employers The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections held this hearing to examine how artificial intelligence is reshaping the workplace and whether federal or state action is needed to protect workers while preserving innovation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7QljNpZdu3Q 3964 2026-04-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191402026-04-15 https://img.youtube.com/vi/oO5kuvngruE/hqdefault.jpg The State of Scientific Publishing: Assessing Trends, Emerging Issues, and Policy Considerations The House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight held this hearing to examine trends and problems in scientific publishing, including paper mills, retractions, peer-review weaknesses, and the effects of AI on research integrity, alongside debate over open-access mandates and the administration's proposed ban on federal funds for subscription and publishing fees. https://www.youtube.com/embed/oO5kuvngruE 6271 2026-04-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191422026-04-14 https://img.youtube.com/vi/r_jl8xv-0pc/hqdefault.jpg Safeguarding Main Street: Combatting Fraud and Exploitation in Our Capital Markets The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets held this hearing to examine the rising scale of investment fraud — including pump-and-dump schemes, romance scams, account takeovers, and elder financial exploitation — and to review legislative and regulatory tools such as transaction "speed bumps," trusted-contact rules, and cross-border enforcement coordination. https://www.youtube.com/embed/r_jl8xv-0pc 9051 2026-04-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191442026-04-15 https://img.youtube.com/vi/09BLCHjeKIo/hqdefault.jpg FY27 Missile Defense & Missile Defeat Programs and Activities The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces held this hearing to examine the Department of War's fiscal year 2027 budget request for missile defense and missile defeat activities, including a proposed $12.3 billion for Missile Defense Agency research and development, roughly $23 billion for interceptor production, and over $17.5 billion for the Golden Dome for America homeland defense initiative [0:22:31, 0:24:01]. https://www.youtube.com/embed/09BLCHjeKIo 6591 2026-04-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191452026-04-16 https://img.youtube.com/vi/hZrkFrIB0TQ/hqdefault.jpg Healthier America: Legislative Proposals to Improve Public Health The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health met to consider roughly ten bipartisan bills reauthorizing public health programs, including the Kay Hagan Tick Act, the ACT for ALS reauthorization, the ADAPT Act for dementia care training, the EARLY Act on young-women breast cancer awareness, the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act, school-based and community health center legislation, and the Digital Health Screeners Act of 2026. https://www.youtube.com/embed/hZrkFrIB0TQ 10310 2026-04-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191482026-05-27 https://img.youtube.com/vi/9BbXbZwEFpI/hqdefault.jpg Computing Power and Competition: Examining the Semiconductor Ecosystem The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade held this hearing to examine the state of the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9BbXbZwEFpI 6256 2026-04-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191552026-04-15 https://img.youtube.com/vi/iKFbVOnz0bQ/hqdefault.jpg Military Readiness for Fiscal Year 2027 The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness met to examine fiscal year 2027 readiness across the services amid an active operational tempo, including U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/iKFbVOnz0bQ 7961 2026-04-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191562026-06-03 https://img.youtube.com/vi/hUUlpBc1wV4/hqdefault.jpg Fraud Prevention: Understanding Fraud in Federally Funded Programs Run by the States The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations held this hearing to examine fraud in federally funded programs administered by states, such as Medicaid, SNAP, unemployment insurance, and TANF. https://www.youtube.com/embed/hUUlpBc1wV4 7893 2026-04-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191722026-04-17 https://img.youtube.com/vi/LvoedL0aUJ4/hqdefault.jpg Subcommittee markup advances eight VA reform and accountability bills The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations met to mark up eight bills previously reviewed at a legislative hearing, covering VA financial management, congressional relations, infection control, police staffing, and IT asset management. https://www.youtube.com/embed/LvoedL0aUJ4 2673 2026-04-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3381202026-04-15 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338120 Business meeting on nominations, then hearing on UN reform efforts The Senate Foreign Relations Committee first held a brief business meeting to vote on several State Department nominations and Foreign Service lists, then immediately convened a hearing with U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign041526 8474 2026-04-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3381402026-04-14 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338140 Senate hearing on six grid modernization and interconnection reform bills The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy held its first hearing of this Congress to examine six pending bills addressing FERC interconnection queue reform, grid-enhancing technologies, reliability regulations, demand aggregation, AI data center liquid cooling, and reconductoring permitting. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=energy&filename=energy041526 4098 2026-04-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3381412026-04-14 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338141 Hearings to examine programs for justice-involved veterans The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee held this hearing to examine programs supporting justice-involved veterans, with a focus on Veterans Treatment Courts (VTCs), the newly funded DOJ National Center for Veterans Justice, and how the VA and Bureau of Prisons identify and serve incarcerated veterans. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=vetaff&filename=vetaff041526 8088 2026-04-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3381432026-04-14 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338143 Hearings to examine the Second Amendment The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee convened this hearing to examine perceived threats to Second Amendment rights, including federal officials' statements on carrying firearms at protests, ATF recordkeeping practices, and new Virginia gun legislation. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=govtaff&filename=govtaff041526 5975 2026-04-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3381452026-04-15 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338145 Hearings to examine restoration efforts in the Great Lakes Region, including S.528, to reauthorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held this hearing to examine restoration efforts in the Great Lakes region and consider S.528, legislation from Sens. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=epw&filename=epw041526 5164 2026-04-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3381462026-04-14 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338146 Hearings to examine empowering seniors through financial literacy, focusing on tools to protect savings, prevent fraud, and promote independence The Senate Special Committee on Aging held this hearing during Financial Literacy Month to examine how financial education can help older Americans navigate retirement decisions, avoid costly errors, and resist increasingly sophisticated scams. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=aging&filename=aging041526 4891 2026-04-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3381472026-04-14 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338147 Oversight hearing on federal preparations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup This joint hearing of two Senate Appropriations subcommittees examined federal preparations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, focusing on security coordination among the Department of Homeland Security, FBI, and Department of Commerce, as well as travel, tourism, and visa processing for the estimated 5–6 million fans expected to attend matches across 11 host cities. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=approps&filename=appropsA041526 5677 2026-04-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3381482026-04-15 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338148 Judiciary Committee considers Eighth Circuit and Kansas district court nominees The Senate Judiciary Committee met to consider the nomination of Justin D. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary041526 9828 2026-04-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3381502026-04-14 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338150 Joint hearings to examine preparations for the FIFA World Cup 2026 The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, joined with the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, held this joint hearing to examine federal preparations across DHS, the FBI, and the Department of Commerce for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which is expected to draw 5-6 million fans to 11 host cities. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=approps&filename=appropsA041526 5677 2026-04-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3381562026-04-14 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338156 Hearings to examine the IRS 2026 filing season and IRS operations The Senate Finance Committee convened this hearing on Tax Day, April 15, 2026, to examine the 2026 IRS filing season and IRS operations, with IRS CEO Frank Bisignano as the sole witness. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance041526 10018 2026-04-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188452026-04-17 https://img.youtube.com/vi/yOpPmeUkl4k/hqdefault.jpg Rules Committee sets floor debate on Clean Air Act, tax resolution, and FISA extension The House Rules Committee met to set the terms of floor debate for five measures: three Energy and Commerce bills amending Clean Air Act provisions (the FIRE Act, RED TAPE Act, and FENCES Act), H. https://www.youtube.com/embed/yOpPmeUkl4k 23521 2026-04-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191352026-04-14 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Un8okwaMbzc/hqdefault.jpg Health Subcommittee Field Hearing on Modernized Health Care in Practice: Empowering Americans to Live Healthier Lives The Ways and Means Health Subcommittee held this field hearing at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in Bradenton, Florida, to examine how prevention, nutrition education, and payment reform could reduce chronic disease and its costs. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Un8okwaMbzc 7183 2026-04-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189832026-03-26 https://img.youtube.com/vi/I8zJQRv5xQg/hqdefault.jpg Arctic Security in an Era of Global Competition: Safeguarding U.S. Interests in Frigid Waters The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security held this hearing to examine U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/I8zJQRv5xQg 6000 2026-03-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189992026-04-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/mI5BQ90gekQ/hqdefault.jpg Various Measures The House Committee on Foreign Affairs met to mark up 20 separate measures, mostly bipartisan bills on State Department reporting, foreign assistance oversight, disaster response staffing, chip export security, Taiwan/Japan relations, Afghan women's rights, biodefense diplomacy, Chinese academic influence, and a contested bill to abolish the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/mI5BQ90gekQ 21823 2026-03-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190842026-04-01 https://img.youtube.com/vi/lqiSKUw8RkQ/hqdefault.jpg The Government Accountability Office’s Assessment of the Federal Buildings Fund The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government held this hearing to examine the General Services Administration's management of the Federal Buildings Fund (FBF), which supports maintenance and operations for over 360 million square feet of federal real property. https://www.youtube.com/embed/lqiSKUw8RkQ 4947 2026-03-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190902026-03-26 https://img.youtube.com/vi/5eNLJIZEtmg/hqdefault.jpg Member Day This House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies hearing was a "Member Day," where fellow House members testified before the subcommittee to advocate for specific funding priorities and programs as the panel begins drafting the fiscal year 2027 appropriations bill. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5eNLJIZEtmg 2831 2026-03-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190922026-03-27 https://img.youtube.com/vi/RXoQ9JrqD-4/hqdefault.jpg Member Day The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security held a "Member Day" hearing to let non-subcommittee members present their funding priorities and concerns for the fiscal year Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill. https://www.youtube.com/embed/RXoQ9JrqD-4 1905 2026-03-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190932026-03-25 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Owulpmu0uno/hqdefault.jpg Advancing Permanency in Child Welfare: Leveraging Federal Funding for Adoption Programs The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies held this hearing to examine how federal discretionary and mandatory funding — including the Adoption Opportunities Program, Title IV-E adoption assistance, and the Adoption and Legal Guardianship Incentive Payments — supports permanency for the more than 325,000 children in foster care, over 70,000 of whom were waiting to be adopted at the end of 2023. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Owulpmu0uno 7001 2026-03-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190972026-03-25 https://img.youtube.com/vi/tLn85rmAHYQ/hqdefault.jpg Member Day This hearing was a "Member Day" session before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, held as the Fiscal Year 2027 funding cycle began, giving House members outside the subcommittee an opportunity to testify on their funding priorities for the bill. https://www.youtube.com/embed/tLn85rmAHYQ 3034 2026-03-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191042026-06-16 https://img.youtube.com/vi/2SWCve4Nz0M/hqdefault.jpg Oversight: Kitchen Table Issues: Lowering Costs for Veteran Families Through the VA Home Loan Program The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity held this hearing to examine how to lower costs and modernize the VA Home Loan Guaranty Program amid a broader housing affordability crisis. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2SWCve4Nz0M 7684 2026-03-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191062026-05-27 https://img.youtube.com/vi/MfgA36o6RD4/hqdefault.jpg U.S. Universities Under Siege: Foreign Espionage, Stolen Innovation, and the National Security Threat The House Education and Workforce Committee held this hearing to examine foreign espionage, intellectual property theft, and research security practices at American universities, focusing on Chinese Communist Party-linked threats to campus research and students. https://www.youtube.com/embed/MfgA36o6RD4 9516 2026-03-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191072026-03-27 https://img.youtube.com/vi/XxbZA-wPVks/hqdefault.jpg Policies to Protect Our Communities From Illicit Drug Threats The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health met to consider 14 bills addressing illicit drug threats, including permanent scheduling of xylazine, nitazenes, and synthetic 7-hydroxymitragynine (7OH), regulation of illicit pill presses, fentanyl testing in emergency rooms, and expanded access to non-opioid pain treatment. https://www.youtube.com/embed/XxbZA-wPVks 11555 2026-03-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191092026-03-26 https://img.youtube.com/vi/lApRZhQddZ8/hqdefault.jpg Information Technology Posture of the Department of Defense The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation held this hearing to examine the state of the Department of Defense's information technology infrastructure, including network modernization, cloud adoption, and cybersecurity of DoD and industrial base assets. https://www.youtube.com/embed/lApRZhQddZ8 4214 2026-03-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191102026-03-25 https://img.youtube.com/vi/zPCgE_IPfgM/hqdefault.jpg Innovation at the Speed of Markets: How Regulators Keep Pace with Technology The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence held this hearing to examine how the Federal Reserve, OCC, FDIC, and NCUA are adapting supervision to keep pace with AI, digital assets, and fintech partnerships. https://www.youtube.com/embed/zPCgE_IPfgM 6382 2026-03-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191112026-03-25 https://img.youtube.com/vi/4r4MfO9WkMU/hqdefault.jpg Mitigation and Multiple Loss Properties: Factors Influencing the High Cost of Flooding The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance held this hearing to examine the National Flood Insurance Program's (NFIP) $22.5 billion debt to the Treasury and the role that repeatedly flooded "multiple loss" and "severe repetitive loss" properties play in driving program costs. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4r4MfO9WkMU 9484 2026-03-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191132026-03-27 https://img.youtube.com/vi/trzynMPTuQU/hqdefault.jpg Markup of seven veterans' benefits and transparency bills The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs met to mark up seven bills covering board transparency, cemetery expansion, burial reimbursement, disability exam integrity, and survivor benefits. https://www.youtube.com/embed/trzynMPTuQU 2607 2026-03-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191152026-04-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/kQbdKXi14uc/hqdefault.jpg The Telecommunications Act of 1996: 30 Years Later The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held this hearing to mark the 30th anniversary of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and examine what elements of the law still work, what has become outdated, and how Congress should modernize communications policy for broadband, media ownership, and artificial intelligence. https://www.youtube.com/embed/kQbdKXi14uc 10700 2026-03-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191162026-03-30 https://img.youtube.com/vi/32VfF_j1w00/hqdefault.jpg House committee marks up bipartisan aviation safety Alert Act The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee marked up an amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/32VfF_j1w00 9401 2026-03-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191192026-03-27 https://img.youtube.com/vi/NlfZWXsqGmo/hqdefault.jpg House Judiciary markup of seven bills, including bankruptcy, ADA, and U.S. attorneys The House Judiciary Committee held a markup session to consider and vote on seven bills: bankruptcy debt-threshold changes, ADA litigation notice-and-cure requirements, revised US attorney appointment authority, an anti-CCP economic espionage initiative, protections from Russian litigation over sanctions compliance, updated terminology for intellectual disabilities, and a technical bankruptcy fix. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NlfZWXsqGmo 13701 2026-03-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191202026-03-26 https://img.youtube.com/vi/m9dpMPL3qFY/hqdefault.jpg H.R. 7613 - ALERT Act The House Armed Services Committee convened this markup to consider the portions of H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/m9dpMPL3qFY 4008 2026-03-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380882026-03-25 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338088 Posture of U.S. Space Command and Strategic Command for FY2027 The Senate Armed Services Committee convened this hearing to receive testimony from the commanders of U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA032626 7907 2026-03-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380932026-03-25 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338093 Hearings to examine positioning student-athletes for success in school and beyond The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee held this hearing to examine how student-athletes can be set up for success amid the rapidly changing landscape of college sports, including revenue sharing, name-image-likeness (NIL) deals, and proposals to classify athletes as employees. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help032626 8142 2026-03-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380962026-03-25 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338096 Judiciary Committee advances xylazine, crime code, and Russia litigation bills The Senate Judiciary Committee met to mark up three bills — the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act, the Count the Crimes to Cut Act, and the Protecting Americans from Russian Litigation Act of 2025 — and to vote on two nominations, Brian Gootkin for U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary032626 3365 2026-03-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380982026-03-25 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338098 Senate Foreign Relations panel considers three State Department nominees The Senate Foreign Relations Committee met to consider three nominations: Ademola Adewale-Sadik to be U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign032626 5516 2026-03-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190382026-03-25 https://img.youtube.com/vi/-gG5-NvE7UM/hqdefault.jpg The Future of Low Earth Orbit: From the ISS to Commercial Platforms The House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics held this hearing to examine the safety and readiness of the International Space Station through its planned 2030 retirement and NASA's strategy for transitioning research and crew activity to commercial low Earth orbit (LEO) platforms. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-gG5-NvE7UM 6076 2026-03-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190832026-03-23 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Y3Cry6enU4M/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Hearing - U.S. Office of Personnel Management The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government held this oversight hearing to examine the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y3Cry6enU4M 5603 2026-03-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190852026-03-25 https://img.youtube.com/vi/kqQVUV0x71Y/hqdefault.jpg Funding Lapse and Security Gaps: Assessing the Harmful Impacts of the DHS Shutdown on Americans The House Committee on Homeland Security convened this hearing to examine the operational and security consequences of the ongoing lapse in DHS appropriations, now in its 40th day, on TSA, CISA, FEMA, and the Coast Guard ahead of major upcoming events including the FIFA World Cup and America 250. https://www.youtube.com/embed/kqQVUV0x71Y 13220 2026-03-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190862026-03-27 https://img.youtube.com/vi/i_F2du0WZ80/hqdefault.jpg Securing the Future: Arms Control and International Security for the Modern Age The House Foreign Affairs Committee convened this hearing to examine the State Department's reorganized "T family" of bureaus overseeing arms control, non-proliferation, and international security, and to question Under Secretary Thomas DiNanno on nuclear policy, arms sales, counter-narcotics, and emerging threats. https://www.youtube.com/embed/i_F2du0WZ80 12742 2026-03-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190872026-04-13 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Xb0UrnXyeGY/hqdefault.jpg Defending Main Street: Combating CCP Threats to America’s Small Businesses The House Small Business Committee held this hearing to examine how Chinese Communist Party-linked investment, intellectual property theft, and supply chain dependence threaten American small businesses, and to consider legislative and SBA-based responses. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xb0UrnXyeGY 5974 2026-03-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190882026-04-17 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Rz0boKQ8T9k/hqdefault.jpg Oversight of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet held this oversight hearing with USPTO Director John Squires to examine the office's implementation of AI patent policy, a proposed rule restricting serial Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) challenges, staffing and morale problems, and the relocation of the Southeast Regional Outreach Office. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Rz0boKQ8T9k 7953 2026-03-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190892026-04-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/8_-vwAh56Rg/hqdefault.jpg Member Day The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held a "Member Day" hearing to let fellow House members testify on funding priorities for the fiscal year 2027 Energy and Water bill, primarily involving Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation projects in their districts. https://www.youtube.com/embed/8_-vwAh56Rg 2451 2026-03-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190912026-03-25 https://img.youtube.com/vi/pFJ2ZRflIck/hqdefault.jpg Member Day The House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs held a "Member Day" hearing to let non-subcommittee members present their funding priorities for the Fiscal Year 2027 State-Foreign Operations appropriations bill. https://www.youtube.com/embed/pFJ2ZRflIck 1896 2026-03-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190942026-03-24 https://img.youtube.com/vi/PMsY0BKIxPc/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Hearing – National Weather Service The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies held its first hearing of 2026 to examine National Weather Service staffing, funding, and technology modernization following the 2025 probationary firings and early retirements at the agency. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PMsY0BKIxPc 5351 2026-03-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190952026-03-25 https://img.youtube.com/vi/qwwVo0kX8ag/hqdefault.jpg Member Day This House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation-HUD "Member Day" hearing gave rank-and-file House members a chance to present funding priorities for the fiscal year 2027 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development appropriations bill directly to the subcommittee. https://www.youtube.com/embed/qwwVo0kX8ag 2957 2026-03-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190962026-03-24 https://img.youtube.com/vi/WyrWAJbBw64/hqdefault.jpg Quality of Life in the Military The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies held this hearing to hear directly from the senior enlisted leaders of each military branch on the quality of life facing soldiers, sailors, Marines, airmen, and Guardians and their families. https://www.youtube.com/embed/WyrWAJbBw64 6814 2026-03-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190982026-04-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/--kNizLW20g/hqdefault.jpg Member Day The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies held a Member Day hearing to let fellow representatives raise district-specific priorities as the panel begins drafting the FY2027 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. https://www.youtube.com/embed/--kNizLW20g 1997 2026-03-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191012026-03-25 https://img.youtube.com/vi/n0i-gcgaQlM/hqdefault.jpg National Security Space Programs and Activities The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces held this hearing to examine Department of Defense and intelligence community space policies and programs, including space acquisition reform, the Golden Dome missile defense architecture, commercial space integration, and classification policy for space systems. https://www.youtube.com/embed/n0i-gcgaQlM 7495 2026-03-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191022026-06-09 https://img.youtube.com/vi/xIKcsuoypZU/hqdefault.jpg Legislative hearing on 12 VA accountability, workforce, and health care bills The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a legislative hearing to consider 12 bills and discussion drafts covering VA financial management, software asset tracking, veterans' data protection, sterile processing certification, VA police pay grades, employee bonus recoupment, community care payment rates, family/medical leave, and congressional liaison reform. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xIKcsuoypZU 11757 2026-03-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191032026-03-24 https://img.youtube.com/vi/glX2bZr6r5E/hqdefault.jpg Tokenization and the Future of Securities: Modernizing Our Capital Markets The House Financial Services Committee held this hearing to examine how tokenization — representing securities like stocks and bonds on a blockchain — could modernize US capital markets, and to weigh proposed SEC exemptive relief and pending legislation like the Clarity Act. https://www.youtube.com/embed/glX2bZr6r5E 16558 2026-03-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191172026-03-26 https://img.youtube.com/vi/bH3ILI_j1Nw/hqdefault.jpg H.R. 2347, H.R. 5366, H.R. 5334, H.R. 7971, H.R. 7959 The House Ways and Means Committee met to mark up five bipartisan tax bills: relief for sexual assault survivors' settlement damages, disaster tax relief (renamed for the late Rep. https://www.youtube.com/embed/bH3ILI_j1Nw 10866 2026-03-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1191182026-04-06 https://img.youtube.com/vi/HarIGphbCZ0/hqdefault.jpg Full Committee Markup of 2 Bills The House Energy and Commerce Committee held a full committee markup of two bipartisan public safety communications bills: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/HarIGphbCZ0 4135 2026-03-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380832026-03-24 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338083 Hearings to examine seniors and the workforce The Senate Special Committee on Aging held this hearing to examine barriers older Americans face when trying to stay in or return to the workforce, with particular focus on Social Security's retirement earnings test (RET) and Chair Scott's proposed Senior Citizens Freedom to Work Act, which would repeal it. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=aging&filename=aging032526 5754 2026-03-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380842026-03-25 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338084 Judiciary Committee hearing on four federal district and trade court nominees The Senate Judiciary Committee convened to consider four judicial nominations: Sheria Akins Clarke for U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary032526 7101 2026-03-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380852026-03-24 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338085 Hearings to examine Social Security, focusing on a discussion on the facts and the path forward The Senate Budget Committee held this hearing, requested by Democrats and agreed to by Republicans, to examine the finances of Social Security and possible paths to shore up the program before its trust fund is projected to run short. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=budget&filename=budget032526 7275 2026-03-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380872026-03-24 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338087 Hearings to examine the state of the bulk power system The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held this hearing to examine the state of the U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=energy&filename=energy032526 6790 2026-03-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380892026-03-24 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338089 Hearings to examine protecting American citizenship, focusing on federalism, sanctuary cities, and the rule of law The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution held this hearing to examine sanctuary jurisdiction policies, federalism, and immigration enforcement cooperation between local law enforcement and federal authorities. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary032526p 9291 2026-03-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380922026-03-25 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338092 Commerce Committee markup stalls as Democrats decline to attend The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee convened this business meeting to mark up nine bipartisan bills — covering automatic gate safety, minors' access to fentanyl on social media, a social media mental health warning label, satellite security, aviation security funding, satellite cybersecurity reporting, quantum research reauthorization, ocean partnerships reauthorization — plus a Coast Guard promotion list. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce032526 3668 2026-03-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188442026-03-25 https://img.youtube.com/vi/0sR93Nxx8Rk/hqdefault.jpg Rules Committee sets floor debate on DHS funding, DC, and property-abroad bills The House Rules Committee met to set the terms of floor debate on four measures: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0sR93Nxx8Rk 10023 2026-03-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380802026-03-24 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338080 A closed hearing to examine low-cost munitions; to be immediately followed by an open hearing at 11:00 a.m. in SD-G50 The Senate Armed Services Committee held this open hearing as a follow-on to a closed session examining the Department of War's efforts to develop and scale low-cost munitions alongside traditional "exquisite" weapons systems. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA032426 4899 2026-03-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380812026-03-24 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338081 Hearings to examine arms control and transforming international security functions at the State Department The Senate Foreign Relations Committee convened to hear from Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Michael DiNanno on the reorganized "T family" bureaus, the expiration of the New START treaty, and prospects for future arms control involving Russia and China. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign032426 6101 2026-03-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380822026-03-24 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338082 Hearings to examine Arctic Frost The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights held its second hearing on "Arctic Frost," the Biden Justice Department and Special Counsel Jack Smith's 2022 investigation into President Trump, focusing on subpoenas that reached the toll and financial records of Republican senators, organizations, and Trump-aligned officials. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary032426 7743 2026-03-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380862026-03-24 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338086 Low-cost munitions strategy and industrial base scaling for the Pentagon The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Cybersecurity (sitting as the full committee's format for this session) held an open hearing following a closed session to examine how the Department of Defense is scaling production of low-cost, high-volume munitions alongside traditional "exquisite" weapons systems. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA032426 4899 2026-03-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190512026-03-10 https://img.youtube.com/vi/QfazsX-FB3c/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Field Hearing – Accountability and Reform at the United Nations The House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs held this field hearing at the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/QfazsX-FB3c 7520 2026-03-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190412026-03-19 https://img.youtube.com/vi/2uFqkzCc8Zs/hqdefault.jpg Member Day The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense held an open "Member Day" hearing inviting all House members to testify on their priorities for the Fiscal Year 2027 Department of Defense Appropriations Act. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2uFqkzCc8Zs 378 2026-03-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380582026-03-17 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338058 Business meeting to consider the nomination of Markwayne Mullin, of Oklahoma, to be Secretary of Homeland Security The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a business meeting to consider the nomination of Markwayne Mullin, of Oklahoma, to be Secretary of Homeland Security, following his confirmation hearing the previous day. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=govtaff&filename=govtaff031926 1415 2026-03-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380652026-03-18 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338065 Hearings to examine Department of Energy's implementation of President Trump's May 2025 nuclear energy executive orders The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held this hearing to examine the Department of Energy's implementation of four executive orders on nuclear energy signed by President Trump in May 2025, which directed advanced reactor deployment, NRC reform, accelerated reactor testing, and rebuilding the domestic nuclear industrial base. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=energy&filename=energy031926 7213 2026-03-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380662026-03-19 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338066 HELP Committee Member Day on bipartisan health, education, and workforce bills The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee held a "Member Day" hearing allowing both committee and non-committee senators to present bipartisan bills they want considered for markup, covering topics including drug pricing, price transparency, maternal and women's health, nursing workforce, childcare, prior authorization, and higher education admissions. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help031926 5850 2026-03-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380672026-03-18 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338067 Northern and Southern Command posture: Venezuela, Cuba, and homeland threats The Senate Armed Services Committee met to review the FY2027 defense authorization posture of U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA031926 9513 2026-03-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380682026-03-18 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338068 Judiciary advances xylazine scheduling bill and six DOJ nominees The Senate Judiciary Committee met to mark up S.545, the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act, alongside H.R.2159 and S.2934, and to vote on six Department of Justice nominations, including an Assistant Attorney General, a U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary031926 4719 2026-03-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189062026-03-18 https://img.youtube.com/vi/EhUe3B8OhhM/hqdefault.jpg Restoring Mission Focus at the State Department: Authority, Accountability, and the Role of the Foreign Service The House Foreign Affairs Committee held this hearing to examine authorities and reforms under the Foreign Service Act, exploring how the State Department's management structure, evaluation systems, and staffing decisions could better support a "mission-driven" Foreign Service. https://www.youtube.com/embed/EhUe3B8OhhM 8824 2026-03-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190332026-06-29 https://img.youtube.com/vi/uFLE30RWZ2w/hqdefault.jpg From the Science Lab to the Medicine Cabinet: How China is Cornering the Market on Our Medicines The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party held this hearing to examine how China has come to dominate the manufacture of pharmaceutical ingredients and is rapidly gaining ground in early-stage biopharmaceutical research, licensing, and clinical trials. https://www.youtube.com/embed/uFLE30RWZ2w 5450 2026-03-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190362026-03-18 https://img.youtube.com/vi/PbOMi6CEe60/hqdefault.jpg Full Committee Markup The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee convened this markup to consider H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PbOMi6CEe60 2636 2026-03-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190402026-07-20 https://img.youtube.com/vi/wb6FWB2kCVg/hqdefault.jpg House VA reauthorization markup hearing on 27 reform bills The House Committee on Veterans' Affairs convened this hearing to consider 27 bills and discussion drafts reauthorizing and reforming VA programs — spanning acquisition, health care, benefits, research, homelessness, and workforce policy — modeled loosely on the Armed Services Committee's annual authorization process. https://www.youtube.com/embed/wb6FWB2kCVg 7837 2026-03-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190432026-04-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/38YzRw9KEeE/hqdefault.jpg Securing U.S. Leadership of Communications Technology The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held this bipartisan hearing to examine how the United States should prepare for two major International Telecommunication Union (ITU) engagements: the 2026 ITU Plenipotentiary Conference and the 2027 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-27), which China will host in Shanghai. https://www.youtube.com/embed/38YzRw9KEeE 9319 2026-03-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190452026-03-18 https://img.youtube.com/vi/nzBZfHcoElw/hqdefault.jpg an Amendment in the Substitute to H.R. 5688, Dalilah's Law The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure met to mark up an amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/nzBZfHcoElw 7547 2026-03-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190462026-03-18 https://img.youtube.com/vi/7N1rh7YwMQU/hqdefault.jpg U.S. Special Operations Forces and Command – Challenges and Resource Priorities for Fiscal Year 2027 The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations met to review U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7N1rh7YwMQU 4012 2026-03-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190562026-03-16 https://img.youtube.com/vi/mZCclI5jJo4/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing – Government Accountability Office and Congressional Budget Office The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative Branch held this hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2027 budget requests of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), with GAO requesting $860 million (a $48 million increase) and CBO requesting $76.3 million (a $1.5 million increase) [0:12:37]. https://www.youtube.com/embed/mZCclI5jJo4 9583 2026-03-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190582026-03-18 https://img.youtube.com/vi/mZCclI5jJo4/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing – Architect of the Capitol The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative Branch held this hearing to examine the Architect of the Capitol's (AOC) fiscal year 2027 budget request, a nearly $1.7 billion ask that represents a 105% increase over the FY26 enacted level [1:45:43], driven largely by deferred maintenance and a proposed multi-decade renovation of the Rayburn House Office Building. https://www.youtube.com/embed/mZCclI5jJo4 9583 2026-03-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190602026-03-18 https://img.youtube.com/vi/9h43bJKI3rA/hqdefault.jpg Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies – American Indian and Alaska Native Public Witness (Day 2, Morning Session) The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies held the second day of its public witness hearings, taking testimony from tribal leaders across the country on priorities for the Fiscal Year 2027 Interior appropriations bill. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9h43bJKI3rA 12440 2026-03-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190612026-03-18 https://img.youtube.com/vi/1iTI_qqEM3E/hqdefault.jpg Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies – American Indian and Alaska Native Public Witness (Day 2, Afternoon Session) This House Appropriations Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies subcommittee hearing was the second day of public witness testimony from American Indian and Alaska Native tribal leaders and organizations on funding priorities for the Fiscal Year 2027 budget. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1iTI_qqEM3E 10748 2026-03-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190672026-03-27 https://img.youtube.com/vi/afKDvZecsSk/hqdefault.jpg Connecting SBA to Main Street: Examining the SBA Office of Field Operations The House Small Business Committee held this hearing to examine the SBA's Office of Field Operations, which oversees 68 district offices and 10 regional offices connecting small businesses to counseling, contracting, and capital nationwide. https://www.youtube.com/embed/afKDvZecsSk 5619 2026-03-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190682026-04-15 https://img.youtube.com/vi/UADB1__skEc/hqdefault.jpg Strengthening Federal Workers' Compensation Programs: Ensuring Integrity, Efficiency, and Access The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections held this hearing to examine the Department of Labor's Office of Workers Compensation Programs (OWCP), which administers the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) and the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA). https://www.youtube.com/embed/UADB1__skEc 5346 2026-03-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190692026-05-13 https://img.youtube.com/vi/dlypmo8zw_0/hqdefault.jpg Immigration Policy by Court Order: The Adverse Effects of Plyler v. Doe The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution and Limited Government held this hearing to examine the 1982 Supreme Court decision Plyler v. https://www.youtube.com/embed/dlypmo8zw_0 9643 2026-03-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190702026-03-18 https://img.youtube.com/vi/e1zfTyZxt_c/hqdefault.jpg Posture and Readiness of the Mobility Enterprise This joint hearing of the House Armed Services Subcommittees on Seapower and Projection Forces and Readiness examined the posture and readiness of the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/e1zfTyZxt_c 5056 2026-03-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190712026-03-18 https://img.youtube.com/vi/nMBsayWcbFE/hqdefault.jpg U.S. Military Posture and National Security Challenges in Europe The House Armed Services Committee held this posture hearing to examine U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/nMBsayWcbFE 10469 2026-03-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190722026-03-17 https://img.youtube.com/vi/3QdUUAydwfI/hqdefault.jpg Oversight of the Export-Import Bank The House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions held this hearing to review the Export-Import Bank's (EXIM) operations, priorities, and authorities as Congress considers reauthorizing the bank before its authorization expires at the end of the year. https://www.youtube.com/embed/3QdUUAydwfI 7143 2026-03-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190732026-03-24 https://img.youtube.com/vi/vTkg4fHqVTY/hqdefault.jpg The Legal Basis for Action Against Venezuelan Drug Traffickers The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight held this hearing to examine the constitutional and legal basis for Operation Absolute Resolve — the January 3, 2026 US operation that captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro — and for the preceding US military strikes on alleged drug-trafficking vessels near Venezuela. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vTkg4fHqVTY 7224 2026-03-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190742026-03-16 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Gcv4fM45sW4/hqdefault.jpg Task Force on Monetary Policy, Treasury Market Resilience, and Economic Prosperity: Revisiting the Treasury-Fed Accord The House Financial Services Task Force on Monetary Policy, Treasury Market Resilience, and Economic Prosperity held this hearing to examine the 1951 Treasury-Fed Accord, which separated Federal Reserve monetary policy from Treasury debt management, and to consider whether a new accord is needed given today's deficits, Fed balance-sheet growth, and pressure on Fed independence. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gcv4fM45sW4 5448 2026-03-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190752026-03-19 https://img.youtube.com/vi/SgsYVQf6QVE/hqdefault.jpg Lowering Health Care Costs for All Americans: An Examination of the U.S. Provider Landscape The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held this hearing — the third in the committee's Health Affordability Series — to examine the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/SgsYVQf6QVE 11620 2026-03-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190762026-03-18 https://img.youtube.com/vi/QwsuOpRSUYI/hqdefault.jpg Improving Kidney Health Through Better Prevention and Innovative Treatment The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health held this hearing to examine how Medicare payment policy affects prevention, treatment, and innovation for chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD), which affects roughly 15% of American adults and consumes 7% of Medicare spending despite ESRD patients being only 1% of beneficiaries [0:11:20]. https://www.youtube.com/embed/QwsuOpRSUYI 8282 2026-03-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190812026-03-18 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ovYfAKQEpdo/hqdefault.jpg Committee on House Administration Full Committee Markup of Various Measures The House Committee on House Administration met to mark up two bills: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ovYfAKQEpdo 3956 2026-03-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190822026-05-05 https://img.youtube.com/vi/NpkMfsS7awM/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Committee marks up ten bills on fraud, transparency, and DC traffic cameras The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a markup to consider and vote on ten measures, including bills targeting federal contractor fraud, government cost overruns, spending transparency, settlement agreement disclosure, and a repeal of DC's automated traffic camera program, plus several postal-naming measures. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NpkMfsS7awM 18127 2026-03-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380572026-03-17 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338057 Hearings to examine worldwide threats; to be immediately followed by a closed session in SH-219 The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence held its annual open worldwide threats hearing, with DNI Tulsi Gabbard, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, FBI Director Kash Patel, Acting NSA Director Lt. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=intel&filename=intel031826 9788 2026-03-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380592026-03-17 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338059 Hearings to examine the nomination of Markwayne Mullin, of Oklahoma, to be Secretary of Homeland Security The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee convened this hearing to consider the nomination of Sen. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=govtaff&filename=govtaff031826 12131 2026-03-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380612026-03-19 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338061 Sunshine Week hearing on federal spending transparency and secret spending bills The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee held this Sunshine Week hearing to examine gaps in federal spending transparency and consider several bills, including measures on other transaction agreements reporting, end-of-fiscal-year spending, project price tags, and extending the statute of limitations for pandemic fraud. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=smbiz&filename=smbiz031826 4818 2026-03-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380632026-03-17 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338063 Hearings to examine platform power as section 230 turns 30 The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee convened this hearing to mark the 30th anniversary of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, examining whether the liability shield for online platforms should be reformed, amended, or left unchanged. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce031826 8545 2026-03-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380642026-03-17 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338064 Hearings to examine challenges and opportunities with implementing the Endangered Species Act The Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife held this hearing to examine the challenges and opportunities in implementing the Endangered Species Act (ESA), including low species recovery rates, staffing and funding shortfalls at the U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=epw&filename=epw031826 6118 2026-03-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380712026-03-17 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338071 Committee markup approving 24 veterans benefits bills en bloc The Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs held a business meeting to consider and vote on 24 pending pieces of legislation covering veterans' education, survivor, burial, health care, and disability benefits, along with a committee resolution on lease authorizations. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=vetaff&filename=vetaff031826 1835 2026-03-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189792026-03-18 https://img.youtube.com/vi/FbncCf4rh8E/hqdefault.jpg Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Foreign Assistance: Lessons Learned and Charting a Path Forward The House Foreign Affairs Oversight and Intelligence Subcommittee held this hearing to examine systemic weaknesses that have allowed waste, fraud, and abuse in U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FbncCf4rh8E 4515 2026-03-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189822026-03-17 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Q1Woplm0HwM/hqdefault.jpg DeepSeek data theft and Unitree robots examined as national security risks The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection held this hearing to examine national and economic security risks posed by artificial intelligence, robotics, and autonomous technologies developed by companies affiliated with the People's Republic of China, focusing on DeepSeek's AI models and Unitree's robotic systems. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q1Woplm0HwM 4072 2026-03-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190352026-03-17 https://img.youtube.com/vi/AqHTepeetOQ/hqdefault.jpg FY27 Strategic Forces Posture Hearing The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces held its first hearing of the fiscal year 2027 posture season, examining space, missile defense, and nuclear force posture ahead of the president's budget request. https://www.youtube.com/embed/AqHTepeetOQ 7282 2026-03-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190422026-03-31 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Z5DNOWdHzTU/hqdefault.jpg Pier Pressure: Regulation and Competition in Maritime Shipping The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust held this hearing to examine the antitrust exemption ocean carriers have held since the Shipping Act of 1916, and whether consolidation into three global shipping alliances has harmed American shippers, exporters, and consumers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z5DNOWdHzTU 5875 2026-03-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190442026-07-01 https://img.youtube.com/vi/YEWSU7QwumE/hqdefault.jpg Force Design or Force in Decline: Reviewing Readiness The House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation held this hearing to examine the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/YEWSU7QwumE 4414 2026-03-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190492026-04-13 https://img.youtube.com/vi/bNgfFr5TW8s/hqdefault.jpg Updating America’s Financial Privacy Framework for the 21st Century The House Financial Services Committee held this hearing to examine the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), the 26-year-old federal financial privacy law, and a Republican discussion draft that would add consumer access, deletion, and data-minimization rights while preempting state privacy laws. https://www.youtube.com/embed/bNgfFr5TW8s 10852 2026-03-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190502026-03-17 https://img.youtube.com/vi/aGhEFXQf0tA/hqdefault.jpg U.S. Military Posture and National Security Challenges in North and South America The House Armed Services Committee held its opening fiscal year 2027 posture hearing with U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/aGhEFXQf0tA 9422 2026-03-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190522026-03-16 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZCT72_6jBpg/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing – United States Capitol Police The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative Branch held a hearing to examine the United States Capitol Police's fiscal year 2027 budget request, its first appearance by newly installed Chief Michael Sullivan. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZCT72_6jBpg 4753 2026-03-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190532026-03-16 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZCT72_6jBpg/hqdefault.jpg Member Day The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative Branch held two proceedings in this session: first, a hearing on the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZCT72_6jBpg 4753 2026-03-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190542026-03-16 https://img.youtube.com/vi/KpWs6lLQqEE/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing – U.S. House of Representatives The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative Branch held a budget hearing (March 17, 2026) to review fiscal year 2027 funding requests from House institutional officials — the Clerk, the Sergeant at Arms, and the Acting Chief Administrative Officer — along with other House officers including the General Counsel, Inspector General, Law Revision Counsel, and Legislative Counsel. https://www.youtube.com/embed/KpWs6lLQqEE 3431 2026-03-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190552026-03-17 https://img.youtube.com/vi/NSOAjfGZzgo/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Hearing – National Institutes of Health The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies held an oversight hearing with Dr. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NSOAjfGZzgo 6814 2026-03-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190572026-03-25 https://img.youtube.com/vi/-LNDKvPcgG0/hqdefault.jpg Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies – American Indian and Alaska Native Public Witness (Day 1, Morning Session) The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies convened the first of its annual public witness hearings for the 119th Congress to hear testimony from American Indian and Alaska Native tribal leaders on federal funding priorities for fiscal year 2027. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-LNDKvPcgG0 11914 2026-03-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190592026-03-19 https://img.youtube.com/vi/UX1i9N0arHI/hqdefault.jpg Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies – American Indian and Alaska Native Public Witness (Day 1, Afternoon Session) The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies held the first of two "public witness" days, hearing from tribal nation leaders, Indian health boards, and education organizations on fiscal year 2027 funding priorities for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Indian Health Service, and Bureau of Indian Education. https://www.youtube.com/embed/UX1i9N0arHI 13709 2026-03-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190622026-03-17 https://img.youtube.com/vi/RuF_Y3BR-3k/hqdefault.jpg Reforming America’s Defense Sales The House Foreign Affairs Committee held this hearing to examine the Trump administration's reforms to the foreign military sales (FMS) process, including implementation of Executive Orders 14268 and 14383 (the America First Arms Transfer Strategy), congressional notification thresholds, and industrial-base capacity. https://www.youtube.com/embed/RuF_Y3BR-3k 10448 2026-03-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190642026-04-27 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZcIyz38QXYA/hqdefault.jpg Oversight of the U.S. Postal Service: The Financial Future Under Postmaster General Steiner The House Oversight Subcommittee on Government Operations held this hearing to examine the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZcIyz38QXYA 11853 2026-03-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190652026-05-13 https://img.youtube.com/vi/EiK_j01ena0/hqdefault.jpg Protecting Patients and Safeguarding Taxpayer Dollars: The Role of CMS in Combatting Medicare and Medicaid Fraud The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations convened this hearing to examine CMS efforts to combat fraud in Medicare and Medicaid, including in durable medical equipment, genetic testing, skin substitutes, home health, and hospice. https://www.youtube.com/embed/EiK_j01ena0 10566 2026-03-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190662026-03-17 https://img.youtube.com/vi/zKLPDuceD2s/hqdefault.jpg Advancing America’s Interests at the World Trade Organization’s 14th Ministerial Conference The Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade held this hearing ahead of the World Trade Organization's 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14) in Cameroon, examining the Trump administration's priorities—including a permanent e-commerce moratorium, WTO reform, and countering Chinese trade practices—and hearing from four trade-policy witnesses on agriculture, digital trade, and dispute settlement. https://www.youtube.com/embed/zKLPDuceD2s 8364 2026-03-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190772026-07-28 https://img.youtube.com/vi/eUMzXLmp_Ko/hqdefault.jpg Winter Storm Fern Lessons: Supplying Reliable Power to Meet Peak Demand The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy held this hearing to examine how the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/eUMzXLmp_Ko 8446 2026-03-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190792026-03-24 https://img.youtube.com/vi/OB347cKpuRA/hqdefault.jpg Markup of seven bills on education, student-aid fraud, and ERISA litigation The House Committee on Education and Workforce met on March 17, 2026 to mark up seven bills: the Truman Scholarship Clean House Act (H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/OB347cKpuRA 21136 2026-03-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380552026-03-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338055 Hearings to examine the World Radiocommunication Conference 2027, focusing on strategy and challenges ahead of Shanghai The Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media convened this hearing to examine U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce031726 5487 2026-03-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380602026-03-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338060 Subcommittee reviews Western water infrastructure, drought, and hydropower licensing bills The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power held its first hearing to examine roughly two dozen bills covering water supply feasibility studies, drought resilience, hydropower relicensing, and fish conservation across Western states. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=energy&filename=energy031726 5295 2026-03-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188432026-03-17 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ztW5lSFaQMA/hqdefault.jpg H.R. 1958 – Deporting Fraudsters Act of 2026; H.R. 4638 – BOWOW Act of 2025; H.R. 556 – Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act The House Rules Committee met to grant rules for floor consideration of three bills: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ztW5lSFaQMA 4387 2026-03-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190322026-03-13 https://img.youtube.com/vi/d_Db7k5ig7k/hqdefault.jpg Broken Promises: Failures of the Little Rock Housing Authority and the Impact on Residents The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held this field hearing in Little Rock, Arkansas, to examine years of financial mismanagement, alleged fraud, and failed federal oversight at the Metropolitan Housing Alliance (MHA), also known as the Little Rock Housing Authority. https://www.youtube.com/embed/d_Db7k5ig7k 7725 2026-03-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380472026-03-11 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338047 Hearings to examine transparency and trust, focusing on foreign influence in higher education The Senate HELP Committee convened this hearing on foreign influence in American higher education, examining how foreign governments — particularly China and Qatar — fund U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help031226 7226 2026-03-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380482026-03-11 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338048 Judiciary Committee votes on Holyoak, Williams U.S. Attorney nominations The Senate Judiciary Committee met in a business session to consider two bipartisan bills, seven Department of Justice nominations, and to formally vote on two U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary031226 2921 2026-03-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380512026-03-11 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338051 Senate Armed Services Committee: EUCOM and TRANSCOM Posture Hearing The Senate Armed Services Committee met to review the military posture of U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA031226 8710 2026-03-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380242026-03-10 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338024 Oversight of Indian water rights settlements and the Northeastern Arizona bill The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs held this hearing to examine federal policy on Indian water rights settlements and to review S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=indian&filename=indian031126 6280 2026-03-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380412026-03-10 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338041 Hearings to examine the fiscal outlook, 2027-2036 The Senate Finance Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth held its first hearing to examine the federal government's long-term fiscal trajectory, drawing on CBO's 2027-2036 budget outlook and testimony from budget experts on the drivers of rising debt, deficits, and trust fund insolvency. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance031126 6075 2026-03-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380432026-03-10 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338043 Hearings to examine foreign dependence, focusing on China and America's drug supply The Senate Special Committee on Aging held this hearing to examine how China came to dominate the manufacturing of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and key starting materials used in generic drugs, and what risks that dependence poses to U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=aging&filename=aging031126 5146 2026-03-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380442026-03-10 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338044 Hearings to examine main street, focusing on growing the small business pet economy The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee held this hearing to examine the economic growth of the pet industry and the challenges small businesses in that sector face, including access to capital, regulation, taxes, and hiring. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=smbiz&filename=smbiz031126 4343 2026-03-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380452026-03-10 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338045 Cold-Weather Diesel Emissions Rule Safety Concerns and Proposed Fix The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held this hearing to examine S.3135, the Cold-Weather Diesel Reliability Act, which would let EPA authorize manufacturers to suspend automatic engine derate or shutdown functions triggered by diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) system malfunctions in extreme cold. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=epw&filename=epw031126 5993 2026-03-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380402026-03-09 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338040 Hearings to examine protecting American citizenship, focusing on birthright citizenship for illegal aliens and tourists The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution held this hearing to examine whether the 14th Amendment's Citizenship Clause requires automatic citizenship for children born in the U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary031026 7499 2026-03-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380422026-03-09 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338042 Hearings to examine increasing domestic consumption of United States-grown agricultural products The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee convened to explore ways to build more robust domestic markets for American agricultural products at a time of severe financial stress for farmers — including record-low commodity prices, high input costs, and Arkansas leading the nation in Chapter 12 farm bankruptcies [0:18:45]. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=ag&filename=ag031026 9254 2026-03-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190102026-03-06 https://img.youtube.com/vi/xDFrF01UoBo/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing – Library of Congress & U.S. Government Publishing Office The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative Branch held a budget hearing to review the Library of Congress and U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xDFrF01UoBo 4532 2026-03-06 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189782026-03-05 https://img.youtube.com/vi/hrXbIq_O0NM/hqdefault.jpg Merit, Accountability, and Performance at State: Evaluating Promotion and Placement The House Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa held this hearing to examine how the State Department's personnel management framework—covering hiring, promotion, evaluation, and accountability for the Foreign Service—supports or hinders U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/hrXbIq_O0NM 4049 2026-03-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189982026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/azx8qWdrFJg/hqdefault.jpg Hearing – Inspectors General for the Department of Transportation and the Department of Housing and Urban Development The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, HUD, and Related Agencies held this hearing to review the fiscal year 2025 oversight work of the Department of Transportation and Department of Housing and Urban Development Inspectors General ahead of the fiscal 2027 budget cycle. https://www.youtube.com/embed/azx8qWdrFJg 6017 2026-03-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190072026-03-05 https://img.youtube.com/vi/HE1Gy-CONys/hqdefault.jpg Member Day The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies held its annual "Member Day" hearing, giving fellow House members an opportunity to raise funding and policy priorities for the fiscal year 2027 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill. https://www.youtube.com/embed/HE1Gy-CONys 2290 2026-03-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190152026-03-05 https://img.youtube.com/vi/YhxAFFOCUF4/hqdefault.jpg Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies — Member Day The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies held a Member Day hearing to let colleagues outside the subcommittee testify about priorities for the Fiscal Year 2027 Interior and Environment Appropriations bill, covering agencies including the Department of Interior, EPA, U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/YhxAFFOCUF4 1735 2026-03-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190202026-05-27 https://img.youtube.com/vi/WcP0dTPoo0A/hqdefault.jpg Hidden Wounds: Effectively Supporting Veterans with TBI The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health held this hearing during Brain Injury Awareness Month to examine how VA screens, diagnoses, and treats veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI), including the VA's polytrauma system of care and ongoing research. https://www.youtube.com/embed/WcP0dTPoo0A 10147 2026-03-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190212026-03-05 https://img.youtube.com/vi/2hq4HvEIx9k/hqdefault.jpg U.S. Defense Strategy and Posture The House Armed Services Committee held this hearing (March 5, 2026) to receive testimony from Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby on the Department of War's 2026 National Defense Strategy. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2hq4HvEIx9k 9267 2026-03-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190222026-03-05 https://img.youtube.com/vi/KWJE71cYLhk/hqdefault.jpg Advancing National Security through Public Diplomacy The House Foreign Affairs Committee convened this hearing to examine Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Sarah Rogers' vision for implementing public diplomacy policy under the NDAA 2026 and its role in national security. https://www.youtube.com/embed/KWJE71cYLhk 9761 2026-03-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190232026-03-04 https://img.youtube.com/vi/K9ySj-D3WRs/hqdefault.jpg Fighting Fraud on the Front Lines: Challenges and Opportunities for Financial Institutions The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions held this hearing to examine the growing scale of financial fraud and scams affecting American consumers and small businesses, and what legislative and regulatory changes could help banks and credit unions detect and prevent them. https://www.youtube.com/embed/K9ySj-D3WRs 7897 2026-03-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190242026-03-05 https://img.youtube.com/vi/MnaVSCileKI/hqdefault.jpg Work & Welfare Subcommittee Hearing on Reclaiming “Forgotten” Fraudulent Pandemic Unemployment Funds Frozen by Banks The Ways and Means Subcommittee on Work and Welfare examined findings from two Department of Labor Inspector General memos showing nearly $1 billion in pandemic-era unemployment funds sitting unclaimed or frozen at financial institutions, much of it tied to potential fraud. https://www.youtube.com/embed/MnaVSCileKI 5973 2026-03-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190262026-04-13 https://img.youtube.com/vi/iutmORoSxmE/hqdefault.jpg The Role of Self-Regulatory Organizations in U.S. Markets: Examining FINRA and the MSRB The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets held this hearing to examine whether FINRA and the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) — the self-regulatory organizations (SROs) Congress created starting in 1938 — still function as intended, covering their funding, governance, accountability, and enforcement practices. https://www.youtube.com/embed/iutmORoSxmE 6637 2026-03-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190302026-05-27 https://img.youtube.com/vi/CQDMmTOim_w/hqdefault.jpg Markup of eight bills targeting fraud in federal child care subsidies The House Education and Workforce Committee met to mark up eight bills addressing fraud, improper payments, and oversight in the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) program, prompted in part by a fraud case in Minnesota. https://www.youtube.com/embed/CQDMmTOim_w 15191 2026-03-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190312026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/httL1dsLQ6k/hqdefault.jpg Full Committee Markup of Nine Bills The House Energy and Commerce Committee met on March 5, 2026 to mark up nine bills: a package of child online safety and privacy measures (the "KIDS Act," H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/httL1dsLQ6k 22911 2026-03-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380312026-03-04 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338031 Hearings to examine transforming health care with data, focusing on improving patient outcomes through next-generation care The Senate HELP Committee held this hearing to examine efforts by HHS's Office of the National Coordinator/Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy (ASTP) to advance health data interoperability, patient access to records, information blocking enforcement, and the role of AI in clinical care. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help030526 4932 2026-03-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380322026-03-04 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338032 Nominations of NASA Deputy Administrator and NIST Director The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee met to consider two nominations: Matthew Anderson, retired Air Force colonel, to be Deputy Administrator of NASA, and Dr. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce030526 5925 2026-03-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380352026-03-04 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338035 Judiciary Committee advances ATF, judicial nominees and ATM robbery bill The Senate Judiciary Committee held a business meeting to vote on ten Department of Justice nominations — including Robert Cekada to lead ATF, several U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary030526 3367 2026-03-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380362026-03-05 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338036 Hearings to examine the American small drone industrial base The Senate Armed Services Committee met to examine the state of America's small drone industrial base and the Department of War's "Drone Dominance" program, created after China came to control more than 90% of the global nonmilitary small drone market. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA030526 6010 2026-03-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380372026-03-04 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338037 Senate confirmation hearing for five State Department ambassadorial nominees The Senate Foreign Relations Committee met to consider five State Department nominations: Frank Garcia for Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, Lee Lipton for Ambassador to the Philippines, Asel Roberts for Ambassador to Slovenia, Troy Edgar for Ambassador to El Salvador, and Jared Novelly for Ambassador to New Zealand, Samoa, the Cook Islands, and Niue. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign030526 7719 2026-03-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189722026-03-04 https://img.youtube.com/vi/XfXeK1otGPw/hqdefault.jpg Highway Safety Under Threat: Examining Non-Domiciled CDL Issuance to Illegal Aliens The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability held this hearing on non-domiciled commercial driver's licenses (CDLs) issued to individuals unlawfully present in the United States, examining state compliance failures, federal enforcement coordination with ICE, and several fatal crashes involving non-domiciled CDL holders. https://www.youtube.com/embed/XfXeK1otGPw 4279 2026-03-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189772026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/tqDaKhU267g/hqdefault.jpg American Legion and multi-VSO legislative priorities for veterans benefits The House and Senate Committees on Veterans' Affairs held their annual joint legislative presentation hearing, featuring the American Legion followed by a second panel of veteran service organizations (Paralyzed Veterans of America, AMVETS, NASDVA, Wounded Warrior Project, TAPS, National Guard Association, and Mission Roll Call). https://www.youtube.com/embed/tqDaKhU267g 11262 2026-03-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189912026-03-05 https://img.youtube.com/vi/6k90uI7y5cU/hqdefault.jpg The General Services Administration: Examining the Future of Federal Real Estate Management to Reduce Costs for the Taxpayer The House Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management held this hearing to examine GSA's management of the federal real estate portfolio, including implementation of the Use It Act and Full Act reforms from WRDA 2024, deferred maintenance costs, and the prospectus approval threshold. https://www.youtube.com/embed/6k90uI7y5cU 7720 2026-03-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190002026-05-20 https://img.youtube.com/vi/rQKLOhKUSgw/hqdefault.jpg Delivering for Veterans and Caregivers: Year One of the Dole Act The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held this hearing to review the Department of Veterans Affairs' progress, more than a year after enactment, implementing the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act, a bipartisan law covering health care, caregiver support, education, and homelessness programs. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rQKLOhKUSgw 7324 2026-03-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190032026-04-23 https://img.youtube.com/vi/b87f2TLR3m0/hqdefault.jpg Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part II The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee convened its second hearing on fraud in Minnesota Medicaid and social-service programs, with federal prosecutors estimating up to $9 billion may have been stolen from 14 state-administered Medicaid programs since 2018 [0:19:17]. https://www.youtube.com/embed/b87f2TLR3m0 24921 2026-03-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190052026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/QikRqADbcR8/hqdefault.jpg Speed to Scale: Revitalizing the Defense Industrial Base The House Armed Services Committee met to examine the state of the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/QikRqADbcR8 8992 2026-03-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190062026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/EB3jdtfKxis/hqdefault.jpg Preparing for the Future: America’s Community Colleges The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies held this hearing to examine how community colleges prepare students for careers, respond to workforce needs, and deliver cost-effective education within the subcommittee's funding jurisdiction. https://www.youtube.com/embed/EB3jdtfKxis 6440 2026-03-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190082026-03-19 https://img.youtube.com/vi/8jANpuMrFG8/hqdefault.jpg Building an AI-Ready America: Strengthening Employer-Led Training The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development held this hearing to examine how employer-led training models, registered apprenticeships, and community colleges can prepare American workers for an AI-driven economy, and to discuss reauthorization of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). https://www.youtube.com/embed/8jANpuMrFG8 5905 2026-03-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190092026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/8ookNzaH2Zc/hqdefault.jpg U.S. Department of Agriculture, Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration held an oversight hearing with USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service, examining trade promotion efforts, the agricultural trade deficit, and the recent transfer of the Food for Peace program from USAID to USDA. https://www.youtube.com/embed/8ookNzaH2Zc 4897 2026-03-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190162026-05-08 https://img.youtube.com/vi/gfS0gm6U8XU/hqdefault.jpg America’s Energy Infrastructure: Authorizing Pipeline Safety The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy met to examine a discussion draft reauthorizing the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration's (PHMSA) pipeline safety program, which oversees 3.3 million miles of gas and liquid pipelines and whose last authorization expired in 2023 [0:35:44]. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gfS0gm6U8XU 10211 2026-03-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190172026-03-23 https://img.youtube.com/vi/v-3MpeXybvs/hqdefault.jpg Ready for Reuse: Legislative Proposals to Unleash the Potential of America’s Brownfields Sites The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment held this hearing to examine four discussion drafts reauthorizing the EPA's Brownfields program, including bills addressing grant eligibility, a new loan program, permitting for "nationally significant infrastructure" projects, and a Democratic alternative focused on funding increases. https://www.youtube.com/embed/v-3MpeXybvs 11520 2026-03-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190182026-03-17 https://img.youtube.com/vi/VvtF9nLCOxs/hqdefault.jpg Energy, Installations, and Environment Hearing The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness held this hearing to examine the Department of War's installations, energy, and environment programs, including military construction cost overruns, barracks quality of life, shipyard infrastructure, PFAS cleanup, and advanced nuclear energy for bases. https://www.youtube.com/embed/VvtF9nLCOxs 5258 2026-03-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190192026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/sXCIfcakVKc/hqdefault.jpg Full Committee Hearing with Internal Revenue Service Chief Executive Officer, Frank J. Bisignano The House Ways and Means Committee held a full committee hearing with Frank Bisignano, Chief Executive Officer of the Internal Revenue Service, to review the 2026 tax filing season, implementation of the Working Families Tax Cuts Act, and the IRS's technology modernization efforts. https://www.youtube.com/embed/sXCIfcakVKc 14022 2026-03-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1190272026-03-04 https://img.youtube.com/vi/R_wyHXVcZx0/hqdefault.jpg Various Measures The House Financial Services Committee met to markup several bills, including a bipartisan reauthorization and modernization of the Defense Production Act (HR 7688), the Main Street Capital Access Act (HR 6955), the Save Our Shrimpers Act (HR 2071), the SEED Act (HR 4171), and the Restoring Secondary Trading Markets Act (HR 7127). https://www.youtube.com/embed/R_wyHXVcZx0 21288 2026-03-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380022026-03-03 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338002 A joint hearing with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative presentation of the American Legion and multi VSOs This joint hearing of the Senate and House Committees on Veterans' Affairs was held to receive the annual legislative presentations of the American Legion and several other veteran service organizations (VSOs) for 2026. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=vetaff&filename=vetaff030426 10509 2026-03-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380272026-03-03 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338027 Hearings to examine the current readiness of the Joint Force The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support met to examine the current readiness of the Joint Force ahead of the National Defense Authorization Act markup, hearing from vice chiefs of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force, plus GAO's director of defense capabilities. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA030426 7777 2026-03-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380282026-03-03 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338028 Cybersecurity threats facing drinking water and wastewater systems The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held this hearing to examine the cybersecurity challenges facing the roughly 170,000 drinking water and wastewater utilities across the country, and to identify ways the federal government, states, and universities could help utilities—especially small and rural systems—improve their defenses. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=epw&filename=epw020426 5756 2026-03-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380292026-03-03 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338029 Committee approves NASA and weather research reauthorization bills The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held an executive session to consider two reauthorization measures: the NASA Transition Authorization Act (S.933), addressing Artemis mission changes, a permanent lunar base, and extending ISS operations, and the Weather Act (S.3923), aimed at modernizing forecasting, radar, and satellite systems. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce030426 2566 2026-03-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380382026-03-03 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338038 Senate Energy Committee markup advances nominations and public lands bills The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a business meeting to vote on three of President Trump's nominees — Stevan Pearce for BLM Director, David LaCerte for a full term on FERC, and Kyle Haustveit for Under Secretary of Energy — and to mark up roughly two dozen public lands, grazing, and land-conveyance bills, including measures on Paducah, Kentucky land restrictions, the Blue Ridge Music Center amphitheater naming, the Ralph David Abernathy Sr. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=energy&filename=energy030426 2648 2026-03-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189762026-03-10 https://img.youtube.com/vi/UXXQzZxifJs/hqdefault.jpg Joint hearing on Veterans of Foreign Wars and multi-VSO legislative priorities This joint hearing of the Senate and House Committees on Veterans' Affairs was the second of the year's joint hearings, held to receive testimony from the Veterans of Foreign Wars and seven additional veteran service organizations on their 2026 legislative priorities. https://www.youtube.com/embed/UXXQzZxifJs 9034 2026-03-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189902026-04-27 https://img.youtube.com/vi/qtJ5_oxILr8/hqdefault.jpg To consider H.R. 7567, the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 The House Agriculture Committee convened this evening to begin markup of H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/qtJ5_oxILr8 20981 2026-03-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380012026-03-03 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338001 A joint hearing with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative presentation of Veterans of Foreign Wars and multi VSOs This joint hearing of the Senate and House Committees on Veterans' Affairs gave the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and a second panel of veterans service organizations the opportunity to present their 2026 legislative priorities. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=vetaff&filename=vetaff030326 9343 2026-03-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380202026-03-03 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338020 Oversight hearings to examine the Department of Homeland Security The Senate Judiciary Committee held an oversight hearing with Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, her first appearance before the panel, covering the Trump administration's immigration enforcement record, the ongoing partial government shutdown affecting DHS funding, and controversies over ICE conduct, including the fatal shootings of two people in Minneapolis. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary030326 17500 2026-03-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380212026-03-03 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338021 Hearings to examine confronting child trafficking and the failure to protect America's most vulnerable The Senate Judiciary Committee convened this oversight hearing to question Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on the department's immigration enforcement record, including border security statistics, the Minneapolis shootings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti, detention of U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary030326 17500 2026-03-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380222026-03-03 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338022 Hearings to examine AI that improves safety, productivity, and care The Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Science, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness held this hearing to examine how artificial intelligence can improve safety, productivity, and care across health care, manufacturing, and robotics, while weighing worker concerns about job displacement and the need for guardrails. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce030326 6989 2026-03-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380232026-03-03 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338023 Hearings to examine an update on the National Defense Strategy; to be immediately followed by a closed session in SVC-217 The Senate Armed Services Committee convened to receive testimony from Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby on the 2026 National Defense Strategy (NDS), covering its treatment of China, Russia, Taiwan, allied burden-sharing, and the defense industrial base. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA030326 10288 2026-03-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3379842026-02-25 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337984 Hearings to examine the nominations of Mark Ditlevson, of Minnesota, and Brian Birdwell, of Texas, both to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense The Senate Armed Services Committee met to consider the nominations of Mark Ditlevson to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and American Security Affairs, and Brian Birdwell to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA022626 7763 2026-02-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380132026-02-25 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338013 Hearings to examine FDA bureaucracy, focusing on regulator to roadblock The Senate Special Committee on Aging held this hearing to examine whether the FDA is using the regulatory flexibility Congress authorized under the 21st Century Cures Act and other laws to speed safe treatments to patients with rare diseases. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=aging&filename=aging022626 6652 2026-02-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380152026-02-25 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338015 Judiciary Committee advances child online safety bills and Gilmore nomination The Senate Judiciary Committee held a business meeting to consider nine judicial and law enforcement nominations and four bills, with the primary focus on three bipartisan child-safety bills addressing online sextortion, coercion, and child sexual abuse material sentencing. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary022626 3010 2026-02-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380162026-02-25 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338016 Hearings to examine an update from the Prudential regulators, focusing on rightsizing regulation to promote American opportunity The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee held its semiannual oversight hearing with the Federal Reserve, FDIC, OCC, and NCUA to review the current state of the banking system and progress on regulatory "rightsizing." Witnesses Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman, FDIC Chairman Jonathan Hill, Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould, and NCUA Chairman Kyle Hauptman testified on capital rules, the Basel III endgame, debanking and reputational risk, and implementation of the GENIUS Act for stablecoins. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=banking&filename=banking022626 9071 2026-02-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380072026-02-24 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338007 Hearings to examine Water Resources Development Act of 2026, focusing on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects, programs, and priorities The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee convened this hearing (February 25, 2026) to help develop the biennial Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2026 and examine the Army Corps of Engineers' civil works projects, programs, and priorities. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=epw&filename=epw022526 8175 2026-02-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380092026-02-24 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338009 Hearings to examine the nomination of Colin McDonald, of California, to be an Assistant Attorney General The Senate Judiciary Committee met to consider the nomination of Colin McDonald, currently an Associate Deputy Attorney General, to be the first Assistant Attorney General leading the Department of Justice's newly created National Fraud Enforcement Division. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary022526 6804 2026-02-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380102026-02-24 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338010 Senate hearing on nominees for BLM Director, DOE Under Secretary, and FERC The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee convened this hearing to consider three Trump administration nominations: Kyle Haustveit of North Dakota to be Under Secretary of Energy, David LaCerte of Louisiana for a new term on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and former Congressman Stevan Pearce of New Mexico to be Director of the Bureau of Land Management. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=energy&filename=energy022526 8570 2026-02-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189022026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/n_A7YMs3ytU/hqdefault.jpg Advancing National Security through Commercial Diplomacy The House Foreign Affairs Committee held this hearing to examine the State Department's commercial diplomacy efforts under Under Secretary Jacob Helberg, focusing on the Pax Silica critical minerals and AI supply chain coalition, the future of the Foreign Commercial Service, and countering Chinese economic influence. https://www.youtube.com/embed/n_A7YMs3ytU 9512 2026-02-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189272026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/5dQYL7raiCM/hqdefault.jpg Before the Whistle: Assessing Information Sharing and Security Collaboration Ahead of Major Events The House Homeland Security Committee held this hearing to examine federal, state, and local information-sharing and security coordination ahead of a series of major upcoming events, particularly the 2026 FIFA World Cup and America's 250th anniversary celebrations. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5dQYL7raiCM 8991 2026-02-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189692026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/hAdwr4dzdRY/hqdefault.jpg Powering America's AI Future: Assessing Policy Options to Increase Data Center Infrastructure The House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight held this hearing to examine how permitting delays, transmission bottlenecks, and utility cost allocation affect the buildout of data center infrastructure needed for AI development. https://www.youtube.com/embed/hAdwr4dzdRY 5325 2026-02-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189742026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/liPMoZIAzvg/hqdefault.jpg Strengthening Export Control Enforcement The Subcommittee on South and Central Asia held this hearing to examine how the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) enforces U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/liPMoZIAzvg 6218 2026-02-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189752026-03-10 https://img.youtube.com/vi/3uQQ5rIKg70/hqdefault.jpg DAV and multi-VSO joint legislative priorities hearing The House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees held a joint legislative presentation hearing to receive testimony from Disabled American Veterans (DAV) and six other veteran and military service organizations on their 2026 legislative priorities. https://www.youtube.com/embed/3uQQ5rIKg70 9671 2026-02-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189802026-03-19 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZeJBjQY3LdI/hqdefault.jpg Building an AI-Ready America: Teaching in the AI Age The Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education held this hearing to examine how artificial intelligence tools are being used by K-12 teachers, the training and guardrails educators need to use AI responsibly, and the policy gaps left by the dismantling of the Department of Education's Office of Educational Technology. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZeJBjQY3LdI 6976 2026-02-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189812026-06-08 https://img.youtube.com/vi/IKPYqz6PU_4/hqdefault.jpg Balancing Careers and Care: Examining Innovative Approaches to Paid Leave The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections held this hearing to examine the patchwork of state paid family and medical leave programs and to consider federal legislation, particularly HR 3089 (the More Paid Leave for Americans Act) and the Interstate Leave Network Act, that could coordinate and expand access to paid leave. https://www.youtube.com/embed/IKPYqz6PU_4 5079 2026-02-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189862026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/UD17SLFGHkw/hqdefault.jpg Career and Technical Education: Developing the Future of Main Street Success The House Small Business Committee held this hearing during National Career and Technical Education Month to examine how CTE programs and registered apprenticeships can help small businesses fill widespread skilled-trade shortages. https://www.youtube.com/embed/UD17SLFGHkw 7549 2026-02-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189872026-03-31 https://img.youtube.com/vi/7FHvAabwzko/hqdefault.jpg An Update on DoD’s Struggling Background Check System The House Oversight Subcommittee on Government Operations held this follow-up hearing to examine the Department of War's National Background Investigation Services (NBIS) system, which is meant to modernize federal security clearance processing but remains years behind schedule and billions over its original budget. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7FHvAabwzko 6709 2026-02-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189882026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ih5jxRJt0Nw/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Hearing – National Endowment for Democracy The House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs held its first hearing of the year to conduct oversight of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), examining its mission, spending, transparency practices, and past grant-making mistakes. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ih5jxRJt0Nw 6542 2026-02-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189892026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/fSZ8uVmqkMk/hqdefault.jpg Modernization of the Organic Industrial Base The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces held a joint hearing with the Readiness Subcommittee to examine the Army's efforts to modernize its 23 government-owned arsenals, depots, and ammunition plants, many of which still rely on World War II-era infrastructure. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fSZ8uVmqkMk 7891 2026-02-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189922026-03-10 https://img.youtube.com/vi/-vsz4CQ0UVQ/hqdefault.jpg From Source to Tap: A Hearing to Examine Challenges and Opportunities for Safe, Reliable, and Affordable Drinking Water The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment held this hearing to examine the safety, reliability, and affordability of the nation's drinking water systems as key Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) water funding authorities are set to expire at the end of the fiscal year. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-vsz4CQ0UVQ 8257 2026-02-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189932026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/bW0KCHE-J64/hqdefault.jpg Advancing the Next Generation of America’s Health Care Workforce The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health held this hearing to examine the nation's growing physician shortage — projected at 187,000 by 2037 — and to explore how graduate medical education (GME) policy, particularly Medicare funding formulas, could expand physician training in rural and underserved communities. https://www.youtube.com/embed/bW0KCHE-J64 9137 2026-02-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189942026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/osK7harm2zI/hqdefault.jpg House VA subcommittee marks up 12 veterans benefits and housing bills The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity convened this markup to consider 12 bills covering GI Bill housing stipends, VA home loan guarantees, homeless veteran assistance, flight training benefits, adaptive vehicle equipment payments, and emerging tech workforce programs. https://www.youtube.com/embed/osK7harm2zI 5030 2026-02-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380002026-02-24 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338000 A joint hearing with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative presentation of Disabled American Veterans and multi VSOs This joint hearing of the House and Senate Committees on Veterans' Affairs was held to receive the legislative presentations of Disabled American Veterans (DAV) and a panel of other veterans service organizations for 2026. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=vetaff&filename=vetaff022426 9531 2026-02-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3380042026-02-24 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/338004 Hearings to examine rebuilding American critical minerals supply chains The Senate Armed Services Committee convened this hearing to examine the state of America's critical minerals supply chains and the Department of War's strategy for reducing reliance on China, which supplies about 70% of U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA022426 5604 2026-02-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188412026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/hpysJ2cWpuw/hqdefault.jpg H.R. 4758 – Homeowner Energy Freedom Act; H.R. 4626 – Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act The House Rules Committee met to grant a rule for floor consideration of H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/hpysJ2cWpuw 5133 2026-02-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189312026-06-04 https://img.youtube.com/vi/70bXf0cMvdw/hqdefault.jpg Work, Dignity, and Choice in Disability Employment The House Education and Workforce Committee held a field hearing at Green Valley Enterprises in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, to examine Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act, which allows employers to pay workers with disabilities a wage below the federal minimum based on assessed productivity. https://www.youtube.com/embed/70bXf0cMvdw 6260 2026-02-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189632026-04-14 https://img.youtube.com/vi/vB10FfhtY0k/hqdefault.jpg The Monitoring Racket: The Grift that Keeps on Giving This field hearing, held at the Arizona State Legislature in Phoenix, examined the more than decade-long federal court monitorship of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office stemming from the 2013 *Ortega Melendres v. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vB10FfhtY0k 6172 2026-02-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189622026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/TTtZrjT8d-8/hqdefault.jpg Markup of five veterans benefits bills, including DIC/SMC increases The House Veterans' Affairs Committee met to mark up five bills: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TTtZrjT8d-8 11748 2026-02-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3379712026-02-11 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337971 An oversight hearing The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held this oversight hearing to examine "Operation Metro Surge," a large-scale ICE deployment in Minneapolis, and the fatal shootings of two U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=govtaff&filename=govtaff021226 15488 2026-02-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3379752026-02-11 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337975 Hearings to examine the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, focusing on evaluating North American competitiveness The Senate Finance Committee held this hearing to examine the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) as the U.S., Canada, and Mexico approach the agreement's first mandatory six-year joint review. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance021226 9333 2026-02-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3379762026-02-11 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337976 Legislative hearing on 24 public lands, grazing, and mineral bills The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining held a legislative hearing to examine roughly two dozen bills covering grazing rights, mineral withdrawals, wilderness designations, land conveyances, and Alaska Native land claims across the West. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=energy&filename=energy021226 5615 2026-02-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3379772026-02-11 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337977 Oversight hearings to examine the Securities and Exchange Commission The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee held this oversight hearing to question SEC Chairman Paul Atkins on the agency's first year back under his leadership, covering enforcement staffing and penalty declines, digital asset regulation, disclosure reform, and pending market structure legislation such as the CLARITY Act. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=banking&filename=banking021226 7133 2026-02-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3379822026-02-11 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337982 Confirmation hearing for four State Department and ADB nominees The Senate Foreign Relations Committee met to consider four Trump administration nominations: Wesley Brooks to be Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Jeremy Carl to be Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, William "Billy" Long to be Ambassador to Iceland, and Robert Sweeney to be U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign021226 7318 2026-02-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189152026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/g9H-bEdhtcI/hqdefault.jpg Surveying the Threat of Agroterrorism, Part II: Assessing Federal Government Efforts The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology held this hearing to examine how USDA and DHS are implementing federal efforts to prevent, detect, and respond to agroterrorism threats, building on a prior September hearing that featured academic experts. https://www.youtube.com/embed/g9H-bEdhtcI 3050 2026-02-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189182026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/yPGSuMHs4L0/hqdefault.jpg House Natural Resources markup of Apostle Islands, grazing, and 11 other bills The House Natural Resources Committee held a full committee markup to consider two bills under regular order — H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/yPGSuMHs4L0 4724 2026-02-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189482026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ssj2bJHQGHw/hqdefault.jpg Opportunities with VHA Reorganization The House Committee on Veterans' Affairs convened to examine the Department of Veterans Affairs' proposed reorganization of the Veterans Health Administration, which would consolidate 18 Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISNs) into five regional structures with new Health Service Areas. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ssj2bJHQGHw 10340 2026-02-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189512026-03-16 https://img.youtube.com/vi/y-a21mymUrE/hqdefault.jpg Oversight of the Department of Justice The House Judiciary Committee held an oversight hearing to question Attorney General Pamela Bondi on the Department of Justice's first year under the Trump administration, covering crime and immigration enforcement, sanctuary jurisdictions, weaponization claims, and the department's handling of the Epstein Files Transparency Act. https://www.youtube.com/embed/y-a21mymUrE 19744 2026-02-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189522026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/CY5rJrzJr1E/hqdefault.jpg Oversight of the Securities and Exchange Commission The House Financial Services Committee convened this hearing to conduct oversight of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hearing testimony from SEC Chairman Paul Atkins on his agenda to reduce disclosure burdens, promote IPOs, and build a regulatory framework for digital assets. https://www.youtube.com/embed/CY5rJrzJr1E 13118 2026-02-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189532026-06-04 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Wd9cdenGMZI/hqdefault.jpg Building an AI-Ready America: Safer Workplaces Through Smarter Technology The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections held this hearing to examine how AI-powered technologies — wearable sensors, predictive analytics, in-cab monitoring, and job-site imaging — are being used to reduce workplace injuries and deaths, and what safeguards are needed as employers adopt them. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Wd9cdenGMZI 4536 2026-02-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189542026-07-30 https://img.youtube.com/vi/fRXeiGTQOaw/hqdefault.jpg Lowering Health Care Costs for All Americans: An Examination of the Prescription Drug Supply Chain The Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee convened this hearing to examine the prescription drug supply chain — from manufacturers and PBMs to wholesalers, GPOs, pharmacies, and employers — as part of an "affordability series" following recent PBM reform legislation and a prior hearing with insurance executives. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fRXeiGTQOaw 14888 2026-02-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189552026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/10gmz2MA38A/hqdefault.jpg Accelerating Progress: U.S. Surface Transportation Research The House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Research and Technology held this hearing to examine federal surface transportation research programs — including ARPA-I, the University Transportation Centers (UTC) program, and autonomous vehicle safety research — as Congress prepares to reauthorize the surface transportation law before it expires in September 2026. https://www.youtube.com/embed/10gmz2MA38A 4904 2026-02-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189562026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/a6bDh-8ixyM/hqdefault.jpg Lies, Lawfare, and Leverage: The CCP’s Gaslighting and Manipulation to Marginalize Taiwan The House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party held this hearing to examine the CCP's use of non-military tools — lawfare, economic coercion, disinformation, and manipulation of international bodies — to isolate and pressure Taiwan short of an armed invasion. https://www.youtube.com/embed/a6bDh-8ixyM 5957 2026-02-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189572026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/f3shEBpGfBg/hqdefault.jpg Homeownership and the Role of the Secondary Mortgage Market The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance held this hearing to examine the mechanics of the secondary mortgage market and the ongoing conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, deliberately without any attached legislation so members could focus on foundational understanding first [0:09:15]. https://www.youtube.com/embed/f3shEBpGfBg 6435 2026-02-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189582026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/aJeq88G2JbQ/hqdefault.jpg South Asia: U.S. Foreign Policy in the Region The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on South and Central Asia held its first regional posture hearing of the year to examine the Trump administration's foreign policy across South and Central Asia, including the U.S.-India trade deal, China's regional influence, and the treatment of Afghan allies. https://www.youtube.com/embed/aJeq88G2JbQ 3565 2026-02-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189602026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/aTCnIyXYqkk/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Hearing – Potential DHS Shutdown Impacts The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security met as Congress faced a Friday deadline before a possible Department of Homeland Security funding lapse. https://www.youtube.com/embed/aTCnIyXYqkk 8524 2026-02-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189612026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/OROu54Q25bg/hqdefault.jpg House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Markup — Water, Manufacturing, Federal Real Estate, and Police Memorial Measures The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure met to mark up four items: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/OROu54Q25bg 3718 2026-02-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189642026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/1AW6A1fqc0o/hqdefault.jpg Various Measures The House Small Business Committee met to mark up three bipartisan bills addressing waste, fraud, and abuse at the Small Business Administration: a conflict-of-interest certification requirement for SBA loan officers, codification of the SBA's Office of Native American Affairs, and creation of a whistleblower awards office to help recover fraudulent pandemic loan funds. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1AW6A1fqc0o 6119 2026-02-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3379442026-02-10 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337944 Hearings to examine the Senior Enlisted Leaders on servicemember and family quality of life The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel convened to hear from the top enlisted leaders of each military branch — the senior enlisted advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs and the senior enlisted leaders of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force — on quality-of-life investments in housing, childcare, and health care and their effect on morale and retention. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA021126 7635 2026-02-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3379692026-02-10 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337969 Hearings to examine building a 21st century VA health care system, focusing on assessing the next generation of VA's community care network The Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs held this hearing to examine the Department of Veterans Affairs' "NexGen" procurement for its next-generation community care network contracts, released in December 2025, along with a related national dental care contract proposal. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=vetaff&filename=vetaff021126 6187 2026-02-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3379702026-02-10 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337970 Hearings to examine how Washington's rules drove physicians out of medicine The Senate Special Committee on Aging held this hearing to examine how federal administrative and regulatory burdens contribute to physician, nurse, and pharmacist burnout, and how that burnout affects access to care for older, rural, and underserved Americans. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=aging&filename=aging021126 5066 2026-02-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188732026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/8xoA0v0kzsU/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Hearing on "All in for America250: Public-Private Partnerships Supporting America’s Semiquincentennial on our Public Lands The House Natural Resources Subcommittee (chaired by Rep. https://www.youtube.com/embed/8xoA0v0kzsU 10313 2026-02-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188912026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/FNkBiuNHMMI/hqdefault.jpg Syria at a Crossroads: U.S. Policy Challenges Post-Assad The House Foreign Affairs Committee convened this hearing to examine the challenges facing Syria under interim President Ahmed al-Shara roughly 14 months after the fall of the Assad regime, including sectarian violence against minorities, security-force integration, the fate of the Caesar Act sanctions repeal, and the continued US troop and diplomatic presence. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FNkBiuNHMMI 12705 2026-02-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188992026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/DJtQhdwmsB8/hqdefault.jpg Six bills on public land conveyances, museum siting, and wildfire policy The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands held a legislative hearing to consider six bills: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/DJtQhdwmsB8 9588 2026-02-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189112026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/1EmJv48iGvM/hqdefault.jpg Weaponized Mass Migration: A Security Risk to Europe and the United States The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe held this hearing to examine how Russia and Belarus deliberately engineer migration flows to destabilize European states and strain NATO cohesion, building on a prior subcommittee hearing on Russian and Chinese hybrid warfare tactics. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1EmJv48iGvM 4611 2026-02-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189162026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/4KE7UGRHK_8/hqdefault.jpg Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security: ICE, CBP, and USCIS The House Committee on Homeland Security convened this oversight hearing to examine priorities for ICE, CBP, and USCIS for 2026, with witnesses from all three agencies testifying on border security statistics, immigration enforcement, and legal immigration processing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4KE7UGRHK_8 13348 2026-02-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189382026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/9mlv7FYlv-8/hqdefault.jpg Full Committee Hearing, “Make Elections Great Again: How to Restore Trust and Integrity in Federal Elections The House Administration Committee held this full committee hearing to examine the Make Elections Great Again (MEGA) Act, a Republican bill setting federal baseline standards for elections, including photo ID, proof-of-citizenship voter registration, an Election Day deadline for ballot receipt, and new voter list maintenance rules. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9mlv7FYlv-8 5748 2026-02-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189412026-03-19 https://img.youtube.com/vi/RzOTC6kSM8E/hqdefault.jpg Defending Faith and Families Against Government Overreach: Mahmoud v. Taylor The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education held this hearing to examine the Supreme Court's decision in *Mahmoud v. https://www.youtube.com/embed/RzOTC6kSM8E 6217 2026-02-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189422026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/q9tq36HeeDY/hqdefault.jpg Priced Out of the American Dream: Understanding the Policies Behind Rising Costs of Housing and Borrowing The House Financial Services Committee held this hearing to examine the causes of rising housing and borrowing costs and to review legislative responses, including the recently passed Housing for the 21st Century Act, the Invest Act, and the proposed Main Street Capital Access Act. https://www.youtube.com/embed/q9tq36HeeDY 11875 2026-02-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189432026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/FZAlYUn4yp0/hqdefault.jpg The Science of Reading The House Appropriations Labor-HHS-Education Subcommittee held this hearing to examine the "science of reading" — evidence-based literacy instruction — and to hear from state and local leaders in Alabama and Florida about programs that have raised reading proficiency. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FZAlYUn4yp0 6968 2026-02-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189442026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/3aTqIiRg1KU/hqdefault.jpg Foreign Influence in American Non-profits: Unmasking Threats from Beijing and Beyond The House Ways and Means Committee held this hearing to examine how foreign donors, foreign governments, and organizations linked to the Chinese Communist Party exploit the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/3aTqIiRg1KU 14706 2026-02-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189452026-03-19 https://img.youtube.com/vi/KbDNzhnV8h4/hqdefault.jpg Sharia-Free America: Why Political Islam & Sharia Law Are Incompatible with the U.S. Constitution The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government convened this hearing to examine claims that Sharia law and "political Islam" are spreading in the United States, with particular focus on Texas, and to consider proposed legislation (referenced as the "Preserving a Sharia-Free America Act," and HR 5722) that would deny immigration benefits to or deport noncitizen adherents of Sharia. https://www.youtube.com/embed/KbDNzhnV8h4 7599 2026-02-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189462026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/MLVWACFHhz0/hqdefault.jpg Advancing Peace in DRC and Rwanda through President Trump’s Washington Accords – Part II The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa held this hearing to assess progress on the Washington Accords, the December peace framework between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, and to examine continuing threats to peace including M23 activity, child labor in cobalt mining, and sexual violence against women and children. https://www.youtube.com/embed/MLVWACFHhz0 5826 2026-02-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189492026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/lLLvbRufTtA/hqdefault.jpg Building a Solid Foundation: Restoring Trust and Transparency in Public Housing Agencies The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held this hearing to examine fraud, mismanagement, and physical-condition failures at public housing agencies (PHAs) nationwide, and to weigh proposals for stronger HUD oversight. https://www.youtube.com/embed/lLLvbRufTtA 7006 2026-02-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189652026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/KqLAT-Y0qQU/hqdefault.jpg S. 1383 – [SAVE America Act] The House Rules Committee met to set the floor rule for S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/KqLAT-Y0qQU 11652 2026-02-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189662026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/BpFqC-ELDCc/hqdefault.jpg V-22 Program Update The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, joined by the Readiness Subcommittee, held this joint hearing to examine the findings of two independent reviews of the V-22 Osprey program — the Naval Air Systems Command's Comprehensive Review and a Government Accountability Office (GAO) safety report — following the fatal 2023 crash off Japan and prior 2022 mishaps. https://www.youtube.com/embed/BpFqC-ELDCc 4255 2026-02-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189672026-03-31 https://img.youtube.com/vi/5vSA6F6gs9Q/hqdefault.jpg Markup of 1 Bill The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held this markup to consider H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5vSA6F6gs9Q 2463 2026-02-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189682026-03-11 https://img.youtube.com/vi/FrwkCCiUDfU/hqdefault.jpg Markup of 12 Bills The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade held a markup to consider twelve bills addressing motor vehicle safety, data ownership, autonomous vehicles, and the automotive repair industry, ahead of the upcoming surface transportation reauthorization. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FrwkCCiUDfU 9911 2026-02-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3379252026-02-09 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337925 Hearings to examine Arctic Frost accountability, focusing on oversight of telecommunications carriers The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law held the first in a planned series of hearings examining "Arctic Frost," the investigation led by former Special Counsel Jack Smith, focusing specifically on how Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile responded to grand jury subpoenas seeking phone toll records associated with members of Congress. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary021026 8564 2026-02-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3379612026-02-09 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337961 Hearings to examine the Small Business Administration Native 8(a) program The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs convened this oversight hearing to examine the Small Business Administration's Native 8(a) program, which allows Alaska Native corporations, tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations to secure federal contracts and reinvest earnings into their communities. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=indian&filename=indian021026 6086 2026-02-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3379622026-02-09 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337962 Hearings to examine a review of broadband deployment funding at the Department of Commerce The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies convened to examine implementation of the $42 billion BEAD broadband deployment program, including the Trump administration's 2025 restructuring of the program, unspent funds, and state-level rollout. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=approps&filename=appropsA021026 7065 2026-02-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3379632026-02-09 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337963 Hearings to examine Haiti 2026, focusing on security and foreign assistance priorities This Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing brought Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick before the panel to examine implementation of the $42 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, including the Trump administration's "Benefit of the Bargain" restructuring, unspent funds, and state-by-state approval delays. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=approps&filename=appropsA021026 7065 2026-02-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3379642026-02-09 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337964 Hearings to examine fraud and foreign influence in state and federal programs The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and Census held this hearing to examine large-scale fraud in state-administered federal programs — with heavy focus on Minnesota — alongside allegations that foreign and dark-money networks are funding nonprofit organizations tied to anti-ICE protests. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=govtaff&filename=govtaff021026 7288 2026-02-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3379662026-02-09 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337966 Hearings to examine media ownership in the digital age The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held this hearing to examine whether the FCC's 39% national television audience reach cap and other broadcast ownership rules remain appropriate in a media landscape reshaped by streaming, big tech, and AI, amid a pending Nexstar-Tegna merger. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce021026 9414 2026-02-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3379672026-02-09 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337967 Hearings to examine fraud in Minnesota The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration held this hearing, titled "Somali Fraud in Minnesota — The Tip of the Iceberg," to examine benefit and immigration fraud tied to Minnesota's Somali community, following DOJ prosecutions of childcare-fraud schemes estimated at $9 billion or more in federal losses [0:22:13]. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary021026p 9248 2026-02-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188402026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/iFj0BF60rPA/hqdefault.jpg House Rules Committee Meeting on Three Bills: Undersea Cables, Less-Lethal Devices, Critical Minerals The House Rules Committee met to set floor rules for three bills: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/iFj0BF60rPA 10168 2026-02-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3379552026-02-04 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337955 Hearings to examine secure retirement, focusing on the success of the Railroad Retirement Board The Senate HELP Committee held this bipartisan hearing to examine the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) as a model of retirement-system solvency, and to hear proposals for increasing its administrative funding. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help020526 5246 2026-02-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3379562026-02-04 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337956 Judiciary Committee votes on U.S. Attorney nominees and fraud, espionage, and CSAM bills The Senate Judiciary Committee met to consider three U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary020526 3361 2026-02-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3379572026-02-05 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337957 Hearings to examine the Financial Stability Oversight Council's Annual Report to Congress The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee held this hearing to examine the Financial Stability Oversight Council's (FSOC) 2025 Annual Report to Congress, delivered by Treasury Secretary and FSOC Chair Scott Bessent. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=banking&filename=banking020526 9224 2026-02-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189002026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/EJ5ajoWn7fA/hqdefault.jpg Legislative hearing on bird art, big cat, and Yellowstone fish bills The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries met to consider four bills: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/EJ5ajoWn7fA 5089 2026-02-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189032026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/YTSYVpJd10U/hqdefault.jpg Full Committee Markup The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology met to mark up HR 7273, the NASA Reauthorization Act of 2026, a bipartisan bill addressing lunar and Mars exploration, commercial space partnerships, science and aeronautics programs, and workforce development. https://www.youtube.com/embed/YTSYVpJd10U 12558 2026-02-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189202026-05-13 https://img.youtube.com/vi/9slGW9vNME4/hqdefault.jpg Digital G.I. Bill Undelivered: Contracting Challenges and the Need for Acquisition Reform The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittees on Technology Modernization and Economic Opportunity held this joint hearing to examine why the Digital GI Bill (DGIB) program, awarded in 2021, has more than doubled in cost and contributed to fall 2025 payment delays for Chapter 35 beneficiaries. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9slGW9vNME4 7956 2026-02-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189222026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/AqWrBfk0Ofc/hqdefault.jpg Runaway College Spending Meets the Working Families Tax Cuts The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development held this hearing to examine rising college costs and the effects of the recently passed reconciliation law (the "Working Families Tax Cut," also called HR1), which simplified student loan repayment plans, capped graduate and professional student borrowing, and tied federal loan eligibility to post-graduate earnings outcomes. https://www.youtube.com/embed/AqWrBfk0Ofc 8312 2026-02-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189232026-03-17 https://img.youtube.com/vi/vLHJJ_wjADU/hqdefault.jpg Europe’s Threat to American Speech and Innovation: Part II The House Judiciary Committee held this second hearing on European digital regulation, examining claims that the EU's Digital Services Act and national hate-speech laws are pressuring US platforms to censor American speech, with witnesses describing arrests and prosecutions in the UK and Finland over online statements. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vLHJJ_wjADU 11767 2026-02-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189242026-06-12 https://img.youtube.com/vi/jjjAVTTwAMU/hqdefault.jpg Evaluating FirstNet: Performance, Accountability, and Reauthorization The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held a legislative hearing on a bipartisan discussion draft to reauthorize the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet), whose statutory authority expires in early 2027. https://www.youtube.com/embed/jjjAVTTwAMU 11658 2026-02-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189252026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/yTMIc8HWQLM/hqdefault.jpg The Annual Report of the Financial Stability Oversight Council The House Financial Services Committee held its annual hearing on the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), examining the council's 2025 annual report under Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who chairs FSOC. https://www.youtube.com/embed/yTMIc8HWQLM 13324 2026-02-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189262026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ldvwpFXpmTQ/hqdefault.jpg Defending Religious Freedom Around the World The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, joined by the Western Hemisphere subcommittee, held this hearing to examine the state of religious freedom worldwide, focusing on China's crackdown on house churches, violence against Christians and other minorities in Nigeria, and repression of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ldvwpFXpmTQ 6120 2026-02-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189292026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/BnCbSl5Xl7U/hqdefault.jpg A New Day at the SEC: Restoring Accountability, Due Process, and Public Confidence The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets held this hearing to examine whether the SEC under Chairman Paul Atkins is restoring due process, transparency, and public confidence after years of what Republicans characterized as "regulation by enforcement" under former Chair Gary Gensler. https://www.youtube.com/embed/BnCbSl5Xl7U 5784 2026-02-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189362026-04-01 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Y9kE4PyUZO4/hqdefault.jpg House Oversight markup of ten federal procurement and workforce reform bills The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a markup to consider ten bills covering federal IT and cybersecurity procurement, supply chain security, workforce management, and election mail tracking, plus a bloc of postal-naming measures. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y9kE4PyUZO4 19038 2026-02-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189372026-07-28 https://img.youtube.com/vi/G2eqsf8drZQ/hqdefault.jpg Markup of 5 Bills The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy met to mark up five bipartisan bills addressing physical and cybersecurity threats to the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/G2eqsf8drZQ 3569 2026-02-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3379472026-02-03 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337947 Hearings to examine veteran health and healing through adaptive sports The Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs held this hearing ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics to examine how adaptive sports programs support disabled veterans' physical and mental health, and to review several pending bills on adaptive vehicles, home modifications, and prosthetics access. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=vetaff&filename=vetaff020426 6174 2026-02-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3379482026-02-03 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337948 Senate votes to disapprove D.C. income and franchise tax conformity act The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a business meeting to mark up S.J.Res.102 and H.J.Res.142, resolutions disapproving the D.C. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=govtaff&filename=govtaff020426 1558 2026-02-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3379492026-02-04 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337949 Confirmation hearing for ATF director and four district judge nominees The Senate Judiciary Committee met to consider five nominations from President Trump: Robert Cekada to be Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and four district court nominees — Andrew Davis and Christopher Wolfe (both Western District of Texas), Anna St. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary020426 8440 2026-02-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3379502026-02-03 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337950 Hearings to examine identifying and addressing cybersecurity challenges to protect America's water infrastructure The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held this hearing to examine the cybersecurity challenges facing the nation's roughly 170,000 drinking water and wastewater utilities, particularly small and rural systems, and to identify federal and state opportunities to strengthen their defenses. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=epw&filename=epw020426 5756 2026-02-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3379512026-02-03 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337951 Senate hearing on Indian Health Service purchased/referred care and land transfer bills The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs met to receive testimony on three bills: S.2098, authorizing conveyance of IHS-owned land in Anchorage to the Southcentral Foundation; S.1055, the Indian Health Service Emergency Claims Parity Act, extending the emergency notification window for purchased/referred care (PRC) claims from 72 hours to 15 days; and S.699, the PRC Improvement Act, addressing patient liability and reimbursement for PRC billing. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=indian&filename=indian020426 6106 2026-02-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3379522026-02-03 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337952 Hearings to examine the future of self-driving cars The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held this hearing to examine the future of self-driving cars and whether Congress should establish a national regulatory framework for autonomous vehicles (AVs), potentially as part of a surface transportation reauthorization bill. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce020426 9039 2026-02-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3379532026-02-03 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337953 Hearings to examine fighting fraud in Minnesota and beyond The Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Sen. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary020426 8440 2026-02-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3379542026-02-03 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337954 Hearings to examine European energy security The Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation held this hearing to examine Europe's progress reducing dependence on Russian energy since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and what further steps the U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign020426 6723 2026-02-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3379602026-02-03 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337960 Business meeting to advance 12 public lands, wildfire, and 9-1-1 bills The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a business meeting to consider and vote on 12 pending bills noticed to members on January 30, covering topics including Utah road access, wildfire response, National Park 9-1-1 upgrades, Big Cypress National Preserve wilderness designation, and several land transfers and historic-site designations. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=energy&filename=energy020426 2828 2026-02-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188352026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/MPxsQKyfm-A/hqdefault.jpg Frontline Defenders: How the Coast Guard’s Deployable Specialized Forces Combat Narcoterrorists and other Maritime Threats on the High Seas The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security convened to examine the Coast Guard's deployable specialized forces (DSF) — elite units handling drug interdiction, counterterrorism, and high-risk boardings — including recent boardings of sanctioned oil tankers off Venezuela and record fiscal year 2025 drug seizures. https://www.youtube.com/embed/MPxsQKyfm-A 2727 2026-02-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188982026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/V5yEmYPhQ84/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Hearing on: “Making Federal Economic Development Programs Work in Indian Country The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs held this oversight hearing to examine whether federal economic development authorities — spread across multiple agencies and statutes — are actually working for tribes, or instead creating duplicative, slow, and inaccessible bureaucratic barriers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/V5yEmYPhQ84 6098 2026-02-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189072026-05-11 https://img.youtube.com/vi/nhCCf3kFFLE/hqdefault.jpg Legislative hearing on nine veterans benefits, burial, and appeals bills The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs met to consider nine bills covering survivor benefits, ALS and radiation-exposure presumptions, Pentagon 9/11 toxic exposure coverage, burial allowance parity, cemetery expansion and reporting, disability-exam fraud, and Board of Veterans Appeals transparency. https://www.youtube.com/embed/nhCCf3kFFLE 10321 2026-02-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189082026-03-20 https://img.youtube.com/vi/tuUWyrP9UIk/hqdefault.jpg Building an AI-Ready America: Adopting AI at Work The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions held this hearing to examine how employers are adopting artificial intelligence, what protections workers need as AI use spreads, and what federal data infrastructure exists to track AI's effects on jobs. https://www.youtube.com/embed/tuUWyrP9UIk 5611 2026-02-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189122026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Ia1zwyM_wbs/hqdefault.jpg U.S. Policy Toward Lebanon: Obstacles to Dismantling Hezbollah’s Grip on Power The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa held this hearing to examine obstacles to disarming Hezbollah and consolidating Lebanese state authority following the November 2024 Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ia1zwyM_wbs 5028 2026-02-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189132026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/dad2-ke1rPk/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Hearing titled: “Fix Our Forests: The Need for Urgent Action One Year After the L.A. Wildfires The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands held this oversight hearing to examine wildfire prevention and resilience one year after the January 2025 Los Angeles fires, which killed 31 people and caused an estimated $131 billion in losses [0:22:31]. https://www.youtube.com/embed/dad2-ke1rPk 8129 2026-02-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189142026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/TO15BcszK_U/hqdefault.jpg U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Inspector General The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies convened this hearing on the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TO15BcszK_U 7186 2026-02-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189172026-06-01 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZNSV2mWZf5A/hqdefault.jpg Common Schemes, Real Harm: Examining Fraud in Medicare and Medicaid The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held this hearing to examine common fraud schemes in Medicare and Medicaid, including durable medical equipment (DME) scams, skin substitute billing, home and community-based services, and non-emergency medical transportation fraud. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZNSV2mWZf5A 10744 2026-02-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189302026-07-28 https://img.youtube.com/vi/BjUD-JoEH0I/hqdefault.jpg Oversight of FERC: Advancing Affordable and Reliable Energy for All Americans This House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy hearing brought all five FERC Commissioners before Congress to testify on the agency's efforts to ensure reliable and affordable electricity amid surging demand from data centers and AI, following closely on the heels of Winter Storm Fern, which knocked out power to over a million homes across the Southeast and Northeast [0:17:33, 0:21:51]. https://www.youtube.com/embed/BjUD-JoEH0I 16060 2026-02-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1189322026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/DA3tbUtF6Nc/hqdefault.jpg Markup of a balanced budget amendment and a women's sports eligibility bill The House Judiciary Committee resumed a markup session to complete work on two measures: H.J. https://www.youtube.com/embed/DA3tbUtF6Nc 26246 2026-02-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3378602026-02-02 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337860 Hearings to examine hidden facts regarding Nazis and Swiss banks The Senate Judiciary Committee held this bipartisan hearing to receive an interim update on the ongoing investigation into Credit Suisse's historical servicing of Nazi-linked accounts, an inquiry Chairman Grassley and Sen. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary020326 7283 2026-02-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3379402026-02-02 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337940 Hearings to examine modernizing the National Institutes of Health, focusing on faster discoveries and more cures The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee convened this hearing to examine NIH Director Dr. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help020326 7769 2026-02-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3379412026-02-02 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337941 Hearings to examine the competitive impact of the proposed Netflix-Warner Brothers transaction The Senate Judiciary Committee held this bipartisan hearing to receive an interim update on the ongoing investigation into Credit Suisse's historical servicing of Nazi-linked accounts, an inquiry Chairman Grassley and Sen. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary020326 7283 2026-02-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3379452026-02-03 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337945 Commerce Committee markup: nominations and satellite licensing bill The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee met to consider a slate of pending nominations and several bills, most notably the SAT Streamlining Act to expedite FCC processing of satellite and space license applications. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce020326 3256 2026-02-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3379462026-02-02 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337946 Hearings to examine countering terrorism in North Africa, focusing on opportunities and challenges The Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism held this hearing to examine counterterrorism cooperation with North African nations (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt), assessing both progress against groups like ISIS and al-Qaeda affiliates and spillover risks from Sahel-based terrorism. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign020326 6916 2026-02-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188392026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/gIMmKk7NVQo/hqdefault.jpg House Rules markup on appropriations, D.C. tax veto, contempt resolutions, mining bill The House Rules Committee met to set the terms of floor debate for several items: a continuing resolution/appropriations package (including the Senate amendments to H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gIMmKk7NVQo 18566 2026-02-02 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3379002026-01-28 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337900 Hearings to examine assessing Coast Guard force laydown on the heels of historic investment The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries convened to examine how the Coast Guard is translating the roughly $25 billion in historic investment from last year's budget reconciliation bill into operational capability, including new icebreakers, cutters, aircraft, and workforce growth. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce012926 6352 2026-01-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3379212026-01-28 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337921 Hearings to examine the nomination of Lieutenant General Joshua M. Rudd, USA, to be Director of the National Security Agency The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence convened this hearing to consider the nomination of Lieutenant General Joshua M. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=intel&filename=intel012926 5682 2026-01-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3379372026-01-28 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337937 Hearings to examine truth in drug labeling The Senate Special Committee on Aging held this hearing to examine proposed "truth in labeling" requirements for prescription drugs, building on a series of earlier committee hearings and a report on U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=aging&filename=aging012926 6648 2026-01-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3378622026-01-27 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337862 Hearings to examine improving the Federal environmental review and permitting process, part 2 The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held this hearing to press for bipartisan federal permitting and environmental review reform, hearing from business, labor, oil and gas, solar, and state energy witnesses about the economic costs of delay and permitting instability. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=epw&filename=epw012826 8204 2026-01-28 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3379262026-01-27 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337926 Hearings to examine educational choice in America The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee held this hearing during National School Choice Week to examine school choice, vouchers, and education savings account (ESA) programs and their effects on students, families, and public schools. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help012826 6615 2026-01-28 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3379282026-01-27 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337928 Hearings to examine the Department's cyber force generation plan and the associated implementation plan The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Cybersecurity held this hearing to examine the Department of War's cyber force generation plan, known as Cyber Command 2.0, and its associated implementation plan. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA012826 5208 2026-01-28 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3379292026-01-27 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337929 Hearings to examine a 21st century VA health care system, focusing on efforts to restructure the Veterans Health Administration The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee held this hearing, the first of two planned this month, to examine the Department of Veterans Affairs' newly announced RISE plan to restructure the Veterans Health Administration — described as the most significant reorganization of VA health care since the 1990s. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=vetaff&filename=vetaff012826 7962 2026-01-28 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3379302026-01-27 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337930 Hearings to examine the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and executive accountability The Senate Judiciary Committee held this hearing to examine Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which is set to expire in roughly three months, and to weigh its national security value against concerns about warrantless "backdoor" searches of Americans' communications. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary012826 6477 2026-01-28 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3379322026-01-27 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337932 Hearings to examine one year after disaster, focusing on the Palisades fire The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations held this hearing to examine what happened before and during the January 2025 Palisades fire, focusing on whether pre-fire decisions by Los Angeles city and fire department leadership turned a manageable wildfire into a catastrophic disaster. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=govtaff&filename=govtaff012826 6528 2026-01-28 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3379332026-01-27 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337933 Hearings to examine Title II of the draft of the Native Children's Commission Implementation Act, focusing on justice and safety for native children The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs held a legislative hearing to examine Title II of Chair Murkowski's discussion draft of the Native Children's Commission Implementation Act, which addresses justice and safety for Native children, youth, and families. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=indian&filename=indian012826 6784 2026-01-28 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3379342026-01-27 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337934 Hearings to examine U.S. policy towards Venezuela The Senate Foreign Relations Committee convened this hearing (January 28, 2026) for testimony from Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Operation Absolute Resolve, the U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign012826 11053 2026-01-28 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3379352026-01-27 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337935 Hearings to examine the live entertainment industry The Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications convened this hearing to examine reauthorization of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet), the dedicated public safety broadband network established after 9/11, ahead of its authority sunsetting in February. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce012826 6179 2026-01-28 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187462026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ICVvKvOpU-A/hqdefault.jpg Smarter Borders, Safer Nation: Expanding the Use of Non-Intrusive Inspection Technology The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement held this hearing to examine U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ICVvKvOpU-A 8550 2026-01-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187632026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/HI5Kt_WxcM0/hqdefault.jpg Markup of Mexican wolf delisting and seven other public lands bills The House Natural Resources Committee met to mark up eight bills, including a contested measure to delist the Mexican gray wolf from Endangered Species Act protections (H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/HI5Kt_WxcM0 7721 2026-01-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188302026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/0B5Na6-z9ew/hqdefault.jpg Oversight hearing titled “Deep Dive: Examining the Regulatory and Statutory Barriers to Deep Sea Mining The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held this oversight hearing to examine regulatory and statutory barriers to deep sea mining, focusing on permitting reform following President Trump's April 2025 executive order on offshore critical minerals. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0B5Na6-z9ew 7567 2026-01-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188372026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/e932Up58ZME/hqdefault.jpg Full Committee Hearing, “Oversight of the Government Publishing Office in the Digital-First Era The House Administration Committee held its first full-committee oversight hearing on the Government Publishing Office (GPO) since 2020, examining the agency's ongoing work, its shift from print to digital services, and what statutory reforms may be needed. https://www.youtube.com/embed/e932Up58ZME 3347 2026-01-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188682026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/AskMxx3zJ1k/hqdefault.jpg Advancing Peace in DRC and Rwanda through President Trump’s Washington Accords The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa held this hearing to examine progress and setbacks since the December 4, 2025 signing of the Washington Accords between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda. https://www.youtube.com/embed/AskMxx3zJ1k 5061 2026-01-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188782026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/MR-YpbXBpTk/hqdefault.jpg Assessing U.S. Leadership in Quantum Science and Technology The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee held this hearing to examine federal quantum science and technology programs at NIST, NSF, NASA, and DOE, and to gather input for a bipartisan reauthorization of the National Quantum Initiative Act. https://www.youtube.com/embed/MR-YpbXBpTk 11771 2026-01-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188802026-03-06 https://img.youtube.com/vi/YxqfPkSYdg0/hqdefault.jpg Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Mine Safety and Health Administration The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections held this oversight hearing to examine the Mine Safety and Health Administration's policies and priorities under Assistant Secretary Wayne Palmer, the first MSHA head to testify before the committee in six and a half years. https://www.youtube.com/embed/YxqfPkSYdg0 7494 2026-01-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188812026-04-13 https://img.youtube.com/vi/EdHfPqCTOgs/hqdefault.jpg Oversight of the Office of Special Counsel Jack Smith The House Judiciary Committee held an oversight hearing to question former Special Counsel Jack Smith about his investigations and 2023-2024 prosecutions of Donald Trump for efforts to overturn the 2020 election and for retaining classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. https://www.youtube.com/embed/EdHfPqCTOgs 19642 2026-01-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188822026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/7XnfqzbYmwU/hqdefault.jpg Community Care Network Next Generation: One Trillion Dollars of Oversight The House Veterans' Affairs Committee held this hearing to conduct initial oversight of the Community Care Network (CCN) NextGen procurement, a proposed 10-year, roughly $700 billion–$1 trillion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract that will replace VA's current community care network administrators. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7XnfqzbYmwU 13046 2026-01-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188832026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/AQ1OEz-5U7w/hqdefault.jpg Local Ownership, National Brands: How Franchising is a Pathway to Entrepreneurship The House Small Business Committee held this hearing to examine the franchise business model as a pathway to entrepreneurship, featuring testimony from four franchise owners on topics including the 2025 tax law, tariffs, health care costs, and the proposed bipartisan American Franchise Act's joint employer standard. https://www.youtube.com/embed/AQ1OEz-5U7w 7772 2026-01-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188842026-03-31 https://img.youtube.com/vi/xjVeaD0Cv1c/hqdefault.jpg Housing Affordability: Saving the American Dream The House Oversight Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs held this hearing to examine causes of and solutions to the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xjVeaD0Cv1c 5667 2026-01-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188872026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/xBpGgfYHp9k/hqdefault.jpg Full Committee Hearing with Health Insurance CEOs The House Ways and Means Committee convened this hearing to question the chief executives of major health insurers about the drivers of rising health insurance premiums, deductibles, and denials, and to examine consolidation, prior authorization, and Medicare Advantage practices. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xBpGgfYHp9k 19071 2026-01-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188902026-07-30 https://img.youtube.com/vi/NKX4xH8aBxg/hqdefault.jpg Lowering Health Care Costs for All Americans: An Examination of Health Insurance Affordability The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health convened this hearing to question the CEOs of five major health insurance companies — UnitedHealth Group, CVS Health, Elevance Health, Cigna, and Ascendiun (parent of Blue Shield of California) — about rising health insurance costs following the expiration of enhanced ACA premium tax credits and the "Big Beautiful Bill's" Medicaid cuts. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NKX4xH8aBxg 14070 2026-01-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188952026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/IaNhT1Ka2pQ/hqdefault.jpg Various Measures The House Financial Services Committee met to markup six bills: HR 7128 (TRIA reauthorization), HRES 1007 (AI in financial services/housing resolution), HR 7056 (Community Bank Regulatory Tailoring Act), HR 5877 (Combating Money Laundering and Cyber Crime Act), HR 1799 (Financial Reporting Threshold Modernization Act), HR 6967 (Public Company Advisory Committee Act), and HR 7085 (repeal of conflict minerals disclosure). https://www.youtube.com/embed/IaNhT1Ka2pQ 21060 2026-01-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188962026-04-01 https://img.youtube.com/vi/TBEH0fRMrNw/hqdefault.jpg Smarter Spending, Stronger Results: Reducing Duplication and Ensuring Effectiveness Through Economic Development Reforms The House Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management held this hearing to examine coordination and effectiveness among the Economic Development Administration (EDA) and six regional economic development commissions following their 2024 reauthorization under the Thomas R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TBEH0fRMrNw 10464 2026-01-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188972026-07-28 https://img.youtube.com/vi/77X1oa0zC5s/hqdefault.jpg Discussion draft to modernize TOSCA chemical safety law The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment held this hearing to examine a Republican discussion draft that would reauthorize EPA's Toxic Substances Control Act (TOSCA) user fees for ten years and make targeted changes to how EPA reviews new and existing chemicals under the 2016 Lautenberg Amendments. https://www.youtube.com/embed/77X1oa0zC5s 9532 2026-01-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187742026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/HrXa8ThdqfQ/hqdefault.jpg Oversight hearing on "America First: U.S. Leadership & National Security in International Conservation The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held this hearing to examine how wildlife trafficking, illegal logging, and illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing generate revenue for cartels, Chinese-linked criminal networks, and adversary states, and to consider policy responses under an "America First" framing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/HrXa8ThdqfQ 5422 2026-01-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188272026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ALC8Tm18O3E/hqdefault.jpg Committee markup of five transportation and infrastructure bills The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure met to mark up five bills: HR 7084 (Defending American Property Abroad Act), HR 6744 (Military Air Traffic Control Transition Act), HR 6618 (Wildfire Aerial Response Safety Act), HR 2247 (Pilot Certificate Accessibility Act), and HR 2474 (Expanding Appalachia's Broadband Access Act). https://www.youtube.com/embed/ALC8Tm18O3E 5148 2026-01-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188282026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ouJbh905VuU/hqdefault.jpg Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security: CISA, TSA, S&T The House Homeland Security Committee held this oversight hearing to review the FY2026 priorities of three DHS components — CISA, TSA, and the Science & Technology Directorate — including workforce cuts, cybersecurity readiness, aviation security funding, and preparations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, America 250, and 2028 LA Olympics. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ouJbh905VuU 10678 2026-01-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188322026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/DB8Nzk8wmFM/hqdefault.jpg Oversight hearing titled "“EXPLORE America250: Celebrating One Year of the Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences Act The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands held an oversight hearing marking one year since enactment of the EXPLORE Act, a bipartisan law expanding outdoor recreation access on federal lands. https://www.youtube.com/embed/DB8Nzk8wmFM 6826 2026-01-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188672026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/TEUtakLGkRs/hqdefault.jpg Reverse the Curse: Skyrocketing Health Care Costs and America's Fiscal Future The House Budget Committee held this hearing to examine why U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TEUtakLGkRs 12791 2026-01-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188692026-05-05 https://img.youtube.com/vi/lLWUjWZ1MNg/hqdefault.jpg House VA subcommittee reviews a dozen veteran benefits and housing bills The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity held a legislative hearing to take testimony from the Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Labor, and outside witnesses on twelve bills and discussion drafts covering adaptive-vehicle payment delays, veteran suicide prevention during transition, flight-training GI Bill benefits, semiconductor and energy-sector employment programs, transcript withholding, VA home-loan reporting, and veteran homelessness services. https://www.youtube.com/embed/lLWUjWZ1MNg 7647 2026-01-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188702026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/kIJmBPvbdsU/hqdefault.jpg Empowering Rural America Through Investment in Innovation The House Small Business Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Supply Chains held this hearing to examine how the rapid expansion of AI-driven data centers into rural communities affects small businesses, workforce development, energy costs, and water resources. https://www.youtube.com/embed/kIJmBPvbdsU 6069 2026-01-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188712026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/CJqvBDwjylw/hqdefault.jpg When Public Funds Are Abused: Addressing Fraud and the Theft of Taxpayer Dollars The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance held this hearing to examine large-scale fraud in Minnesota's state-administered, federally funded programs — including child care assistance, autism services, and the Feeding Our Future nutrition program — and to consider what safeguards could prevent similar fraud nationwide. https://www.youtube.com/embed/CJqvBDwjylw 7809 2026-01-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188722026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/gN6zBpqaclM/hqdefault.jpg Oversight of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Housing Administration The House Financial Services Committee held this oversight hearing to examine HUD's operations, budget, and policy direction one year into Secretary Scott Turner's tenure, including staffing cuts, fair housing enforcement, disaster recovery, homelessness policy, and the bipartisan Housing for the 21st Century Act. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gN6zBpqaclM 18462 2026-01-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188752026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/3J0q3nd6C3Q/hqdefault.jpg Embedded Threats: Foreign Ownership, Hidden Hardware, and Licensing Failures in America’s Transportation Systems The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight held this hearing to examine foreign (primarily Chinese) ownership and hardware embedded in US transportation infrastructure — from toll systems and LiDAR sensors to port cranes — alongside separate concerns about commercial driver's license (CDL) issuance and English-proficiency enforcement tied to fatal truck crashes. https://www.youtube.com/embed/3J0q3nd6C3Q 7549 2026-01-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188762026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Kx8NbMLq0bQ/hqdefault.jpg Various Measures The House Foreign Affairs Committee met to mark up ten measures, ranging from State Department transparency and embassy construction requirements to a resolution honoring the Dalai Lama, a Caribbean security authorization, and two artificial-intelligence bills addressing China's AI capabilities and export controls on advanced AI chips. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Kx8NbMLq0bQ 13384 2026-01-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188772026-04-16 https://img.youtube.com/vi/UegJmaWA2Q4/hqdefault.jpg House Oversight votes to hold Bill and Hillary Clinton in contempt over Epstein subpoenas The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a markup to consider two resolutions recommending that the full House find former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with depositions subpoenaed as part of the committee's investigation into the federal government's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell cases. https://www.youtube.com/embed/UegJmaWA2Q4 20721 2026-01-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188792026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/c2QSLRxvB9c/hqdefault.jpg Strengthening the Child Support Enforcement Program: Status, Challenges, and Opportunities for Modernization The Ways and Means Subcommittee on Work and Welfare held this hearing — only the second on child support enforcement since 2012 — to examine the program's status and opportunities for modernization nearly 30 years after the 1996 welfare reform law. https://www.youtube.com/embed/c2QSLRxvB9c 5637 2026-01-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188882026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/-OhsxQPRiDI/hqdefault.jpg Markup of charter school funding bills and a boxing reform act The House Education and Workforce Committee convened this markup to consider three bills: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-OhsxQPRiDI 15796 2026-01-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188892026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/WzWJWzTo5K8/hqdefault.jpg H.R. 7148 – Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026; H.R. 7147 – Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026 The House Rules Committee met to set the terms of floor debate for H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/WzWJWzTo5K8 15578 2026-01-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188922026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ib7RzO0g9L4/hqdefault.jpg Markup of 11 Bills The full House Energy and Commerce Committee met to mark up 11 bills, including seven Republican-backed changes to Clean Air Act permitting and air-quality standards, several bipartisan public safety communications bills, and a hydropower licensing extension bill. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ib7RzO0g9L4 20966 2026-01-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188862026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/UrthgGdnHEY/hqdefault.jpg House Rules Committee sets floor rules for pregnancy-related and Minnesota mining bills The House Rules Committee met to set the terms of floor debate for three measures: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/UrthgGdnHEY 10404 2026-01-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188662026-04-07 https://img.youtube.com/vi/F__cArJjKLs/hqdefault.jpg Subcommittee Markup of Six Bills The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology met to mark up six bipartisan bills aimed at modernizing public safety communications, including Next Generation 911 deployment, wireless emergency alerts, outage reporting, and FirstNet oversight. https://www.youtube.com/embed/F__cArJjKLs 2138 2026-01-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3378712026-01-14 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337871 Committee markup of four bipartisan health bills, including lung cancer research and infant formula safety The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee held a business meeting to consider and vote on four bipartisan bills: S.1157 (Women and Lung Cancer Research and Preventive Services Act), S.921 (Tyler's Law) on fentanyl testing in emergency departments, S.2169 (Rural Hospital Cybersecurity Enhancement Act), and S.272 (Protect Infant Formula from Contamination Act). https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help011526 2102 2026-01-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3378722026-01-14 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337872 Nominations for SOUTHCOM commander and Cyber Command/NSA director The Senate Armed Services Committee met to consider two military nominations: Lieutenant General Joshua M. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA011526 8966 2026-01-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3378732026-01-14 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337873 Judiciary Committee advances 13 nominees and the CLEAR Act The Senate Judiciary Committee held a business meeting to consider 13 executive and judicial nominations, including Daniel E. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary011526 3924 2026-01-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3378742026-01-14 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337874 Hearings to examine the impact of technology on America's youth The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held this hearing to examine how smartphones, social media, AI chatbots, and educational technology are affecting children's mental health, cognitive development, and academic performance. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce011526 8748 2026-01-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187892026-03-31 https://img.youtube.com/vi/bmXVAeLbVgw/hqdefault.jpg Legislative hearing on five federal lands and wildfire bills The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands met to consider five bills: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/bmXVAeLbVgw 7402 2026-01-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188032026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/D4Q6nyQ_tK8/hqdefault.jpg Assessing America's AI Action Plan The House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Research and Technology held this hearing to review implementation of the Trump administration's "Winning the AI Race" AI Action Plan, released in July, and to question OSTP Director Michael Kratsios on innovation, infrastructure, and international security policy six months into execution. https://www.youtube.com/embed/D4Q6nyQ_tK8 9460 2026-01-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188102026-03-10 https://img.youtube.com/vi/zcZBlhuNXwM/hqdefault.jpg Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Member Day The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee held its annual "Member Day" hearing on January 14, 2026, inviting more than 30 non-committee members from both parties to testify about transportation, water resources, and infrastructure priorities for their districts ahead of the committee's planned surface transportation reauthorization and Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) 2026. https://www.youtube.com/embed/zcZBlhuNXwM 13199 2026-01-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188142026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/mkAYpnqRleM/hqdefault.jpg Winning the AI Arms Race Against the Chinese Communist Party The House Foreign Affairs Committee convened this hearing to examine the export of advanced AI chips — particularly Nvidia's H200 — to China and its implications for US-China military and economic competition. https://www.youtube.com/embed/mkAYpnqRleM 11888 2026-01-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188172026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/06z9ghyvQ00/hqdefault.jpg Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Protecting the U.S. Stone Slab Industry from Lawfare The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet held this hearing to examine H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/06z9ghyvQ00 8537 2026-01-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188182026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/0S1FZGMbE0s/hqdefault.jpg Evaluating the Operations of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) The House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions held its annual oversight hearing on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), examining implementation of the inbound review process and the newly enacted outbound investment security program under the Coins Act. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0S1FZGMbE0s 7332 2026-01-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188192026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/RM0aq5ynUiQ/hqdefault.jpg Building an AI-Ready America The House Committee on Education and Workforce held this hearing to examine how artificial intelligence is reshaping K-12 and higher education, hiring practices, and the broader labor market, and what federal role — if any — is warranted in setting guardrails. https://www.youtube.com/embed/RM0aq5ynUiQ 10515 2026-01-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188202026-04-30 https://img.youtube.com/vi/WrnEW8OofQ4/hqdefault.jpg Reevaluating the Rating Schedule: Examining VA’s Efforts to Modernize Disability Benefits The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs held this hearing to examine the Department of Veterans Affairs' progress modernizing the VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD), the framework — largely unchanged since 1945 — used to determine veterans' disability ratings and compensation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/WrnEW8OofQ4 7603 2026-01-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188212026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/WaheD4GuUCw/hqdefault.jpg Task Force on Monetary Policy, Treasury Market Resilience, and Economic Prosperity: Striking the Right Balance Sheet The House Financial Services Task Force on Monetary Policy, Treasury Market Resilience, and Economic Prosperity held this hearing to examine the size and composition of the Federal Reserve's balance sheet, the shift from scarce to ample reserve regimes, and quantitative easing's costs and benefits. https://www.youtube.com/embed/WaheD4GuUCw 6995 2026-01-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188222026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/2NnfSYua7wg/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Hearing on: "Implementation of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2024 The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs held this oversight hearing to examine how the Departments of Interior and State are implementing the Compact of Free Association (COFA) Amendments Act of 2024, one year after its renewal, including delivery of economic assistance, VA veterans' benefits, and defense/security commitments to the Freely Associated States (FAS) — Palau, the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2NnfSYua7wg 8321 2026-01-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188232026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/GI9wY6XHRJI/hqdefault.jpg Full Committee Markup of Various Measures The House Administration Committee held a markup to consider H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/GI9wY6XHRJI 6237 2026-01-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188252026-05-15 https://img.youtube.com/vi/AGHmKEhfZX8/hqdefault.jpg Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held its first FCC oversight hearing of the 119th Congress to examine FCC Chairman Brendan Carr's first year in office, alongside Commissioners Anna Gomez and Olivia Trusty. https://www.youtube.com/embed/AGHmKEhfZX8 12995 2026-01-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188652026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/9FbMeNckbjM/hqdefault.jpg H.R. 6956, H.R. 6903, H.R. 6431, and H.R. 6945 The House Ways and Means Committee held a markup to consider four bills: the Barcode Efficiency Act (H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9FbMeNckbjM 19317 2026-01-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3378632026-01-13 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337863 Hearings to examine chemical abortion drugs The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee held its first hearing of the year to examine the safety of mifepristone, the removal of in-person dispensing requirements, and reports of women and girls being coerced into taking abortion pills mailed without medical supervision. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help011426 8176 2026-01-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3378642026-01-13 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337864 Hearings to examine made in China and paid by seniors, focusing on stopping the surge of international scams The Senate Special Committee on Aging held this hearing to examine the surge of international scams, many rooted in China, that target older Americans, and to review pending legislation aimed at combating them. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=aging&filename=aging011426 5265 2026-01-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3378662026-01-15 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337866 Hearings to examine growing the small business agricultural economy The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee held this hearing to examine barriers rural community banks and agricultural cooperatives face in accessing SBA loan programs, and to hear from small business owners about the state of the rural agricultural economy. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=smbiz&filename=smbiz011426 5262 2026-01-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3378702026-01-13 https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187912026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/LZkm35vQv68/hqdefault.jpg Defense through Offense: Examining U.S. Cyber Capabilities to Deter and Disrupt Malign Foreign Activity Targeting the Homeland The Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection convened this hearing to examine the state of U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/LZkm35vQv68 6792 2026-01-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188022026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/kOa4oPPhZP8/hqdefault.jpg From Orbit to Operations: How Weather Satellites Support the National Security Mission The House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Environment held this hearing to examine how NOAA's weather satellite programs support national security, focusing on data-sharing partnerships with the Air Force and Navy and on recent changes to NOAA's next-generation GeoXO geostationary satellite program. https://www.youtube.com/embed/kOa4oPPhZP8 6135 2026-01-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188042026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/vKUDUzuz6uc/hqdefault.jpg Who's Watching the Kids? How Employers, Innovators, and Parents are Solving America's Child Care Crunch The Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education held this hearing to examine how private-sector employers are helping address the high cost and limited availability of child care, building on a prior hearing about the Child Care and Development Block Grant. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vKUDUzuz6uc 7228 2026-01-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188062026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ApatWVIJ3J0/hqdefault.jpg Delivering for American Consumers: A Review of FinTech Innovations and Regulations The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence held this hearing to examine whether fintech products — earned wage access (EWA), buy now pay later (BNPL), and digital payments — are benefiting consumers, and to review draft legislation including an Earned Wage Access Consumer Protections Act and a Financial Services Innovation Act creating regulatory sandboxes. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ApatWVIJ3J0 7604 2026-01-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188072026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/KXNUUmElZ8I/hqdefault.jpg Legislative Hearing on the following bill: • H.R. 5745 (Rep. Ezell), “Marine Fisheries Habitat Protection Act The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held a legislative hearing to consider H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/KXNUUmElZ8I 7864 2026-01-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188082026-04-28 https://img.youtube.com/vi/7OyyUl6-JhA/hqdefault.jpg Legislative hearing on twelve veterans health and mental health bills The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health held a legislative hearing to consider twelve bills and discussion drafts addressing veterans' mental health, traumatic brain injury research, opioid safety, rural health care access, and benefits for veterans in the Freely Associated States. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7OyyUl6-JhA 9442 2026-01-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188092026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/6uFGhux0A6k/hqdefault.jpg Drugs, Thugs, and Fish: Examining Coast Guard Law Enforcement Efforts The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation held this hearing to examine the Coast Guard's law enforcement missions — drug and migrant interdiction, illegal/unreported/unregulated (IUU) fishing enforcement, and recent seizures of "dark fleet" tankers — and to review a related GAO report on asset readiness, acquisitions, and staffing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/6uFGhux0A6k 6122 2026-01-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188112026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/fyqibNq4vKM/hqdefault.jpg Maintaining American Innovation and Technology Leadership The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade held this hearing to examine intellectual property protection and digital trade policy, including foreign digital services taxes, content localization mandates, and their effects on American innovators and workers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fyqibNq4vKM 9786 2026-01-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188132026-03-09 https://img.youtube.com/vi/YWJf7jNejBU/hqdefault.jpg Hunting and Fishing Access in the Great American Outdoors The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries held this oversight hearing to examine hunting and fishing access on national wildlife refuges and federal waters, including a new Interior Department secretarial order signed that morning directing federal lands to be open to hunting and fishing unless specifically closed. https://www.youtube.com/embed/YWJf7jNejBU 9348 2026-01-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188152026-03-27 https://img.youtube.com/vi/63TacBnmT3k/hqdefault.jpg Curbing Federal Fraud: Examining Innovative Tools to Detect and Prevent Fraud in Federal Programs The House Oversight Subcommittee on Government Operations held this hearing to examine innovative data analytics and artificial intelligence tools — including the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee's (PRAC) fraud detection systems and Treasury's Do Not Pay system — that can detect and prevent fraud in federal programs before payments are made. https://www.youtube.com/embed/63TacBnmT3k 7005 2026-01-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188162026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/BQ3ia-cBtyc/hqdefault.jpg Examining Legislative Options to Strengthen Motor Vehicle Safety, Ensure Consumer Choice and Affordability, and Cement U.S. Automotive Leadership The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade met to examine a slate of legislative proposals on motor vehicle safety, autonomous vehicles, right to repair, and NHTSA reform, including the REPAIR Act, the Self Drive Act discussion draft, the Motor Vehicle Modernization Act, and several member bills on distracted driving, door latches, and pedestrian safety. https://www.youtube.com/embed/BQ3ia-cBtyc 9269 2026-01-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188262026-07-20 https://img.youtube.com/vi/2GunmXa3HVU/hqdefault.jpg Protecting America’s Energy Infrastructure in Today’s Cyber and Physical Threat Landscape The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy held a legislative hearing to examine a package of bipartisan bills addressing cyber and physical threats to the nation's energy infrastructure, including the Energy Emergency Leadership Act, the Pipeline and LNG Facility Cybersecurity Preparedness Act, the Energy Threat Analysis Center (ITAC) Reauthorization Act, the Rural and Municipal Utility Cybersecurity Reauthorization Act, and the Secure Grid Act. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2GunmXa3HVU 18360 2026-01-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188332026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/NwIbGh6owy0/hqdefault.jpg House Judiciary marks up immigration, retail crime, and litigation funding bills The House Judiciary Committee met in a lengthy markup session to consider seven items: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NwIbGh6owy0 24661 2026-01-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188342026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/QcsO4oisT-k/hqdefault.jpg H.R. 7006 – Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026 The House Rules Committee met to set the terms of debate for H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/QcsO4oisT-k 9011 2026-01-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188292026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/a5R_gDgFVGc/hqdefault.jpg Rules Committee sets floor debate for five labor and retirement bills The House Rules Committee met to set the terms of floor debate for five bills reported by the Education and Workforce Committee: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/a5R_gDgFVGc 5496 2026-01-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187942026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/BWOimt3ZZgU/hqdefault.jpg Chemistry Competitiveness: Fueling Innovation and Streamlining Processes to Ensure Safety and Security The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee held this hearing to examine delays in EPA's Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) chemical review process and their effects on U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/BWOimt3ZZgU 11705 2026-01-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187982026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/NBgslEpL35E/hqdefault.jpg Legislative Proposals to Support Patient Access to Medicare Services The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health met to consider a slate of bipartisan bills affecting Medicare payment policy, including reforms to the clinical laboratory fee schedule, durable medical equipment (DME) reimbursement, home infusion therapy coverage, Medicare Advantage transparency, and a ban on the CMMI "WISER" AI-based prior authorization pilot. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NBgslEpL35E 11065 2026-01-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187992026-03-09 https://img.youtube.com/vi/1rcBATxO4k0/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Hearing titled “Fix Our Forests for Affordable and Reliable Water and Power Supplies The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries held this oversight hearing to examine how decades of federal forest mismanagement and fire suppression have degraded water supplies and power infrastructure across the West, and to press the Senate to act on the House-passed Fix Our Forests Act. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1rcBATxO4k0 6792 2026-01-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188052026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/65whKL3BMM8/hqdefault.jpg House Judiciary markup on bail funds, cash bail, E-Verify, and settlements The House Judiciary Committee met to mark up four bills: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/65whKL3BMM8 17070 2026-01-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188122026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/qIDgJMCjr38/hqdefault.jpg H.R. 6359, the "Pregnant Students' Rights Act"; H.R. 4307, the "Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act The House Education and Workforce Committee met to mark up two bills: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/qIDgJMCjr38 14787 2026-01-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187932026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/t2ukEhdyfwY/hqdefault.jpg Modernizing Retirement Policy for Today's Workforce The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions held this hearing to examine whether defined contribution plans like 401(k)s should offer more lifetime income (annuity-style) payout options as traditional pensions decline. https://www.youtube.com/embed/t2ukEhdyfwY 12425 2026-01-07 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187952026-04-14 https://img.youtube.com/vi/YnL3_bWSt3U/hqdefault.jpg A Voice for Small Business: How the SBA Office of Advocacy is Cutting Red Tape The House Small Business Committee held this hearing to examine the SBA Office of Advocacy's work under Chief Counsel Dr. https://www.youtube.com/embed/YnL3_bWSt3U 11916 2026-01-07 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187962026-03-31 https://img.youtube.com/vi/G6jzT2KTqOM/hqdefault.jpg Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part I The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee convened this hearing (January 7, 2026) to examine allegations that Minnesota lost billions to fraud in social service programs — including child care assistance, "Feeding Our Future" child nutrition, housing stabilization, and autism services — with federal prosecutors estimating losses of at least $9 billion [0:17:49]. https://www.youtube.com/embed/G6jzT2KTqOM 28800 2026-01-07 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187972026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/mY9fNZZLAuw/hqdefault.jpg Full Stream Ahead: Competition and Consumer Choice in Digital Streaming The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust convened this hearing to examine competition and consumer choice in digital streaming, focused on Netflix's proposed $82.7 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. https://www.youtube.com/embed/mY9fNZZLAuw 7947 2026-01-07 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188012026-03-27 https://img.youtube.com/vi/3LeRGEtaGHU/hqdefault.jpg American Energy Dominance: Dawn of the New Nuclear Era The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy held this hearing to examine the state of the US nuclear industry, prospects for rapid deployment of new nuclear technologies, and what further steps Congress and regulators should take following passage of the ADVANCE Act. https://www.youtube.com/embed/3LeRGEtaGHU 17018 2026-01-07 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3378402026-01-06 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337840 Hearings to examine holding rogue judges accountable The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights met to examine whether Chief Judge James Boasberg (D.D.C.) and Judge Deborah Boardman (D. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary010726 10420 2026-01-07 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1188002026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/w1k8IWw23Rg/hqdefault.jpg House Rules Committee sets floor terms for SHOWER Act, housing, and spending bills The House Rules Committee met on January 6, 2026 to set the terms of floor debate for three measures: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/w1k8IWw23Rg 7573 2026-01-06 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186882026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Wg39j5EajOw/hqdefault.jpg House markup approves ten transportation and infrastructure bills The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure held a markup session to consider and vote on ten bills and three resolutions spanning water resources, aviation safety and funding, rail crossing safety, and GSA federal building management, including amendments in the nature of a substitute to several measures. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Wg39j5EajOw 7249 2025-12-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187692026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/D6VPpu2KQ_Q/hqdefault.jpg Research Security: Examining the Implementation of the CHIPS and Science Act and NSPM-33 The House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight held this hearing to examine how the National Science Foundation, NASA, NIH, and the Department of Energy are implementing National Security Presidential Memorandum 33 and the research security provisions of the CHIPS and Science Act. https://www.youtube.com/embed/D6VPpu2KQ_Q 6644 2025-12-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187842026-05-05 https://img.youtube.com/vi/DnnTZ97jM24/hqdefault.jpg Examining the Impact of EPA’s CERCLA Designation for Two PFAS Chemistries and Potential Policy Responses to Superfund Liability Concerns The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment held this hearing to examine how EPA's 2024 decision designating PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances under CERCLA (the Superfund law) affects "passive receivers" — water utilities, property owners, and other parties that did not manufacture or use PFAS but may have received or discharged them — and whether Congress should create new liability protections. https://www.youtube.com/embed/DnnTZ97jM24 9535 2025-12-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187872026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/WA52E8eXHmM/hqdefault.jpg Markup of five child-safety, bail-transparency, and first-responder bills The House Judiciary Committee met to mark up several bills, including measures criminalizing child sextortion and coerced self-harm (HR 6719, HR 6732), closing a Seventh Circuit gap in child sexual abuse material law (HR 6715), creating a presidential medal for law enforcement and first responders killed in the line of duty (HR 3497), and requiring the Attorney General to publish a list of jurisdictions with cashless bail policies for violent offenses (HR 5625). https://www.youtube.com/embed/WA52E8eXHmM 6111 2025-12-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186912026-03-10 https://img.youtube.com/vi/z7a8ninsjAc/hqdefault.jpg Water Resources Development Act of 2026: Stakeholder Priorities The Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment held this hearing as the first in a series ahead of drafting the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2026, hearing from stakeholders about Army Corps of Engineers civil works programs and the value of maintaining a consistent two-year WRDA cycle. https://www.youtube.com/embed/z7a8ninsjAc 11179 2025-12-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187232026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/z29sTcAOmgQ/hqdefault.jpg The Quantum, AI, and Cloud Landscape: Examining Opportunities, Vulnerabilities, and the Future of Cybersecurity The House Homeland Security Subcommittees on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection and on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability held a joint hearing to examine how artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and quantum technologies are reshaping cybersecurity threats and defenses for federal systems and critical infrastructure. https://www.youtube.com/embed/z29sTcAOmgQ 9730 2025-12-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187642025-12-10 https://img.youtube.com/vi/5BI3s3KqFgM/hqdefault.jpg Ensuring Union Leaders Represent Members, Not Agendas The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions held this hearing to examine whether the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) adequately protects union members' rights to vote on leadership, contracts, and strikes, and to access union financial and governance information. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5BI3s3KqFgM 7845 2025-12-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187652026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/nQb8009HEUA/hqdefault.jpg Protecting Consumers and Businesses: Confronting Organized Retail Crime The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance held this hearing to examine the growth of organized retail crime (ORC) and cargo theft and to consider the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act (CORKA), which would create a federal cargo theft and retail crime coordination center. https://www.youtube.com/embed/nQb8009HEUA 6252 2025-12-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187662026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/6EfINOiM5Rc/hqdefault.jpg Task Force on Enhancing Security for Special Events in the United States: “A Scourge Against Humanity: Addressing Human Trafficking at Mass Gatherings The House Homeland Security Task Force on Enhancing Security for Special Events held this hearing to examine human trafficking risks ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, and America's 250th anniversary, and to review prevention and enforcement efforts by law enforcement, survivor advocates, and the hotel industry. https://www.youtube.com/embed/6EfINOiM5Rc 6631 2025-12-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187672026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/afI6qKBfCUc/hqdefault.jpg The Impacts of Temporary Protected Status The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement held this hearing to examine the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program: its expansion under the Biden administration, the Trump administration's terminations of most country designations, and the effects of both on American communities and TPS recipients. https://www.youtube.com/embed/afI6qKBfCUc 8113 2025-12-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187702026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/h41d7JQu2BU/hqdefault.jpg Full Committee Member Day The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a "Member Day" hearing, a recurring format in which non-committee members present legislative proposals within the committee's jurisdiction for the panel's consideration. https://www.youtube.com/embed/h41d7JQu2BU 2377 2025-12-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187762026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/6_KGo6YjsgA/hqdefault.jpg House Natural Resources markup: ESA reform, DC crime bill, tribal leasing The House Natural Resources Committee held a full committee markup to consider four bills: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/6_KGo6YjsgA 15398 2025-12-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187812026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/OhYkjmq40QA/hqdefault.jpg Subcommittee on Modernization and Innovation Hearing: “The Future of Constituent Engagement with Congress The House Administration Subcommittee on Modernization and Innovation held this hearing to examine how artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies could improve how members of Congress communicate with and hear from constituents. https://www.youtube.com/embed/OhYkjmq40QA 5501 2025-12-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3377632025-12-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337763 An oversight hearing to examine the Federal Communications Commission The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held its first FCC oversight hearing since 2020, examining the commission's actions under Chairman Brendan Carr, including spectrum policy, media consolidation, broadband affordability, and cybersecurity following the Salt Typhoon hacking incident. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce121725 10991 2025-12-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3377682025-12-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337768 Hearings to examine FAA's plan for ATC modernization, focusing on evaluating progress, ensuring accountability and results The Senate Commerce Committee convened this oversight hearing to examine the FCC's work over the past year under Chairman Brendan Carr, covering spectrum auction authority, broadband mapping, media ownership rules, and consumer costs. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce121725 10991 2025-12-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3377732025-12-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337773 Senate Indian Affairs Business Meeting and Legislative Hearing on Tribal Land and Leasing Bills The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs held a brief business meeting to advance S.3383, the Unlocking Native Lands and Opportunities for Commerce and Key Economic Developments Act, before immediately convening a legislative hearing on four additional bills: S.236 (99-year leasing authority for the Mashpee Wampanoag and Aquinnah Wampanoag tribes), S.1508 (Utah state court jurisdiction for the Shivwits Band of Paiutes), S.1513 (land-into-trust transfer for the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe), and S.2735 (land-into-trust transfer for the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians). https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=indian&filename=indian121725 5156 2025-12-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3377752025-12-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337775 Senate energy panel marks up 12 public lands and land-management bills The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a business meeting to mark up twelve bills, ranging from a Utah land conveyance and a National Medal of Honor Museum commemorative work to wilderness, land exchange, and wildfire-related measures. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=energy&filename=energy121725 3303 2025-12-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186902026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/8y362qYYguw/hqdefault.jpg Changes in Maritime Technology: Can the Coast Guard Keep Up? The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation held this hearing to examine how the Coast Guard is both adopting autonomous and robotic technologies for its own operations and regulating the growing use of such technologies (and cyber threats) across the commercial maritime industry. https://www.youtube.com/embed/8y362qYYguw 6728 2025-12-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187432026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/L5aDR5gyLJE/hqdefault.jpg Nine bipartisan bills to speed federal geothermal leasing and permitting The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held a legislative hearing on nine bipartisan bills to streamline geothermal leasing, permitting, and royalty rules on federal lands, including proposals for annual lease sales, categorical exclusions from NEPA review, cost-recovery fees, a standardized "Gold Book," and a BLM geothermal ombudsman. https://www.youtube.com/embed/L5aDR5gyLJE 6753 2025-12-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187522025-12-09 https://img.youtube.com/vi/fRXJEaDzuE8/hqdefault.jpg American Resilience: Examining the SBA Disaster Assistance Program The House Small Business Committee held this full-committee hearing to examine the SBA's disaster assistance programs following the October 2024 funding lapse under the Biden-Harris administration, when disaster loan funds ran out for the first time in the program's 70-year history. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fRXJEaDzuE8 11829 2025-12-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187532026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/gnm3CJWsl0c/hqdefault.jpg Anti-American Antitrust: How Foreign Governments Target U.S. Businesses The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust held this hearing to examine whether foreign antitrust regimes — chiefly the European Union's Digital Markets Act and similar laws spreading to South Korea, Brazil, Japan, and Australia — unfairly target American technology companies. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gnm3CJWsl0c 6954 2025-12-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187552026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/PjE_VTFsH-s/hqdefault.jpg Hybrid Warfare in Europe Against U.S. Interests: Moscow and Beijing’s Playbook The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe held this hearing to examine Russian and Chinese hybrid warfare tactics against European nations — including sabotage, cyberattacks, disinformation, drone incursions, and economic coercion — and to assess US policy responses. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PjE_VTFsH-s 4330 2025-12-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187562026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/2poF95Rcth8/hqdefault.jpg Benched: The Crisis in American Youth Sports and Its Cost to Our Future The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education held this hearing to examine why youth sports participation is declining — Chairman Kylie cited a 70% dropout rate by age 13 — and how rising costs and private-equity consolidation of the roughly $40 billion youth sports industry are pricing out families. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2poF95Rcth8 6560 2025-12-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187572026-03-06 https://img.youtube.com/vi/JG-Sh3YJThg/hqdefault.jpg Detrimental Delays: Reviewing Payment Failures in VA’s Education Programs The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity held this hearing to examine why up to 75,000 dependents and survivors receiving Chapter 35 education benefits experienced months-long payment delays after VA's August 2025 migration from its legacy Benefits Delivery Network (BDN) to the new Digital GI Bill (DGIB) system, and why Congress and beneficiaries were not informed for months. https://www.youtube.com/embed/JG-Sh3YJThg 10582 2025-12-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187582026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/PrLwCyT08lo/hqdefault.jpg Partisan and Profitable: The SPLC’s Influence on Federal Civil Rights Policy The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government held this hearing to examine the Southern Poverty Law Center's (SPLC) "hate map" and its influence on federal civil rights policy, law enforcement training, and private-sector platforms. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PrLwCyT08lo 10138 2025-12-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187622026-04-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/kL5-bxgVNIs/hqdefault.jpg Legislative Improvements to Public Safety Communications in the United States The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held this hearing to consider a slate of bipartisan bills addressing public safety communications, including the Next Generation 911 Act, the Emergency Reporting Act, the Kari's Law Reporting Act, the Public Safety Communications Act, and the Mystic Alert Act. https://www.youtube.com/embed/kL5-bxgVNIs 8082 2025-12-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187802026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/4oewYsQeLoo/hqdefault.jpg Various Measures The House Financial Services Committee held a markup session to consider HR 6644 (the Housing for the 21st Century Act), along with several other bills covering eviction notice requirements, HUD whistleblower protections, and securities/capital-markets regulation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4oewYsQeLoo 21565 2025-12-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187832026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Nj4ZI0BHzu4/hqdefault.jpg H.R. 498 – Do No Harm in Medicaid Act; H.R. 3492 – Protect Children's Innocence Act; H.R. 6703 – Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act The House Rules Committee met to set the terms of floor debate for three bills: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Nj4ZI0BHzu4 21034 2025-12-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187862026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Okq1WkRn86Q/hqdefault.jpg The State of American Aviation The Subcommittee on Aviation held its first hearing of the year with FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford, in his first appearance since taking office, to examine the state of American aviation nearly a year after the fatal January 29 midair collision near DCA that killed 67 people. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Okq1WkRn86Q 10344 2025-12-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3377652025-12-15 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337765 Hearings to examine ensuring fair access to banking, focusing on policy levers and legislative solutions The Senate Banking Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection held its first hearing to examine "politically motivated" debanking and to discuss a discussion draft, the Ensuring Fair Access to Banking Act of 2025, alongside long-standing proposals like the SAFER Banking Act for cannabis businesses. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=banking&filename=banking121625 4283 2025-12-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187492026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/pVa7gbsjKBE/hqdefault.jpg Ready, Set, Go-Live: Assessing VA’s EHR Modernization Deployment Readiness The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization held this hearing to assess whether the VA's Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) program is ready for its next deployment phase, with go-lives scheduled at four Michigan medical centers in 117 days. https://www.youtube.com/embed/pVa7gbsjKBE 7444 2025-12-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187772026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/1Ci21apr8XM/hqdefault.jpg Rules Committee sets floor debate for energy, mining, and immigration bills The House Rules Committee met to set the terms of House floor debate for six bills: the SPEED Act (NEPA permitting reform), the Mining Regulatory Clarity Act, the Pet and Livestock Protection Act (gray wolf delisting), the Reliable Power Act and Power Plant Reliability Act (grid/FERC reliability rules), and the Kayla Hamilton Act (unaccompanied-minor vetting). https://www.youtube.com/embed/1Ci21apr8XM 15645 2025-12-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187472026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/cQU5RGmP8PA/hqdefault.jpg Member Day Hearing The House Energy and Commerce Committee held its traditional "Member Day" hearing on December 12, 2025, inviting non-committee members of Congress to testify in five-minute statements about legislation they want the committee to consider. https://www.youtube.com/embed/cQU5RGmP8PA 12999 2025-12-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186672026-03-18 https://img.youtube.com/vi/4SrdkQCacyk/hqdefault.jpg Legislative hearing on wildfire recovery, military housing, broadband, and parks bills The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands held a legislative hearing to consider seven bills, including measures on North Rim wildfire restoration, a Wintergreen, Virginia emergency evacuation route, military housing habitability, broadband permitting reform, and redesignating Chiricahua National Monument as a national park. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4SrdkQCacyk 4746 2025-12-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186892026-04-24 https://img.youtube.com/vi/hVJrmlmhHBU/hqdefault.jpg Cutting Costs, Adding Value: The Future of Federal Property The House Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management held this hearing to review progress on rightsizing the federal real estate portfolio under laws including the Use It Act and the FASTA (Federal Asset Sale and Transfer Act), and to hear from GSA, GAO, and the Public Buildings Reform Board on cost savings, deferred maintenance, and reorganization efforts. https://www.youtube.com/embed/hVJrmlmhHBU 5438 2025-12-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187222026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/UpnIjkUInII/hqdefault.jpg Worldwide Threats to the Homeland The House Homeland Security Committee held its annual worldwide threats hearing to hear from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, NCTC Director Joe Kent, and FBI National Security Branch Operations Director Michael Glasheen on terrorism, cartels, cyber threats, and border security. https://www.youtube.com/embed/UpnIjkUInII 13539 2025-12-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187252026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/TdLkJeBHgWQ/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Hearing on: "Modernizing the Implementation of 638 Contracting at the Indian Health Service The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs held this oversight hearing to examine how the Indian Health Service implements Title I self-determination contracts and Title V self-governance compacts under Public Law 93-638, and to scrutinize IHS's proposed strategic realignment amid inconsistent area-office performance, staffing vacancies, and delayed contract processing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TdLkJeBHgWQ 7419 2025-12-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187272026-04-15 https://img.youtube.com/vi/WIr0SSJEpU4/hqdefault.jpg CFTC Reauthorization: Stakeholder Perspectives The House Agriculture Committee held this full committee hearing to examine reauthorization of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), whose appropriations authorization has lapsed since 2013. https://www.youtube.com/embed/WIr0SSJEpU4 9920 2025-12-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187402026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Fkif6zLmV3I/hqdefault.jpg Oversight of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act The House Judiciary Committee held this oversight hearing to examine the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, particularly Section 702, which is set to expire April 19, 2026, and to consider what reforms—especially a warrant requirement for searches of Americans' data—should accompany reauthorization. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Fkif6zLmV3I 13316 2025-12-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187412026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/QTmoGBps8dM/hqdefault.jpg Right-Sizing the U.S. Bank Capital Framework: A Return to Tailoring, Economic Growth, and Competitiveness The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions held this hearing to examine whether US bank capital requirements should be recalibrated ("right-sized") through tailoring, ahead of an expected revised Basel 3 endgame proposal from banking regulators. https://www.youtube.com/embed/QTmoGBps8dM 7839 2025-12-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187422026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZI0_lidrnbc/hqdefault.jpg Member Day The House Foreign Affairs Committee held a "Member Day" hearing to let representatives who do not sit on the committee pitch bills for the panel's consideration. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZI0_lidrnbc 2564 2025-12-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187452026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/o3ZuajsmX-o/hqdefault.jpg Stopping the Bloodshed: U.S. Response to Crimes Against Humanity in Sudan The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa held this hearing to examine the ongoing civil war in Sudan, including reports of mass atrocities by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), and to press the Trump administration on its diplomatic and humanitarian response. https://www.youtube.com/embed/o3ZuajsmX-o 14549 2025-12-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187592026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/IeD5Q-7FF0U/hqdefault.jpg Markup of four higher education transparency and access bills The House Education and Workforce Committee met to mark up four bills: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/IeD5Q-7FF0U 19433 2025-12-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187612026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/P_wnIEI78v0/hqdefault.jpg Markup of 18 Bills The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade met to mark up a package of roughly 18 bills addressing online safety for children and teens, including the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), COPPA 2.0, app store age-verification measures, and narrower bills on fentanyl trafficking, AI chatbots, data brokers, and video-game chat features. https://www.youtube.com/embed/P_wnIEI78v0 11790 2025-12-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3377352025-12-10 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337735 Confirmation hearing for four State Department nominees The Senate Foreign Relations Committee met to consider four of President Trump's State Department nominees: Frank Weiland to be Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Jennifer Wicks McNamara to be Ambassador to Vietnam, Eric Meyer to be Ambassador to Sri Lanka, and Gregory LoGerfo to be Coordinator for Counterterrorism. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign121125 6633 2025-12-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3377392025-12-10 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337739 Business meeting to consider S.Res.526, withholding the pay of Senators if a Government shutdown occurs The Senate Rules and Administration Committee met to consider S.Res. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=rules&filename=rules121125 1997 2025-12-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3377402025-12-10 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337740 Hearings to examine the Administration's deployment of the National Guard across the United States The Senate Armed Services Committee convened this hearing to examine the administration's deployment of National Guard troops for immigration enforcement support and domestic law-and-order missions, coming just weeks after two West Virginia Guard members were shot near the Capitol. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA121125 9402 2025-12-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3377602025-12-10 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337760 Judiciary Committee advances seven judicial and U.S. attorney nominees The Senate Judiciary Committee met to vote on seven nominations — three district judges and four U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary121125 3175 2025-12-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186962026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/aMd7qvG6PVk/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Hearing on "Abuse of the Equal Access to Justice Act by Environmental NGOs The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held this hearing to examine whether environmental nonprofit organizations are abusing the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), a 1980 law allowing prevailing parties to recover attorney's fees from the federal government. https://www.youtube.com/embed/aMd7qvG6PVk 6466 2025-12-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187262026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/2bFovW4fxaE/hqdefault.jpg Member Day The House Agriculture Committee held its Member Day hearing on December 10, 2025, giving non-committee and committee members alike five minutes to raise district priorities within the committee's jurisdiction. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2bFovW4fxaE 6812 2025-12-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187282026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Nluz7oEQcDg/hqdefault.jpg The Genesis Mission: Prioritizing American Science and Technology Leadership The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee held this hearing to examine the Department of Energy's Genesis Mission, launched by President Trump's November 24 Executive Order 14363, which aims to build an AI-driven "national discovery platform" linking supercomputers, AI, quantum systems, and DOE's 17 national laboratories. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Nluz7oEQcDg 12337 2025-12-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187302026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/g7StJETsi1Y/hqdefault.jpg Building A Talent Marketplace: How LERs Empower Workers and Expand Opportunity The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development held this hearing to examine "learning and employment records" (LERs) — digital, verifiable records of a person's education, credentials, and skills — and how they could power a national "talent marketplace" connecting job seekers with employers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/g7StJETsi1Y 6727 2025-12-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187312026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Q6C7HOF74Rg/hqdefault.jpg From Service to Startup: Empowering Veteran Entrepreneurs The House Small Business Committee held this hearing, "From Service to Startup: Empowering Veteran Entrepreneurs," to examine why veteran business ownership has declined sharply since World War II and what federal policy, capital access, and mentorship reforms could reverse that trend. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q6C7HOF74Rg 8820 2025-12-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187322026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/OzabjX4_cOg/hqdefault.jpg Fighting Obamacare Subsidy Fraud: Is the Administrative Procedure Act Working as Intended? The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight held this hearing to examine a GAO investigation into fraud and improper payments in the Affordable Care Act's premium tax credit program, including fake applicants, deceased enrollees, and unauthorized broker changes, while Democrats used the session to press for extending enhanced ACA subsidies set to expire at year's end. https://www.youtube.com/embed/OzabjX4_cOg 8259 2025-12-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187332026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/yg6SYfBdX0M/hqdefault.jpg Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Elections Hearing, "Examining Potential Updates to the NVRA The House Administration Subcommittee on Elections held this hearing to examine potential updates to the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), the 1993 law governing voter registration and list maintenance, 32 years after its passage [0:03:08]. https://www.youtube.com/embed/yg6SYfBdX0M 3441 2025-12-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187342026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/D-9j5YngDos/hqdefault.jpg Understanding Judea and Samaria: Historical, Strategic, and Political Dynamics in U.S.–Israel Relations The House Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa held this hearing to examine the historical, legal, and strategic dynamics of Judea and Samaria (the West Bank), building on a September roundtable with Ambassador Huckabee on current U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/D-9j5YngDos 5364 2025-12-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187352026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/4n6JnrbW9OE/hqdefault.jpg From Principles to Policy: Enabling 21st Century AI Innovation in Financial Services The House Financial Services Committee held this hearing to examine how artificial intelligence is being used in financial services and housing, whether existing laws adequately govern AI-driven decisions, and whether Congress should preempt the growing patchwork of state AI laws. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4n6JnrbW9OE 17412 2025-12-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187362026-03-05 https://img.youtube.com/vi/bgEYEnU4SOU/hqdefault.jpg Lowering the Cost of Healthcare: Technology’s Role in Driving Affordability This joint hearing of the House Oversight Subcommittees on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs and on Health Care and Financial Services examined whether technologies such as artificial intelligence, price transparency tools, and payment-smoothing software could reduce U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/bgEYEnU4SOU 7924 2025-12-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187372026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/0ZEjvPjW6cQ/hqdefault.jpg The U.S. India Strategic Partnership: Securing a Free and Open Indo-Pacific The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on South and Central Asia held this hearing to examine the historical, political, and strategic context of the US-India relationship, including defense and maritime cooperation, counterterrorism, trade, and supply-chain security. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0ZEjvPjW6cQ 4225 2025-12-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187382026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Kp2Qkm3t8fw/hqdefault.jpg Using Modern Tools to Counter Human Trafficking The House Oversight Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation held this hearing to examine how artificial intelligence, data analytics, and digital forensics tools are being used to identify, locate, and rescue human trafficking victims, and where funding, data-sharing authority, and oversight gaps remain. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Kp2Qkm3t8fw 10181 2025-12-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187392026-06-09 https://img.youtube.com/vi/DOioGKkadxg/hqdefault.jpg Putting Families First: Strengthening CHAMPVA for Survivors and Dependents The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health held this oversight hearing to examine recent VA reforms to CHAMPVA — the health care program for spouses, surviving spouses, and children of veterans with qualifying service-connected disabilities or deaths — including elimination of the application backlog, faster claims processing, and a planned provider directory. https://www.youtube.com/embed/DOioGKkadxg 6306 2025-12-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187482026-05-05 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ddyffiDf2OY/hqdefault.jpg Markup of 7 Bills The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment met to mark up seven Republican-authored bills amending the Clean Air Act, covering treatment of foreign and wildfire-related emissions, the pace and process for setting national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS/NAAQS), new source review permitting, and a national security waiver for critical mineral and advanced manufacturing facilities. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ddyffiDf2OY 12506 2025-12-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187502026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/qaTzwADopt0/hqdefault.jpg H.R. 6500, H.R. 6504, H.R. 4930, H.R. 227, H.R. 2716, H.R. 4993, H.R. 6506, H.R. 6495, and H.R. 4242 The House Ways and Means Committee met to mark up and vote on nine bills, including three-year extensions of the AGOA and Haiti (HOPE/HELP) trade preference programs, a bill expanding CBP information-sharing on counterfeit imports, a clergy Social Security opt-back-in window, permanent Treasury access to Social Security death data, expanded home infusion drug coverage under Medicare, two taxpayer-rights bills responding to a Supreme Court ruling and IRS third-party contact practices, and a bill removing the firearms excise tax from less-lethal devices like tasers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/qaTzwADopt0 28800 2025-12-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3377262025-12-10 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337726 Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee markup hearing on 24 bills The Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs held this legislative hearing to review 24 bills spanning VA health care, education, burial benefits, fraud prevention, toxic exposure research, and claims processing, with testimony from VA officials and three veteran service organizations. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=vetaff&filename=vetaff121025 6327 2025-12-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3377302025-12-09 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337730 Hearings to examine aging with purpose, focusing on the positive impact of seniors in today's economy The Senate Special Committee on Aging held this hearing to examine how purpose-driven activity — continued work, entrepreneurship, education, and volunteering — benefits older Americans and the broader economy. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=aging&filename=aging121025 5324 2025-12-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3377332025-12-09 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337733 Hearings to examine defining our healthcare problem, and principles we should follow to solve it The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations held this hearing to examine what Chair Ron Johnson called the "problem" with the Affordable Care Act and to lay out principles for reform, ahead of a Senate vote the next day on extending enhanced ACA premium tax credits. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=govtaff&filename=govtaff121025 8881 2025-12-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3377342025-12-09 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337734 Hearings to examine arms race The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held this hearing to examine the deteriorating nuclear threat environment and debate whether to extend the New START treaty, set to expire February 5, 2026, or pursue an alternative arms-control approach. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign121025 5730 2025-12-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3377372025-12-10 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337737 Senate committee examines SBA fraud, waste, and the 8(a) contracting program The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee held this hearing to examine waste, fraud, and abuse in Small Business Administration programs, including pandemic-era PPP/EIDL loan fraud and the SBA's 8(a) Business Development Program, alongside three bills: S.1199 (extending the statute of limitations for pandemic fraud), S.3173 (restricting 8(a) sole-source contracts pending an SBA audit), and S.1991 (federal payment transparency). https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=smbiz&filename=smbiz121025 5864 2025-12-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3377382025-12-09 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337738 Hearings to examine maritime security in Africa, focusing on assessing threats to United States commercial diplomacy and national security interests The Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy convened this hearing to examine China's growing dominance over African ports and shipping routes, illegal fishing, and maritime crime, and the implications for U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign121025p 5459 2025-12-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3377412025-12-09 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337741 Senate EPW confirms NRC nominee Doug Weaver, postpones TVA vote on Lee Beaman The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a business meeting to vote on the nomination of Douglas Weaver to serve as a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the remainder of a term expiring June 30, 2026. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=epw&filename=epw121025 1834 2025-12-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178162026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/sFqA05lALyE/hqdefault.jpg Rules Committee sets floor terms for NDAA, energy, and securities bills The House Rules Committee met on December 9, 2025 to set the floor debate rules for five bills: the PERMIT Act (H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/sFqA05lALyE 9809 2025-12-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3377232025-12-08 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337723 Hearings to examine building pathways, focusing on advancing workforce development in the 21st century The Senate HELP Subcommittee on Education and the American Family held this hearing to examine what is working — and what needs improvement — in career and technical education (CTE), apprenticeships, and workforce-development pathways across the country, drawing on witnesses from Alabama's community college system, a national CTE student organization, a steel manufacturer, and a state workforce nonprofit. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help120925 6619 2025-12-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3377242025-12-08 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337724 Subcommittee markup hearing on 26 National Park Service bills The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks held a legislative hearing to review 26 bills covering park operations, memorials, boundary changes, and historical designations, including bills on next-generation 911 systems, the Denali/Mount McKinley name, and Big Cypress wilderness status. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=energy&filename=energy120925 4707 2025-12-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3377252025-12-08 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337725 Hearings to examine balancing the interests of local radio, songwriters, and performers in the digital age The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee met to examine the evolving tactics of online child predators — including financial sextortion, "sadistic" exploitation networks like 764, and generative AI abuse — and to introduce three bills addressing sentencing guidelines, coercion, and sextortion. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary120925 7213 2025-12-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3377312025-12-08 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337731 Hearings to examine a review of the activities and fiscal year 2026 funding priorities of the Office of the United States Trade Representative The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies held an oversight hearing with U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=approps&filename=appropsA120925 8023 2025-12-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186992026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/k0vIgoPi1is/hqdefault.jpg Strategic Trajectories: Assessing China’s Space Rise and the Risks to U.S. Leadership The House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics held this hearing to examine China's expanding civil, commercial, and military space capabilities and assess whether the United States is positioned to retain space leadership. https://www.youtube.com/embed/k0vIgoPi1is 8819 2025-12-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187062026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ji0TUCgjvGA/hqdefault.jpg 119th Congress Member Day The House Committee on Veterans' Affairs held its annual Member Day hearing on December 4, 2025, giving members who do not sit on the committee an opportunity to testify about veterans' legislation and issues affecting their own districts. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ji0TUCgjvGA 8157 2025-12-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187202026-04-28 https://img.youtube.com/vi/hy9Rk4o6BFU/hqdefault.jpg In Their Corner: Creating More Opportunities for American Boxers The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections held this hearing to examine the state of professional boxing and consider HR 4624, the Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act, which would amend the 1996 Professional Boxing Safety Act and the 2000 Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act. https://www.youtube.com/embed/hy9Rk4o6BFU 7696 2025-12-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186702026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/O0v-rDjNdME/hqdefault.jpg Various Measures The House Committee on Foreign Affairs met to mark up ten bills, including measures on Southeast Asian scam syndicates, anti-semitism in Europe, sanctions list coordination, Houthi human rights abuses, global child development assistance, US sports diplomacy, the Cyprus arms embargo, Iranian incitement fatwas, Muslim Brotherhood terrorist designation, and illegal fishing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/O0v-rDjNdME 21489 2025-12-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186722026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/RH5JVU9HXkI/hqdefault.jpg When Badges Become Targets: How Anti-Law Enforcement Rhetoric Fuels Violence Against Officers The House Homeland Security Committee held this hearing, its first full-committee session since the previous chairman left Congress, to examine whether anti-law enforcement rhetoric is fueling rising violence against officers, days after a shooting near the White House wounded two National Guard members. https://www.youtube.com/embed/RH5JVU9HXkI 11671 2025-12-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186872026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Yh9eD-Em3F8/hqdefault.jpg America Builds: The State of the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Industry The House Aviation Subcommittee held this hearing to examine the state of the advanced air mobility (AAM) industry — electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, autonomous cargo planes, and related infrastructure — roughly a year after the FAA published its powered-lift Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR) required by the 2024 FAA Reauthorization Act. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Yh9eD-Em3F8 8280 2025-12-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186982026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/yWYM4WZbmUw/hqdefault.jpg Committee approves revised subcommittee rosters and aviation leadership changes The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure convened a brief organizational markup to approve two administrative items: a revised subcommittee roster reflecting minority-side membership changes, and revised leadership of the Aviation Subcommittee following Representative Cohen's resignation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/yWYM4WZbmUw 1740 2025-12-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187002026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/rQFBUpcuIXE/hqdefault.jpg Member Day Hearing The House Budget Committee held its Member Day hearing to let colleagues from outside the committee present their own budget priorities and proposals for reforming the federal budget process. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rQFBUpcuIXE 9973 2025-12-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187052026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/g5qPh0ahIxs/hqdefault.jpg H.R: 6047, the “Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2025”, H.R. 4077, the “GUARD Veterans’ Health Care Act The House Committee on Veterans' Affairs held this hearing to consider two bills: HR 6047, the "Sherri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2025," which would raise dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) and special monthly compensation (SMC) for survivors and catastrophically disabled veterans while funding the increase through a new VA home loan funding fee on veterans rated 70% or below; and HR 4077, the "GUARD Veterans' Health Care Act," which would let VA seek reimbursement from Medicare Advantage and Part D plans for care veterans receive at VA. https://www.youtube.com/embed/g5qPh0ahIxs 10735 2025-12-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187132026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/aDuIxlqSzeY/hqdefault.jpg Building Capacity: Reducing Government Roadblocks to Housing Supply The House Financial Services Committee held this hearing to examine federal, state, and local regulatory obstacles contributing to the national housing shortage and to gather input ahead of a planned markup of housing and banking reform legislation later in the month. https://www.youtube.com/embed/aDuIxlqSzeY 17067 2025-12-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187162026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/DR0d1bRLDYs/hqdefault.jpg Public Funds, Private Politics: Examining Bias in the Truman Scholarship Program The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development held this hearing to examine claims — largely from College Fix and Heritage Foundation research — that the federally funded Harry S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/DR0d1bRLDYs 5163 2025-12-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187172026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ka9fOGKStZQ/hqdefault.jpg Safeguarding Student Privacy and Parental Rights: A Review of FERPA and PPRA The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education held this hearing (December 3, 2025) to examine whether states and school districts are complying with FERPA and PPRA, focusing on district policies that direct staff to conceal students' gender transitions from parents and on barriers to curriculum access. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ka9fOGKStZQ 6415 2025-12-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187182026-03-09 https://img.youtube.com/vi/RCSld9KjH9M/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Hearing titled "Sea Lion Predation in the Pacific Northwest The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries held this oversight hearing to examine how pinniped (sea lion and seal) predation is affecting threatened and endangered Pacific Northwest salmon and steelhead, and whether the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) and its 2018 Section 120(f) Columbia River authority should be expanded. https://www.youtube.com/embed/RCSld9KjH9M 8616 2025-12-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187192026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/dSDF3VH6hnw/hqdefault.jpg Promoting Global Competitiveness for American Workers and Businesses The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Tax held this hearing on December 3, 2025, to review how the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and the 2025 "Working Families Tax Cuts" (OB3/HR1) reshaped US international tax rules — including GILTI, BEAT, and FDII — and to assess US global competitiveness. https://www.youtube.com/embed/dSDF3VH6hnw 10495 2025-12-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187212026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/hB6Av8qgrSU/hqdefault.jpg Balancing the Federal Budget: Examining Proposals for a Balanced Budget Amendment The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government held this hearing to examine multiple proposals for a federal balanced budget constitutional amendment amid a $38 trillion national debt. https://www.youtube.com/embed/hB6Av8qgrSU 8719 2025-12-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187242026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/xdE45L-kDqU/hqdefault.jpg Full Committee Markup The full House Energy and Commerce Committee met to mark up 15 bills previously advanced by its Communications and Technology and Energy subcommittees, covering broadband permitting reform on federal lands and railroad rights-of-way, and a set of Republican-authored energy efficiency and appliance-standard rollbacks, including repeal of several Inflation Reduction Act programs. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xdE45L-kDqU 18293 2025-12-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3376822025-12-02 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337682 Confirmation hearing for NASA Administrator and Commerce trade nominees The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee met to consider the nominations of Jared Isaacman to be NASA Administrator and Steven Haines to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Analysis. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce120325 8349 2025-12-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3377012025-12-02 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337701 HELP Committee marks up NLRB, NEA nominees; hearing on ACA subsidy costs The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee first held a brief business meeting to vote on two pending nominations — Scott Mayer to the National Labor Relations Board and Mary Anne Carter to chair the National Endowment for the Arts — before convening a full hearing on why health insurance costs are rising, particularly in the ACA individual and small-group marketplaces, and what to do about the enhanced premium tax credits expiring December 31, 2025. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help120325 10040 2025-12-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3377032025-12-02 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337703 Nominations of Douglas Weaver to the NRC and Lee Beaman to the TVA Board The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee met to consider two executive branch nominations: Douglas Weaver to serve as a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Lee Beaman to serve as a Member of the Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=epw&filename=epw120325 6076 2025-12-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3377092025-12-02 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337709 Hearings to examine medication management in VA healthcare The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee held this hearing to examine medication management practices in VA healthcare, prompted in part by Wall Street Journal reporting on the use of multiple central nervous system medications among veterans, sometimes called a "combat cocktail." Two panels testified: watchdog officials from GAO and the VA Office of Inspector General, plus a veterans' service organization on the first panel, followed by VA health officials on the second panel who also addressed three pending bills on naloxone access, telehealth prescribing, and informed consent. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=vetaff&filename=vetaff120325 5647 2025-12-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3377102025-12-02 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337710 Hearings to examine making the health care system affordable The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions met to examine why health care and health insurance costs are rising, focusing on the enhanced ACA premium tax credits set to expire December 31, 2025, and on longer-term reforms such as health savings accounts, price transparency, and PBM reform. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help120325 10040 2025-12-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186662026-04-23 https://img.youtube.com/vi/gzW6S9A7OR4/hqdefault.jpg Legislative hearing on DC safety, lifeguards, park leases, and firefighter aid bills The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands held a legislative hearing on five bills: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gzW6S9A7OR4 8899 2025-12-02 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186822026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/vTjPKL-muJE/hqdefault.jpg Flashpoint: A Path Toward Stability in the Western Balkans The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe held this hearing to examine sources of instability in the Western Balkans — including the stalled Serbia-Kosovo dialogue, Bosnia's fragile Dayton-era political structure, and Russian and Chinese influence in the region — and to consider how the Trump administration should engage the region going forward. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vTjPKL-muJE 5863 2025-12-02 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187022026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/R-408Dg14U8/hqdefault.jpg Strengthening the Workforce of Veterans in America The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity held this hearing to examine how the VA supports veterans pursuing non-traditional education and employment pathways — apprenticeships, on-the-job training, and the transition assistance program — and to hear from private-sector employers, unions, and trade schools about hiring veterans into trucking, manufacturing, and skilled trades. https://www.youtube.com/embed/R-408Dg14U8 7907 2025-12-02 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187032026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/3Sbs3VM0EW4/hqdefault.jpg Main Street Under Attack: The Cost of Crime on Small Businesses The House Small Business Committee held this hearing to examine how physical crime (organized retail theft, shoplifting, repeat offenses), cybercrime, and gun violence are affecting small businesses nationwide, and to hear from a small business owner, industry, cybersecurity, and gun-violence-prevention perspectives. https://www.youtube.com/embed/3Sbs3VM0EW4 8929 2025-12-02 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187042026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/S5kBri2-OUE/hqdefault.jpg Pension Predators: Stopping Class Action Abuse Against Workers' Retirement The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions held this hearing to examine whether class action lawsuits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) are protecting workers' retirement savings or primarily benefiting plaintiffs' attorneys. https://www.youtube.com/embed/S5kBri2-OUE 6106 2025-12-02 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187072026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/9jOsmE3vDo0/hqdefault.jpg Lives at Stake: Holding Tax-Exempt Organ Procurement Organizations Accountable The Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee held this hearing to examine whistleblower allegations of fraud, mismanagement, and patient-safety failures at tax-exempt Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs), following an April 2025 committee request for information that drew responses from whistleblowers nationwide. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9jOsmE3vDo0 6410 2025-12-02 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187082026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/lBP3xoJ5X-U/hqdefault.jpg Oversight of Prudential Regulators The House Financial Services Committee convened this oversight hearing to review recent supervisory and regulatory actions at the Federal Reserve, OCC, FDIC, and NCUA, with Republicans emphasizing deregulation, tailoring rules to institution size, and ending "debanking" based on politics or religion, while Democrats focused on affordability, the administration's influence over independent regulators, and the CFPB's diminished role. https://www.youtube.com/embed/lBP3xoJ5X-U 13684 2025-12-02 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187092026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/xjzi9DKw2HY/hqdefault.jpg Task Force on Monetary Policy, Treasury Market Resilience, and Economic Prosperity: Examining Primary Dealers and Their Balance Sheet The Financial Services Task Force on Monetary Policy, Treasury Market Resilience, and Economic Prosperity held this hearing to examine whether primary dealers have sufficient balance sheet capacity to intermediate a rapidly growing US Treasury market, and how regulatory changes—capital rules, central clearing, and the standing repo facility—might expand that capacity. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xjzi9DKw2HY 7731 2025-12-02 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187112026-03-26 https://img.youtube.com/vi/N74SPlDiB9Q/hqdefault.jpg Securing America’s Energy Infrastructure: Addressing Cyber and Physical Threats to the Grid The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy held this hearing to examine growing cyber and physical threats to the North American electric grid — from Chinese, Russian, Iranian and North Korean state and criminal actors — and to inform reauthorization of grid-security programs Congress created in 2021. https://www.youtube.com/embed/N74SPlDiB9Q 11706 2025-12-02 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187122026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/b3aq1fTmrmM/hqdefault.jpg House Oversight markup of 12 government-reform and personnel bills The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform convened this markup to consider a dozen bills covering census apportionment, federal workforce probationary periods, official time reporting, information quality standards, D.C. https://www.youtube.com/embed/b3aq1fTmrmM 18200 2025-12-02 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187142026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/3h_YnZdSLCA/hqdefault.jpg Legislative Solutions to Protect Children and Teens Online The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade held this hearing (December 2, 2025) to examine nearly 20 bills — including the Kids Online Safety Act (COSA), COPPA 2.0, Sammy's Law, and the App Store Accountability Act — intended to form a comprehensive strategy for protecting children online through age verification, parental controls, data privacy, and platform accountability. https://www.youtube.com/embed/3h_YnZdSLCA 11037 2025-12-02 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3377002025-12-01 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337700 Hearings to examine America's communications networks The Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media convened this hearing to examine escalating cyber, espionage, and sabotage threats to America's communications networks — including telecom carriers, undersea cables, and satellite systems — and how government and industry should coordinate to defend them. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce120225 7420 2025-12-02 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1187102026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZafV89qUrCg/hqdefault.jpg Rules Committee sets floor rules for six education, sports, and small-business bills The House Rules Committee met to set floor procedures (rules) for six bills: three House Education and Workforce Committee bills addressing alleged Chinese government influence in K-12 schools (H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZafV89qUrCg 13880 2025-12-01 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186832026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/jkZTF9ycT_M/hqdefault.jpg Member Day The House Committee on Education and Workforce held its annual "Member Day" hearing, giving colleagues who do not sit on the committee an opportunity to present their legislative priorities and concerns. https://www.youtube.com/embed/jkZTF9ycT_M 3437 2025-11-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186552026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/vx5pMWtcOUo/hqdefault.jpg House Natural Resources Committee marks up NEPA permitting reform bills The House Natural Resources Committee held a full committee markup to consider several NEPA-related permitting bills, most notably H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vx5pMWtcOUo 20371 2025-11-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186602026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Y5OSeFcHvLw/hqdefault.jpg Improving Outcomes for Disabled Veterans: Oversight of VA’s Medical Disability Examination Office The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs held this oversight hearing to examine the Medical Disability Examination Office (MDEO), which manages contractors performing over 90% of veterans' disability exams nationwide. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y5OSeFcHvLw 5747 2025-11-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186772026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/JwO4uAIQV0k/hqdefault.jpg Made in the USA: How Main Street is Revitalizing Domestic Manufacturing The House Small Business Committee held this hearing to examine how small manufacturers are contributing to a resurgence in domestic "Made in the USA" production, and what federal policies — including tariffs, tax reform, workforce development, and regulatory relief — help or hinder that growth. https://www.youtube.com/embed/JwO4uAIQV0k 9247 2025-11-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186782026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/__z5gZLtXSk/hqdefault.jpg Member Day This House Judiciary Committee "Member Day" hearing (November 20, 2025) gave non-committee members an opportunity to present legislative proposals directly to the committee for consideration, covering topics from corporate bankruptcy loopholes and espionage penalties to the Epstein investigation, food-allergy emergency response, veteran fraud, TPS for Venezuelans, and constitutional oversight of the executive branch. https://www.youtube.com/embed/__z5gZLtXSk 3249 2025-11-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186802026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/tUxb0pqNQ8w/hqdefault.jpg Export Control Loopholes: Chipmaking Tools and their Subcomponents The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on South and Central Asia held this hearing to examine gaps in US and allied export controls on semiconductor manufacturing equipment (SME) and its subcomponents that allow China to advance its chipmaking capabilities. https://www.youtube.com/embed/tUxb0pqNQ8w 5684 2025-11-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186812026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/TN4LSlkvjjE/hqdefault.jpg President Trump’s redesignation of Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern—CPC”: A serious, well-founded wake-up call The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa held this hearing to examine President Trump's October 2025 redesignation of Nigeria as a "Country of Particular Concern" (CPC) under the International Religious Freedom Act, focused on escalating violence against Christian communities, particularly in Nigeria's Middle Belt. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TN4LSlkvjjE 13045 2025-11-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186842026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Zam2-8_9WtM/hqdefault.jpg Democracy in Peril: the Fight for Free Elections in Honduras The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere held this hearing 10 days before Honduras's November 30, 2025 general election to examine threats to the vote under President Xiomara Castro's government, including pressure on electoral institutions, politicization of the armed forces, and the Trump administration's disengagement from the region. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Zam2-8_9WtM 5678 2025-11-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186932026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/hG-mltvBNb0/hqdefault.jpg Daylight and Destinations: Examining Time, Travel, and Tourism The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade held this hearing to examine how the twice-yearly clock change affects tourism, recreation, and financial markets, alongside broader challenges facing US travel and hospitality, including declining international visitation, visa fees, and federal funding for destination marketing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/hG-mltvBNb0 8226 2025-11-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186972026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/lXBRkBMfEXA/hqdefault.jpg H.R. 2870 the "Working Families Flexibility Act"; H.R. 2312 the "Tipped Employee Protection Act"; H.R. 2299 the "Ensuring Workers Get PAID Act of 2025 The House Committee on Education and Workforce met to mark up three bills amending the Fair Labor Standards Act: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/lXBRkBMfEXA 17839 2025-11-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3376612025-11-20 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337661 Committee approves Agriculture and HHS Inspector General nominations The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held this business meeting, pursuant to notice given November 13, to consider the nominations of John Walk to be Inspector General of the Department of Agriculture and Thomas Bell to be Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=govtaff&filename=govtaff112025 1228 2025-11-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3376642025-11-20 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337664 Judiciary Committee advances 11 judicial and DOJ nominations The Senate Judiciary Committee met to vote on 11 pending nominations, including an Assistant Attorney General, four federal district judges for Louisiana and Mississippi, and several U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary112025 2859 2025-11-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3376662025-11-20 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337666 Business meeting on nominations, then hearing on Taiwan Enhanced Resilience Act The Senate Foreign Relations Committee first held a brief business meeting to vote on four State Department nominations, then convened a hearing to review implementation of the Taiwan Enhanced Resilience Act (TERA) and discuss future U.S.-Taiwan cooperation amid growing concern about Chinese pressure on Taiwan. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign112025 7984 2025-11-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184582026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/REZ9mNJRqd8/hqdefault.jpg E-Verify: Ensuring Lawful Employment in America The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections held this hearing on E-Verify and lawful employment enforcement, with testimony from immigration policy, labor law, construction, and development witnesses. https://www.youtube.com/embed/REZ9mNJRqd8 49 2025-11-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186542026-03-09 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Ti_TihjMuuk/hqdefault.jpg Legislative hearing on Mississippi River, water storage, and fisheries data bills The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries held this legislative hearing to examine four bills: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ti_TihjMuuk 5736 2025-11-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186572026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/LK4zrAIVD94/hqdefault.jpg Legislative hearing on four tribal land trust and self-governance bills The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs held a legislative hearing on four bills: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/LK4zrAIVD94 5450 2025-11-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186642026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/dGeNSCFSUAc/hqdefault.jpg From Classroom to Career: Strengthening Skills Pathways Through CTE The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education held this hearing on strengthening career and technical education (CTE) "skills pathways," hearing from a cybersecurity teacher, a manufacturing workforce nonprofit, an aviation-academy CEO, and a former Department of Education official. https://www.youtube.com/embed/dGeNSCFSUAc 5705 2025-11-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186652026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/qJbtWbi7pZo/hqdefault.jpg Enumeration or Estimation: Why Inaccurate Census Results Hurt American Citizens The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution and Limited Government convened this hearing to examine the accuracy of the 2020 census, including the Census Bureau's use of a new "differential privacy" statistical-disclosure method, claims of undercounts and overcounts across states, and whether non-citizens should be counted for congressional apportionment. https://www.youtube.com/embed/qJbtWbi7pZo 8824 2025-11-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186682026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/4qN9XJZmv9s/hqdefault.jpg Predatory Pricing: How The Chinese Communist Party Manipulates Global Mineral Prices to Maintain Its Dominance The House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party held this hearing to examine findings from its investigative report on how China manipulates global critical mineral prices to maintain dominance and suppress non-Chinese competitors. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4qN9XJZmv9s 6835 2025-11-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186712026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/LqfAlETBT00/hqdefault.jpg Restoring Law and Order in High-Crime U.S. Cities The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight held this hearing to examine claims that "soft on crime" prosecutorial and bail policies in Democrat-led cities have driven violent crime, and to assess the Trump administration's deployment of the National Guard and federal agents to cities including Washington, D.C., Memphis, and Portland. https://www.youtube.com/embed/LqfAlETBT00 7928 2025-11-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186742026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/y6QXAR-xEZo/hqdefault.jpg No Exit Strategy: Burma's Endless Crisis and America's Limited Options This joint hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittees on East Asia and the Pacific and on South and Central Asia examined Burma's deteriorating civil war, the military junta's planned December 2025 elections, the humanitarian crisis facing the Rohingya, and the proliferation of Chinese-linked scam centers defrauding Americans. https://www.youtube.com/embed/y6QXAR-xEZo 7575 2025-11-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186752026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/JTtzNzSXRjo/hqdefault.jpg Modernizing Care Coordination to Prevent and Treat Chronic Disease The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health held this hearing to examine how care coordination among physicians, health systems, and pharmacists can help prevent and manage chronic disease, which witnesses said drives roughly 90% of the nation's nearly $5 trillion in annual health spending. https://www.youtube.com/embed/JTtzNzSXRjo 8385 2025-11-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186792026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Ddca-YUFmKc/hqdefault.jpg Full Committee Hearing: “Taking Stock of the STOCK Act The House Committee on House Administration held this hearing to examine the 2012 STOCK Act, its shortcomings, and roughly two dozen bills introduced in the 119th Congress that would further restrict or ban members of Congress, their spouses, and dependents from owning or trading individual stocks. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ddca-YUFmKc 5062 2025-11-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186942026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/mDwEQwN4o8A/hqdefault.jpg Subcommittee on Energy Markup of 8 Bills The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy convened this markup (November 19, 2025) to consider eight bills touching appliance and equipment efficiency standards, federal building fossil-fuel rules, state/local energy bans, manufactured-housing standards, showerhead definitions, and the weatherization assistance program. https://www.youtube.com/embed/mDwEQwN4o8A 11543 2025-11-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3376422025-11-18 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337642 Hearings to examine the nomination of Michael Selig, of Florida, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee held this hearing to consider the nomination of Michael Selig, a Florida attorney and SEC Crypto Task Force chief counsel, to be Chairman and a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=ag&filename=ag111925 6344 2025-11-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3376432025-11-18 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337643 Nominations of John Walk (USDA) and Thomas Bell (HHS) as Inspectors General The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee met to consider the nominations of John Walk to be Inspector General of the Department of Agriculture and Thomas Bell to be Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=govtaff&filename=govtaff111925 3702 2025-11-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3376452025-11-18 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337645 Hearings to examine Trump's regulatory rollback, focusing on saving Americans $907 billion and counting The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee held this hearing to review the Trump administration's deregulatory efforts and their effects on small businesses, hearing testimony from Dr. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=smbiz&filename=smbiz111925 3564 2025-11-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3376462025-11-18 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337646 BLM land-use planning under FLPMA and its effect on permitting The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held this hearing to examine how the Bureau of Land Management's land-use planning process under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) affects permitting for energy, mining, grazing, and infrastructure on public lands. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=energy&filename=energy111925 7403 2025-11-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3376472025-11-19 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337647 Judiciary Committee hearing on three district court judge nominees The Senate Judiciary Committee met to consider three federal district court nominations: Nicholas Ganjei for the Southern District of Texas, David Clay Fowlkes for the Western District of Arkansas, and Aaron Peterson for the District of Alaska. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary111925 6714 2025-11-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3376482025-11-18 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337648 Hearings to examine the future of PFAS cleanup and disposal policy The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held this hearing to examine how unresolved liability and the lack of federal disposal standards for PFAS ("forever chemicals") are stalling infrastructure projects and complicating contamination cleanup. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=epw&filename=epw111925 6729 2025-11-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3376492025-11-19 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337649 Hearings to examine Immigration and Customs Enforcement The Senate Judiciary Committee met to consider three nominees for U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary111925 6714 2025-11-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3376502025-11-18 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337650 Hearings to examine the nomination of Admiral Kevin Lunday, to be Commandant of the United States Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee met to hold an executive session markup on several pending nominations before proceeding to a hearing on the nomination of Admiral Kevin Lunday, currently acting Commandant, to serve as the permanent Commandant of the United States Coast Guard. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce111925 8060 2025-11-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3376522025-11-18 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337652 Hearings to examine made in America, focusing on restoring trust in our medicines The Senate Special Committee on Aging held this hearing to examine why the United States depends on foreign sources — particularly China and India — for generic medicines and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), and to hear from domestic manufacturers about barriers to expanding U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=aging&filename=aging111925 5248 2025-11-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3376552025-11-18 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337655 Committee advances Coast Guard nominee and eight executive nominations The Senate Commerce Committee opened with an executive session to vote on eight pending executive nominations, including Stephen Carmel to lead the Maritime Administration and Michelle Schultz to the Surface Transportation Board, before holding a confirmation hearing for Admiral Kevin Lunday to be permanent Commandant of the Coast Guard. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce111925 8060 2025-11-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3376572025-11-18 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337657 Hearings to examine the rising cost of health care, focusing on considering meaningful solutions for all Americans The Senate Finance Committee held this hearing to examine rising health care costs and consider both immediate and long-term solutions, centered on the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits set to expire at the end of 2025. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance111925 11478 2025-11-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3376582025-11-18 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337658 Senate Finance hearing on expiring ACA premium tax credits and health costs The Senate Finance Committee met first as a business meeting to advance four executive nominations, then held a full hearing on rising health care costs, focused on the enhanced ACA premium tax credits set to expire at the end of 2025. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance111925 11478 2025-11-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3376592025-11-18 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337659 Hearings to examine how shutdowns threaten air safety, travel, and the economy The Senate Aviation, Space, and Innovation Subcommittee held this hearing to examine how the 43-day government shutdown affected air traffic controllers, airlines, and aviation safety, and to explore legislation to insulate the FAA from future funding lapses. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce111925p 6704 2025-11-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3376602025-11-19 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337660 Senate Foreign Relations Committee vets six State Department nominees The Senate Foreign Relations Committee convened to consider six nominations: Tammy Bruce for Deputy U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign111925 4454 2025-11-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3376672025-11-18 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337667 Senate Banking Committee advances Trump nominees for FDIC, Ginnie Mae, FHA, and Mint The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee met in executive session to vote on four Trump administration nominations: Joseph Gormley to lead Ginnie Mae, Francis Cassidy to be Assistant Secretary of Housing and FHA Commissioner, Paul Hollis to be Director of the Mint, and Travis Hill to chair the FDIC Board. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=banking&filename=banking111925 2174 2025-11-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186562026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/f6JzZVmbncs/hqdefault.jpg The Future of Deposit Insurance: Exploring the Coverage, Costs, and Depositor Confidence The House Financial Services Committee held this hearing to examine proposed reforms to the federal deposit insurance framework in the wake of the 2023 failures of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and First Republic Bank. https://www.youtube.com/embed/f6JzZVmbncs 14621 2025-11-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186592026-06-23 https://img.youtube.com/vi/zEpQLJJEUCw/hqdefault.jpg The Future of College: Harnessing Innovation to Improve Outcomes and Lower Costs The House Committee on Education and Workforce held this hearing to examine how innovations—AI adoption, course-sharing consortia, low-cost community college models, and dual enrollment—could improve student outcomes and lower college costs. https://www.youtube.com/embed/zEpQLJJEUCw 9176 2025-11-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186622026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/5GEq7tejh3s/hqdefault.jpg Leaving the Sticky Notes Behind: Harnessing Innovation and New Technology to Help America's Foster Youth Succeed The Ways and Means Subcommittee on Work and Welfare held this hearing to examine how technology and innovation — including AI, data-matching tools, and community resource-sharing platforms — can help case workers better serve transition-age foster youth under the Chafee Foster Care Program. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5GEq7tejh3s 7844 2025-11-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186692026-03-30 https://img.youtube.com/vi/6rGZxWs-TA0/hqdefault.jpg Innovation with Integrity: Examining the Risks and Benefits of AI Chatbots The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations convened this hearing to examine the mental health, safety, and privacy risks posed by AI chatbots, including general-purpose assistants, AI companions, and therapy-oriented bots, amid reports of self-harm, suicide, and psychosis linked to prolonged chatbot use. https://www.youtube.com/embed/6rGZxWs-TA0 13631 2025-11-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186852026-04-07 https://img.youtube.com/vi/8aDSAe2vEV4/hqdefault.jpg C&T Subcommittee Markup of 28 Bills The Communications and Technology Subcommittee met to mark up 28 bills aimed at streamlining broadband permitting at the federal, state, tribal, and local levels, including shot-clock deadlines, capped fees, and exemptions from environmental and historic-preservation reviews for previously disturbed sites [0:20:54]. https://www.youtube.com/embed/8aDSAe2vEV4 8422 2025-11-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186862026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/_09tCm3FOSo/hqdefault.jpg Various Measures The House Small Business Committee held a markup to consider seven bills touching SBA lending, artificial intelligence assistance for small businesses, employee ownership, and regulatory reporting, including HR5763, HR5788, HR3496, HR5764, HR5784, HR5778, and HR4305. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_09tCm3FOSo 8370 2025-11-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186922026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/funhLcUBQ9Y/hqdefault.jpg House Judiciary Committee Markup — Animal Cruelty, Immigration, Surveillance, and Litigation Bills The House Judiciary Committee met to mark up several bills, including the BOWOW Act (H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/funhLcUBQ9Y 28800 2025-11-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178142026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/wmNaDki47d4/hqdefault.jpg Rules Committee sets floor votes on energy, D.C., and socialism resolutions The House Rules Committee met to set the terms of floor debate for eight measures: three Congressional Review Act resolutions overturning Bureau of Land Management resource plans in Alaska and Wyoming, two energy bills (LNG exports and refinery capacity), two District of Columbia criminal-justice bills (cash bail and police accountability), and a resolution denouncing socialism. https://www.youtube.com/embed/wmNaDki47d4 14080 2025-11-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186632026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/jgDppRkoBOA/hqdefault.jpg Rules Committee advances Senate deal to end 43-day government shutdown The House Rules Committee met to consider the rule for floor debate on the Senate amendment to H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/jgDppRkoBOA 25715 2025-11-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3376102025-11-05 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337610 Nominations for Pentagon manpower, readiness, cost assessment, and policy posts The Senate Armed Services Committee convened to consider four Department of Defense nominations: Timothy Dill for Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Maurice Todd for Assistant Secretary of Defense for Readiness, Michael Payne for Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE), and Alexander Velez-Green for Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA110625 8343 2025-11-06 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3376142025-11-05 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337614 Nominations to the National Transportation Safety Board and Surface Transportation Board The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee met to consider three nominations: John DeLeeuw to the National Transportation Safety Board, and Richard Kloster and Michelle Schultz to the Surface Transportation Board. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce110625 5475 2025-11-06 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3376162025-11-05 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337616 Judiciary Committee advances Holocaust art recovery bill and US Attorney nominee The Senate Judiciary Committee held a business meeting to vote on nine pending nominations — including U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary110625 3623 2025-11-06 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3375892025-11-04 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337589 Hearings to examine S.107, to amend the Lumbee Act of 1956 The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs held this hearing on S.107, the Lumbee Fairness Act, sponsored by Sen. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=indian&filename=indian110525 6227 2025-11-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3376032025-11-04 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337603 Hearings to examine registered apprenticeship, focusing on scaling the workforce for the future The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee convened this hearing (November 5, 2025) to examine how to modernize and scale the registered apprenticeship model amid a projected shortage of 6 million workers over the next decade [0:16:54]. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help110525 7344 2025-11-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3376052025-11-04 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337605 Hearings to examine a grateful nation, focusing on maximizing veteran's success after service The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee held this hearing to examine how nongovernmental organizations — nonprofits, universities, and private-sector partners — support veterans transitioning to civilian life, complementing (rather than replacing) VA and DOD programs. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=vetaff&filename=vetaff110525 8808 2025-11-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3376082025-11-04 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337608 Hearings to examine how the Older Americans Act uplifts families living with aging-related diseases The Senate Special Committee on Aging held this hearing to examine how the Older Americans Act (OAA) supports families coping with Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and other aging-related diseases as Congress considers reauthorization of the law, whose authorization expired last year. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=aging&filename=aging110525 4884 2025-11-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3376112025-11-04 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337611 Hearings to examine the nomination of Glen Smith, of Iowa, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry convened this hearing on November 5, 2025, to consider the nomination of Glen Smith, of Iowa, to serve as Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=ag&filename=ag110525 5188 2025-11-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3376122025-11-04 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337612 Senate Commerce nominations for NTSB and Surface Transportation Board The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee met to consider three nominations: John DeLeeuw of Texas to the National Transportation Safety Board, and Richard Kloster of Indiana and Michelle Schultz (renomination) both to the Surface Transportation Board. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce110625 5475 2025-11-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3376022025-11-03 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337602 Confirmation hearing for three Pentagon nominees amid Europe troop cuts The Senate Armed Services Committee convened this hearing to consider three Department of Defense civilian nominations: Austin Dahmer for Assistant Secretary for Strategy, Plans, and Forces; Dr. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA110425 8725 2025-11-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3375842025-10-29 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337584 Hearings to examine the nomination of Vice Admiral Richard A. Correll, USN, to be Admiral and Commander, United States Strategic Command The Senate Armed Services Committee met to consider the nomination of Vice Admiral Richard A. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA103025 6522 2025-10-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3375932025-10-29 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337593 Senate confirmation hearing for FDIC, Ginnie Mae, FHA, and Mint nominees The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee met to consider four Trump administration nominees: Joseph Gormley to lead Ginnie Mae, Francis Cassidy to be an Assistant Secretary of HUD overseeing the FHA, Paul Hollis to be Director of the Mint, and Travis Hill to be full-term Chairman of the FDIC Board. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=banking&filename=banking103025 7533 2025-10-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3375832025-10-28 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337583 Hearings to examine the future of biotech, focusing on maintaining U.S. competitiveness and lifesaving cures to patients The Senate HELP Committee held this hearing to examine how to maintain U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help102925 7350 2025-10-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3375852025-10-28 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337585 Hearings to examine putting veterans first, focusing on the current VA disability system The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee convened this hearing to examine the VA disability claims process after Washington Post articles alleged widespread fraud among veterans seeking disability benefits. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=vetaff&filename=vetaff102925 7134 2025-10-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3375872025-10-28 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337587 Hearings to examine the Section 106 consultation process under the National Historic Preservation Act The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held this hearing to examine how the Section 106 consultation process under the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) affects federal permitting for energy and infrastructure projects. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=energy&filename=energy102925 6342 2025-10-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3375902025-10-28 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337590 Hearings to examine impacts of government shutdowns and agency reductions in force on Native communities The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs convened this hearing (October 29, 2025) to examine how the ongoing federal government shutdown and related reductions in force (RIFs) are disrupting trust and treaty obligations to Native communities, including impacts on SNAP, Head Start, Indian education, health care, and Native financial institutions. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=indian&filename=indian102925 4940 2025-10-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3375922025-10-28 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337592 Senate Finance Committee considers nominees amid health premium fight The Senate Finance Committee met to consider four Trump administration nominees: Arjun Mody to be Deputy Commissioner of Social Security, Jeffrey Goettman to be Deputy U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance102925 9732 2025-10-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3376002025-10-28 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337600 EPW votes on EPA/NRC/TVA nominees, eight bills, and FBI headquarters resolution The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a business meeting to vote on eight nominations (including two EPA assistant administrators, an NRC member, and four TVA board members), eight pieces of legislation covering nuclear fuel recycling, diesel emissions, mine cleanup, ocean plastics, Great Lakes fisheries, and two federal building designations, and three GSA resolutions related to the Ronald Reagan Federal Office Building, including a contested proposal to relocate FBI headquarters there. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=epw&filename=epw102925 4698 2025-10-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3375612025-10-27 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337561 Confirmation hearing for four Pentagon and Navy assistant secretary nominees The Senate Armed Services Committee met to consider the nominations of Marc Berkowitz (Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy), Dr. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA102825 7558 2025-10-28 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3375802025-10-27 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337580 Hearings to examine reviving commercial shipbuilding The Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries held this hearing to examine how to modernize and accelerate U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce102825 7406 2025-10-28 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3375822025-10-27 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337582 Hearings to examine competition issues in the seed and fertilizer industries The Senate Judiciary Committee held this hearing to examine market concentration in the seed and fertilizer industries and its effect on farmers' input costs, choice, and bargaining power. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary102825 8414 2025-10-28 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3375482025-10-22 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337548 Senate confirmation hearing for GSA, FLRA, D.C. judgeships, and three inspectors general The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee convened this hearing to consider eight nominations: Edward Forst to be Deputy Administrator of the General Services Administration, Charles Arrington to the Federal Labor Relations Authority, John Truong, Elana Suttenberg, and Stephen Rickard to be Associate Judges of the D.C. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=govtaff&filename=govtaff102325 4794 2025-10-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3375502025-10-22 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337550 Hearings to examine the 340B program, focusing on examining its growth and impact on patients The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee held this hearing to examine the growth of the 340B drug discount program, which lets qualifying hospitals and community health centers buy outpatient drugs at discounted prices, and to review oversight gaps identified by the Government Accountability Office and Congressional Budget Office. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help102325 7789 2025-10-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3375552025-10-23 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337555 Senate confirmation hearing on five State Department ambassador nominees The Senate Foreign Relations Committee convened this hearing on October 23, 2025, to consider five State Department nominations: Amer Ghalib to be Ambassador to Kuwait, Brent Christensen to be Ambassador to Bangladesh, Benjamin Leon Jr. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign102325 5928 2025-10-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3375432025-10-21 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337543 Hearings to examine labor law reform part 2, focusing on new solutions for finding a pro-worker way forward The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee held this hearing to continue examining potential reforms to federal labor law, nearly a century after the core statutes were enacted. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help102225 7284 2025-10-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3375442025-10-21 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337544 Hearings to examine modernizing health care, focusing on how shoppable services improve outcomes and lower costs The Senate Special Committee on Aging held this hearing to examine how price transparency and "shoppable" health services — elective surgeries, lab tests, imaging, and generic drugs — could lower health care costs, particularly for older Americans. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=aging&filename=aging102225 8494 2025-10-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3375452025-10-21 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337545 Nominations for Maritime Administrator, Federal Maritime Commissioners, and NOAA post The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held a confirmation hearing for four nominees: Stephen Carmel to be Administrator of the Maritime Administration, Laura DiBella and Robert Harvey to be Federal Maritime Commissioners, and Timothy Petty to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere (NOAA). https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce102225 7626 2025-10-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3375472025-10-22 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337547 Confirmation hearing for Assistant Attorney General and two Louisiana judgeships The Senate Judiciary Committee met to consider three nominations: Andrew Tysen Duva to be Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division, William J. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary102225 8170 2025-10-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3375522025-10-21 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337552 TVA Board of Directors nominations hearing for four nominees The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee convened to consider the nominations of Mitch Graves and Jeff Hagood of Tennessee, Randall Jones of Alabama, and Arthur Graham of Florida to serve as members of the Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors [0:15:54]. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=epw&filename=epw102225 6370 2025-10-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3375412025-10-20 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337541 Senate Commerce markup of pipeline, aviation safety, and other bills The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee met to markup and vote on several bipartisan bills, including the Pipeline Safety Act of 2025, the ROTOR Act (a response to the January 2025 mid-air collision near Reagan National Airport), the National STEM Week Act, ocean and coastal data programs, the Young Fishermen's Development Act, the Global Investment in American Jobs Act, and the Foreign Robocall Elimination Act. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce102125 4689 2025-10-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3375532025-10-20 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337553 Committee advances Grain Standards reauthorization, Fix Our Forest Act, and 13 land bills The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee held a business meeting to consider and vote on H.R.4550, the United States Grain Standards Reauthorization Act of 2025; S.1462, the Fix Our Forest Act; and a package of 13 bipartisan land exchange and boundary bills affecting nine states. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=ag&filename=ag102125 3481 2025-10-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3374712025-10-08 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337471 Nomination hearing for General Kenneth Wilsbach, Air Force Chief of Staff The Senate Armed Services Committee convened to consider the nomination of General Kenneth S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA100925 8144 2025-10-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3374742025-10-08 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337474 Hearings to examine AI's potential to support patients, workers, children, and families Before turning to its main business, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee first held a brief markup to vote on four Trump administration nominees to the Department of Labor and the National Labor Relations Board. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help100925 9340 2025-10-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3374752025-10-09 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337475 Senate HELP Committee: Nominations and AI in the Workplace This meeting had two parts. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help100925 9340 2025-10-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3374782025-10-08 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337478 Judiciary Committee votes on judicial and U.S. attorney nominations The Senate Judiciary Committee met to vote on 11 of 17 pending nominations, including a Seventh Circuit judge, several district judges, a Director of National Drug Control Policy, and multiple U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary100925 5138 2025-10-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3374622025-10-07 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337462 Nominations of Ho Nieh (NRC) and Douglas Troutman (EPA Chemical Safety) The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held this hearing to consider two nominations: Ho Nieh, nominated to fill an unexpired term on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and Douglas Troutman, nominated to be Assistant Administrator for the EPA's Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=epw&filename=epw100825 6250 2025-10-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3374662025-10-07 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337466 Confirmation hearing for CIA General Counsel and Treasury intelligence nominees The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence convened to consider two executive branch nominations: Peter Metzger, nominated to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Intelligence and Analysis, and Joshua Simmons, nominated to be General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=intel&filename=intel100825 8157 2025-10-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3374672025-10-07 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337467 Hearings to examine labor law reform part 1, focusing on diagnosing the issues and exploring current proposals The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee held this hearing to examine why federal labor law, largely unchanged for decades, is failing workers and businesses, and to explore current bipartisan reform proposals such as the Faster Labor Contracts Act, the PRO Act, and the Warehouse Worker Protection Act. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help100825 8660 2025-10-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3374702025-10-07 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337470 Hearings to examine closing loopholes that kill American patients The Senate Special Committee on Aging held this hearing to examine America's dependence on China and India for generic drugs and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), following an earlier committee hearing on unsafe generic products. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=aging&filename=aging100825 7316 2025-10-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3374802025-10-07 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337480 Senate Finance Committee votes on three Treasury nominees The Senate Finance Committee met to formally consider and vote on three Treasury Department nominations: Jonathan Greenstein for Deputy Under Secretary for International Finance, Donald Korb for IRS Chief Counsel, and Derek Theurer for Deputy Under Secretary for Legislative Affairs. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance100825 1742 2025-10-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3375002025-10-08 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337500 Hearings to examine Big Tech and silencing Americans The Senate Commerce Committee held this hearing to examine allegations that the Biden administration coerced social media and tech companies into censoring Americans' speech, while Democrats used the hearing to raise concerns about FCC Chairman Brendan Carr's threats against broadcasters over Jimmy Kimmel's suspension and about ongoing media consolidation. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce100825 7687 2025-10-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3374602025-10-07 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337460 Oversight hearings to examine the Department of Justice The Senate Judiciary Committee held its annual oversight hearing of the Department of Justice with Attorney General Pam Bondi (October 7, 2025). https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary100725 18271 2025-10-07 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3374642025-10-07 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337464 Confirmation hearing for four Defense and NNSA nominees The Senate Armed Services Committee met to consider four nominations: John Noh to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, Charles Young III to be General Counsel of the Department of the Army, William Lane III to be General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force, and David Beck to be Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs at the NNSA. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA100725 8187 2025-10-07 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3374472025-10-01 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337447 Senate HELP Committee considers three Labor Department nominees The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee held this hearing to consider the nominations of Scott Mayer and James Murphy, both to be Members of the National Labor Relations Board, and Rosario Palmieri to be Assistant Secretary of Labor. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help100125 6464 2025-10-01 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3374482025-10-01 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337448 Judiciary Committee votes on judicial and U.S. attorney nominations The Senate Judiciary Committee met to consider 20 pending nominations, including circuit and district judges and U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary100125 2919 2025-10-01 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3374492025-10-01 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337449 Hearings to examine the taxation of digital assets The Senate Finance Committee held this hearing to examine how federal tax law should treat digital assets, building on a bipartisan 2023 request for information from Chair Crapo and Ranking Member Wyden and on recommendations in the President's Working Group report on digital financial technology. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance100125 7355 2025-10-01 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3374412025-09-30 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337441 Hearings to examine the weaponization of the Quiet Skies Program The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee met to examine allegations that the TSA's Quiet Skies surveillance program was used by the Biden administration to target political opponents and Americans for First Amendment-protected activity, including Tulsi Gabbard and family members of a federal air marshal. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=govtaff&filename=govtaff093025 6814 2025-09-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3374452025-09-30 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337445 Hearings to examine how the Trump Administration is addressing the human cost of soft on crime policies The Senate Judiciary Committee held this hearing, titled "Blue City Chaos and Tragedy," to examine violent crime trends in Democratic-led cities and highlight the Trump administration's deployment of federal law enforcement and National Guard troops to Washington, D.C. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary093025 13201 2025-09-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3374502025-09-30 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337450 Senate Banking Committee advances five HUD and Treasury nominees The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held an executive session to consider four presidential nominees: Benjamin Hobbs and Ronald Kurtz, both for Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Chris Pilkerton, for Assistant Secretary for Investment Security at Treasury; and Jonathan Burke, for Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing at Treasury. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=banking&filename=banking093025 1904 2025-09-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186422026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/FpXFc4UzH8U/hqdefault.jpg Victims of Violent Crime The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight held a field hearing in Charlotte, North Carolina, examining violent crime, cashless bail policies, and prosecutorial resources following the August 2025 murder of Iryna Zarutska on Charlotte's Lynx light rail and other high-profile local killings. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FpXFc4UzH8U 10556 2025-09-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184492026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Tw23WzVR51U/hqdefault.jpg Invasion of the Homeland: How China is Using Illegal Marijuana to Build a Criminal Network Across America The Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability held this hearing to examine how Chinese transnational criminal organizations use illegal marijuana cultivation to fund broader criminal networks, including money laundering, human trafficking, and fentanyl precursor supply chains. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Tw23WzVR51U 8141 2025-09-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185972026-03-18 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ebAK852EdWA/hqdefault.jpg Legislative hearing on land, memorial, and access bills honoring military and first responders The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands held this legislative hearing to consider six bills covering law enforcement and EMS memorial support, a small cemetery land-conveyance program, motorcycle access to national parks, a Vicksburg National Military Park boundary change, and a 20-year extension of Army land withdrawals in Alaska, Texas, and California. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ebAK852EdWA 7117 2025-09-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186022026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/u3ZZ62KZbNQ/hqdefault.jpg USDA's Rural Development: Delivering Vital Programs and Services to Rural America The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development held this bipartisan hearing to examine how USDA Rural Development programs — including community facilities loans, business and industry (B&I) guarantees, value-added producer grants, and broadband programs like Reconnect — support rural communities, and to gather input ahead of farm bill reauthorization. https://www.youtube.com/embed/u3ZZ62KZbNQ 7171 2025-09-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186062026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/nS7oETA3sxY/hqdefault.jpg Igniting America's Energy Future: The Promise and Progress of Fusion Power The House Science Subcommittee on Energy held this hearing to examine the state of US fusion energy development, workforce shortages, and the case for major new federal investment as China accelerates its own fusion program. https://www.youtube.com/embed/nS7oETA3sxY 7054 2025-09-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186232026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/9hLn4q9d0yE/hqdefault.jpg AI at a Crossroads: A Nationwide Strategy or Californication? The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet held this hearing to examine whether Congress should preempt the roughly 1,000 state AI-related bills pending nationwide in favor of a national framework, following the failed attempt to include a 10-year state AI moratorium in earlier legislation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9hLn4q9d0yE 8414 2025-09-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186242026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/5FOsmA-PVoc/hqdefault.jpg Fraud in Focus: Exposing Financial Threats to American Families The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held this hearing to examine the rising scope of financial fraud and scams — including check fraud, romance scams, identity theft, and AI-enabled schemes — and to explore how federal agencies and the private sector could better collaborate to combat them and educate consumers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5FOsmA-PVoc 8060 2025-09-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186252026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/lJcpyzAzrt4/hqdefault.jpg Unlocking the Next Generation of AI in the U.S. Financial System for Consumers, Businesses, and Competitiveness The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence held this hearing to examine how AI, particularly generative and agentic AI, is being deployed across financial services and whether current regulation is prepared to keep pace. https://www.youtube.com/embed/lJcpyzAzrt4 7696 2025-09-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186282026-04-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/wZqKNBhbPlo/hqdefault.jpg Examining Solutions to Expedite Broadband Permitting The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held this hearing to examine roughly 30 bipartisan bills intended to streamline federal, state, and local permitting for broadband deployment, including shot-clock deadlines, fee caps, and railroad-crossing reforms, amid concerns that the $42 billion BEAD program has connected no homes after nearly four years. https://www.youtube.com/embed/wZqKNBhbPlo 12871 2025-09-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186312026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/W4Fcfe9-o9w/hqdefault.jpg Oversight of the District of Columbia The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee met to review public safety in the District of Columbia one week after the end of President Trump's deployment of the National Guard and federal law enforcement in D.C., and to question D.C.'s mayor, council chairman, and attorney general about crime trends, home rule, and pending committee legislation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/W4Fcfe9-o9w 20860 2025-09-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186322026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/QuezGOgTPQs/hqdefault.jpg Examining Policies to Enhance Seniors’ Access to Breakthrough Medical Technologies The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a legislative hearing to examine four bills: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/QuezGOgTPQs 10853 2025-09-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3374352025-09-17 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337435 Hearings to examine the state of K-12 education The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee held this hearing to examine the state of K-12 education following the release of the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results, which showed declining reading, math, and science scores. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help091825 9265 2025-09-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3374382025-09-17 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337438 Senate Armed Services Committee considers four DoD nominees The Senate Armed Services Committee met to consider four Department of Defense nominations: Platte Moring III for Inspector General, Kirsten Davies for Chief Information Officer, James Mazol for Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, and Derrick Anderson for Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA091825 6499 2025-09-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185982026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/E2nEt0HC1CU/hqdefault.jpg House Natural Resources marks up two mining bills and six bipartisan measures The House Natural Resources Committee held a full committee markup to consider H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/E2nEt0HC1CU 21433 2025-09-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186122026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/7A6C2GIH884/hqdefault.jpg Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation The House Judiciary Committee held an oversight hearing with FBI Director Kash Patel, his first appearance before the committee, covering the FBI's investigation of Charlie Kirk's assassination days earlier, the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, crime statistics under Patel's tenure, and allegations of politicization during both the Biden and Trump administrations. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7A6C2GIH884 19636 2025-09-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186132026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/KmAvlI4bjCw/hqdefault.jpg The Reauthorization of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance held this hearing to begin examining reauthorization of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA), the federal terrorism reinsurance backstop created after September 11, 2001 and reauthorized four times since, most recently in 2019, ahead of its December 31, 2027 expiration. https://www.youtube.com/embed/KmAvlI4bjCw 7186 2025-09-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186172026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/qyla9-OaSSM/hqdefault.jpg Streaming Success: Small Businesses in the Age of Digital Influence The House Small Business Committee held this hearing to examine the "creator economy" — content creators, influencers, and social-media-driven entrepreneurs — as a growing segment of American small business, and to explore the tax, legal, trade, and platform-related challenges these creators face. https://www.youtube.com/embed/qyla9-OaSSM 8007 2025-09-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186192026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/b4wyGUozfhA/hqdefault.jpg Task Force on Monetary Policy, Treasury Market Resilience, and Economic Prosperity: Less Mandates. More Independence The House Financial Services Task Force on Monetary Policy, Treasury Market Resilience, and Economic Prosperity held this hearing to examine whether Congress should narrow the Federal Reserve's mandates — particularly its dual mandate of price stability and maximum employment — and strengthen its independence from political interference. https://www.youtube.com/embed/b4wyGUozfhA 6186 2025-09-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186202026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/7bhNDRQbjgY/hqdefault.jpg Opening Doors to Opportunity: The Promise of Expanded School Choice and Alternatives to Four-Year College Degrees The House Oversight Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs held this hearing to examine expanding K-12 school choice programs and non-degree pathways—apprenticeships and career and technical education—as alternatives to traditional four-year college degrees. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7bhNDRQbjgY 5417 2025-09-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186212026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/0ytOZF3cdXw/hqdefault.jpg Shaping Tomorrow: The Future of Artificial Intelligence The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation held this hearing to examine AI's trajectory — its economic promise, workforce disruption, and national security stakes relative to China — through testimony from technology industry, think-tank, and policy witnesses. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0ytOZF3cdXw 5656 2025-09-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186272026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/W2aqSr-nHLc/hqdefault.jpg House committee markup of FMC, Estuaries, and PIPES Act reauthorizations The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure met to mark up three bipartisan bills: HR 4183 (Federal Maritime Commission Reauthorization Act of 2025), HR 3962 (the ESTUARIES Act), and HR 5301 (the PIPES Act of 2025), along with amendments in the nature of a substitute to each. https://www.youtube.com/embed/W2aqSr-nHLc 6676 2025-09-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186382026-05-29 https://img.youtube.com/vi/968JIUXnpxU/hqdefault.jpg House markup of six labor, ERISA, and workplace-safety bills The House Education and Workforce Committee met to mark up six bills: the Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act (HR 1723), the Balance the Scales Act (HR 2958), the EBSA Investigations Transparency Act (HR 2869), the Michael Enzi Voluntary Protection Program Act (HR 2844), the Direct Seller and Real Estate Agent Harmonization Act (HR 3495), and the Retire through Ownership Act (HR 5169). https://www.youtube.com/embed/968JIUXnpxU 19097 2025-09-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186392026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/6-h6MIQBY6Q/hqdefault.jpg Markup of Seven Bills The House Energy and Commerce Committee met to mark up seven bills, including reauthorizations of rural health outreach and telehealth grant programs, the Give Kids a Chance Act on pediatric rare disease drug development, a Public Health Service Commissioned Corps leave-benefits bill, the Healthy Start reauthorization, and the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act. https://www.youtube.com/embed/6-h6MIQBY6Q 14756 2025-09-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186402026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/hJ8Gvv8ByQw/hqdefault.jpg Ways and Means marks up nine health, tax, and Social Security bills The House Ways and Means Committee met to mark up nine bipartisan bills — covering multi-cancer early detection screening, hospital-at-home care, accountable care organization reporting, breakthrough medical devices, tax court procedures, IRS penalty rules, and Social Security claiming-age terminology and identity-theft protections — plus its FY2026 views and estimates letter to the Budget Committee. https://www.youtube.com/embed/hJ8Gvv8ByQw 28364 2025-09-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3373932025-09-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337393 Oversight of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs held this oversight hearing to mark the 50th anniversary of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDEAA), examining its successes and current implementation challenges at the Department of the Interior and the Indian Health Service. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=indian&filename=indian091725 6068 2025-09-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3374252025-09-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337425 Hearings to examine reviewing recent events at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and implications for children's health The Senate HELP Committee held this hearing to examine why Dr. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help091725 11883 2025-09-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3374262025-09-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337426 Hearings to examine strengthening services for veterans with spinal cord injury and disorder The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee held this hearing to examine the state of the VA's Spinal Cord Injury and Disorder (SCID) system of care, including services for veterans with ALS, and to hear from veterans, caregivers, and advocates about access, staffing, and implementation of recent legislation. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=vetaff&filename=vetaff091725 7239 2025-09-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3374272025-09-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337427 Confirmation hearing on Seventh Circuit, two district, and drug czar nominees The Senate Judiciary Committee convened this hearing on Constitution Day (September 17, 2025) to consider six nominations: Rebecca Taibleson for the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals; David Bragdon and Lindsey Freeman for the Middle District of North Carolina; Matthew Orso and Susan Cartwright-Rodriguez for the Western District of North Carolina; and Sara Carter (Bailey) to be Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary091725 9989 2025-09-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3374302025-09-17 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337430 Business meeting on EPA nominee Jeffrey Hall and Army Corps oversight The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee first convened a business meeting to consider the nomination of Jeffrey Hall to lead the EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA), then recessed to hold an oversight hearing on the U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=epw&filename=epw091725 6775 2025-09-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3374312025-09-17 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337431 SBA 504 loan program's role in reviving small manufacturing The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee met to examine how the SBA's 504 loan guarantee program can support small manufacturers, including proposed legislation (S.2659, S.2662, S.1555) to raise loan limits, streamline SBA oversight of certified development companies (CDCs), and reform equity and citizenship requirements. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=smbiz&filename=smbiz091725 5384 2025-09-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3374322025-09-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337432 Senate Commerce confirmation hearing for NTSB, OSTP, and Commerce nominees The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held a nomination hearing for three presidential nominees: Michael Graham, renominated to the National Transportation Safety Board; Dr. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce091725 5518 2025-09-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3374332025-09-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337433 Hearings to examine drug safety, supply chains, and the risk to aging Americans The Senate Special Committee on Aging held this hearing (September 17, 2025) to examine the safety of generic drugs manufactured overseas and the United States' dependence on China and India for pharmaceutical ingredients. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=aging&filename=aging091725 7685 2025-09-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184612026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/1DEjqxXvyNo/hqdefault.jpg Committee on House Administration Rescheduled Elections Subcommittee Hearing, "Maintaining Election Operations in the Face of Natural Disasters The House Administration Subcommittee on Elections held this hearing to examine how North Carolina and Florida maintained election operations amid recent hurricanes, focusing on emergency preparedness, communication, and funding. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1DEjqxXvyNo 3094 2025-09-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185482026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/p6KR8Dm3TAI/hqdefault.jpg Surveying the Threat of Agroterrorism: Perspectives on Food, Agriculture, and Veterinary Defense The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology held this hearing to examine the threat of agroterrorism to the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/p6KR8Dm3TAI 7925 2025-09-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185992026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/e132CRTy-SE/hqdefault.jpg Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held this hearing to examine the Trump administration's "Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential" executive order and related actions on oil, gas, mining, timber, and energy development in Alaska. https://www.youtube.com/embed/e132CRTy-SE 11122 2025-09-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186012026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/FGfDSQvbq50/hqdefault.jpg An Examination of the State of the Specialty Crop Industry The House Agriculture Committee held this bipartisan hearing to examine the state of the specialty crop industry — fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, nursery, and floriculture products — following investments made through HR1's budget reconciliation and ahead of a broader farm bill reauthorization. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FGfDSQvbq50 13068 2025-09-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186032026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/l9P6XrM3HeY/hqdefault.jpg No More Surprises: Reforming College Pricing for Students and Families The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development held this hearing to examine why colleges' advertised sticker prices so often diverge from what students actually pay, and to review proposals such as standardized financial aid offers, improved net price calculators, and maximum price guarantees. https://www.youtube.com/embed/l9P6XrM3HeY 7752 2025-09-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186052026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/OWtGvHXvYCQ/hqdefault.jpg Pathway to Capital: The Role of SBA Lending in Supporting Main Street America The House Small Business Committee held this hearing to examine the SBA Office of Capital Access's lending programs — including the flagship 7(a), 504, and microloan programs — and to review reforms made since the change in administration. https://www.youtube.com/embed/OWtGvHXvYCQ 8451 2025-09-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186072026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/a3MoTSguCyE/hqdefault.jpg Virtue Signaling vs. Vital Services: Where Tax-Exempt Hospitals are Spending Your Tax Dollars The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight convened this hearing to examine whether tax-exempt nonprofit hospitals are meeting the "community benefit" standard required for their federal tax privileges, weighing charity care and community investment against spending on items such as DEI programs, gender-affirming care for minors, executive compensation, and marketing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/a3MoTSguCyE 7412 2025-09-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186082026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/l1_xzIcyMto/hqdefault.jpg Unmanned and Unchecked: Confronting the Rising Threat of Malicious Drone Use in America The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance held this hearing to examine the growing use of drones for smuggling contraband into prisons, crossing the US border, and threatening airports and critical infrastructure, and to consider legislative fixes such as H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/l1_xzIcyMto 6100 2025-09-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186102026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/PuRnW209tGg/hqdefault.jpg From Protection to Persecution: EPA Enforcement Gone Rogue Under the Biden Administration The House Oversight Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement held this hearing to examine whether EPA and DOJ used disproportionately aggressive, criminal-style enforcement tactics — including armed raids — against small automotive tuning businesses accused of Clean Air Act "defeat device" and on-board-diagnostics (OBD) tampering violations. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PuRnW209tGg 10326 2025-09-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186152026-05-18 https://img.youtube.com/vi/hWeTVUHqdOc/hqdefault.jpg Appliance and Building Policies: Restoring the American Dream of Home Ownership and Consumer Choice The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy held a legislative hearing to consider eight bills addressing appliance efficiency standards, natural gas access, federal building energy mandates, manufactured housing rules, and weatherization assistance. https://www.youtube.com/embed/hWeTVUHqdOc 19987 2025-09-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186162026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Ioit78f_sDk/hqdefault.jpg From Gridlock to Growth: Permitting Reform Under the Clean Air Act The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment held this hearing to examine H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ioit78f_sDk 8837 2025-09-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186412026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/5A2jIJxnucE/hqdefault.jpg H.R. 5371 – Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026; H. Res. 719 – Honoring the life and legacy of Charles “Charlie” James Kirk The House Rules Committee met to set the terms of floor debate for two measures: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5A2jIJxnucE 12081 2025-09-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3374212025-09-15 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337421 An oversight hearing to examine the Federal Bureau of Investigation The Senate Judiciary Committee held its annual FBI oversight hearing with Director Kash Patel, convening in the immediate aftermath of the assassination of activist Charlie Kirk. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary091625 17547 2025-09-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178072026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/UZ8UnK6SChQ/hqdefault.jpg Rules Committee sets floor rules for energy and DC crime bills The House Rules Committee met to set the terms of floor debate for seven bills: three energy measures (H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/UZ8UnK6SChQ 6254 2025-09-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185962026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/BRd8EuyhluA/hqdefault.jpg Oversight: Advancing VA Care Through Artificial Intelligence The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization held this oversight hearing to examine how the Department of Veterans Affairs is deploying artificial intelligence across clinical care, benefits processing, and IT operations, and to weigh the opportunities against risks to data privacy, security, and workforce capacity. https://www.youtube.com/embed/BRd8EuyhluA 7098 2025-09-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3373832025-09-10 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337383 Nomination of General Christopher Mahoney for Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs The Senate Armed Services Committee convened to consider President Trump's nomination of General Christopher J. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA091125 8494 2025-09-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3373982025-09-10 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337398 Judiciary Committee votes on First and Ninth Circuit and district court nominees The Senate Judiciary Committee met to vote on a slate of judicial and U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary091125 4102 2025-09-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3373992025-09-10 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337399 Confirmation hearing for ambassadors to India, Bahamas, Jordan, and refugee bureau chief The Senate Foreign Relations Committee met to consider four State Department nominations: Sergio Gor to be Ambassador to India, Herschel Walker to be Ambassador to the Bahamas, Andrew Veprek to be Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Migration, and James Holtsnider to be Ambassador to Jordan. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign091125 7520 2025-09-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3374202025-09-10 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337420 Committee advances two FERC nominees and four public lands bills The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee met to vote on the nominations of Laura Swett and David LaCerte to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and to consider four public lands bills: S.1453 (Salt Lake City non-federal land), S.472 (Ski Area Fee Retention Account), and S.909/H.R.1043 (La Paz County, Arizona land conveyance). https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=energy&filename=energy091125 2905 2025-09-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185332026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/1lTPOcbI6u0/hqdefault.jpg SST Full Committee Markup The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee held a markup of HR 5089, the Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025, which updates the 2017 Weather Act to modernize NOAA's forecasting, data assimilation, and public communication capabilities. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1lTPOcbI6u0 4207 2025-09-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185442026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/kB2zq7ykPTg/hqdefault.jpg Fiscal Year 2026 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Bill The House Appropriations Committee convened to mark up the final FY2026 regular appropriations bill, the Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) bill, which sets a $76.8 billion discretionary allocation, a 2.8% cut from FY2025 enacted levels [0:29:53]. https://www.youtube.com/embed/kB2zq7ykPTg 28800 2025-09-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185612026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/9rtyF326HN4/hqdefault.jpg Legislative hearing on three NEPA permitting reform bills The House Natural Resources Committee held a legislative hearing to consider three bipartisan permitting bills: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9rtyF326HN4 18086 2025-09-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185772026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Fq9nGi4pZhw/hqdefault.jpg Proxy Power and Proposal Abuse: Reforming Rule 14a-8 to Protect Shareholder Value The House Financial Services Committee held this hearing to examine SEC Rule 14a-8, which governs how shareholders submit proposals for inclusion on corporate proxy ballots, and to consider 15 bills addressing the shareholder proposal process and the influence of proxy advisory firms ISS and Glass Lewis. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Fq9nGi4pZhw 15245 2025-09-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185822026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Z0zTAKRYYQs/hqdefault.jpg Promoting Forest Health and Resiliency Through Improved Active Management The House Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture held this hearing to examine active forest management, hazardous fuels reduction, and wildfire risk on national forest lands, and to hear from state, tribal, industry, and academic witnesses about tools, partnerships, and staffing challenges facing the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z0zTAKRYYQs 7005 2025-09-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185862026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/MxrXx17S0fM/hqdefault.jpg Leveling the Playing Field: Fostering Opportunities for Small Business Contractors The House Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Infrastructure held this hearing to examine barriers small businesses face competing for federal contracts, including complex solicitation language, contract bundling, and proposed changes to the FAR (Federal Acquisition Regulation) rewrite. https://www.youtube.com/embed/MxrXx17S0fM 5734 2025-09-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185872026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/EqhFGb074Gc/hqdefault.jpg From Playground to Classroom: The Spread of Antisemitism in K-12 Schools The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education held this hearing to examine antisemitism in K-12 public schools, focusing on teacher training programs, teachers unions (particularly the NEA), outside curriculum groups, and school district responses. https://www.youtube.com/embed/EqhFGb074Gc 6899 2025-09-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185942026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/3kXdZTSLdeY/hqdefault.jpg Markup of 14 bills reshaping D.C. home rule, policing, bail, and sentencing The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform met to mark up 14 bills concerning the District of Columbia, covering congressional review of D.C. https://www.youtube.com/embed/3kXdZTSLdeY 28800 2025-09-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185952026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/7ORoAlN-5v8/hqdefault.jpg House Judiciary marks up UAC, trafficking, gun-dealer, LNG, and technical bills The House Judiciary Committee met to mark up eleven bills, most notably H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ORoAlN-5v8 20542 2025-09-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186002026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ugp5IrCKKUc/hqdefault.jpg Subcommittee Markup of Seven Bills The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health met to mark up and vote on seven bipartisan bills reauthorizing health workforce, rural health, telehealth, maternal/infant health, and public health service programs before their fiscal year-end expiration. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ugp5IrCKKUc 4151 2025-09-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1186042026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/vnCaLBn-P8c/hqdefault.jpg Water Resources Development Acts Implementation: Review and Oversight of Past Provisions The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment held this hearing to review the Army Corps of Engineers' implementation of recent Water Resources Development Acts (WRDA), particularly WRDA 2024, and to examine core mission delivery amid proposed budget cuts, workforce losses, and project delays. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vnCaLBn-P8c 11021 2025-09-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3373892025-09-09 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337389 Hearings to examine the nomination of William Kirk, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, Small Business Administration The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee met to consider William Kirk's nomination by President Trump to serve as Inspector General of the Small Business Administration. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=smbiz&filename=smbiz091025 4233 2025-09-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3373902025-09-09 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337390 Senate Finance Committee weighs Treasury and IRS Chief Counsel nominees The Senate Finance Committee convened this hearing to consider two Treasury nominations: Jonathan Greenstein to be Deputy Under Secretary for International Finance and Donald Korb to serve a second stint as IRS Chief Counsel. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance091025 6518 2025-09-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3373922025-09-09 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337392 Kirkland confirmed for Interior; oversight of DOE tribal energy programs The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs held a business meeting to vote on William Kirkland's nomination as Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs at the Department of Interior, followed immediately by an oversight hearing on the Department of Energy's Office of Indian Energy and Loan Program Office's Tribal Energy Finance Program, plus the Denali Commission's work in rural Alaska. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=indian&filename=indian091025 7800 2025-09-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3373942025-09-10 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337394 Hearings to examine the nomination of Karen Brazell, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary for Benefits of the Department of Veterans Affairs The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee met to consider the nomination of Dr. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=vetaff&filename=vetaff091025 5042 2025-09-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3373962025-09-09 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337396 Wildfire prescribed burn rules and biofuels for ocean vessels The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee met to examine a discussion draft of the Wildfire Emissions Prevention Act (WEPA), which would ease Clean Air Act rules on prescribed burns, and S.881, the Renewable Fuel for Oceangoing Vessels Act, which would let biofuels used by ocean vessels qualify for Renewable Fuel Standard credits. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=epw&filename=epw091025 5688 2025-09-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3373972025-09-09 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337397 Committee advances Fed nominee Miran, then examines deposit insurance reform The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee first held a brief executive session to vote on Stephen Miran's nomination to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, which the committee approved on a voice/roll call vote [0:22:43]. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=banking&filename=banking091025 7125 2025-09-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185722026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/yjygoBMQMuY/hqdefault.jpg Exploring State Options in SNAP The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture held its first hearing of the 119th Congress to examine state options and flexibilities in administering SNAP, including broad-based categorical eligibility, standard utility allowances, and county-administered structures. https://www.youtube.com/embed/yjygoBMQMuY 9850 2025-09-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185732026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/XJI76UUDOSM/hqdefault.jpg Unmasking Union Antisemitism The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions held this hearing to examine allegations that some labor unions have fostered antisemitic workplace conditions and used compulsory dues to fund political activity that Jewish members oppose. https://www.youtube.com/embed/XJI76UUDOSM 5459 2025-09-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185742026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/qnM3U3zKPcs/hqdefault.jpg Evaluating the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network The House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions held its third statutorily-required hearing with FinCEN's director to examine the agency's operations, the troubled status of the Corporate Transparency Act's beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting regime, the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020, and the Bank Secrecy Act. https://www.youtube.com/embed/qnM3U3zKPcs 7568 2025-09-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185752026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/eOxgi_tZ4ds/hqdefault.jpg Public Safety Communications in the United States The Communications and Technology Subcommittee held this hearing to examine the state of public safety communications, including Next Generation 911 deployment, FirstNet's upcoming 2027 authorization sunset, and public broadcasting's role in emergency alerting. https://www.youtube.com/embed/eOxgi_tZ4ds 12723 2025-09-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185762026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/i8dax3RcSiY/hqdefault.jpg Promoting the Health of the Banking Sector: Reforming Resolution and Broadening Funding Access for Long-Term Resilience The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions convened this hearing to examine proposed reforms to the FDIC's least-cost resolution and bank-failure bidding process, along with legislation to expand access to brokered, reciprocal, and custodial deposits and to recalibrate capital rules for small and midsize banks. https://www.youtube.com/embed/i8dax3RcSiY 9490 2025-09-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185842026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/1Hv_VoMeO7A/hqdefault.jpg Better Meals, Fewer Pills: Making Our Children Healthy Again The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services held this hearing to examine childhood chronic disease, obesity, and mental health trends, and to review the Trump administration's "Make America Healthy Again" (MAHA) initiatives at HHS and USDA. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1Hv_VoMeO7A 6164 2025-09-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185852026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/XXSbOVBPcgs/hqdefault.jpg Untapped Talent in America: Removing Barriers to Work and Supporting Opportunity for Individuals with Disabilities The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, joined by the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare, held this hearing to examine barriers that discourage Americans receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) from returning to work, including the $2,000 SSI asset limit, benefit "cliffs," overpayment recoupment rules, and expired demonstration authority. https://www.youtube.com/embed/XXSbOVBPcgs 10579 2025-09-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185902026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/HrsLLHUMlm4/hqdefault.jpg Building the American Dream: Examining Affordability, Choice, and Security in Appliance and Buildings Policies The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy held this hearing on September 9, 2025 to examine how federal appliance efficiency standards, building energy codes, and natural gas restrictions affect housing affordability, consumer choice, and grid reliability. https://www.youtube.com/embed/HrsLLHUMlm4 10556 2025-09-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185922026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/tknc4_piX64/hqdefault.jpg Various Measures The House Small Business Committee held a markup to consider HR 5100, a bipartisan bill to extend the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, which were set to expire September 30, before their planned expiration. https://www.youtube.com/embed/tknc4_piX64 1335 2025-09-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185932026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/azyKOybUcSQ/hqdefault.jpg Fiscal Year 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Bill The House Appropriations Committee convened to mark up the FY2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies appropriations bill, with Chairman Cole stating the intention to complete all work in a single session [0:35:30]. https://www.youtube.com/embed/azyKOybUcSQ 28800 2025-09-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178062026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/fRm7NJMMRTQ/hqdefault.jpg House Rules Committee sets terms for FY2026 defense authorization bill The House Rules Committee met to set the rules for floor consideration of H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fRm7NJMMRTQ 3533 2025-09-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3373662025-09-03 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337366 Nominations of Laura Swett and David LaCerte to serve on FERC The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee convened this hearing to consider the nominations of Laura Swett and David LaCerte to serve as members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=energy&filename=energy090425 6275 2025-09-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3373672025-09-03 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337367 Nominations for HUD, Treasury, and Federal Reserve posts, including Stephen Miran The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee met to consider five presidential nominations: Benjamin Hobbs and Ronald Kurtz for HUD Assistant Secretary posts, Chris Pilkerton for Treasury Assistant Secretary for Investment Security, Jonathan Burke for Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing, and Stephen Miran for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=banking&filename=banking090425 9424 2025-09-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3373682025-09-03 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337368 Hearings to examine the President's 2026 health care agenda The Senate Finance Committee held a mark-up session on three HHS/USTR nominations before convening this oversight hearing with Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance090425 13256 2025-09-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3373852025-09-03 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337385 Senate Finance business meeting and RFK Jr. hearing on HHS health agenda The Senate Finance Committee first held a brief business meeting to consider three nominations — Bryan Switzer for Deputy U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance090425 13256 2025-09-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185542026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/witHg-eVmG0/hqdefault.jpg Markup of seven bills on cybersecurity, AI terrorism risk, and school security The House Homeland Security Committee held a markup to consider and vote on seven bills spanning cybersecurity information sharing, state and local cyber grants, generative AI terrorism risk assessment, DHS intelligence rotations, DHS intelligence oversight, school security strategy, and pipeline security. https://www.youtube.com/embed/witHg-eVmG0 4631 2025-09-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185582026-03-09 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZFr-ZOC4YBo/hqdefault.jpg Wolf delisting, dam protection, and water bills before Natural Resources panel The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries held a legislative hearing on five bills: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZFr-ZOC4YBo 10820 2025-09-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185602026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/avECrBUf5lQ/hqdefault.jpg Examining Opportunities to Advance American Health Care through the Use of Artificial Intelligence Technologies The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held this hearing (September 3, 2025) to examine current and emerging uses of artificial intelligence across health care, including administrative automation, diagnostics, price transparency, and prior authorization. https://www.youtube.com/embed/avECrBUf5lQ 12015 2025-09-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185632026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/k5oMpz0SDbk/hqdefault.jpg Wired for Growth: How Expanding Broadband Can Revitalize Rural Small Businesses The House Small Business Committee held this hearing, "Wired for Growth: How Expanding Broadband Can Revitalize Rural Small Businesses," to examine how broadband access — and gaps in it — affect rural entrepreneurs, farmers, and telecom providers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/k5oMpz0SDbk 6661 2025-09-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185642026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/x73mMhoGQi4/hqdefault.jpg Foundations First: Reclaiming Reading and Math through Proven Instruction The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education held this hearing to examine declining NAEP reading and math scores and to explore how "science of reading" and evidence-based math instruction have driven gains in states like Louisiana and Alabama. https://www.youtube.com/embed/x73mMhoGQi4 6596 2025-09-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185652026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/jIvu0MmjWHs/hqdefault.jpg Europe’s Threat to American Speech and Innovation The House Judiciary Committee held this hearing to examine the European Union's Digital Services Act (DSA) and Digital Markets Act (DMA), and the UK's Online Safety Act (OSA), and their effects on American companies' free speech and business practices. https://www.youtube.com/embed/jIvu0MmjWHs 18766 2025-09-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185712026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/EQVbb-r6FbE/hqdefault.jpg Fiscal Year 2026 Financial Services and General Government Bill The House Appropriations Committee met to mark up the fiscal year 2026 Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) appropriations bill, which funds the Treasury Department, the Executive Office of the President, the federal judiciary, the District of Columbia, and more than 20 independent agencies including the IRS, SEC, FTC, and Small Business Administration. https://www.youtube.com/embed/EQVbb-r6FbE 28800 2025-09-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185812026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/VBVgPujHsOA/hqdefault.jpg Committee marks up FEMA reform and counter-drone authorization bills The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee held a markup to adopt its Fiscal Year 2026 views and estimates, and to consider amendments in the nature of a substitute to H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/VBVgPujHsOA 7613 2025-09-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3373602025-09-03 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337360 Senate confirmation hearing for five State Department nominees The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a confirmation hearing for five Trump administration nominees: Bill Bazzi (Ambassador to Tunisia), Melinda Hildebrand (Ambassador to Costa Rica), Todd Wilcox (Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security), Riley Barnes (Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor), and Dan Negrea (U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign090325 8392 2025-09-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3373612025-09-02 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337361 Hearings to examine why Congress and NASA must thwart China in the space race The Senate Commerce Committee held this hearing on NASA's first comprehensive reauthorization since 2017, examining whether the Artemis program's current architecture can return American astronauts to the Moon before China achieves a permanent lunar presence. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce090325 9028 2025-09-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3373622025-09-02 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337362 Nuclear Regulatory Commission oversight amid EPW nominations and staffing turmoil The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee first held a business meeting to approve 10 GSA resolutions and vote on Katherine Scarlett's nomination to the Council on Environmental Quality, then convened its first oversight hearing on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission since March 2023. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=epw&filename=epw090325 8068 2025-09-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3373632025-09-02 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337363 Hearings to examine protecting older Americans, focusing on leveling the playing field for older workers The Senate Special Committee on Aging held this hearing to examine age discrimination against older workers and how forced arbitration clauses prevent victims from seeking redress in court. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=aging&filename=aging090325 5401 2025-09-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3373642025-09-03 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337364 Judiciary Committee hearing on six federal judicial nominees The Senate Judiciary Committee met to consider six judicial nominations: Jennifer Mascott for the Third Circuit (Delaware seat), Robert Chamberlin and James Maxwell for the Northern District of Mississippi, and Edmund LaCour, Harold Mooty, and Bill Lewis for federal district courts in Alabama. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary090325 11753 2025-09-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178052026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/QjjFPzjbFwE/hqdefault.jpg House Rules Committee Meeting on Energy-Water Appropriations and Epstein Files Oversight The House Rules Committee met to set floor consideration terms for H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/QjjFPzjbFwE 19429 2025-09-02 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185702026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/XFB0coENolE/hqdefault.jpg Fiscal Year 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Bill The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies met to mark up and vote on its fiscal year 2026 funding bill, which cuts overall spending for the covered agencies by roughly $24 billion (more than 10%). https://www.youtube.com/embed/XFB0coENolE 4085 2025-09-02 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185522026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/8dcUQOFHpAk/hqdefault.jpg Securing the Supply Chain: The Defense Production Act in Focus The House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions held this field hearing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to examine the Defense Production Act (DPA) ahead of its expiration in September and to gather input on modernizing its Title 1, Title 3, and Title 7 authorities. https://www.youtube.com/embed/8dcUQOFHpAk 7529 2025-08-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3373182025-07-30 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337318 Confirmation hearing for four Pentagon and Navy nominees The Senate Armed Services Committee convened to consider four Department of Defense nominations: Michael Powers to be Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), Dr. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA073125 6822 2025-07-31 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3373192025-07-30 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337319 Hearings to examine making health care affordable, focusing on solutions to lower costs and empower patients The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee convened this hearing to examine strategies for making health care more affordable, with a focus on price transparency, pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) reform, the 340B drug discount program, and consolidation in insurance and hospital markets. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help073125 6193 2025-07-31 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3373402025-07-30 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337340 Senate Finance Committee considers four Treasury and HHS nominees The Senate Finance Committee met on July 31, 2025 to consider four nominations: Bryan Switzer for Deputy U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance073125 9665 2025-07-31 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3373432025-07-30 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337343 Committee marks up FY2026 Defense and Labor-HHS appropriations bills The Senate Appropriations Committee met to markup two fiscal year 2026 spending bills: the Department of Defense Appropriations Act and the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=approps&filename=appropsA073125 13146 2025-07-31 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3373482025-07-30 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337348 Senate Finance Committee nominations hearing for Treasury and HHS officials The Senate Finance Committee met to consider two sets of executive nominations: first, a brief business meeting on the nominations of Jonathan McKernan (Treasury Undersecretary for Domestic Finance) and Dr. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance073125 9665 2025-07-31 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3373082025-07-30 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337308 HELP Committee markup advances rural health, ESOP, and OTC drug bills The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee held a business meeting to consider and vote on six bipartisan bills covering over-the-counter drug user fees, uniformed Public Health Service leave parity, tick-borne disease research, rural health care programs, and two measures expanding employee stock ownership plan protections and advisory representation. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help073025 3533 2025-07-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3373112025-07-30 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337311 Hearings to examine awareness to action, focusing on combating elder abuse and neglect The Senate Special Committee on Aging held this hearing on July 30, 2025 to examine how federal, state, and local programs — including the Older Americans Act, the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program, and the Administration for Community Living — help identify and prevent elder abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=aging&filename=aging073025 5209 2025-07-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3373122025-07-30 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337312 Confirmation hearing for four federal circuit and district judge nominees The Senate Judiciary Committee met to consider four judicial nominations: Eric Tung and Joshua Dunlap for the Ninth and First Circuit Courts of Appeals, and William Mercer and Stephen Chad Meredith for U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary073025 11921 2025-07-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3373152025-07-30 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337315 Committee votes on four State Department nominations, holds Belgium pick The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a business meeting to vote on four State Department nominations: Jason Evans to be Under Secretary (Management), Thomas Rose to be Ambassador to Poland, William White to be Ambassador to Belgium, and Peter Lamelas to be Ambassador to Argentina. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign073025 2246 2025-07-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3373162025-07-30 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337316 Commerce Committee advances shark, manufacturing, NASA bills and DOT/NOAA nominees The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee met to mark up three bills — the SHARKED Act on shark depredation, the Streamlining American Manufacturing Strategy Act, and the Space Exploration Research Act — along with Coast Guard officer promotions and several nominations for NOAA and the Department of Transportation. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce073025 2959 2025-07-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3373442025-07-30 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337344 Hearings to examine a review of the USDA reorganization proposal The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee convened this hearing on short notice to examine Secretary Brooke Rollins's newly announced USDA reorganization plan, which would relocate roughly 2,600 employees from the National Capital Region to five regional hubs (Raleigh, Fort Collins, Kansas City, Salt Lake City, and Indianapolis) and close four D.C.-area buildings. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=ag&filename=ag073025 8182 2025-07-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3373452025-07-30 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337345 Committee advances Erdos, Robertson, and Walsh nominations for DOE and Interior posts The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held its eighth business meeting of the year to vote on three nominees who testified at the committee's July 9 hearing: Lanny Erdos to be Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Audrey Robertson to be Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, and Timothy Walsh to be Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management, both at the Department of Energy. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=energy&filename=energy073025 2366 2025-07-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3373462025-07-30 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337346 Committee advances 24 veterans' health and benefits bills The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee held a business meeting to consider 24 pending bills covering VA community care, mental health and suicide prevention, caregiver support, women veterans' and student veterans' benefits, military sexual trauma survivors, and related programs. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=vetaff&filename=vetaff073025 2959 2025-07-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3373062026-01-14 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337306 Hearings to examine perspectives on reauthorization of the U.S. Grain Standards Act The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee held this hearing to examine the need to reauthorize provisions of the U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=ag&filename=ag072925 4520 2025-07-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185412026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/FYHc5U1XiIg/hqdefault.jpg The One, Big, Beautiful Bill Delivering for the American Economy – Ronald Reagan Presidential Library The House Ways and Means Committee held this field hearing at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library to examine the effects of the recently enacted "One Big Beautiful Bill" — which made permanent many 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provisions — on small businesses, farmers, ranchers, and manufacturers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FYHc5U1XiIg 10019 2025-07-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185382026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/tauJC7LWUn4/hqdefault.jpg Oversight: Beyond the City Limits: Delivering for Rural Veterans The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization held a field hearing at the University of Illinois in Urbana to examine barriers rural veterans face in accessing VA health care and benefits, and how technology — including telehealth, broadband, and scheduling tools — can close those gaps. https://www.youtube.com/embed/tauJC7LWUn4 6557 2025-07-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3372792026-01-21 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337279 Nomination hearing for Admiral Daryl Caudle to lead Navy as CNO The Senate Armed Services Committee convened this hearing to consider the nomination of Admiral Daryl L. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA072425 8123 2025-07-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3372832026-01-14 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337283 Senate confirmation hearing on CISA, DHS, and IC nominees The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee met to consider several executive nominations, including Sean Plankey to lead the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Pedro Allende to be DHS Under Secretary for Science and Technology, Christopher Fox to be Inspector General of the Intelligence Community, and Edward O'Connell to be an Associate Judge of the D.C. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=govtaff&filename=govtaff072425 5789 2025-07-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3372842026-01-14 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337284 Hearings to examine empowering workers by expanding employee ownership The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions held this hearing to examine how Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) help workers build retirement wealth and to review pending bipartisan legislation addressing regulatory barriers to forming and sustaining ESOPs. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help072425 6378 2025-07-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3372852026-01-21 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337285 Employee Stock Ownership Plans: barriers, benefits, and proposed legislation The Senate HELP Committee held this hearing to examine how Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) benefit workers and companies, and to discuss bipartisan legislation aimed at removing federal barriers to their formation, including unresolved Department of Labor valuation regulations that Chair Cassidy said have been outstanding for 51 years [0:18:52]. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help072425 6378 2025-07-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3372872026-01-14 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337287 Judiciary Committee votes on U.S. Attorney nominees and three public safety bills The Senate Judiciary Committee met to vote on seven U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary072425 6335 2025-07-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3373032026-01-14 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337303 Committee approves Interior-Environment and THUD spending bills for 2026 The Senate Appropriations Committee met to mark up two fiscal year 2026 appropriations bills: the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies bill and the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) bill. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=approps&filename=appropsA072425 6060 2025-07-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183942026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/kZ849HjjWwo/hqdefault.jpg House Natural Resources markup of wildfire suppression and public lands bills The House Natural Resources Committee held a full committee markup to consider fourteen bills, including two wildfire-suppression measures from Rep. https://www.youtube.com/embed/kZ849HjjWwo 14496 2025-07-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184652026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/VYzU1uwLrzY/hqdefault.jpg Reforming Defense Acquisition to Deliver Capability at the Speed of Relevance The House Armed Services Committee held this hearing to examine why defense acquisition takes over a decade to deliver capability and to review the bipartisan SPEED Act, incorporated into the FY26 NDAA, which would shorten requirements timelines, expand program executive officer authority, and modernize regulations. https://www.youtube.com/embed/VYzU1uwLrzY 7240 2025-07-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184852026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/S0suB4Etnw0/hqdefault.jpg Fixing Emergency Management: Examining Improvements to FEMA's Disaster Response The Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management convened this hearing to examine FEMA's disaster response practices in light of the deadly July 4, 2025 flash floods in Kerr County, Texas, which killed more than 130 people, and to consider broader reforms to the agency. https://www.youtube.com/embed/S0suB4Etnw0 8546 2025-07-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185142026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/F1c5XS3GZ68/hqdefault.jpg Bureau of Counterterrorism FY26 Budget Posture Hearing The House Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa held this hearing to examine the State Department Bureau of Counterterrorism's fiscal year 2026 budget request and the strategic effects of the department's recent reorganization, which moved the bureau under the Under Secretary for Security. https://www.youtube.com/embed/F1c5XS3GZ68 4524 2025-07-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185152026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/7i7NkYh1Jx4/hqdefault.jpg FY26 State Department Posture: Bureau of Political Affairs The House Foreign Affairs Committee held this hearing to examine Secretary of State Marco Rubio's reorganization of the State Department, its dismantling of USAID and consolidation of foreign assistance into regional bureaus, and how the Bureau of Political Affairs will implement an "America First" foreign policy under new Under Secretary Allison Hooker. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7i7NkYh1Jx4 10597 2025-07-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185292026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/gA-t27Swrjk/hqdefault.jpg An Examination of the Implications of Proposition 12 The House Agriculture Committee held this hearing to examine the economic and legal implications of California's Proposition 12, which bans the sale of pork in California from breeding sows not raised under the state's confinement standards, and to consider Chairman Thompson's proposed federal preemption (Section 12007 of the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024). https://www.youtube.com/embed/gA-t27Swrjk 10887 2025-07-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185352026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ngFXHc4U8J8/hqdefault.jpg United We Stand: Strategies to Counter PRC Economic Coercion Against Democracies The House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party held this hearing to examine how the PRC uses trade bans, tariffs, and export controls to punish democracies for sovereign policy decisions, and how the United States and its allies can build collective resilience against such coercion. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ngFXHc4U8J8 6048 2025-07-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185372026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ewRADz1xvCQ/hqdefault.jpg Markup approves 25 veterans bills, including the Veterans Access Act The House Committee on Veterans' Affairs convened this markup to consider 25 bills and two major medical lease resolutions covering community care, fraud prevention, mental health outreach, disability claims processing, and VA technology modernization. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ewRADz1xvCQ 17505 2025-07-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185432026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/lQnpl1K8dVY/hqdefault.jpg Fiscal Year 2026 National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Bill The House Appropriations Committee met to mark up the fiscal year 2026 National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Bill, which cuts overall funding by 22% from enacted FY2025 levels. https://www.youtube.com/embed/lQnpl1K8dVY 28800 2025-07-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185452026-03-10 https://img.youtube.com/vi/qsuGK6sXb_w/hqdefault.jpg Markup of five bills on independent contractors, joint employers, and college athletics The House Education and Workforce Committee met to mark up five bills: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/qsuGK6sXb_w 21133 2025-07-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185492026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/5rWB_WMUqNw/hqdefault.jpg Markup of Two Bills The House Energy and Commerce Committee met to mark up two bipartisan bills: the SCORE Act (HR 4312), which would create a national framework governing college athlete name, image, and likeness (NIL) compensation, revenue sharing, and NCAA/conference authority, and HR 4273, the OTC Monograph Drug User Fee Amendments (AMUFA), reauthorizing FDA user fees for over-the-counter drug review ahead of a September 30, 2025 expiration. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5rWB_WMUqNw 15856 2025-07-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3372652026-01-21 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337265 Senate Commerce Committee considers three DOT nominees The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee met to consider the nominations of Seval Oz to be Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Research and Technology, Michael Rutherford to be Assistant Secretary for Multimodal Freight Infrastructure and Policy, and Gregory Zerzan to be General Counsel of the Department of Transportation. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce072325 5337 2025-07-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3372662026-01-21 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337266 Nominations of Katherine Scarlett to CEQ and Jeffrey Hall to EPA The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee met to consider two Trump administration nominations: Katherine Scarlett to chair the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and Jeffrey Hall to be Assistant Administrator for EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA). https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=epw&filename=epw072325 4145 2025-07-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3372722026-01-21 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337272 Foreign Relations examines transnational criminal organizations and Chinese money laundering The Senate Foreign Relations Committee first held a brief business meeting to advance three ambassadorial nominations before turning to a hearing on dismantling transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) in the Americas. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign072325 5672 2025-07-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3372772026-01-21 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337277 Hearings to examine choice and literacy, focusing on empowering families for better educational results The Senate HELP Subcommittee on Education and the American Family held this hearing to examine school choice options and literacy initiatives, and to consider what role the federal government should play in supporting state-led efforts. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help072325 5830 2025-07-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3372782026-01-21 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337278 Hearings to examine the road ahead, focusing on proposals to improve America's transportation infrastructure The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee convened this hearing to consider two Trump administration nominations: Katherine Scarlett to serve as Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and Jeffrey Hall to be Assistant Administrator of EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) [0:14:56]. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=epw&filename=epw072325 4145 2025-07-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3372802026-01-21 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337280 Hearings to examine innovation in the crosshairs, focusing on countering China's industrial espionage The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee held this hearing to examine how China conducts industrial and technological espionage against American startups and small businesses, and how federal programs like SBIR/STTR should be reformed to close vulnerabilities. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=smbiz&filename=smbiz072325 6026 2025-07-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3372812026-01-21 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337281 Hearings to examine challenges to meeting increased electricity demand The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held this hearing to examine the challenges of meeting surging U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=energy&filename=energy072325 8447 2025-07-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3372822026-01-21 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337282 Hearings to examine United States diplomatic strategies for a dynamic Middle East The Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism held its first hearing of the 119th Congress to examine U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign072325p 7279 2025-07-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3372862025-07-23 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337286 Hearings to examine ending illegal discrimination and preferences, focusing on enforcing our civil rights laws The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution held this hearing to examine the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division's enforcement priorities under Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, focusing on efforts to end diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs deemed illegal discrimination under federal civil rights law. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary072325 7973 2025-07-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3373012025-07-23 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337301 Committee votes on five HUD, Treasury, Commerce, and Ex-Im nominees The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee met in executive session to vote on five nominations: Benjamin DeMarzo and Craig Trainor to be Assistant Secretaries at HUD, Jovan Jovanovic to be President of the Export-Import Bank, Francis Brooke to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, and David Peters to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=banking&filename=banking072325 2053 2025-07-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184442026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/jLROmU7j57Q/hqdefault.jpg Fully Operational: Stuxnet 15 Years Later and the Evolution of Cyber Threats to Critical Infrastructure The Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection convened this hearing to mark the 15th anniversary of the discovery of the Stuxnet malware and examine how cyber threats to US critical infrastructure — particularly operational technology (OT) systems like water, energy, and transportation controls — have evolved since then. https://www.youtube.com/embed/jLROmU7j57Q 6228 2025-07-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184472026-03-09 https://img.youtube.com/vi/7yLPCucl-Cg/hqdefault.jpg House hearing on seven bills reforming Endangered Species and Marine Mammal law The Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries held a legislative hearing to consider seven measures: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7yLPCucl-Cg 11207 2025-07-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184502026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/WweC6r3KA2U/hqdefault.jpg Lessons from Boston, Kansas City, and New Orleans mass-gathering attacks The House Homeland Security Task Force on Enhancing Security for Special Events held its inaugural hearing to examine past security failures at mass gatherings — the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, the 2024 Kansas City Super Bowl parade shooting, the 2024 Copa America gate breach in Miami, and the 2025 New Orleans Bourbon Street vehicle attack — as the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/WweC6r3KA2U 5367 2025-07-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184862026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/yj0faNdOB3g/hqdefault.jpg Future of United States Maritime Part 1: Review of Fiscal Year 2026 Federal Maritime Commission Budget Request The Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation held this hearing to review the Federal Maritime Commission's (FMC) proposed $40 million fiscal year 2026 budget, its implementation of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act (OSRA) of 2022, and its recently launched investigation into "flags of convenience" among foreign-flagged vessels. https://www.youtube.com/embed/yj0faNdOB3g 4899 2025-07-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185022026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/2EHuO9w5pQY/hqdefault.jpg Clean Rolls, Secure Elections: Reviewing Voter List Maintenance Standards The Committee on House Administration convened this hearing to examine how states maintain accurate voter rolls under the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), including how courts have interpreted the law's "reasonable effort" standard and whether Congress should tighten it. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2EHuO9w5pQY 4924 2025-07-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185112026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/_PXBpPLIHBY/hqdefault.jpg Foreign Abuse of U.S. Courts The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet held this hearing to examine allegations that Chinese state-linked entities and the Chinese Communist Party exploit U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_PXBpPLIHBY 7809 2025-07-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185122026-05-19 https://img.youtube.com/vi/yuEQva7dCiA/hqdefault.jpg Restoring Trust: Enhancing Transparency and Oversight at EBSA The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions held this hearing to examine two Republican bills — the EBSA Investigations Transparency Act and the Balance the Scales Act — addressing how the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) conducts investigations, its practice of entering "common interest agreements" sharing information with plaintiffs' attorneys, and the agency's budget and staffing levels. https://www.youtube.com/embed/yuEQva7dCiA 7354 2025-07-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185132026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/kAki1mTMHGg/hqdefault.jpg Oversight: “Counting the Money: Preventing Fraud and Abuse in VA’s Bonus Payment Practices for VA Employees The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held this hearing to examine a June 2025 VA Inspector General report finding poor oversight of the VA's "three R" (recruitment, relocation, and retention) incentive payments, and to compare those findings with a similar 2017 OIG report. https://www.youtube.com/embed/kAki1mTMHGg 5951 2025-07-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185162026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/aOCJq2SMun4/hqdefault.jpg Various Measures The House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by Rep. https://www.youtube.com/embed/aOCJq2SMun4 20480 2025-07-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185172026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/IX4dMmEHaX8/hqdefault.jpg Ensuring Patient Safety: Oversight of the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplant System The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held this hearing to examine findings from a HERSA (Health Resources and Services Administration) investigation into the Kentucky organ procurement organization (formerly Kentucky Organ Donor Affiliates, now Network for Hope), which found that 103 of 351 reviewed donation-after-circulatory-death (DCD) cases had "concerning features," including patients showing signs of consciousness during organ procurement preparation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/IX4dMmEHaX8 15910 2025-07-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185192026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/A_qEsyjP4Yk/hqdefault.jpg Past Breakthroughs and Future Innovations in Crop Production The House Committee on Agriculture convened this hearing on July 22, 2025 to examine past breakthroughs and future innovations in crop production, focusing on the regulatory environment for pesticides, biostimulants, and gene-editing technologies. https://www.youtube.com/embed/A_qEsyjP4Yk 12689 2025-07-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185212026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/b7Oyj6QqKm0/hqdefault.jpg The New Atomic Age: Advancing America’s Energy Future The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs held this hearing (July 22, 2025) to examine President Trump's executive orders on nuclear energy and pending legislative reforms aimed at speeding Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licensing for small and micro modular reactors (SMRs/MMRs). https://www.youtube.com/embed/b7Oyj6QqKm0 4459 2025-07-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185222026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/dnwIsAcOVk4/hqdefault.jpg Joint Health and Oversight Subcommittee Hearing on Medicare Advantage: Past Lessons, Present Insights, Future Opportunities The House Ways and Means Subcommittees on Health and Oversight held a joint hearing to examine Medicare Advantage (MA), which now covers 54-55% of Medicare beneficiaries, focusing on program costs relative to traditional Medicare, upcoding and risk adjustment, prior authorization burdens, and supplemental benefits. https://www.youtube.com/embed/dnwIsAcOVk4 14962 2025-07-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185232026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/i_kMXKjxPIs/hqdefault.jpg Bid Protest Reform: Understanding the Problem The House Oversight Subcommittee on Government Operations held this hearing to examine whether the federal bid protest system — which reviews challenges to roughly $755 billion in annual federal contracting — needs reform. https://www.youtube.com/embed/i_kMXKjxPIs 5734 2025-07-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185312026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/7ZqCV5xQvCY/hqdefault.jpg Strengthening American Energy: A Review of Pipeline Safety Policy The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy convened to examine the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), which oversees roughly 3.3 million miles of pipeline, and the status of implementing the Pipes Act of 2020 ahead of reauthorization [0:15:58]. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ZqCV5xQvCY 11205 2025-07-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185322026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/LATXm9bKsjM/hqdefault.jpg Various Measures The House Financial Services Committee held a markup considering multiple bills, including the Common Sense Act on phasing out penny production, the TRUST Act on community bank examination cycles, the FDIC Board Accountability Act, the discount window modernization bill, the Safe Guidance Act, and the American Access to Banking Act on de novo bank formation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/LATXm9bKsjM 9523 2025-07-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185362026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/rgU3EcjTtRA/hqdefault.jpg To Consider H.R. 4550, United States Grain Standards Reauthorization Act of 2025 The House Agriculture Committee convened this markup to consider H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rgU3EcjTtRA 1473 2025-07-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185392026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/nue0_MwosC0/hqdefault.jpg Various Measures The House Small Business Committee held a markup to consider five bills affecting the Small Business Administration, covering investment company leverage, rural outreach, pandemic-fraud enforcement, IT modernization, and manufacturing loan limits. https://www.youtube.com/embed/nue0_MwosC0 5760 2025-07-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185422026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/W1IAAxotBcE/hqdefault.jpg Fiscal Year 2026 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Bill The House Appropriations Committee met to mark up the fiscal year 2026 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, covering funding for the National Park Service, EPA, tribal programs, wildfire response, arts and humanities endowments, and public lands. https://www.youtube.com/embed/W1IAAxotBcE 16952 2025-07-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3372632026-01-21 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337263 Hearings to examine criminal aliens in America The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration held this hearing to examine crimes committed by aliens illegally present in the United States, featuring testimony from law enforcement officials, a policy analyst, and family members of crime victims, alongside witnesses describing harm from aggressive ICE enforcement tactics. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary072225p 10928 2025-07-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3372642026-01-21 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337264 Confirmation hearing for new SOCOM and AFRICOM commanders The Senate Armed Services Committee met to consider the nominations of Vice Admiral Frank M. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA072225 7465 2025-07-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3372672026-01-21 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337267 Hearings to examine securing the skies, focusing on law enforcement, drones, and public safety The Senate Judiciary Committee held this hearing to examine the September 30 expiration of federal counter-UAS (drone) authorities first granted to the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security in 2018, and to consider expanding those authorities to state and local law enforcement, additional federal missions, and updated criminal penalties. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary072225 7190 2025-07-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3372712026-01-21 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337271 Confirmation hearing for ambassadors to Poland, Belgium, Argentina, and State's Under Secretary The Senate Foreign Relations Committee convened to consider four State Department nominations: Jason Evans to be Under Secretary of State for Management, Thomas Rose to be Ambassador to Poland, William White to be Ambassador to Belgium, and Dr. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign072225 7102 2025-07-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3372732026-01-21 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337273 Hearings to examine the status of democracy and human rights in Hong Kong, focusing on five years after the PRC's judicial takeover The Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues held this hearing to examine the state of democracy and human rights in Hong Kong five years after China imposed the National Security Law, and one year after the additional Article 23 legislation. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign072225p 6390 2025-07-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178032026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/xS4n60VrJ8U/hqdefault.jpg Rules Committee weighs BLM land-use CRAs, illegal re-entry penalties, and Clean Water Act permitting The House Rules Committee met to set the floor rule for five measures: three Congressional Review Act resolutions (H.J.Res. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xS4n60VrJ8U 8362 2025-07-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185342026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/y0alCFUVAes/hqdefault.jpg Fiscal Year 2026 Financial Services and General Government Bill The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government met to mark up its fiscal year 2026 appropriations bill, which funds the Treasury Department, the Executive Office of the President, the federal judiciary, the District of Columbia, and independent agencies including the SEC, FTC, FCC, IRS, and SBA. https://www.youtube.com/embed/y0alCFUVAes 3981 2025-07-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185052026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Pn9S6-Cyi7Y/hqdefault.jpg FY2026 THUD and Energy-Water Appropriations Markup The House Appropriations Committee met to mark up the fiscal year 2026 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) appropriations bill, followed by the Energy and Water Development appropriations bill, and to consider updated interim subcommittee allocations covering all 12 annual bills. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Pn9S6-Cyi7Y 28800 2025-07-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3372552025-07-17 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337255 Hearings to examine freedom to work, focusing on unlocking benefits for independent workers The Senate HELP Committee met to examine a legislative package — including the Unlocking Benefits for Independent Workers Act and the Modern Worker Empowerment Act — that would create a federal "safe harbor" letting companies offer benefits to independent contractors without triggering worker misclassification claims. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help071725 6966 2025-07-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3372572025-07-17 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337257 Judiciary Committee votes on Emil Bove and other Trump judicial and U.S. attorney nominees The Senate Judiciary Committee met to consider several bills — S.1038 (missing persons on federal land), S.1098 (opioid grant program), and S.1528 (background checks for organizations serving vulnerable populations) — but the meeting was dominated by debate over 12 Department of Justice nominations, most contentiously Emil Bove III for the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary071725 5722 2025-07-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3372612025-07-17 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337261 Committee approves 2026 Veterans Affairs and Commerce-Justice-Science funding bills The Senate Appropriations Committee met to mark up and vote on two fiscal year 2026 appropriations bills: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies (H.R. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=approps&filename=appropsA071725 11996 2025-07-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184452026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Or-SdPvsDqI/hqdefault.jpg An Inside Job: How NGOs Facilitated the Biden Border Crisis The House Homeland Security Committee held this hearing to examine how taxpayer-funded non-governmental organizations (NGOs) allegedly facilitated illegal immigration and the release of migrants, including unaccompanied children, into the interior of the United States during the Biden administration. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Or-SdPvsDqI 23553 2025-07-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184672026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/PV_x8j7eP3g/hqdefault.jpg Artificial Intelligence and Criminal Exploitation: A New Era of Risk The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance held this hearing to examine how criminals are exploiting artificial intelligence — through deepfakes, synthetic child sexual abuse material (CSAM), voice-cloning scams, and identity fraud — and how law enforcement can responsibly deploy AI to counter these threats. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PV_x8j7eP3g 6258 2025-07-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184742026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/pIbyCPpWVwM/hqdefault.jpg Making America the Crypto Capital of the World: Ensuring Digital Asset Policy Built for the 21st Century The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight held this hearing to examine how the current tax code treats digital assets and what reforms Congress should consider as it also advances crypto market-structure and stablecoin legislation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/pIbyCPpWVwM 8472 2025-07-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184762026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/plQfv3H2EXU/hqdefault.jpg HOME 2.0: Modern Solutions to the Housing Shortage The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance held this hearing to examine HUD's HOME Investment Partnerships Program, unauthorized since 1992, and to review a bipartisan discussion draft (the Home Reform Act) developed by Chairman Flood and Ranking Member Cleaver after soliciting over 140 comment letters. https://www.youtube.com/embed/plQfv3H2EXU 6199 2025-07-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184832026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/uuyh1GP7Kas/hqdefault.jpg Oversight of the Department of Transportation's Policies and Programs and Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure held this oversight hearing on July 16, 2025 to examine the Department of Transportation's policies, programs, and fiscal year 2026 budget request. https://www.youtube.com/embed/uuyh1GP7Kas 18230 2025-07-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184892026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/4Om24-jVOjA/hqdefault.jpg U.S. Policy on Investment Security The House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions held this hearing to examine the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), its role screening inbound foreign investment, and the newer Treasury outbound investment security program restricting US capital flows to China. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4Om24-jVOjA 5339 2025-07-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184932026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/YfgHNpiy4Pc/hqdefault.jpg Protecting Lives and Property: Harnessing Innovative Technologies to Enhance Weather Forecasting The House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Environment held this hearing to examine how commercial and AI-driven technologies can improve weather forecasting, in the wake of the July 4, 2025 flash floods in Texas and New Mexico that killed over 130 people. https://www.youtube.com/embed/YfgHNpiy4Pc 6525 2025-07-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184962026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/uqKglmS8I_4/hqdefault.jpg Financing Farm Operations: The Importance of Credit and Risk Management The House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit held this hearing to examine how bankers, farm credit lenders, and farmers access credit and manage risk, and how the upcoming farm bill reauthorization should update USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) loan programs. https://www.youtube.com/embed/uqKglmS8I_4 4855 2025-07-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184972026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/kuOKnSoU_vQ/hqdefault.jpg Safe Workplaces, Stronger Partnerships: The Future of OSHA Compliance Assistance The Subcommittee on Workforce Protections held this hearing to examine OSHA's compliance assistance programs — particularly the Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) and onsite consultation services — and to hear testimony on legislation (H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/kuOKnSoU_vQ 5355 2025-07-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184982026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/EQJnC5dqnYc/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Hearing on: “Puerto Rico’s Fiscal Recovery Under PROMESA and the Road Ahead The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs held this oversight hearing to examine Puerto Rico's fiscal recovery under PROMESA, nine years after the law created the Financial Oversight and Management Board, and to assess remaining challenges, chiefly the unresolved restructuring of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA)'s roughly $9 billion in debt. https://www.youtube.com/embed/EQJnC5dqnYc 6848 2025-07-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184992026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/EGKOFXTWsxI/hqdefault.jpg Oversight: Path of Purpose: Restoring the VA VR&E Program to Effectively Serve Veterans The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity held this oversight hearing to examine the Veterans Readiness and Employment (VR&E) program, which helps service-disabled veterans obtain training and employment. https://www.youtube.com/embed/EGKOFXTWsxI 4757 2025-07-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185002026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/TsN2h0HVsas/hqdefault.jpg Management Family FY26 Budget Posture Hearing The House Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa held this hearing to review the State Department's fiscal year 2026 budget request for its "M family" management bureaus and to examine the department's recent reorganization and reduction-in-force (RIF). https://www.youtube.com/embed/TsN2h0HVsas 3802 2025-07-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3372412025-07-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337241 Nominations of Barrs, Morrison, and Roberti to lead DOT safety agencies The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee met to consider three nominations within the Department of Transportation: Derek Barrs to lead the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), Jonathan Morrison to lead the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and Paul Roberti to lead the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA). https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce071625 8192 2025-07-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3372462025-07-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337246 Senate HELP Committee considers NLRB, HHS, and EEOC nominees The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee met to consider three nominations: Crystal Carey to be General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, Dr. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help071625 6876 2025-07-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3372512025-07-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337251 Senate confirms five State nominees, then presses on State Department reorganization The Senate Foreign Relations Committee first held a business meeting to vote on five State Department nominees, then convened a hearing with Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Christopher Rigas to examine Secretary Rubio's reorganization of the State Department, including staff reductions, budget cuts, and the absorption of USAID's functions. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign071625 8378 2025-07-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3372532026-01-21 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337253 Hearings to examine the AI industry's mass ingestion of copyrighted works for AI training The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism held this hearing to examine allegations that major AI companies, particularly Meta, used torrented and pirated copyrighted books and articles — obtained from "shadow libraries" like Library Genesis and Anna's Archive — to train generative AI models. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary071625 6053 2025-07-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3372592025-07-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337259 Hearings to examine constructing the surface transportation reauthorization bill, focusing on stakeholders' perspectives The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the second of two hearings to gather stakeholder input ahead of drafting the next surface transportation reauthorization bill, which must be completed before current law expires in September 2026. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=epw&filename=epw071625 6943 2025-07-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184002026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/VGfv8PLtZWw/hqdefault.jpg H.R. 3838 - Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 The House Armed Services Committee held its annual markup of H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/VGfv8PLtZWw 28800 2025-07-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184422026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ijUHDCovnPU/hqdefault.jpg Surveillance, Sabotage, and Strikes: Industry Perspectives on How Drone Warfare Abroad Is Transforming Threats at Home The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security held this hearing to examine how drone warfare tactics from Ukraine and the Middle East could translate into threats against US airports, ports, critical infrastructure, and mass-gathering events like the 2026 World Cup and 2028 Olympics. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ijUHDCovnPU 5865 2025-07-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184542026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/p50Ohndek_k/hqdefault.jpg Case by Case: Returning Parole to Its Proper Purpose The joint hearing of the Homeland Security Subcommittees on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability and on Border Security and Enforcement examined the Biden administration's use of immigration parole, including the CHNV and CBP One programs, and the fiscal, security, and legal implications of mass parole grants. https://www.youtube.com/embed/p50Ohndek_k 5909 2025-07-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184622026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/DbqNa7HPKTM/hqdefault.jpg Breaking China's Chokehold on Critical Mineral Supply Chains The House Foreign Affairs East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee held this hearing to examine how the United States and its allies can reduce dependence on the People's Republic of China for critical minerals such as lithium, cobalt, and rare earth elements. https://www.youtube.com/embed/DbqNa7HPKTM 6970 2025-07-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184692026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/T-R8vkAYekI/hqdefault.jpg Antisemitism in Higher Education: Examining the Role of Faculty, Funding, and Ideology The House Committee on Education and Workforce held its ninth hearing on campus antisemitism since December 2023, examining the roles of faculty and student groups, faculty unions, Middle East studies centers, foreign funding, and DEI policies in campus antisemitism. https://www.youtube.com/embed/T-R8vkAYekI 12633 2025-07-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184702026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/6OzJDAMr6j8/hqdefault.jpg FY26 State Department Posture: Management and Resources The House Foreign Affairs Committee held this hearing to examine the State Department's FY2026 budget request and Secretary Rubio's ongoing reorganization, including the absorption of USAID's functions, the recent reduction-in-force of roughly 1,300 employees, and the division of duties between the Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources and the Deputy Secretary for Management. https://www.youtube.com/embed/6OzJDAMr6j8 14275 2025-07-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184712026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/lkfwZ9qhHmQ/hqdefault.jpg Safeguarding U.S. Agriculture: The Role of the National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN) The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry held this hearing to examine the National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN), a 64-lab federal-state-university system responsible for detecting and responding to foreign and emerging animal diseases such as highly pathogenic avian influenza, new world screwworm, and African swine fever. https://www.youtube.com/embed/lkfwZ9qhHmQ 6401 2025-07-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184842026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/2WGnyeE2tFo/hqdefault.jpg Markup of an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.R. 4275, the "Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025 The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee met to mark up an amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2WGnyeE2tFo 6656 2025-07-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184882026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/PFypIMmFlno/hqdefault.jpg Dodd-Frank Turns 15: Lessons Learned and the Road Ahead The House Financial Services Committee convened this hearing to examine the 15-year impact of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act, weighing its effects on bank capital and safety, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, capital markets regulation, and financial stability oversight. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PFypIMmFlno 14808 2025-07-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184922026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/vxEmQ-Ezi_M/hqdefault.jpg Bankruptcy Law: Overview and Legislative Reforms The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust held this bipartisan hearing to examine the effectiveness of the bankruptcy system and consider narrowly tailored legislative reforms, including restoring the higher subchapter 5 debt cap, raising Chapter 7 trustee compensation, extending expiring temporary bankruptcy judgeships, and making student loan debt easier to discharge. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vxEmQ-Ezi_M 7923 2025-07-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184942026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Ietm12BlVn8/hqdefault.jpg How Leftist Nonprofit Networks Exploit Federal Tax Dollars to Advance a Radical Agenda The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight held this hearing to examine federal grants and contracts to nonprofit organizations described by the majority as advancing a "leftist" or Soros-connected agenda, including USAID, DOJ, and HHS funding streams. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ietm12BlVn8 6627 2025-07-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184952026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/VlVDs60VEy8/hqdefault.jpg Oversight: Right Time, Right Place, Right Treatment with VA Community Care The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health held this oversight hearing to examine how VA's community care program interacts with direct VA care, including specialty care access, wait times, workforce shortages, and program coordination. https://www.youtube.com/embed/VlVDs60VEy8 9558 2025-07-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185042026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/uyY8q2xjtGQ/hqdefault.jpg Fiscal Year 2026 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Bill The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies met to mark up its fiscal year 2026 funding bill, which sets budgets for DOJ, the FBI, ATF, the Bureau of Prisons, NASA, NOAA, NSF, NIST, and related trade and economic-development agencies. https://www.youtube.com/embed/uyY8q2xjtGQ 3282 2025-07-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185062026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/fgKxUhzdlkc/hqdefault.jpg Fiscal Year 2026 National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Bill The House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs met to mark up its fiscal year 2026 State and Foreign Operations appropriations bill, the panel's first under its renamed jurisdiction. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fgKxUhzdlkc 3074 2025-07-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185072026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/u8YgWDYVxDs/hqdefault.jpg Fiscal Year 2026 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Bill The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies met to mark up its fiscal year 2026 funding bill covering the Department of the Interior, U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/u8YgWDYVxDs 2929 2025-07-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185082026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/b6mnYWnigkk/hqdefault.jpg Markup of One Bill The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade met to mark up H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/b6mnYWnigkk 7034 2025-07-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185092026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/b6mnYWnigkk/hqdefault.jpg Business Meeting The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce (joined by leadership from Education and Workforce and Judiciary) met to mark up H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/b6mnYWnigkk 7034 2025-07-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3372432025-07-14 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337243 Nominations of Waltz to the UN, Arrigo to Portugal, Toretti to Sweden The Senate Foreign Relations Committee met to consider three State Department nominations: Michael Waltz to be U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign071525 9293 2025-07-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3372442025-07-14 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337244 Hearings to examine stakeholder perspectives on Federal oversight of digital commodities The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee held this hearing to examine how Congress should fill the "digital commodity regulatory gap" — the absence of federal oversight over spot trading of crypto assets like bitcoin — and to gather stakeholder views on pending market structure legislation, including the House-passed CLARITY Act. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=ag&filename=ag071525 8011 2025-07-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3372472025-07-14 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337247 Hearings to examine smash and grab, focusing on criminal networks and organized theft The Senate Judiciary Committee held this hearing to examine the rise of organized retail and supply-chain crime and to review the bipartisan Combating Organized Retail Crime Act (CORCA), introduced by Chair Grassley and Sen. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary071525 6961 2025-07-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178022026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/344Qcnk2rE8/hqdefault.jpg House Rules considers defense funding bill and three crypto market bills The House Rules Committee met to set the terms of floor debate for four measures: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/344Qcnk2rE8 19448 2025-07-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184792026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/oy5GCsXYzNY/hqdefault.jpg Fiscal Year 2026 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Bill The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies met to mark up its fiscal year 2026 funding bill, covering the Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, Army Corps of Engineers, and Bureau of Reclamation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/oy5GCsXYzNY 3176 2025-07-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184872026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/cOcJKDPEJcY/hqdefault.jpg VA Office of Information and Technology Organizational Structure and Priorities The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization held this hearing to examine the VA Office of Information and Technology's (OIT) organizational structure, its "smarter not bigger" reorganization strategy, and the fiscal year 2026 IT budget request, which cuts OIT funding by roughly $434 million and reduces staffing by about 12%. https://www.youtube.com/embed/cOcJKDPEJcY 4836 2025-07-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1185032026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Y4Z9pD7Ucbw/hqdefault.jpg Fiscal Year 2026 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Bill The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development met to mark up its fiscal year 2026 THUD appropriations bill, which sets a $89.9 billion discretionary allocation, cuts or eliminates 38 programs, and reduces HUD housing and DOT transit funding while increasing FAA and highway trust fund spending. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y4Z9pD7Ucbw 4009 2025-07-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3372292025-07-10 https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3372002025-07-08 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337200 Confirmation hearing for NOAA administrator and two Commerce nominees The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee met to consider the nominations of Dr. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce070925 9889 2025-07-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3372252025-07-08 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337225 Hearings to examine a future without Type 1 Diabetes, focusing on accelerating breakthroughs and creating hope The Senate Appropriations Committee held this biannual hearing in conjunction with Breakthrough T1D's 2025 Children's Congress, bringing more than 170 young delegates with type 1 diabetes to Washington to share their stories and advocate for continued federal research funding. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=approps&filename=appropsA070925 7604 2025-07-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3372312025-07-08 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337231 EPA and Nuclear Regulatory Commission nominations advance in committee vote The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a business meeting to consider two executive nominations — Usha-Maria Turner to be an EPA Assistant Administrator and David Wright to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission — along with 32 General Services Administration resolutions authorizing repair and alteration projects. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=epw&filename=epw070925 1852 2025-07-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184552026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/cg7LHcYC24Q/hqdefault.jpg Senate amendment to H.R. 1 – One Big Beautiful Bill Act The House Rules Committee met on July 1, 2025 to consider the Senate amendment to H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/cg7LHcYC24Q 28800 2025-07-01 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182872026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/gc2krqNgEwg/hqdefault.jpg Assessing the Terror Threat Landscape in South and Central Asia and Examining Opportunities for Cooperation The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on South and Central Asia held this hearing to assess the current terror threat landscape in the region — including ISIS-K, al-Qaeda, the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, and Lashkar-e-Taiba — and to examine opportunities for US action and regional cooperation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gc2krqNgEwg 5590 2025-06-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184232026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/lGTZmen2PKY/hqdefault.jpg From Watchdog to Attack Dog: Examining the CFPB’s Chopra-era Assault on Disfavored Industries The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held this hearing to examine the CFPB's enforcement and investigative practices during Rohit Chopra's tenure as director, focusing on the use of civil investigative demands (CIDs), enforcement actions against disfavored industries, and the current administration's rollback of pending cases and settlements. https://www.youtube.com/embed/lGTZmen2PKY 6643 2025-06-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184272026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ODrCD7oPWwQ/hqdefault.jpg A Review of the U.S. Grain Standards Act The House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit held this hearing to examine reauthorization of the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ODrCD7oPWwQ 6728 2025-06-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184312026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/r9sEraqvu8w/hqdefault.jpg Fiscal Year 2026 Legislative Branch Bill, Updated Interim Subcommittee Allocations The House Appropriations Committee met to mark up the fiscal year 2026 Legislative Branch Appropriations bill, which cuts the Government Accountability Office by nearly 50% and the Library of Congress by roughly 10%, and to adopt an updated interim subcommittee (302(b)) allocation reflecting that bill. https://www.youtube.com/embed/r9sEraqvu8w 28800 2025-06-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184372026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/hZEejPpnElY/hqdefault.jpg Justice for Whom? Examining the Justice40 Initiative’s Oversight and Implementation The Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight held this hearing to examine the implementation and effectiveness of the Biden administration's Justice40 Initiative, which sought to direct 40% of the benefits of certain federal climate, energy, and infrastructure investments to disadvantaged communities before it was rescinded by President Trump on his first day in office. https://www.youtube.com/embed/hZEejPpnElY 5267 2025-06-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3371232025-06-25 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337123 Senate Armed Services considers five Pentagon nominees The Senate Armed Services Committee met to consider the nominations of Hung Cao to be Under Secretary of the Navy, Michael Dodd to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for Critical Technologies, and Jules Hurst III, Brent Ingraham, and William Gillis to be Assistant Secretaries of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Acquisition/Logistics/Technology, and Installations/Energy/Environment respectively. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA062625 6810 2025-06-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3371242025-06-25 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337124 Judiciary Committee votes on six federal judicial and U.S. Attorney nominees The Senate Judiciary Committee met to vote on nominations advanced by President Trump, including Whitney Hermandorfer for the Sixth Circuit, three district judge nominees for the Eastern District of Missouri (Zachary Bluestone, Maria Lanahan, Cristian Stevens), Joshua Divine for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri, and U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary062625 3054 2025-06-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183912026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/RaavXwphiKw/hqdefault.jpg Markup of the PERMIT Act to reform Clean Water Act permitting The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee met to mark up an amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/RaavXwphiKw 12873 2025-06-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184192026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/nFqgvPJ0Gt8/hqdefault.jpg Reassessing Sarbanes-Oxley: The Cost of Compliance in Today’s Capital Markets The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets held this hearing to examine whether Sarbanes-Oxley's internal control audit requirement, Section 404(b), imposes compliance costs disproportionate to its investor-protection benefits, particularly for small and young public companies. https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFqgvPJ0Gt8 8027 2025-06-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184212026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Iz1_7uQoS1c/hqdefault.jpg Health at Your Fingertips: Harnessing the Power of Digital Health Data The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health held this hearing to examine how wearable devices, remote patient monitoring, electronic health records, and AI could improve health outcomes and lower costs, framed by Chair Vern Buchanan around rising US chronic disease rates and $5 trillion in annual health spending. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Iz1_7uQoS1c 9392 2025-06-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184222026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/pztljWJeF-o/hqdefault.jpg The Proxy Advisor Duopoly’s Anticompetitive Conduct The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust held this hearing to examine whether the two dominant proxy advisory firms, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis, which together control more than 90% of the proxy advisor market, engage in anticompetitive conduct or conflicts of interest that harm American companies and investors. https://www.youtube.com/embed/pztljWJeF-o 7144 2025-06-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184242026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/48As5PwgouA/hqdefault.jpg Sacrificing Excellence for Ideology: The Real Cost of DEI The Oversight Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services held a hearing to examine diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies and their origins in affirmative action, hearing from four witnesses on the legal, economic, and academic effects of such programs. https://www.youtube.com/embed/48As5PwgouA 6715 2025-06-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184252026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/xQjg1RFZ3S4/hqdefault.jpg The National Guard State Partnership Program: Strengthening U.S. Security, One Partnership at a Time The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Military and Foreign Affairs held this hearing to examine the National Guard's State Partnership Program (SPP), which pairs state National Guard units with foreign partner nations to build military relationships, interoperability, and regional stability. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xQjg1RFZ3S4 5130 2025-06-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184262026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/VZhK0yQecms/hqdefault.jpg Restoring Integrity and Security to the Visa Process The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement held this hearing to examine fraud, vetting gaps, and abuse in the US legal immigration and visa system, including student, U, VAWA, and diversity visas, and to discuss the Trump administration's 19-country travel restrictions. https://www.youtube.com/embed/VZhK0yQecms 8739 2025-06-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184282026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/GDNrUZBZDA4/hqdefault.jpg Algorithms and Authoritarians: Why U.S. AI Must Lead The House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party held this hearing to examine whether the US or China will lead in artificial intelligence and what that means for national security, safety, and economic competitiveness. https://www.youtube.com/embed/GDNrUZBZDA4 6010 2025-06-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184302026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Be_Ty1K5On8/hqdefault.jpg Spies, Lies, and Mismanagement: Examining the U.S. Agency for Global Media’s Downfall The House Foreign Affairs Committee convened this hearing to examine the Trump administration's dismantling and restructuring of the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Be_Ty1K5On8 11257 2025-06-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184352026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/eMiuSmJAhZ8/hqdefault.jpg Joint Social Security and Work & Welfare Subcommittee Hearing with the Commissioner of Social Security, Frank J. Bisignano This joint hearing of the Ways and Means Social Security and Work and Welfare Subcommittees was the first appearance of newly confirmed Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano before Congress. https://www.youtube.com/embed/eMiuSmJAhZ8 13886 2025-06-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184362026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Z_FCAw3wPGM/hqdefault.jpg House Homeland Security Committee marks up five DHS-related bills The House Homeland Security Committee met to mark up five bipartisan bills covering CBP support-dog adoption, a Trenda Aragua border threat assessment, CBP air and marine partnerships with foreign governments, K9 home kenneling, and FEMA preparedness grant outreach. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z_FCAw3wPGM 4710 2025-06-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184382026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/aPHitcno5CU/hqdefault.jpg Full Committee Markup of 13 Bills The House Energy and Commerce Committee held a full committee markup to consider 13 bills addressing electric grid reliability, interconnection queues, power plant retirements, LNG exports, natural gas pipeline permitting, and hydropower licensing, framed by Republicans as necessary to meet growing AI and data-center electricity demand. https://www.youtube.com/embed/aPHitcno5CU 21367 2025-06-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184402026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/4ym5hhWETnQ/hqdefault.jpg Markup of seven education, accreditation, health, and pension bills The House Committee on Education and Workforce met to mark up seven bills spanning charter school pre-planning grants, higher education accreditation reform, association health plans and stop-loss insurance, retirement plan fiduciary/ESG rules, and workers' compensation access for injured federal employees. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4ym5hhWETnQ 16861 2025-06-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3371102025-06-24 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337110 Senate HELP Committee hearing on Susan Monarez's nomination for CDC Director The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions held this hearing to consider the nomination of Dr. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help062525 8036 2025-06-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3371112025-06-24 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337111 Committee markup: FAA administrator nomination and five bills advance The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held an executive session (business meeting) to vote on the nomination of Bryan Bedford to be FAA Administrator and to mark up five bills covering anti-doping oversight, Alaska Native ivory handicrafts, commercial space advisory structures, children's online privacy, and domestic manufacturing for critical infrastructure. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce062525 2761 2025-06-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3371132025-06-24 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337113 Hearings to examine the President's special message of June 3, 2025 The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science convened to examine President Trump's Fiscal Year 2026 budget request for the Department of Justice, which seeks $33.6 billion, a $2.5 billion (7%) cut from FY25 enacted levels [0:16:44]. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=approps&filename=appropsA062525 8766 2025-06-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3371192025-06-24 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337119 Nominations of David Wright to NRC and Usha-Maria Turner to EPA The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee met to consider two nominations: David Wright, renominated for a second five-year term as Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and Usha-Maria Turner, nominated to be EPA Assistant Administrator for the Office of International and Tribal Affairs. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=epw&filename=epw062525 6181 2025-06-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3371202025-06-24 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337120 Hearings to examine how sports medicine can improve health outcomes for seniors The Senate Special Committee on Aging held this hearing to examine how injury prevention, recovery, and training techniques developed in sports medicine could improve health outcomes for older Americans, particularly around fall prevention. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=aging&filename=aging062525 5698 2025-06-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3371212025-06-24 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337121 Hearings to examine the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee held this hearing to receive the Federal Reserve's Semiannual Monetary Policy Report from Chair Jerome Powell. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=banking&filename=banking062525 8585 2025-06-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183922026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/OYv1NkzDMFA/hqdefault.jpg America Builds: The Role of Innovation and Technology in Rail Modernization The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials held this hearing on innovation and technology in freight and passenger rail, examining how outdated FRA regulatory processes affect deployment of new safety and efficiency technologies. https://www.youtube.com/embed/OYv1NkzDMFA 8772 2025-06-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183982026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/vaPFV_vrn9o/hqdefault.jpg Securing America's Mineral Future: Unlocking the Economic Value Beneath Our Feet The House Small Business Committee convened this hearing on June 24, 2025 to examine how small businesses can help reduce US dependence on China for rare earth elements and other critical minerals, which are essential to electronics, defense systems, and clean energy technologies. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vaPFV_vrn9o 8195 2025-06-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184012026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/OL7LKTCwf1A/hqdefault.jpg Fiscal Accountability and Oversight of the Federal Courts The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet held this oversight hearing to examine the federal judiciary's fiscal year 2026 budget request and its cost-containment practices, alongside judicial security and cybersecurity threats facing the courts. https://www.youtube.com/embed/OL7LKTCwf1A 7981 2025-06-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184022026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/MLvlmQ50oyY/hqdefault.jpg The Federal Reserve's Semi-Annual Monetary Policy Report The House Financial Services Committee held this hearing to receive the Federal Reserve's semiannual monetary policy report, as required by law, with Fed Chair Jerome Powell testifying on the state of the economy, the FOMC's decision to hold rates steady, and the outlook for inflation given new tariffs. https://www.youtube.com/embed/MLvlmQ50oyY 11797 2025-06-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184032026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/l7is1RPCgB0/hqdefault.jpg Full Committee Hearing "Serving and Voting: Oversight of the Federal Voting Assistance Program The House Administration Committee held this hearing to examine implementation of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) and the Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP), which helps active-duty military, their families, and overseas citizens vote. https://www.youtube.com/embed/l7is1RPCgB0 3218 2025-06-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184042026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/NPcdJVKkVIg/hqdefault.jpg Strengthening the Transition Assistance Program: Exploring Outcomes to Improve the Transition to Civilian Life The House Committee on Veterans' Affairs convened this hearing to examine outcomes of the Transition Assistance Program (TAP) and hear from nonprofit and private-sector innovators about technology-driven approaches to helping service members transition to civilian life. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NPcdJVKkVIg 8190 2025-06-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184062026-03-11 https://img.youtube.com/vi/dvhgO-Esaos/hqdefault.jpg Child Care and the American Workforce: Removing Barriers to Economic Growth The Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education held this hearing to examine the affordability and availability of child care and its effects on parents' workforce participation and the broader economy. https://www.youtube.com/embed/dvhgO-Esaos 7295 2025-06-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184092026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/yjVI0kgHVI8/hqdefault.jpg Legislative hearing on twelve veterans claims, appeals, and survivor benefits bills The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs met to consider 12 bills addressing VA disability claims, board appeals, caregiver appeals, survivor benefits, and veteran burial commemoration. https://www.youtube.com/embed/yjVI0kgHVI8 12071 2025-06-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184102026-04-21 https://img.youtube.com/vi/eWIOJQcef_c/hqdefault.jpg Locking in the DOGE Cuts: Ending Waste, Fraud, and Abuse for Good The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency held this hearing to examine how Congress could codify savings identified by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) through rescissions, appropriations, and workforce and entitlement reforms. https://www.youtube.com/embed/eWIOJQcef_c 8035 2025-06-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184112026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ixfowfhzgkU/hqdefault.jpg Rising Threat: America’s Battle Against Antisemitic Terror The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight held this hearing to examine the recent surge in antisemitic violence and hatred in the United States, following attacks including the arson at Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro's residence, the killing of two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington, DC, and a firebombing in Boulder, Colorado. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ixfowfhzgkU 7126 2025-06-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184122026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/FKm3o-vgavw/hqdefault.jpg House Committee on Financial Services Member Day Hearing The House Financial Services Committee held its "Member Day" hearing to let colleagues, both on and off the committee, testify about their own legislative proposals within the committee's jurisdiction, spanning insurance regulation, credit repair scams, housing, China-related financial risk, crypto, disaster recovery, and civil rights measures. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FKm3o-vgavw 3475 2025-06-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184132026-04-13 https://img.youtube.com/vi/zdQSSMuc3NY/hqdefault.jpg The Fiscal Year 2026 Department of Health and Human Services Budget The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health convened this hearing to examine Secretary Robert F. https://www.youtube.com/embed/zdQSSMuc3NY 12936 2025-06-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184152026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/5gf8hAnZf5s/hqdefault.jpg Enhancing Educational Outcomes in Indian Country: Postsecondary Education at the Bureau of Indian Education The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and the Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development held a joint hearing to examine the Bureau of Indian Education's (BIE) management of its two postsecondary schools, Haskell Indian Nations University and the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI). https://www.youtube.com/embed/5gf8hAnZf5s 8750 2025-06-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184172026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/CHLSWAkLX_A/hqdefault.jpg The Route Forward for the U.S. Postal Service: A View from Stakeholders The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations held this hearing (June 24, 2025) to hear from mailing-industry and postal stakeholders on the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/CHLSWAkLX_A 10883 2025-06-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184182026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/dqPwXo9-esE/hqdefault.jpg Preparing for the Quantum Age: When Cryptography Breaks The Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation held this hearing to examine how quantum computing threatens current encryption standards and to review federal progress implementing the 2022 Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act. https://www.youtube.com/embed/dqPwXo9-esE 8753 2025-06-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184292026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/P9jgSnD45L8/hqdefault.jpg Fiscal Year 2026 Homeland Security Bill The House Appropriations Committee met to mark up its fiscal year 2026 Homeland Security Appropriations bill, covering funding for DHS components including CBP, ICE, FEMA, CISA, TSA, and the Coast Guard. https://www.youtube.com/embed/P9jgSnD45L8 28800 2025-06-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3371002025-06-23 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337100 Nominations for CENTCOM and EUCOM commanders amid Iran strikes The Senate Armed Services Committee convened to consider the nominations of Vice Admiral Charles B. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA062425 8781 2025-06-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3371072025-06-23 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337107 Hearings to examine protecting America from the cartels The Senate Judiciary Committee held this hearing to examine efforts by federal law enforcement to combat Mexican drug cartels, including firearms trafficking into Mexico, fentanyl smuggling, cartel finances, and the diversion of agency resources toward immigration enforcement. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary062425 8639 2025-06-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3371082025-06-23 https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183992026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/zHnbhc_oePA/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing – Fiscal Year 2026 Request for the Department of Justice The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science convened to review Attorney General Pam Bondi's fiscal year 2026 budget request for the Department of Justice, which totals just under $34 billion. https://www.youtube.com/embed/zHnbhc_oePA 6252 2025-06-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184162026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ic4aC6AN9Nw/hqdefault.jpg House Rules Committee Meeting on Four Measures Including LA Riots Resolution The House Rules Committee met to set the terms of floor debate for four measures: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ic4aC6AN9Nw 12664 2025-06-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1184342026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/5SaFdINLw80/hqdefault.jpg Fiscal Year 2026 Legislative Branch Bill The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative Branch met to mark up its fiscal year 2026 appropriations bill, covering funding for the Capitol Police, House Sergeant-at-Arms, Government Accountability Office, Library of Congress, and House operations. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5SaFdINLw80 2181 2025-06-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3370762025-06-18 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337076 Senate confirms State/DFC nominees, holds hearing on 2025 NATO Summit The Senate Foreign Relations Committee first held a business meeting to vote on ten pending nominations, including Andrew Puzder for EU Ambassador and Jacob Helberg for Under Secretary of State [0:26:11], immediately followed by a hearing to assess transatlantic security cooperation ahead of the 2025 NATO Summit in The Hague. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign061825 6900 2025-06-18 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183102026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/PmB8OW_cbS8/hqdefault.jpg Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request The House Armed Services Committee convened to examine the Department of Defense's proposed fiscal year 2026 budget, though the formal budget request had not yet been delivered to Congress at the time of the hearing, a delay both Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Smith criticized as unacceptable [0:24:02, 0:30:23]. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PmB8OW_cbS8 19736 2025-06-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183402026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/tnmfsinO9sM/hqdefault.jpg Security to Model: Securing Artificial Intelligence to Strengthen Cybersecurity The Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection held this hearing to examine the intersection of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity — both how AI systems themselves can be secured and how AI can improve cyber defense. https://www.youtube.com/embed/tnmfsinO9sM 5287 2025-06-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183692026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/nM8Yv4g7ikw/hqdefault.jpg Bureau of Industry and Security FY26 Budget: Export Controls and the AI Arms Race The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on South and Central Asia held this hearing to examine the Bureau of Industry and Security's (BIS) fiscal year 2026 budget request, which seeks $303–311 million including a 133% increase in enforcement funding. https://www.youtube.com/embed/nM8Yv4g7ikw 5544 2025-06-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183722026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/NjgI0k_irAU/hqdefault.jpg Evaluating the Defense Production Act The Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions held this hearing to review the Defense Production Act (DPA) ahead of its expiration on September 30, 2025, examining how its Title I priority ratings, Title III industrial-base investments, and Title VII authorities have been used since the 2018 reauthorization. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NjgI0k_irAU 5133 2025-06-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183752026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/NRDJrrVpDM8/hqdefault.jpg Aging Out is Not a Plan: Reimagining Futures for Foster Youth The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Work and Welfare held this hearing to examine how the John H. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NRDJrrVpDM8 5953 2025-06-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183762026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/liZ5jEkbrbc/hqdefault.jpg Legislative hearing on twelve veterans' health and caregiver bills The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health held a legislative hearing to consider twelve bills and draft proposals covering VA data reporting, CHAMPVA coverage, caregiver support, service dogs, rural and territorial VA care, smoking policy, PTSD diagnostics, and Fisher House lodging access. https://www.youtube.com/embed/liZ5jEkbrbc 10257 2025-06-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183772026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/3viIOohH0Hg/hqdefault.jpg Housing in the Heartland: Addressing our Rural Housing Needs The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance held this hearing to examine the unique cost and supply challenges of building housing in rural America, including federal regulatory burdens and the effectiveness of USDA Rural Housing Service programs under Title V of the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/3viIOohH0Hg 6967 2025-06-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183792026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/NupsVDX2nec/hqdefault.jpg A Hearing with Sanctuary State Governors The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee convened this hearing to question the Democratic governors of Minnesota, New York, and Illinois — along with a nonprofit legal advocate — about "sanctuary" immigration policies, following high-profile crimes committed by previously deported or undocumented individuals, including the death of Katie Abraham in Urbana, Illinois. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NupsVDX2nec 28800 2025-06-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183832026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/_N6V78Q8NGE/hqdefault.jpg Winning Off the Field: Legislative Proposal to Stabilize NIL and College Athletics The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade held this legislative hearing to examine a discussion draft of the SCORE Act (Student Compensation and Opportunity through Rights and Endorsements Act), which would create a national standard for name, image, and likeness (NIL) compensation, transfer rules, and athlete protections following the House v. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_N6V78Q8NGE 9038 2025-06-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183862026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/AnWelrebzBQ/hqdefault.jpg Powering Demand: Nuclear Solutions for AI Infrastructure The House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Energy held this hearing to examine whether nuclear energy — from existing reactors, restarted plants, and advanced/small modular reactors — can meet the rapidly growing electricity demand from AI data centers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/AnWelrebzBQ 7333 2025-06-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183892026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/tnrcCx71604/hqdefault.jpg Fiscal Year 2026 Defense Appropriations Bill The House Appropriations Committee convened this markup on June 12, 2025 to consider and vote on the Fiscal Year 2026 Defense Appropriations Act, a $831.5 billion measure written without a full Trump administration budget request or program justification books, a fact both parties repeatedly flagged as an obstacle to oversight. https://www.youtube.com/embed/tnrcCx71604 28800 2025-06-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3370602025-06-11 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337060 Judiciary Committee markup of STOP CSAM Act and DOJ, USCIS, and USPTO nominations The Senate Judiciary Committee held a business meeting to vote on S.1829, the STOP CSAM Act, aimed at combating online child sexual abuse material, along with several pending Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, and Department of Commerce nominations. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary061225 1865 2025-06-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3370642025-06-11 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337064 Confirmation hearing for HUD, Export-Import Bank, Treasury, and Commerce nominees The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee convened this hearing on June 12, 2025 to consider five nominees for four federal agencies: Benjamin DeMarzo and Craig Trainor for Assistant Secretary posts at HUD, Jovan Jovanovic for President of the Export-Import Bank, Francis Brooke for Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, and David Peters for Assistant Secretary of Commerce. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=banking&filename=banking061225 1795 2025-06-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3370652025-06-11 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337065 Committee considers five State Department ambassadorial nominations The Senate Foreign Relations Committee met to consider the nominations of Luigi Rinaldi, Arthur Fisher, Roman Pipko, Stacey Feinberg, and Nicholas Merrick to serve as U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign061225 1294 2025-06-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183022026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/8moMFUTeJBk/hqdefault.jpg Markup of veteran, aviation, water, and federal building bills The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee convened this markup (June 11, 2025) to consider a large slate of bipartisan bills, including measures on veteran employment in the supply chain, airport deicing storage, airline resiliency planning, aviation workforce mental health, EPA water technical assistance, mid-Atlantic river basin commissions, federal shared-office space, federal courthouse construction, merchant mariner testing, and 30 GSA leasing resolutions for VA clinics and other facilities. https://www.youtube.com/embed/8moMFUTeJBk 7750 2025-06-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183432026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/xCnflR3D79U/hqdefault.jpg The Rise of Anti-Israel Extremist Groups and Their Threat to U.S. National Security The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence held this hearing to examine the rise of anti-semitic violence in the United States, particularly following the killing of two Israeli embassy staff in Washington, DC and the firebomb attack in Boulder, Colorado. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xCnflR3D79U 7219 2025-06-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183482026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/IHnVQSMhIbk/hqdefault.jpg SST Full Committee Markup The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee met to mark up four bipartisan bills: HR 390 (Acero Act) on aerial wildfire response coordination, HR 3259 (Postquantum Cyber Security Standards Act), HR 3679 (Small Business Artificial Intelligence Advancement Act), and HR 3705 (Fog Observations and Geographic Forecasting Act). https://www.youtube.com/embed/IHnVQSMhIbk 4959 2025-06-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183632026-03-12 https://img.youtube.com/vi/NBdV-ZHcfkc/hqdefault.jpg Restoring Balance: Ensuring Fairness and Transparency at the NLRB The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions held this hearing to examine NLRB policies from the Biden administration and the impact of President Trump's removal of board member Gwen Wilcox, which left the NLRB without a quorum. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NBdV-ZHcfkc 7047 2025-06-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183642026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/9p7UBUBHWfs/hqdefault.jpg Hearing with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent The House Ways and Means Committee convened this hearing to receive testimony from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on the Trump administration's economic agenda, focused on the "One Big Beautiful Bill" tax and spending legislation and ongoing trade and tariff negotiations, including with China. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9p7UBUBHWfs 18241 2025-06-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183652026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/i9ageHhgdkI/hqdefault.jpg Legislative hearing on 17 veterans education, housing, and transition bills The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity met to consider 17 bills and discussion drafts covering VA home loans, GI Bill benefits, the Transition Assistance Program (TAP), VR&E oversight, Gold Star survivor education benefits, and veteran homelessness eligibility. https://www.youtube.com/embed/i9ageHhgdkI 7175 2025-06-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183662026-04-06 https://img.youtube.com/vi/eXkAOKwvj3Y/hqdefault.jpg Made in America: Strengthening Domestic Manufacturing and Our Health Care Supply Chain The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held this hearing to examine US reliance on foreign — especially Chinese and Indian — sources for active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), key starting materials, and finished generic drugs, and to consider policies to rebuild domestic manufacturing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/eXkAOKwvj3Y 12886 2025-06-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183682026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/n7ECfiQtWMg/hqdefault.jpg For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from The Honorable Brooke L. Rollins, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture The House Agriculture Committee held this hearing to receive testimony from USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins on the department's actions in her first 118 days, including disaster and trade assistance rollout, bird flu and New World screwworm response, farm labor policy, SNAP administration, and USDA reorganization and staffing cuts. https://www.youtube.com/embed/n7ECfiQtWMg 18753 2025-06-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183702026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/WeuSL4vgV9s/hqdefault.jpg Army Munition Industrial Base Modernization The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces met to examine the Army's munitions industrial base, including efforts to expand production capacity, secure critical supply chains, and modernize energetic materials like CL20. https://www.youtube.com/embed/WeuSL4vgV9s 3980 2025-06-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183712026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/3HjVM5Hr3lQ/hqdefault.jpg Clearing the Path: Reforming Procurement to Accelerate Defense Innovation The Subcommittee on Military and Foreign Affairs held this hearing to examine why the Department of Defense's acquisition process is slow, costly, and often blocks innovative technologies from reaching the field — including the so-called "valley of death" between prototype and production. https://www.youtube.com/embed/3HjVM5Hr3lQ 6998 2025-06-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183742026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/LB34tvemBl8/hqdefault.jpg House panel weighs nine VA modernization, fraud, and accountability bills The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a legislative hearing to examine nine bills and two discussion drafts covering VA debt collection errors, veteran fraud protection, employee accountability, blockchain study, community care scheduling, fraud detection technology, inventory management, electronic health record modernization, and copayment collection delays. https://www.youtube.com/embed/LB34tvemBl8 6217 2025-06-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183852026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/8yV078jZPr8/hqdefault.jpg Short-Circuiting Progress: How the Clean Air Act Impacts Building Necessary Infrastructure and Onshoring American Innovation The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment met to examine two Republican discussion drafts — the Clean Air Act and Economic Advancement Reform Act (the "Clear Act") and the Clean Air and Building Infrastructure Improvements Act — that would extend the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS/"Knacks") review cycle from five to ten years, let EPA weigh economic feasibility and attainability, and exempt prescribed burns from exceptional-events counting. https://www.youtube.com/embed/8yV078jZPr8 10098 2025-06-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183882026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/N2bbh7-2s50/hqdefault.jpg Fiscal Year 2026 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Bill The House Appropriations Committee met to mark up the fiscal year 2026 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies appropriations bill, which sets a $25.5 billion discretionary allocation, a $1.1 billion (4.2%) cut from FY25 [0:14:58]. https://www.youtube.com/embed/N2bbh7-2s50 23281 2025-06-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183972026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/IoAgJ-0OO5Q/hqdefault.jpg Department of the Navy Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request The House Armed Services Committee convened this hearing on the Department of the Navy's Fiscal Year 2026 budget request, examining shipbuilding delays and cost overruns, fleet readiness, acquisition reform, and the Navy and Marine Corps' industrial base and personnel challenges. https://www.youtube.com/embed/IoAgJ-0OO5Q 14317 2025-06-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3370572025-06-10 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337057 Hearings to examine the nomination of Bryan Bedford, of Indiana, to be Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee met to consider the nomination of Bryan Bedford, longtime CEO of Republic Airways, to be Administrator of the FAA. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce061125 1153 2025-06-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183072026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/hj4woXGDIIs/hqdefault.jpg U.S. Military Posture and National Security Challenges in the Greater Middle East and Africa The House Armed Services Committee met to review the military posture, threats, and resource needs of U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/hj4woXGDIIs 8530 2025-06-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183412026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/67D_lt0QJHc/hqdefault.jpg From Cartels to Coastlines: An Examination of U.S. Federal Efforts to Confront Illicit Maritime Activities in U.S. Waters This joint hearing of the House Homeland Security Subcommittees on Transportation and Maritime Security and Border Security and Enforcement examined how transnational criminal organizations use maritime routes for drug, weapons, and human smuggling, and how the Coast Guard, CBP's Air and Marine Operations, and HSI are responding. https://www.youtube.com/embed/67D_lt0QJHc 5724 2025-06-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183492026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ddVJ4NFGtgM/hqdefault.jpg Building Bridges, Countering Rivals: Strengthening U.S.-ASEAN Ties to Combat Chinese Influence The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific held this hearing to examine China's growing economic, diplomatic, and security influence in ASEAN and to consider how the United States can strengthen ties with the region in response. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ddVJ4NFGtgM 5015 2025-06-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183552026-03-06 https://img.youtube.com/vi/anNSb6IYblM/hqdefault.jpg Screentime in Schools The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education held this hearing to examine the effects of student screen time and cell phone use on learning, mental health, and classroom behavior, and to review state and district policies restricting devices. https://www.youtube.com/embed/anNSb6IYblM 6970 2025-06-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183572026-04-13 https://img.youtube.com/vi/FZEEKFrF6s0/hqdefault.jpg The Fiscal Year 2026 Department of Energy Budget The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy convened to examine Secretary of Energy Chris Wright's first appearance before the committee and to review the Department of Energy's fiscal year 2026 budget request. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FZEEKFrF6s0 13917 2025-06-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183582026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/NDuG-Gcsdmk/hqdefault.jpg Beyond the Ballpark: The Role of Minor Leagues in Economic Growth The House Small Business Subcommittee on Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Workforce Development held this hearing to examine how minor league baseball teams function as small businesses and drive economic development in the small and mid-sized cities that host them. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NDuG-Gcsdmk 8626 2025-06-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183592026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/1kWjd05DTWc/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Hearing – The Department of Defense The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense held its first oversight hearing with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1kWjd05DTWc 8449 2025-06-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183602026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/puL5FVaJhMA/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing – U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development The House Appropriations T-HUD Subcommittee held a budget hearing with HUD Secretary Scott Turner to examine the Department of Housing and Urban Development's fiscal year 2026 budget request, which proposes a $35.5 billion (roughly 51%) cut from FY25 levels. https://www.youtube.com/embed/puL5FVaJhMA 5681 2025-06-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183622026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/1U2cjwl9ktY/hqdefault.jpg Securing Americans’ Genetic Information: Privacy and National Security Concerns Surrounding 23andMe’s Bankruptcy Sale The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee convened this hearing to examine what happens to the genetic data of 23andMe's roughly 15 million customers as the company proceeds through Chapter 11 bankruptcy, with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and TTAM Research Institute (founded by former CEO Anne Wojcicki) as the two remaining bidders. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1U2cjwl9ktY 13247 2025-06-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183732026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/DtPnIJc9YyY/hqdefault.jpg Various Measures The House Financial Services Committee convened this markup to consider nine bipartisan bills covering mortgage trigger leads, community bank regulation, securities research, crowdfunding, HUD oversight, minority depository institutions, and digital asset market structure. https://www.youtube.com/embed/DtPnIJc9YyY 26401 2025-06-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183812026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/4yMpuHCaCsE/hqdefault.jpg Fiscal Year 2026 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Bill, Interim Subcommittee Allocations The House Appropriations Committee held its first full committee markup for fiscal year 2026, considering the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill and interim subcommittee allocations for the first four FY2026 bills. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4yMpuHCaCsE 28800 2025-06-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183822026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/DjPzjpv3t6Q/hqdefault.jpg To consider H.R. 3633, Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025 The House Agriculture Committee met to mark up H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/DjPzjpv3t6Q 10292 2025-06-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183842026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/r5WOJWgH7fE/hqdefault.jpg H.R. 4 - Rescissions Act of 2025 The House Rules Committee met to set the terms of debate for H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/r5WOJWgH7fE 16906 2025-06-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183902026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/LsD-8cANcgA/hqdefault.jpg House Judiciary marks up six bills on overcriminalization and reproductive/gender-care law The House Judiciary Committee met to mark up six bills: HR59 (Mens Rea Reform Act), HR98 (End Endless Criminal Statutes Act), HR2159 (Count the Crimes to Cut Act), HR421 (Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act), HR589 (FACE Act Repeal Act), and HR3492 (Protect Children's Innocence Act). https://www.youtube.com/embed/LsD-8cANcgA 26732 2025-06-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3370452025-06-09 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337045 Navy FY2026 budget request and shipbuilding shortfalls The Senate Armed Services Committee held this posture hearing to examine the Department of the Navy's Fiscal Year 2026 budget request and Future Years Defense Program, with Secretary of the Navy John Phelan, Acting Chief of Naval Operations Admiral James Kilby, and Marine Corps Commandant General Eric Smith appearing as witnesses. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA061025 1554 2025-06-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3370472025-06-09 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337047 Hearings to examine the nominations of Brian Quintenz, of Ohio, to be a Commissioner and Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee convened to consider the nomination of Brian Quintenz to be Chairman and a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=ag&filename=ag061025 6533 2025-06-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3370482025-06-09 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337048 Confirmation hearing for five State Department and DFC nominees The Senate Foreign Relations Committee convened this hearing (June 10, 2025) to consider five nominations: Jacob Helberg for Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment; Andrew Puzder for Ambassador to the European Union; Paul (Asim) Kapur for Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Howard Brodie for Ambassador to Finland; and Benjamin Black for CEO of the U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign061025 7259 2025-06-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1177992026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/DZApW0E4eC0/hqdefault.jpg Rules panel advances four DC-focused bills: voting, immigration, police discipline The House Rules Committee met to set the terms of floor debate for four measures: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/DZApW0E4eC0 5527 2025-06-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183672026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/bbMbseaLMgw/hqdefault.jpg Fiscal Year 2026 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security met to mark up the fiscal year 2026 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill, debating funding levels for border security, ICE detention, FEMA, and cybersecurity programs. https://www.youtube.com/embed/bbMbseaLMgw 1765 2025-06-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183122026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/5XPrwrFVx84/hqdefault.jpg Supporting Farmers, Strengthening Conservation, Sustaining Working Lands The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology held this hearing to examine Farm Bill Title II conservation programs — including EQIP, CSP, RCPP, ACEP, and the small watershed program — and to discuss reforms and funding ahead of a new farm bill. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5XPrwrFVx84 7656 2025-06-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183182026-03-11 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Ex1Bdo1jiBU/hqdefault.jpg Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Department of Labor The House Education and Workforce Committee convened this hearing to examine the Department of Labor's fiscal year 2026 budget proposal and the Trump administration's regulatory and workforce priorities under new Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ex1Bdo1jiBU 10953 2025-06-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183212026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/CzE-SHKgPps/hqdefault.jpg Department of the Air Force Fiscal Year 2026 Posture The House Armed Services Committee convened this hearing on June 5, 2025, to examine the Department of the Air Force's Fiscal Year 2026 budget posture, though members noted the department had not yet delivered its formal budget request. https://www.youtube.com/embed/CzE-SHKgPps 13950 2025-06-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183242026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/5qqZBTTdwAM/hqdefault.jpg Framework for the Future: Reviewing Data Privacy in Today's Financial System The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions held this hearing to examine whether the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), enacted more than 25 years ago, still adequately protects consumer financial data amid open banking, fintech partnerships, artificial intelligence, and a growing patchwork of state privacy laws. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5qqZBTTdwAM 8434 2025-06-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183252026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/H6uj7ZaaFgE/hqdefault.jpg After Assad: The Future of Syria The House Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa held this hearing to examine US national security interests in Syria following the fall of Bashar al-Assad in December and to weigh policy options toward the new interim government led by Ahmed al-Sharaa (formerly Abu Muhammad al-Jolani). https://www.youtube.com/embed/H6uj7ZaaFgE 5485 2025-06-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183262026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/nxb2jkG5JwA/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing – Fiscal Year 2026 Request for the Department of Commerce The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies held this hearing to examine Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick's fiscal year 2026 budget request, which proposes an $8.4 billion topline, a 17% cut from current levels, including large increases for the Bureau of Industry and Security and Census Bureau alongside proposed eliminations of the Economic Development Administration, Minority Business Development Agency, and Manufacturing Extension Partnership. https://www.youtube.com/embed/nxb2jkG5JwA 7993 2025-06-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183272026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/vVyvsSibJx0/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing – Indian Health Service The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies met to review the Indian Health Service's fiscal year 2026 budget request, hearing testimony from Acting Director Benjamin Smith and Office of Finance and Accounting Director Jillian Curtis. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vVyvsSibJx0 5700 2025-06-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183352026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/QJgwA8tkJ-U/hqdefault.jpg Foreign Influence on American’s Data Through the CLOUD Act The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance held this hearing to examine the 2018 CLOUD Act and its executive agreement with the United Kingdom, prompted by Washington Post reporting that the UK secretly ordered Apple to build a backdoor into its encrypted iCloud "Advanced Data Protection" service. https://www.youtube.com/embed/QJgwA8tkJ-U 5096 2025-06-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183372026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/wk2I3SHIUTY/hqdefault.jpg Investing in America: How Private Equity Empowers Main Street The House Small Business Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access held this hearing to examine how private equity and venture capital fill financing gaps for small businesses, particularly manufacturers, that struggle to secure traditional bank loans. https://www.youtube.com/embed/wk2I3SHIUTY 4800 2025-06-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183392026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/wKkk-uWi7HM/hqdefault.jpg The Federal Government in the Age of Artificial Intelligence The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held this hearing on June 5, 2025 to examine how federal agencies can adopt artificial intelligence to improve efficiency and cut costs, while addressing legacy IT systems, procurement barriers, and data privacy risks. https://www.youtube.com/embed/wKkk-uWi7HM 15317 2025-06-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183472026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/6lxHN0F0hkY/hqdefault.jpg The Future of the Coast Guard: Review of Coast Guard Programs and Structure The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation held this hearing to review the Coast Guard's programs, structure, and budget as it undertakes "Force Design 2028," Secretary Kristi Noem's plan to modernize the service. https://www.youtube.com/embed/6lxHN0F0hkY 7514 2025-06-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183532026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/C6V7JoY6wjE/hqdefault.jpg Fiscal Year 2026 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Bill The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies met to mark up the fiscal year 2026 funding bill, which sets a $25.5 billion discretionary allocation for USDA, FDA, and the CFTC — a 4.2% cut from FY2025 enacted levels. https://www.youtube.com/embed/C6V7JoY6wjE 4778 2025-06-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183542026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/0s5KYlxkrmg/hqdefault.jpg The Fiscal Year 2026 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies met to mark up its fiscal year 2026 funding bill, which provides just over $134 billion in non-defense discretionary funding, $300 billion in mandatory funding, and $180 billion in infrastructure investment. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0s5KYlxkrmg 3173 2025-06-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183562026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/mPRxkHUpOj4/hqdefault.jpg Pursuing the Golden Age of Innovation: Strategic Priorities in Biotechnology This joint hearing of the House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittees on Research and Technology, and Energy, examined the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology's (NCEB) April report on maintaining US biotechnology leadership over China, as well as the FY2026 budget's proposed cuts to NSF, NIST, and DOE biotechnology programs. https://www.youtube.com/embed/mPRxkHUpOj4 9947 2025-06-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183612026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/lMSM40MJG2U/hqdefault.jpg Subcommittee Markup of 13 Bills The Energy Subcommittee met to mark up 13 bills covering electric grid reliability, interconnection queues, power plant retirements, hydropower relicensing, coal policy, critical minerals, pipeline permitting, and LNG export authority, part of Republicans' push for "energy abundance." Democrats used the markup to argue the package, alongside the reconciliation bill's rollback of clean-energy tax credits, would raise household electricity costs, while Republicans argued the bills address a looming reliability crisis from base-load plant retirements and surging AI-driven demand. https://www.youtube.com/embed/lMSM40MJG2U 18913 2025-06-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3370342025-06-04 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337034 Army posture hearing on transformation initiative and FY2026 budget The Senate Armed Services Committee heard testimony from Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and Chief of Staff Gen. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA060525 9279 2025-06-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3370362025-06-04 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337036 Confirmation hearing for Education and Labor nominees The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee met to consider four nominations: Penny Schwinn for Deputy Secretary of Education, Kimberly Richey for Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at Education, and Daniel Aronowitz and David Keeling for Assistant Secretary of Labor roles overseeing employee benefits (EBSA) and workplace safety (OSHA), respectively. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help060525 7932 2025-06-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3370372025-06-04 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337037 Judiciary Committee confirms U.S. Attorney nominee, debates DOJ oversight The Senate Judiciary Committee met to hold opening statements, address S.1829 (the STOP CSAM Act) which was held over, and vote on the nomination of David Charles Waterman to be U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary060525 2175 2025-06-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183132026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/_QZqgrkuDFA/hqdefault.jpg Assessing the Challenges Facing NATO The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe held this hearing on June 4, 2025, to examine U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_QZqgrkuDFA 6731 2025-06-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183172026-03-11 https://img.youtube.com/vi/HwRs-EpCC3U/hqdefault.jpg Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Department of Education The House Committee on Education and Workforce held an oversight hearing to question Secretary of Education Linda McMahon on the administration's efforts to reduce the Department of Education, its FY2026 budget proposal, and compliance with federal court orders regarding workforce reductions. https://www.youtube.com/embed/HwRs-EpCC3U 12583 2025-06-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183192026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/_7AqtKIUgn4/hqdefault.jpg Budgeting for Growth: Testimony from SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler The House Small Business Committee convened this hearing on June 4, 2025, to examine SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler's fiscal year 2026 discretionary budget request and the sweeping reorganization she has undertaken at the agency since January. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_7AqtKIUgn4 9695 2025-06-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183202026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/9UQ0zKtxPV4/hqdefault.jpg American Innovation and the Future of Digital Assets: From Blueprint to a Functional Framework The House Financial Services Committee held this hearing to examine the Digital Asset Market Structure ("Clarity Act"), draft legislation dividing SEC and CFTC jurisdiction over digital commodities and securities. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9UQ0zKtxPV4 18153 2025-06-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183222026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/CM9lFwW987A/hqdefault.jpg Safeguarding Procurement: Examining Fraud Risk Management in the Department of Defense The House Oversight Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce held this hearing to examine how the Department of Defense manages and combats procurement fraud, drawing on testimony from the Government Accountability Office and the DoD Inspector General's investigative arm (DCIS). https://www.youtube.com/embed/CM9lFwW987A 7348 2025-06-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183232026-05-26 https://img.youtube.com/vi/14UhCiMTn0Q/hqdefault.jpg American Innovation and the Future of Digital Assets: From Blueprint to a Functional Framework The House Committee on Agriculture held this full-committee hearing on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (Clarity Act), a bipartisan bill introduced jointly with the House Financial Services Committee to establish federal jurisdictional lines between the SEC and CFTC over digital assets. https://www.youtube.com/embed/14UhCiMTn0Q 9395 2025-06-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183292026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/AaoOaz44qZg/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing – Federal Aviation Administration The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation-HUD held this budget hearing to review the Federal Aviation Administration's fiscal year 2026 funding request and Acting Administrator Chris Rocheleau's plans to modernize the national airspace system following the January 29 midair collision at Reagan National, the Alaska Airlines door-plug failure, and a string of near-misses. https://www.youtube.com/embed/AaoOaz44qZg 7248 2025-06-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183312026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/fJ2lrSXopKA/hqdefault.jpg Department of the Army Fiscal Year 2026 Posture The House Armed Services Committee held this hearing on June 4, 2025, to examine the Department of the Army's fiscal year 2026 budget request and the recently announced Army Transformation Initiative (ATI), a broad effort to cut obsolete programs, streamline acquisition, and reorganize force structure. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fJ2lrSXopKA 14010 2025-06-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183322026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/jj5h_MGTLh0/hqdefault.jpg Public Funds, Private Agendas: NGOs Gone Wild The House Oversight Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency held this hearing to examine federal grants and contracts flowing to nonprofit organizations, with Republicans focusing on green-energy groups tied to the Biden EPA's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and NGOs alleged to have facilitated illegal immigration. https://www.youtube.com/embed/jj5h_MGTLh0 8999 2025-06-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183332026-04-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZdKduOz34ng/hqdefault.jpg AI in the Everyday: Current Applications and Future Frontiers in Communications and Technology The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held this hearing to examine how artificial intelligence is currently used across the communications and technology sectors, and what infrastructure, spectrum, and policy steps are needed to keep the United States ahead of China in AI and next-generation wireless. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZdKduOz34ng 10790 2025-06-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183342026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/_3rX-d232Qo/hqdefault.jpg Stopping Illegal Robocalls and Robotexts: Progress, Challenges, and Next Steps This House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing examined progress and remaining gaps in the fight against illegal robocalls and robotexts, including implementation of the TRACED Act, STIR/SHAKEN caller-ID authentication, and industry traceback efforts. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_3rX-d232Qo 5324 2025-06-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183382026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/k1sZP7VW8is/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing – Office of Management and Budget The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government held a budget hearing to examine the Office of Management and Budget's fiscal year 2026 funding request and to question OMB Director Russell Vought on the administration's spending decisions, including apportionment transparency, impoundment of appropriated funds, and Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) staffing cuts across federal agencies. https://www.youtube.com/embed/k1sZP7VW8is 7914 2025-06-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183422026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/csDHA8YUiJw/hqdefault.jpg The Elite Universities Cartel: A History of Anticompetitive Collusion Inflating the Cost of Higher Education The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust convened this hearing to examine whether Ivy League universities engage in anticompetitive collusion — through shared financial-aid formulas, limited class sizes, and coordinated pricing — that inflates tuition costs. https://www.youtube.com/embed/csDHA8YUiJw 7990 2025-06-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183452026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/DwnxC0jddPc/hqdefault.jpg Update on Navy Programs and Capabilities for Seapower and Projection Forces The Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee met to review Navy and Marine Corps acquisition priorities ahead of the fiscal year 2026 budget request, focusing on shipbuilding rates, submarine and amphibious ship production, and industrial base workforce challenges. https://www.youtube.com/embed/DwnxC0jddPc 4751 2025-06-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183462026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/f8ezwPVmNbQ/hqdefault.jpg FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024: Stakeholder Perspectives on Implementation One Year Later The Aviation Subcommittee met one year after enactment of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 to examine which of the law's roughly 500 mandates have been implemented and which remain overdue, against a backdrop of the January 29 DCA midair collision, recent Newark equipment outages, and staffing cuts across FAA and related agencies. https://www.youtube.com/embed/f8ezwPVmNbQ 12319 2025-06-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3370032025-06-03 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337003 Hearings to examine the reauthorization of the over-the-counter monograph drug user fee program The Senate HELP Committee held this hearing to examine reauthorization of the Over-the-Counter Monograph Drug User Fee Program (OMUFA), a bipartisan 2020 program that funds and streamlines FDA review of nonprescription drugs, which is set to expire at the end of the fiscal year. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help060425 5855 2025-06-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3370232025-06-03 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337023 Hearings to examine the aging farm workforce, focusing on America's vanishing family farms The Senate Special Committee on Aging held this hearing on June 4, 2025, to examine the aging U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=aging&filename=aging060425 5972 2025-06-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3370322025-06-04 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337032 Judiciary Committee weighs Hermandorfer for Sixth Circuit, four Missouri nominees The Senate Judiciary Committee held a two-panel confirmation hearing on President Trump's judicial nominees: Whitney Hermandorfer for the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, and four district-court nominees for the Eastern (and Western) District of Missouri — Joshua Divine, Zachary Bluestone, Cristian Stevens, and Maria Lanahan. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary060425 11374 2025-06-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1177982026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/HGTWG-HXbhc/hqdefault.jpg House Rules Committee Meeting on Opioid, SBA, and Sanctuary City Bills The House Rules Committee met to set the terms of floor debate for four bills: HR 2483 (SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act), HR 2931 (Save SBA from Sanctuary Cities Act), HR 2966 (American Entrepreneurs First Act), and HR 2987 (Capping Excessive Awarding of SBLC Entrants Act). https://www.youtube.com/embed/HGTWG-HXbhc 9663 2025-06-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3370252025-06-03 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337025 Committee advances whole milk bill; hearing on Michael Boren for Forest Service post The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee held a business meeting to mark up the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, which would allow schools to serve whole milk in the school lunch program, followed by a hearing on the nomination of Michael Boren of Idaho to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment, overseeing the U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=ag&filename=ag060325 4834 2025-06-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3370282025-06-03 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337028 Nominations of Barloon, Dhillon, and Morrissey to Treasury and Trade Posts The Senate Finance Committee met to hold a business meeting on the nomination of Rep. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance060325 9898 2025-06-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3370402025-06-03 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337040 Business meeting to consider the nomination of William Long, of Missouri, to be Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Department of the Treasury The Senate Finance Committee met to consider favorably reporting Billy Long's nomination to be Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, with members offering formal statements before recessing to a vote. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance060325 9898 2025-06-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181402026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/VZ2dlqGUEuk/hqdefault.jpg Innovation Nation: Leveraging Technology to Secure Cyberspace and Streamline Compliance The House Homeland Security Committee held this field hearing at the Hoover Institution at Stanford to examine how to rebalance the economic incentives of cyber security in favor of defenders, streamline overlapping compliance regulations, and leverage private-sector innovation against nation-state threats. https://www.youtube.com/embed/VZ2dlqGUEuk 6404 2025-05-28 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182892026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/b0xFUBzGLAg/hqdefault.jpg A Dire Crisis in Sudan: A Global Call to Action The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa held this hearing to examine the ongoing civil war in Sudan between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF), now in its third year, and its humanitarian toll — mass displacement, famine, and atrocities — along with the roles of external backers like the UAE, Egypt, Turkey, Iran, and China. https://www.youtube.com/embed/b0xFUBzGLAg 7059 2025-05-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3369972025-05-21 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336997 Committee approves DEA and Marshals Service nominees amid oversight disputes The Senate Judiciary Committee met to vote on the nominations of Terrance Cole to be Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration and Gadyaces Serralta to be Director of the U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary052225 3459 2025-05-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3369992025-05-21 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336999 Hearings to examine securing America, focusing on key authorities under the Defense Production Act The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee held this hearing to examine the Defense Production Act (DPA), a Cold War-era authority set to lapse in September, and how it could be reauthorized and modernized to address critical mineral shortages, pharmaceutical supply chains, and strategic competition with China. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=banking&filename=banking052225 5191 2025-05-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182462026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/xUjao0zq2U8/hqdefault.jpg Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Requests for the Army Corps of Engineers (Civil Works) and the Bureau of Reclamation The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held this hearing to examine the Trump administration's fiscal year 2026 topline budget requests for the Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works program and the Bureau of Reclamation, since a detailed budget had not yet been released. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xUjao0zq2U8 7205 2025-05-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182642026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/4zqqOHSwXTw/hqdefault.jpg Mass Gathering Events: Assessing Security Coordination and Preparedness The Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology held this hearing to examine how federal, state, local, and private-sector partners coordinate security for mass gathering events, with particular focus on the 2025/2026 FIFA World Cup and the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4zqqOHSwXTw 4692 2025-05-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182662026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/hx5JEY2_yWM/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Hearing of the Federal Communications Commission The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government held an oversight hearing on the Federal Communications Commission, its fiscal year 2025 budget, and Chairman Brendan Carr's priorities in his first months leading the agency. https://www.youtube.com/embed/hx5JEY2_yWM 6684 2025-05-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182752026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/JMh4OEg3qzk/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing - U.S. Department of Education The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies held a budget hearing to examine Secretary Linda McMahon's fiscal year 2026 budget request for the Department of Education, which would cut the department's funding by more than 15%. https://www.youtube.com/embed/JMh4OEg3qzk 9287 2025-05-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182782026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/nFNQaHdFEFc/hqdefault.jpg Pushing VA Forward: Review of VA’s Adaptative Programs for Disabled Veterans The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity held this hearing to review how VA's special adaptive housing (SAH), adaptive automobile equipment, and adaptive sports grant programs serve disabled veterans, and to examine delays and communication gaps within them. https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFNQaHdFEFc 7707 2025-05-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182802026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/JANo8Z8uv9A/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing – Department of State and Related Programs The House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs held this hearing on May 21, 2025, to examine Secretary of State Marco Rubio's testimony on the president's fiscal year 2026 budget request for the Department of State, which proposes roughly a 48-84% cut to the department's funding. https://www.youtube.com/embed/JANo8Z8uv9A 7913 2025-05-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182852026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/D7zAMYJLMCw/hqdefault.jpg Restoring Excellence: The Case Against DEI The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development convened this hearing to examine diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in higher education and medicine, with Republican members arguing such programs constitute unlawful racial discrimination and Democratic members defending them as tools for expanding opportunity. https://www.youtube.com/embed/D7zAMYJLMCw 6496 2025-05-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182862026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/_lyoHuKNhU4/hqdefault.jpg FY26 State Department Posture: Protecting American Interests The House Foreign Affairs Committee held this hearing to examine the Trump administration's FY26 State Department budget request, its reorganization folding USAID into the Department of State, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio's dual roles as acting USAID administrator, interim national security advisor, and acting national archivist. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_lyoHuKNhU4 10909 2025-05-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182882026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/zxgOmIozQbE/hqdefault.jpg AI Regulation and the Future of US Leadership The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade convened this hearing to examine AI regulation and U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/zxgOmIozQbE 9042 2025-05-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182912026-04-13 https://img.youtube.com/vi/nrb-78IghlE/hqdefault.jpg Examining Ways to Enhance Our Domestic Critical Mineral Supply Chains The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held this hearing to examine why the United States remains heavily import-reliant on foreign nations, especially China, for critical minerals used in electronics, defense systems, and clean energy technology, and to explore permitting, processing, and financing reforms that could rebuild domestic supply chains. https://www.youtube.com/embed/nrb-78IghlE 8504 2025-05-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182962026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/R9eIRHgu60Q/hqdefault.jpg House Oversight markup of nine deregulatory, DC governance, and postal bills The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee met to mark up nine bills covering federal regulatory process reform (unfunded mandates, agency guidance, retrospective regulatory review, and permitting), District of Columbia governance (noncitizen voting and police discipline), and postal ZIP code designations, plus a block of postal-naming measures. https://www.youtube.com/embed/R9eIRHgu60Q 14795 2025-05-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183002026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/_2DKqtrnMMQ/hqdefault.jpg H.R. 1 – One Big Beautiful Bill Act The House Rules Committee convened just after 1:00 a.m. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_2DKqtrnMMQ 28800 2025-05-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1183012026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/kW8zKkLcsjM/hqdefault.jpg Markup of small-business, regulatory-deference, and illegal re-entry bills The House Judiciary Committee met to mark up several bills: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/kW8zKkLcsjM 11361 2025-05-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3369772025-05-20 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336977 Hearings to examine the state of higher education The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions held this hearing to examine the state of American higher education, including rising costs, student debt, accountability metrics, and the value of degrees. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help052125 7891 2025-05-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3369782025-05-20 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336978 Senate committee reviews 20 veterans' health care and benefits bills The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee held a markup-style legislative hearing to examine roughly twenty bills covering veterans' health care access, benefits, and administrative reforms, including proposals on Medal of Honor pensions, Medicare-VA care coordination, beneficiary travel mileage rates, CHAMPVA age limits, caregiver support, and VA acquisition reorganization. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=vetaff&filename=vetaff052125 4270 2025-05-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3369862025-05-20 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336986 Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2026 for the Environmental Protection Agency The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held this hearing to examine EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin's fiscal year 2026 budget request, which proposes deep cuts to the agency including an 89% reduction to clean water and drinking water revolving funds [0:19:56] and a 55% overall agency cut [1:21:10]. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=epw&filename=epw052125 7360 2025-05-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3369892025-05-20 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336989 Nominations of Dudley Hoskins and Dr. Scott Hutchins for USDA posts The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee held this hearing to consider the nominations of Dudley Hoskins to be Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs and Dr. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=ag&filename=ag052125 7291 2025-05-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3369922025-05-20 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336992 Committee advances four nominations and eight bills, including rail and trafficking measures The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held an executive business meeting to consider four executive nominations (David Fink for FRA Administrator, David Fogel for Assistant Secretary of Commerce, Robert Gleason for the Amtrak Board, and Pierre Gentin for General Counsel of Commerce), roughly 250 Coast Guard promotions, and eight bills covering cargo theft, cybersecurity of the academic research fleet, human trafficking awareness signage, wastewater labeling, landslide preparedness, and other topics. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce052125 3223 2025-05-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3370012025-05-20 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337001 Committee votes to advance four DOE and USGS nominees The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a business meeting to vote on four nominations previously heard at a May 14 hearing: Jonathan Brightbill for DOE General Counsel, Tina Pierce for DOE Chief Financial Officer, Conner Prochaska for Director of ARPA-E, and Ned Mamula for Director of the U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=energy&filename=energy052125 2410 2025-05-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182452026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/zSw6F5UQmzg/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Hearing – The Transportation Security Administration The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security held this oversight hearing to question TSA's Acting Administrator on the agency's fiscal year 2026 "skinny budget" proposal, which cuts roughly $247 million (about 3%) from TSA's budget, and on DHS's recent cancellation of the collective bargaining agreement covering nearly 50,000 Transportation Security Officers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/zSw6F5UQmzg 2375 2025-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182632026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/xxscqy0FJ0M/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing – Department of the Interior The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies held its first formal budget hearing with newly confirmed Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to examine the administration's fiscal year 2026 "skinny budget" request of roughly $10.6 billion for programs under the subcommittee's jurisdiction. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xxscqy0FJ0M 10639 2025-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182652026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/RZ7xP5KfZl0/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Hearing of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government held an oversight hearing with newly confirmed SEC Chairman Paul Atkins to examine the Commission's fiscal year 2026 budget request, recent staffing reductions, and its regulatory priorities, including digital assets. https://www.youtube.com/embed/RZ7xP5KfZl0 5161 2025-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182672026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/6wZYP8A4S5g/hqdefault.jpg Empowering the Modern Worker The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections held this hearing, "Empowering the Modern Worker," to examine how independent contractor classification rules affect freelancers, gig workers, and truckers, and to discuss legislative proposals like the Modern Worker Empowerment Act and Modern Worker Security Act alongside state portable benefits pilot programs. https://www.youtube.com/embed/6wZYP8A4S5g 9354 2025-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182722026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/1_uPK2QWjwU/hqdefault.jpg Federal Courthouse Design and Construction: Examining the Costs to the Taxpayer The House subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management convened this hearing to examine the judiciary's 2021 revised courthouse design guide and its likely effect on the size and cost of future federal courthouse construction. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1_uPK2QWjwU 4721 2025-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182742026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/PnfNvH39Btk/hqdefault.jpg Innovations in Agrichemicals: AI’s Hidden Formula Driving Efficiency The House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Environment held this hearing to examine how artificial intelligence is transforming agrochemical discovery, development, manufacturing, and application, and to explore its implications for EPA and USDA regulatory review. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PnfNvH39Btk 4879 2025-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182762026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/_pIQZ_7qgL0/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Hearing – National Guard and Reserves Forces The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense held an oversight hearing to hear testimony from the chiefs of the five reserve components — the National Guard Bureau, Army Reserve, Navy Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, and Air Force Reserve — on equipment modernization, recruiting and retention, the National Guard and Reserve Equipment Account (NGREA), and the impact of a full-year continuing resolution on FY2026 planning. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_pIQZ_7qgL0 7163 2025-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182772026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/v8_UzRqBYMI/hqdefault.jpg Examining Threats to ICE Operations The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight held this hearing to examine alleged threats to ICE operations, focusing heavily on a May 9, 2025 incident at Delaney Hall, a detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, where Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested and members of Congress, including Rep. https://www.youtube.com/embed/v8_UzRqBYMI 9744 2025-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182792026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/zufvRq64CFg/hqdefault.jpg Mandates, Meddling, and Mismanagement: The IRA’s Threat to Energy and Medicine The House Oversight Subcommittees on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs and on Healthcare and Financial Services held a joint hearing to examine the Inflation Reduction Act's (IRA) energy subsidies and prescription drug provisions, weighing rising cost estimates against claimed benefits to consumers and manufacturers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/zufvRq64CFg 11577 2025-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182812026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Y7M8foIxyRI/hqdefault.jpg Breach of Trust: Surveillance in Private Spaces The House Oversight Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation held this hearing to examine covert surveillance and hidden cameras in short-term rentals, hotels, and other temporary or private spaces, and to consider federal legislation—Chairwoman Nancy Mace's Stop Voyeurism Act—creating civil remedies and expanding federal criminal prohibitions on non-consensual recording. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y7M8foIxyRI 5614 2025-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182822026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Mmnxa2qdplA/hqdefault.jpg Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Member Day Hearing The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies held a "Member Day" hearing to let colleagues outside the subcommittee present funding priorities for the FY2026 Military Construction–VA appropriations bill. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Mmnxa2qdplA 3544 2025-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182832026-04-01 https://img.youtube.com/vi/k_FnZ7RrXlM/hqdefault.jpg The Fiscal Year 2026 Environmental Protection Agency Budget The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment met to review President Trump's fiscal year 2026 budget request for the Environmental Protection Agency, which proposes a roughly 55% cut to EPA funding. https://www.youtube.com/embed/k_FnZ7RrXlM 11118 2025-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182902026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/7pzpjtYyXKQ/hqdefault.jpg Various Measures The House Financial Services Committee held a markup to consider and vote on six bills addressing bank merger review timelines, tailored regulation for community banks, elimination of "reputational risk" in bank supervision, camel's rating reform, higher asset thresholds for regulatory requirements, and a new bank examination appeals process. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7pzpjtYyXKQ 20626 2025-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182922026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/IHW-H7tn3Tg/hqdefault.jpg HASC Members' Day Hearing The House Armed Services Committee held its annual "member day" hearing, at which representatives who do not sit on the committee testified about their individual priorities for the fiscal year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). https://www.youtube.com/embed/IHW-H7tn3Tg 4540 2025-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3369662025-05-20 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336966 Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2026 for the Department of State The Senate Foreign Relations Committee convened this hearing on May 20, 2025, to examine the administration's fiscal year 2026 budget request for the State Department, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifying. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign052025 11973 2025-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3369682025-05-20 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336968 Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2026 for the Department of Homeland Security The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee convened this hearing to examine Secretary Kristi Noem's fiscal year 2026 budget request for the Department of Homeland Security, covering border security, FEMA reform, cybersecurity (CISA), the Coast Guard, and oversight issues including surveillance of Tulsi Gabbard and DHS-funded biological research. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=govtaff&filename=govtaff052025 8833 2025-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3369722025-05-20 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336972 Hearings to examine defending against drones, focusing on setting safeguards for counter unmanned aircraft systems The Senate Judiciary Committee held this hearing to examine threats posed by criminal and hostile use of drones — at the border, in prisons, and at public gatherings — and whether state and local law enforcement should get expanded authority to detect and mitigate them, since federal law currently limits that authority to four agencies (DOJ, DHS, DOD, and DOE). https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary052025 7059 2025-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3369742025-05-20 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336974 Air Force and Space Force FY2026 posture and readiness The Senate Armed Services Committee convened this hearing to examine the posture of the Department of the Air Force, including the Air Force and Space Force, in advance of the Fiscal Year 2026 Defense Authorization Request and Future Years Defense Program. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA052025 9666 2025-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3370002025-05-20 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/337000 Hearings to examine the nomination of William Long, of Missouri, to be Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Department of the Treasury The Senate Finance Committee convened this nomination hearing to consider Billy Long, a former Missouri congressman, to be Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance052025 9712 2025-05-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1177972026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/9icsG4m5eu8/hqdefault.jpg House Rules Committee Meeting on Bank Merger and Clean Air Act Disapproval Resolutions The House Rules Committee met to set the terms of debate for two Senate-passed Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolutions: S.J. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9icsG4m5eu8 9622 2025-05-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182582026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/tk5opa07aNM/hqdefault.jpg Improving Software Licensing Management The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization held this hearing to examine the VA's failure to track and manage its more than $1 billion in annual software license spending, following a January 2024 GAO report that found the department could not verify license usage against purchase records. https://www.youtube.com/embed/tk5opa07aNM 5429 2025-05-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182952026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/BYgQSNDKe-I/hqdefault.jpg House Budget Committee reports the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" The House Budget Committee reconvened late Sunday night, May 18–19, 2025, to resume markup of the reconciliation bill implementing the FY2025 budget resolution, after a prior markup session had failed to advance the bill the previous Friday. https://www.youtube.com/embed/BYgQSNDKe-I 3634 2025-05-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182622026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/j1jxbrTDZa4/hqdefault.jpg Fiscal Year 2026 Review of the Department of Defense’s Cyber Posture The House Armed Services Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation Subcommittee met to review the Department of Defense's fiscal year 2026 cyber posture, hearing from acting Cyber Command commander Lt. https://www.youtube.com/embed/j1jxbrTDZa4 4640 2025-05-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181132026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/MNnCimHFDAU/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing - U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies held this budget hearing to examine the Department of Veterans Affairs' fiscal year 2026 request, review a recent Inspector General report on VBA/VHA budget shortfalls, and question new VA Secretary Doug Collins on staffing cuts, contract cancellations, and fund transfers made during his first 100 days in office. https://www.youtube.com/embed/MNnCimHFDAU 7912 2025-05-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181492026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/gRfQLqPeRB4/hqdefault.jpg In Defense of Defensive Measures: Reauthorizing Cybersecurity Information Sharing Activities that Underpin U.S. National Cyber Defense The Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection held this hearing to examine the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA 2015), which provides liability and privacy protections for voluntary cyber threat information sharing between the private sector and government and is set to expire in September 2025. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gRfQLqPeRB4 5183 2025-05-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182182026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/11_EveMBY8A/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing – Environmental Protection Agency The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies met to examine the Environmental Protection Agency's fiscal year 2026 budget request under Administrator Lee Zeldin. https://www.youtube.com/embed/11_EveMBY8A 6190 2025-05-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182252026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/0NZxkvYaVuk/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Hearing of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government held this oversight hearing to examine the Federal Trade Commission's budget, staffing, and enforcement priorities under Chairman Andrew Ferguson. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0NZxkvYaVuk 6540 2025-05-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182262026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/CmnH4bLueXM/hqdefault.jpg Defense Intelligence Enterprise Posture Hearing The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations met to review the posture of the Defense Intelligence Enterprise (DIE) for fiscal year 2026, hearing from senior DoD intelligence officials on strategic competition with China, homeland defense, budget cuts, and personnel challenges. https://www.youtube.com/embed/CmnH4bLueXM 4597 2025-05-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182312026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/qbF1cs6ty-8/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing - U.S. Department of Labor The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies held this hearing to examine Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer's fiscal year 2026 budget request for the Department of Labor. https://www.youtube.com/embed/qbF1cs6ty-8 7970 2025-05-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182432026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/NlPij-I7Qrk/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Hearing – U.S. Customs and Border Protection The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security held this oversight hearing to examine U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NlPij-I7Qrk 4835 2025-05-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182492026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/oPUA8Rh2-d8/hqdefault.jpg U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Budget Request for Fiscal Years 2026 and 2027 Advance Appropriations The House Committee on Veterans' Affairs convened this hearing on May 15, 2025 to review the Department of Veterans Affairs' fiscal year 2026 budget request — $187.2 billion, a more than 17% increase over the prior year — and to press VA Secretary Douglas Collins, in his first appearance before this committee, on workforce reorganization plans, the end of the VA Servicing Purchase (VASP) program, electronic health records modernization, and clinical trial pauses. https://www.youtube.com/embed/oPUA8Rh2-d8 15548 2025-05-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182522026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/5SamCKEOoeQ/hqdefault.jpg From Detection to Deflection: Evaluating NASA’s Planetary Defense Strategy The House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics held this hearing to review NASA's progress detecting and cataloging near-Earth objects (NEOs) under the George E. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5SamCKEOoeQ 5417 2025-05-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182542026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/oX08ndasvGs/hqdefault.jpg A Small Part in A Big Company: Examining the Power of Franchising in the American Economy The House Small Business Committee held this hearing to examine the franchise business model in the American economy, focusing on the impact of federal regulations — including the NLRB's joint employer standard, tax policy such as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act extension, and SBA lending programs — on franchise owners. https://www.youtube.com/embed/oX08ndasvGs 8060 2025-05-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182552026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/r8bClt9Yh7o/hqdefault.jpg Reclaiming OSHA's Mission: Ensuring Safety Without Overreach The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections held this hearing to review OSHA's activity under the Biden administration and to consider changes to the agency's regulatory approach, including a proposed heat illness standard, the worker walkaround rule, and a long-sought tree care safety standard. https://www.youtube.com/embed/r8bClt9Yh7o 5916 2025-05-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182562026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/3gte7cjOZQI/hqdefault.jpg Task Force on Monetary Policy, Treasury Market Resilience, and Economic Prosperity: Examining Treasury Market Fragilities and Preventative Solutions The House Financial Services Task Force on Monetary Policy, Treasury Market Resilience, and Economic Prosperity held this hearing to examine the sharp Treasury market volatility that followed the April 2025 tariff ("Liberation Day") announcements, using it as a case study of market fragility and possible regulatory remedies. https://www.youtube.com/embed/3gte7cjOZQI 6243 2025-05-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182572026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/F4SNU8qjsXc/hqdefault.jpg Deterrence Amid Rising Tensions: Preventing CCP Aggression on Taiwan The House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party held this hearing to examine the "2027 Davidson window," the period by which Xi Jinping has reportedly ordered the People's Liberation Army to be ready to take Taiwan by force, and to assess US military posture, cyber vulnerabilities, and diplomatic tools for deterrence. https://www.youtube.com/embed/F4SNU8qjsXc 8371 2025-05-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182702026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Iq7jL4jDKTg/hqdefault.jpg FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024: An Update on Implementation One Year Later The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure held this hearing to mark the one-year anniversary of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024, examining the FAA's progress implementing the law's safety, workforce, airport infrastructure, and modernization provisions. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Iq7jL4jDKTg 15454 2025-05-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3369592025-05-14 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336959 Business meeting to consider the nomination of Janet Dhillon, of Virginia, to be Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee met to vote on the nomination of Janet Dhillon to be Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help051525 1751 2025-05-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3369632025-05-15 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336963 Judiciary Committee markup of eight law enforcement bills and DOJ nominees The Senate Judiciary Committee met to mark up eight bipartisan bills supporting law enforcement, first responders, and crime victims, and to consider three Department of Justice nominations, including Jason Quiñones for U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary051525 4245 2025-05-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3369642025-05-14 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336964 Hearings to examine the Department of Defense responsibilities related to Foreign Military Sales system and international armaments cooperation The Senate Armed Services Committee held this hearing to examine how the Department of Defense manages the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) system and international armaments cooperation, and how the process could be reformed to move faster and better support allies. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA051525 6702 2025-05-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3369652025-05-15 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336965 Senate confirms five ambassadors, hears three State Department nominees The Senate Foreign Relations Committee met to vote on five pending ambassadorial nominations and then to hold a hearing on three additional State Department nominees for Near Eastern Affairs, Political-Military Affairs, and East Asian and Pacific Affairs. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign051525 7743 2025-05-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3369872025-05-14 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336987 Committee vote on O'Neill and Andres nominations for HHS posts The Senate Finance Committee met to consider the nominations of James O'Neill to be Deputy Secretary and Gary Andres to be an Assistant Secretary, both at the Department of Health and Human Services. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance051525 1218 2025-05-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181722026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/z1PdbRbBx18/hqdefault.jpg Energy, Installations, and Environment Update The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness held this hearing to receive the annual program update on the Department of Defense's Energy, Installations, and Environment portfolio from civilian officials representing OSD, the Army, Navy, and Air Force. https://www.youtube.com/embed/z1PdbRbBx18 6125 2025-05-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182192026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/syESsfBR5H0/hqdefault.jpg A New Era of Homeland Security: A Review of the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request for the Department of Homeland Security The House Homeland Security Committee held its first hearing with DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to examine the department's Fiscal Year 2026 budget request, including a proposed $44 billion increase tied to the reconciliation process. https://www.youtube.com/embed/syESsfBR5H0 13078 2025-05-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182242026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/mKx2idjx_eM/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Hearing of the Federal Judiciary The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government held this oversight hearing on the federal judiciary's fiscal year 2026 budget request, hearing testimony from two Judicial Conference officials on court security, cybersecurity, staffing, and infrastructure needs. https://www.youtube.com/embed/mKx2idjx_eM 4340 2025-05-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182292026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/AxgjoPaZiHA/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Hearing – The United States Navy and Marine Corps The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense held this oversight hearing to examine the Navy and Marine Corps' fiscal year 2026 posture, with a full budget request still unreleased. https://www.youtube.com/embed/AxgjoPaZiHA 9505 2025-05-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182302026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/jUcDvNfYQDU/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education held its first budget hearing with HHS Secretary Robert F. https://www.youtube.com/embed/jUcDvNfYQDU 8592 2025-05-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182322026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/c4wOUI7Omqk/hqdefault.jpg National Security Space Programs The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces convened this hearing to receive testimony from Department of Defense, Space Force, National Reconnaissance Office, and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency officials on national security space policies and programs. https://www.youtube.com/embed/c4wOUI7Omqk 4289 2025-05-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182332026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/84PDFczezps/hqdefault.jpg Expanding Choice and Increasing Supply: Housing Innovation in America The Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance held this hearing to examine how manufactured housing, modular construction, and other building innovations could expand the affordable housing supply. https://www.youtube.com/embed/84PDFczezps 8131 2025-05-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182342026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/A0DLBCfWsiY/hqdefault.jpg Enhancing Competition: Shaping the Future of Bank Mergers and De Novo Formation The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions held this hearing to examine how regulatory barriers slow bank merger approvals and discourage the formation of new ("de novo") banks, and to review Chairman Barr's Promoting New Bank Formation Act (HR478) and related legislative proposals. https://www.youtube.com/embed/A0DLBCfWsiY 6457 2025-05-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182362026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/5QiGiiTlT9c/hqdefault.jpg The MATCH Monopoly: Evaluating the Medical Residency Antitrust Exemption The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust held this hearing to examine the 2004 antitrust exemption protecting the National Resident Matching Program ("the match") and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), which together control how medical residents are placed and trained. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5QiGiiTlT9c 6009 2025-05-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182392026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/n7pGrhayMMI/hqdefault.jpg Reimagining Education: How Charter Schools Are Closing Gaps and Opening Doors The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education held this hearing to examine charter schools' academic outcomes, their effects on traditional public schools, and proposals to expand charter funding through the High-Quality Charter Schools Act. https://www.youtube.com/embed/n7pGrhayMMI 5464 2025-05-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182402026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/TPY8dC4TpWI/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Hearing – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security held this oversight hearing to examine ICE's operational priorities and resource needs ahead of the full fiscal year 2026 budget request, with Acting Director Todd Lyons as the sole witness. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TPY8dC4TpWI 3243 2025-05-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182412026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/hIjSY34pbyo/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Hearing – The United States Coast Guard This House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security hearing examined the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/hIjSY34pbyo 4871 2025-05-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182422026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/G0Anw4j6DTI/hqdefault.jpg National Economic Security, Advancing US Interests Abroad The House Foreign Affairs East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee held this hearing to examine how the United States could more effectively prioritize economic statecraft, with particular attention to the State Department's diminished role since 1961, when trade functions were moved to the newly created U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/G0Anw4j6DTI 5875 2025-05-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182472026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/khmIuiw9-Ks/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing – U.S. Department of Transportation The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation-HUD held a budget hearing with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to examine the department's fiscal year 2026 request of $26.7 billion, focusing heavily on air traffic control staffing and technology, the Newark airport delays, and a large backlog of unfinished grant agreements inherited from the prior administration. https://www.youtube.com/embed/khmIuiw9-Ks 7599 2025-05-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182482026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/l_-XxaO8pf0/hqdefault.jpg Waste & Delays: Examining VA's Improper Payments in its Compensation and Pension Programs The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs held this hearing to examine improper payments — overpayments and underpayments — in VA's compensation and pension programs, including billions of dollars in overpayment debts and errors in assigning effective dates for PACT Act and other claims. https://www.youtube.com/embed/l_-XxaO8pf0 5176 2025-05-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182692026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZCDkyKLenIY/hqdefault.jpg Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Member Day The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure held its 119th Congress "Member Day" hearing, in which 21 rank-and-file members of Congress (not committee members) testified about transportation, infrastructure, and disaster-recovery priorities from their home districts ahead of the committee's surface transportation reauthorization and other must-pass bills. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZCDkyKLenIY 8775 2025-05-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3369322025-05-13 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336932 Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2026 for the Department of Health and Human Services The Senate HELP Committee convened to review the Department of Health and Human Services' fiscal year 2026 budget request, with Secretary Robert F. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help051425 10057 2025-05-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3369492025-05-13 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336949 Hearings to examine FAA reauthorization one year later, focusing on aviation safety, air traffic, and next generation technology The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held this hearing to review FAA implementation of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024, one year after enactment and in the wake of the January 29 midair collision near Reagan National Airport, subsequent close calls near DCA, and radar/communications outages at Newark. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce051425 9730 2025-05-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3369512025-05-13 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336951 Oversight of HHS programs serving Native Americans outside Indian Health Service The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs held this oversight hearing on May 14, 2025, to examine Department of Health and Human Services programs — beyond the Indian Health Service — that support Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian communities, including Head Start, family violence prevention, child welfare, and elder services. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=indian&filename=indian051425 7339 2025-05-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3369532025-05-13 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336953 Hearings to examine financing America's manufacturing and industrial boom The Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship held this hearing to examine how SBA lending and investment programs — including the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) and Rural Business Investment Company (RBIC) programs — can finance a domestic manufacturing revival, and to hear from small manufacturers on Chair Ernst's proposed Made in America Financing Act. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=smbiz&filename=smbiz051425 6192 2025-05-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3369542025-05-13 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336954 Hearings to examine preparing for disasters, focusing on unique challenges facing older Americans The Senate Special Committee on Aging held this hearing to examine how natural disasters — hurricanes, wildfires, floods, and winter storms — disproportionately harm older Americans and people with disabilities, and what federal, state, and local agencies can do to improve preparedness, evacuation, and recovery. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=aging&filename=aging051425 5452 2025-05-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3369562025-05-13 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336956 Hearings to examine trade in critical supply chains The Senate Finance Committee held this hearing to examine U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance051425 8469 2025-05-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3369572025-05-13 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336957 Confirmation hearing for FHWA, EPA land/emergency, and Army Corps civil works nominees The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee met to consider three of President Trump's executive branch nominees: Sean McMaster to lead the Federal Highway Administration, John Busterud to lead EPA's Office of Land and Emergency Management, and Adam Telle to be Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=epw&filename=epw051425 7409 2025-05-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3369582025-05-13 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336958 Senate confirms three DOE nominees, hears four more energy nominees The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee met to vote on three pending nominations to the Department of the Interior and Department of Energy, then immediately convened a hearing on four additional nominees for senior Department of Energy and U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=energy&filename=energy051425 6622 2025-05-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3369622025-05-13 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336962 Business meeting to consider the nomination of Paul Dabbar, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee first held a brief executive session to vote on the nomination of Paul Dabbar to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce, which was ordered favorably reported 17-11 [0:30:15]. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce051425 9730 2025-05-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1177962026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/n3HBVNb_xHo/hqdefault.jpg House Rules Committee sets floor rules for three police-related bills The House Rules Committee met during National Police Week to set the floor rule for three bills reported by the Judiciary Committee: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/n3HBVNb_xHo 6170 2025-05-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182592026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/4rtKBT0bsC4/hqdefault.jpg Committee print to comply with reconciliation directives included in H. Con. Res. 14 Section 2001(b)(1) The House Agriculture Committee reconvened this markup session to continue consideration of the Committee Print implementing reconciliation directives under H. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4rtKBT0bsC4 28800 2025-05-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182602026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/inurboPMPks/hqdefault.jpg House Ways and Means marks up reconciliation tax bill extending 2017 cuts The House Ways and Means Committee met to mark up a committee print with legislative recommendations to comply with the FY2025 budget reconciliation directive (H. https://www.youtube.com/embed/inurboPMPks 16087 2025-05-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182612026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/J4fGR1CiNGg/hqdefault.jpg Markup of Four Committee Prints The House Energy and Commerce Committee met to mark up four committee prints forming its portion of the Republican budget reconciliation package, covering Medicaid and ACA changes, energy permitting, environmental program rescissions, and communications/spectrum and AI provisions. https://www.youtube.com/embed/J4fGR1CiNGg 28800 2025-05-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3369382025-05-13 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336938 Confirmation hearing for FRA, Amtrak, and Commerce Department nominees The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee met to consider four nominations: David Fink to be Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration, David Fogel to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce051325 8115 2025-05-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3369432025-05-13 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336943 Hearings to examine perspectives from the field, focusing on conservation The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee held this hearing to gather perspectives from farmers, ranchers, and conservation organizations on how farm bill conservation programs are working and what changes producers want in the next farm bill reauthorization. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=ag&filename=ag051325 6112 2025-05-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3369452025-05-13 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336945 Confirmation hearing for Air Force, Army, and NNSA nominees The Senate Armed Services Committee met to consider three civilian nominations: Richard Anderson to be Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Adam Telle to be Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, and Dr. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA051325 7404 2025-05-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3369462025-05-13 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336946 Hearings to examine competition issues in the prescription drug supply chain, focusing on pharmacy benefit manager power play The Senate Judiciary Committee held this hearing to examine competition issues in the prescription drug supply chain, focusing on the market power of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary051325 7892 2025-05-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3369472025-05-13 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336947 Hearings to examine East Africa and the horn, focusing on a turning point or breaking point The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held this hearing to examine U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign051325 7106 2025-05-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3369672025-05-13 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336967 Committee vote to advance Rodney Scott's nomination as CBP Commissioner The Senate Finance Committee met to consider favorably reporting the nomination of Rodney Scott to be Commissioner of U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance051325 1453 2025-05-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181942026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/OV8acBxB844/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Hearing – The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security held an oversight hearing on the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), examining the agency's fiscal year 2026 budget request, a proposed reduction in force, and its response to recent cyber incidents including a data-security episode at the National Labor Relations Board. https://www.youtube.com/embed/OV8acBxB844 3081 2025-05-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182162026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/sw1EQKnXagM/hqdefault.jpg Spread Freedom, Not Woke Values: An American Agenda for Democracy and Human Rights The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere held this hearing to examine the reauthorization of State Department democracy, human rights, and labor programs, including the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL), amid the Trump administration's proposed reorganization and deep cuts to foreign assistance. https://www.youtube.com/embed/sw1EQKnXagM 4706 2025-05-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182202025-05-01 https://img.youtube.com/vi/fLMraghK_28/hqdefault.jpg Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence Posture of the Department of Defense The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation held this hearing on May 8, 2025, to receive testimony from the Department of Defense's acting Chief Information Officer and its Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer on IT infrastructure, zero trust implementation, spectrum policy, and the department's strategy for adopting data and artificial intelligence. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fLMraghK_28 5329 2025-05-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3369232025-07-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336923 Hearings to examine winning the AI race, focusing on strengthening United States capabilities in computing and innovation The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held this hearing to examine U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce050825 12313 2025-05-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3369332025-05-08 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336933 Senate Foreign Relations considers five State Department nominees The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a business meeting to vote on five ambassadorial nominations, followed immediately by a hearing to consider testimony from nominees for additional State Department posts, including ambassadorships to Denmark, Switzerland (and Liechtenstein), Malta, and the Organization of American States, plus an Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign050825 4457 2025-05-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3369342025-05-07 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336934 Senate Energy and Natural Resources Business Meeting and Nominations Hearing The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee met on May 8, 2025 to hold a short business meeting voting on four Interior and Energy Department nominations, followed immediately by a hearing on three additional nominees: William Doffermyre for Solicitor of the Department of the Interior, Catherine Jereza for Assistant Secretary of Energy (Electricity), and Kyle Haustveit for Assistant Secretary of Energy (Fossil Energy). https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=energy&filename=energy050825 6994 2025-05-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3369352025-05-07 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336935 Nominations of Michael Obadal and Sean O'Keefe to Army leadership posts The Senate Armed Services Committee convened this hearing on May 8, 2025 to consider the nominations of Michael Obadal to be Under Secretary of the Army and Sean O'Keefe to be a Deputy Under Secretary at the Department of Defense. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA050825 6462 2025-05-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181882026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/DW26fY2Tjmg/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing - U.S. Department of Energy The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held this hearing to examine the Department of Energy's fiscal year 2026 budget request, marking Secretary Chris Wright's first appearance before the panel roughly 100 days into his tenure. https://www.youtube.com/embed/DW26fY2Tjmg 9220 2025-05-07 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181892026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/4S-vVgsNt48/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing – Fiscal Year 2026 Request for the Federal Bureau of Investigation The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies held its first FY2026 budget hearing for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, examining a proposed $545 million cut to the FBI's operating budget alongside Director Kash Patel's plans to relocate agents from Washington, D.C. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4S-vVgsNt48 7279 2025-05-07 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181902026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/f10geMYJ0tw/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing - U.S. Department of Agriculture The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture convened this budget hearing to review USDA's fiscal year 2026 discretionary budget request and question Secretary Brooke Rollins on her first 100 days at the department. https://www.youtube.com/embed/f10geMYJ0tw 7426 2025-05-07 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181932026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/7gXUHk-JQLA/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Hearing – The Federal Emergency Management Agency The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security held an oversight hearing on FEMA's fiscal year 2026 budget priorities, examining a proposed $646 million cut to grant programs and a $26.5 billion request for the Disaster Relief Fund. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7gXUHk-JQLA 5310 2025-05-07 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181952026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/-KWpSPKMiMI/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Hearing – The United States Army The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense held this hearing to review the Army's fiscal year 2026 posture and its newly announced Army Transformation Initiative, which proposes canceling or restructuring several programs (including Apache and Gray Eagle procurement, the Booker light tank, and the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle) to shift investment toward drones, counter-drone systems, and command-and-control modernization. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-KWpSPKMiMI 7362 2025-05-07 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181962026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/TH2dZAw6FnM/hqdefault.jpg From Policy to Progress: How the National Quantum Initiative Shapes U.S. Quantum Technology Leadership The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee held this hearing to examine the seven-year record of the 2018 National Quantum Initiative Act (NQIA) and to gather industry and expert input ahead of its reauthorization. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TH2dZAw6FnM 11746 2025-05-07 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181992026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/RHtSGZhR2bM/hqdefault.jpg The Fiscal State of the Nation The House Budget Committee held this hearing, an annual "Fiscal State of the Nation" exercise, to review the federal government's debt, deficit, and interest-cost trajectory as Republicans worked on a reconciliation bill combining tax cuts and spending reductions. https://www.youtube.com/embed/RHtSGZhR2bM 14108 2025-05-07 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182032026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/a7h4mctwgmo/hqdefault.jpg The Annual Testimony of the Secretary of the Treasury on the State of the International Financial System The House Financial Services Committee convened this hearing to receive the annual testimony of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on the state of the international financial system. https://www.youtube.com/embed/a7h4mctwgmo 9367 2025-05-07 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182042026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/gi3HoTuw8lw/hqdefault.jpg Protecting Our Edge: Trade Secrets and the Global AI Arms Race The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet held this hearing to examine how AI companies' trade secrets can be protected from theft — particularly by China — without undermining calls for AI transparency and safety disclosure. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gi3HoTuw8lw 7465 2025-05-07 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182052026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/5l1PyXqSEII/hqdefault.jpg Update on Air Force Projection Forces Aviation Programs and Capabilities The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces met to review the state of Air Force bomber, tanker, and airlift modernization programs, including the B-21 Raider, B-52 upgrades, KC-46A tanker, T-7 trainer, and Air Force One (VC-25B) delivery, amid concerns about an aging aircraft fleet and Indo-Pacific readiness. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5l1PyXqSEII 4563 2025-05-07 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182072026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/t4sat42w7w8/hqdefault.jpg Criminalizing America: The Growth of Federal Offenses and Regulatory Overreach The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance held this hearing to examine the growth of federal criminal and regulatory offenses — estimated at over 5,000 statutory crimes and hundreds of thousands of regulatory crimes — and to discuss legislative fixes such as mens rea requirements and crime-counting mandates. https://www.youtube.com/embed/t4sat42w7w8 5937 2025-05-07 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182082026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/NTl33vsLI5k/hqdefault.jpg Nuclear Forces and Atomic Energy Defense Activities Programmatic Updates The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces held this hearing to receive testimony on nuclear forces and atomic energy defense activities as the FY2026 budget request was being finalized, though program-level funding details had not yet been released [0:12:32]. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NTl33vsLI5k 5674 2025-05-07 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182092026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/W8zE7dgGK5I/hqdefault.jpg Beyond the Ivy League: Stopping the Spread of Antisemitism on American Campuses The House Education and Workforce Committee convened this hearing to examine allegations of antisemitism at Haverford College, DePaul University, and California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), building on prior committee hearings on campus antisemitism. https://www.youtube.com/embed/W8zE7dgGK5I 11674 2025-05-07 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182102026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/gHzHxQafFJA/hqdefault.jpg Examining the Growth of the Welfare State, Part II The House Oversight Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services held this second hearing on welfare program design, focusing on federal rental assistance and the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC), and whether these programs discourage marriage and work. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gHzHxQafFJA 6629 2025-05-07 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182152026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/fztQjxupHpY/hqdefault.jpg Unfair Play: Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports The House Oversight Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency held this hearing to examine USA Fencing's policy allowing transgender women to compete in women's fencing events, framed by Chair Marjorie Taylor Green as an oversight matter under the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fztQjxupHpY 12079 2025-05-07 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182282026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Pa3uKCp1TK4/hqdefault.jpg Cleaning Up the Past, Building the Future: The Brownfields Program The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment held this hearing to examine the EPA Brownfields program ahead of possible reauthorization, hearing testimony on the program's track record, liability issues under CERCLA, and proposed reforms. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Pa3uKCp1TK4 8575 2025-05-07 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181832026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/yRktD5Dcyp4/hqdefault.jpg FECA Reform and Oversight: Prioritizing Workers, Protecting Taxpayer Dollars The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections held this hearing to examine the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA), the century-old workers' compensation law covering roughly 2.6 million federal civilian employees, and to weigh reforms that could modernize the program while curbing fraud, waste, and abuse [0:06:41]. https://www.youtube.com/embed/yRktD5Dcyp4 4927 2025-05-06 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181842026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/QrHPiECQDEI/hqdefault.jpg Federal Corrections in Focus: Oversight of the Bureau of Prisons The House Judiciary Subcommittees on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance held a joint oversight hearing on the Bureau of Prisons (BOP), examining chronic understaffing, deteriorating infrastructure, implementation of the First Step Act, and recent Trump administration actions affecting BOP employees, including elimination of retention bonuses and collective bargaining rights. https://www.youtube.com/embed/QrHPiECQDEI 10177 2025-05-06 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181852026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/mlaiXfVNEPc/hqdefault.jpg American Innovation and the Future of Digital Assets: A Blueprint for the 21st Century The House Agriculture and Financial Services Committees planned a joint subcommittee hearing to examine the newly released digital asset market structure discussion draft, building on last Congress's FIT21 bill. https://www.youtube.com/embed/mlaiXfVNEPc 11547 2025-05-06 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181862026-04-22 https://img.youtube.com/vi/g0JfQPKN9K8/hqdefault.jpg PENDING LEGISLATION The House Committee on Veterans' Affairs met to mark up 18 pending bills covering topics including VA construction partnerships, telehealth prescribing, veteran suicide prevention grants, VA budget accountability, traumatic brain injury treatment, VA home loans, claims assistance regulation, and firearm-rights due process for veterans with fiduciaries. https://www.youtube.com/embed/g0JfQPKN9K8 22355 2025-05-06 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181872026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/PDcBb25ghes/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Hearing – The United States Air Force and Space Force The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense held this oversight hearing to examine the Department of the Air Force's fiscal year 2026 posture, including the "skinny budget" released the prior week, reliance on reconciliation funding, and the state of major acquisition programs such as Sentinel, the F-47, and Golden Dome. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PDcBb25ghes 7633 2025-05-06 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181912026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/fSpeNckDKL4/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Hearing of the U.S. Department of the Treasury The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government held an oversight hearing with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to review the department's fiscal year 2025 spending and its priorities under the Trump administration, including tariff negotiations, IRS staffing and modernization, and the president's FY2026 budget request. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fSpeNckDKL4 5495 2025-05-06 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181922026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/QKhi_XefYdA/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Hearing – U.S. Department of Homeland Security The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security held this oversight hearing to review the Department of Homeland Security's fiscal year 2026 priorities in the absence of a full budget request, with Secretary Kristi Noem testifying on border enforcement results, FEMA restructuring, cybersecurity, and the department's reconciliation funding request. https://www.youtube.com/embed/QKhi_XefYdA 9577 2025-05-06 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181972026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/XMaz0qOTOys/hqdefault.jpg Maximum Impact: Assessing the Effectiveness of the State Department’s Bureau of Counterterrorism and Charting the Path Forward The House Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa held this hearing to examine the State Department's Bureau of Counterterrorism (CT) — its placement within the Department, leadership structure, and program execution — as the committee considers reauthorizing the bureau. https://www.youtube.com/embed/XMaz0qOTOys 5338 2025-05-06 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181982026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/-UoP_xT_pD4/hqdefault.jpg Member Day The House Committee on Small Business held its annual "Member Day" hearing during National Small Business Week, inviting fellow members of Congress to testify about the small business concerns they hear from constituents in their districts. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-UoP_xT_pD4 3294 2025-05-06 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182012026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/pzJAh4pTYZw/hqdefault.jpg Oversight of the Operations of the Library of Congress The House Administration Committee held this oversight hearing to review the Library of Congress's operations, budget, and top management challenges, including its Visitor Experience Master Plan, cyber security, IT modernization, and the Copyright Office. https://www.youtube.com/embed/pzJAh4pTYZw 4061 2025-05-06 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182022026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/v0rULLTw7l8/hqdefault.jpg Beijing’s Air, Space, and Maritime Surveillance from Cuba: A Growing Threat to the Homeland The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security held this hearing as a follow-up to a February 2025 hearing, examining evidence that the Chinese Communist Party is building signals intelligence and surveillance infrastructure in Cuba, roughly 90 miles from Florida. https://www.youtube.com/embed/v0rULLTw7l8 3729 2025-05-06 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182062026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/9dGOymj8yEw/hqdefault.jpg Military Readiness for FY26 The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness convened this hearing on May 6, 2025, to examine readiness challenges facing the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force amid budget uncertainty and rising Indo-Pacific tensions. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9dGOymj8yEw 10341 2025-05-06 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1182272026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/JbYjnpDuyto/hqdefault.jpg America Builds: Improving the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Federal Rail Assistance The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials held this hearing to examine how to make federal rail assistance programs — including CRISI, the Railroad Crossing Elimination program, the Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail, and the Corridor ID program — more efficient and effective as the committee works toward a surface transportation reauthorization. https://www.youtube.com/embed/JbYjnpDuyto 8978 2025-05-06 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3369222025-07-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336922 Hearings to examine veterans at the forefront, focusing on the future at VA The Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs held this oversight hearing to question VA Secretary Doug Collins in his first appearance before the committee since being confirmed. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=vetaff&filename=vetaff050625 9669 2025-05-06 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3369252025-07-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336925 Hearings to examine field of streams, focusing on the new channel guide for sports fans The Senate Commerce Committee held this hearing to examine how the shift from cable to streaming has changed sports fans' access to games and costs, and whether the 1961 Sports Broadcasting Act's antitrust exemption for leagues still serves fans. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce050625 6963 2025-05-06 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3369262025-07-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336926 Nominations of Anthony Tata and Katherine Sutton for Pentagon posts The Senate Armed Services Committee held a confirmation hearing for two Defense Department nominees: Anthony Tata, nominated to be Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, and Katherine Sutton, nominated to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA050625 9209 2025-05-06 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3369272025-07-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336927 Fix Our Forests Act: wildfire prevention and forest management reform The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee held this hearing to examine S.1462, the Fix Our Forests Act, bipartisan legislation aimed at improving forest management, reducing wildfire risk, and streamlining environmental review on National Forest System, BLM, and Tribal lands. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=ag&filename=ag050625 5544 2025-05-06 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3369372025-05-05 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336937 Senate Banking Committee votes on six Trump administration nominees The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee held an executive session to vote on six pending nominations: Andrew Hughes and David Woll for HUD Deputy Secretary and General Counsel, Michelle Bowman for Vice Chairman for Supervision of the Federal Reserve, John Hurley for Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes, and David Vogel and Landon Heid for posts at the Department of Commerce. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=banking&filename=banking050625 1921 2025-05-06 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3369402025-05-05 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336940 Confirmation hearing for HHS Deputy Secretary and Assistant Secretary nominees The Senate Finance Committee convened to consider the nominations of Jim O'Neill to serve as Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services and Gary Andres to serve as Assistant Secretary for Legislation at HHS. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance050625 7504 2025-05-06 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1177952026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/j1n60PBPiTk/hqdefault.jpg H.R. 276 – Gulf of America Act of 2025; H.R. 881 – DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act5 The House Rules Committee met to set the terms of floor debate (the "rule") for two bills: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/j1n60PBPiTk 5482 2025-05-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181812026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/YB_hH0eydwA/hqdefault.jpg Improving Access to External VA Care through Enhanced Scheduling Technology The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization held this hearing to examine VA's External Provider Scheduling (EPS) program, which lets VA schedulers directly book community care appointments through provider calendars instead of relying on repeated phone calls. https://www.youtube.com/embed/YB_hH0eydwA 6407 2025-05-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180832026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/KVBhK8WNCl4/hqdefault.jpg Small UAS and Counter-Small UAS: Gaps, Requirements, and Projected Capabilities The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces held this hearing to examine gaps, requirements, and projected capabilities in small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and counter-UAS technology across the joint force. https://www.youtube.com/embed/KVBhK8WNCl4 5068 2025-05-01 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3368962025-07-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336896 Confirmation hearing for Air Force and Defense policy nominees The Senate Armed Services Committee convened this hearing to consider three Department of Defense nominations: Matthew Lohmeier to be Under Secretary of the Air Force, Justin Overbaugh to be Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, and Daniel Zimmerman to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA050125 8767 2025-05-01 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3368972025-07-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336897 Judiciary Committee advances Eisenberg and Shumate DOJ nominations The Senate Judiciary Committee met to consider the nominations of John Eisenberg to be Assistant Attorney General for National Security and Brett Shumate to be Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary050125 2485 2025-05-01 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3368982025-07-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336898 Hearings to examine the nomination of Leah Campos, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Dominican Republic The Senate Foreign Relations Committee met to consider five presidential nominees for ambassadorships: Leah Campos (Dominican Republic), Charles Kushner (France and Monaco), Edward "Ed" Walsh (Ireland), and Joe Popolo (Netherlands). https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign050125 6865 2025-05-01 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3368992025-07-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336899 Hearings to examine insurance markets and the role of mitigation policies The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee held this hearing to examine why property insurance has become unaffordable or unavailable in many parts of the country, and what role disaster mitigation policy should play in stabilizing insurance markets. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=banking&filename=banking050125 8179 2025-05-01 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179472026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/XhheK2197-8/hqdefault.jpg Markup of GOP reconciliation bill on Coast Guard, ATC, and EV fees The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee met to mark up its title of the House budget reconciliation package, directed to cut the deficit by at least $10 billion over 10 years under H. https://www.youtube.com/embed/XhheK2197-8 26250 2025-04-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180682026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/pdc-JSlrH_A/hqdefault.jpg Answering the Call: Examining VA’s Mental Health Policies The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held this hearing to examine VA's mental health policies, including suicide-risk screening compliance, staffing shortages, and the role of workforce reductions and return-to-office orders in veteran care. https://www.youtube.com/embed/pdc-JSlrH_A 3636 2025-04-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181452026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/oqMtae6qu9o/hqdefault.jpg Various Measures The House Financial Services Committee met to mark up its portion of the FY25 budget reconciliation package, instructed to find at least $1 billion in savings within its jurisdiction. https://www.youtube.com/embed/oqMtae6qu9o 27240 2025-04-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181472026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/GkAWt_ooU4s/hqdefault.jpg Risky Business Part 2: The DOE Loan Guarantee Program The Energy Subcommittee held this hearing, a follow-up to a 2017 session, to review the Department of Energy's Loan Programs Office (LPO) — including its expanded authority under the Inflation Reduction Act and infrastructure law, its portfolio performance, and reports that its staff had been reduced by as much as 60% under the current administration. https://www.youtube.com/embed/GkAWt_ooU4s 6572 2025-04-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181552026-03-11 https://img.youtube.com/vi/XZqVwiP4TCI/hqdefault.jpg Investing for the Future: Honoring ERISA's Promise to Participants The Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions held this hearing to examine whether ERISA fiduciaries should be permitted to weigh environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors when investing retirement plan assets and casting proxy votes. https://www.youtube.com/embed/XZqVwiP4TCI 6016 2025-04-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181622026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/OdSFwoV0BWg/hqdefault.jpg The Need for an Authorized State Department The House Foreign Affairs Committee convened this hearing to examine structural and functional deficiencies at the State Department and to build the case for a comprehensive reauthorization — the first since 2002 — amid the Trump administration's ongoing dismantling of USAID and reorganization of State Department bureaus. https://www.youtube.com/embed/OdSFwoV0BWg 13837 2025-04-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181662026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/9qYz_yD5vY4/hqdefault.jpg Oversight hearing of the U.S. Postal Service The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government held this hearing to examine oversight of the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9qYz_yD5vY4 5948 2025-04-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181672026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/hi2d0XMXMA4/hqdefault.jpg Missile Defense & Missile Defeat Programmatic Updates The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces held this hearing to review the status of U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/hi2d0XMXMA4 3504 2025-04-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181692026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Eys-O7NFbNI/hqdefault.jpg Military Department Personnel Chiefs: Personnel Posture The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel convened to hear from the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force's top personnel officials on recruiting and retention trends, implementation of the FY25 NDAA quality-of-life provisions (housing, child care, health care, spouse employment), and the effects of DoD civilian workforce reductions and hiring freezes on military readiness and morale. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Eys-O7NFbNI 3786 2025-04-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181762026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/p_agjij2ucY/hqdefault.jpg Various Measures The House Small Business Committee met to mark up seven bills addressing the Small Business Administration (SBA), including measures on SBA voter-registration activity, headquarters relocation, citizenship verification for loans, sanctuary-city office relocation, lending-license caps, and regulatory reform, amid a broader partisan dispute over SBA workforce cuts, tariffs, and the administrator's refusal to testify. https://www.youtube.com/embed/p_agjij2ucY 28800 2025-04-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181772026-04-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/RX44-A2PI6I/hqdefault.jpg Global Networks at Risk: Securing the Future of Communications Infrastructure The Communications and Technology Subcommittee held this hearing to examine threats to US communications infrastructure, including the Salt Typhoon hack of at least nine telecom carriers, physical attacks on undersea cables, and foreign investment review through Team Telecom. https://www.youtube.com/embed/RX44-A2PI6I 10150 2025-04-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181792026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/fLBcbTpdius/hqdefault.jpg House Oversight marks up federal workforce reconciliation cuts and postal bills The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform met to mark up its portion of the FY2025 budget reconciliation package, which cuts federal employee retirement benefits and workforce protections to meet a $50 billion deficit-reduction instruction under H. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fLBcbTpdius 22718 2025-04-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181802026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/PG-KC5eOMcs/hqdefault.jpg House Judiciary markup of $81 billion immigration reconciliation package The House Judiciary Committee met to mark up its portion of the FY2025 budget reconciliation bill, providing roughly $81 billion for ICE detention, enforcement personnel, and immigration courts while raising over $77 billion through new fees on asylum seekers, TPS holders, and other immigrants, as directed by H. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PG-KC5eOMcs 28800 2025-04-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3368402025-07-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336840 Hearings to examine biomedical research, focusing on keeping America's edge in innovation The Senate Appropriations Committee held its first full committee hearing of the 119th Congress to examine federal investment in biomedical research and whether recent funding cuts, grant terminations, and proposed indirect-cost caps threaten U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=approps&filename=appropsA043025 9414 2025-04-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3368802025-07-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336880 Hearings to examine opportunities to strengthen water infrastructure programs, focusing on the IIJA's successes The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held this hearing to examine the successes of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act's water infrastructure programs and to gather input as the committee prepares bipartisan legislation to reauthorize them before they expire next year. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=epw&filename=epw043025 5488 2025-04-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3368852025-07-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336885 Senate HELP Committee Markup of Antisemitism Awareness Act and Protecting Students on Campus Act The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions held a business meeting to consider S.558, the Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2025, and S.163, the Protecting Students on Campus Act, both aimed at strengthening federal enforcement tools and complaint processes for antisemitism and civil rights discrimination on college campuses. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help043025 7601 2025-04-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3368862025-07-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336886 Confirmation hearing for DEA Administrator and U.S. Marshals Director nominees The Senate Judiciary Committee convened this hearing to consider the nominations of Terrance Cole to be Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration and Gadyaces Serralta to be Director of the U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary043025 6775 2025-04-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3368872025-07-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336887 Hearings to examine the rise of Antisemitism and supporting older Americans The Senate Special Committee on Aging held this hearing to examine the rise of antisemitism and its impact on older Jewish Americans, including Holocaust survivors, in the aftermath of October 7 and amid rising hate incidents nationwide. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=aging&filename=aging043025 6566 2025-04-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3368892025-07-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336889 Nomination hearing for Rodney Scott as CBP Commissioner The Senate Finance Committee met to consider the nomination of Rodney Scott, a former U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance043025 7896 2025-04-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3368902025-07-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336890 Business meeting and nomination hearing on Energy and Interior officials The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a short business meeting to vote on nominations and legislation, immediately followed by a hearing on four nominees for senior positions at the Departments of the Interior and Energy. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=energy&filename=energy043025 9119 2025-04-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3368932025-07-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336893 Senate Commerce markup: NASA, FCC nominees and 16 bills The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee convened this business meeting to vote on the nominations of Jared Isaacman to be NASA Administrator and Olivia Trusty to be a member of the Federal Communications Commission, a slate of Coast Guard promotions, and 16 bills covering topics from daylight saving time to illegal fishing to foreign ownership disclosure. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce043025 3641 2025-04-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179462026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/cZtWRWq4IJY/hqdefault.jpg America Builds: The Need for a Long-Term Solution for the Highway Trust Fund The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit held this hearing to examine long-term funding solutions for the Highway Trust Fund, which has spent more than it collects since 2001 and required $275 billion in general fund transfers since 2008. https://www.youtube.com/embed/cZtWRWq4IJY 10484 2025-04-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181302026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/UdS_80oxuAI/hqdefault.jpg Member Day This Member Day hearing of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture allowed fellow representatives, who do not sit on the subcommittee, to testify about programs and priorities for the FY26 appropriations bill. https://www.youtube.com/embed/UdS_80oxuAI 1565 2025-04-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181442026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/tnTzz6ZEf9o/hqdefault.jpg Regulatory Overreach: The Price Tag on American Prosperity The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions held this hearing, titled "Regulatory Overreach: The Price Tag on American Prosperity," to examine bills addressing regulatory tailoring for community banks, the bank examination and appeals process (including the CAMELS management rating), and Congress's oversight of regulators' engagement with international bodies. https://www.youtube.com/embed/tnTzz6ZEf9o 10340 2025-04-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181462026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/o3rX1aECDPw/hqdefault.jpg Exposing the Proxy Advisory Cartel: How ISS & Glass Lewis Influence Markets The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets held this hearing to examine the influence of proxy advisory firms ISS and Glass Lewis, which together control roughly 90-97% of the proxy advisory market, on shareholder voting, corporate governance, and capital markets. https://www.youtube.com/embed/o3rX1aECDPw 8715 2025-04-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181502026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/fr8DVAo3yZg/hqdefault.jpg SST Full Committee Markup The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee held its first markup of the 119th Congress to consider six bipartisan bills: the Astro Act (astronaut transportation), the Ascend Act (commercial satellite data), the Celestial Time Standardization Act, the Next Generation Pipelines Research and Development Act, the Anchor Act (research fleet cybersecurity), and the Nucleic Acid Standards for Biocurity Act. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fr8DVAo3yZg 3722 2025-04-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181532026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/UCtu3krF3Xc/hqdefault.jpg Dignity Denied: The Case for Reform at State Veterans Homes The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health held this oversight hearing to examine how the VA funds and monitors state veterans homes, which provide the largest share of federal long-term nursing care for veterans, following a 2022 GAO report on oversight gaps and a fatal COVID-19 outbreak at a Massachusetts veterans home. https://www.youtube.com/embed/UCtu3krF3Xc 6224 2025-04-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181542026-03-10 https://img.youtube.com/vi/BR0wJVVgrmk/hqdefault.jpg Committee Print to comply with reconciliation directives included in H. Con. Res. 14 Section 2001(b)(3), H. Res. 344 The House Committee on Education and Workforce met to mark up a committee print required by the FY2025 budget reconciliation instructions (H. https://www.youtube.com/embed/BR0wJVVgrmk 28800 2025-04-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181562026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/s3-LgZAgCDQ/hqdefault.jpg Committee Print providing for reconciliation pursuant to H. Con. Res. 14, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2025 The House Committee on Homeland Security met to mark up Committee Print 119A, providing reconciliation instructions pursuant to H. https://www.youtube.com/embed/s3-LgZAgCDQ 12779 2025-04-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181572026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/MHSF-LpIaFs/hqdefault.jpg Full Committee Hearing: “Why the Wait? Unpacking California’s Untimely Election Counting Process The House Administration Committee held this hearing to examine why California takes weeks longer than most states to finalize election results, focusing on universal mail-in voting, a seven-day post-election ballot receipt window, and lengthy signature-curing procedures. https://www.youtube.com/embed/MHSF-LpIaFs 3927 2025-04-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181582026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/M-zxCz7DIwU/hqdefault.jpg Tracking Progress: Updates to DoD’s Financial Management Scorecard The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations held this hearing to review the Department of Defense's progress on financial management reforms tracked by the subcommittee's scorecard, including a newly added fraud risk management section. https://www.youtube.com/embed/M-zxCz7DIwU 6903 2025-04-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181592026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/4hw1K43eip8/hqdefault.jpg Unlocking Government Efficiency Through IT Modernization The House Oversight Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation held this hearing to examine progress and ongoing barriers to federal IT modernization, drawing on the experience of senior technology officials from the first Trump administration and reviewing the current Department of Government Efficiency's (Doge) approach. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4hw1K43eip8 6137 2025-04-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181612026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/wPZPVT2mHFY/hqdefault.jpg Shaping the Future of Cyber Diplomacy: Review for State Department Reauthorization The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe held this hearing to review the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy (CDP), created in 2022, ahead of State Department reauthorization and amid Secretary Rubio's proposed reorganization that would split CDP's economic and security functions. https://www.youtube.com/embed/wPZPVT2mHFY 3984 2025-04-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181632026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/3U9xXmhiucI/hqdefault.jpg Made in the USA: Igniting the Industrial Renaissance of the United States The House Oversight Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs held this hearing on April 29, 2025 to examine how to revive US manufacturing amid the decline of America's share of global production from roughly 40% after World War II to about 15-16% today. https://www.youtube.com/embed/3U9xXmhiucI 5483 2025-04-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181642026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/vaLgUm4Gyh8/hqdefault.jpg FY2026 budget requests from Stennis Center, OCWR, and COIL The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative Branch held this hearing to review fiscal year 2026 budget requests from three smaller legislative branch agencies: the John C. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vaLgUm4Gyh8 3461 2025-04-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181652026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/nZXrQaTyj8k/hqdefault.jpg Securing the Skies: Addressing Unauthorized Drone Activity Over U.S. Military Installations The House Oversight Subcommittee on Military and Foreign Affairs held this hearing to examine unauthorized drone incursions over U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/nZXrQaTyj8k 5104 2025-04-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181682026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ljtmuMwMf_Q/hqdefault.jpg Committee Print - Providing for reconciliation pursuant to H. Con. Res. 14, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2025 The House Armed Services Committee met to mark up its committee print implementing $150 billion in mandatory defense spending pursuant to the FY2025 budget reconciliation resolution (H. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ljtmuMwMf_Q 24748 2025-04-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181782026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/X7rdmmwvQiY/hqdefault.jpg Markup of 6 Bills The House Energy and Commerce Committee met to mark up six previously bipartisan health bills, most notably a reauthorization of the SUPPORT Act for Patients and Communities, along with bills on organ transplant disability discrimination, tissue product safety, lung cancer research, mail-order Medicare drug delivery, and hospice/CHIP-adjacent items. https://www.youtube.com/embed/X7rdmmwvQiY 26126 2025-04-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3368812025-07-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336881 Hearings to examine bridging the gap, focusing on enhancing outreach to support veterans' mental health The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee held this hearing to examine the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program, a community-outreach program created by the 2020 Commander John Scott Hannon Act, and to consider four bills reauthorizing or amending it: the HOPE Act, the BRAVE Act, and the Every State Counts for Vets Mental Health Act. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=vetaff&filename=vetaff042925 9413 2025-04-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3368842025-07-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336884 Confirmation hearing for Pentagon industrial base and NNSA nominees The Senate Armed Services Committee met to consider two civilian nominations: Michael Cadenazzi to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy, and Vice Admiral (Ret.) Scott Pappano to be Principal Deputy Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA042925 6453 2025-04-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3369002025-07-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336900 Committee vote on Kimmitt and Kies nominations for trade and tax posts The Senate Finance Committee met to formally consider the nominations of William Kimmitt to be Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade and Kenneth Kies to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy [0:18:25]. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance042925 1501 2025-04-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3369202025-07-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336920 Nominations of Luke Lindberg and Devon Westhill to USDA posts The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee met to consider the nominations of Luke Lindberg to be Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs and Devon Westhill to be Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=ag&filename=ag042925 7538 2025-04-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1177942026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/zTUcYyu4YMM/hqdefault.jpg House Rules sets floor rules for five CRA resolutions on vehicle and land rules The House Rules Committee met to set the terms of debate for five Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolutions of disapproval: H.J. https://www.youtube.com/embed/zTUcYyu4YMM 7755 2025-04-28 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3368132025-04-02 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336813 Indo-Pacific Command and Forces Korea posture amid China, North Korea threats The Senate Armed Services Committee held this open posture hearing, following an earlier closed session, to examine the FY2026 defense budget request and threat environment for U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA041025 8499 2025-04-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3368192025-04-02 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336819 Hearings to examine turning back time, focusing on locking the clock The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held this hearing to examine the health, safety, and economic effects of ending the twice-yearly clock change and to weigh whether the country should adopt permanent standard time or permanent daylight saving time. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce041025 6232 2025-04-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3368292025-04-10 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336829 Nomination hearing for Energy Department undersecretary positions The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held its fourth nomination hearing of the 119th Congress to consider Preston Wells Griffith III, nominated to be Under Secretary of Energy, and Dr. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=energy&filename=energy041025 5158 2025-04-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3368302025-04-08 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336830 Senate Finance considers Kimmitt for trade, Kies for tax policy posts The Senate Finance Committee met to consider two nominations: William Kimmitt to be Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, and Kenneth Kies to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance041025 8392 2025-04-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3368312025-04-07 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336831 Senate Banking Committee weighs six Trump nominees amid tariff turmoil The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee held a confirmation hearing for six nominees: Andrew Hughes (HUD Deputy Secretary), David Woll (HUD General Counsel), Michelle Bowman (Fed Vice Chair for Supervision), John Hurley (Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes), David Fogel (Commerce Assistant Secretary for Global Markets), and Landon Heid (Commerce Assistant Secretary for Export Administration). https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=banking&filename=banking041025 9294 2025-04-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3368422025-04-08 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336842 Judiciary Committee votes on DOJ nominee, presses for Ed Martin hearing The Senate Judiciary Committee met to vote on the nomination of Patrick David Davis to be Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legislative Affairs, with the nominations of John Eisenberg and Brett Shumate also on the agenda. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary041025 2687 2025-04-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179452026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/cA4Ienv19Ok/hqdefault.jpg America Builds: A Review of Our Nation's Transit Policies and Programs The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit held this hearing, "America Builds: A Review of Our Nation's Transit Policies and Programs," to examine how the Federal Transit Administration's programs are working ahead of the next multi-year surface transportation reauthorization. https://www.youtube.com/embed/cA4Ienv19Ok 13793 2025-04-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180192026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/KQvsUtaZoS8/hqdefault.jpg U.S. Special Operations Forces and Command – Challenges and Resource Priorities for Fiscal Year 2026 The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations met to examine U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/KQvsUtaZoS8 4928 2025-04-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180702026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/_P9hSUMTdS0/hqdefault.jpg House Homeland Security Committee markup of twelve homeland security bills The House Committee on Homeland Security met to consider twelve bills covering topics including special interest alien reporting, transnational repression, Confucius Institutes and Chinese entities of concern, vehicular terrorism, fentanyl detection technology, cyber threats from China, and TSA screening of breast milk. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_P9hSUMTdS0 8265 2025-04-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180762026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/DZQipLSYqik/hqdefault.jpg MLP Hearing: A Review of Military Food Programs The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel held this hearing to examine the quality, accessibility, and oversight of military food programs, including how the services spend the Basic Allowance for Subsistence (BAS) withheld from service members' pay. https://www.youtube.com/embed/DZQipLSYqik 6240 2025-04-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180942026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ub1kuFmuj1I/hqdefault.jpg Markup of ten veterans education, home loan, and disability bills The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity convened to mark up ten bills covering GI Bill benefits, VA home loan reform, vehicle-adaptation assistance, homeless veteran grant programs, and VA Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E) services. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ub1kuFmuj1I 4079 2025-04-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180952026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/zVd4o5vJoME/hqdefault.jpg Subcommittee markup of six veterans' claims and benefits bills The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs met to mark up six bills addressing veterans' burial rights, military sexual trauma claims training, aviator cancer research, claims form simplification, veterans' education on the claims process, and Board of Veterans' Appeals attorney retention. https://www.youtube.com/embed/zVd4o5vJoME 990 2025-04-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180962026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Ns82EMGPNa4/hqdefault.jpg Examining VA Efforts to Decrease Delays in Veterans’ Disability Compensation Claims The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs held this hearing to examine VA efforts to reduce delays in disability compensation claims caused by "over development" — unnecessary exams and record requests — and to review progress on the VA's over development reduction task force and the National Work Queue system. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ns82EMGPNa4 2240 2025-04-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180972026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/KNBYrZEbbR0/hqdefault.jpg Fiscal Year 2026 Public Witness Day Hearing The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies held its annual Public Witness Day, allowing outside experts and advocates to testify directly on fiscal year 2026 funding priorities within the subcommittee's jurisdiction. https://www.youtube.com/embed/KNBYrZEbbR0 5961 2025-04-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180982026-05-26 https://img.youtube.com/vi/VXmY_5kR1oQ/hqdefault.jpg American Innovation and the Future of Digital Assets: On-Chain Tools for an Off-Chain World The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development held its first hearing of the 119th Congress to examine non-financial, "real-world" applications of blockchain technology — in cattle ranching, precision agriculture GPS, and regulatory disclosure — and how pending market structure legislation like FIT 21 could support them. https://www.youtube.com/embed/VXmY_5kR1oQ 6113 2025-04-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181082026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Hflga8t7qSQ/hqdefault.jpg GAO's Assessment of the Costs of Deferred Maintenance Across the Federal Government The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government held this hearing to examine a GAO report on the federal government's growing deferred maintenance backlog. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Hflga8t7qSQ 3378 2025-04-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181092026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/PpvubGVTOL0/hqdefault.jpg Member Day The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development held its annual Member Day hearing to let non-subcommittee colleagues testify on their funding priorities for the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Transportation for fiscal year 2026. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PpvubGVTOL0 2806 2025-04-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181142026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/tkqXRgmnCds/hqdefault.jpg FY 2026 Member Day The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security held its Fiscal Year 2026 Member Day hearing to let colleagues outside the subcommittee raise district and policy priorities for the upcoming Homeland Security appropriations bill. https://www.youtube.com/embed/tkqXRgmnCds 1438 2025-04-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181152026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/d7eumGbGRaI/hqdefault.jpg FY26 Strategic Forces Posture Hearing The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces held its first hearing of the 119th Congress to review the FY2026 posture of U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/d7eumGbGRaI 7641 2025-04-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181232026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/CvVVCsmOOPI/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing – Government Accountability Office, Congressional Budget Office, United States Government Publishing Office The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative Branch held this hearing to review the fiscal year 2026 budget requests of the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the Government Publishing Office (GPO), and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), which requested $934 million, $135 million, and $75.8 million respectively [0:10:44, 0:11:10]. https://www.youtube.com/embed/CvVVCsmOOPI 3780 2025-04-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181242026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Hxf9vGtDAOU/hqdefault.jpg Public Witness Day The House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch held its fiscal year 2026 Public Witness Day, hearing three panels of outside witnesses recommend funding and policy priorities for the legislative branch ahead of the subcommittee's markup of its FY2026 bill. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Hxf9vGtDAOU 2648 2025-04-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181252026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/1FN0qiE3r-M/hqdefault.jpg American Innovation and the Future of Digital Assets Aligning the U.S. Securities Laws for the Digital Age The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence held this hearing to examine how federal securities laws should apply to digital assets, following the committee's earlier passage of the STABLE Act, as members prepared to draft comprehensive digital asset market structure legislation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1FN0qiE3r-M 8617 2025-04-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181262026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/DpWZmRH6aBU/hqdefault.jpg Sanctuary Jurisdictions: Magnet for Migrants, Cover for Criminals The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement held this hearing to examine sanctuary jurisdiction policies, whether local governments should cooperate with ICE detainer requests, and the public-safety consequences of "sanctuary" laws. https://www.youtube.com/embed/DpWZmRH6aBU 10973 2025-04-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181272026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ypNUMnuksno/hqdefault.jpg Various Measures The House Foreign Affairs Committee met to mark up nine bills covering Chinese fentanyl sanctions, maritime piracy sanctions, Uyghur human rights, undersea cable security, Iran hostage policy, Iran oil sanctions, Taliban financing restrictions, and Haiti gang-elite collusion. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ypNUMnuksno 15893 2025-04-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181282026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/-7HxeCjvmSE/hqdefault.jpg Ending Lawfare Against Whistleblowers Who Protect Children The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government held this hearing to examine the Justice Department's 2024 HIPAA prosecution of Dr. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-7HxeCjvmSE 10945 2025-04-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181292026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/3MUEruzKezo/hqdefault.jpg The Trump Administration’s 2025 Trade Policy Agenda with United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer The House Ways and Means Committee convened this hearing to examine the Trump administration's 2025 trade agenda, with United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer testifying as the sole witness on the administration's newly imposed "reciprocal" tariffs, the national emergency declaration under IEEPA, and ongoing negotiations with dozens of countries. https://www.youtube.com/embed/3MUEruzKezo 16210 2025-04-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181312026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/VNQuy-k3VmM/hqdefault.jpg Restoring Trust in FDA: Rooting Out Illicit Products The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held this hearing to examine FDA oversight failures — including illicit e-cigarettes, unregulated hemp/CBD products, counterfeit and compounded GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, and food safety — while also confronting the Trump administration's recent mass layoffs at FDA and HHS. https://www.youtube.com/embed/VNQuy-k3VmM 11806 2025-04-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181322026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/eg-TRtZDX6A/hqdefault.jpg Joint hearing on CCP financial risks and elder fraud scams The Senate Special Committee on Aging and the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party held a joint hearing to examine two related threats: American retirement savings invested in companies controlled by the Chinese Communist Party, and CCP-linked criminal networks running elder fraud scams such as "pig butchering." Witnesses Kevin O'Leary, Chris Iacovella, and Brady Finta testified on securities law enforcement, capital markets exposure to Chinese firms, and transnational elder fraud investigations. https://www.youtube.com/embed/eg-TRtZDX6A 9091 2025-04-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181332026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/HXoXMETZUiE/hqdefault.jpg Converting Energy into Intelligence: the Future of AI Technology, Human Discovery, and American Global Competitiveness The House Energy and Commerce Committee held this full-committee hearing to examine how enormous projected electricity demand from AI data centers intersects with US competitiveness against China, drawing on a Library of Congress presentation by Dr. https://www.youtube.com/embed/HXoXMETZUiE 16869 2025-04-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181362026-02-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/wmS_n6GR57I/hqdefault.jpg H.R. 2617, H.R. 2616, H.Res.237, H.R. 2262, H.R. 2270 The House Committee on Education and Workforce met to mark up four bills — the Say No to Indoctrination Act (H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/wmS_n6GR57I 24408 2025-04-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181372026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/B6tuVhHLTko/hqdefault.jpg U.S. Military Posture and National Security Challenges in the Indo-Pacific Region The House Armed Services Committee held this posture hearing to examine the military threats facing U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/B6tuVhHLTko 12443 2025-04-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181412026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/NfS9WLNcASk/hqdefault.jpg House Rules Committee advances Senate budget resolution for reconciliation The House Rules Committee met on April 9, 2025, to consider the Senate amendment to H. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NfS9WLNcASk 11041 2025-04-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3368142025-04-09 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336814 Business meeting on EPA/FWS nominees and Superfund program reforms The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee first held a business meeting to vote on three nominations — Sean Donahue and Jessica Kramer to be EPA Assistant Administrators and Brian Nesvik to be Director of the U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=epw&filename=epw040925 6523 2025-04-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3368182025-04-09 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336818 Chinese Communist Party financial scams and investment risks targeting seniors This joint hearing of the Senate Special Committee on Aging and the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party examined two related threats to older Americans: the exploitation of seniors through Chinese-linked online fraud, including "pig butchering" romance and investment scams, and the risks American retirement savings face when invested in Chinese companies through opaque corporate structures. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=aging&filename=aging040925 10298 2025-04-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3368202025-04-09 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336820 NASA administrator and FCC nominees testify amid Artemis moon program debate The Senate Commerce Committee first held a brief markup approving the nomination of Arielle Roth to lead NTIA, then convened a hearing on the nominations of Jared Isaacman to be NASA Administrator and Olivia Trusty to be an FCC Commissioner. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce040925 11602 2025-04-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3368242025-04-09 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336824 Confirmation hearing for ODNI, NCTC, and DOJ national security nominees The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence held a confirmation hearing for three nominees: Aaron Lukas, to be Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence; Joseph Kent, to be Director of the National Counterterrorism Center; and John Eisenberg, to be Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division at DOJ. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=intel&filename=intel040925 7992 2025-04-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3368252025-04-09 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336825 NASA Administrator and FCC Commissioner Nominations: Isaacman and Trusty The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held a markup followed by a confirmation hearing to consider Jared Isaacman's nomination to lead NASA and Olivia Trusty's nomination to serve as an FCC Commissioner. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce040925 11602 2025-04-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3368262025-04-09 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336826 Committee approves five ambassador picks, hears three State Department nominees The Senate Foreign Relations Committee first held a brief business meeting to vote on sending five ambassadorial nominations to the floor — Monica Crowley (Chief of Protocol), Warren Stephens (United Kingdom), Thomas Barrack (Turkiye), Tilman Fertitta (Italy/San Marino), and David Perdue (China) — before convening a hearing on three State Department nominees: Thomas DiNanno (Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security), Sarah Rogers (Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy), and Allison Hooker (Under Secretary for Political Affairs). https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign040925 6800 2025-04-09 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179442026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/tWus3Q9ZQ6c/hqdefault.jpg America Builds: Airport Infrastructure, Safety, and Regulatory Environment The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation held this oversight hearing to examine implementation of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024, airport infrastructure funding needs, and safety and regulatory issues facing the nation's roughly 3,200 airports. https://www.youtube.com/embed/tWus3Q9ZQ6c 11404 2025-04-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179672026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Dcekxadriqg/hqdefault.jpg America on the Global Stage: Examining Efforts to Secure and Improve the U.S. Travel System and Prepare for Significant International Events The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security held this hearing to examine whether US airports, ports, and border entry points are prepared to handle large influxes of international travelers ahead of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, the 2026 FIFA World Cup, America's 250th anniversary, and the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Dcekxadriqg 6003 2025-04-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180232026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/GBdT_ZCH5Rs/hqdefault.jpg Game Changer: the NLRB, Student-Athletes, and the Future of College Sports The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions held this hearing to examine the National Labor Relations Board's now-withdrawn effort under a Biden-era general counsel memo to classify certain college athletes as employees, and whether Congress should legislate to prevent a future board from reviving that approach. https://www.youtube.com/embed/GBdT_ZCH5Rs 5778 2025-04-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180912026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/IbUyrReJ6mM/hqdefault.jpg Deficient, Enfeebled, and Ineffective: The Consequences of the Biden Administration’s Far-Left Priorities on U.S. Foreign Policy The Oversight and Intelligence Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, in its first hearing of the 119th Congress, examined the Biden-era State Department's diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEIA) policies, including staff training, recruitment practices, and funding for the Office of Diversity and Inclusion. https://www.youtube.com/embed/IbUyrReJ6mM 5135 2025-04-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180922026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/3vy5xCgE_G0/hqdefault.jpg The Power of Work: Expanding Opportunity through SNAP The House Agriculture Committee held this hearing to examine the relationship between SNAP participation and employment, focusing on work requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs) and SNAP Employment and Training (SNAP E&T) programs. https://www.youtube.com/embed/3vy5xCgE_G0 16402 2025-04-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180992026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/YTWbexIsbiI/hqdefault.jpg Revisiting the 2024 Election with Secretaries of State The House Administration Subcommittee on Elections met to review how the 2024 general election was conducted, hearing from five state secretaries of state about voter roll maintenance, mail-ballot processing, voter ID, and non-citizen voting safeguards. https://www.youtube.com/embed/YTWbexIsbiI 8456 2025-04-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181002026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/rN9L1kfKfgw/hqdefault.jpg Markup of 26 Bills The House Energy and Commerce Committee met to mark up 26 bills, most drawn from a bipartisan, bicameral end-of-year legislative package negotiated in December 2024 that was pulled from the omnibus after objections from Elon Musk. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rN9L1kfKfgw 15601 2025-04-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181012026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/OWf-Szvx9No/hqdefault.jpg A Continued Pattern of Government Surveillance of U.S. Citizens The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance met to examine continued government surveillance of Americans ahead of Section 702 of FISA's expiration in April 2026, including backdoor searches of Americans' communications, warrantless purchases of data from brokers, facial recognition, and the removal of independent oversight officials by the Trump administration. https://www.youtube.com/embed/OWf-Szvx9No 6288 2025-04-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181022026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/C7I-uN60lD4/hqdefault.jpg Decades of Dysfunction: Restoring Accountability at HUD The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held this hearing to examine longstanding waste, fraud, and mismanagement at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, including outdated IT systems, unreliable improper-payment data, and troubled public housing authorities. https://www.youtube.com/embed/C7I-uN60lD4 6876 2025-04-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181032026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ROlOdOkiGhY/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing – Architect of the Capitol, Library of Congress The House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch held this hearing to review the fiscal year 2026 budget requests for the Architect of the Capitol ($1.3 billion) and the Library of Congress ($946.2 million, including the Congressional Research Service and U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ROlOdOkiGhY 3701 2025-04-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181042026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ef222LPE4jU/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing – United States Capitol Police The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative Branch met to review the United States Capitol Police fiscal year 2026 budget request, roughly $967 million (chairman's figure of $9.67 million was a misstatement) and a 20-22% increase over the frozen FY2025 continuing resolution level. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ef222LPE4jU 2944 2025-04-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181052026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/LDWsMrfUQcQ/hqdefault.jpg Final Report of the National Security Commission for Emerging Biotechnology The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation held this hearing to receive the final report of the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology, established in the FY2022 NDAA to assess biotechnology's implications for national security. https://www.youtube.com/embed/LDWsMrfUQcQ 3405 2025-04-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181062026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/MgyFrQxu1mg/hqdefault.jpg Assessing the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) The House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs held this hearing to assess the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), examining both the program's two-decade record of saving lives and the disruptions caused by the Trump administration's 2025 review, stop-work orders, and funding freezes. https://www.youtube.com/embed/MgyFrQxu1mg 6685 2025-04-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181102026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/bfmDV6ghgIM/hqdefault.jpg Joint Hearing before the House and Senate: "Prosperity on Main Street: Keeping Taxes Low for Small Businesses The House Committee on Small Business and the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship held a joint hearing on whether to permanently extend the small-business provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017, most of which are set to expire at the end of 2025. https://www.youtube.com/embed/bfmDV6ghgIM 10856 2025-04-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181112026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/xxrczeMhgXs/hqdefault.jpg DeepSeek: A Deep Dive The House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Research and Technology held its first hearing of the 119th Congress to examine the Chinese AI firm DeepSeek's R1 and V3 models, their implications for US national security and technological leadership, and the broader US-China competition in artificial intelligence. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xxrczeMhgXs 8753 2025-04-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181122026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/2f3y1jp_qxw/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Hearing - Quality of Life in the Military The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies held this oversight hearing to hear directly from the senior enlisted leaders of each armed service on quality-of-life issues affecting junior service members and their families, including barracks conditions, privatized housing, child care, health care, and sexual assault prevention. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2f3y1jp_qxw 8276 2025-04-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181162026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/dsuD9O-xrI4/hqdefault.jpg Task Force on Monetary Policy, Treasury Market Resilience, and Economic Prosperity: U.S. Treasury Debt in the Monetary System The Task Force on Monetary Policy, Treasury Market Resilience, and Economic Prosperity, a House Financial Services subcommittee, held this hearing to examine the health of the $28 trillion US Treasury market and hear from experts on regulatory changes — including central clearing mandates and the supplementary leverage ratio (SLR) — that could strengthen its resilience. https://www.youtube.com/embed/dsuD9O-xrI4 8732 2025-04-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181192026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/6uZYvgvBM9I/hqdefault.jpg Member Day The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held a Member Day hearing to let non-subcommittee members present their funding priorities for the fiscal year 2026 Energy and Water bill. https://www.youtube.com/embed/6uZYvgvBM9I 3194 2025-04-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181202026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/x_rhGT9AM0k/hqdefault.jpg Lowering Costs for Patients: The Health of the Biosimilar Market The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health held this hearing to examine why biosimilar competition for biologic drugs remains limited despite the potential for large cost savings, and what policy changes could remove barriers to their development and use. https://www.youtube.com/embed/x_rhGT9AM0k 8719 2025-04-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181212026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/_TeIUR2Z2L8/hqdefault.jpg GAO findings on TANF oversight gaps, fraud risk, and state accountability The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Work and Welfare held this hearing to review a series of Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports examining the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, including state spending trends, audit findings, fraud risk management, and use of TANF for child welfare. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_TeIUR2Z2L8 9102 2025-04-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181222025-04-01 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ly0vBuIRtbE/hqdefault.jpg Federal Foreclosure: Reducing the Federal Real Estate Portfolio The Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency held this hearing to examine the federal government's roughly quarter-million-building real estate portfolio, its underuse, and the Trump administration's push (via Doge and GSA) to sell or terminate leases on unneeded federal properties. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ly0vBuIRtbE 7462 2025-04-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1181392026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/AdR83NiStDM/hqdefault.jpg U.S. Military Posture and National Security Challenges in Europe The House Armed Services Committee held its annual posture hearing on U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/AdR83NiStDM 12330 2025-04-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3368032025-04-07 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336803 Hearings to examine the President's 2025 trade policy agenda The Senate Finance Committee held its annual hearing on the President's trade agenda, with U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance040825 10492 2025-04-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3368042025-04-07 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336804 A joint hearing with the House Committee on Small Business to examine prosperity on Main Street, focusing on keeping taxes low for small businesses The House and Senate Small Business Committees held a joint hearing to examine the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017 and the effect of allowing several small-business tax provisions — including the Section 199A pass-through deduction, bonus depreciation, R&D expensing, and the estate tax exemption — to expire at the end of 2025. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=smbiz&filename=smbiz040825 10843 2025-04-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3368062025-04-07 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336806 Confirmation hearing for four DOD and NNSA nominees The Senate Armed Services Committee convened this hearing to consider four civilian nominations: Brandon Williams to be Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security (NNSA Administrator), Bradley Hansell to be Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, Earl Matthews to be General Counsel of the Department of Defense, and Dale Marks to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations and Environment. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA040825 9190 2025-04-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3368082025-04-07 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336808 Hearings to examine the Freedom of Information Act, focusing on perspectives from public requesters The Senate Judiciary Committee held this hearing to examine the state of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) nearly 60 years after its passage, focusing on agency backlogs, delays, and the experiences of frequent requesters. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary040825 5040 2025-04-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3368102025-04-07 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336810 Nominations of Burch, Judd, and McGraw as ambassadors to Holy See, Chile, Croatia The Senate Foreign Relations Committee met to consider three ambassadorial nominations: Brian Burch to be Ambassador to the Holy See, Brandon Judd to be Ambassador to Chile, and Nicole McGraw to be Ambassador to Croatia. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign040825 5354 2025-04-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3368112025-04-07 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336811 Confirmation hearing for USDA Deputy Secretary and General Counsel nominees The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee met to consider the nominations of Stephen Vaden to be Deputy Secretary and Tyler Clarkson to be General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=ag&filename=ag040825 8172 2025-04-08 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1177932026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Pj8m59ugJFg/hqdefault.jpg Rules Committee advances four bills amid parental proxy voting dispute The House Rules Committee met to report a rule governing floor consideration of four measures: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Pj8m59ugJFg 2117 2025-04-07 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3367752025-04-02 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336775 EUCOM and AFRICOM posture, Ukraine war assessment, and China's African inroads The Senate Armed Services Committee held this posture hearing to review the fiscal year 2026 defense budget request for U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA040325 9253 2025-04-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3367802025-04-02 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336780 Confirmation hearing for OPM Director and OMB Deputy Director nominees The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee convened this hearing on April 3, 2025, to consider two nominations: Scott Kupor to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), and Eric Ueland to be Deputy Director for Management at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=govtaff&filename=govtaff040325 6991 2025-04-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3367852025-04-02 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336785 Judiciary Committee advances six drug-pricing and patent bills The Senate Judiciary Committee met to consider one nomination (Patrick David Davis to be Assistant Attorney General, held over) and six bipartisan bills addressing prescription drug pricing, patent abuse, pay-for-delay deals, and pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) transparency, most of which had previously cleared the committee by voice vote in 2023 but never received a Senate floor vote. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary040325 4600 2025-04-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3368012025-04-02 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336801 Committee advances Atkins, Gould, Pettit, and Molinaro nominations The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee held an executive session to consider four Trump administration nominations: Paul Atkins for SEC Commissioner, Jonathan Gould for Comptroller of the Currency, Luke Pettit for Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, and Marcus Molinaro for Federal Transit Administrator. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=banking&filename=banking040325 1624 2025-04-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3368212025-04-03 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336821 Nominations of David Perdue as Ambassador to China and Monica Crowley as Chief of Protocol The Senate Foreign Relations Committee met to consider two of President Trump's nominees: former Senator David Perdue (R-GA) to be U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign040325 8144 2025-04-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179432026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/GTMu5bIyoR8/hqdefault.jpg Committee markup of nine maritime, rail, and infrastructure bills The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee held a markup session to consider and vote on nine bipartisan bills and resolutions, including measures on port crane security, Coast Guard drug interdiction, Amtrak transparency, baby-changing facilities on trains, and Tennessee Valley Authority board transparency, along with a resolution renaming the House Press Gallery for Frederick Douglass. https://www.youtube.com/embed/GTMu5bIyoR8 4092 2025-04-02 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180222026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/j0G1AlQEyQE/hqdefault.jpg A Healthy Workforce: Expanding Access and Affordability in Employer-Sponsored Health Care The Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions held this hearing to examine ways employer-sponsored health coverage — particularly for small businesses and self-employed individuals — could be made more affordable and flexible, focusing on Association Health Plans, self-insurance/stop-loss coverage, direct primary care, and telehealth. https://www.youtube.com/embed/j0G1AlQEyQE 5995 2025-04-02 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180552026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/FpBcE_ybpr4/hqdefault.jpg Inside the Biden FBI: Waste, Fraud, Abuse, and a Bureau Leadership in Decline The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight held this hearing to examine claims of waste, fraud, abuse, and political weaponization at the FBI during the Biden administration, and to hear reform proposals for the bureau under new Director Kash Patel. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FpBcE_ybpr4 7679 2025-04-02 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180752026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/VkwQBPPUBmc/hqdefault.jpg Outside Witness Day The House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs convened this outside witness hearing to hear testimony from NGO, faith-based, health, and advocacy organizations on their fiscal year 2026 funding priorities. https://www.youtube.com/embed/VkwQBPPUBmc 6234 2025-04-02 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180802026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/jlWwh1A1tkQ/hqdefault.jpg Budget Hearing – U.S. House of Representatives The House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch met to review the fiscal year 2026 budget requests of House officers responsible for internal operations, security, and administration: the Clerk, the Sergeant at Arms, and the Chief Administrative Officer, along with the General Counsel, Acting Inspector General, Law Revision Counsel, and Legislative Counsel. https://www.youtube.com/embed/jlWwh1A1tkQ 5417 2025-04-02 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180812026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/a7p1DiOciLw/hqdefault.jpg Artificial Intelligence: Examining Trends in Innovation and Competition The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust held this hearing to examine competition and innovation trends in artificial intelligence, weighing arguments for light-touch regulation against calls for continued antitrust enforcement. https://www.youtube.com/embed/a7p1DiOciLw 7254 2025-04-02 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180822026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ndPGq0MNK2w/hqdefault.jpg Fueling America's Future: How Investment Empowers Small Business Growth The House Committee on Small Business held this hearing to examine how private capital and public-private partnerships, particularly the SBA's Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program, help small businesses access growth capital amid tight bank lending and high interest rates. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ndPGq0MNK2w 7444 2025-04-02 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180842026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/uKp17eVUKbA/hqdefault.jpg Salt Typhoon: Securing America’s Telecommunications from State-Sponsored Cyber Attacks The House Oversight Subcommittee on Military and Foreign Affairs held this hearing to examine the Salt Typhoon breach, a Chinese state-sponsored hack that compromised US telecom networks and intercepted communications of high-value government and political targets, and to hear expert recommendations on securing critical infrastructure from foreign cyber threats. https://www.youtube.com/embed/uKp17eVUKbA 7014 2025-04-02 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180932026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/RqPhSNZZ3wo/hqdefault.jpg Various Measures The House Financial Services Committee held a markup on April 2, 2025, to consider five bills: the STABLE Act (HR 2392), a payment stable coin regulatory framework; the Financial Technology Protection Act (HR 2384); the Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act (HR 1919); the 1071 Repeal to Protect Small Business Lending Act (HR 976); and the Promoting New Bank Formation Act (HR 478). https://www.youtube.com/embed/RqPhSNZZ3wo 28800 2025-04-02 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3367682025-04-02 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336768 Hearings to examine restoring Boeing's status as a great American manufacturer, focusing on safety first The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held this hearing to question Boeing President and CEO Kelly Ortberg about the company's safety and quality reforms following the 2018 and 2019 737 MAX crashes and the January 2024 Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 door plug blowout. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce040225 8934 2025-04-02 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3367702025-04-02 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336770 Hearings to examine constructing the Surface Transportation Reauthorization bill, focusing on United States Secretary of Transportation's perspective The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the first of a two-part hearing series on the next surface transportation reauthorization bill, with U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=epw&filename=epw040225 6702 2025-04-02 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3367742025-04-02 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336774 Confirmation hearing for Deputy Secretaries of Interior and Energy The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held its third nomination hearing of the 119th Congress to consider Katharine MacGregor for Deputy Secretary of the Interior and James Danly for Deputy Secretary of Energy, both previously confirmed to their respective positions. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=energy&filename=energy040225 8821 2025-04-02 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3367772025-04-02 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336777 An oversight hearing to examine Native American education, focusing on Federal programs at the U.S. Department of Education The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs held this oversight hearing to examine Department of Education programs serving Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian students — including Title VI Indian Education, Impact Aid, Title III tribal college funding, and Native language programs — and to assess how proposed executive branch efforts to dismantle or reorganize the Department could affect these federal trust obligations. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=indian&filename=indian040225 6342 2025-04-02 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3367782025-04-02 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336778 Hearings to examine District Judges, focusing on exploring legislative solutions to the bipartisan problem of universal injunctions The Senate Judiciary Committee held this hearing, titled "Rule by District Judge II," to examine proposed legislation ending the practice of individual federal district judges issuing "universal" or nationwide injunctions that bind the government with respect to people not before the court. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary040225 8410 2025-04-02 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179042026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/80t-o4Sa5TM/hqdefault.jpg Cybersecurity is Local, Too: Assessing the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program The Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection held this hearing to examine the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP), which has allocated nearly $1 billion to state and local governments since 2021 and is set to expire in September 2025 unless reauthorized. https://www.youtube.com/embed/80t-o4Sa5TM 5240 2025-04-01 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180212026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/PuO6a2usjPw/hqdefault.jpg From Chalkboards to Chatbots: The Impact of AI on K-12 Education The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education held this hearing to examine how artificial intelligence tools are already being used by students and teachers, and how schools, states, and the federal government should respond to the opportunities and risks. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PuO6a2usjPw 7950 2025-04-01 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180372026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/cuneRXGeLaQ/hqdefault.jpg Member Day The House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs held a "Member Day" hearing to let non-subcommittee members present their funding priorities for the fiscal year 2026 State Department and foreign operations bill. https://www.youtube.com/embed/cuneRXGeLaQ 4518 2025-04-01 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180422026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/PFONjmsSkSg/hqdefault.jpg Harnessing Biomedical Innovation: Modernizing VA Healthcare for the Future The House Veterans' Affairs Committee held this hearing to examine how the VA acquires and deploys new medical technologies — such as diabetic foot ulcer monitoring, cardiac devices, imaging, and sleep apnea tools — and what barriers slow adoption. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PFONjmsSkSg 8845 2025-04-01 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180562026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/DL5fOmeVF3M/hqdefault.jpg Following the Money: Tools and Techniques to Combat Fraud The House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions convened this hearing to examine tools and techniques for combating financial fraud, including suspicious activity reports (SARs), currency transaction reports (CTRs), the Corporate Transparency Act's beneficial ownership rules, and blockchain analytics. https://www.youtube.com/embed/DL5fOmeVF3M 8123 2025-04-01 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180612026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/W52nO3ekH38/hqdefault.jpg Exploring the Use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Across the DHS Enterprise The House Homeland Security Subcommittees on Border Security and Enforcement, and Emergency Management and Technology, held a joint hearing to examine how the Department of Homeland Security and its components use unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for border security, disaster response, and public safety. https://www.youtube.com/embed/W52nO3ekH38 7632 2025-04-01 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180692026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/iZyU51aOgCk/hqdefault.jpg A Return to Maximum Pressure: Comprehensively Countering the Iranian Regime's Malign Activities The House Foreign Affairs Committee held this hearing to examine policy options for curtailing Iran's illicit revenue streams and countering its nuclear program, proxy militias, and sanctions evasion under a renewed "maximum pressure" strategy. https://www.youtube.com/embed/iZyU51aOgCk 9954 2025-04-01 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180712026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/NNiitFa5-3U/hqdefault.jpg Leveraging Commercial Innovation for Lunar Exploration: A Review of NASA’s CLPS Initiative The House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics held this hearing to review the first seven years of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, under which NASA buys lunar delivery services from commercial vendors rather than building its own landers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NNiitFa5-3U 7472 2025-04-01 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180722026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Xsv66TTwkTk/hqdefault.jpg Censorship-Industrial Complex: The Need for First Amendment Safeguards at the State Department The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on South and Central Asia held its first hearing of the 119th Congress to examine claims that the State Department's Global Engagement Center (GEC), and its successor the Counter Foreign Manipulation and Interference hub (R/FIMI), facilitated censorship of American citizens, and to discuss codifying President Trump's executive order on federal censorship. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xsv66TTwkTk 5406 2025-04-01 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180732026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/mFcwRdrNLeY/hqdefault.jpg Judicial Overreach and Constitutional Limits on the Federal Courts The House Judiciary Subcommittees on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet, and on the Constitution and Limited Government, held a joint hearing to examine nationwide injunctions issued by federal district courts against the Trump administration and to consider legislation, including the No Rogue Rulings Act, that would limit judges' power to issue such injunctions. https://www.youtube.com/embed/mFcwRdrNLeY 20209 2025-04-01 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180742026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/8YDR4BW0FQk/hqdefault.jpg The Golden Age: Unleashing Main Street Through Deregulation The House Small Business Committee held this hearing to examine how federal regulations affect small businesses and to review actions by the Trump administration and Congress to reduce regulatory burdens. https://www.youtube.com/embed/8YDR4BW0FQk 9132 2025-04-01 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180772026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/D2kFOgCpfvM/hqdefault.jpg Aging Technology, Emerging Threats: Examining Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities in Legacy Medical Devices The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held this hearing to examine cybersecurity vulnerabilities in aging "legacy" medical devices — patient monitors, infusion pumps, imaging systems, and implantables — that cannot be reasonably protected against current threats [0:18:57]. https://www.youtube.com/embed/D2kFOgCpfvM 9944 2025-04-01 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180782026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/kl6Ut2zfwNc/hqdefault.jpg America’s AI Moonshot: The Economics of AI, Data Centers, and Power Consumption The House Oversight Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs held this hearing to examine the economics of AI data centers, their surging electricity and water consumption, and what regulatory changes Congress should consider to support "America's AI moonshot." Witnesses from the Abundance Institute, National Center for Energy Analytics, Public Citizen, and the Data Center Coalition testified on energy permitting, grid capacity, nuclear power, natural gas, and community impacts of data center siting. https://www.youtube.com/embed/kl6Ut2zfwNc 6134 2025-04-01 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180792026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/OVcSlc8fsxI/hqdefault.jpg Examining the FDA’s Regulation of Over-the-Counter Monograph Drugs The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health met to examine reauthorization of the Over-the-Counter Monograph Drug User Fee Program (OMUFA), which funds FDA's review of common OTC drugs like pain relievers, allergy medicines, and sunscreens and is set to expire September 30, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/embed/OVcSlc8fsxI 12182 2025-04-01 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180872026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Mx99nRaBKq8/hqdefault.jpg U.S. Military Posture and National Security Challenges in North and South America The House Armed Services Committee held its fiscal year 2026 posture hearing for U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Mx99nRaBKq8 11891 2025-04-01 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3367692025-04-01 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336769 Whole milk in schools: nutrition standards vs. USDA dietary guidelines The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee held this hearing to examine S.222, the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, which would let schools offer whole and reduced-fat milk alongside the fat-free and low-fat options currently allowed under federal nutrition standards. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=ag&filename=ag040125 7522 2025-04-01 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3367722025-04-01 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336772 Confirmation hearing for Lt. Gen. Dan Caine to lead the Joint Chiefs The Senate Armed Services Committee met to consider the nomination of retired Lieutenant General John D. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA040125 10416 2025-04-01 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3367732025-04-01 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336773 Confirmation hearing for ambassadors to UK, Italy, and Turkey The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held this hearing to consider three State Department ambassadorial nominations: Tilman Fertitta for Italy (and San Marino), Warren Stephens for the United Kingdom, and Thomas Barrack for Turkey. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign040125 8348 2025-04-01 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3368002025-04-02 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336800 Business meeting to consider the nomination of Frank Bisignano, of New Jersey, to be Commissioner of Social Security Administration The Senate Finance Committee met to hold remarks and vote on the nomination of Frank Bisignano to be Commissioner of the Social Security Administration. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance040125 2983 2025-04-01 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1177912026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/uGSrHzaGBd0/hqdefault.jpg Rules Committee weighs voter ID, judicial injunctions, and CFPB rule repeals The House Rules Committee met to set the floor rule for four measures: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/uGSrHzaGBd0 16274 2025-03-31 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180542026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/y3NwydwmqSk/hqdefault.jpg INL Should Fight Crime, Not Fight Conservatives The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere held its first hearing of the 119th Congress to examine the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) ahead of reauthorization, weighing GAO oversight findings against disputes over the Biden administration's prior conditioning of aid on human-rights and governance concerns in Guatemala and El Salvador, and the Trump administration's abrupt 2025 freeze on foreign assistance. https://www.youtube.com/embed/y3NwydwmqSk 6115 2025-03-27 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3367602025-03-26 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336760 FAA, Army, and NTSB testify on DCA midair collision that killed 67 The Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation and Space, joined by the full Commerce Committee, convened to examine the January 29 midair collision between American Airlines Flight 5342 and an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport, which killed 67 people. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce032725 9610 2025-03-27 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3367612025-03-26 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336761 Senate Banking Committee hearing on Atkins, Gould, Pettit, and Molinaro nominations The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee convened this hearing to consider four Trump administration nominations: Paul Atkins to chair the SEC, Jonathan Gould to be Comptroller of the Currency, Luke Pettit to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, and Marcus Molinaro to be Federal Transit Administrator [0:12:53]. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=banking&filename=banking032725 7736 2025-03-27 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3367622025-03-27 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336762 Confirmation hearing for Air Force Secretary and three Pentagon nominees The Senate Armed Services Committee met to consider the nominations of Dr. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA032725 8940 2025-03-27 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179412026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/4cPnmlXhpc4/hqdefault.jpg America Builds: How Trucking Supports American Communities The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit held this hearing to examine the trucking industry's role in delivering goods to American communities and to gather input for the upcoming surface transportation reauthorization bill. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4cPnmlXhpc4 10676 2025-03-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180302026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/VhWIljNUt2M/hqdefault.jpg To the Depths, and Beyond: Examining Blue Economy Technologies The Subcommittee on Environment held this hearing to examine how private-sector ocean technologies — uncrewed survey vessels, remotely operated vehicles, and ocean sensor networks — can help NOAA meet its goal of fully mapping the US exclusive economic zone by 2030 and support national security and the broader blue economy. https://www.youtube.com/embed/VhWIljNUt2M 5156 2025-03-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180342026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/PgF9-Sq9ub4/hqdefault.jpg Legislative hearing on thirteen veterans' benefits and claims bills The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs held a legislative hearing to consider thirteen bills and discussion drafts addressing VA disability claims processing, appeals transparency, military sexual trauma claims training, survivor benefits, burial and headstone policy, and cost-of-living adjustments. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PgF9-Sq9ub4 7084 2025-03-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180452026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/vz0xTtOYTvU/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Hearing – National Transportation Safety Board The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation-HUD held its first hearing of the 119th Congress to review the National Transportation Safety Board's operations, staffing, and budget request, on the one-year anniversary of the Key Bridge collapse. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vz0xTtOYTvU 6444 2025-03-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180492026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/TI9ConA9vac/hqdefault.jpg A New Era for the CFPB: Balancing Power and Reprioritizing Consumer Protections The Financial Institutions Subcommittee held its first hearing of the 119th Congress to examine proposals for restructuring the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, including converting it to a bipartisan commission, subjecting it to congressional appropriations, and clarifying its "unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts or practices" (UDAP) authority and civil investigative demand (CID) process. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TI9ConA9vac 8812 2025-03-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180512026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/De5tLFYPzGs/hqdefault.jpg Anti-American Airwaves: Accountability for the Heads of NPR and PBS The House Oversight Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE) held this hearing to examine federal funding for public broadcasting, questioning NPR CEO Katherine Maher and PBS CEO Paula Kerger about alleged political bias, editorial practices, and content aimed at children, alongside witnesses from the Heritage Foundation and Alaska Public Media on the broader case for and against continued federal appropriations. https://www.youtube.com/embed/De5tLFYPzGs 9621 2025-03-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180662026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/832xiubKaHg/hqdefault.jpg The World Wild Web: Examining Harms Online The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade held this hearing to examine online harms to children — including sextortion, AI-generated child sexual abuse material, and non-consensual intimate images — and to build support for pending bills such as the TAKE IT DOWN Act, the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), and the App Store Accountability Act. https://www.youtube.com/embed/832xiubKaHg 11899 2025-03-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3367492025-03-26 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336749 Confirmation hearing for three DOJ Assistant Attorney General nominees The Senate Judiciary Committee met to consider the nominations of John Eisenberg (Assistant Attorney General for National Security), Brett Shumate (Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division), and Patrick Davis (Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legislative Affairs), all three Department of Justice posts. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary032625 5594 2025-03-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179052026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/BS4SWNw2aSE/hqdefault.jpg Part 1: Consequences of Failure: How Biden's Policies Fueled the Border Crisis The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement held its first hearing of the 119th Congress to review policies of the Biden administration that Republicans said fueled a historic border crisis and to contrast them with early actions of the Trump administration. https://www.youtube.com/embed/BS4SWNw2aSE 7198 2025-03-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179402026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Km5cVD-NKk4/hqdefault.jpg Reforming FEMA: Bringing Common Sense Back to Federal Emergency Management The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management held this hearing to examine FEMA's performance after Hurricane Helene, the Los Angeles wildfires, and other recent disasters, and to discuss proposals for restructuring the agency, including block grants and possible elimination. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Km5cVD-NKk4 7567 2025-03-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180052026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/4AVO1aRB9JA/hqdefault.jpg FY2026 Member Day The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies held a Member Day hearing to let fellow members present their funding priorities for the fiscal year 2026 Interior and Environment appropriations bill. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4AVO1aRB9JA 2825 2025-03-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180282026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/8HLQw0O7WHw/hqdefault.jpg Mission Incomplete: Strengthening the TAP Program to Ensure a Smoother Transition to Civilian Life for Tomorrow's Veterans The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity held this hearing to examine implementation of the Transition Assistance Program (TAP), which helps roughly 200,000 service members annually move from military to civilian life, focusing on low on-time attendance rates, interagency coordination among DOD, VA, and Labor, and outside perspectives from veteran service organizations and employers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/8HLQw0O7WHw 7584 2025-03-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180312026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/hpY2IMuZWwY/hqdefault.jpg Subcommittee markup of nine veterans health bills, including HBOT pilot The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health met to mark up nine bills covering VA copays, telehealth prescribing, budget accountability, hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) for TBI/PTSD, marriage and family therapist qualifications, and women veterans' cancer care coordination. https://www.youtube.com/embed/hpY2IMuZWwY 4419 2025-03-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180322026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/eAu3NPQg6Os/hqdefault.jpg Breaking Down Barriers: Getting Veterans ACCESS to Lifesaving Care The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health held this oversight hearing to examine why veterans continue to face delays and barriers accessing mental health and residential substance use disorder treatment despite large increases in VA funding, and to review Chairman Bost's Veterans ACCESS Act. https://www.youtube.com/embed/eAu3NPQg6Os 5096 2025-03-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180382026-05-15 https://img.youtube.com/vi/4kV7YpCYQ5w/hqdefault.jpg The CFTC at 50: Examining the Past and Future of Commodity Markets The House Committee on Agriculture convened this hearing to mark the 50th anniversary of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and examine whether the agency has fulfilled the Commodity Exchange Act's mandate to promote market integrity, competition, and responsible innovation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4kV7YpCYQ5w 11546 2025-03-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180392026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/yxSj_ta5OfU/hqdefault.jpg Beyond Silicon Valley: Expanding Access to Capital Across America The House Financial Services Committee held this hearing to examine why venture capital and public-market access remain concentrated in a few coastal states and to review roughly 37-40 pending bills aimed at expanding capital formation for entrepreneurs, regional venture funds, and everyday investors. https://www.youtube.com/embed/yxSj_ta5OfU 17132 2025-03-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180402026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/xhiHi8HNbWg/hqdefault.jpg Keeping the Lights On: Examining the State of Regional Grid Reliability The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy held this hearing to question the CEOs and senior leaders of the seven U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xhiHi8HNbWg 12891 2025-03-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180412026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/p3QBLvMTWho/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Hearing – Capitol Complex Public Safety and Security The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative Branch held this oversight hearing to review recent security breaches at Capitol complex entrances and to hear from outgoing Capitol Police Chief J. https://www.youtube.com/embed/p3QBLvMTWho 5074 2025-03-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180462026-05-14 https://img.youtube.com/vi/F8Qu_VgtjZo/hqdefault.jpg Subcommittee markup of ten bipartisan homeland security and counterterrorism bills The Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence held its first markup of the 119th Congress to consider ten bipartisan bills addressing transnational repression, terrorism threat assessments, special events security, DHS intelligence sharing, law enforcement training accreditation, and school security. https://www.youtube.com/embed/F8Qu_VgtjZo 4368 2025-03-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180472026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/TZTOIzKb0S0/hqdefault.jpg American Trade Negotiation Priorities The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade held its second hearing of the 119th Congress to let members and industry witnesses lay out priorities for upcoming U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TZTOIzKb0S0 10402 2025-03-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180522026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/gto8EjacY5w/hqdefault.jpg Metals, Minerals, and Mining: How the CCP Fuels Conflict and Exploitation in Africa The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa convened this hearing to examine how Chinese Communist Party dominance in Africa's cobalt, gold, and other critical mineral supply chains fuels corruption, human rights abuses, child labor, and armed conflict, particularly in the Democratic Republic of Congo. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gto8EjacY5w 9197 2025-03-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180532026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/PQ8unMeSyEw/hqdefault.jpg Streamlined and Rightsized: Consolidating State Department Administrative Services The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa held this hearing to examine the State Department's Bureau of Administration ("A" bureau), which handles procurement, real property, logistics, travel, and emergency management, as part of the committee's push to pass the first full State Department authorization in over two decades. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PQ8unMeSyEw 3541 2025-03-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180602026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/P3be-HvJi_Q/hqdefault.jpg Markup of nine bills on federal reorganization, unions, and DC immigration policy The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform convened this markup (March 25, 2025) to consider eight bills and two resolutions of inquiry touching on presidential reorganization authority, federal employee union rights, federal health benefits fraud, inspector general oversight funding, and District of Columbia immigration compliance. https://www.youtube.com/embed/P3be-HvJi_Q 28800 2025-03-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180652026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/UQlOE3SXK9A/hqdefault.jpg Markup of six gun and knife bills, including LEOSA reform and CCW reciprocity items The House Judiciary Committee met to mark up seven bills, including HR60 (Knife Owners' Protection Act), HR2243 (LEOSA Reform Act), HR2240 (Improving Law Enforcement Officer Safety and Wellness Through Data Act), HR2255 (Federal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act), and HR2267 (NICS Data Reporting Act), each debated on party lines with amendments offered and recorded votes taken. https://www.youtube.com/embed/UQlOE3SXK9A 12798 2025-03-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180672026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/gYFIatGFlAU/hqdefault.jpg JOINT SPF and RDY Mobility Enterprise Hearing The House Armed Services Subcommittees on Seapower and Projection Forces and Readiness held a joint hearing to examine the posture of U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gYFIatGFlAU 5386 2025-03-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3367422025-03-25 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336742 Frank Bisignano's confirmation hearing to lead the Social Security Administration The Senate Finance Committee opened with member statements on the pending nomination of Dr. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance032525 12305 2025-03-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3367462025-03-25 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336746 Hearings to examine worldwide threats; to be immediately followed by a closed hearing in SH-219 The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence held its annual Worldwide Threats Hearing to receive testimony from the heads of the U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=intel&filename=intel032525 8771 2025-03-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3367632025-03-25 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336763 Business meeting to consider the nomination of Mehmet Oz, of Pennsylvania, to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services This Senate Finance Committee meeting had two parts: first, a business meeting for members to state their positions before voting on Dr. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance032525 12305 2025-03-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3367642025-03-25 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336764 Confirmation hearing for Israel, Panama ambassadors and State Department legal advisor The Senate Foreign Relations Committee met to consider three State Department nominations: Mike Huckabee to be Ambassador to Israel, Kevin Cabrera to be Ambassador to Panama, and Reed Rubinstein to be Legal Adviser. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign032525 9832 2025-03-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1177902026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/OxsnLhWt_bo/hqdefault.jpg Rules Committee sets floor terms for foreign-gift transparency and appliance rule repeals The House Rules Committee met to set the terms of debate for three measures headed to the floor: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/OxsnLhWt_bo 7164 2025-03-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180272026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Qef1OHHmyeI/hqdefault.jpg Closing the Data Gap: Improving Interoperability Between VA and Community Providers The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization held this hearing to examine gaps in health data interoperability between the VA and community care providers who deliver roughly one-third of veterans' care. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Qef1OHHmyeI 5988 2025-03-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3367252025-03-14 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336725 Faulkender Treasury nomination vote and Oz CMS confirmation hearing The Senate Finance Committee met on March 14, 2025 for two proceedings: an executive session to vote on Michael Faulkender's nomination to be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, followed by a confirmation hearing for Dr. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance031425 13210 2025-03-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3367132025-03-13 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336713 HELP Committee votes to advance Bhattacharya for NIH and Makary for FDA The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee met to hold a business meeting on the nominations of Dr. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help031325 2189 2025-03-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3367212025-03-13 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336721 Confirmation hearing for U.S. ambassadors to Canada, Japan, and Mexico The Senate Foreign Relations Committee met to consider three of President Trump's ambassadorial nominations: Peter Hoekstra for Canada, George Glass for Japan, and Ronald Johnson for Mexico. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign031325 8053 2025-03-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3367262025-03-13 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336726 Committee approves Fotouhi and Szabo nominations for EPA leadership posts The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a business meeting to vote on two EPA nominations: David Fotouhi for Deputy Administrator and Aaron Szabo for Assistant Administrator. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=epw&filename=epw031325 2063 2025-03-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3367292025-03-13 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336729 Senate Banking marks up GENIUS Act stablecoin bill and FIRM Act on debanking The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee held a markup and executive session to consider an original bill (S.919, the GENIUS Act, governing payment stablecoin issuers) and S.875, the FIRM Act, which would remove "reputational risk" as a basis for bank supervision. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=banking&filename=banking031325 11670 2025-03-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180152026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/0xiDVFEUVzg/hqdefault.jpg Conflict and Persecution in Nigeria: The Case for a CPC Designation This House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa hearing examined escalating violence against Christians and other religious minorities in Nigeria and the case for the State Department to redesignate Nigeria as a "Country of Particular Concern" (CPC) under the International Religious Freedom Act, a status Nigeria held in 2020 but lost in 2021. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0xiDVFEUVzg 9157 2025-03-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180172026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ONSH2qf0zec/hqdefault.jpg Markup of H.Res. 127 and H.Res. 195 The House Ways and Means Committee convened this markup to consider two Democratic resolutions of inquiry (H.Res. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ONSH2qf0zec 14596 2025-03-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3367032025-03-11 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336703 Nominations of Bill Briggs and Casey Mulligan for top SBA posts The Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship convened to consider the nominations of William Briggs to be SBA Deputy Administrator and Dr. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=smbiz&filename=smbiz031225 5804 2025-03-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3367152025-03-12 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336715 Senate Commerce Committee markup of consumer tech, space, and safety bills The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held an executive session/markup to consider more than a dozen bills covering topics such as smart-device camera disclosure, router security, semiconductor supply chains, lithium-ion battery standards, sea turtle rescue grants, and online dating fraud notifications, along with two nominations: Michael Kratsios for Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and Mark Meador for Federal Trade Commissioner. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce031225 2787 2025-03-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3367172025-03-11 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336717 Hearings to examine housing roadblocks, focusing on paving a new way to address affordability The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee held this hearing to examine why housing affordability and homelessness have worsened despite large federal expenditures, and to weigh Chair Scott's Road to Housing Act alongside other supply-side and zoning reform proposals. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=banking&filename=banking031225 9983 2025-03-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179062026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Crln45rQE3U/hqdefault.jpg Regulatory Harm or Harmonization? Examining the Opportunity to Improve the Cyber Regulatory Regime The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection held its first hearing of the 119th Congress to examine whether the federal cyber regulatory regime — including the pending CIRCIA final rule — helps or hinders critical infrastructure security. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Crln45rQE3U 6307 2025-03-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179282026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/qFczL-0RMZQ/hqdefault.jpg Reauthorizing the U.S. Development Finance Corporation The House Foreign Affairs East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee met to examine reforms needed as the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/qFczL-0RMZQ 5909 2025-03-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179612026-03-11 https://img.youtube.com/vi/zylccpoGG2Q/hqdefault.jpg Education Without Limits: Exploring the Benefits of School Choice The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education held this hearing to examine "school choice" — private-school vouchers, education savings accounts (ESAs), and charter schools — and their effects on student outcomes, public-school funding, and students with disabilities. https://www.youtube.com/embed/zylccpoGG2Q 8722 2025-03-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179852026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/NQ2QclW4t3U/hqdefault.jpg Legislative hearing on 14 veterans' bills covering VA home loans, education, and homelessness The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity held a legislative hearing to review 14 bills touching VA home loan reform (including the VASP program and partial claims), VR&E counseling, GI Bill parity for Guard/Reserve members, veteran homelessness, auto adaptation grants, and education oversight. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NQ2QclW4t3U 6791 2025-03-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179872026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/V8GUq40RWjo/hqdefault.jpg Legislative hearing on 12 veterans' health care bills The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health held this legislative hearing to consider 12 bills and discussion drafts covering topics including hyperbaric oxygen therapy for TBI/PTSD, suicide prevention grants and gun lock boxes, telemedicine prescribing, public-private VA construction partnerships, high-cost medications at state veterans homes, women veterans' cancer care coordination, and preventive care copays. https://www.youtube.com/embed/V8GUq40RWjo 8123 2025-03-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179922026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/6a2zIEQbNrQ/hqdefault.jpg Member Day The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee held its Member Day hearing for the 119th Congress, an annual session allowing colleagues outside the committee to present priorities within its jurisdiction. https://www.youtube.com/embed/6a2zIEQbNrQ 3043 2025-03-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179932026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/uDjTqYnZpP8/hqdefault.jpg Eliminating Waste, Fraud, and Abuse at the Department of Homeland Security: Addressing the Biden-Harris Administration’s Failures The Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability held its first hearing of the 119th Congress to examine alleged waste, fraud, and abuse at DHS during the Biden-Harris administration, drawing on GAO and DHS Inspector General findings on immigration processing, cybersecurity, and FEMA disaster assistance. https://www.youtube.com/embed/uDjTqYnZpP8 8662 2025-03-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179942026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/9muEn64c2ek/hqdefault.jpg Federal framework for payment stablecoins and CBDC debate The House Financial Services Committee held this hearing to examine a federal regulatory framework for payment stablecoins — centered on the discussion draft "STABLE Act" from Chairman French Hill and Rep. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9muEn64c2ek 14506 2025-03-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179952026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/yUnZzD_yTNQ/hqdefault.jpg Antitrust Law and the NCAA: Examining the Current Climate The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust convened to examine whether Congress should grant the NCAA legal protections from antitrust litigation amid rulings like *Alston v. https://www.youtube.com/embed/yUnZzD_yTNQ 6804 2025-03-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179962026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/yV44j2oqGrk/hqdefault.jpg Maximizing Opportunities for Redeveloping Brownfields Sites: Assessing the Potential for New American Innovation The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment held this hearing to examine implementation of EPA's Brownfields grant program, which lapsed at the end of fiscal year 2023, and to consider reauthorization amid unprecedented supplemental funding of $1.5 billion from the infrastructure law. https://www.youtube.com/embed/yV44j2oqGrk 10101 2025-03-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179972026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/fJIxbQCFTns/hqdefault.jpg Water Infrastructure Financing: WIFIA and the Clean Water State Revolving Fund The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment held this hearing to examine the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (SRF) and the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) programs, focusing on how to make federal water infrastructure financing more efficient ahead of potential reauthorization. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fJIxbQCFTns 8934 2025-03-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179982026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ybjyWqdmVwA/hqdefault.jpg Arms Control, International Security, and U.S. Assistance to Europe: Review and Reforms for the State Department The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe held this hearing to begin oversight for State Department reauthorization of three bureaus under its jurisdiction: the Bureau of Arms Control, Deterrence and Stability (AVC), the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN), and the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs (EUR). https://www.youtube.com/embed/ybjyWqdmVwA 3748 2025-03-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180022026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/CZ04dIiUhkc/hqdefault.jpg Shifting Gears: Moving from Recovery to Prevention of Improper Payments and Fraud The House Oversight Subcommittee on Government Operations held this bipartisan follow-up hearing to examine how federal agencies can shift from recovering improper payments after the fact ("pay and chase") to preventing them upfront. https://www.youtube.com/embed/CZ04dIiUhkc 7314 2025-03-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180032026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/KJfWao_iC8A/hqdefault.jpg After the Hospital: Ensuring Access to Quality Post-Acute Care The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health held this hearing to examine access to and reimbursement for post-acute care — home health, skilled nursing facilities, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, and long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) — that roughly 40% of hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries rely on after discharge. https://www.youtube.com/embed/KJfWao_iC8A 9957 2025-03-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180042026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/LEns5uuhUgs/hqdefault.jpg Enhancing Federal, State, and Local Coordination in the Fight Against Criminal Illegal Aliens The newly formed House Oversight Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement held its first hearing to examine cooperation between federal immigration authorities and state/local law enforcement, focusing on the 287(g) program, ICE detainers, and sanctuary/welcoming city policies. https://www.youtube.com/embed/LEns5uuhUgs 7524 2025-03-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180072026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/vrzOJ67TO4s/hqdefault.jpg Innovative Techniques in Military Construction The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies held this hearing to examine how innovative technologies — including 3D printing/additive construction, mass timber, industrialized/modular construction, and alternative power generation — could reduce military construction costs and timelines. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vrzOJ67TO4s 6205 2025-03-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180082026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/eqFRmXY4DII/hqdefault.jpg Restoring the SBA: Putting Main Street America First The House Small Business Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations held this hearing to examine whether the SBA under the Biden administration strayed from its core mission of serving small businesses, and to review recent Trump administration actions at the agency, including staff firings, office relocations, and the firing of the SBA Inspector General. https://www.youtube.com/embed/eqFRmXY4DII 6175 2025-03-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180112026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/YKNDS0DehhA/hqdefault.jpg The State of U.S. Shipbuilding The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces held its first hearing of the 119th Congress to examine why Navy shipbuilding programs are running years behind schedule and billions over budget. https://www.youtube.com/embed/YKNDS0DehhA 6745 2025-03-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180122026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Mdy4EXasLYo/hqdefault.jpg Full Committee Markup on Various Measures The House Administration Committee met to mark up several institutional resolutions: an omnibus resolution funding House committees for the 119th Congress, resolutions allocating paid intern and franked mail funds, and five resolutions dismissing contested election claims from Florida, Texas, and Alaska. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Mdy4EXasLYo 751 2025-03-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180132026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Mdy4EXasLYo/hqdefault.jpg Organizational Meeting of the Joint Committee on Printing The House Administration Committee met to mark up an omnibus resolution setting expense allocations for House committees in the 119th Congress, resolutions allocating committee intern funding and franked mail allowances, and five resolutions dismissing election contests. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Mdy4EXasLYo 751 2025-03-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1180142026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Mdy4EXasLYo/hqdefault.jpg Organizational Meeting of the Joint Committee on the Library The House Committee on Administration met to mark up several institutional resolutions: an omnibus resolution setting committee expense allocations for the 119th Congress, resolutions allocating paid intern and franked mail funding among standing and select committees, and five resolutions dismissing procedurally deficient federal election contests. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Mdy4EXasLYo 751 2025-03-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3367012025-03-11 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336701 Legislative hearing on 15 veterans bills amid V.A. workforce cuts The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee met to consider 15 bipartisan bills covering V.A. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=vetaff&filename=vetaff031125 10154 2025-03-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3367022025-03-10 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336702 Hearings to examine risk management, credit, and rural business views on the agricultural economy, focusing on views from the field The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee held the third in a series of hearings examining the agricultural economy, this time focused on risk management, credit, and rural business views "from the field." Chair Boozman said a common theme has emerged across the hearings: the need for a strong five-year farm bill to strengthen the farm safety net [0:16:36], and the panel of lenders, insurers, and farmers testified on crop insurance, farm credit limits, tariffs, and USDA funding freezes. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=ag&filename=ag031125 7008 2025-03-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1177892026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/UwkrcpTPfYY/hqdefault.jpg House Rules Committee Meeting on FY2025 CR, Unemployment Fraud, and Crypto Tax Rule The House Rules Committee met to set the terms of floor debate for three bills: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/UwkrcpTPfYY 14296 2025-03-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366892025-03-06 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336689 Hearings to examine the nomination of Martin Makary, of Virginia, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of Health and Human Services The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee met to consider the nomination of Dr. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help030625 9166 2025-03-06 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366902025-03-06 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336690 Business meeting to consider the nomination of Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Deputy Secretary of Labor, and other pending calendar business The Senate HELP Committee met to vote on the nomination of Keith Sonderling for Deputy Secretary of Labor and to hold a confirmation hearing for Dr. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help030625 9166 2025-03-06 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366942025-03-06 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336694 Hearings to examine defense mobilization in the 21st century The Senate Armed Services Committee held this hearing to examine whether the United States is prepared to mobilize its industrial base for a large-scale, sustained conflict, drawing on lessons from Ukraine, the Cold War, and World War II. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA030625 4476 2025-03-06 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366952025-03-06 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336695 Hearings to examine the nomination of Michael Faulkender, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury The Senate Finance Committee convened to consider the nomination of Michael Faulkender, currently serving as Counselor to the Treasury Secretary, to be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance030625 8947 2025-03-06 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3367002025-03-06 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336700 Committee advances Miran, Pulte, McKernan, and Kessler nominations The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee held an executive session to vote on four Trump administration nominees: Stephen Miran for Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, Jeffrey Kessler for Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security, William Pulte for Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, and Jonathan McKernan for Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=banking&filename=banking030625 2024 2025-03-06 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179032026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/oS_aZXE6W0k/hqdefault.jpg Countering Threats Posed by the Chinese Communist Party to U.S. National Security The House Homeland Security Committee convened this hearing to examine the range of threats the Chinese Communist Party poses to U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/oS_aZXE6W0k 8513 2025-03-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179272026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/pwxMVbR5OMY/hqdefault.jpg Bridging the Gap: Turkey Between East and West The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe held this hearing to examine Turkey's balancing act between the West and East, covering its NATO membership, relations with Russia over Ukraine, support for Hamas and other militant groups, and role in the Middle East following the fall of the Assad regime in Syria. https://www.youtube.com/embed/pwxMVbR5OMY 6445 2025-03-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179382026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/nfmeZ8g0H9U/hqdefault.jpg America Builds: Coast Guard Acquisitions and Infrastructure The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation held this "America Builds" hearing on March 5, 2025, to review the Coast Guard's stalled acquisition programs — including the Polar Security Cutter, Offshore Patrol Cutter, and aviation fleet — and its growing shore infrastructure backlog. https://www.youtube.com/embed/nfmeZ8g0H9U 5086 2025-03-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179392026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/p6x0g6rAy7Y/hqdefault.jpg America Builds: Making Federal Real Estate Work for the Taxpayer The Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management held this hearing to examine chronic underutilization of federal office space and the Trump Administration's rapid push to terminate leases and dispose of federal buildings following the 2024 Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), including the Utilizing Space Efficiently and Improving Technologies (USE IT) Act and FASTA reforms. https://www.youtube.com/embed/p6x0g6rAy7Y 6133 2025-03-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179602026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/4kp3S_R5fmU/hqdefault.jpg Strengthening WIOA: Improving Outcomes for America's Workforce The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development held this hearing to examine the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and press for reauthorization through the bipartisan Stronger Workforce for America Act (previously HR 6655), which passed the House last Congress but was stripped from a December continuing resolution before becoming law. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4kp3S_R5fmU 9111 2025-03-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179642026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/SCwdvGIVYHk/hqdefault.jpg Legislative hearing on bills to regulate paid claims agents and unaccredited VA benefits consultants The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs met to consider three bills addressing unaccredited companies charging veterans large fees to help file VA disability claims: the PLUS for Veterans Act (HR 1656), the GUARD VA Benefits Act (HR 1732), and a discussion draft combining elements of both. https://www.youtube.com/embed/SCwdvGIVYHk 5816 2025-03-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179752026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/GwshOxBI_Lg/hqdefault.jpg Fiscal Year 2026 Member Day This was a "Member Day" hearing of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, at which non-subcommittee members testified on their priorities for the fiscal year 2026 spending bill. https://www.youtube.com/embed/GwshOxBI_Lg 3388 2025-03-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179772026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/rLhkr3YOfa0/hqdefault.jpg Assessing the Threat to U.S. Funded Research The House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight held this hearing, its first under new Chair Rich McCormick, to examine threats to U.S.-funded research from foreign adversaries, particularly China, and to hear witness assessments of research security policy. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rLhkr3YOfa0 5935 2025-03-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179792026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/rSS8U9wufow/hqdefault.jpg Scaling for Growth: Meeting the Demand for Reliable, Affordable Electricity The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy held this hearing to examine how rising electricity demand — driven largely by AI data centers, onshoring of manufacturing, and electrification — is straining the reliability and affordability of the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rSS8U9wufow 11000 2025-03-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179802026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/W19eLW_cZ_A/hqdefault.jpg A Hearing with Sanctuary City Mayors The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform convened this hearing to question the mayors of Chicago, Denver, New York City, and Boston about their cities' "sanctuary" immigration policies, following Chairman James Comer's investigation into whether such policies obstruct federal immigration enforcement and endanger public safety. https://www.youtube.com/embed/W19eLW_cZ_A 22956 2025-03-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179812026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ThEWQ7hJw4o/hqdefault.jpg Fiscal Year 2026 Member Day The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies held a Fiscal Year 2026 Member Day, an open session in which members of Congress who do not sit on the subcommittee testify about their funding priorities for the upcoming appropriations bill. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ThEWQ7hJw4o 1980 2025-03-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179822026-04-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/8HI_bA21uk4/hqdefault.jpg Fixing Biden’s Broadband Blunder The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held this hearing to examine why the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program had not yet connected a single home three years after passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and to consider Chairman Hudson's "Speed to BEAD Act" reforming the program's rules. https://www.youtube.com/embed/8HI_bA21uk4 13300 2025-03-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179862026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/CD87m9S7zko/hqdefault.jpg Various Measures The House Financial Services Committee held its first legislative markup of the 119th Congress, considering nine bipartisan and Republican-led bills covering Taiwan's international financial standing, countering China's financial influence, fentanyl-related money laundering, agricultural national security review, financial privacy, nuclear energy financing at multilateral development banks, and a Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn the CFPB's overdraft fee rule. https://www.youtube.com/embed/CD87m9S7zko 28650 2025-03-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179882026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/mwXv5CSrGzQ/hqdefault.jpg Markup of Various Measures The House Small Business Committee met to mark up seven bills addressing SBA programs, including career and technical education partnerships, federal contracting transparency, disability entrepreneurship, and oversight of loan agents and women-owned small business certification. https://www.youtube.com/embed/mwXv5CSrGzQ 9232 2025-03-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179912026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/vd-N26EdkPg/hqdefault.jpg Markup of four bills on presidential immunity, judgeships, and injunctions The House Judiciary Committee met to mark up four bills: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vd-N26EdkPg 17383 2025-03-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366802025-03-04 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336680 Confirmation hearing for EPA Deputy Administrator and Air Office nominees The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee met to consider the nominations of David Fotouhi to be EPA Deputy Administrator and Aaron Szabo to be Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=epw&filename=epw030525 7265 2025-03-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366822025-03-04 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336682 Confirmation hearing for Jayanta Bhattacharya to lead NIH The Senate HELP Committee met to consider the nomination of Dr. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help030525 8410 2025-03-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366832025-03-04 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336683 Hearings to examine stemming the tide of antisemitism in America The Senate Judiciary Committee held this hearing to examine rising antisemitism in the United States, particularly on college campuses, following the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel and its aftermath. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary030525 10045 2025-03-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366872025-03-04 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336687 Hearings to examine reforming SBIR-STTR for the 21st century The Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship held this hearing to examine reforms needed before the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs expire at the end of the fiscal year. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=smbiz&filename=smbiz030525 7005 2025-03-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366932025-03-04 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336693 Committee authorizes subpoena vote on Massport airport records dispute The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee met to consider authorizing subpoenas for records from the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) and NewPoint Strategies, LLC, related to two separate investigations: the sheltering of illegal immigrants at Logan International Airport and a federally funded diversity training contract. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce030525 5005 2025-03-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179012026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/snc9Um41UVM/hqdefault.jpg Future of FEMA: Perspectives from the Emergency Management Community The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology held its first hearing of the 119th Congress to gather feedback from state emergency management officials, a former FEMA deputy administrator, and an emergency management association on how FEMA should be reformed, informing President Trump's newly created FEMA Review Council. https://www.youtube.com/embed/snc9Um41UVM 6625 2025-03-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179022026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/PMnpXOy32lg/hqdefault.jpg The Digital Battlefield: How Terrorists Use the Internet and Online Networks for Recruitment and Radicalization The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence held its first hearing of the 119th Congress to examine how foreign terrorist organizations like ISIS, domestic extremists, and other actors use the internet, social media, gaming platforms, and generative AI to recruit and radicalize individuals, including juveniles. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PMnpXOy32lg 6495 2025-03-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179312026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/csqsknkWbhc/hqdefault.jpg House and Senate VSO Joint Hearing: VFW and Multi-VSO Legislative Priorities This joint hearing of the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees was the final of three annual VSO legislative presentation hearings, held to receive testimony on the legislative priorities of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (Panel 1) and six additional veteran service organizations — Paralyzed Veterans of America, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Student Veterans of America, Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, the Elizabeth Dole Foundation, and the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans (Panel 2). https://www.youtube.com/embed/csqsknkWbhc 10559 2025-03-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179362026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/tG_Vonj9Rh0/hqdefault.jpg America Builds: Air Traffic Control System Infrastructure and Staffing The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation held this hearing to examine the FAA's aging air traffic control infrastructure and chronic controller/technician staffing shortages, in the wake of the January 29, 2025 midair collision between American Airlines Flight 5342 and a Army Black Hawk (PAT 25) near Reagan National Airport that killed 67 people. https://www.youtube.com/embed/tG_Vonj9Rh0 13996 2025-03-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179682026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/g6n3TcCoh6s/hqdefault.jpg Member Day Hearing The Committee on House Administration held its 119th Congress "Member Day" hearing, inviting colleagues to testify on legislation and issues they wanted the committee to consider, including election administration, member office resources, congressional stock trading, and the federal workforce. https://www.youtube.com/embed/g6n3TcCoh6s 3808 2025-03-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179702026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/4KVctjiqbwo/hqdefault.jpg Building Our Future: Increasing Housing Supply in America The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance held this hearing, its first of the 119th Congress, to examine why the United States is not building enough homes to meet demand and what role federal, state, and local regulation plays in driving up housing costs. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4KVctjiqbwo 7971 2025-03-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179712026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/6hs4mnINwN4/hqdefault.jpg The Right to Self Defense The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance held this hearing to examine self-defense rights under the Second Amendment, including firearms and knives, and to consider Chairman Andy Biggs's Knife Owners Protection Act (COPA). https://www.youtube.com/embed/6hs4mnINwN4 8812 2025-03-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179722026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/8vAm0OSKWWY/hqdefault.jpg Task Force on Monetary Policy, Treasury Market Resilience, and Economic Prosperity: Examining Monetary Policy and Economic Opportunity The newly formed House Financial Services Task Force on Monetary Policy, Treasury Market Resilience, and Economic Prosperity held its first hearing to examine how the Federal Reserve's monetary policy tools, balance sheet growth, and framework review affect economic opportunity for Americans. https://www.youtube.com/embed/8vAm0OSKWWY 8093 2025-03-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179732026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/hw3_YaCMSJY/hqdefault.jpg The State of the Livestock Industry: Producer Perspectives The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry held this hearing to gather producer perspectives on the state of the livestock industry, including the ongoing highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak, California's Proposition 12, USDA staffing cuts, and newly imposed tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China. https://www.youtube.com/embed/hw3_YaCMSJY 8234 2025-03-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179742026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/tttopOFlHbs/hqdefault.jpg Legislative Reforms to End Lawfare by State and Local Prosecutors The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government held this hearing to examine legislative proposals — centered on Rep. https://www.youtube.com/embed/tttopOFlHbs 10541 2025-03-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179762026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/1X5zFL_T81Q/hqdefault.jpg Leveraging Technology to Strengthen Immigration Enforcement The House Oversight Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation held this hearing to examine how technologies — facial recognition, GPS monitoring, data analytics, and AI — could help ICE identify, track, and remove illegal aliens, and to review technology failures and successes under the prior administration. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1X5zFL_T81Q 6175 2025-03-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179892026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ObM0h9e4Roo/hqdefault.jpg Moving the Goalposts: How NIL is Reshaping College Athletics The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade held this hearing (March 4, 2025) to examine how name, image, and likeness (NIL) compensation, the transfer portal, and the pending House v. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ObM0h9e4Roo 11719 2025-03-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179902026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/v7cRLaX7BDg/hqdefault.jpg Twelve Pieces of Legislation The House Energy and Commerce Committee held its first legislative markup of the 119th Congress to consider twelve bipartisan bills, most of which had previously passed the House in the prior Congress. https://www.youtube.com/embed/v7cRLaX7BDg 2910 2025-03-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366402025-03-03 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336640 VFW and Multi-VSO Legislative Priorities and V.A. Staffing Cuts This joint hearing of the Senate and House Committees on Veterans' Affairs was the final of a series held with veteran service organizations to hear their 2025 legislative priorities. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=vetaff&filename=vetaff030425 11526 2025-03-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366812025-03-03 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336681 Hearings to examine the nomination of Elbridge Colby, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Policy The Senate Armed Services Committee convened this hearing to consider the nomination of Elbridge Colby to be Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, a role overseeing the Pentagon's strategy and policy formulation. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA030425 10938 2025-03-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366842025-03-03 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336684 Confirmation hearing for Deputy Secretary of State and NATO Ambassador nominees The Senate Foreign Relations Committee met to consider three State Department nominations: Christopher Landau for Deputy Secretary of State, Michael Rigas for Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources, and Matthew Whitaker for U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign030425 10536 2025-03-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1177882026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/tD6gcBMmpVU/hqdefault.jpg Rules Committee sets floor debate for three regulatory disapproval resolutions The House Rules Committee met to grant floor rules for three Congressional Review Act resolutions: H.J. https://www.youtube.com/embed/tD6gcBMmpVU 5965 2025-03-03 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179182026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/1b0o7TaNJfI/hqdefault.jpg American Indian and Alaska Native Public Witness Hearing The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies held the third and final day of public witness hearings on American Indian and Alaska Native programs, hearing from nearly 100 tribes and tribal organizations across roughly two dozen witness panels. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1b0o7TaNJfI 15285 2025-02-27 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179512026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/_2HW0hW8d-s/hqdefault.jpg Protecting Victims of Human Trafficking and Online Exploitation The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance held its first hearing of the 119th Congress on human trafficking and online exploitation, examining pending bills such as the Trafficking Survivors Relief Act, the Gracie Act, and the Restoring Hope Act, alongside the impact of a Trump administration funding freeze on anti-trafficking service providers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_2HW0hW8d-s 8303 2025-02-27 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366612025-02-27 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336661 Bradbury nomination markup and Senate hearing on cargo theft The Senate Commerce Committee first met in executive session to vote on the nomination of Steven Bradbury to be Deputy Secretary of Transportation and a Coast Guard promotion list, then convened the Surface Transportation, Maritime, Freight, and Ports Subcommittee to examine the rise of cargo theft nationwide and hear proposals for federal action, including the Safeguard Our Supply Chains Act and the Household Goods Shipping Consumer Protection Act. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce022725 6701 2025-02-27 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178262026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/nY5GhJB0HKY/hqdefault.jpg House T&I Committee markup: five bills including gas cylinder and disaster grants The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure held a markup session to consider its 119th Congress authorization and oversight plan alongside five measures: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/nY5GhJB0HKY 3868 2025-02-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178862026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/en06jhBbgdA/hqdefault.jpg Unleashing America's Workforce and Strengthening Our Economy The House Committee on Education and Workforce held this hearing, titled "Unleashing America's Workforce and Strengthening Our Economy," on February 26, 2025, to review labor-market and regulatory policy from the Biden administration and debate the incoming Trump administration's approach to jobs, taxes, and regulation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/en06jhBbgdA 11434 2025-02-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178982026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/oSMWl8e2BT0/hqdefault.jpg House and Senate VSO Joint Hearing: American Legion and Multi-VSO Legislative Priorities The House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees held a joint hearing to receive the legislative priorities of the American Legion and, on a second panel, a coalition of veterans service organizations, for the 119th Congress. https://www.youtube.com/embed/oSMWl8e2BT0 11599 2025-02-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179002026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/AqqRyPm6SHY/hqdefault.jpg House Homeland Security Committee Markup: Oversight Plan, Cyber PIVOTT Act, and Two Resolutions of Inquiry The House Committee on Homeland Security met to mark up its 119th Congress authorization and oversight plan, H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/AqqRyPm6SHY 15045 2025-02-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179162026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/B42JtfPli4A/hqdefault.jpg American Indian and Alaska Native Public Witness Hearing The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies held the second day of its public witness hearings on American Indian and Alaska Native programs, hearing from tribal leaders across the country on funding priorities for fiscal year 2026. https://www.youtube.com/embed/B42JtfPli4A 9561 2025-02-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179172026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/9oxHRomWlXQ/hqdefault.jpg American Indian and Alaska Native Public Witness Hearing The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies held the second of three days of public witness hearings on tribal programs, hearing from sixteen tribal leaders across the country on funding needs for Indian Health Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs law enforcement, education, housing, and natural resources. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9oxHRomWlXQ 7853 2025-02-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179202026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZWfHxEohezM/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Hearing – Federal Bureau of Prisons The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies held its first hearing of the 119th Congress to conduct oversight of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, examining chronic correctional-officer staffing shortages, a $3 billion facility repair backlog, and the bureau's new agreement to house ICE detainees. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZWfHxEohezM 6804 2025-02-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179262026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/fddbTWHJSzw/hqdefault.jpg Fostering American Innovation: Insights into SBIR and STTR Programs The House Small Business Committee, joined by members of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, held this hearing to examine the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs ahead of their September 30, 2025 reauthorization deadline. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fddbTWHJSzw 8423 2025-02-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179292026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/dqtWf5AVqlY/hqdefault.jpg Examining the Biden Administration's Energy and Environment Spending Push The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations convened this hearing (February 26, 2025) to examine how the EPA and Department of Energy distributed tens of billions of dollars under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), including grants to newly formed organizations and a rapid surge of DOE loan closures in the final months of the Biden administration. https://www.youtube.com/embed/dqtWf5AVqlY 7223 2025-02-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179332026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/AShz3qUez40/hqdefault.jpg The Future of American Capital: Strengthening Public and Private Markets by Increasing Investor Access and Facilitating Capital Formation The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets held its first hearing of the 119th Congress to examine roughly three dozen legislative proposals aimed at expanding access to capital by loosening rules on accredited investors, crowdfunding, business development companies (BDCs), and public-company disclosure burdens. https://www.youtube.com/embed/AShz3qUez40 9292 2025-02-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179342026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/jFtWrkczeDo/hqdefault.jpg An Examination of How Reining in PBMs Will Drive Competition and Lower Costs for Patients The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held this hearing to examine how pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) affect drug pricing, independent pharmacy viability, and patient access, building on bipartisan PBM reforms — including Medicare Part D delinking, commercial market transparency, and a Medicaid spread-pricing ban — that were negotiated last Congress but dropped from the December 2024 continuing resolution. https://www.youtube.com/embed/jFtWrkczeDo 11569 2025-02-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179372026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/g9jC5ZAzBvk/hqdefault.jpg Federal Investments in Elementary Education The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education met to examine whether federal K-12 funding improves student outcomes and to discuss expanding school choice, against the backdrop of falling NAEP scores and the Trump administration's cuts to Department of Education staff, contracts, and possible elimination of the department. https://www.youtube.com/embed/g9jC5ZAzBvk 8692 2025-02-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179482026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/7G1FnLkvFdk/hqdefault.jpg Leading the Charge: Opportunities to Strengthen America’s Energy Reliability The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs held its first hearing of the 119th Congress to examine America's electricity reliability, growing power demand from AI and data centers, and the role of federal permitting and regulation in energy development. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7G1FnLkvFdk 6625 2025-02-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179492026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/HpJmCt17KsA/hqdefault.jpg Step by Step: The Artemis Program and NASA's Path To Human Exploration of the Moon, Mars, and Beyond The Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics held its first hearing of the 119th Congress to examine NASA's Artemis program, its architecture for returning astronauts to the Moon, and the incremental "Moon to Mars" path Congress has directed since 2005. https://www.youtube.com/embed/HpJmCt17KsA 7733 2025-02-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179502026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/NOJ-91U3ABI/hqdefault.jpg America Last: How Foreign Aid Undermined U.S. Interests Around the World The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency held this hearing to examine allegations of waste, fraud, and abuse in U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NOJ-91U3ABI 7913 2025-02-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179532026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/oqTzfEcVOP8/hqdefault.jpg Strengthening America's Defense Industrial Base, Workforce and Production Lines to Deter War The House Armed Services Committee held its second hearing of the 119th Congress to examine the health of the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/oqTzfEcVOP8 12468 2025-02-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179562026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/MQTdy0XNMBs/hqdefault.jpg House Judiciary marks up DUI, Hamas, and free-speech immigration bills The House Judiciary Committee met to markup four items: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/MQTdy0XNMBs 23647 2025-02-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179592026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/MiTe9nd_2eI/hqdefault.jpg The Role of Special Operations in Great Power Competition The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations convened this hearing to examine how U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/MiTe9nd_2eI 4936 2025-02-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179692026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/b27upp1FGpk/hqdefault.jpg Markup of H.R. 1491, H.R. 517, and H.J.Res. 25 The House Ways and Means Committee met to mark up two bipartisan bills easing tax filing deadlines and refund look-back periods for natural disaster victims (H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/b27upp1FGpk 12348 2025-02-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366302025-02-26 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336630 American Legion and VSOs present 2025 legislative priorities to Congress This joint hearing of the House and Senate Committees on Veterans' Affairs was the annual forum for veteran service organizations to present their legislative priorities for the 119th Congress. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=vetaff&filename=vetaff022625 11411 2025-02-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366432025-02-26 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336643 Hearings to examine Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act implementation and case studies The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee met to conduct oversight of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) ahead of its September 2026 expiration, hearing from state, contractor, and city witnesses about which provisions are working and which need reform as the committee begins work on the next surface transportation reauthorization [0:17:30]. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=epw&filename=epw022625 6972 2025-02-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366452025-02-26 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336645 Hearings to examine combating the opioid epidemic The Senate Special Committee on Aging held this hearing to examine how the opioid epidemic is affecting older Americans — both as overdose victims and as grandparents forced into caregiving for grandchildren orphaned or endangered by addiction. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=aging&filename=aging022625 7520 2025-02-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366462025-02-26 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336646 Nominations of Sauer for Solicitor General, Dhillon and Reitz for Assistant Attorney General The Senate Judiciary Committee met to consider three Department of Justice nominations: John Sauer to be Solicitor General, Harmeet Dhillon to be Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, and Aaron Reitz to be Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy [0:15:31]. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary022625 9635 2025-02-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366472025-02-26 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336647 Hearings to examine perspectives from the field, focusing on farmer and rancher views on the agricultural economy The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee held the second in a series of hearings gathering perspectives from producers as members work toward a five-year farm bill. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=ag&filename=ag022625 10793 2025-02-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366492025-02-26 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336649 Hearings to examine managing risk for the long-term in the 7(a) loan program, focusing on hearing from lenders The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee held this hearing to examine rising default rates and financial stability in the SBA's 7(a) loan program following underwriting and eligibility changes made in 2023, and to hear from community lenders about how to manage risk while preserving access to capital. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=smbiz&filename=smbiz022625 5770 2025-02-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366512025-02-26 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336651 Hearings to examine interdicting illicit drug trafficking, focusing on a view from the front lines The Senate Commerce Committee held this hearing, titled "A View from the Front Lines," to examine fentanyl and drug trafficking through maritime borders, ports of entry, and domestic transportation networks, and to hear from a family member of a fentanyl poisoning victim, a local police chief, and federal officials from the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the Coast Guard, and Customs and Border Protection. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce022625 9216 2025-02-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366522025-02-26 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336652 Hearings to examine bipartisan legislative frameworks for digital assets The newly created Senate Banking Subcommittee on Digital Assets held its inaugural hearing to examine bipartisan legislative frameworks for digital assets, focusing on stablecoin regulation (the GENIUS Act) and market structure legislation distinguishing securities from commodities. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=banking&filename=banking022625 7008 2025-02-26 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1172142026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/w0lxTsG9fI0/hqdefault.jpg American Indian and Alaska Native Public Witness Hearing The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies held the first of three public witness days dedicated to American Indian and Alaska Native programs, hearing from a record roughly 98–100 tribes and tribal organizations. https://www.youtube.com/embed/w0lxTsG9fI0 11032 2025-02-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178252026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/jti9bLHLY3s/hqdefault.jpg Promoting and Improving Safety and Efficient Pipeline Infrastructure The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials met to examine reauthorization of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) and to review proposals from last Congress's bipartisan pipeline safety bill (H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/jti9bLHLY3s 9082 2025-02-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178702026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/wv1VGrgBusg/hqdefault.jpg FY26 Members' Day The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense held an open "Members' Day" hearing to let members of the House testify on their funding priorities for the fiscal year 2026 Department of Defense Appropriations Act. https://www.youtube.com/embed/wv1VGrgBusg 661 2025-02-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178952026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/LS3ZHezBGZc/hqdefault.jpg Missed Milestones: Evaluating The Last Four Years in the EAP Region and Unseized Opportunities Under President Trump The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific held its first hearing of the 119th Congress to review the Biden administration's four years of policy toward East Asia and the Pacific and to identify opportunities for the incoming Trump administration on China, alliances, trade, and human rights. https://www.youtube.com/embed/LS3ZHezBGZc 6715 2025-02-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178972026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZPAoZQ2mXpg/hqdefault.jpg House and Senate VSO Joint Hearing: Disabled American Veterans and Multi-VSO Legislative Priorities The House and Senate Committees on Veterans' Affairs held their annual joint hearing to receive testimony from veterans service organizations on their 2025 legislative priorities. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZPAoZQ2mXpg 10610 2025-02-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178992026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/bgPglVbr7u8/hqdefault.jpg VA accountability, gun-report, health access bills amid VA firings dispute The House Committee on Veterans' Affairs held a legislative hearing on February 25, 2025, to consider five measures: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/bgPglVbr7u8 8722 2025-02-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179132026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ut_Q2qbkcmg/hqdefault.jpg Examining Policies to Counter China The House Financial Services Committee held this hearing to examine U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ut_Q2qbkcmg 14686 2025-02-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179142026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/1XCYX52Cw_g/hqdefault.jpg American Indian and Alaska Native Public Witness Hearing The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies held its second public witness hearing on American Indian and Alaska Native programs, taking testimony from tribal leaders across the country on fiscal year 2026 funding priorities. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1XCYX52Cw_g 9110 2025-02-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179192026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/erXQ4kIIQeE/hqdefault.jpg Justice Delayed: The Crisis of Undermanned Federal Courts The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet held this hearing to examine the shortage of federal judgeships and the prospects for reviving the JUDGES Act, a bipartisan bill to add new federal judgeships that passed both chambers last Congress but was vetoed by President Biden. https://www.youtube.com/embed/erXQ4kIIQeE 7494 2025-02-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179212026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/FM9fW5d4P6g/hqdefault.jpg Oversight Hearing - State of the Civil Works Program The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held this oversight hearing to examine the state of the Army Corps of Engineers' civil works program, focusing on recurring cost overruns, schedule delays, engineering shortfalls, and contracting challenges across major projects nationwide. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FM9fW5d4P6g 5779 2025-02-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179222026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/wlw2NP72M3I/hqdefault.jpg The Government Accountability Office’s 2025 High Risk List The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee convened this hearing on February 25, 2025 to review the Government Accountability Office's 2025 High-Risk List, a biennial report identifying federal programs vulnerable to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement. https://www.youtube.com/embed/wlw2NP72M3I 11659 2025-02-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179232026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/TW3NSVcMXp8/hqdefault.jpg ‘Subject to the Jurisdiction Thereof’: Birthright Citizenship and the Fourteenth Amendment The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government held this hearing to examine the original meaning of the 14th Amendment's citizenship clause and its bearing on President Trump's executive order seeking to end automatic birthright citizenship for children of undocumented and temporary immigrants. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TW3NSVcMXp8 9651 2025-02-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179242026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/8pFW2ElbjcQ/hqdefault.jpg Entering the Golden Age: Ending the Weaponization of the Justice Department The newly formed House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight held its first hearing to examine claims that the Biden-era Department of Justice was politically weaponized against conservatives, including prosecutions of Donald Trump and pro-life activists, while Democrats used the hearing to argue the Trump administration's early actions—particularly the Eric Adams case—constitute weaponization instead. https://www.youtube.com/embed/8pFW2ElbjcQ 9471 2025-02-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179302026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/fcc309beWdY/hqdefault.jpg Emerging Global Threats: Putting America’s National Security First The newly formed Subcommittee on Military and Foreign Affairs held its first hearing to examine emerging global threats, including China, Russia, Iran, cyberattacks, terrorism, and border security, and to assess whether U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fcc309beWdY 5846 2025-02-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179322026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/eqzbgwun9cU/hqdefault.jpg American Trade Enforcement Priorities The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade held its first hearing of the 119th Congress to examine trade enforcement priorities as the Trump administration begins reviewing US trade policy under the America First Trade Policy memorandum. https://www.youtube.com/embed/eqzbgwun9cU 9443 2025-02-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179522026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/IcG5UPN0dIg/hqdefault.jpg Committee on House Administration Full Committee Markup The Committee on House Administration met to consider its oversight and authorization plan for the 119th Congress, covering House operations, Capitol security, and legislative branch oversight. https://www.youtube.com/embed/IcG5UPN0dIg 601 2025-02-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179542026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/PhgY2TGWu3I/hqdefault.jpg the Full Committee to Consider the Following: 1) Authorization & Oversight Plan of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform met to mark up and adopt its authorization and oversight plan for the 119th Congress, a document required at the start of each Congress that sets the committee's investigative priorities. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PhgY2TGWu3I 7000 2025-02-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1179552026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/TI17uvYqECc/hqdefault.jpg Full Committee Markup The House Energy and Commerce Committee met to consider and adopt its authorization and oversight plan for the 119th Congress, a rules-required roadmap for the committee's oversight priorities. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TI17uvYqECc 28800 2025-02-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366292025-02-25 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336629 Joint hearing on American Legion legislative priorities for veterans The House and Senate Committees on Veterans' Affairs held their annual joint hearing to receive testimony on the 119th Congress legislative priorities of the American Legion, followed by a second panel of veterans service organizations including Jewish War Veterans, Minority Veterans of America, and Wounded Warrior Project. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=vetaff&filename=vetaff022625 11411 2025-02-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366422025-02-25 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336642 Senate Commerce hearing on OSTP and FTC nominees Kratsios and Meador The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a nomination hearing for Michael Kratsios, nominated to be Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), and Mark Meador, nominated to be a Federal Trade Commissioner. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce022525 9011 2025-02-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366442025-02-25 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336644 Hearings to examine the nomination of Stephen Feinberg, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of Defense The Senate Armed Services Committee met to consider the nomination of Stephen Feinberg, of New York, to serve as Deputy Secretary of Defense. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA022525 10044 2025-02-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178962026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/PeHOdppZ7PE/hqdefault.jpg From Reset to Rollout: Can the VA EHRM Program Finally Deliver? The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization held this hearing to examine the status of VA's Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) program with Oracle, ahead of planned deployments at four Michigan VA medical centers (Ann Arbor, Battle Creek, Detroit, and Saginaw) beginning in mid-2026. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PeHOdppZ7PE 6715 2025-02-24 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366312025-02-20 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336631 Business meeting to consider the nomination of Linda McMahon, of Connecticut, to be Secretary of Education, and other pending calendar business The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee met to hold a business meeting, primarily to vote on advancing Linda McMahon's nomination to be Secretary of Education, along with other pending calendar business. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help022025 1926 2025-02-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366332025-02-20 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336633 Judiciary Committee marks up HALT Fentanyl Act, debates amendments The Senate Judiciary Committee met to consider S.331, the HALT Fentanyl Act, which would permanently schedule fentanyl-related substances, and to formally hold over the nominations of Todd Blanche and Abigail Slater at the minority's request. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary022025 5258 2025-02-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366352025-02-20 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336635 Research security risks from foreign nationals at DOE National Laboratories The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee convened this hearing to examine research security risks posed by foreign nationals from "countries of risk" — particularly China — working at the Department of Energy's 17 National Laboratories, and to discuss mitigation steps. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=energy&filename=energy022025 7089 2025-02-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366362025-02-20 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336636 Hearings to examine the nomination of Steven Bradbury, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Transportation The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee met to consider the nomination of Steven Bradbury, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Transportation. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce022025 7880 2025-02-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366192025-02-19 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336619 Hearings to examine improving the Federal environmental review and permitting processes The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held this hearing to examine how the federal environmental review and permitting process — governed by NEPA, the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, and the Endangered Species Act — could be modernized to reduce delays and costs for energy, housing, and infrastructure projects. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=epw&filename=epw021925 7399 2025-02-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366212025-02-19 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336621 Hearings to examine the nomination of Paul Lawrence, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee convened this hearing (February 19, 2025) to consider the nomination of Paul Lawrence, who previously served as VA Under Secretary for Benefits from 2018-2021, to be Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=vetaff&filename=vetaff021925 8120 2025-02-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366252025-02-13 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336625 Hearings to examine spectrum auction delays The Senate Commerce Committee first adopted its 119th Congress budget resolution by unanimous consent, then held a hearing examining whether and how to restore FCC spectrum auction authority — lapsed since March 2023 — and open more spectrum for commercial 5G/6G use while protecting Department of Defense capabilities. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce021925 8266 2025-02-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366262025-02-18 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336626 Business meeting to consider an original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee during the 119th Congress The Senate Commerce Committee first adopted its organizing budget resolution for the 119th Congress, then held a hearing on spectrum policy, focused on restoring the FCC's lapsed spectrum auction authority and Chair Cruz's Spectrum Pipeline Act. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce021925 8266 2025-02-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366282025-02-18 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336628 Hearings to examine children's safety in the digital era, focusing on strengthening protections and addressing legal gaps The Senate Judiciary Committee held this hearing to examine children's safety online, focusing on strengthening legal protections and closing gaps in Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act that shield tech platforms from liability. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary021925 8252 2025-02-19 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178892026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/s5Rsw0n30sk/hqdefault.jpg The USAID Betrayal The House Foreign Affairs Committee met to examine allegations of wasteful and ideologically driven USAID spending and to discuss the Trump administration's rapid pause and reorganization of the agency, undertaken alongside Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). https://www.youtube.com/embed/s5Rsw0n30sk 16993 2025-02-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178942026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Ti6g_gVog8s/hqdefault.jpg The Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2025 The House Budget Committee held a markup of the fiscal year 2025 concurrent budget resolution, the vehicle for a Republican reconciliation package extending the 2017 tax cuts and setting spending-cut instructions for authorizing committees. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ti6g_gVog8s 28800 2025-02-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366062025-02-12 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336606 Senate hearing scrutinizes USAID spending and foreign aid waste The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee first held a brief business meeting to adopt a resolution authorizing committee funding for the 119th Congress, then convened a hearing to examine alleged waste and mismanagement at USAID and the broader foreign aid bureaucracy. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=govtaff&filename=govtaff021325 7516 2025-02-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366102025-02-12 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336610 Hearings to examine the nomination of Linda McMahon, of Connecticut, to be Secretary of Education The Senate HELP Committee convened this hearing on February 13, 2025, to consider the nomination of Linda McMahon to serve as U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help021325 9920 2025-02-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366112025-02-12 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336611 Northern and Southern Command posture on border, missile defense, China The Senate Armed Services Committee held this posture hearing to review the fiscal year 2026 defense authorization request for U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA021325 8118 2025-02-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366122025-02-12 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336612 Judiciary Committee votes to advance Kash Patel's FBI Director nomination The Senate Judiciary Committee met to consider two items: S.331 (fentanyl-related substances scheduling), which was held over to the next meeting, and the nomination of Kash Patel to be Director of the FBI, which had been held for a week by Democrats under committee rules. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary021325 10268 2025-02-13 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178242026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/HN3jflS3jdc/hqdefault.jpg America Builds: A Review of Programs to Address Roadway Safety The Subcommittee on Highways and Transit met to review Department of Transportation roadway safety programs — including the Highway Safety Improvement Program, Safe Streets and Roads for All, and NHTSA's Section 402/405 behavioral safety grants — as members prepare the next surface transportation reauthorization bill. https://www.youtube.com/embed/HN3jflS3jdc 11008 2025-02-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178622026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/jExEcIjFzt8/hqdefault.jpg Committee markup of five education bills on foreign influence and school milk The House Education and Workforce Committee met to mark up five bills: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/jExEcIjFzt8 19431 2025-02-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178662026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/DrQcwxwr57Q/hqdefault.jpg Roles and Responsibilities: Evaluating VA Community Care The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health held this oversight hearing to examine the roles and responsibilities of the VA, third-party administrators (TriWest and OptumServe), and community providers in administering the Veterans Community Care Program (VCCP), following a prior full-committee hearing where veterans described access problems. https://www.youtube.com/embed/DrQcwxwr57Q 8902 2025-02-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178762026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/TAhXH7O-k1Q/hqdefault.jpg Driving Economic Growth: SBA Lending Programs and the Vital Role of Community Banks The House Small Business Committee held this hearing to examine how SBA capital-access programs — the 7(a) loan guarantee program, the 504 CDC program, the Community Advantage program, and the microloan program — are used by community banks, credit unions, and community development financial institutions to reach small businesses, and to hear concerns about regulatory burdens including the CFPB's Section 1071 data-collection rule and beneficial ownership reporting. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TAhXH7O-k1Q 9172 2025-02-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178802026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/jWi8_rGKeo8/hqdefault.jpg The Federal Reserve's Semi-Annual Monetary Policy Report The House Financial Services Committee held its statutory hearing on the Federal Reserve's semiannual monetary policy report, with Chairman Jerome Powell as the sole witness. https://www.youtube.com/embed/jWi8_rGKeo8 12049 2025-02-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178812026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/xNPo5Qog_Zo/hqdefault.jpg The Censorship-Industrial Complex The House Judiciary Committee held this hearing to revisit the "censorship-industrial complex" — alleged coordination between federal agencies, government contractors, and social media platforms to suppress speech — featuring Twitter Files journalists and free-press advocates. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xNPo5Qog_Zo 18342 2025-02-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178822026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/mnkppvqUnuk/hqdefault.jpg Career Ready Students: Innovations from Community Colleges and the Private Sector The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies held this hearing to examine how community colleges and private-sector partnerships prepare students for careers and maximize their return on investment in postsecondary education. https://www.youtube.com/embed/mnkppvqUnuk 8877 2025-02-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178842026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/9Gba38UQ8zA/hqdefault.jpg AI in Manufacturing: Securing American Leadership in Manufacturing and the Next Generation of Technologies The Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee held its first hearing of the 119th Congress to examine how artificial intelligence — distinguishing "industrial AI" from consumer AI — is transforming American manufacturing, supply chains, and workforce needs. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9Gba38UQ8zA 11691 2025-02-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178872026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/1jswfMkrEv4/hqdefault.jpg The War on Waste: Stamping Out the Scourge of Improper Payments and Fraud The newly formed House Oversight Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency held its first hearing to examine improper payments and fraud in federal benefit programs, framed by Chair Marjorie Taylor Greene as part of a "war on waste" tied to the $36+ trillion national debt [0:12:37]. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1jswfMkrEv4 7913 2025-02-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178882026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZwD5cDErMlQ/hqdefault.jpg Full Committee Hearing, "Part 2: Committee Funding for the 119th Congress This was the second day of hearings by the Committee on House Administration, chaired by Rep. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZwD5cDErMlQ 9741 2025-02-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178912026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Oz8_0WquoIA/hqdefault.jpg Protecting American Interests in a Convergent Global Threat Environment The House Armed Services Committee held its first hearing of the 119th Congress to examine what Chairman Mike Rogers called the most challenging threat environment since World War II, driven by deepening cooperation among China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Oz8_0WquoIA 13038 2025-02-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178922026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/TE3qUKpLQdc/hqdefault.jpg From Transformative Science to Technological Breakthroughs: DOE’s National Laboratories The House Science Subcommittee on Energy held this hearing to examine the DOE's 17 National Laboratories, including their scientific breakthroughs, funding under the CHIPS and Science Act, research security, and emerging technology work in AI, fusion, and advanced nuclear reactors. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TE3qUKpLQdc 7464 2025-02-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178932026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Anlpcd_lLZo/hqdefault.jpg Markup of H.R. 1155, H.R. 997, H.R. 998, H.R. 1152, and H.R. 1156 The House Ways and Means Committee met to mark up five bipartisan tax administration bills: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Anlpcd_lLZo 19083 2025-02-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3365952025-02-11 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336595 Hearings to examine advancing carbon capture, utilization and sequestration technologies and ensuring effective implementation of the USE IT Act The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee convened this hearing to examine implementation of the USE IT Act, focusing on delays in Class VI well permitting and interagency task forces meant to accelerate carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration (CCUS) deployment. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=epw&filename=epw021225 5625 2025-02-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366042025-02-12 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336604 Confirmation hearing for Deputy Attorney General and Antitrust chief nominees The Senate Judiciary Committee convened to consider the nominations of Todd Blanche to be Deputy Attorney General and Abigail (Gail) Slater to be Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division, both at the Department of Justice. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary021225 12371 2025-02-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366052025-02-11 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336605 An oversight hearing to examine Native communities' priorities for the 119th Congress The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs convened this oversight hearing to open the 119th Congress by hearing directly from Native leaders about their priorities, continuing the committee's tradition of starting each Congress this way. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=indian&filename=indian021225 5677 2025-02-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366072025-02-11 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336607 Hearings to examine optimizing longevity from research to action The Senate Special Committee on Aging held this hearing to examine how research on healthy aging and longevity can be translated into public health action, focusing on nutrition, exercise, community design, and access to preventive care. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=aging&filename=aging021225 5834 2025-02-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366082025-02-11 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336608 Hearings to examine the Arctic and Greenland's geostrategic importance to U.S. interests The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held this hearing to examine the strategic, economic, and scientific importance of Greenland and the broader Arctic to U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce021225 9198 2025-02-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366092025-02-11 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336609 Committee markup of three SBA bills and 119th Congress committee rules The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee met to complete markup of legislation begun the prior week and to adopt committee rules for the 119th Congress. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=smbiz&filename=smbiz021225 3963 2025-02-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366172025-02-12 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336617 Senate Budget Committee markup of FY2025 budget resolution for reconciliation The Senate Budget Committee met to mark up an original concurrent budget resolution for fiscal year 2025 that would instruct committees to provide roughly $175 billion for border security, $150 billion for military spending, and $20 billion for the Coast Guard, offset by reconciliation-compliant mandatory spending cuts, as a first step toward a Republican reconciliation bill. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=budget&filename=budget021225 28800 2025-02-12 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178232026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/fggichn6QvM/hqdefault.jpg America Builds: Clean Water Act Permitting and Project Delivery The Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment held this hearing, part of the committee's "America Builds" series, to examine how Clean Water Act permitting — particularly Section 401 certification, Section 404 dredge-and-fill permits, and Section 402 NPDES permits — affects the pace and cost of infrastructure, energy, and manufacturing projects. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fggichn6QvM 10251 2025-02-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178492026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/-0mGRoa2u-U/hqdefault.jpg Examining the PRC's Strategic Port Investments in the Western Hemisphere and the Implications for Homeland Security, Part I The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security held this hearing to examine investments by Chinese state-owned and state-linked firms — including COSCO, China Merchants, and Hutchison Ports — in ports across Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly at the Panama Canal, and what these investments mean for U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-0mGRoa2u-U 5725 2025-02-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178592026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ysE36SKSvNc/hqdefault.jpg Bureaucratic Barriers: Making VBA Education Services Work for Veterans and not the Bureaucracy The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity held its first hearing of the 119th Congress to examine bureaucratic inefficiencies in VA's Education Service, including the troubled digital GI Bill rollout, risk-based surveys of schools, and the pending Rudisill decision claims review affecting over a million veterans and dependents. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ysE36SKSvNc 4860 2025-02-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178692026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/BWu-FM_s4rE/hqdefault.jpg Reining in the Administrative State: Regulatory and Administrative Law Reform The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust held this hearing to examine proposals for reforming federal regulatory and administrative law, including bills like the REINS Act, and to hear testimony from entrepreneurs and legal scholars on the costs of regulatory accumulation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/BWu-FM_s4rE 7254 2025-02-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178712026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/_dROkjgDGyU/hqdefault.jpg Examining the Economic Crisis in Farm Country The House Committee on Agriculture held this hearing, its first of the 119th Congress, to examine falling commodity prices, high input costs, and the deteriorating financial condition of American farms, and to build the case for a new five-year farm bill. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_dROkjgDGyU 16813 2025-02-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178722026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/XLKGOdpJ10c/hqdefault.jpg A Golden Age of Digital Assets: Charting a Path Forward The Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence held its first hearing of the 119th Congress to examine legislative options for regulating stablecoins and digital asset market structure. https://www.youtube.com/embed/XLKGOdpJ10c 9983 2025-02-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178742026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/faSIuhFpYL0/hqdefault.jpg Full Committee Hearing: "Part 1: Committee Funding for the 119th Congress The Committee on House Administration convened this hearing (February 11, 2025) as the first of a two-day series in which chairs and ranking members of eleven House committees testified in support of their proposed budgets for the 119th Congress. https://www.youtube.com/embed/faSIuhFpYL0 16064 2025-02-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178772026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/kT4xOWobyXU/hqdefault.jpg IRS Return on Investment and the Need for Modernization The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight held this first hearing of the 119th Congress to examine the Internal Revenue Service's return on investment from the roughly $80 billion in Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funding and the state of IRS technology modernization. https://www.youtube.com/embed/kT4xOWobyXU 9499 2025-02-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178782026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/RyXeh7ho6t4/hqdefault.jpg Modernizing American Health Care: Creating Healthy Options and Better Incentives The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health held this hearing to examine tools for preventing and managing chronic disease — employer wellness incentives, health savings accounts, multi-cancer early detection screening, and direct primary care — while hearing from witnesses in insurance, oncology, small-business benefits consulting, and health-policy advocacy. https://www.youtube.com/embed/RyXeh7ho6t4 9669 2025-02-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178792026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/oh_5O0ZFqS4/hqdefault.jpg Examining the Growth of the Welfare State, Part I The House Oversight Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services held this hearing, the first in a planned series titled "Examining the Growth of the Welfare State," to review how the roughly 90 federal means-tested welfare programs have expanded since the 1960s and whether their benefit-phaseout structures discourage marriage and work. https://www.youtube.com/embed/oh_5O0ZFqS4 7554 2025-02-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366002025-02-11 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336600 Hearings to examine the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress, including S.257, to improve the resilience of critical supply chains The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee held its semiannual hearing (February 11, 2025) to receive Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's Monetary Policy Report to Congress. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=banking&filename=banking021125 9008 2025-02-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366152025-02-10 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336615 Committee adopts 2025 expenditure resolution and subcommittee assignments The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held its second organizational business meeting of the 119th Congress to formally adopt two items circulated in advance: a resolution authorizing committee expenditures and a roster of subcommittee chairs, ranking members, and assignments. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=energy&filename=energy021125 2139 2025-02-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3366182025-02-12 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336618 Business meeting to consider the nomination of Jamieson Greer, of Maryland, to be United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador The Senate Finance Committee met in executive session to consider the nomination of Jamieson Greer to serve as United States Trade Representative. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance021125 1498 2025-02-11 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1177862026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/SdYbvO9VAYk/hqdefault.jpg H.R. 77 - Midnight Rules Relief Act The House Rules Committee met to consider H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/SdYbvO9VAYk 4707 2025-02-10 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178222026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/bzHFhmfPbP8/hqdefault.jpg Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation held this hearing to examine counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS), including who should have authority to detect and mitigate drone threats, the technology available, and the status of a bipartisan bill (H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/bzHFhmfPbP8 11269 2025-02-06 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178532026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/yr00h69tYJ8/hqdefault.jpg VA First, Veteran Second: The Biden-Harris Legacy This hearing of the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations examined how the VA has handled employee accountability, misconduct investigations, and whistleblower protections in recent years, with Republicans citing cases at Buffalo, Hampton, Loma Linda, and Eastern Colorado as evidence of insufficient discipline and Democrats disputing that framing while raising concerns about the Trump administration's dismissal of the VA Inspector General and access to VA data by Elon Musk's team. https://www.youtube.com/embed/yr00h69tYJ8 5336 2025-02-06 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178572026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/LfFHBHVJilQ/hqdefault.jpg Combatting Existing and Emerging Illicit Drug Threats The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held this hearing to examine existing and emerging illicit drug threats — chiefly illicit fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances, xylazine, and nitazenes — ahead of a House floor vote the same day on the HALT Fentanyl Act, which would permanently schedule fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I. https://www.youtube.com/embed/LfFHBHVJilQ 13127 2025-02-06 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178582026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/9bReF1ri0OA/hqdefault.jpg Operation Choke Point 2.0: The Biden Administration’s Efforts to Put Crypto in the Crosshairs The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held this hearing to examine allegations that Biden administration banking regulators, particularly the FDIC, pressured banks to deny basic financial services to digital asset companies. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9bReF1ri0OA 7464 2025-02-06 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178602026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/AogfYThqgj4/hqdefault.jpg Time's Running Out: Prosecuting Fraudsters for Stealing Billions in Unemployment Benefits from American Workers The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Work and Welfare held this hearing to examine fraud in pandemic-era unemployment insurance (UI) programs and to press for extending the statute of limitations on CARES Act-related UI fraud prosecutions, which was set to expire March 27, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/embed/AogfYThqgj4 7229 2025-02-06 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178632026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/6-reyBinLCU/hqdefault.jpg Transgender Lab Rats and Poisoned Puppies: Oversight of Taxpayer Funded Animal Cruelty The House Oversight Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation held this hearing to examine taxpayer-funded animal experimentation, including experiments described by Chair Mace as forcing lab animals to undergo hormone therapies and surgeries to mimic gender transition, and to explore non-animal research alternatives. https://www.youtube.com/embed/6-reyBinLCU 5767 2025-02-06 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178642026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/-z_hWHN4JC4/hqdefault.jpg California Fires and the Consequences of Overregulation The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust held this hearing to examine whether California regulations on brush clearance, insurance, water infrastructure, and forest management contributed to the severity of the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, which burned over 57,000 acres, destroyed 16,000 structures, and killed 28 people. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-z_hWHN4JC4 8752 2025-02-06 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3365892025-02-05 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336589 Hearings to examine the nomination of Jamieson Greer, of Maryland, to be United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador The Senate Finance Committee convened this hearing to consider the nomination of Jamieson Greer to serve as U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance020625 11348 2025-02-06 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3365962025-02-05 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336596 Confirmation hearing for Jamieson Greer as U.S. Trade Representative The Senate Finance Committee first conducted brief organizational business for the 119th Congress before convening a nomination hearing for Jamieson Greer, President Trump's nominee to be U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance020625 11348 2025-02-06 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178212026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/dOV1xx7-Qew/hqdefault.jpg America Builds: Maritime Infrastructure The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation held this hearing, part of the committee's "America Builds" series, to examine the state of U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/dOV1xx7-Qew 7404 2025-02-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178482026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/pbR8tNXTytE/hqdefault.jpg Preparing the Pipeline: Examining the State of America's Cyber Workforce The House Homeland Security Committee held this hearing to examine the roughly 500,000-person shortage in America's cyber workforce and to discuss Chairman Green's reintroduced Cyber PIVOT Act, which would expand scholarship, internship, and community-college pathways into cyber careers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/pbR8tNXTytE 11030 2025-02-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178502026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/4QL45lfqD3g/hqdefault.jpg Hope on the Horizon: Prioritizing Small Business Growth in the 119th Congress The House Committee on Small Business held this hearing to open the 119th Congress with testimony from four small business owners on regulatory burdens, tax policy, tariffs, and access to capital facing Main Street businesses. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4QL45lfqD3g 9681 2025-02-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178512026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/JzNBJeid8-4/hqdefault.jpg SST Business Meeting The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology convened its first meeting of the 119th Congress to formally organize, adopting the committee's rules and its authorization and oversight plan as required by House rules by March 1 [0:20:24]. https://www.youtube.com/embed/JzNBJeid8-4 2110 2025-02-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178522026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/8HN1MjPHTfA/hqdefault.jpg The State of U.S. Science and Technology: Ensuring U.S. Global Leadership The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee held its first hearing of the 119th Congress to assess the condition of the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/8HN1MjPHTfA 13217 2025-02-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178542026-03-11 https://img.youtube.com/vi/TB4nIgmvHwY/hqdefault.jpg The State of American Education The House Committee on Education and Workforce held its first hearing of the 119th Congress to examine "The State of American Education," addressing K-12 achievement declines, allegations of ideological indoctrination and diversity programming, the federal student loan system, and workforce skills gaps. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TB4nIgmvHwY 10969 2025-02-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178552026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/EvxNNvFduL0/hqdefault.jpg Make Community Banking Great Again The House Financial Services Committee held its first full-committee hearing of the 119th Congress, titled "Making Community Banking Great Again," to examine why the number of U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/EvxNNvFduL0 15401 2025-02-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178562026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Kg10UIUQvNQ/hqdefault.jpg Rightsizing Government The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held this hearing to examine efforts to reduce the size and cost of the federal government, including the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and to hear how Iowa consolidated state agencies under Governor Kim Reynolds. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Kg10UIUQvNQ 17892 2025-02-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178672026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/dxROA-BSLg4/hqdefault.jpg Powering America’s Future: Unleashing American Energy The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy held this hearing to examine U.S. https://www.youtube.com/embed/dxROA-BSLg4 12258 2025-02-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3365862025-02-04 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336586 Debanking of crypto firms, conservatives, and consumers by banks and regulators The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee first held a brief organizational business meeting to adopt its budget resolution for the 119th Congress, then convened a hearing to examine "debanking" — the practice of banks or regulators cutting off financial services to legal businesses and individuals. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=banking&filename=banking020525 10072 2025-02-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3365872025-02-04 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336587 Senate Commerce Committee markup of 20 bills and Lutnick nomination The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee met in executive session to mark up roughly 20 bills covering aviation safety, social media protections for minors, ticket sales transparency, NOAA and weather forecasting, telecommunications, and other issues, and to vote on the nomination of Howard Lutnick to be Secretary of Commerce. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce020525 4569 2025-02-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3365902025-02-04 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336590 Committee elects chair, vice chair for 119th Congress The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs convened its first meeting of the 119th Congress to conduct organizational business, including selecting its Chairman and Vice Chairman, adopting committee rules, and approving a funding resolution for committee operations. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=indian&filename=indian020525 1582 2025-02-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3365912025-02-04 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336591 Committee organizes for 119th Congress, advances brownfields and recycling bills The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held an organizational business meeting to adopt its rules and a budget resolution for the 119th Congress and to consider two bipartisan bills: S.347, reauthorizing the EPA Brownfields program, and S.351, the STEWARD Act on recycling and composting data. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=epw&filename=epw020525 2903 2025-02-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1177852026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/JWL8UIXKpV0/hqdefault.jpg H.R. 27 - Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act The House Rules Committee met to consider H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/JWL8UIXKpV0 4857 2025-02-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3365832025-02-04 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336583 Hearings to examine the poisoning of America, focusing on fentanyl, its analogues, and the need for permanent class scheduling The Senate Judiciary Committee held this hearing, "The Poisoning of America," to examine fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances (FRS) and press for permanent class scheduling before the current temporary scheduling expires March 31 [0:23:23]. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary020425 11375 2025-02-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3365942025-02-04 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336594 Business meeting to consider the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., of California, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services The Senate Finance Committee met to formally consider and vote on the nomination of Robert F. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance020425 3256 2025-02-04 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3365662025-01-29 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336566 Hearings to examine the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., of California, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee convened this hearing on January 30, 2025, to consider the nomination of Robert F. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help013025 11711 2025-01-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3365672025-01-29 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336567 Confirmation hearing for Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence convened this hearing (January 30, 2025) to consider President Trump's nomination of Tulsi Gabbard to be Director of National Intelligence. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=intel&filename=intel013025 10326 2025-01-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3365682025-01-29 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336568 Hearings to examine the nomination of Kashyap Patel, of Nevada, to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice The Senate Judiciary Committee met to consider the nomination of Kash Patel to be Director of the FBI, examining his career record, past statements on January 6, election integrity, media and religious institutions, and his plans to restore public trust in the Bureau, which Chairman Grassley noted stands at roughly 41% approval [0:21:49]. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary013025 21081 2025-01-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3365692025-01-29 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336569 Hearings to examine the influence of the People's Republic of China at home and abroad, focusing on recommendations for policy makers The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a business meeting followed by a hearing examining the Chinese Communist Party's malign influence in the United States and internationally, and what policy recommendations Congress and the State Department could pursue in response. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign013025 8643 2025-01-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3365702025-01-29 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336570 Stefanik UN nomination vote and hearing on Chinese malign influence The Senate Foreign Relations Committee first held a brief business meeting to vote on Elise Stefanik's nomination to be U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign013025 8643 2025-01-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3365712025-01-29 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336571 Hearings to examine the nomination of Daniel Driscoll, of North Carolina, to be Secretary of the Army, Department of Defense The Senate Armed Services Committee met to consider the nomination of Daniel Driscoll to be the 26th Secretary of the Army. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA013025 9137 2025-01-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3365622025-01-28 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336562 Business meeting to consider the nomination of Pamela Bondi, of Florida, to be Attorney General, Department of Justice The Senate Judiciary Committee held a business meeting to vote on the nomination of Pamela Bondi to serve as U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary012925 5775 2025-01-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3365632025-01-28 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336563 Hearings to examine the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., of California, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services The Senate Finance Committee convened this hearing to consider President Trump's nomination of Robert F. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance012925 13678 2025-01-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3365642025-01-29 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336564 Hearings to examine the nomination of Howard Lutnick, of New York, to be Secretary of Commerce The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee convened this hearing on January 29, 2025, to consider the nomination of Howard Lutnick, chairman of Cantor Fitzgerald, to be Secretary of Commerce. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce012925 13335 2025-01-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3365652025-01-28 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336565 Hearings to examine the nomination of Kelly Loeffler, of Georgia, to be Administrator of the Small Business Administration The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee held this confirmation hearing (January 29, 2025) to consider President Trump's nomination of former Senator Kelly Loeffler to be Administrator of the Small Business Administration. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=smbiz&filename=smbiz012925 8099 2025-01-29 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3365572025-01-27 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336557 Hearings to examine the VA's Community Care Program The Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs held this hearing (January 28, 2025) to examine implementation problems with the VA's Community Care Program under the MISSION Act, focusing on barriers veterans face accessing mental health, substance abuse, and residential treatment through both VA direct care and community providers. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=vetaff&filename=vetaff012825 7476 2025-01-28 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3365582025-01-27 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336558 Hearings to examine defense innovation and acquisition reform The Senate Armed Services Committee held this hearing to examine defense innovation and acquisition reform, focused on how the Pentagon can move faster on procurement and better leverage commercial technology to compete with China. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA012825 9937 2025-01-28 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3365592025-01-27 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336559 Hearings to examine the Panama Canal and its impact on U.S. trade and national security, focusing on fees and foreign influence The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held this hearing to examine whether Panama is violating the 1977 Neutrality Treaty through high canal transit fees and Chinese-linked port operations, and what this means for U.S. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce012825 9515 2025-01-28 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178202026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/gvjZAmLS1CM/hqdefault.jpg America Builds: Examining America's Freight and Passenger Rail Network The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials held this hearing to examine the state of America's freight and passenger rail network ahead of the upcoming surface transportation reauthorization. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gvjZAmLS1CM 10790 2025-01-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178362026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ubic7If8f24/hqdefault.jpg Full Committee 119th Organizational Meeting of the Committee on Appropriations The House Committee on Appropriations held its first meeting of the 119th Congress to organize for the new session: adopting committee rules, setting subcommittee jurisdictions, and welcoming new and returning members and staff. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ubic7If8f24 1860 2025-01-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178372026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/LMTqCKhgzxY/hqdefault.jpg Budget Committee adopts rules and oversight plan for 119th Congress The House Committee on the Budget held its organizational meeting for the 119th Congress to formally ratify committee membership, adopt the committee's rules of procedure, and approve its oversight plan. https://www.youtube.com/embed/LMTqCKhgzxY 1302 2025-01-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178382026-04-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/83sZKRdh94w/hqdefault.jpg Strengthening American Leadership in Wireless Technology The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held its first hearing of the 119th Congress to examine spectrum policy, the lapsed FCC spectrum auction authority, and how licensed, unlicensed, and shared spectrum can sustain US leadership in wireless technology against China. https://www.youtube.com/embed/83sZKRdh94w 11293 2025-01-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178392026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Om6sJSbr804/hqdefault.jpg Correcting VA’s Violations of Veterans’ Due Process and Second Amendment Rights The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs held this hearing to examine VA's practice of reporting veterans assigned a financial fiduciary to the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), stripping their Second Amendment rights without a judicial finding of dangerousness. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Om6sJSbr804 5546 2025-01-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178402026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/rKz277Fro1o/hqdefault.jpg House Agriculture Committee organizes for the 119th Congress This meeting was the organizational session of the House Committee on Agriculture for the 119th Congress, held to formally convene the panel, welcome new members, and adopt the committee's governing rules and oversight plan. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rKz277Fro1o 2129 2025-01-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178412026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Yz2869YUjQ4/hqdefault.jpg Full Committee Organizational Meeting The House Administration Committee convened this organizational meeting for the 119th Congress to adopt its governing rules, confirm subcommittee assignments and leadership, and approve a package of administrative resolutions covering parking, anti-harassment policy, and related institutional matters. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Yz2869YUjQ4 1261 2025-01-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3365482025-01-23 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336548 Hearings to examine the nomination of Brooke Rollins, of Texas, to be Secretary of Agriculture The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee convened this hearing on January 23, 2025 to consider the nomination of Brooke Rollins of Texas to serve as Secretary of Agriculture. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=ag&filename=ag012325 14475 2025-01-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3365492025-01-23 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336549 Business meeting to consider the nomination of Douglas Collins, of Georgia, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs The Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs held a business meeting to vote on reporting favorably the nomination of Douglas A. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=vetaff&filename=vetaff012325 1625 2025-01-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3365542025-01-23 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336554 Committee adopts rules, then advances Scott Turner's HUD nomination The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee met in executive session to adopt its rules of procedure and subcommittee membership/jurisdiction for the 119th Congress, and then to consider the nomination of Scott Turner to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=banking&filename=banking012325 2851 2025-01-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3365552025-01-23 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336555 Committee vote to advance Burgum and Wright nominations The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee met to hold a business markup on a rule change setting the committee's reporting quorum and to vote on the nominations of Doug Burgum to be Secretary of the Interior and Christopher Wright to be Secretary of Energy. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=energy&filename=energy012325 2844 2025-01-23 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1177692026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/D60OS0eQG0A/hqdefault.jpg Committee on Homeland Security 119th Congress Organizational Meeting The House Committee on Homeland Security convened its organizational meeting for the 119th Congress to adopt the committee's governing rules and Committee Resolution 1, the staff hiring resolution, before beginning its legislative work. https://www.youtube.com/embed/D60OS0eQG0A 2396 2025-01-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1177702026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ePzMWOIeqIk/hqdefault.jpg Unconstrained Actors: Assessing Global Cyber Threats to the Homeland The House Homeland Security Committee held its first full committee hearing of the 119th Congress to examine cyber threats to US critical infrastructure, telecommunications, and government networks from nation-state adversaries — particularly the People's Republic of China — as well as Russia, Iran, North Korea, and criminal actors. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ePzMWOIeqIk 9711 2025-01-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178042026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/W8M7I6mOiLs/hqdefault.jpg Committee adopts new subcommittee ratios, chairs, and rosters for 119th Congress The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure met to complete its organizational business for the 119th Congress, amending its committee rules to adjust member ratios on the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, and then approving subcommittee chairs, ranking members, and member rosters for all six subcommittees. https://www.youtube.com/embed/W8M7I6mOiLs 1291 2025-01-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178182026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/h7I0CIc7PBc/hqdefault.jpg Member Day Hearing on Matters Within the Committee’s Tax Jurisdiction The House Ways and Means Committee held its traditional "member day" hearing, the first of the 119th Congress, giving non-committee members a platform to submit tax priorities ahead of a planned budget reconciliation bill extending the expiring 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) provisions. https://www.youtube.com/embed/h7I0CIc7PBc 18059 2025-01-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178192026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/AL0KfWIkuKo/hqdefault.jpg America Builds: Highways to Move People and Freight This hearing opened the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit's work in the 119th Congress ahead of the September 2026 expiration of the bipartisan infrastructure law (IIJA), examining how formula and discretionary highway funding, the solvency of the Highway Trust Fund, permitting delays, and workforce needs should shape the next surface transportation bill. https://www.youtube.com/embed/AL0KfWIkuKo 12588 2025-01-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178272026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/CqRTOlcrBbg/hqdefault.jpg Restoring Immigration Enforcement in America This hearing, held the day after President Trump's inauguration, examined the state of immigration enforcement following the Biden administration and the new executive orders Trump had just signed on border security, parole, and Birthright citizenship. https://www.youtube.com/embed/CqRTOlcrBbg 10788 2025-01-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178292026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/zPcsNa5UYdU/hqdefault.jpg Restoring Focus: Putting Veterans First in Community Care The House Committee on Veterans' Affairs held its first full-committee oversight hearing of the 119th Congress to examine veterans' experiences with VA's Community Care Program, established under the 2018 VA Mission Act, focusing on delays, poor communication between VA and community providers, and inadequate oversight. https://www.youtube.com/embed/zPcsNa5UYdU 10474 2025-01-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178312026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/6SP1HqoG-8g/hqdefault.jpg Organizational Meeting for the 119th Congress The House Committee on Small Business held its organizational meeting for the 119th Congress, opening with the Pledge of Allegiance and a prayer before the chair called the session to order. https://www.youtube.com/embed/6SP1HqoG-8g 2279 2025-01-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178332026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/rxqcK3UXDdE/hqdefault.jpg Organizational Meeting The House Foreign Affairs Committee met to complete its required organizational business for the 119th Congress, adopting committee rules, a professional staff list, and an oversight plan, and introducing new and returning members and subcommittee leadership. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rxqcK3UXDdE 1171 2025-01-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178342026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/rAKUl-zFoWw/hqdefault.jpg Organizational Meeting This was the organizational meeting of the House Financial Services Committee for the 119th Congress, held to introduce new members, adopt committee rules, appoint members to subcommittees, establish a new task force, and approve the committee's authorization and oversight plan. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rAKUl-zFoWw 28800 2025-01-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1178352026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/aaJXVJzZ6j8/hqdefault.jpg A Decade Later: Assessing the Legacy and Impact of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act The Subcommittee on Environment held its first hearing of the 119th Congress to review implementation of the Frank R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/aaJXVJzZ6j8 10823 2025-01-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3365462025-01-22 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336546 Hearings to examine the nomination of Russell Vought, of Virginia, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget The Senate Budget Committee convened to consider President Trump's nomination of Russell Vought, who previously served as OMB Deputy Director and Director in the first Trump administration, to again lead the Office of Management and Budget. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=budget&filename=budget012225 8763 2025-01-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3365472025-01-22 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336547 Business meeting to consider the nomination of Sean Duffy, of Wisconsin, to be Secretary of Transportation The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee met in executive session to vote on the nomination of former Rep. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce012225 1930 2025-01-22 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1177842026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Qxt5HWG5-Z8/hqdefault.jpg H.R. 471 - Fix Our Forests Act; S. 5 - Laken Riley Act The House Rules Committee met to set the terms of floor debate for two bills: H.R. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Qxt5HWG5-Z8 9412 2025-01-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3365002025-01-21 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336500 Hearings to examine the nomination of Douglas Collins, of Georgia, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs The Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs convened this hearing to consider the nomination of former Congressman Douglas Collins (R-GA) to serve as Secretary of Veterans Affairs under President Trump. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=vetaff&filename=vetaff012125 10394 2025-01-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3365432025-01-20 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336543 Organizational business meeting to consider committee rules for the 119th Congress, and other pending calendar business The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee convened this organizational business meeting to open the 119th Congress, adopt committee rules, and hear opening remarks from Chair Bill Cassidy and Ranking Member Bernie Sanders on their legislative priorities. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=help&filename=help012125 1536 2025-01-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3365452025-01-21 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336545 Confirmation hearing for Elise Stefanik as UN Ambassador The Senate Foreign Relations Committee met to consider the nomination of Rep. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign012125 10128 2025-01-21 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3365562025-01-21 https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3365062025-01-15 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336506 Hearings to examine the expected nomination of Kristi Noem, to be Secretary of Homeland Security The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee met to consider President Trump's nomination of Russell Vought to again serve as Director of the Office of Management and Budget, a role he previously held during Trump's first term. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=govtaff&filename=govtaff011525 8248 2025-01-17 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1177762026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Ve9LyH0t51Q/hqdefault.jpg Business Meeting The House Committee on Veterans' Affairs held its organizational business meeting for the 119th Congress, adopting committee rules, designating subcommittee chairs and ranking members, approving committee staff, and authorizing an oversight plan. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ve9LyH0t51Q 2657 2025-01-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1177822026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/BDpxlHU6Qv0/hqdefault.jpg Organizational Meeting for the 119th Congress The House Rules Committee met to adopt its committee rules for the 119th Congress, designate a vice chair, and set the composition and ratio of its subcommittees. https://www.youtube.com/embed/BDpxlHU6Qv0 2551 2025-01-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3365102025-01-15 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336510 Whether the president can reinstate the Remain in Mexico border policy The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held this hearing to examine whether the president already has sufficient statutory authority to reinstate Remain in Mexico (Migrant Protection Protocols) and take other executive action to secure the southwest border, ahead of the incoming Trump administration. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=govtaff&filename=govtaff011625 9208 2025-01-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3365122025-01-15 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336512 Hearings to examine the expected nomination of Pamela Jo Bondi, to be Attorney General, Department of Justice The Senate Judiciary Committee held this second day of confirmation proceedings for Pamela Jo Bondi, President-elect Trump's nominee for Attorney General, hearing from an outside panel of witnesses rather than from Bondi herself. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&filename=judiciary011625 7328 2025-01-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3365132025-01-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336513 Hearings to examine the expected nomination of Eric Scott Turner, to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee convened its first hearing of the 119th Congress to consider the nomination of Scott Turner, a former Texas state legislator and NFL player who led the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council in the first Trump administration, to serve as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=banking&filename=banking011625 9745 2025-01-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3365202025-01-15 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336520 Hearings to examine the expected nomination of Lee M. Zeldin, to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held its first hearing of the 119th Congress, and Chair Shelley Moore Capito's first as chairman, to consider President Trump's nomination of former Congressman Lee Zeldin to be EPA Administrator [0:17:05]. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=epw&filename=epw011625 12659 2025-01-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3365212025-01-16 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336521 Hearings to examine the expected nomination of Scott Bessent, of South Carolina, to be Secretary of the Treasury The Senate Finance Committee convened this hearing on January 16, 2025 to consider President-elect Trump's nomination of Scott Bessent, a hedge fund manager and investor, to serve as Secretary of the Treasury. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance011625 12946 2025-01-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3365412025-01-15 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336541 Hearings to examine the expected nomination of Doug Burgum, to be Secretary of the Interior The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee convened this hearing on January 16, 2025, to consider the nomination of North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum to serve as Secretary of the Interior under President-elect Trump. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=energy&filename=energy011625 12315 2025-01-16 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1177672026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/eAC9WVT9VXs/hqdefault.jpg Organizational Meeting The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee held its organizational meeting for the 119th Congress on January 15, 2025, introducing new and returning members and adopting committee rules, followed immediately by the committee's first full hearing on the state of the nation's transportation system ahead of surface transportation reauthorization. https://www.youtube.com/embed/eAC9WVT9VXs 17772 2025-01-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1177682026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/eAC9WVT9VXs/hqdefault.jpg America Builds: the State of the Nation's Transportation System The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee convened its first hearing of the 119th Congress, following a brief organizational meeting to seat new members and adopt committee rules, to examine the state of the nation's roads, bridges, ports, and freight networks ahead of the surface transportation reauthorization due before the September 30, 2026 deadline [1:08:02]. https://www.youtube.com/embed/eAC9WVT9VXs 17772 2025-01-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1177752026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/p_-VNx2Bpwg/hqdefault.jpg The Stay-at-Home Federal Workforce: Another Biden-Harris Legacy The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held its first hearing of the 119th Congress to examine federal employee telework practices, empty agency headquarters in Washington DC, and a November 2024 collective bargaining agreement signed by outgoing Social Security Administration Commissioner Martin O'Malley extending telework arrangements through October 2029. https://www.youtube.com/embed/p_-VNx2Bpwg 17533 2025-01-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1177772026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/mPBnoYz80k8/hqdefault.jpg Organizational Meeting This organizational meeting of the House Energy and Commerce Committee opened the 119th Congress, with Chairman Brett Guthrie and Ranking Member Frank Pallone introducing new members, outlining committee priorities, and adopting the committee's governing rules and subcommittee structure. https://www.youtube.com/embed/mPBnoYz80k8 2221 2025-01-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1177782026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/c5zTDaxwpyY/hqdefault.jpg Organizing Meeting The House Committee on Education and Workforce held its organizing meeting for the 119th Congress, adopting committee rules and an oversight plan and introducing new members, subcommittee chairs, and ranking members. https://www.youtube.com/embed/c5zTDaxwpyY 2429 2025-01-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1177792026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/qHno5XVRBo4/hqdefault.jpg Organizing of the Committee on the Judiciary The House Judiciary Committee met to formally organize for the 119th Congress, including a quorum call, opening remarks from the chairman and new ranking member, introductions of new members, and adoption of committee rules and subcommittee assignments. https://www.youtube.com/embed/qHno5XVRBo4 2519 2025-01-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1177802026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/qKVeWoHoxYs/hqdefault.jpg Organizational Meeting for the 119th Congress The House Armed Services Committee held its organizational meeting for the 119th Congress to adopt governing rules, security procedures, an authorization and oversight plan, and committee staff appointments. https://www.youtube.com/embed/qKVeWoHoxYs 2220 2025-01-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3365032025-01-14 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336503 Confirmation hearing for John Ratcliffe as CIA Director The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence held this confirmation hearing on January 15, 2025, to consider President-elect Trump's expected nomination of John L. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=intel&filename=intel011525 8574 2025-01-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3365052025-01-14 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336505 Hearings to examine the expected nomination of Russell Vought, to be Director, Office of Management and Budget The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee convened this hearing to consider President Trump's nomination of Russell Vought to again serve as Director of the Office of Management and Budget, a role he previously held during Trump's first term. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=govtaff&filename=govtaff011525 8248 2025-01-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3365072025-01-14 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336507 Hearings to examine improving wellness among seniors, focusing on setting a standard for the American Dream The Senate Special Committee on Aging held its first hearing of the 119th Congress to examine how physical health, financial security, safe communities, and family support contribute to wellness among older Americans. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=aging&filename=aging011525 7535 2025-01-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3365082025-01-14 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336508 Hearings to examine the expected nomination of Sean Duffy, of Wisconsin, to be Secretary of Transportation The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee convened this confirmation hearing to consider President Trump's nomination of former Wisconsin Congressman Sean Duffy to serve as Secretary of Transportation. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=commerce&filename=commerce011525 11486 2025-01-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3365092025-01-14 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336509 Hearings to examine the expected nomination of Chris Wright, to be Secretary of Energy The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held the first hearing of the 119th Congress to consider President-elect Trump's nomination of Chris Wright, founder of Liberty Energy, to be Secretary of Energy. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=energy&filename=energy011525 10818 2025-01-15 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1177722026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/83csccndsm8/hqdefault.jpg Committee Organizational Meeting The House Committee on Ways and Means held its organizational meeting for the 119th Congress, at which Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) and Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) delivered opening remarks, introduced new members, and the committee adopted its governing rules, subcommittee chair and ranking-member slates, and its oversight and authorization plan. https://www.youtube.com/embed/83csccndsm8 2677 2025-01-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1177732026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/4WjTj3SC-I4/hqdefault.jpg The Need to Make Permanent the Trump Tax Cuts for Working Families The House Ways and Means Committee convened this hearing on January 14, 2025, to examine whether to make permanent the individual and business tax provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), most of which expire at the end of the year. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4WjTj3SC-I4 18042 2025-01-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/1177742026-01-02 https://img.youtube.com/vi/HRbIzLBQNbA/hqdefault.jpg Full Committee Organizational Meeting of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held its organizational meeting to adopt committee rules for the 119th Congress, including creation of new subcommittees such as one on "Delivering on Government Efficiency" (DOGE). https://www.youtube.com/embed/HRbIzLBQNbA 12558 2025-01-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3364802025-01-14 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336480 Hearings to examine the expected nomination of Peter B. Hegseth, to be Secretary of Defense The Senate Armed Services Committee met to consider the nomination of Pete Hegseth to be Secretary of Defense in the incoming Trump administration. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=armed&filename=armedA011425 16241 2025-01-14 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3363652024-12-04 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336365 Hearings to examine implementation of the Global Magnitsky Laws The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held this hearing, one of Chairman Ben Cardin's final as chair, to examine implementation of the Global Magnitsky human rights and anti-corruption sanctions laws he authored. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign120524 5779 2024-12-05 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3363042024-11-19 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336304 Hearings to examine disaster funding needs The Senate Appropriations Committee held this hearing to examine the White House's updated emergency supplemental request and to hear from federal officials and senators about disaster needs following Hurricanes Helene and Milton, the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, wildfires, flooding, and drought affecting states nationwide. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=approps&filename=appropsA112024 12305 2024-11-20 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3360802024-07-30 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/336080 Hearings to examine strategic competition with the PRC, focusing on assessing U.S. competitiveness beyond the Indo-Pacific The Senate Foreign Relations Committee convened this hearing (July 30, 2024) to examine China's global influence and strategic competition with the United States beyond the Indo-Pacific, from Africa and Latin America to Europe and the Middle East. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=foreign&filename=foreign073024 8570 2024-07-30 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3359972024-07-25 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/335997 Senate Finance Committee considers three Tax Court nominees The Senate Finance Committee met to consider the nominations of Jeffrey Samuel Arbeit, Benjamin A. https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=finance&filename=finance071024 2856 2024-07-25 yes no https://www.firstbranch.ai/hearing/3358972024-06-11 https://www.firstbranch.ai/api/thumb/335897 Senate hearing on tribal buffalo restoration and three tribal land/water bills The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs held this hearing to examine four bills: S.2908 (Indian Buffalo Management Act), S.3263 and S.4000 (reaffirming Indian Reorganization Act coverage for the Poarch Band of Creek Indians and the Lytton Rancheria of California, respectively), and S.4442 (amending the Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010). https://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=indian&filename=indian061224 4933 2024-06-12 yes no