[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 107 (Monday, June 23, 2025)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D642-D645]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of June 24 through June 27, 2025

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of 
Daniel Zimmerman, of North Carolina, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Defense, post-cloture, and vote on confirmation thereon at 2:45 p.m. 
Following disposition of the nomination of Daniel Zimmerman, Senate 
will resume consideration of the nomination of Paul Dabbar, of New 
York, to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce, and Senator Husted will be 
recognized to speak. Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture 
on the nomination of Paul Dabbar at 5:45 p.m.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Appropriations: June 24, Subcommittee on Department 
of Defense, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates 
for fiscal year 2026 for the Navy, 10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  June 24, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2026 for the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, 10:30 a.m., SD-124.
  June 25, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2026 for the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  June 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's special message of June 3, 2025, 2:30 p.m., SD-106.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Department of Defense, to hold hearings 
to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2026 for the 
Air Force and Space Force, 10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: June 24, to hold hearings to examine 
the nominations of Vice Admiral Charles B. Cooper II, USN, to be 
admiral and Commander, United States Central Command, and Lieutenant 
General Alexus G. Grynkewich, USAF, to be general and Commander, 
United States European Command and Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, 
both of the Department of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  June 25, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, to hold 
hearings to examine matters within the jurisdiction of the Assistant 
Secretaries for Energy, Installation, and Environment in support of 
the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, 2:30 p.m., 
SR-232A.
  June 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Hung Cao, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of the 
Navy, Michael Dodd, of Indiana, to be an Assistant Secretary, Jules 
Hurst III, of Virginia, Brent Ingraham, of Virginia, and William 
Gillis, of Virginia, each to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army, 
all of the Department of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: June 24, 
Subcommittee on Digital Assets, to hold hearings to examine 
exploring bipartisan legislative frameworks for digital asset market 
structure, 3 p.m., SD-538.
  June 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June 25, 
business meeting to consider S. 233, to amend the Office of National 
Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006 to modify the 
authority of the Office of National Drug Control Policy with respect 
to the World

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Anti-Doping Agency, S. 254, to amend the Marine Mammal Protection 
Act of 1972 to protect the cultural practices and livelihoods of 
producers of Alaska Native handicrafts and marine mammal ivory 
products, S. 434, to establish the Commercial Space Activity 
Advisory Committee, S. 836, to amend the Children's Online Privacy 
Protection Act of 1998 to strengthen protections relating to the 
online collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of 
children and teens, S. 1872, to direct the Secretary of Commerce to 
conduct a study on the feasibility of manufacturing in the United 
States products for critical infrastructure sectors, and the 
nominations of Bryan Bedford, of Indiana, to be Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration, and routine lists in the Coast 
Guard, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: June 25, to hold 
hearings to examine the nomination of Usha-Maria Turner, of 
Oklahoma, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, and David Wright, of South Carolina, to be a 
Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the term of five 
years expiring June 30, 2030, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: June 25, to 
hold hearings to examine the nomination of Susan Monarez, of 
Wisconsin, to be Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services, 10 a.m., SD-
430.
  June 26, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Penny Schwinn, of Tennessee, to be Deputy Secretary, 
and Kimberly Richey, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary for Civil 
Rights, both of the Department of Education, and Daniel Aronowitz, 
of Virginia, and David Keeling, of Kentucky, both to be an Assistant 
Secretary, Jonathan Berry, of Maryland, to be Solicitor, Andrew 
Rogers, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour 
Division, Anthony D'Esposito, of New York, to be Inspector General, 
Andrea Lucas, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Equal Employment 
Opportunity Commission, Jeremiah Workman, of Ohio, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Veterans' Employment and Training, all of the 
Department of Labor, and other pending business, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on the Judiciary: June 24, to hold hearings to examine 
protecting America from the cartels, 10:15 a.m., SH-216.
  June 24, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and 
Consumer Rights, to hold hearings to examine deregulation and 
competition, focusing on regulatory burdens to unlocking innovation 
and spur new entry, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  June 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine certain 
pending nominations, 10:15 a.m., SH-216.
  June 25, Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, 
and Federal Rights, to hold hearings to examine China and lawfare 
against American energy dominance, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  June 26, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Whitney D. Hermandorfer, of Tennessee, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, Zachary M. Bluestone, 
Maria A. Lanahan, and Cristian M. Stevens, each to be a United 
States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, Joshua 
M. Divine, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern and 
Western Districts of Missouri, Bart McKay Davis, to be United States 
Attorney for the District of Idaho for the term of four years, David 
Metcalf, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania for the term of four years, and Kurt Wall, to be United 
States Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana for the term of 
four years, 10:15 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: June 25, to hold hearings to 
examine correcting mismanagement of the veterans crisis line, 4 
p.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: June 25, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of John Dever, of Illinois, to be General 
Counsel, and George Wesley Street, of Virginia, to be Director of 
the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, both of the 
Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and Matthew Kozma, 
of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Homeland Security for 
Intelligence and Analysis, 3 p.m., SH-216.
  June 26, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 3 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: June 25, to hold hearings to examine 
how sports medicine can improve health outcomes for seniors, 3:30 
p.m., SD-G50.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, June 26, Subcommittee on General Farm 
Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit, hearing entitled ``A 
Review of the U.S. Grain Standards Act'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, June 26, Full Committee, markup on 
the Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill FY 2026, 10 a.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, June 25, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Reversing the Curse: Rooting Out Waste and Fraud and Restoring the 
Dignity of Work'', 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Workforce, June 25, Full Committee, 
markup on H.R. 3453, the ``Empower Charter School Educators to Lead 
Act''; H.R. 2516, the ``Accreditation for College Excellence Act of 
2025''; H.R. 4054, the ``Accreditation Choice and Innovation Act''; 
H.R. 2528, the ``Association Health Plans Act''; H.R. 2571, the 
``Self-Insurance Protection Act''; H.R. 2988, the ``Protecting 
Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act''; H.R. 3170, the 
``Improving Access to Workers' Compensation for Injured Federal 
Workers Act'', 10:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, June 25, Subcommittee on 
Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, hearing entitled ``Looking Under 
the Hood: The State of NHTSA and Motor Vehicle Safety'', 10 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  June 25, Subcommittee on Environment, hearing entitled ``A Decade 
Later: A Review of Congressional Action, Environmental Protection 
Agency Rules, and Beneficial Use Opportunities for Coal Ash'', 10:15 
a.m., 2322 Rayburn.

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  June 25, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 3616, the ``Reliable Power 
Act''; H.R. 1047, the ``Guaranteeing Reliability through the 
Interconnection of Dispatchable Power''; H.R. 3632, the ``Power 
Plant Reliability Act of 2025''; H.R. 3638, the ``Electric Supply 
Chain Act''; H.R. 3157, the ``State Energy Accountability Act''; 
H.R. 3628, the ``State Planning for Reliability and Affordability 
Act''; H.R. 3657, the ``Hydropower Relicensing Transparency Act''; 
H.R. 3015, the ``National Coal Council Reestablishment Act''; H.R. 
3617, the ``Securing America's Critical Minerals Supply Act''; H.R. 
3109, the ``Researching Efficient Federal Improvements for Necessary 
Energy Refining Act''; H.R. 3062, the ``Promoting Cross-border 
Energy Infrastructure Act''; H.R. 1949, the ``Unlocking our Domestic 
LNG Potential Act of 2025''; and H.R. 3668, the ``Improving 
Interagency Coordination for Pipeline Reviews Act''; 10:15 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Environment, hearing entitled ``A Decade 
Later: A Review of Congressional Action, Environmental Protection 
Agency Rules, and Beneficial Use Opportunities for Coal Ash'', 10:15 
a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, 
hearing entitled ``Looking Under the Hood: The State of NHTSA and 
Motor Vehicle Safety'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, June 25, Subcommittee on Capital 
Markets, hearing entitled ``Reassessing Sarbanes-Oxley: The Cost of 
Compliance in Today's Capital Markets'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``From Watchdog to Attack Dog: Examining the CFPB's Chopra-
era Assault on Disfavored Industries'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, June 25, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Spies, Lies, and Mismanagement: Examining the U.S. Agency 
for Global Media's Downfall'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 26, Subcommittee on South and Central Asia, hearing entitled 
``Assessing the Terror Threat Landscape in South and Central Asia 
and Examining Opportunities for Cooperation'', 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, June 25, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 3965, the ``PEARL Act''; legislation on the Tren de Aragua 
Border Security Threat Assessment Act; legislation on the Combatting 
International Drug Trafficking and Human Smuggling Partnership Act 
of 2025; legislation on the CBP Canine Home Kenneling Pilot Act; and 
legislation on the Enhancing Stakeholder Support and Outreach for 
Preparedness Grants Act, 10 a.m., 310 Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, June 25, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Oversight of the Architect of the Capitol: A 
Review of the Thirteenth Architect's First Year'', 2 p.m., 1310 
Longworth.
  June 25, Full Committee, markup on A Resolution to Adopt 
Regulations Regarding Mandatory Completion of Training in Workplace 
Rights and Responsibilities, 2 p.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, June 25, Subcommittee on the 
Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust, hearing 
entitled ``The Proxy Advisor Duopoly's Anticompetitive Conduct'', 10 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 25, Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and 
Enforcement, hearing entitled ``Restoring Integrity and Security to 
the Visa Process'', 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, June 25, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 131, the ``Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act''; H.R. 183, 
the ``Law Enforcement Officer Recreation Pass Act''; H.R. 261, the 
``Undersea Cable Protection Act of 2025''; H.R. 410, the ``Alaska 
Native Vietnam Era Veterans Land Allotment Extension Act of 2025''; 
H.R. 504, the ``Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments Act''; H.R. 655, 
the ``The Dalles Watershed Development Act''; H.R. 725, the ``Crow 
Revenue Act''; H.R. 1276, to remove restrictions from a parcel of 
land in Paducah, Kentucky; H.R. 1729, the ``Bolts Ditch Act''; H.R. 
1917, the ``Great Lakes Mass Marking Program Act of 2025''; H.R. 
2250, the ``National Landslide Preparedness Act Reauthorization Act 
of 2025''; H.R. 2316, the ``Wetlands Conservation and Access 
Improvement Act of 2025''; H.R. 2388, the ``Lower Elwha Klallam 
Tribe Project Lands Restoration Act''; H.R. 2389, the ``Quinault 
Indian Nation Land Transfer Act''; H.R. 2556, the ``CORE Act of 
2025''; H.R. 2876, the ``University of Utah Research Park Act''; 
H.R. 3168, the ``National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program 
Reauthorization Act of 2025''; H.R. 3176, to amend the John D. 
Dingell, Jr Conservation Management, and Recreation Act to 
reauthorize the National volcano Early Warning and Monitoring 
System; H.R. 3179, to rename the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge 
located in the State of Texas as the ``Jocelyn Nungaray National 
Wildlife Refuge''; and H.R. 3937, the ``Wabeno Economic Development 
Act'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Federal Lands, hearing entitled ``Fix Our 
Forests: Advancing Innovative Technologies to Improve Forest 
Management and Prevent Wildfires'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, June 25, 
Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services, hearing entitled 
``Sacrificing Excellence for Ideology: The Real Cost of DEI'', 10 
a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  June 25, Subcommittee on Military and Foreign Affairs, hearing 
entitled ``The National Guard State Partnership Program: 
Strengthening U.S. Security, One Partnership at a Time'', 2 p.m., 
HVC-210 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, June 26, Subcommittee 
on Investigations and Oversight, hearing entitled ``Justice for 
Whom? Examining the Justice40 Initiative's Oversight and 
Implementation'', 9:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, June 25, Full 
Committee, markup on H.R. 3898, the ``Promoting Efficient Review for 
Modern Infrastructure Today Act'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, June 25, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing entitled ``Health at Your Fingertips: Harnessing the Power 
of Digital Health Data'', 9 a.m., 1100 Longworth.

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  June 25, Subcommittee on Social Security; and Subcommittee on Work 
and Welfare, joint hearing entitled ``Hearing with the Commissioner 
of Social Security, Frank J. Bisignano'', 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United 
States and the Chinese Communist Party, June 25, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Algorithms and Authoritarians: Why U.S. AI Must 
Lead'', 9 a.m., HVC-210 Capitol.


                             Joint Meeting

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: June 25, to 
receive a briefing on advancing the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace deal, 2 
p.m., 2212-RHOB.
  June 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the cost of a 
bad deal in Ukraine, 11 a.m., SR-222.