The Plastic Detox: A Free Educational Webinar on the New Documentary Film

Join Beyond Plastics on Thursday, May 7 at 4 PM PT/ 7 PM ET for a free educational webinar to explore plastics’ impact on reproductive health. We’ll hear from Louie Psihoyos, the Academy Award-winning filmmaker and director of the new documentary film, The Plastic Detox, with Eric and Julie Isaac, one of the couples that is featured in the film that had tried to conceive for five years, Shanna Swan, Ph.D., one of the world’s leading environmental and reproductive epidemiologists and a professor of Environmental Medicine and Public Health at the Icahn School of Medicine, and Judith Enck, former US EPA regional administrator and founder and president of the nonprofit advocacy group, Beyond Plastics.

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Beyond Plastics
05/07/2026 at 07:00PM

All-In Call Spring 2026: Elders Against Authoritarianism—What’s Next After No Kings?

In this conversation, leaders across Third Act and our guest Erica Chenoweth, Director of Harvard’s Nonviolent Action Lab, will share strategic approaches for the road ahead—from protecting free and fair elections to ensuring local voices are heard as data centers loom over our communities. We’ll explore how accelerating the buildout of renewable energy can help shield Americans from the power consolidation and price shocks we’re seeing today. Participants will leave with a clear framework for understanding this moment—and how we can build power together as the midterms approach.

Speakers:

  • Erica Chenoweth
  • Bill McKibben
  • Akaya Windwood

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Third Act
03/30/2026 at 07:00PM

Deadline for Member Community Project Funding Requests

The Committee offers an opportunity for Members to make programmatic requests for specific funding levels for agencies and programs funded through annual appropriations. Members also have an opportunity to request bill language or report language encouraging or directing a specific action by the federal agencies.

The Member Request deadline for Transportation and Housing and Urban Development is March 27, 2026 at 6:00 P.M. Members must post CPF requests on their website on April 17, 2026

Demonstration of community support for a project is crucial for determining whether it should receive funding.

Department of Transportation

Department of Housing and Urban Development

General Questions can be directed to our member services team at [email protected].

Transportation and Housing and Urban Development: [email protected]

House Appropriations Committee
   Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee

03/27/2026 at 06:00PM

Deadline for Member Community Project Funding Requests

The Committee offers an opportunity for Members to make programmatic requests for specific funding levels for agencies and programs funded through annual appropriations. Members also have an opportunity to request bill language or report language encouraging or directing a specific action by the federal agencies.

The Member Request deadline for Transportation and Housing and Urban Development is March 27, 2026 at 6:00 P.M. Members must post CPF requests on their website on April 17, 2026

Demonstration of community support for a project is crucial for determining whether it should receive funding.

Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education

The only account under this subcommittee accepting requests is Department of Health and Human Services—Health Resources and Services Administration—HRSA-Wide Activities and Program Support, specifically Health Facilities Construction and Equipment.

General Questions can be directed to our member services team at [email protected].

Questions: [email protected]

House Appropriations Committee
   Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee

03/27/2026 at 06:00PM

Latin America After the Fall of Maduro

Subcommittee hearing.

Witness:

  • Michael Kozak, Senior Bureau Official, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. Department of State
House Foreign Affairs Committee
   Western Hemisphere Subcommittee
2172 Rayburn

03/27/2026 at 11:00AM

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies – Member Day

Subcommittee hearing.

The Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies will accept project requests including but not limited to:

  • National Institute of Standards and Technology – Scientific and Technical Research
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – Coastal Zone Management
  • Department of Justice (DOJ) – Byrne Justice Assistance Grants
  • Department of Justice (DOJ) – Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) – Technology and Equipment
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) – Safety, Security and Mission Services (SSMS)

The deadline for programmatic requests is March 19, 2026.

House Appropriations Committee
   Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
2358-C Rayburn

03/26/2026 at 03:00PM

Arctic Security

A joint hearing by the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security and the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence entitled, “Arctic Security in an Era of Global Competition: Safeguarding U.S. Interests in Frigid Waters.”

Witnesses:

  • Bryan Clark, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology, Hudson Institute
  • Heather Conley, Nonresident Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
  • Marisol Maddox, Senior Arctic Fellow, Institute of Arctic Studies, Dartmouth College
House Homeland Security Committee
   Counterterrorism and Intelligence Subcommittee
   Transportation and Maritime Security Subcommittee
310 Cannon

03/26/2026 at 02:00PM

National Parkway Speed Cameras, Battlefield Protection, Long-Term Logging Deals, Increasing ATVs in Federal Lands

On Thursday, March 26, 2026, at 2:00 p.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Federal Lands will hold a legislative hearing on the following bills:

  • H.R. 6778 (Rep. Beyer), “Parkway Safety and Reinvestment Act”, to install speed cameras in the National Park System to raise fees for parkway maintenance
  • H.R. 7618 (Rep. Kiggans), “American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2026”
  • H.R. 7951 (Rep. Valadao), “Long-Term Good Neighbor Authority Act”, to extend to 20 years the limit on “good neighbor authority” deals for forest management projects and outdoor recreation projects
  • H.R. 7979 (Rep. Crank), “Public Lands Access Restoration Act”, to establish that roads and trails on federal land are presumed to be open to motorized use unless explicitly restricted by BLM or USFS

Hearing memo

Witnesses:

Panel I (Members of Congress):

  • To Be Announced

Panel II (Administration Witnesses):

  • Ellen Shultzabarger, Associate Deputy Chief, U.S. Forest Service [H.R 7951; H.R. 7979]
  • Charles Cuvelier, Associate Director, Visitor and Resource Protection, National Park Service [All Bills]

Panel III (Outside Experts):

  • David Duncan, President and CEO, American Battlefield Trust, Fairfax, VA [H.R. 7618]
  • Shawn Thomas, Forestry and Trust Land Division Administrator, Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Helena, MT [H.R. 7951]
  • Chad Hixon, Executive Director, Trails Preservation Alliance, Colorado Springs, CO [H.R. 7979]
  • Jeffrey C. McKay, Chairman, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, Fairfax, VA [H.R. 6778] [Minority Witness]
House Natural Resources Committee
   Federal Lands Subcommittee
1324 Longworth

03/26/2026 at 02:00PM