Hill Heat

Full committee business meeting

Nominations:

• Scott Kupor to be Director, Office of Personnel Management;
• Eric M. Ueland to be Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget.

The nomination hearing took place on April 3rd.

Full committee markup.

Legislation:

• H.R. 276 (Rep. Greene), “Gulf of America Act of 2025” (ANS)
• H.R. 677 (Rep. Hageman), “Expedited Appeals Review Act”, to expedite the review of appeals of the Department of Interior on decisions on public lands, offshore drilling, and coal surface mining
• H.R. 845 (Rep. Boebert), “Pet and Livestock Protection Act of 2025” (ANS), to delist gray wolves
• H.R. 900 (Rep. Soto), “Sinkhole Mapping Act of 2025” [PDF]
• H.R. 972 (Rep. Titus), “Sloan Canyon Conservation and Lateral Pipeline Act” [PDF]
• H.R. 1043 (Rep. Gosar), “La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act” [PDF]
• H.R. 1098 (Rep. Scholten), To reauthorize the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994 [PDF]
• H.R. 1665 (Rep. Cammack), “Deploying Infrastructure with Greater Internet Transactions And Legacy Applications Act” or the “DIGITAL Applications Act” [PDF]
• H.R. 1681 (Rep. Evans of Colo.), “Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Reviews Act” [PDF] Amendments H.R. 845 ANS Boebert_014.pdf [PDF] H.R. 276 ANS Westerman_011 [PDF]

Full committee hearing entitled “Converting Energy into Intelligence: the Future of AI Technology, Human Discovery, and American Global Competitiveness.”

Witnesses:

• Eric Schmidt, Chair, Special Competitive Studies Project, billionaire
• Manish Bhatia, Executive Vice President of Global Operations, Micron Technology
• Alexandr Wang, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Scale AI, billionaire
• David Turk, Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University

Full committee hearing foloowing a business meeting.

Witnesses:

• Robert Fox, Senior Partner, Manko Gold Katcher Fox LLP
• Steven B. Radel, President, Industrial Development Advantage, LLC
• J. Alfredo Gomez, Director, Natural Resources and Environment Team, U.S. Government Accountability Office

The Committee will hold a Business Meeting to consider the following items:

• Sean Donahue, of Florida, to be an Assistant Administrator and General Counsel of the Environmental Protection Agency
• Jessica Kramer, of Wisconsin, to an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
• Brian Nesvik, of Wyoming, to be Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service

The nomination hearing took place March 26.

Markup of the Full Committee to continue considering the following:

• H.Res. 187, Of inquiry requesting the President to transmit certain information to the House of Representatives referring to the termination, removal, placement on administrative leave, moved to another department of Federal employees and Inspectors General of agencies;
• H.Res. 186, Of inquiry requesting the President to transmit certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the conflicts of interest of Elon Musk and related information.

Subcommittee hearing.

Witnesses:

• Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States
• Dr. Phillip L. Swagel, Director, Congressional Budget Office
• Hugh Nathanial Halpern, Director, Government Publishing Office

Subcommittee hearing.

Join Metro DC DSA for a conversation on socialist climate politics with Dr. Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Georgetown professor, DSA member, and author of Reconsidering Reparations and Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else).

The neoliberal climate agenda has failed us, and as we face down four years of backsliding on environmental issues at the federal level, the need for locally-driven movements to advance transformative climate justice policy and build the green new deal from the ground up has never been more urgent. Join us for an open discussion with Dr. Táíwò, followed by an interactive session to learn about DC’s local GND campaigns and strategize about the path forward.

At the Festival Center, 1640 Columbia Road NW, Washington, DC

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By cutting funds to lifesaving research and medical care, the Trump administration is abandoning families who are suffering and costing taxpayers billions of dollars. These cuts are dangerous to our health, and dangerous to our economy.

On Tuesday, April 8th, 2025 workers across the country are standing up and demanding NO cuts to education and life-saving research.

Upper Senate Park, 4 pm

Sponsored by UAW, AFT, AFSCME, SEIU, HELU, CWA, NEA, UE, Labor for Higher Education, Stand Up For Science, American Association of University Professors, Debt Collective.