Hill Heat

Full committee hearing to examine restoration efforts in the Great Lakes region.

Witnesses:

• Mary Mertz, Director, Ohio Department of Natural Resources
• Christopher Winslow, PhD, Director, Ohio Sea Grant Program and Stone Laboratory at the Ohio State University College of Food, Agriculture, and Environmental Sciences’ School of Environment and Natural Resources
• Holly Bamford, PhD, Chief Conservation Officer, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

Full committee hearing.

Witnesses:

• Mike Waltz, Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, U.S. Department of State
• Jeff Bartos, Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform, U.S. Department of State

The Committee on Rules will meet Tuesday, April 14, 2026 at 4:00 PM ET in H-313, The Capitol on the following measures:

• H.R. 6387 – FIRE Act (Text, Committee report)
• H.R. 6398 – RED Tape Act (Text, Report)
• H.R. 6409 – FENCES Act (Text, Report)
• H. Res. 1156 – Expressing support for tax policies that support working families.
• H.R. 8035 – To amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 through October 20, 2027, and for other purposes.

Energy and Commerce Committee markup on January 21.

H.R. 6387, Fire Improvement and Reforming Exceptional Events (FIRE) Act (Rep. Evans)

This legislation amends section 319(b) to limit how emissions from wildfires, prescribed burns and exceptional events from the air monitoring data can be used to determine whether an area is attaining a NAAQS and to require increased coordination between EPA and affected states regarding exceptional event determinations. On Wednesday, December 10, 2025, the Subcommittee on Environment forwarded the bill to the full committee, without amendment, by a roll call vote of 13 yeas and 10 nays.

H.R. 6398, Reducing and Eliminating Duplicative Environmental Regulations (RED Tape) Act (Rep. Joyce)

This legislation amends section 309 to eliminate the requirement for EPA review and provide written comments on federal construction projects or other actions by a federal agency that are already subject to environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act. On Wednesday, December 10, 2025, the Subcommittee on Environment forwarded the bill to the full committee, without amendment, by a roll call vote of 12 yeas and 10 nays.

H.R. 6409, Foreign Emissions and Nonattainment Clarification for Economic Stability (FENCES) Act (Rep. Pfluger)

This legislation amends Section 179B of the Clean Air Act to exclude emissions emanating from outside the United States from being used to determine whether an area is attaining a National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS). On Wednesday, December 10, 2025, the Subcommittee on Environment forwarded the bill to the full committee, without amendment, by a roll call vote of 14 yeas and 11 nays.

Day One | Day Two

Location: Hotel Washington
515 15th St NW
Washington, DC 20004

James Taylor appears 5 times. Lois Perry, Chris Martz, Rob Bradley, and Cameron Sholty appear twice.

Mortara Center for International Studies (and on Zoom)

Thea Riofrancos is an associate professor of political science at Providence College, a strategic co-director of the Climate and Community Institute, and a fellow at the Transnational Institute. Her research focuses on resource extraction, renewable energy, climate change, the global lithium sector, green technologies, social movements, and the Latin American left. She is the author of Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism (W.W. Norton, 2025) and Resource Radicals: From Petro-Nationalism to Post-Extractivism in Ecuador (Duke University Press, 2020), and the coauthor of A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal (Verso Books, 2019). Her publications have appeared in scholarly journals such as Global Environmental Politics, World Politics, and Perspectives on Politics, as well as in media outlets including The New York Times, Financial Times, Foreign Policy, n+1, Dissent, and more.

In this year’s lecture, “Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism,” Thea Riofrancos explores whether “green capitalism” will save us from the climate crisis. Clean technologies and renewable energy are certainly growing sites of capitalist investment, with government policies playing a key role in making these sectors profitable. But the supply chains that produce the technologies pose vexing dilemmas for the energy transition. These dilemmas are most dramatic at the extractive frontiers of green capitalism: where the natural resources needed to manufacture electric vehicles and build windmills are extracted. In this talk, we will unpack these challenges through the lens of lithium, a so-called “critical mineral” essential for its role in decarbonizing one of the most polluting sectors: transportation.

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Day One | Day Two

Location: Hotel Washington
515 15th St NW
Washington, DC 20004

Craig Rucker appears 4 times. James Taylor appears 3 times. Steve Milloy and Anthony Watts appear 2 times.

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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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

• Airport Improvement Program
• Highway Infrastructure Projects
• Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements
• Transit Infrastructure Grants
• Port Infrastructure Development Program

Department of Housing and Urban Development

• Economic Development Initiatives

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

Transportation and Housing and Urban Development: [email protected]

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

• Community Project Funding Requests

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]

Subcommittee hearing.

Witness:

• Michael Kozak, Senior Bureau Official, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. Department of State