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The Subcommittee on Energy will hold a hearing on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, at 10:15 a.m. (ET) in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Appliance and Building Policies: Restoring the American Dream of Home Ownership and Consumer Choice.”

Hearing memo

The hearing will review the following legislation:

• H.R. 4626, Don’t Mess with My Home Appliances Act (Rep. Allen)
• H.R. 4758, Homeowner Energy Freedom Act (Rep. Goldman)
• H.R. 3699, Energy Choice Act (Rep. Langworthy)
• H.R. 3474, Federal Mechanical Insulation Act (Rep. Weber)
• H.R. 4593, Saving Homeowners from Overregulation With Exceptional Rinsing (SHOWER) Act (Rep. Fry)
• H.R. 4690, Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act (Rep. Langworthy)
• H.R. 5184, Affordable Housing Over Mandating Efficiency Standards (Affordable HOMES) Act (Rep. Houchin)
• H.R. 1355, Weatherization Enhancement and Readiness Act of 2025 (Rep. Tonko)

Witnesses:

• Jeff Novak, Acting General Counsel and Principal Deputy General Counsel, U.S. Department of Energy
• George Lowe, Vice President of Governmental Affairs and Public Policy, American Gas Association
• Jennifer Cleary, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers
• Brian Tebbenkamp, President and Owner, Patriot Homes Inc.
• Andrew deLaski, Executive Director, Appliance Standards Awareness Project

09/16/2025 at 10:15AM

Subcommittee hearing on geoengineering and weather modification entitled “Playing God with the Weather – A Disastrous Forecast.”

Witnesses:

• Roger Pielke Jr., Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
• Christopher Martz, Meteorologist/Policy Analyst, Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow

Pielke and Martz are both climate deniers.

09/16/2025 at 10:00AM

U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) and Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) will join 20 Governors and leaders from the Santa Ana, Picuris, Cochiti, Zia, Tesuque, Acoma, Santo Domingo, and Laguna Pueblos to host a press conference on permanently protecting Chaco Canyon.

The press conference will be held at the Capitol House Triangle in Washington D.C. to urge Congress and the Trump Administration to uphold protections for the Greater Chaco region.

WHERE: Capitol House Triangle, Washington, D.C.

Speakers:

• U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.)
• U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.)
• U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.)
• Pueblo Governors and leaders

Located in northwestern New Mexico, the Greater Chaco landscape is a region of great cultural, spiritual, and historical significance to many Pueblos and Tribes that contains living sacred sites. Chaco was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987 and is one of only 24 such sites in the United States.

In 2023, the Biden Administration announced it would commence a 20-year Administrative Withdrawal of non-Indian federal lands in the 10-mile buffer zone. That welcome step has been successful and is still in place but is under threat from the Trump Administration and Republicans in Congress.

In April, Heinrich, Leger Fernández, Stansbury, and the rest of the N.M. Delegation reintroduced legislation to protect Chaco Canyon and the greater sacred landscape surrounding the Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The legislation will prevent future leasing and development of oil, gas, and minerals on non-Indian federal lands within a 10-mile buffer zone around the park. This proposed Chaco Protection Zone will preserve the sacred sites and cultural patrimony within Chaco Canyon and the surrounding landscape for generations to come.

In June, Heinrich, Leger Fernández, Stansbury, and the rest of the N.M. delegation sent a letter to U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Doug Burgum expressing deep concern over the Department’s actions to begin the process of revoking protections around Chaco Canyon in Public Land Order No. 7923.

09/16/2025 at 09:30AM

The Committee on Rules will meet Monday, September 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM ET in H-313, The Capitol on the following measures:

• H.R. 1047 – Guaranteeing Reliability through the Interconnection of Dispatchable Power Act
• H. R. 3062 – Promoting Cross-border Energy Infrastructure Act
• H. R. 3015 – National Coal Council Reestablishment Act
• H. R. 4922 – DC CRIMES Act of 2025
• H. R. 5143 – District of Columbia Policing Protection Act of 2025
• H. R. 5140 – To lower the age at which a minor may be tried as an adult for certain criminal offenses in the District of Columbia to 14 years of age.
• H. R. 5125 – District of Columbia Judicial Nominations Reform Act of 2025

09/15/2025 at 04:00PM

Full committee markup.

09/11/2025 at 09:30AM

Oversight hearing) on U.S. Department of Energy programs in Indian country, entitled “Unleashing Indian Energy – Examining Federal Programs at the U.S. Department of Energy.”

09/10/2025 at 02:45PM

Business meeting to consider the nomination of Mr. William Kirkland to be Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior.

To be followed by an oversight hearing on U.S. Department of Energy programs in Indian country.

09/10/2025 at 02:30PM

On Wednesday, September 10, at 10:00 a.m., U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, will hold a hearing to examine a discussion draft of the Wildfire Emissions Prevention Act, and S. 881, the Renewable Fuel for Ocean-Going Vessels Act, to amend the Clean Air Act to include fuel for ocean-going vessels as additional renewable fuel for which credits may be generated under the renewable fuel program.

Witnesses:

• Johnny Sabo, Director, Georgia Forestry Commission, testifying on behalf of the National Association of State Foresters
• Kathy Metcalf, President Emeritus, Chamber of Shipping of America
• Jonathan Wood, Vice President of Law & Policy, Property and Environment Research Center
• Abirami (Abi) Vijayan, Senior Climate Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council
• Nikita Pavlenko, Program Director, Fuels and Aviation, The International Council on Clean Transportation

09/10/2025 at 10:00AM

Subcommittee hearing entitled “Promoting Forest Health and Resiliency Through Improved Active Management.”

Witnesses:

• Jamie Barnes, Utah State Forester, Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands, Utah Department of Natural Resources, Salt Lake City, UT
• Bradley “Scott” Dane, Executive Director, American Loggers Council, Gilbert, MN
• Dr. Carrie Monohan, Director, Natural Resources, Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians, Oroville, CA
• Dr. Thomas H. DeLuca, Dean and Professor, College of Forestry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

09/10/2025 at 10:00AM

On Wednesday, September 10, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources will hold a legislative hearing on the following bills:

• H.R. 573 (Rep. Yakym), “Studying NEPA’s Impact on Projects Act”
• H.R. 4503 (Rep. Johnson of SD), “ePermit Act”
• H.R. 4776 (Rep. Westerman), “Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act” or the “SPEED Act”

Hearing memo

Witnesses:

Panel I (Members of Congress)

• To Be Announced

Panel II (Outside Experts)

• Jeremy Harrell, Chief Executive Officer of ClearPath and ClearPath Action, Washington, D.C. [H.R. 4503 and H.R. 4776]
• Thomas Hochman, Director of Infrastructure Policy, Foundation for American Innovation, Washington, D.C. [H.R. 573 and H.R. 4776]
• Nick Loris, Vice President of Public Policy, C3 Solutions, Washington, D.C. [H.R. 4776]
• Robert Glicksman, J.B. & Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law, The George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C. [Minority Witness]

Panel III (Outside Experts)

• Dominick A. Longobardi, Deputy Town Comptroller, Town of Hempstead, Hempstead, New York [H.R. 4776]
• Rich Nolan, President and CEO, National Mining Association, Washington, D.C. [H.R. 4776]
• Josh Levi, President, Data Center Coalition, Leesburg, Virginia [H.R. 4776]
• Bob Dreher, Environmental Attorney (retired), Takoma Park, MD [Minority Witness]

09/10/2025 at 10:00AM