Limiting Court Injunctions, Overturning CFPB Consumer Protections, Requiring Proof of Citizenship to Vote

The Committee on Rules will meet Monday, March 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM ET in H-313, The Capitol on the following measures:

  • H.R. 1526 – No Rogue Rulings Act of 2025, To amend title 28, United States Code, to limit the authority of district courts to provide injunctive relief
  • H.R. 22 – Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require proof of United States citizenship to register an individual to vote in elections for Federal office
  • S.J. Res. 18 – Disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to ‘‘Overdraft Lending: Very Large Financial Institutions’’.
  • S.J. Res. 28 – Disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to ‘‘Defining Larger Participants of a Market for General-Use Digital Consumer Payment Applications’’.
House Rules Committee
H-313 Capitol

03/31/2025 at 04:00PM

Nominations of Paul Atkins to be a Securities and Exchange Commissioner, Jonathan Gould, to be Comptroller of the Currency, Luke Pettit, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Marcus Molinaro, to be Federal Transit Administrator

The committee will meet in open session to conduct a hearing on the following nominations:

Nominees:

  • Paul Atkins, to be a Member, Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Jonathan Gould, to be Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury
  • Luke Pettit, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Department of the Treasury
  • Marcus Molinaro, to be Federal Transit Administrator, Department of Transportation
Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
538 Dirksen

03/27/2025 at 10:00AM

POSTPONED: Oversight of the Federal Emergency Management Agency: Operational Challenges and Opportunities for Reform

The subcommittee hearing will examine the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) ongoing efforts to deliver assistance to Americans impacted by devastating storms in North Carolina. In addition, members will examine reform opportunities at FEMA to ensure taxpayer funds at the agency are being used effectively and efficiently. This follows the Subcommittee’s oversight of FEMA’s relief efforts in Hawaii and Florida.

Witnesses:

  • Eric Church, President & Co-Founder, Chief Cares Fund
  • David Jackson, President & CEO, Boone Area Chamber of Commerce
  • Jeff Howell, Director (ret.), Yancey County, North Carolina Emergency Management
  • Chris Currie, Director, Homeland Security and Justice, Government Accountability Office
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
   Government Operations Subcommittee
2175 Rayburn

03/26/2025 at 10:00AM

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Examining Blue Economy Technologies

Subcommittee hearing entitled “To the Depths, and Beyond: Examining Blue Economy Technologies.”

Witnesses:

  • Earl Childress, SVP and Chief Commercial Officer, Oceaneering
  • Shepard M. Smith, Chief Technology Officer, XOcean
  • Dr. Margaret Leinen, Director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego
  • Dr. Tim Janssen, CEO, Sofar Ocean
House Science, Space, and Technology Committee
   Environment Subcommittee
2318 Rayburn

03/26/2025 at 10:00AM

Nominations of Brian Nesvik to be Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and Jessica Kramer and Sean Donahue to be Assistant Administrators of the Environmental Protection Agency

Full committee hearing.

Nominees:

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

From the Sierra Club:

Nesvik’s tenure as head of Wyoming’s Game and Fish Department was marked by controversy. He was tasked with implementing a new agency plan for managing elk feedgrounds in the state, a unique practice among Rocky Mountain states, which many attribute to the spread of disease among the state’s elk population, including hoof rot which several years ago led to the death of half of the elk calves on one feedground. He has also testified before Congress calling for the removal of Endangered Species Act protections for grizzly bears. Under Nesvik’s leadership Wyoming has implemented a killing by any means of wolves in an effort to drive numbers to bare minimums, and has made it clear it wants to do the same thing to grizzly bears, which would undo decades of work to recover the species

From The Hill:

Democrats grilled Sean Donahue, President Trump’s pick as top lawyer for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), on the agency’s attempts to terminate already issued climate grants during his confirmation hearing on Wednesday.

Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) asked whether Donahue “had been a participant in meetings and discussions over trying to go after” the grant program.

Donahue said he had, but “mostly on the civil defense” side once grant recipients sued the EPA.

Schiff also asked what the consequences should be for opening a criminal probe without evidence of a crime.

Donahue said he didn’t want to answer “hypotheticals.”

The Trump administration has been going after a handful of recipients who got billions of dollars in climate grants issued under the Biden administration.

A judge recently halted the Trump administration’s efforts to claw back the grants, saying it did not provide evidence of wrongdoing.

The Justice Department and FBI have been investigating the matter. A veteran Justice Department prosecutor resigned after she reportedly refused to freeze grantees’ bank accounts.

During the hearing, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) said the episode had “multiple red flags flying of prosecutorial misconduct.”

Democrats also sought to paint Donahue as unqualified during the hearing, in which lawmakers also considered the nominations of Jessica Kramer to lead the EPA’s Office of Water and Brian Nesvik to lead the Fish and Wildlife Service.

Whitehouse asked Donahue a series of questions, including whether he had taken a deposition, tried a case all the way until the verdict, argued a motion or authored and signed a legal pleading.

He said he had not.

Sen. Lisa Blunt-Rochester (D-Del.) brought up Donahue’s partner’s job in an office that helps the Trump administration nominate political appointees.

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
406 Dirksen

03/26/2025 at 10:00AM

Oversight of the National Transportation Safety Board

Subcommittee hearing.

Witness:

  • Jennifer Homendy, Chair, National Transportation Safety Board
House Appropriations Committee
   Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
2358-A Rayburn

03/26/2025 at 09:30AM

Examining the State of Regional Grid Reliability

Subcommittee on Energy hearing examining how the nation’s regional grid operators plan to address grid reliability challenges with an anticipated increase in power demand, including from data centers.

Hearing memo

Witnesses:

  • Gordon van Welie, President & Chief Executive Officer, ISO New England (ISO-NE)
  • Richard J. Dewey, President & Chief Executive Officer, New York Independent System Operator (NYISO)
  • Manu Asthana, President & Chief Executive Officer, PJM Interconnection, LLC
  • Jennifer Curran, Senior Vice President for Planning and Operations, Midcontinent ISO (MISO)
  • Lanny Nickell, Chief Operating Officer, Southwest Power Pool
  • Elliot Mainzer, President & Chief Executive Officer, California Independent System Operator (CAISO)
  • Pablo Vegas, President & Chief Executive Officer, Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc., (ERCOT)

Issues to be raised by Republicans:

  • Reliability challenges in RTO/ISO service areas.
  • How the RTOs and ISOs are adapting to the changing generation mix.
  • The impact of federal and state public policy decisions on reliability and affordability of the electric grid.
  • How to meet the growing demand for power by AI, manufacturing, and electrification.
  • How to address reliability risks from the premature retirement of dispatchable electricity generation.
House Energy and Commerce Committee
   Energy Subcommittee
2123 Rayburn

03/25/2025 at 10:15AM

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Gulf of Mexico Renaming, Gray Wolves, Endangered Species Act Weakening, and other legislation

On Tuesday, March 25, 2025, at 10:15 a.m. in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries will hold a legislative hearing on the following bills:

  • H.R. 276 (Rep. Greene), “Gulf of America Act of 2025”, to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America”.
  • H.R. 845 (Rep. Boebert), “Pet and Livestock Protection Act of 2025”, to require the Secretary of the Interior to reissue regulations removing the gray wolf from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
  • H.R. 1897 (Rep. Westerman), “ESA Amendments Act of 2025”, to weaken the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and
  • H.R. 1917 (Rep. Dingell), “Great Lakes Mass Marking Program Act of 2025.”, to tag hatchery-grown fish in the Great Lakes

Hearing memo

Witnesses:

  • Dr. Nathan Roberts, Professor, College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, Missouri [H.R. 845]
  • Mauricio Guardado, General Manager, United Water Conservation District, Oxnard, California [H.R. 1897]
  • Erik Milito, President, National Ocean Industries Association, Washington DC [H.R. 276 and H.R. 1897]
  • Peter Kareiva, President and CEO, Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, California [Minority Witness, H.R. 845 and H.R. 1897]
House Natural Resources Committee
   Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee
1324 Longworth

03/25/2025 at 10:15AM