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Tuesday, May 13

10 AM: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Nominations Hearing for FRA, Amtrak, and Commerce
10 AM: Senate Foreign Relations Committee
East Africa and The Horn: At a Turning Point or a Breaking Point?
2 PM: House Energy and Commerce Committee
Energy and Commerce Markup of 2025 Budget Reconciliation Resolution
2 PM: House Ways and Means Committee
Ways and Means Markup of 2025 Budget Reconciliation Resolution
2:30 PM: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
The Insurance Industry's Claim Practices Following Recent Natural Disasters
3 PM: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee
Perspectives from the field: conservation
7:30 PM: House Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Markup of 2025 Budget Reconciliation Resolution

Wednesday, May 14

9:30 AM: Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Vote on Nominations of William Doffermyre to be Solicitor of Interior, Catherine Jereza to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for Electricity, Kyle Haustveit to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for Fossil Energy
9:45 AM: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Vote on nomination of Paul Dabbar to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce for global trade and technology
10 AM: Senate Finance Committee
Trade in Critical Supply Chains
10 AM: Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Nominations of Jonathan Brightbill to be General Counsel, Tina Pierce to be Chief Financial Officer, and Conner Prochaska to be ARPA-E Director, at Department of Energy; and Ned Mamula to be U.S. Geological Survey Director
10 AM: House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Member Day
10 AM: House Appropriations Committee
Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
FY2026 Budget for U.S. Department of Transportation
10:15 AM: House Natural Resources Committee
Natural Resources Member Day
10:30 AM: Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
Nominations of Sean McMaster to be Federal Highway Administrator, John Busterud to be EPA Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste, Adam Telle to be Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works
10:30 AM: Senate Appropriations Committee
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request for the Environmental Protection Agency
2:30 PM: Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
Financing America’s Manufacturing and Industry
3:30 PM: Senate Aging Committee
Preparing for Disasters: Unique Challenges Facing Older Americans

Thursday, May 15

10 AM: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety Subcommittee
Pipeline Safety Reauthorization
10 AM: House Appropriations Committee
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
FY2026 Budget for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
10 AM: House Natural Resources Committee
Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee
Land Management in the Wildland-Urban Interface
10 AM: Senate Appropriations Committee
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request for the Department of Transportation
2 PM: House Appropriations Committee
Homeland Security Subcommittee
Oversight of the Transportation Security Administration