Capitol Hill Briefing: June 25, 2026

Today on Capitol Hill: 13 committee meetings; 15 amendments submitted. Full breakdown below.

🏢 Committee Activity

House Ways and Means (House): Meeting — Work & Welfare Subcommittee Hearing on the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program: Early Support, Lifelong Impact

House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health (House): Meeting — HR 3514, HR 1266, HR 7970 — Markup of Fifteen Bills

(Committee) (House): Meeting — China’s Economic Espionage and Subnational Influence in the United States

House Education and Workforce (House): Meeting — HR 8822, HR 2332, HR 9228 — H.R. 8476, "No Antisemitism in Education Act of 2026"; H.R. 4795, "Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act of 2025"; H.R. 9203, "Student Protection and University Accountability Act"; H.R. 2555, "Freedom of Association in Higher Education Act of 2025"; H.R. 5505, "Equal Campus Access Act of 2025"; H.R. 2332, "States Handling Access to Reciprocity for Employment (SHARE) Act of 2025"; H.R. 4122, "Health Care for Energy Workers Act of 2025"; H.R. 8822, "Federal Workers’ Compensation Integrity and Care Act"; H.R. 8823, "Putting Patients First by Strengthening Provider Accountability in FECA Act"; H.R. 9381, "AI Workforce Assessment and Research Enhancement (AWARE) Act"; H.R. 9228, "Health Data Access, Transparency, and Affordability Act of 2026"

House Science, Space, and Technology (House): Meeting — Full Committee

House Small Business (House): Meeting — “From Startup to Scale: The Role of the SBA Office of Investment and Innovation in Powering America’s Small Businesses.”

House Appropriations Subcommittee on Department of Homeland Security (House): Meeting — Oversight Hearing – Department of Homeland Security

(Committee) (House): Meeting — Oversight hearing titled "Beneath the Surface: Earth MRI and America's Resource Potential"

House Foreign Affairs East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee (House): Meeting — Implementing an America First Approach in the East Asia and Pacific Region

House Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture (House): Meeting — "Reviewing Partnerships to Enhance Management of the National Forest System"

Senate Foreign Relations (Senate): Meeting — Hearings to examine the nominations of Barbera Thornhill, of North Carolina, to be Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, with the rank of Ambassador at Large, John Hurley, of California, to be Representative of the United States of America to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, with the rank of Ambassador, Keith Noreika, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania, Joseph Burkhalter, of Georgia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova, and Stanley Brown, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, all of the Department of State.

Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate): Meeting — Hearings to examine the nominations of Christopher Phelan, of Minnesota, to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, John Crews, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National Credit Union Administration Board, and Jeffrey Ledbetter, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Senate Finance (Senate): Meeting — Hearings to examine the nominations of Brett Doyle, of Connecticut, David Foley, Jr., of Virginia, Samuel Negatu, of the District of Columbia, Peter-Anthony Pappas, of New Jersey, and Bartholomew Thanhauser, of New York, each to be a Member of the United States International Trade Commission.