119th Congress

Committees

Most bills are decided in committee: they hold hearings, amend bills in markups, and choose which ones reach the floor. See what each committee is working on and who sits on it.

Coming up in the next two weeks: 0
Hearings this Congress: 133
Markups this Congress: 21
Committees and subcommittees: 49 + 181

Committee meetings per week

Hearings
Markups
Other meetings

Each column is one week (Monday to Sunday); lighter columns are scheduled weeks still to come.

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Week of	Hearings	Markups	Other meetings	Total
Jun 22	2	1	0	3
Jun 29	2	0	1	3
Jul 6	0	0	0	0
Jul 13	3	2	0	5
Jul 20	4	3	0	7
Jul 27	0	0	0	0
Aug 3	0	0	0	0
Aug 10	0	0	0	0
Aug 17	0	0	1	1
Aug 24	1	0	0	1
Aug 31	15	2	7	24
Sep 7	0	0	0	0
Sep 14	41	9	6	56
Sep 21	13	0	4	17
Sep 28	10	0	2	12
Oct 5	1	0	0	1
Oct 12 (scheduled)	0	0	0	0
Oct 19 (scheduled)	0	0	0	0
Oct 26 (scheduled)	0	0	0	0

Busiest committees this Congress

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Committee	Hearings	Markups	Other meetings	Total
House Energy and Commerce	19	6	5	30
House Oversight and Government Reform	11	5	0	16
House Natural Resources	9	1	0	10
House Education and Workforce	9	1	0	10
House Judiciary	9	1	0	10
House Transportation and Infrastructure	8	1	0	9
Senate Judiciary	7	0	1	8
House Foreign Affairs	7	0	0	7
House Veterans' Affairs	5	1	1	7
Senate Intelligence	5	0	1	6
Senate Foreign Relations	6	0	0	6
House Ways and Means	2	1	1	4

Hearings and markups in the last 30 days (86)

Hearing · Oct 6, 2026, 9:00 AM EDT
The One, Big, Beautiful Bill Delivering for Small Business, Manufacturing, and Working Families
House Ways and Means · Orgill Innovation Center, Collierville, TN · 4 witnesses · Video
Open Hearing · Oct 1, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT
Hearings to examine the nominations of Jeremy Wiggins, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Matthew Jones, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and David Slade, of Florida, to be First Vice President, and Michael Rigas, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of Directors, both of the Export-Import Bank of the United States.
Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs · 538, Dirksen Senate Office Building · Video
Closed Hearing · Sep 30, 2026, 3:00 PM EDT
To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters.
Senate Intelligence (Select) · 219, Hart Senate Office Building
Open Hearing · Sep 30, 2026, 3:00 PM EDT
Hearings to examine Nicaragua's political crisis, focusing on Ortega's assault on democracy.
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues · 419, Dirksen Senate Office Building · Video
Open Hearing · Sep 30, 2026, 2:30 PM EDT
Hearings to examine rogue AI, focusing on securing the homeland against AI agents.
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and Census · 342, Dirksen Senate Office Building · Video
Open Hearing · Sep 30, 2026, 10:30 AM EDT
Hearings to examine the nominations of Justin Bytheway, of Utah, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Tonga, William Flens, of the District of Columbia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Chad, Douglas Holder, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Bulgaria, Marc Dillard, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Madagascar, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Union of the Comoros, and Jessica Long, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, all of the Department of State.
Senate Foreign Relations · 419, Dirksen Senate Office Building · Video
Open Hearing · Sep 30, 2026, 10:15 AM EDT
Hearings to examine the nominations of Lee Philip Rudofsky, of Arkansas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, Robert E. Long, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, Peter M. Mansfield, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, and Jesus A. Osete, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri.
Senate Judiciary, Senate Judiciary · 216, Hart Senate Office Building · Video
Open Business Meeting · Sep 30, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT
Business meeting to consider S.365 and H.R.1729, bills to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to allow for additional entities to be eligible to complete the maintenance work on Bolts Ditch and the Bolts Ditch Headgate within the Holy Cross Wilderness, Colorado, S.462, to provide for economic development and conservation in Washoe County, Nevada, S.465, to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reform the interconnection queue process for the prioritization and approval of certain projects, S.730, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of establishing the African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center at the African Burial Ground National Monument, S.764, to provide for the designation of certain wilderness areas, recreation management areas, and conservation areas in the State of Colorado, S.791, to establish the Justice Thurgood Marshall National Historic Site in the State of Maryland as an affiliated area of the National Park System, S.888, to designate certain land administered by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service in the State of Oregon as wilderness and national recreation areas, to withdraw certain land located in Curry County and Josephine County, Oregon, from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and operation under the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws, S.945, to amend the Smith River National Recreation Area Act to include certain additions to the Smith River National Recreation Area, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain wild rivers in the State of Oregon, S.1005, to provide for conservation and economic development in the State of Nevada, S.1088, to provide that the memorial to commemorate the sacrifice and service of the women who worked on the home front to support the efforts of the United States military during World War II may be located on the National Mall, S.1195, to promote conservation, improve public land management, and provide for sensible development in Pershing County, Nevada, S.1254 and H.R.331, bills to amend the Aquifer Recharge Flexibility Act to clarify a provision relating to conveyances for aquifer recharge purposes, S.1341, to amend the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 to add certain land to the Sarvis Creek Wilderness, S.1342, to amend the Energy Conservation and Production Act to improve the weatherization assistance program, S.1349, to withdraw the National Forest System land in the Ruby Mountains subdistrict of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and the National Wildlife Refuge System land in Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Elko and White Pine Counties, Nevada, from operation under the mineral leasing laws, S.1476, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the Gila River system in the State of New Mexico as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, to provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal land in the State of New Mexico, S.1568, to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to modify standards for general service lamps, S.1737, to designate and expand wilderness areas in Olympic National Forest in the State of Washington, and to designate certain rivers in Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park as wild and scenic rivers, S.1777, to amend the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 to expand the boundary of Joshua Tree National Park, to redesignate the Cottonwood Visitor Center at Joshua Tree National Park as the "Dianne Feinstein Visitor Center", S.1870, to adjust the boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area to include the Rim of the Valley Corridor, S.2570, to amend the Energy Conservation and Production Act to reauthorize the weatherization assistance program, S.2970, to authorize the use of off-highway vehicles in certain areas of the Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, S.3371, to designate the Museum of the Blind People's Movement in Baltimore, Maryland, as the "National Museum of the Blind People's Movement", S.3499 and H.R.3638, bills to direct the Secretary of Energy to prepare periodic assessments and submit reports on the supply chain for the generation and transmission of electricity, S.3524 and H.R.7618, bills to amend title 54, United States Code, to modify certain cost-sharing requirements for grant programs under the American Battlefield Protection Program, S.3526, to provide for the protection of and investment in certain Federal land in the State of California, S.3542, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate the Upper Raritan River Watershed in the State of New Jersey for study for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, S.3695, to amend Public Law 96-586 to modernize the authority of the Forest Service to acquire
Senate Energy and Natural Resources · 366, Dirksen Senate Office Building · Video
Open Business Meeting · Sep 30, 2026, 9:45 AM EDT
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Nicole Saphier, of New Jersey, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, subject to qualifications therefor as provided by law and regulations, and to be Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, Timothy Westlake, of Wisconsin, to be Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, and Mary Lazare, of Florida, to be Assistant Secretary for Aging, all of the Department of Health and Human Services, and Loren E. Sweatt, of Virginia, and Douglas Ralph, of Kentucky, both to be a Member of the National Mediation Board.
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions · 430, Dirksen Senate Office Building · Video
Open Hearing · Sep 29, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT
Hearings to examine an update on Golden Dome.
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces · 222, Russell Senate Office Building · Video
Closed Hearing · Sep 29, 2026, 3:00 PM EDT
To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters.
Senate Intelligence (Select) · 219, Hart Senate Office Building
Open Hearing · Sep 29, 2026, 2:30 PM EDT
Oversight hearings to examine the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property · 562, Dirksen Senate Office Building · Video
Open Hearing · Sep 29, 2026, 9:00 AM EDT
Oversight hearings to examine Jack Smith's authority and Republicans and related matters.
Senate Judiciary · 216, Hart Senate Office Building · Video
Open Hearing · Sep 24, 2026, 10:30 AM EDT
Hearings to examine the nomination of Heidi Overton, of New Mexico, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of Health and Human Services.
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions · 430, Dirksen Senate Office Building · Video
Open Business Meeting · Sep 24, 2026, 10:15 AM EDT
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Anna St. John, of Louisiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, Gregory Carl Cook, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, and John Peter Cronan, of New York, Jason Manion, of Ohio, Claire McCusker Murray, of Maryland, and Luis Felipe Restrepo, of Pennsylvania, each to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission, and D. Adam Candeub, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Joy Lynne Pittman Thorp, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, Steven Weinhoeft, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, William Gerald Hardy, to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of Alabama, Philip Lewis III, to be United States Marshal for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Seth Reister, to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of Florida, and Jurgen Ryan Soekhoe, to be United States Marshal for the District of Columbia, all of the Department of Justice.
Senate Judiciary · 216, Hart Senate Office Building
Open Business Meeting · Sep 24, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Gerard Klomp, of Utah, to be Deputy Secretary, and Ge Bai, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary, both of the Department of Health and Human Services, James Gadwood, of Maryland, to be Chief Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service and an Assistant General Counsel in the Department of the Treasury, and Andrew A. De Mello, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court.
Senate Finance · 215, Dirksen Senate Office Building · Video
Closed Hearing · Sep 24, 2026, 9:30 AM EDT
To receive a closed briefing on an update on the budget of the Department of Defense.
Senate Armed Services · 217, Capitol Visitor Center (Senate side
Open Hearing · Sep 24, 2026, 9:30 AM EDT
Hearings to examine the nominations of William Grayson, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia, Mark Abreu, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador, Nicholas Checker, of Wisconsin, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Rwanda, Natasha Franceschi, of California, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Nicaragua, and John McIntyre, of Texas, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Malawi, all of the Department of State.
Senate Foreign Relations · 419, Dirksen Senate Office Building · Video
Open Hearing · Sep 23, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT
Hearings to examine the nominations of Maria Lopez, of Florida, to be Chairman of the Board of Veterans' Appeals, Department of Veterans Affairs, and Robert R. Fleck, of Pennsylvania, David M. Jones, of Virginia, Daniel F. Rendleman, of Illinois, and James Lewis Quinn, of Virginia, each to be a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
Senate Veterans' Affairs · 418, Russell Senate Office Building · Video
Open Hearing · Sep 23, 2026, 3:30 PM EDT
Hearings to examine leveling the playing field, focusing on restoring America's edge in generic drug manufacturing.
Senate Aging (Special) · 216, Hart Senate Office Building · Video

Committees (49)

Energy and Commerce
Chair Brett Guthrie · Ranking Frank Pallone, Jr.
30 meetings this Congress · 83 bills referred · 6 subcommittees
Oversight and Government Reform
Chair James Comer · Ranking Robert Garcia
16 meetings this Congress · 32 bills referred · 7 subcommittees
Education and Workforce
Chair Tim Walberg · Ranking Robert C. "Bobby" Scott
10 meetings this Congress · 23 bills referred · 4 subcommittees
Natural Resources
Chair Bruce Westerman · Ranking Jared Huffman
10 meetings this Congress · 71 bills referred · 5 subcommittees
Judiciary
Chair Jim Jordan · Ranking Jamie Raskin
10 meetings this Congress · 58 bills referred · 6 subcommittees
Transportation and Infrastructure
Chair Sam Graves · Ranking Rick Larsen
9 meetings this Congress · 38 bills referred · 6 subcommittees
Judiciary
Chair Chuck Grassley · Ranking Richard J. Durbin
8 meetings this Congress · 3 bills referred · 8 subcommittees
Foreign Affairs
Chair Brian J. Mast · Ranking Gregory W. Meeks
7 meetings this Congress · 24 bills referred · 7 subcommittees
Veterans' Affairs
Chair Mike Bost · Ranking Mark Takano
7 meetings this Congress · 30 bills referred · 5 subcommittees
Foreign Relations
Chair James E. Risch · Ranking Jeanne Shaheen
6 meetings this Congress · 3 bills referred · 7 subcommittees
Intelligence
Chair Tom Cotton
6 meetings this Congress
Appropriations
Chair Tom Cole · Ranking Rosa L. DeLauro
4 meetings this Congress · 12 subcommittees
Financial Services
Chair J. French Hill · Ranking Maxine Waters
4 meetings this Congress · 35 bills referred · 6 subcommittees
Science, Space, and Technology
Chair Brian Babin · Ranking Zoe Lofgren
4 meetings this Congress · 16 bills referred · 5 subcommittees
Ways and Means
Chair Jason Smith · Ranking Richard E. Neal
4 meetings this Congress · 33 bills referred · 6 subcommittees
Intelligence
Chair Eric A. "Rick" Crawford · Ranking James A. Himes
4 meetings this Congress · 1 bills referred · 6 subcommittees
Armed Services
Chair Roger F. Wicker · Ranking Jack Reed
4 meetings this Congress · 7 subcommittees
Agriculture
Chair Glenn Thompson · Ranking Angie Craig
3 meetings this Congress · 18 bills referred · 6 subcommittees
Rules
Chair Virginia Foxx · Ranking James P. McGovern
3 meetings this Congress · 1 bills referred · 2 subcommittees
Small Business
Chair Roger Williams · Ranking Nydia M. Velázquez
3 meetings this Congress · 7 bills referred · 5 subcommittees
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Chair Bill Cassidy · Ranking Bernard Sanders
3 meetings this Congress · 7 bills referred · 3 subcommittees
Budget
Chair Jodey C. Arrington · Ranking Brendan F. Boyle
2 meetings this Congress · 4 bills referred
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Chair Tim Scott · Ranking Elizabeth Warren
2 meetings this Congress · 10 bills referred · 6 subcommittees
Energy and Natural Resources
Chair Mike Lee · Ranking Martin Heinrich
2 meetings this Congress · 26 bills referred · 4 subcommittees
Environment and Public Works
Chair Shelley Moore Capito · Ranking Sheldon Whitehouse
2 meetings this Congress · 2 bills referred · 4 subcommittees
Finance
Chair Mike Crapo · Ranking Ron Wyden
2 meetings this Congress · 4 bills referred · 6 subcommittees
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Chair Rand Paul · Ranking Gary C. Peters
2 meetings this Congress · 18 bills referred · 3 subcommittees
Indian Affairs
Chair Lisa Murkowski
2 meetings this Congress · 9 bills referred
Aging
Chair Rick Scott · Ranking Kirsten E. Gillibrand
2 meetings this Congress
Homeland Security
Chair Andrew R. Garbarino · Ranking Bennie G. Thompson
1 meeting this Congress · 4 bills referred · 6 subcommittees
House Administration
Chair Bryan Steil · Ranking Joseph D. Morelle
1 meeting this Congress · 5 bills referred · 2 subcommittees
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Chair John Boozman · Ranking Amy Klobuchar
1 meeting this Congress · 5 subcommittees
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Chair Ted Cruz · Ranking Maria Cantwell
1 meeting this Congress · 8 bills referred · 7 subcommittees
Veterans' Affairs
Chair Jerry Moran · Ranking Richard Blumenthal
1 meeting this Congress · 6 bills referred
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
0 meetings this Congress
Armed Services
Chair Mike Rogers · Ranking Adam Smith
0 meetings this Congress · 20 bills referred · 7 subcommittees
Ethics
Chair Michael Guest · Ranking Mark DeSaulnier
0 meetings this Congress
Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party
Chair John R. Moolenaar · Ranking Ro Khanna
0 meetings this Congress
House Select Subcommittee to Investigate the Remaining Questions Surrounding January 6, 2021
Chair Barry Loudermilk
0 meetings this Congress
Joint Committee of Congress on the Library
Chair Bryan Steil
0 meetings this Congress
Printing
Chair Mitch McConnell
0 meetings this Congress
Taxation
Chair Mike Crapo
0 meetings this Congress
Joint Economic Committee
Chair David Schweikert · Ranking Margaret Wood Hassan
0 meetings this Congress
Appropriations
Chair Susan M. Collins · Ranking Patty Murray
0 meetings this Congress · 12 subcommittees
Rules and Administration
Chair Mitch McConnell · Ranking Alex Padilla
0 meetings this Congress · 1 bills referred
Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Chair Joni Ernst · Ranking Edward J. Markey
0 meetings this Congress · 4 bills referred
Budget
Chair Ron Johnson · Ranking Jeff Merkley
0 meetings this Congress
Ethics
Chair James Lankford
0 meetings this Congress
United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control
Chair Sheldon Whitehouse
0 meetings this Congress

Rosters from congress-legislators; hearings, markups and referrals from Congress.gov. Meeting counts cover meetings loaded so far this Congress; canceled and postponed meetings are left out of the charts.