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WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 2026

9:00 AM: Foreign Relations
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Juan Segura, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation, and Brendan Hanrahan, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary (European and Eurasian Affairs), Kari Lake, of Arizona, to be Ambassador to Jamaica, Rudolph Bauer, of South Carolina, to be Ambassador to Belize, 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, Stanley Brown, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, and Katherine Bowles, of Alabama, to be an Assistant Secretary (Legislative Affairs), all of the Department of State.
Location: S-116, Capitol.

9:30 AM: Energy and Natural Resources
Oversight hearing to examine the Federal Regulatory Commission.
Location: SD-366.
Coverage: SRS (Channel 14)

9:30 AM: Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Hal Duncan, of Texas, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Brian Cavanaugh, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary for Management, and Cameron Hamilton, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, both of the Department of Homeland Security, Charles Baldis, of Virginia, to be Special Counsel, Office of Special Counsel, Bradford Pentony Wilson, of New Jersey, to be Archivist of the United States, Jeffrey Brodsky, and William Gallo, of Florida, both to be a Governor of the United States Postal Service, James Woodruff, of Florida, to be Chairman of the Merit Systems Protection Board, Charlton Allen, of North Carolina, to be General Counsel of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, James Andrew Crowell IV, and Stuart Gordon Nash, both to be an Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, and Christopher Michael De Bono, Michael Christopher DiLorenzo, Sharon E. Goodie, Craig Edward Leen, Christine Michelle Macey, and John Barlow Timmer, each to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
Location: SD-342.
Coverage: SRS (Channel 19)

10:00 AM: Finance
Hearings to examine the President’s 2026 trade policy agenda.
Location: SD-215.
Coverage: SRS (Channel 16), C-SPAN

10:00 AM: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Business meeting to consider S.2355, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for hospital and insurer price transparency, S.4189, to reduce the price of insulin and provide for patient protections with respect to the cost of insulin, S.4974, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to food safety, S.5026, to require warning labels on sugar-sweetened foods and beverages, foods and beverages containing high-intensity sweeteners, ultra-processed foods, and foods high in nutrients of concern, such as added sugar, saturated fat, or sodium, to restrict junk food advertising to children, S.1414, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide that clinical studies required for licensure of biological products as biosimilar shall not be required to include the assessment of immunogenicity, pharmacodynamics, or comparative clinical efficacy, S.3788, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require drug labeling to include original manufacturer and supply chain information, S.3794, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to further regulate compounding pharmacies and outsourcing facilities, S.494, to establish a national plan to coordinate research on epilepsy, S.4110, to revise and extend health workforce programs under title VII of the Public Health Service Act, S.1874, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain nursing workforce development programs, S.380, to improve obstetric emergency care, and S.3097, to provide additional protections with respect to health information.
Location: SD-430.
Coverage: SRS (Channel 18)

10:30 AM: Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Business meeting to markup S.1759, to allow for the operation of civil supersonic flight in the national airspace system under certain conditions, and other legislation.
Location: SR-253.
Coverage: SRS (Channel 13)

2:00 PM: Indian Affairs
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Mark Cruz, of Oregon, to be Director of the Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine S.4276, to reauthorize the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996.
Location: SD-628.
Coverage: SRS (Channel 22)

2:00 PM: Environment and Public Works
Business meeting to consider the nomination of Kevin Lilly, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife, Department of the Interior.
Location: S-216, Capitol.

3:00 PM: Select Intelligence
CLOSED briefing on certain intelligence matters.
Location: SH-219.

4:00 PM: Veterans’ Affairs
Hearings to examine advancing the mission, focusing on evaluating the future of VA research.
Location: SR-418.
Coverage: SRS (Channel 21)

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