A look at the week ahead in Congress featuring key hearings on Ukraine and banking
Ryan King
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Congress is set to hold a series of hearings this week scrutinizing the aid to Ukraine, revisiting authorization of military force in Iraq, and discussing the banking crisis, among other subjects.
Some of the star witnesses set to deliver testimony will include Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. Schultz, in particular, is likely to be on the hot seat over his company’s labor practices.
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Here is a look at the week ahead on the hill.
Monday
— House Committee on Rules will consider the Lower Energy Costs Act at 3 p.m.
Tuesday
— Senate to vote on amendments for legislation to scrap the Authorization for Use of Military Force for Iraq
— Interior Secretary Deb Haaland meets with the House Appropriations Committee
— Hearing about defense systems against nuclear and atomic energy from Pentagon officials before a House Armed Services subcommittee at 9 a.m.
— Austin discusses the Pentagon’s budget with the Senate Armed Services Committee at 9:30 a.m.
— Mayorkas testifies before Senate Judiciary Committee at 10 a.m.
— Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Martin Gruenberg, the Federal Reserve’s Michael Barr, and Treasury Department’s Nellie Liang testify on Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse before the Senate Banking Committee at 10 a.m.
— Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) and Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, discusses the northern border situation with a House Homeland Security subcommittee hearing at 10 a.m.
— Hearing on repercussions of school closures by the House coronavirus subcommittee at 10 a.m.
— Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra talks budgeting with a House Appropriations subcommittee at 10 a.m.
— Space Force budget committee meets with a House Appropriations subcommittee at 10 a.m.
— Local officials and citizens appear before House Administration Committee on “2022 Midterms Look Back Series: Government Voter Suppression in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania” at 10:30 a.m.
— Becerra talks budgeting with House Ways and Means Committee at 2 p.m.
— Transportation Security Administration Administrator David Pekoske on budgeting discusses budgeting with a House Appropriations subcommittee on TSA at 2 p.m.
— Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan talks budgeting with a House Appropriations subcommittee at 2 p.m.
— Attorney General Merrick Garland discusses budget with a Senate Appropriations subcommittee at 2:30 p.m.
— Election officials and secretaries of states from New Mexico, Nebraska, North Carolina, and South Carolina testify during Senate Rules Committee hearing at 3 p.m.
Wednesday
— Senate Armed Services subcommittee holds hearing about cybersecurity threats at 9:30 a.m.
— Garland testifies before a House Appropriations subcommittee about the Justice Department budget at 9:30 a.m.
— Schultz testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on union busting at 10 a.m.
— State officials from Maryland, Arizona, and Mississippi discuss downwind pollution with the Senate Environment and Public Works hearing panel at 10 a.m.
— Hearing on the next generation of commercial aviation by the Senate Commerce Committee at 10 a.m.
— Austin and Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, attend House Armed Services Committee hearing on the budget at 10 a.m.
— Yellen testifies about the budget before a House Appropriations subcommittee at 10 a.m.
— Mayorkas discusses the DHS budget with a House Appropriations subcommittee at 10 a.m.
— Washington, D.C., council members testify on “Overdue oversight of the Capital City” before House Oversight Committee at 10 a.m.
— Gruenberg, Barr, and Liang testify about the banking crisis before the House Financial Services Committee hearing at 10 a.m.
— Inspector general testifies about oversight of assistance to Ukraine before House Foreign Affairs Committee at 10 a.m.
— Hearing on “Diversity of Thought: Protecting Free Speech on College Campuses” by the House Education subcommittee at 10:15 a.m.
— Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf appears before House Appropriations Subcommittee to discuss the FDA’s budget at 1 p.m.
— House Oversight Committee markups of legislation regarding Washington’s Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022 at 1 p.m.
— Mayorkas discusses the DHS budget with the Senate Appropriations Committee at 1:30 p.m.
— Inspectors general of various federal departments appear before House Energy and Commerce Committee regarding “Oversight of President Biden’s Massive Spending Spree” at 2 p.m.
— Hearing about modernizing vetting process for government personnel by Senate Intelligence Committee at 2:30 p.m.
— Hearing on military personnel and recruitment troubles featuring military witnesses before a House Armed Services Committee subcommittee at 3 p.m.
Thursday
— Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO), Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, and Special Assistant Attorney General John Sauer testify before the weaponization subcommittee about the lawsuit against the Biden administration over alleged social media suppression at 9 a.m.
— Army leaders testify before Senate Armed Services Committee at 9:30 a.m.
— Hearing about risks from plastics by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee at 10 a.m.
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