Below is this week’s congressional update by BakerHostetler’s Federal Policy team. We’ll continue to post in weeks when both chambers of Congress are in session.
HEADLINES
- President Joe Biden will travel to New England for campaign events, and will host President William Ruto of Kenya at the White House.
- Secretary of State Antony Blinken will appear at four separate hearings across both chambers.
- The Senate will again vote on bipartisan border security legislation that previously failed, before both chambers depart for Memorial Day recess.
HOUSE
- The House will hold floor votes tomorrow through Thursday, including on legislation to regulate digital financial assets.
- Blinken is scheduled to testify Wednesday morning at the Appropriations Subcommittee that funds his department, followed by an appearance at the Foreign Affairs Committee that afternoon.
- Also Wednesday, the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology will discuss the bipartisan committee leaders’ proposal to sunset Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
- The full committee schedule can be found here.
SENATE
- The Senate is scheduled to be in session tonight through Thursday, voting again on bipartisan border security legislation that did not pass earlier this year – and is likely doomed to fail again.
- Blinken has a Senate doubleheader Tuesday, with the Foreign Relations Committee in the morning and the Appropriations Subcommittee in the afternoon.
- A busy week in the Finance Committee includes hearings on child savings accounts, trade enforcement at ports, the Family First Prevention Services Act, and the fentanyl crisis.
- Additional Senate committee meetings can be found here.
WHITE HOUSE
- Biden this evening will celebrate Jewish American Heritage Month at the White House.
- Tomorrow, the president will campaign in New England.
- The rest of the week, he will host the Kenyan president for meetings and a state dinner at the White House.
