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
- The House plans to pass its version of annual defense policy legislation.
- President Joe Biden will be in Washington to host a Juneteenth Concert and speak at an event hosted by Everytown for Gun Safety.
- Later in the week, Biden will travel to the G7 Leaders’ Summit in Italy.
HOUSE
- The House will be in session tomorrow through Friday, taking up the annual National Defense Authorization Act.
- The Financial Services Committee will hold oversight hearings on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on Wednesday and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday.
- The Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday will hold a hearing with State Department officials on “Great Power Competition in the Western Hemisphere.”
- The full committee schedule can be found here.
SENATE
- The Senate will be in session tomorrow through Thursday, taking up legislation aiming to protect access to in vitro fertilization.
- The Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Thursday will hold an oversight hearing with Bureau of Land Management Director Tracy Stone-Manning.
- Also on Thursday, Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Michael Whitaker will testify before the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee regarding oversight of Boeing’s manufacturing processes.
- Additional Senate committee meetings can be found here.
WHITE HOUSE
- This evening, Biden will host a Juneteenth Concert at the White House.
- Tomorrow, he will speak at Everytown’s Gun Sense University conference.
- The rest of the week, the president will be in Fasano, Italy, for the G7 Leaders’ Summit.
