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 Donald Trump will travel to China for meetings with President Xi Jinping.
- The Senate plans to vote on Kevin Warsh’s nomination to chair the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will testify at budget hearings in the House and Senate.
HOUSE
- The House will hold floor votes tomorrow through Friday, focusing on legislation to support law enforcement during Police Week.
- Budget hearings include Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Dan Caine, and Comptroller Jules Hurst of the Defense Department testifying together at the Appropriations Defense Subcommittee tomorrow.
- Wednesday, the Energy and Commerce Energy Subcommittee will hold a hearing on permitting for electricity transmission infrastructure.
- The full schedule of House committee activity can be found here.
SENATE
- The Senate will take up Warsh’s nomination to chair the Fed.
- Hegseth and Caine will testify at the Appropriations Defense Subcommittee tomorrow, among several cabinet officials appearing before the Appropriations Committee.
- Also tomorrow, the Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee will hold a hearing on the fertilizer industry.
- The full list of Senate committee meetings can be found here.
WHITE HOUSE
- Today, Trump is participating in a maternal health event and hosting the college football national champion Indiana Hoosiers at the White House.
- Trump and Xi are set to meet Thursday and Friday in Beijing for extensive talks.
- Negotiations between the U.S. and Iran appear deadlocked, with uncertainty over the next steps.
