Subcommittee on Defense
8:00 AM ET
Jay Hurst disclosed Operation Epic Fury costs rose to $29 billion from $25 billion due to equipment repair and ongoing operations.
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May 11 – May 15, 2026 · 52 hearings on the schedule that week. Entries link to transcripts and summaries where they exist.
No hearings were on the schedule for Monday.
8:00 AM ET
Jay Hurst disclosed Operation Epic Fury costs rose to $29 billion from $25 billion due to equipment repair and ongoing operations.
2:00 PM ET
Hung Cao (Acting Secretary of the Navy) requested $377.5 billion for FY27 to fund 34 new ships, 123 aircraft, and the Golden Fleet initiative.
4:00 PM ET
Scott Turner (Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development) defended $73 billion FY27 request eliminating CDBG and imposing work requirements amid bipartisan skepticism.
9:00 AM ET
No video available — no transcript.
2:30 PM ET
Shira Perlmutter (Register of Copyrights and Director, U.S. Copyright Office) said the DMCA fails against foreign piracy sites and endorsed no-fault injunctions.
9:30 AM ET
Daniel P Driscoll (Secretary of the Army, Department of the Army) revealed OMB just cleared the DOD duty status reform proposal for Guard benefits during questioning.
3:30 PM ET
Michael E. Conley (Commander, Air Force Special Operations Command) said AFSOC executed its two largest deployments in 36 years while losing two aircraft needing replacement.
10:00 AM ET
Thomas E. Austin (Architect of the Capitol, Architect of the Capitol) sought $1.67 billion, up 105%, for deferred projects including Rayburn renovation despite unlikely full funding.
10:30 AM ET
Thomas E. Austin (Architect of the Capitol, Architect of the Capitol) sought $1.67 billion for FY27 as Sen. Fischer said full construction funding was highly unlikely.
3:00 PM ET
Senators highlighted urea prices spiking over 40% and farm bankruptcies surging as Strait of Hormuz closure worsened fertilizer affordability crisis.
4:00 PM ET
Rep. Biggs presented H.R. 5625 requiring the Attorney General to publicly list jurisdictions permitting cashless bail for violent and disorder offenses.
5:00 PM ET
Closed to the public — no transcript.
9:30 AM ET
Tom Schultz (Chief, U.S. Forest Service) said FY27 budget would move 11,300 firefighters and fuels funding to Interior pending six-month study with RFP due this week.
9:30 AM ET
Sen. Wicker (R-MS) accused Energy of violating statute by diverting sea-launched cruise missile warhead funds despite reconciliation money to accelerate development.
2:30 PM ET
Closed to the public — no transcript.
10:00 AM ET
Ammon Blair (Senior Fellow, Texas Public Policy Foundation) testified Texas Governor Abbott designated the Muslim Brotherhood and CARE as foreign terrorist organizations.
10:00 AM ET
10:00 AM ET
J. Hill advanced H.R. 5396 to replace the Federal Reserve's dual mandate with a single price-stability mandate despite strong Democratic opposition.
10:00 AM ET
Doug Burgum (Secretary, US Department of the Interior) defended the FY 2027 budget projecting nearly $20 billion in revenue and proposing three agency unifications.
10:00 AM ET
James E. Erdman III (Senior Operations Officer, Central Intelligence Agency) testified CIA scientists repeatedly assessed a lab leak as the most likely COVID-19 origin but managers buried those findings.
10:00 AM ET
Ho K. Nieh (Chairman, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission) said FY2027 budget is nearly $80M below FY2026 due to Advance Act licensing and oversight efficiencies.
10:15 AM ET
The subcommittee held no vote but spotlighted competing visions for expanding transmission to meet rising demand while protecting affordability and reliability.
2:00 PM ET
The subcommittee advanced all ten bipartisan health bills, including ALS, tick-borne disease, breast cancer, school clinics, and FDA reforms, to the full committee.
10:15 AM ET
Danielle A. Runyan (Senior Counselor to the Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs) said VA terminated West LA leases underpaying $40 million yearly and will provide requested nondisclosure agreements.
10:15 AM ET
Private-sector leaders urged OSHA to modernize outdated rules and reward leading indicators to reverse stagnant workplace fatality rates during House workforce protections hearing.
10:30 AM ET
Transcript unavailable.
10:30 AM ET
No video available — no transcript.
2:00 PM ET
Transcript unavailable.
11:00 AM ET
Harold Rogers presented $77.3 billion bill cutting spending $670 million, and committee adopted manager's and Republican amendments while rejecting public integrity funding increase.
2:00 PM ET
Thomas Harker (Deputy Chief Financial Officer, US Department of War) pledged a clean agency-wide audit opinion by fiscal year 2028 using Joint Task Force-Audit.
2:30 PM ET
California jury found Meta and YouTube negligent for addictive design harming a girl, while New Mexico won $375 million against Meta for child exploitation.
2:30 PM ET
Sen. Ernst spotlighted the Made in America Manufacturing Finance Act raising SBA manufacturer loan limits from $5 million to $10 million.
3:30 PM ET
Sen. Kim introduced bicameral legislation requiring national surveys to count multigenerational caregivers to make 11-16 million sandwich families visible for policymaking.
3:30 PM ET
David Tabor (Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Programs, United States Air Force) said Air Force needs at least 100 B-21s, likely more, with exact requirement by FY28.
4:00 PM ET
Triana McNeil (Director, Homeland Security and Justice Team, U.S. Government Accountability Office) reported GAO investigators carried prohibited weapons into all 30 tested VA medical facilities.
8:00 AM ET
Brad Cooper said Operation Epic Fury met all military objectives, destroying 90% of Iran's missile, drone and naval industrial base.
10:00 AM ET
Robert Cekada (Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) admitted ATF inadvertently released Tiahrt-protected trace data to Gun Owners of America due to faulty redaction software.
10:00 AM ET
Cheryl Minter (Mother of Stephanie Minter) testified her daughter was stabbed at a Fairfax bus stop by repeat offender Abdul Jallow after officials ignored warnings.
10:00 AM ET
Scott Turner (Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development) defended the $73.5 billion FY27 request eliminating CDBG and HOME to refocus on housing affordability.
10:00 AM ET
Scott Turner (Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development) defended a $73.5 billion FY27 HUD budget eliminating CDBG and HOME while proposing work requirements.
10:00 AM ET
Hung Cao (Acting Secretary of the Navy, Department of the Navy) requested $377.5 billion to buy 34 ships, 123 aircraft and fund fleet readiness.
10:00 AM ET
Rep. Johnson announced the Fortify Act authorizing Baltic states to re-transfer U.S. defense articles among themselves without presidential consent to improve operational flexibility against Russia.
10:15 AM ET
Linda McMahon (Secretary, US Department of Education) defended fiscal 2027 budget maintaining Title I, Pell and IDEA funding while continuing dismantling department through interagency agreements.
10:15 AM ET
Subcommittee advanced HR 8739 on brownfields and HR 2145 on recycling as amended with Evans composting-data amendment to full committee.
10:15 AM ET
The committee advanced eight judicial and law enforcement nominations and unanimously approved Trey's Law plus six bipartisan Police Week bills.
10:30 AM ET
Sen. Scott advanced H.R.3633's substitute amendment as committee rejected Democratic illicit-finance and investor-protection amendments on repeated 11-13 votes during contentious markup.
2:00 PM ET
Chairman Bost advanced multiple veterans bills including HR 6698 favorably reported while postponing recorded votes on contested amendments for further consideration.
9:00 AM ET
Daniel Driscoll (Secretary of the Army, Department of the Army) confirmed the Army canceled the 2nd Armored Brigade rotation to Poland within the last two weeks.
9:00 AM ET
Charles Fleischmann advanced the $58.5 billion FY27 Energy-Water bill to full committee by voice vote with $27.1 billion for NNSA modernization.