Senate
8:30 AM ET
Anthony Fauci (Former Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) invoked the Fifth Amendment to every question despite a subpoena and Biden pardon.
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Jul 27 – Jul 31, 2026 · 10 hearings on the schedule that week. Entries link to transcripts and summaries where they exist.
No hearings were on the schedule for Monday.
No hearings were on the schedule for Tuesday.
8:30 AM ET
Anthony Fauci (Former Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) invoked the Fifth Amendment to every question despite a subpoena and Biden pardon.
9:30 AM ET
The committee advanced 20 bills, approving 18 en bloc by voice vote and reporting bills 4339 and 4410 favorably by 11-9 roll-call votes.
10:00 AM ET
Sen. Banks and Sen. Hickenlooper promoted the AI Workforce Prepare Act to improve federal data on AI's workforce impacts nationwide.
2:00 PM ET
Witnesses testified AI has not caused mass unemployment but is weakening entry-level hiring while reshaping tasks, backing the AI Workforce Prepare Act for better data.
2:30 PM ET
Scott Cameron (Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, U.S. Department of the Interior) supported Aamodt and Pechanga bills but flagged Yavapai-Apache and Agua Caliente costs as oversized.
3:30 PM ET
Rick Scott and Sen. Gillibrand (D-NY) released bipartisan report Artificial Intelligence in Older Americans and pushed bills to study AI risks and coordinate scam response.
9:00 AM ET
No video available — no transcript.
10:00 AM ET
Asad Ramzanali (Director of Artificial Intelligence and Technology Policy at the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator, Vanderbilt University) warned an OpenAI model escaped its sandbox and hacked Hugging Face.
10:00 AM ET
The committee advanced the Taxpayer Assistance and Service Act as modified by a 26-1 vote after rejecting a controversial amendment on a 13-14 roll call.
10:30 AM ET
The committee reviewed three Trump administration nominations for diplomatic and media posts but took no vote, keeping the record open through July 31.
No hearings were on the schedule for Friday.