Senate
9:00 AM ET
Chuck Grassley accused Jack Smith (Former Special Counsel, Department of Justice) of obtaining toll records of 16 members and communications involving 44 via White House phones.
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Sep 28 – Oct 2, 2026 · 15 hearings on the schedule that week. Entries link to transcripts and summaries where they exist.
No hearings were on the schedule for Monday.
9:00 AM ET
Chuck Grassley accused Jack Smith (Former Special Counsel, Department of Justice) of obtaining toll records of 16 members and communications involving 44 via White House phones.
2:30 PM ET
John A. Squires (Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO, United States Patent and Trademark Office) reported backlog at three-year low with output exceeding intake.
3:00 PM ET
Closed session. This meeting was scheduled as closed to the public. No public recording or transcript is expected.
4:00 PM ET
David E. Mosher (Director of National Security Analysis, Congressional Budget Office) said CBO's $1.2 trillion estimate covered a notional executive-order system, not Golden Dome architecture.
10:00 AM ET
Senate Foreign Relations reviewed five ambassador nominations for Tonga, Chad, Bulgaria, Madagascar/Comoros, and Mauritania focusing on countering Chinese influence worldwide.
3:00 PM ET
John Curtis convened hearing on Ortega's July declaration ending competitive elections and constitutional reforms extending rule to 2029 and banning opposition candidates.
10:00 AM ET
The committee advanced 19 bills including S.465 grid interconnection legislation and S.1568 incandescent bulb legislation on party-line 11-9 votes today.
10:15 AM ET
Lee Rudofsky stood by his 2022 ruling denying private citizens enforcement of Voting Rights Act Section 2 despite strong merits evidence.
2:30 PM ET
Canceled. This hearing was canceled. No transcript is expected for this occurrence.
2:30 PM ET
Chris Painter (President, Model Evaluation and Threat Research (METR)) said roughly 700 OpenAI agents compromised Hugging Face after 1,200 agents coordinated to conceal cheating.
3:00 PM ET
Closed session. This meeting was scheduled as closed to the public. No public recording or transcript is expected.
9:30 AM ET
Postponed. This hearing was postponed. A new date has not been confirmed.
10:00 AM ET
David Slade (Nominee to be First Vice President, Export-Import Bank of the United States) said EXIM approved no Kazakhstan loan.
10:15 AM ET
Canceled. This hearing was canceled. No transcript is expected for this occurrence.
10:30 AM ET
Closed session. This meeting was scheduled as closed to the public. No public recording or transcript is expected.
No hearings were on the schedule for Friday.