Review – Committee Hearings – Week of 12-7-25

With both the House and Senate in Washington this week, there is a relatively light hearing schedule. The House Rules Committee will meet to formulate the rule for the consideration of S 1071, the vehicle for the FY 2026 National Defense Authorization Act. The Senate will see a committee vote on the NASA Administrator nomination. And there will be a House hearing on threats to the Homeland. In addition to the floor consideration of S 1071, there will be two other bills of tangential interest here that will be considered in the House.

Nomination Votes

Today the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will hold a business meeting to vote on eight separate nominations. Three nominations are of potential interest here:

• Jared Isaacman, to be Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

• Richard Kloster, to be a Member of the Surface Transportation Board

• Adm. Kevin E. Lunday, to be Commandant of the United States Coast Guard

Threats to the Homeland

On Thursday, the House Homeland Security Committee will hold a hearing on “Worldwide Threats to the Homeland”.

On the Floor

S 1071 has not yet made it to the House weekly schedule, but it will almost certainly come to the floor this week. Two other bills of potential interest here (though not specifically covered in this blog) are scheduled to be considered under a rule this week:

 

HR 3638 – Electric Supply Chain Act, and

HR 3668 – Improving Interagency Coordination for Pipeline Reviews Act

 

For more information on these hearings, see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/committee-hearings-week-of-12-7-25 - subscription required.