Review – Committee Hearings – Week of 2-1-26

 This week both the House and Senate will be in Washington. There is a moderately busy hearing schedule, including a spending bill rule hearing and a FERC oversight hearing in the House. In the Senate there will be a space geek markup hearing and a water cybersecurity hearing.

Rule Hearing

This afternoon the Houe Rules Committee will hold a rule hearing to consider five pieces of legislation, including the Senate amended version of HR 7148, the Consolidated Appropriations Act. The amendment adopted by the Senate on Friday deleted Division H (effectively HR 7147, the DHS spending bill),  of the bill passed in the House and added continuing resolution language. That language would continue DHS funding at current rates (still including chemical security spending) through February 13^th, 2026.

FERC Oversight

On Tuesday the Subcommittee on Energy of the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on “Oversight of FERC: Advancing Affordable and Reliable Energy for All Americans”. The witness list includes the five FERC Commissioners.

Markup Hearings

On Tuesday the Senate Commerce, Science and Technology Committee will hold a business meeting. It will include marking-up S 1848, the Orbital Sustainability (ORBITS) Act of 2025.

Water Cybersecurity

On Wednesday the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will hold a hearing on “Identifying and Addressing Cybersecurity Challenges to Protect America’s Water Infrastructure”.

 

For more information on these hearings, see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/committee-hearings-week-of-2-1-26 - subscription required.