Review – Committee Hearings – Week of 3-15-26

Both the House and Senate will be in Washington this week with a relatively light hearing schedule. Budget and NDAA related hearings are beginning, but this week there are none of specific interest here. There are two hearings of potential interest here; a House hearing on Chinese technology threats and a Senate confirmation hearing for the replacement DHS Secretary. The Senate will continue to try to pass some sort of DHS funding, probably unsuccessfully. The House may attempt to pass a balanced-budget constitutional amendment.

Chinese Technology Threat

On Tuesday the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection of the House Homeland Security Committee will hold a hearing on: “DeepSeek and Unitree Robotics: Examining the National Security Risks of PRC Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Autonomous Technologies and Building a Secure U.S. Technology Base”.

DHS Secretary Hearings

On Thursday the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will hold a confirmation hearing on the appointment of Sen Markwayne Mullin to be the Secretary of Homeland Security.

 

For more information on these hearings, see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/committee-hearings-week-of-3-15-26 - subscription required.