HEARINGS · WEEK OF OCT 5 – 9

Inside the committee rooms, hour by hour.Inside the committee rooms.

Committees are where Congress questions officials, vets nominees and rewrites bills before any floor vote. Here’s the whole week on one timeline.Where Congress questions officials, vets nominees and rewrites bills before any floor vote.

TUE OCT 6 · 12:23 AM ETIN RECESS

Nothing live right now. Next: H · Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.

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This week’s schedule

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Tuesday, Oct 6

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Week timeline

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MONDAYOCT 5NO MEETINGS

TUESDAYOCT 61 MEETING

WEDNESDAYOCT 7NO MEETINGS

THURSDAYOCT 8NO MEETINGS

FRIDAYOCT 9NO MEETINGS

Field hearingSCHEDULEDHOUSE · Ways and Means

One Big Beautiful Bill and business

The field hearing examines the One, Big, Beautiful Bill and its effects on small businesses, manufacturing and working families

TUE, OCT 6 · 9:00 AM ET · Collierville, TN · OPEN

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Selected: One Big Beautiful Bill and business, TUE

THE HEARING RECORD · 119TH CONGRESS

Who Congress calls in, and how often.

THIS WEEK’S THEMES

Economy 1

Every committee meeting of the 119th CongressEvery meeting since Jan 2025

2,814Meetings this Congress

41Busiest day · Apr 9, 2025

WEDBusiest weekday · avg 17.7

21Weeks in recess so far

Busiest committeesMEETINGS THIS CONGRESS

OversightLegislativeMarkupNomination

H · Appropriations

183

H · Energy & Commerce

137

S · Judiciary

136

S · Armed Services

132

H · Natural Res.

126

H · Financial Svcs

116

H · Judiciary

108

H · Education & Workforce

100

S · Commerce

99

H · Foreign Affairs

97

Who testifies5,364 WITNESSES · BY SECTOR

Advocacy groups & think tanks27%Federal officials27%Business & trade groups24%State & local government10%Academics7%Other2%Labor1%Members of Congress1%Private citizens<1%Foreign officials<1%

Sectors describe who a witness works for. We don’t label witnesses by ideology.

Most-called agenciesOFFICIALS BROUGHT IN TO TESTIFY

Defense291

Veterans Affairs158

Homeland Security85

GAO76

State55

Interior39

Energy32

Agriculture32

Field hearings outside DC25 THIS CONGRESS

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This week: Collierville, TN (Ways & Means).

TRANSCRIPTS JUST PUBLISHED

The official word, months later

Printed transcripts take a median of 5 months. None came out this week; these are the latest.

H · Foreign AffairsFlashpoint: A Path Toward Stability in the Western BalkansHELD DEC 2, 202510 MO LATERH · Foreign Affairs · 10 MO LATERPDF101 pp.PDF , 101 pages H · Education & WorkforceModernizing Retirement Policy for Today's WorkforceHELD JAN 7, 20269 MO LATERH · Education & Workforce · 9 MO LATERPDF120 pp.PDF , 120 pages H · House Admin.Preventing fraudulent donationsHELD JUN 10, 20263.5 MO LATERH · House Admin. · 3.5 MO LATERPDF38 pp.PDF , 38 pages H · Foreign AffairsNigeria religious freedom designationHELD NOV 20, 202510.5 MO LATERH · Foreign Affairs · 10.5 MO LATERPDF128 pp.PDF , 128 pages

HEARINGS 101

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Hearing: Members question witnesses about a bill, a problem or an agency. Nothing gets voted on.
Markup: Members rewrite a bill with amendments, then vote to send it to the floor. The Senate often calls this a business meeting.
Ordered reported: The committee voted to send the bill to the full House or Senate. It still needs a floor vote.
Nomination hearing: Senate only. A nominee for a judgeship, ambassadorship or agency job answers questions before a committee vote.
Ranking member: The top member of the minority party on a committee. The chair runs the meeting.
Closed briefing: A classified session. The public can’t attend, and no video or transcript is released.
Field hearing: A hearing held outside Washington, usually in a place affected by the issue.
Questions for the record: Written questions sent after the hearing. Answers can take months and are published with the transcript.

Hearing

Members question witnesses about a bill, a problem or an agency. Nothing gets voted on.

Markup

Members rewrite a bill with amendments, then vote to send it to the floor. The Senate often calls this a business meeting.

Ordered reported

The committee voted to send the bill to the full House or Senate. It still needs a floor vote.

Nomination hearing

Senate only. A nominee for a judgeship, ambassadorship or agency job answers questions before a committee vote.

Ranking member

The top member of the minority party on a committee. The chair runs the meeting.

Closed briefing

A classified session. The public can’t attend, and no video or transcript is released.

Field hearing

A hearing held outside Washington, usually in a place affected by the issue.

Questions for the record

Written questions sent after the hearing. Answers can take months and are published with the transcript.

Data: Congress.gov committee meetings · House Committee Repository (docs.house.gov) · senate.gov hearing schedules and committee sites · GovInfo printed hearings · committee video on YouTube and senate.gov · ChamberLight news coverage

Inside the committee rooms, hour by hour.Inside the committee rooms.

This week’s schedule

Tuesday, Oct 6

Week timeline

Every meeting this week

Tuesday, Oct 6

Who Congress calls in, and how often.

The official word, months later

The words you’ll see on this pageThe words you’ll see here