( Roll Call)ģ Takeaways from Brooks-LaSure's Confirmation Hearing to Become Administrator of CMS: Chiquita Brooks-Lasure faced the Senate Finance Committee last Thursday for a confirmation hearing for her nomination to serve as the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). But if any GOP senators put forward amendments changing or removing the ban, the conference would vote on those as well, according to the source. Senate GOP to Decide April 21 on Internal Earmark Ban: Senate Republicans are scheduled to meet April 21 to “affirm” conference rules, including the “permanent” ban members adopted in 2019, according to a Senate Republican aide not authorized to speak publicly. Additionally, he will address a joint session of Congress on April 28 - the night before his 100th day in office.
President Joe Biden is hosting a virtual climate change summit with dozens of world leaders this week. The Senate Appropriations Committee will hold a hearing tomorrow on the American Jobs Plan, with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, EPA Administrator Michael Regan, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, and HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge joining as witnesses.īiden Administration. The Senate Appropriations Committee will hold a hearing tomorrow on the Defense Health Program. Tomorrow, House Appropriations will hold a hearing on the Department of Interior’s FY22 budget request and on Wednesday hearings on the FY22 budget requests for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Separately, the House and Senate Appropriations Committee will hold numerous hearings this week. Both House and Senate Democrats, as well as House Republicans, have agreed to bring back the practice with some modifications. Senate Republicans are expected to meet on Wednesday to discuss their rules around earmarks, otherwise known as “community project funding,” for the FY22 cycle. On Wednesday, Senate Judiciary will hold a hearing on behavioral health and policing, Senate Armed Services will hold separate hearings on the defense cyber workforce and on defense science and technology activities, and House Armed Services will hold a hearing on the FY22 Strategic Forces Posture.įY22 Budget and Appropriations. Strategic Command and Space Command, a House Small Business hearing on the SBA’s pandemic response programs, a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) hearing on the COVID-19 recovery, a House Energy and Commerce hearing on an equitable transition to clean energy, and a House Natural Resources hearing on offshore wind pollution reduction and job creation. Tomorrow’s include a Senate Armed Services hearing on U.S. Bill Nelson (D-FL) to be NASA administrator and Lina Khan to be commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission.Īdditionally, there are various other hearings throughout this week. The Senate is also still in the process of confirming President Joe Biden’s nominees, and on Wednesday the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on the nominations of former Sen. 937), which addresses the increase of hate crimes and violence targeted at Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs). The Senate will consider the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act ( S. 1573), which would require lawyers to be given to migrants in danger of deportation. 1333), which would prohibit religious discrimination in immigration-related decisions, and the Access to Counsel Act of 2021 ( H.R. The House will take up the DC statehood bill ( H.R. The House and Senate are both in session this week. Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s CapitalĬongress.
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