Hill Heat

Full committee business meeting.

Nominee:

• Markwayne Mullin to be Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

The nomination hearing is March 18th.

03/19/2026 at 09:30AM

The purpose of the hearing is to examine the Department of Energy’s implementation of President Trump’s May 2025 nuclear energy executive orders.

Witnesses:

• Theodore J. Garrish, Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
• Dr. John C. Wagner, Director, Idaho National Laboratory
• Dr. Mike Laufer, Co-founder and CEO, Kairos Power

03/19/2026 at 09:30AM

Subcommittee hearing.

• Day 1, Morning | Afternoon
• Day 2, Morning | Afternoon

Witnesses:

• Cynthia Petersen, President, Yakutat Tlingit Tribe
• Doreen Leavitt, Secretary and Director of Natural Resources, Iñupiat Community of the Arctic Slope
• Jarred-Michael Erickson, Chairman, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
• Jeremy Takala, Tribal Councilman, Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation
• Kristopher Peters, Chairman, Squaxin Island Tribe
• Loni Greninger, Vice-Chair, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe
• Quintin Swanson, Chairman, Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe
• Robert de los Angeles, Chairman, Snoqualmie Indian Tribe
• Guy Capoeman, President, Quinault Indian Nation
• William (Bill) Iyall, Chairman, Cowlitz Indian Tribe
• Louie Ungaro, Councilman, Muckleshoot Indian Tribe
• Annette Bryan, Councilwoman, Puyallup Tribe of Indians
• Derek Bowman, Tribal Council Member, Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria
• Joe Davis, Chairman, Hoopa Valley Tribe
• Ed Johnstone, Chairman, Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission (NWIFC)
• Jon Panamaroff, Co-Chair, Native American Contractors Association
• Ervin Carlson, President, InterTribal Buffalo Council
• Cody Desautel, President, Intertribal Timber Council
• Mark Macarro, President, National Congress of American Indians (NCAI)
• Ira L. Matt, Executive Director, Indigenous Diplomacy and Federal Relations, National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (NATHPO)
• Cory Blankenship, Executive Director, Native American Finance Officers Association (NAFOA)

03/18/2026 at 01:00PM

On Wednesday, March 18, 2026, at 10:00 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Federal Lands will hold a legislative hearing on the following bills:

• H.R. 3286 (Rep. Guthrie), “Mammoth Cave National Boundary Adjustment Act of 2025” to acquire land around the former Park Mammoth Resort and Lookout Restaurant, which was recently lost in a fire
• H.R. 4290 (Rep. Vasquez), “Downwinder Commemoration Act of 2025”
• H.R. 4716 (Rep. Owens), To transfer administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal land in Saratoga Springs, Utah, from the Secretary of the Interior to the United States Postal Service for construction of a post office, and for other purposes.
• H.R. 5555 (Rep. Panetta), “Monterey Bay National Heritage Area Study Act”
• H.R. 6062 (Rep. Moore of WV), To authorize a land transfer between U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the National Park Service to expand Customs and Border Protection’s Advanced Training Center in Harpers Ferry, by transfering 25 acres of National Park Service land to U.S. Customs in exchange for 72 acres of Custom’s land
• H.R. 7031 (Rep. Fulcher), “Making National Parks Safer Act”

03/18/2026 at 10:00AM

On Wednesday, March 18, at 10:00 a.m., U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife, will hold a hearing to examine the challenges and opportunities with implementing the Endangered Species Act.

Witnesses:

• Thomas E. Riley, P.E., Water Resources and Environmental Consultant, Riley Consulting LLC
• Brian Yablonski, Chief Executive Officer, Property and Environment Research Center
• Jake Li, Vice President of Conservation Policy, Defenders of Wildlife

03/18/2026 at 10:00AM

Full committee hearing.

Nominee:

• Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) to be Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Mullin is a long-time climate denier.

03/18/2026 at 09:30AM

Subcommittee hearing.

• Day 1, Morning | Afternoon
• Day 2, Morning | Afternoon

Witnesses:

• Tehassi tasi Hill, Chairman, Oneida Nation
• Michael Conners, Chief, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe
• J. Conrad “JC” Seneca, President, Seneca Nation
• Cheyenne Robinson, Treasurer, Omaha Tribe of Nebraska
• Eugene DeCora, Sr., Councilman, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
• Joseph P. Rupnick, Chairman, Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
• Mike Natchees, Vice Chairman, Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation
• Laurel Ann Yellowhorse, Chairwoman, Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah
• Cody Shambo, Councilman, Fort Belknap Indian Community
• Michael Dolson, Chairman, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation
• Michael Comes At Night, Councilman, Blackfeet Tribal Business Council, Blackfeet Nation
• Jestin Dupree, Councilman, Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation
• Ryman LeBeau, Chairman, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
• Peter Lengkeek, Chairman, Crow Creek Sioux Tribe
• Kathleen Wooden Knife, President, Rosebud Sioux Tribe
• Frank Star Comes Out, President, Oglala Sioux Tribe
• Steve Sitting Bear, Chairman, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
• Lonna J. Street, Chairperson, Spirit Lake Tribe
• Jeff Wacoche, Chief, United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma
• Jacob Keyes, Chairman, Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma
• Rick Sylestine, Chairman, Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas

03/18/2026 at 09:00AM

U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, will host a roundtable with U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.); U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley; (D-Ore.); U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.); U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.); U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.); Robert Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor under the Clinton administration; and experts on clean energy and utility services to discuss how the Trump administration’s policies have driven up energy prices for working families.

Participants:

• U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.)
• U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)
• U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.)
• U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)
• U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)
• U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.)
• U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.)
• The Honorable Robert Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor
• Greg Wannier, Sierra Club Staff Attorney
• Talia Martin, GRID Alternatives Director of Tribal Programs
• Anna Poplavska, Arcadia Center Senior Policy Advocate
• Ted Thomas, PowerLines Board Member and former Arkansas Public Service Commission Chair

03/17/2026 at 03:15PM

Subcommittee hearing.

Witnesses:

• Adam Kaplan, Deputy Inspector General, Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Agency for International Development
• Latesha Love-Grayer, Director, International Affairs and Trade, Government Accountability Office
• Joseph Windrem, Former Director of the Lessons Learned Program, Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction
• John Sapko, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction

03/17/2026 at 02:00PM

Subcommittee hearing.

• Day 1, Morning | Afternoon
• Day 2, Morning | Afternoon

Witnesses:

• Chuck Hoskin, Jr., Principal Chief, Cherokee Nation
• Jonodev Chaudhuri, Ambassador, The Muscogee (Creek) Nation
• Reggie Wassana, Governor, Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes
• James Naranjo, Governor, Pueblo of Santa Clara
• Charles Riley, Governor, Pueblo of Acoma
• Verlon Jose, Chairman, The Tohono O’odham Nation of Arizona
• Dr. Buu Nygren, President, Navajo Nation
• Robyn Sunday-Allen, President-Elect, National Council of Urban Indian Health
• A.C. Locklear, Chief Executive Officer, National Indian Health Board
• Abigail Echo-Hawk, MA (Pawnee), Director, Urban Indian Health Institute
• Conrad Jacket, Board Member, Albuquerque Area Indian Health Board, Inc.
• Teresa Sanchez, Board President, Riverside-San Bernardino County Indian Health, Inc., Tribal Member of the Morongo Band of Mission Indians
• Esther Lucero, MPP (Diné), President and Chief Executive Officer, Seattle Indian Health Board
• Aaron Hines, Chair, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board

03/17/2026 at 01:00PM