The hearing will assess the current threat to the U.S. research enterprise posed by malign foreign
actors. This includes the risk to federal, state, non-governmental institutions, and academia. The
hearing will explore trends and tactics used to steal, exploit, and undermine U.S. science,
research, development, and deployment.
Witnesses:
• John F. Sargent Jr., Retired, Specialist in Science and Technology Policy,
Congressional Research Service
• Jeffrey Stoff, Founder and President, Center for Research Security & Integrity
• Dr. Maria Zuber, E.A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics and Presidential Advisor for
Science and Technology Policy, MIT
This is a hearing of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation entitled “America Builds: Coast Guard Acquisitions and Infrastructure.”
Witnesses:
Vice Admiral Thomas G. Allan Jr., Acting Deputy Commandant for Operations, United States Coast Guard
Heather MacLeod, Director, Homeland Security and Justice Programs, United States Government Accountability Office
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House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee
Tuesday, March 4th, marks the President’s Address to Congress. Instead of tuning, We the People will come together in community all across the country, including at the Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, D.C., to raise our voices and stand up for our democracy.
Led by League of Women Voter chapters, organizations supporting these national rallies include AFT, Black Voters Matter, NOW, Public Citizen, American Democracy, AAPD, Common Cause, APIA Vote, NCJW, SPLC, and The Workers Circle.
The official Working Families Party response to President Trump’s address to the joint session of Congress will be delivered by Rep. Lateefah Simon (CA-12) on Tuesday, March 4th, 2025.
On Tuesday, March 4, 2025, at 10:15 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold an oversight hearing titled “Understanding the Consequences of Experimental Populations Under the Endangered Species Act.”
Dalton Dobson, Rancher, Dobson Timberline Ranch, Thatcher, AZ
Kent Clark, Manager, Double R Ranch, Loomis, WA
Robbie LeValley, Secretary, Public Lands Council, Hotchkiss, CO
Dr. Chris Servheen, Former United States Fish & Wildlife Service Bear Recovery Coordinator (retired), President & Board Chair of the Montana Wildlife Federation, Helena, MT [Minority witness]
Christopher Landau, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of State
Michael John Rigas, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources
Matthew George Whitaker, of Iowa, to be United States Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Landau clerked for Clarence Thomas, was Trump’s ambassador to Mexico starting in 2019, and has ambitions to join the U.S. Supreme Court.
Rigas is a Republican operative who served as an associate administrator of the General Services Administration under W and acting director of the Office of Personnel Management under Trump. He then led the America First Transition Project.
Whitaker is a Trump loyalist who served as acting United States attorney general when Jeff Sessions quit under pressure from Donald Trump.
Join the National Low Income Housing Coalition and other national organizations, advocates, and tenant leaders on Monday, 3/3 at 5pET, at HUD Headquarters, for a #HandsOffHousing rally on protecting vital HUD programs & staff!
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.), and other congressional leaders will join the event and hand-deliver a letter to HUD Secretary Scott Turner, addressing DOGE’s efforts to decimate federal housing programs.
Members of Congress will discuss the importance of essential HUD resources. The event will also be joined by Lisa Rice with the National Fair Housing Alliance, Donald Whitehead with the National Coalition for the Homeless, and more on safeguarding housing programs.
March Forth!
