{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2026-01-07-pt1-PgD17", "2026-01-07", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/House Committee Meetings", "HOUSE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDHCMEETINGS", "D17", "D18", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4593\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5184\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6938\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. D17", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 4 (Wednesday, January 7, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 4 (Wednesday, January 7, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D17-D18]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\nCommittee Meetings\nMODERNIZING RETIREMENT POLICY FOR TODAY'S WORKFORCE\nCommittee on Education and Workforce: Subcommittee on Health,\nEmployment, Labor, and Pensions held a hearing entitled ``Modernizing\nRetirement Policy for Today's Workforce''. Testimony was heard from\npublic witnesses.\nAMERICAN ENERGY DOMINANCE: DAWN OF THE NEW NUCLEAR ERA\nCommittee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy held a hearing\nentitled ``American Energy Dominance: Dawn of the New Nuclear Era''.\nTestimony was heard from John Wagner, Director, Idaho National\nLaboratory, Department of Energy; and public witnesses.\nFULL STREAM AHEAD: COMPETITION AND CONSUMER CHOICE IN DIGITAL STREAMING\nCommittee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Administrative State,\nRegulatory Reform, and Antitrust held a hearing entitled ``Full Stream\nAhead: Competition and Consumer Choice in Digital Streaming''.\nTestimony was heard from public witnesses.\nOVERSIGHT OF FRAUD AND MISUSE OF FEDERAL FUNDS IN MINNESOTA: PART I\nCommittee on Oversight and Government Reform: Full Committee held a\nhearing entitled ``Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in\nMinnesota: Part I''. Testimony was heard from the following members of\nthe Minnesota House of Representatives: Walter Hudson, District 30A;\nMarion Rarick, District 29B; and Kristin Robbins, District 37A; and a\npublic witness.\nSHOWER ACT; AFFORDABLE HOMES ACT; COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE; ENERGY\nAND WATER DEVELOPMENT; AND INTERIOR AND ENVIRONMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT\nCommittee on Rules: Full Committee concluded a hearing on H.R. 4593,\nthe ``SHOWER Act''; H.R. 5184, the ``Affordable HOMES Act''; and H.R.\n6938, the ``Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development;\nand Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026''. The Committee\ngranted, by a record vote of 8-3, a rule providing for consideration of\nH.R. 4593, the ``SHOWER Act'', H.R. 5184, the ``Affordable HOMES Act'',\nand H.R. 6938, the ``Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water\nDevelopment; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026''.\nThe rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4593, the ``SHOWER Act'',\nunder a closed rule. The rule waives all points of order against\nconsideration of the bill. The rule provides that the bill shall be\nconsidered as read. The rule waives all points of order against\nprovisions in the bill. The rule provides one hour of general debate\nequally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member\nof the Committee on Energy and Commerce or their respective designees.\nThe rule provides one motion to recommit. The rule further provides for\nconsideration of H.R. 5184, the ``Affordable HOMES Act'', under a\nclosed rule. The rule waives all points of order against consideration\nof the bill. The rule provides that the amendment in the nature of a\nsubstitute recommended by the Committee on Energy and Commerce now\nprinted in the bill shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as\namended, shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of\norder against provisions in the bill, as amended. The rule provides one\nhour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and\nranking minority member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce or\ntheir respective designees. The rule provides one motion to recommit.\nThe rule further provides for consideration of H.R. 6938, the\n``Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and\nInterior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026'', under a closed\n\n[[Page D18]]\n\nrule. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the\nbill. The rule provides that the bill shall be considered as read. The\nrule waives all points of order against provisions in the bill. The\nrule provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled\nby the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on\nAppropriations or their respective designees. The rule provides that\nthe Chair shall put the question on retaining Division A and retaining\nDivisions B and C of the bill in the order specified by the Chair;\nprovides that the yeas and nays shall be considered as ordered on each\nof the questions; and provides that the Chair shall then put the\nquestion on engrossment and third reading of the text comprising those\nportions of the bill retained. The rule provides one motion to\nrecommit. The rule directs the Clerk, in the engrossment of H.R. 6938,\nto make technical and conforming changes in the event a portion of the\nbill is not retained. Finally, the rule provides that the chair of the\nCommittee on Appropriations may insert in the Congressional Record not\nlater than January 9th, 2026, such material as he may deem explanatory\nof H.R. 6938.\nA VOICE FOR SMALL BUSINESS: HOW THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION\nOFFICE OF ADVOCACY IS CUTTING RED TAPE\nCommittee on Small Business: Full Committee held a hearing entitled ``A\nVoice for Small Business: How the SBA Office of Advocacy is Cutting Red\nTape''. Testimony was heard from Casey Mulligan, Chief Counsel, Office\nof Advocacy, U.S. Small Business Administration.\n\nJoint Meetings\n  No joint committee meetings were held."]], "columns": ["granule_id", "date", "congress", "session", "volume", "issue", "title", "chamber", "granule_class", "sub_granule_class", "page_start", "page_end", "speakers", "bills", "citation", "full_text"], "primary_keys": ["granule_id"], "primary_key_values": ["CREC-2026-01-07-pt1-PgD17"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 7.944192038848996, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}