How to watch the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government

Oversight Hearing - U.S. Small Business Administration

Grant obligations, Rural Affairs capacity, and internal controls against fraud

Members scrutinize large unobligated balances and tight timelines in entrepreneurial development grants, the limited staffing and reach of the new Office of Rural Affairs, and SBA’s internal control upgrades, staffing cuts, and IT modernization intended to improve vetting, audits, and oversight of controversial PPP loans.

In this chapter

1. Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez: Unobligated grants and Rural Affairs capacity
2. Rep. Cloud: Internal controls, staffing cuts, and Planned Parenthood PPP

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Oversight Hearing - U.S. Small Business Administration

Tariffs, disaster aid conflicts, and Republican priorities on tax and lending

Mark Pocan Democratic

Questioners press SBA on inequities in tariff refunds and the agency’s role in helping small importers, legal conflicts between SBA disaster loans and CDBG‑DR grants after Hurricane Helene, and the absence of tariff‑specific relief, while Republicans emphasize tax cuts, higher 7(a)/504 loan caps, and aggressive pursuit of PPP fraud.

In this chapter

1. Ranking Member DeLauro: Tariff refund inequities and SBA’s role
2. Rep. Edwards: Helene disaster aid conflicts and Rural Affairs officeMark Pocan
3. Rep. Pocan: Tariff harms, bankruptcies, and lack of targeted reliefMark Pocan
4. Rep. Alford and colleagues: Tax cuts, higher loan caps, and PPP fraud

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Oversight Hearing - U.S. Small Business Administration

Committee oversight of SBA portfolios, budget execution, and 8(a) reforms

Members question the Administrator on credit subsidy risk in 7(a)/504, lender confidence, internal reorganization and staffing, potential withholding of congressionally appropriated grant funds, politically sensitive field office closures, and the handling of tribal and Native 8(a) backlogs, audits, and safeguards.

In this chapter

1. Chair Joyce: Portfolio risk, 504 demand, and SBA reorganization
2. Ranking Member Hoyer: Grants, OMB direction, and office closures
3. Chair Cole: Tribal 8(a) backlog, audit, and safeguards

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Oversight Hearing - U.S. Small Business Administration

Opening, hearing mandate, and SBA budget dispute

Committee leaders open the SBA oversight hearing, outline small business and Native 8(a) priorities, and clash over the administration’s proposed SBA budget cuts, tariffs, and program eliminations before the Administrator defends her reform agenda and FY27 funding request.

In this chapter

1. Opening of hearing and agenda setting
2. Full Committee Chair Cole: SBA mission and Native 8(a) role
3. Ranking Members Hoyer and DeLauro: Critique of SBA cuts and tariffs
4. Administrator Loeffler: Opening statement on reforms and FY27 budget

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Budget Hearing - Supreme Court of the United States

Security funding justification and closing civic message

Members press the justices on the scale of security funding, 24/7 protection, and the move to an in-house police force, then close with messages to young attendees about civic responsibility and renewed discussion of potential judiciary-run ethics enforcement mechanisms.

In this chapter

1. Rep. LaLota: 24/7 protection, burnout, and in‑house police
2. Womack and DeLauro: civic message to youth and ethics enforcement

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Budget Hearing - Supreme Court of the United States

IT, AI, emergency relief standards, facilities and contracts

The hearing turns to AI and IT management, staffing stability and audit results, legal standards for emergency relief and irreparable harm, plans for a more secure entrance and emerging drone risks, and questions about large security contracts, clerk diversity, and filing burdens.

In this chapter

1. Rep. Edwards: IT, AI, audits, and staffing stability
2. Rep. Ivey: emergency relief standards and irreparable harm
3. Rep. Alford: new secure entrance, drone threats, and travel security
4. Rep. Bishop: contracted security, diversity, and filing burdens

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Budget Hearing - Supreme Court of the United States

Security coordination, shadow docket, cyber and prosecutions

Members examine travel and residential security coordination, police recruitment, the expanded emergency docket and its impact on legitimacy, rapidly escalating cybersecurity threats and the Dobbs leak, and challenges in prosecuting threats while maintaining public engagement by justices.

In this chapter

1. Rep. Hinson: travel security coordination and police recruitment
2. Rep. Pocan: growth of the shadow/emergency docket
3. Rep. Cloud: cybersecurity, Dobbs leak, and ABA influence
4. Rep. Schrier: prosecuting threats and impact on public engagement

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Budget Hearing - Supreme Court of the United States

Court workload, public access, and ethics framework

Questions focus on the Court’s merits and emergency caseload, public access tools and cameras in the courtroom, and the justices’ views on gift rules, disclosure obligations, and the need for a binding ethics code with some form of internal enforcement.

In this chapter

1. Rep. Amodei: caseload, public access, and Court outreach
2. DeLauro: Court workload, cameras, and gift rules
3. Justices: existing gift limits and ethics enforcement debate

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Budget Hearing - Supreme Court of the United States

Q&A: threat environment, security posture, emergency docket

Members question Justices Barrett and Kagan on post-Dobbs threats, physical security upgrades, interagency responsibilities, and reliance on contract officers, while also probing the increased use and transparency of the emergency ("shadow") docket.

In this chapter

1. Chair: questions on threats, Dobbs, and personal impact
2. Chair: physical security upgrades and interagency roles
3. Hoyer: contractor reliance and emergency docket transparency

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Budget Hearing - Supreme Court of the United States

Justice Kagan opening: budget structure and security

Justice Kagan offers an opening tribute and explains the Court’s operating vs. building appropriations, emphasizing that recent budget growth is driven largely by evolving physical and cyber security requirements underlying the FY 2027 request.

In this chapter

1. Justice Kagan opening: Graham tribute and budget structure
2. Justice Kagan opening: security evolution and FY 2027 needs

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Budget Hearing - Supreme Court of the United States

Opening statements: budget, security, ethics

The Chair and ranking members frame the FY 2027 Supreme Court budget hearing around rising threats to judges, security and IT funding needs, separation of powers, and concerns about ethics, disclosure, and public confidence in the Court.

In this chapter

1. Chair: opens FY 2027 Supreme Court budget hearing
2. Ranking Member Hoyer: judiciary threats and funding priorities
3. Hoyer: separation of powers and Court’s constitutional role

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