Congressional Record — February 25, 2026

Overview of the day

On February 25, 2026, the House passed the Homeowner Energy Freedom Act and conducted a ceremonial reading of President George Washington's farewell address. Representative Green of Texas conducted a peaceful, silent protest on the House floor. The Senate passed several resolutions and confirmed the nomination of John DeLeeuw to the National Transportation Safety Board.

Summary of the House proceedings

H.R. 4758 was passed to repeal provisions of Public Law 117-169 relating to taxpayer subsidies for home electrification and other purposes.

H.R. 4758 was the subject of a vote (Roll No. 78) to pass the legislation.

H.R. 4758 was the subject of a vote (Roll No. 77) to reject a motion to recommit.

H.R. 4758 had 1 amendment proposed to it.

H.J. Res. 139 was reported to propose an amendment to the Constitution requiring a balanced budget for the Federal Government.

H.R. 1078 was reported to amend the CARES Act to remove a requirement on lessors to provide notice to vacate.

H.R. 1181 was reported to prohibit payment card networks and covered entities from requiring the use of or assigning merchant category codes that distinguish firearms retailers.

H.R. 3959 was reported to except quotations of fixed-income securities from certain regulatory requirements.

H.R. 4624 was reported to amend the Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996 to establish requirements for unified boxing organizations.

H.R. 4130 was reported to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to exclude qualified institutional buyers and institutional accredited investors from certain mandatory registration thresholds.

H.R. 6541 was reported to amend the Securities Act of 1933 regarding small company capital formation.

H.R. 6544 was reported to require Federal financial institutions regulatory agencies to review the cumulative impact of regulations.

H.R. 6546 was reported to require the Inspector General of each Federal prudential regulator to review the handling of insured depository institution merger applications every 3 years.

H.R. 6550 was reported to require annual reporting on interactions between Federal banking supervisory agencies and global financial regulatory forums.

H.R. 6551 was reported to require annual reports on various bank and depository institution charter and insurance applications.

H.R. 6552 was reported to study how partnerships between fintechs and banking organizations can support new banking organization formation.

H.R. 6553 was reported to index statutory thresholds.

H.R. 6554 was reported to amend the Federal Reserve Act to specify additional responsibilities of the member of the Board of Governors with community bank experience.

H.R. 6555 was reported to study shelf charters and modified bidder qualification processes.

H.R. 6570 was reported to study the use of commitments and conditions in connection with insured depository institution merger applications.

H.R. 7669 was introduced to require a report on Taliban restrictions on women and girls in Afghanistan since August 2021.

H.R. 7670 was introduced to require a report on the competitiveness of United States specialty crop exports.

H.R. 7671 was introduced to establish the Assistant Director and Student Loan Borrower Advocate of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.

H.R. 7672 was introduced to include Guam in the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.

H.R. 7673 was introduced to provide an exception to the public purpose requirement for certain land transfers in Guam.

H.R. 7674 was introduced to require a strategy to support a democratic transition in Venezuela.

H.R. 7675 was introduced to establish the Initiative on Foreign Investment Screening.

H.R. 7676 was introduced to authorize States to develop directories of career and technical education programs.

H.R. 7677 was introduced to conduct a study on fraud prevention in certain Federal early childhood education, child care, and child nutrition programs.

H.R. 7678 was introduced to prohibit Federal funding of State firearm ownership databases.

H.R. 7679 was introduced to include public information and education activities under highway safety programs and campaign against counterfeit child restraint systems.

H.R. 7680 was introduced to require certain nonprofits to comply with E-Verify.

H.R. 7681 was introduced to expand eligibility for health savings accounts.

H.R. 7682 was introduced to base numerical limitations for H-2B nonimmigrants on economic need.

H.R. 7683 was introduced to expand the authority of the Assistant Secretary for Management of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

H.R. 7684 was introduced to publish guidance on calculating and reporting scope 3 emissions.

H.R. 7685 was introduced to consider hair straightening or smoothing products containing formaldehyde as adulterated.

H.R. 7686 was introduced to recognize the clinical roles of locum tenens physicians.

H.R. 7687 was introduced to exclude gain from eminent domain property conversion from gross income.

H.R. 7688 was introduced to modernize and reauthorize the Defense Production Act of 1950.

H.R. 7689 was introduced to provide basic and emergency supplemental living assistance grants under the student support services program.

H.R. 7690 was introduced to increase maximum stipend amounts for Upward Bound projects.

H.R. 7691 was introduced to provide grants to local educational agencies for challenges to instructional or library materials.

H.R. 7692 was introduced to establish an Office of Ethics Counsel and an Office of Investigative Counsel within the Supreme Court.

H.R. 7693 was introduced to mitigate COVID-19 pandemic effects on incentives for orphan drug development.

H.R. 7694 was introduced to increase participation by women in clinical trials supported by the National Institutes of Health.

H.R. 7695 was introduced to void the Roadless Area Conservation rule and require construction of certain roads on National Forest System lands.

H.R. 7696 was introduced to develop secure AI cyber-physical testbeds to simulate grid-scale cyberattacks.

H.R. 7697 was introduced to establish an international strategy for AI research to improve electrical grids.

H.R. 7698 was introduced to allow members of federally recognized Tribes to use Tribal identification for firearm purchases.

H.R. 7699 was introduced to ensure Tribal law enforcement agencies have equal access to firearms under Federal law.

H.R. 7700 was introduced to study public housing inspections and required inspector numbers.

H.R. 7701 was introduced to reduce public housing rent for police officers, firefighters, and emergency medical technicians.

H.R. 7702 was introduced to authorize capital punishment for certain sexual abuse offenses against children.

H.R. 7703 was introduced to apply firearm possession prohibitions for certain aliens to government entities.

H.R. 7704 was introduced to require multi-factor identification for Department of Veterans Affairs call centers.

H.R. 7705 was introduced to treat Indian Tribal Governments as State governments for certain Federal tax purposes.

H.R. 7706 was introduced to change spousal notification and consent for retirement benefits in domestic violence cases.

H.R. 7707 was introduced to impose a tax on income earned from competing in global athletic events for foreign entities of concern.

H.R. 7708 was introduced to require the return of identification documents to individuals released from custody.

H.R. 7709 was introduced to prohibit Federal funds for the acquisition or use of full-body restraints.

H.R. 7710 was introduced to include Indian tribes in the defense community infrastructure program.

H.R. 7711 was introduced to prohibit Federal funds to compensate individuals prosecuted for the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

H.R. 7712 was introduced to support nurseries and seed orchards via a grant program.

H.R. 7713 was introduced to ensure availability of personal care services under Medicaid.

H.R. 7714 was introduced to designate the post office at 101 North Colorado Street in Chandler, Arizona, as the Mayor Coy Payne Memorial Post Office Building.

H.R. 7715 was introduced to prohibit coercing protected adults to transmit intimate visual depictions.

H.R. 7716 was introduced to prohibit additional tariffs on agricultural inputs from normal trade relations countries.

H.R. 7717 was introduced to support local jurisdictions in developing health data platforms.

H.R. 7718 was introduced to revise administrative procedures for public safety officers' death benefits.

H.R. 7719 was introduced to administer grants to discourage repeat offenders.

H. Res. 1077 was introduced to express the sense of the House that a commemorative stamp should be issued in honor of Charity Adams Earley.

H. Res. 1078 was introduced to request documents from the President and the Secretary of Health and Human Services regarding the "Defend the Spend" freeze on child care payments.

H. Res. 1079 was introduced to recognize Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and the need for funding for the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

H. Res. 1080 was introduced to recognize and celebrate Black History Month 2026.

H. Res. 1081 was introduced to raise awareness for the sarcoma cancer chordoma.

H. Res. 1082 was introduced to recognize 250 years of Polish-American friendship.

H. Res. 1083 was introduced to honor Mr. William DeHart Hubbard.

H. Res. 1084 was introduced to support the designation of February 28 as "HIV is Not a Crime Awareness Day".

H. Res. 1085 was introduced to censure Representative Al Green of Texas.

H.R. 7481 was mentioned in a request for immediate consideration regarding the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026.

H.R. 151, H.R. 161, H.R. 379, H.R. 492, H.R. 631, H.R. 637, H.R. 752, H.R. 1085, H.R. 1189, H.R. 1421, H.R. 1525, H.R. 1538, H.R. 1628, H.R. 1648, H.R. 1877, H.R. 1957, H.R. 2028, H.R. 2033, H.R. 2036, H.R. 2221, H.R. 2459, H.R. 2623, H.R. 2678, H.R. 2715, H.R. 2725, H.R. 2784, H.R. 2789, H.R. 2964, H.R. 3052, H.R. 3184, H.R. 3304, H.R. 3376, H.R. 3447, H.R. 3514, H.R. 3522, H.R. 3532, H.R. 3544, H.R. 3680, H.R. 3683, H.R. 3706, H.R. 3747, H.R. 4167, H.R. 4206, H.R. 4669, H.R. 4716, H.R. 4731, H.R. 4966, H.R. 5073, H.R. 5271, H.R. 5490, H.R. 5499, H.R. 5521, H.R. 5658, H.R. 5688, H.R. 5835, H.R. 6000, H.R. 6001, H.R. 6091, H.R. 6302, H.R. 6303, H.R. 6383, H.R. 6440, H.R. 6505, H.R. 6527, H.R. 6574, H.R. 6643, H.R. 6671, H.R. 6677, H.R. 6731, H.R. 6856, H.R. 6997, H.R. 7033, H.R. 7039, H.R. 7100, H.R. 7120, H.R. 7230, H.R. 7333, H.R. 7346, H.R. 7360, H.R. 7367, H.R. 7371, H.R. 7391, H.R. 7392, H.R. 7415, H.R. 7460, H.R. 7481, H.R. 7516, H.R. 7540, H.R. 7583, H.R. 7590, H.R. 7591, H.R. 7593, H.R. 7608, H.R. 7613, H.R. 7615, H.R. 7623, H.R. 7651, H.R. 7652 were listed as having additional sponsors added.

H. Res. 866, H. Res. 925, H. Res. 1028, H. Res. 1035, H. Res. 1040, H. Res. 1059, H. Res. 1065, H. Res. 1073 were listed as having additional sponsors added.

H.R. 7669, H.R. 7675, H.R. 7692, H.R. 7689, H.R. 7690, H.R. 7681 were mentioned in constitutional authority statements.

Summary of Senate proceedings

S. Res. 613 was passed to recognize the Army-Navy football game as America's Game.

S. Res. 614 was passed to designate February 2026 as American Heart Month.

S. Res. 615 was passed to celebrate Black History Month.

S. Res. 602 was passed to support the United States Olympic and Paralympic Teams in the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

S. Res. 602 had 1 amendment proposed to it.

S. 3911 was introduced to designate the Pride flag as an authorized flag for the National Park System and express that it should be displayed at the Stonewall National Monument.

S. 3917 was introduced to prohibit commercial driver's licenses for individuals who are not citizens, lawful permanent residents, or holders of specific work visas.

S. 3924 was introduced to allow disabled individuals to receive disability insurance benefits during the waiting period in exchange for a reduction in monthly benefit amounts.

S. 3925 was introduced to establish the Julius Rosenwald and Rosenwald Schools National Historical Park.

S. 3908 was introduced to allow Medicare payments for certain services furnished by off-campus outpatient departments.

S. 3909 was introduced to apply prohibitions on firearm possession by certain aliens to the use of firearms by government entities.

S. 3910 was introduced to support marine carbon dioxide removal activities.

S. 3912 was introduced to reauthorize the National Integrated Drought Information System Act of 2006.

S. 3913 was introduced to establish a task force to identify countervailable subsidies, dumping, and circumvention in trade.

S. 3914 was introduced to establish an Office of Ethics Counsel and an Office of Investigative Counsel within the Supreme Court.

S. 3915 was introduced to require a report on the competitiveness of United States exports of specialty crops.

S. 3916 was introduced to prohibit Federal funding of State firearm ownership databases.

S. 3918 was introduced to reform notice requirements and non-disclosure orders for criminal surveillance orders.

S. 3919 was introduced to amend the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017.

S. 3920 was introduced to expand Urban Areas Security Initiative grant eligibility to promote cooperation with ICE and election security.

S. 3921 was introduced to establish eligibility for Federal funds for Special Event Assessment Rating support in sanctuary jurisdictions.

S. 3922 was introduced to clarify FDA jurisdiction over certain tobacco products.

S. 3923 was introduced to improve NOAA weather research and forecasting.

S. 3746 was considered via a unanimous consent request to restrict individuals on government aid from sending money overseas, but the request was objected to.

S. 1199 was mentioned in a committee hearing regarding restoring integrity in small business programs.

S. 441, S. 556, S. 679, S. 709, S. 918, S. 952, S. 1183, S. 1415, S. 1417, S. 1552, S. 1716, S. 1726, S. 1763, S. 1832, S. 1918, S. 2624, S. 2690, S. 2813, S. 2891, S. 2903, S. 3159, S. 3398, S. 3478, S. 3498, S. 3660, S. 3733, S. 3747, S. 3855, S. 3869, S. 3893 received additional cosponsors.

S. 1383 had several cosponsors withdrawn.

S.J. Res. 104 and S. Res. 61 received additional cosponsors.

H.R. 4626 and H.R. 4758 were referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

H.R. 6329 was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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