Alviti is the only witness invited to testify before a joint meeting of the House and Senate oversight committees.

Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Thursday said that the Senate blue ribbon committee will no longer invite resigned Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Zaldy Co to attend the next hearing on anomalous flood control projects through a video conferencing platform.

Conservative commentator Michael Knowles sounds off on the growing threat of political violence at a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing.

The hearing comes less than two months after the House version of the Lumbee Fairness Act was passed on Sept. 10, when it was added as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act. Wednesday’s hearing came as the committee considers S. 107, the Senate version of the Lumbee Fairness Act.

The postponement came just hours before Casey Means, who has been pregnant with her first child, was set to appear virtually.

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina went head-to-head in a hearing with the Eastern Band of Cherokee in a Senate hearing Wednesday afternoon.

President Donald Trump nominated Casey Means, a wellness influencer and close ally of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to be America’s top doctor.