AGENDA
Hearing on "Part of Your World: U.S.-China Competition Under the Sea"
Monday, March 2, 2026
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 430, and Webex
*Livestream will appear here*
Hearing Co-Chairs: Chair Randall Schriver and Vice Chair Michael Kuiken
9:15 AM – 9:20 AM: Co-Chairs' Opening Remarks
9:20 AM – 10:25 AM: Panel I: U.S. Navy’s Perspective on Growing Threat to U.S. Undersea Superiority
- Vice Admiral Richard Seif, Commander, Naval Submarine Forces
- Rear Admiral Mike Brookes, Commander, Office of Naval Intelligence
10:25 AM – 10:30 AM: Break
10:30 AM – 11:35 PM: Panel II: China’s Strategy and Growing Undersea Capabilities
- Michael Studeman, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
- Michael Horowtiz, Director of Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania
11:35 AM – 11:40 AM: Break
11:40 AM – 12:55 PM: Panel III: Undersea Infrastructure and Strategic Resources
- Jason Hsu, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
- Seaver Wang, Director of Climate and Energy, The Breakthrough Institute
- David Calhoun, Director, Baron
12:55 PM – 1:00 PM: Closing Remarks
1:00 PM: Adjourn