Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital Congress. The House is in a committee work period this week, though the Senate returns today and will resume consideration of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (S. 1260), a broadened bill that includes the Endless Frontier Act and that aims to address the United States’ future competitiveness and economic needs. Hearings for this week include Senate Banking and House Financial Services hearings with the heads of the country’s largest banks, a House Armed Services hearing on national security space programs, a House Energy and Commerce hearing on drinking water legislation, a House Agriculture hearing on nutrition support after the pandemic, a House Science hearing on the science and energy research enterprise, and a House Veterans’ Affairs hearing on VA infrastructure needs.