IC Oversight & Policy — 2026-07-12

HPSCI Announces Open Hearing on States at Frontlines of Counterintelligence

BLUFCrawford is building a public evidentiary record across five states to justify legislation expanding state CI authorities and funding, bypassing the traditional closed-session oversight model.

HPSCI Chairman Rick Crawford announced an open full committee hearing for Wednesday, July 15 at 2:00 PM ET in HVC-210 to examine how states are developing counterintelligence capabilities amid gaps in the federal posture 1. Scheduled witnesses include National Fusion Center Association President and Northern California Regional Intelligence Center Director Michael Sena, Northern Virginia Regional Intelligence Center Director Amy Lay, Alabama Fusion Center Director Jay Mosely, Nebraska state senator Eliot Bostar, and Florida state representative Daniel Alvarez 1. The hearing will be live-streamed and open to congressionally credentialed press 1.

Analysis
HPSCI's public, live-streamed format and its geographically dispersed witness list, spanning California, Virginia, Alabama, Nebraska, and Florida fusion centers and legislatures, indicate the committee is building a record of a federal counterintelligence gap now being filled at the state level, positioning the hearing as much for messaging as fact-finding ahead of possible legislative or funding action. Sourced solely to HPSCI's own release, the account carries no independent corroboration ahead of the session. Crawford may be using the hearing primarily to elevate state-level counterintelligence messaging ahead of appropriations cycles rather than responding to a genuine escalation in the federal shortfall.

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Crawford Announces Open Full Committee Hearing to Examine States on the Frontlines of Counterintelligence - House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence