U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will make the keynote address at the Prometheus Initiative's "AI Summit on American Prosperity" today. In August, Secretary Bessent said, "There's a very good chance with this AI boom that we're seeing, we're going to see the productivity kick in as soon as the first quarter of next year."

The Senate Commerce, Science, Transportation Committee, chaired by Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, is meeting today to consider support for STEM education, the possible establishement of a Federal Communications Commission task force to address illegal robocalls, and nominees for positions in the Departments of Transportation and Commerce.

The Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, co-chaired by Senators John Cornyn of Texas and Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, is holding a hearing on how the U.S. can address Hezbollah's financing of terrorism through money laundering and drug trafficking operations in Latin America.