WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee released the following testimony by Rostin Behnam, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, from a July 10, 2024, hearing entitled "Oversight of Digital Commodities": * * * Chairwoman Stabenow, Ranking Member Boozman, and members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today as Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Agency) to discuss the state of the more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy released the following written testimony by Mark D. Bohlin, general manager of Perdido Bay Water, Sewer and Fire Protection District, on behalf of the Alabama Rural Water Association, from a July 10, 2024, hearing entitled "The State of Rural Infrastructure: Emergency Response, Recovery, and Resilience": * * * Good afternoon, Chairman Welch, Ranking Member Tuberville, and esteemed more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy released the following written testimony by Blue Earth County Commissioner Kevin Paap from a July 10, 2024, hearing entitled "The State of Rural Infrastructure: Emergency Response, Recovery, and Resilience": * * * Chairman Welch, Ranking Member Tuberville, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today. I am pleased to disc more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy released the following testimony by Julie Moore, secretary of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, from a July 10, 2024, hearing entitled "The State of Rural Infrastructure: Emergency Response, Recovery, and Resilience": * * * Good afternoon, Chairman Welch, Ranking Member Tuberville, and members of the subcommittee. My name is Julie Moore, and I am the Secretary of the Vermon more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy released the following testimony by Ted Brady, executive director of the Vermont League of Cities and Towns, from a July 10, 2024, hearing entitled "The State of Rural Infrastructure: Emergency Response, Recovery, and Resilience": * * * Thank you Chairman Welch, Ranking Member Tuberville, and members of the subcommittee for your attention to helping rural communities prepare for,  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy released the following testimony by Wiregrass Electric Cooperative CEO Brad Kimbro from a July 10, 2024, hearing entitled "The State of Rural Infrastructure: Emergency Response, Recovery, and Resilience": * * * Chairman Welch, Ranking Member Tuberville, and members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. On behalf of Wiregrass Electric Cooperative's more  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The Senate Armed Services Committee released the following testimony by Michael Sulmeyer, President Biden's nominee to be assistant secretary of Defense for cyber policy, from a July 11, 2024, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Reed, Ranking Member Wicker, and Members of the Committee, it is an honor to appear before you today as the nominee to serve as the first Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy. I thank President Biden, Secretary Austin, and Deputy Secr more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The Senate Armed Services Committee released the following testimony by Tonya Parran Wilkerson, President Biden's nominee to be undersecretary of Defense for intelligence and security, from a July 11, 2024, confirmation hearing: * * * Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Wicker and distinguished Members of the Committee - it is an honor to appear before you as the nominee for Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security. I am honored by the trust and confidence that P more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Fed Chair Jerome H. Powell from a July 9, 2024, hearing entitled "The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress": * * * Chairman Brown, Ranking Member Scott, and other members of the Committee, I appreciate the opportunity to present the Federal Reserve's semiannual Monetary Policy Report. The Federal Reserve remains squarely focused on our dual mandate to promote maximum more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Gordon I. Ito, President Biden's nominee to be an independent member with insurance expertise at the Financial Stability Oversight Council, from a July 11, 2024, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Brown, Ranking Member Scott, and distinguished Members of the Committee, it is my honor and privilege to appear before you today. I am also very honored and humbled to be President Bid more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Caroline A. Crenshaw, a nominee to be a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission, from a July 11, 2024, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Brown, Ranking Member Scott, and distinguished Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you. It is an honor to be considered for reappointment to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Last month was  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Kristin N. Johnson, President Biden's nominee to be assistant secretary of the Treasury for financial institutions, from a July 11, 2024, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Brown, Ranking Member Scott, and other distinguished members of the Committee, thank you very much for the opportunity to appear before you today. I thank the Committee Members and majority and minority staf more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The Senate Budget Committee released the following testimony by Congressional Budget Office Director Phillip L. Swagel from a July 9, 2024, hearing entitled "Examining CBO's Updated 2024-2034 Budget and Economic Outlook": * * * Chairman Whitehouse, Ranking Member Grassley, and Members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to testify about the Congressional Budget Office's most recent analysis of the outlook for the budget and the economy. My statement summarizes CB more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee released the following testimony by Benedic N. Ippolito, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, from July 11, 2024, hearing entitled "What Can Congress Do to End the Medical Debt Crisis in America?": * * * In this testimony, I briefly summarize the empirical research on medical debt in the United States, discuss how recent policy changes have altered this picture, and highlight tradeoffs policymake more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee released the following testimony by Luke Messac, an emergency physician and historian at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, from July 11, 2024, hearing entitled "What Can Congress Do to End the Medical Debt Crisis in America?": * * * Chairman Sanders, Ranking Member Cassidy, and distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you this morning. My name i more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee released the following written testimony by Abdul El-Sayed, a hernia patient, from July 11, 2024, hearing entitled "What Can Congress Do to End the Medical Debt Crisis in America?": * * * My surgery. On April 12th, I went under the knife for my second abdominal surgery in two years. About a year earlier, I had begun to feel a heaviness under my right inguinal line when lifting weights. Soon enough, I noticed a  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee released the following testimony by Ge Bai, a certified public accountant, professor of accounting at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, and a professor of health policy and management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, from July 11, 2024, hearing entitled "What Can Congress Do to End the Medical Debt Crisis in America?": * * * Chairman Sanders, Ranking Member Cassidy, and members of th more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee released the following written testimony by Fumiko Chino, an oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, from July 11, 2024, hearing entitled "What Can Congress Do to End the Medical Debt Crisis in America?": * * * My name is Fumiko Chino, and I'm an oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Every day, I use advanced radiation technologies to treat and cure patients with cancer; I also do re more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee released the following testimony by Allyson Ward, a parent of premature babies and a neonatal nurse practitioner, from July 11, 2024, hearing entitled "What Can Congress Do to End the Medical Debt Crisis in America?": * * * My name is Allyson Ward, and together with my husband, we are parents to twin boys who were born 10 weeks prematurely. I am also a neonatal nurse practitioner. My life changed overnight from c more PR

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Children and Families released the following testimony by Emily Gee, senior vice president for inclusive growth at the Center for American Progress, from a July 9, 2024, hearing entitled "Everyday Expenses and Everyday Americans: How High Costs Impact Children and Families": * * * Chairman Casey, Ranking Member Tuberville, members of the subcommittee, thank you for inviting me to testify before you about th more PR

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Children and Families released the following testimony by Erin Wiggle, a consumer from Worcester Township, Pennsylvania, from a July 9, 2024, hearing entitled "Everyday Expenses and Everyday Americans: How High Costs Impact Children and Families": * * * Chairman Casey, Ranking Member Tuberville, and members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today. My name is Erin Wiggl more PR

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Children and Families released the following testimony by David Malpass, former president of the World Bank Group, from a July 9, 2024, hearing entitled "Everyday Expenses and Everyday Americans: How High Costs Impact Children and Families": * * * Chairman Casey, Senator Tuberville, Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the invitation to testify. People across the country and around the world have been more PR

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Melanie Anne Egorin, assistant secretary for legislation at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, from a July 10, 2024, legistlative hearing on the Veterinary Services to Improve Public Health in Rural Communities Act (S. 4365): * * * Good afternoon Chair Schatz, Vice Chair Murkowski, and Members of the Committee. Thank you for the opportunity to provide testimony on an important legislat more PR

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Jason Freihage, deputy assistant secretary of management for Indian Affairs at the Interior Department, from a July 10, 2024, legistlative hearing on the Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments Act (S. 2783), Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, and Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act (S. 3406), and Jamul Indian Village more PR

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Erica M. Pinto, chairwoman of the Jamul Indian Village of California, from a July 10, 2024, legistlative hearing on the Jamul Indian Village Land Transfer Act (S. 3857): * * * Chairman Schatz and distinguished Members of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, my name is Erica M. Pinto, and I have the honor to serve as Chairwoman of the Jamul Indian Village of California (the "Tribe or "JIV"). Thank  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Talbert H. Cypress, chairman of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, from a July 10, 2024, legistlative hearing on the Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments Act (S. 2783): * * * Good morning, Chair Schatz, Vice Chair Murkowski, and members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. I am Talbert H. Cypress, Chairman of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, a more PR

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging released the following testimony by Cora Opsahl, director of the 32BJ Health Fund, from a July 11, 2024, hearing entitled "Health Care Transparency: Lowering Costs and Empowering Patients": * * * Good morning. Thank you Chairman Casey, Ranking Member Braun, and the rest of the Committee on Aging for inviting me to speak this morning. My name is Cora Opsahl, and I am the Director of the 32BJ Health Fund. The 32BJ Health Fund is a sel more PR

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging released the following testimony by Christopher Whaley, an associate professor of health policy at the Brown University School of Public Health and an associate director of the Center for Advancing Health Policy through Research, from a July 11, 2024, hearing entitled "Health Care Transparency: Lowering Costs and Empowering Patients": * * * Chairman Casey, Ranking Member Braun, and members of the committee, thank you for the opportun more PR

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging released the following testimony by Sophia Tripoli, senior director of health policy at Families USA, from a July 11, 2024, hearing entitled "Health Care Transparency: Lowering Costs and Empowering Patients": * * * Chairman Casey, Ranking Member Braun, members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify at this critical hearing focused on health care affordability and the harmful impact of medical monopolies that flour more PR

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging released the following testimony by Sophia Tripoli, senior director of health policy at Families USA, from a July 11, 2024, hearing entitled "Health Care Transparency: Lowering Costs and Empowering Patients": * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 2) * * * Ban Anticompetitive Contracting Practices We also urge Congress to take a close look at anticompetitive practices and clauses in health care contracting agreements between providers an more PR

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging released the following testimony by Chris Deacon, a principal owner of VerSan Consulting LLC, from a July 11, 2024, hearing entitled "Health Care Transparency: Lowering Costs and Empowering Patients": * * * Christin E. Deacon, Chairman, Ranking Member, and distinguished members of the committee, Thank you for the opportunity to testify today on the critical issue of transparency in healthcare. Imagine, if you will, you are the CFO o more PR