WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The House Agriculture Committee released the following written testimony by Joey Caldwell, senior vice president of GreenPoint Ag, on behalf of the Agricultural Retailers Association, from a July 23, 2024, hearing entitled "Financial Conditions in Farm Country": * * * Chairman Thompson, Ranking Member Scott, and distinguished members of the House Agriculture Committee. Thank you for the opportunity to testify regarding the financial conditions in farm country and their i more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The House Agriculture Committee released the following testimony by Tony Hotchkiss, chairman of the Agricultural and Rural Bankers Committee at the American Bankers Association, from a July 23, 2024, hearing entitled "Financial Conditions in Farm Country": * * * Chairman Thompson, Ranking Member Scott, and members of the Committee, my name is Tony Hotchkiss. I am the current chairman of the American Bankers Association's Agricultural and Rural Bankers Committee and testi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The House Agriculture Committee released the following testimony by Dana Allen-Tully, president of the Minnesota Corn Growers Association, from a July 23, 2024, hearing entitled "Financial Conditions in Farm Country": * * * Chairman Thompson, Ranking Member Scott, and Members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to testify before you today. My name is Dana Allen-Tully and my family and I own and operate a diversified family farm near Eyota, Minnesota where we pro more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The House Agriculture Committee released the following testimony by David Dunlow, producer director with the National Cotton Council and chairman of the American Cotton Producers, from a July 23, 2024, hearing entitled "Financial Conditions in Farm Country": * * * My name is David Dunlow, and I am a farmer from Gaston, North Carolina. I currently serve as a Producer Director with the National Cotton Council (NCC) and as Chairman of the American Cotton Producers (ACP). I  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The House Agriculture Committee released the following testimony by Ronald Rainey, assistant vice president of the Division of Agriculture at the University of Arkansas, from a July 23, 2024, hearing entitled "Financial Conditions in Farm Country": * * * My name is Ronald Rainey, and I am humbled to provide input into this important, deliberative process that means so much to all of our farmers, ranchers, and rural communities. I have over three decades of experience wor more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets and Rural Development released the following testimony by Travis Antonsen, senior vice president of grain marketing and rail logistics of Agtegra Cooperative, from a July 25, 2024, hearing entitled "Reauthorizing the CFTC: Stakeholder Perspectives." CFTC is the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. * * * Chairman Johnson, Ranking Member Caraveo, and members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the invi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets and Rural Development released the following testimony by Walter L. Lukken, president and CEO of the Futures Industry Association, from a July 25, 2024, hearing entitled "Reauthorizing the CFTC: Stakeholder Perspectives." CFTC is the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. * * * Chairman Dusty Johnson, Ranking Member Yadira Caraveo, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets and Rural Development released the following testimony by Thomas Sexton, president and CEO of the National Futures Association, from a July 25, 2024, hearing entitled "Reauthorizing the CFTC: Stakeholder Perspectives." CFTC is the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. * * * Chair Johnson, Ranking Member Caraveo and members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify at this hearing  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- The House Armed Services Subcommittees on Seapower and Projection Forces and Readiness released the following testimony by Rear Adm. Derek Trinque, director of strategic plans, policy and logistics at the U.S. Transportation Command, from a July 23, 2024, hearing entitled "Mobility Aircraft Relevance and Survivability in a Contested Environment": * * * Chairman Kelly, Chairman Waltz, Ranking Member Courtney, Ranking Member Garamendi, distinguished members of the committee more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- The House Armed Services Subcommittees on Seapower and Projection Forces and Readiness released the following testimony by Gen. Michael A. Minihan, commander of the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command, from a July 23, 2024, hearing entitled "Mobility Aircraft Relevance and Survivability in a Contested Environment": * * * Introduction Chairmans Kelly and Waltz, Ranking Members Courtney and Davis, distinguished members of the subcommittees, good morning. Thank you for invi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- The House Armed Services Subcommittees on Seapower and Projection Forces and Readiness released the following testimony by Lt. Gen. David Tabor, deputy chief of staff for plans and programs at the U.S. Air Force, from a July 23, 2024, hearing entitled "Mobility Aircraft Relevance and Survivability in a Contested Environment": * * * INTRODUCTION Chairman Kelly, Chairman Waltz, Ranking Member Courtney, Ranking Member Garamendi, and distinguished members of both subcommitte more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- The House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development released the following testimony by Bryan Newland, assistant secretary of Interior for Indian Affairs, from a July 23, 2024, joint hearing with the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations entitled "Investigating How the Biden Administration Ignored Cries for Help from Students at Haskell Indian Nations University": * * * Chairpersons, Ranking Membe more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- The House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development released the following testimony by Ronald Graham, a member of the Eastern Shawnee of Oklahoma Tribe, from a July 23, 2024, joint hearing with the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations entitled "Investigating How the Biden Administration Ignored Cries for Help from Students at Haskell Indian Nations University": * * * I am Dr. Ronald Graham, a pr more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections released the following testimony by Jordan Barab, ex deputy assistant secretary of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, from a July 24, 2024, hearing entitled "Safeguarding Workers and Employers from OSHA Overreach and Skewed Priorities": * * * Good morning. My name is Jordan Barab. I served as Acting Assistant Secretary for OSHA in 2009, and Deputy Assistant Secretary from 2009 to t more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- The House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development released the following testimony by Clay J. Mayes III, cross country coach at Haskell Indian Nations University, from a July 23, 2024, joint hearing with the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations entitled "Investigating How the Biden Administration Ignored Cries for Help from Students at Haskell Indian Nations University": * * * The leaders in o more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- The House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development released the following testimony by Interior Assistant Inspector General for Investigations Matthew Elliott from a July 23, 2024, joint hearing with the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations entitled "Investigating How the Biden Administration Ignored Cries for Help from Students at Haskell Indian Nations University": * * * Chairman Gosar, Chairm more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections released the following testimony by Felicia Watson, a senior counsel in Littler Mendelson, from a July 24, 2024, hearing entitled "Safeguarding Workers and Employers from OSHA Overreach and Skewed Priorities." OSHA is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. * * * Chairman Kiley, Ranking Member Adams, Members of the Subcommittee: Good morning and thank you for the opportunity to speak w more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections released the following testimony by Tim Bradley, director of the National Volunteer Fire Council, from a July 24, 2024, hearing entitled "Safeguarding Workers and Employers from OSHA Overreach and Skewed Priorities." OSHA is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. * * * Good morning, Chair Kiley, Ranking Member Adams, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee. My name is Tim Bradley more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- The House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development released the following testimony by Emily J. Martin, chief program officer at the National Women's Law Center, from a July 23, 2024, joint hearing with the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations entitled "Investigating How the Biden Administration Ignored Cries for Help from Students at Haskell Indian Nations University": * * * I. Introduction Th more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections released the following testimony by Peter Gerstenberger, senior vice president of industry support for the Tree Care Industry Association, from a July 24, 2024, hearing entitled "Safeguarding Workers and Employers from OSHA Overreach and Skewed Priorities." OSHA is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. * * * Chairman Kiley, Ranking Member Adams, and distinguished members of the Subco more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The House Financial Services Committee released the following testimony by Frederick Reynolds, deputy general counsel and chief compliance officer at FIS, from a July 23, 2024, hearing entitled "AI Innovation Explored: Insights into AI Applications in Financial Services and Housing": * * * Good afternoon, Chairman McHenry, Ranking Member Waters, and members of the House Financial Services Committee. My name is Frederick Reynolds, and I am Deputy General Counsel and Chief  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The House Financial Services Committee released the following testimony by Elizabeth Osborne, chief operations officer of Great Lakes Credit Union, from a July 23, 2024, hearing entitled "AI Innovation Explored: Insights into AI Applications in Financial Services and Housing": * * * Good morning, Chairman McHenry, Ranking Member Waters, and Members of the Committee. I am Elizabeth Osborne, Chief Operations Officer (COO) of Great Lakes Credit Union (GLCU), headquartered in more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The House Financial Services Committee released the following testimony by John Zecca, executive vice president and global chief legal, risk and regulatory officer for Nasdaq, from a July 23, 2024, hearing entitled "AI Innovation Explored: Insights into AI Applications in Financial Services and Housing": * * * Thank you, Chairman McHenry and Ranking Member Waters. On behalf of Nasdaq, I appreciate the opportunity to testify on Nasdaq's use and governance of Artificial Int more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The House Financial Services Committee released the following testimony by Lisa Rice, president and CEO of the National Fair Housing Alliance, from a July 23, 2024, hearing entitled "AI Innovation Explored: Insights into AI Applications in Financial Services and Housing": * * * Chairman McHenry, Ranking Member Waters, and other distinguished members of the House Committee on Financial Services, thank you for the opportunity to testify during the Committee's Hearing entitl more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The House Financial Services Committee released the following testimony by Vijay Karunamuthy, field chief technology officer at Scale AI, from a July 23, 2024, hearing entitled "AI Innovation Explored: Insights Into AI Applications in Financial Services and Housing": * * * Chairman McHenry, Ranking Member Waters, and members of the House Financial Services Committee, thank you for the opportunity to be here today. It is my honor to discuss with you the exciting role that  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The House Financial Services Committee released the following testimony by Ondrej Linda, senior director of personalization AI at Zillow, from a July 23, 2024, hearing entitled "AI Innovation Explored: Insights into AI Applications in Financial Services and Housing": * * * Chairman McHenry, Ranking Member Waters, and Members of the House Financial Services Committee: Thank you for holding this hearing on artificial intelligence (AI) and for the opportunity to speak with y more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The House Financial Services Committee released the following testimony by Paul Compton, managing partner at Compton Jones and Dresher LLP, from a July 24, 2024, hearing entitled "Housing Solutions: Cutting Through Government Red Tape": * * * Chairman Davidson, Ranking Member Cleaver and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify and share my perspectives on government red tape and its adverse impact on housing, and particularly affordable housi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance released the following testimony by Linda Couch, senior vice president of policy and advocacy at LeadingAge, from a July 24, 2024, hearing entitled "Housing Solutions: Cutting Through Government Red Tape": * * * LeadingAge represents more than 5,400 nonprofit aging services providers and other mission-driven organizations serving older adults. Alongside our members and 36 partners in 41 states, we use advo more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance released the following testimony by Carl Harris, board chairman of the National Association of Home Builders, from a July 24, 2024, hearing entitled "Housing Solutions: Cutting Through Government Red Tape": * * * Chairman Davidson, Ranking Member Cleaver and members of the committee, I appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today on behalf of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) to sha more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance released the following testimony by James H. Schloemer, CEO of Continental Properties Co. and chair of the National Multifamily Housing Council, from a July 24, 2024, hearing entitled "Housing Solutions: Cutting Through Government Red Tape": * * * Chair Davidson, Ranking Member Cleaver, and Members of the Subcommittee: My name is Jim Schloemer, and I am the Chief Executive Officer of Continental Propertie more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- The House Oversight and Accountability Committee released the following testimony by CVS Caremark President David Joyner from a July 23, 2024, hearing entitled "The Role of Pharmacy Benefit Managers in Prescription Drug Markets Part III: Transparency and Accountability": * * * Chairman Comer, Ranking Member Raskin, members of the Committee, I'm David Joyner, President of CVS Caremark. I'm here to provide you with the facts about what we do at Caremark: bring down the cos more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- The House Oversight and Accountability Committee released the following written testimony by Optum Rx CEO Patrick Conway from a July 23, 2024, hearing entitled "The Role of Pharmacy Benefit Managers in Prescription Drug Markets Part III: Transparency and Accountability": * * * Chairman Comer, Ranking Member Raskin, and Members of the Committee: I am Dr. Patrick Conway, CEO of Optum Rx, a part of UnitedHealth Group. I appreciate the opportunity to discuss the role of phar more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- The House Oversight and Accountability Committee released the following testimony by the U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle from a July 22, 2024, hearing on the oversight of the agency and the attempted assassination of President Donald J. Trump: * * * Good morning, Chairman Comer, Ranking Member Raskin, and distinguished members of the Committee. My name is Kimberly Cheatle, and I am the Director of the United States Secret Service. I appreciate the opportuni more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 --The House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs released the following testimony by Bryan Clark, a senior fellow at Hudson Institute, from a July 24, 2024, hearing entitled "Wasteful Spending and Inefficiencies: Examining DoD Platform Performance and Costs": * * * Chairman Grothman, Ranking Member Garcia, and distinguished members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to discuss the US Department of Defens more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- The House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce released the following testimony by Interior Inspector General Mark Lee Greenblatt from a July 23, 2024, hearing entitled "Oversight of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency": * * * Chairman Sessions, Ranking Member Mfume, and Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for inviting me to testify today about the Council of the Inspectors General o more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- The House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs released the following testimony by Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette, director of government affairs at the Project on Government Oversight, from a July 24, 2024, hearing entitled "Wasteful Spending and Inefficiencies: Examining DoD Platform Performance and Costs": * * * Thank you Chairman Grothman, Ranking Member Garcia, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee on Nationa more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials released the following written testimony by Jeffrey Sloan, senior director for regulatory and scientific affairs at the American Chemistry Council, from a July 23, 2024, hearing entitled "Examining the State of Rail Safety in the Aftermath of the Derailment in East Palestine, Ohio": * * * Chairman Nehls, Ranking Member Wilson, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank yo more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit released the following testimony by Tim Duit, president of Duit Construction Co. Inc. and chair of the American Road and Transportation Builders Association, from a July 24, 2024, hearing entitled "Examining the Department of Transportation's Regulatory and Administrative Agenda": * * * Subcommittee Chairman Crawford, Ranking Member Norton, and members of the subcommittee, thank you for conve more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials released the following written testimony by Federal Railroad Administrator Amit Bose from a July 23, 2024, hearing entitled "Examining the State of Rail Safety in the Aftermath of the Derailment in East Palestine, Ohio": * * * Chairman Graves, Ranking Member Larsen, Chairman Nehls, Ranking Member Wilson, and members of the subcommittee - thank you for the opportunity  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials released the following testimony by the National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer L. Homendy from a July 23, 2024, hearing entitled "Examining the State of Rail Safety in the Aftermath of the Derailment in East Palestine, Ohio": * * * Good afternoon, Chairman Nehls, Ranking Member Wilson, and members of the subcommittee. Thank you for inviting the National T more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit released the following testimony by Lewie Pugh, executive vice president of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, from a July 24, 2024, hearing entitled "Examining the Department of Transportation's Regulatory and Administrative Agenda": * * * Chairman Crawford, Ranking Member Norton, and members of the Subcommittee, my name is Lewie Pugh and I am the Executive Vice President of more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials released the following written testimony by Tristan H. Brown, deputy administrator at the U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, from a July 23, 2024, hearing entitled "Examining the State of Rail Safety in the Aftermath of the Derailment in East Palestine, Ohio": * * * Introduction Good afternoon, Chairman Nehls, Ra more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials released the following testimony by Rep. Michael Rulli, R-Ohio, from a July 23, 2024, hearing entitled "Examining the State of Rail Safety in the Aftermath of the Derailment in East Palestine, Ohio": * * * Chairman Nehls, Ranking Member Wilson, and members of the subcommittee, thank you for allowing me to testify on the critical issue of rail safety in our nation. Le more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials released the following written testimony by Greg Hynes, national legislative director for the Transportation Division of the Sheet Metal, Air and Rail Transportation Workers Association, from a July 23, 2024, hearing entitled "Examining the State of Rail Safety in the Aftermath of the Derailment in East Palestine, Ohio": * * * Good afternoon, Chairman Nehls, Ranking M more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials released the following written testimony by David Arouca, national legislative director for the Transportation Communications Union, from a July 23, 2024, hearing entitled "Examining the State of Rail Safety in the Aftermath of the Derailment in East Palestine, Ohio": * * * Good afternoon Chairman Nehls, Ranking Member Wilson, Members of the Subcommittee, and thank yo more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit released the following testimony by Transportation for America Director Beth Osborne from a July 24, 2024, hearing entitled "Examining the Department of Transportation's Regulatory and Administrative Agenda": * * * Thank you, Chairman Crawford and Ranking Member Norton for inviting me to today's hearing. I am the director of Transportation for America, the transportation arm of Smart Growth A more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity released the following testimony by AEONRG LLC President Bill Belknap from a July 23, 2024, joint oversight hearing with the House Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Infrastructure entitled "Leveling the Playing Field: Examining the Landscape of Veteran Owned Small Businesses": * * * Chairman LaLota, Chairman Van Orden, Ranking Members Scholten and Levin, Subcommittee Members, thank you for hold more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs released the following testimony by Linda Parker-Cooks, president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 138, from a July 23, 2024, oversight hearing entitled "Is the Veterans Benefits Administration Properly Processing and Deciding Veterans Claims?": * * * Chairman Luttrell, Ranking Member Pappas, and Members of the Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs released the following testimony by Elizabeth Curda, director of education, workforce and income security at the Government Accountability Office, from a July 23, 2024, oversight hearing entitled "Is the Veterans Benefits Administration Properly Processing and Deciding Veterans Claims?": * * * Chairman Luttrell, Ranking Member Pappas, and Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for the more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity released the following testimony by Stephen Hayduk, senior principal at Hayduk Engineering LLC, from a July 23, 2024, joint oversight hearing with the House Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Infrastructure entitled "Leveling the Playing Field: Examining the Landscape of Veteran Owned Small Businesses": * * * Good morning, and thank you to my Congressman, Nick LaLota and to all of you for inviti more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization released the following testimony by Seema Verma, executive vice president and general manager for Oracle Health and Life Sciences, from a July 22, 2024, oversight hearing entitled "Report Card: Assessing Electronic Health Record Modernization at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center": * * * Introduction Chairman Rosendale, Ranking Member Cherfilus-McCormick, and members of the Subcommit more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity released the following testimony by The Rosie Network CEO and founder Stephanie Brown, from a July 23, 2024, joint oversight hearing with the House Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Infrastructure entitled "Leveling the Playing Field: Examining the Landscape of Veteran Owned Small Businesses": * * * I am the daughter of a Vietnam Veteran turned small business owner, the widow of Rear Admiral T more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization released the following testimony by Neil Evans, acting program executive director at the Veterans Affairs Department, on behalf of the Electronic Health Record Modernization Integration Office, from a July 22, 2024, oversight hearing entitled "Report Card: Assessing Electronic Health Record Modernization at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center": * * * Good afternoon, Chairman Rosendale, more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs released the following testimony by Stephen Bracci, director of the Compensation Programs Division for the Office of Audits and Evaluations at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Office of the Inspector General, from a July 23, 2024, oversight hearing entitled "Is the Veterans Benefits Administration Properly Processing and Deciding Veterans Claims?": * * * Chairman Luttrell, Ranki more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity released the following testimony by Jon Tellier, a veteran business owner and a soldier, from a July 23, 2024, joint oversight hearing with the House Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Infrastructure entitled "Leveling the Playing Field: Examining the Landscape of Veteran Owned Small Businesses": * * * Thank you for inviting me to the committee hearing and allowing JetCo Solutions the opportunit more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs released the following testimony Ronald S. Burke Jr., deputy under secretary for policy and oversight at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Benefits Administration, from a July 23, 2024, oversight hearing entitled "Is the Veterans Benefits Administration Properly Processing and Deciding Veterans Claims?": * * * Good morning, Chairman Luttrell, Ranking Member Pappas, and M more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee released the following written testimony by Laura Taylor-Kale, assistant secretary of Defense for industrial base policy, from a July 25, 2024, hearing entitled "Advancing National Security through Export Controls, Investment Security and the Defense Production Act": * * * Good morning, Chairman Brown, Ranking Member Scott, and Members of the Committee. Thank you for the opportunity to testify today on the state of t more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Grant T. Harris, assistant secretary for industry and analysis at the U.S. Department of Commerce, from a July 25, 2024, hearing entitled "Advancing National Security through Export Controls, Investment Security, and the Defense Production Act": * * * Chairman Brown, Ranking Member Scott, distinguished Members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to testify today. As stated  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Thea D. Rozman Kendler, assistant secretary for export administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce, from a July 25, 2024, hearing entitled "Advancing National Security through Export Controls, Investment Security, and the Defense Production Act": * * * Chairman Brown, Ranking Member Scott, distinguished members of the Senate Banking Committee, thank you for inviting me to tes more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Paul Rosen, assistant secretary for investment security at the Treasury Department, from a July 25, 2024, hearing entitled "Advancing National Security through Export Controls, Investment Security, and the Defense Production Act": * * * Good morning, Chairman Brown, Ranking Member Scott, and Members of the Committee. Thank you for the opportunity to provide an update on the work of more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee released the following written testimony by Morgan Reed, president of ACT - The App Association, from a July 11, 2024, hearing entitled "The Need to Protect Americans' Privacy and the AI Accelerant": * * * I. Introduction Small app companies and connected device makers use, create, or adapt artificial intelligence (AI) tools every day. Their activities involve a variety of different kinds of AI, from machine lear more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee released the following testimony by Amba Kak, co-executive director at the AI Now Institute, from a July 11, 2024, hearing entitled "The Need to Protect Americans' Privacy and the AI Accelerant": * * * Chair Cantwell, Ranking Member Cruz, and esteemed Members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to testify on this important set of issues. I deeply appreciate this Committee for taking the initiative to spotl more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee released the following written testimony by Udbhav Tiwari, director of global product policy at Mozilla, from a July 11, 2024, hearing entitled "The Need to Protect Americans' Privacy and the AI Accelerant": * * * Chair Cantwell, Ranking Member Cruz, and esteemed members of the Committee, Thank you for the opportunity to testify on the critical issue of protecting Americans' privacy in the age of artificial intell more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee released the following written testimony by Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of Washington, from a July 11, 2024, hearing entitled "The Need to Protect Americans' Privacy and the AI Accelerant": * * * Chairwoman Cantwell, Ranking Member Cruz, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to share my research and views on the important issue of artificial intelligence (AI) and privacy. I  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations released the following written testimony by Mark Monaco, head of global payment solutions at the Bank of America, from a July 23, 2024, hearing entitled "Instant Payments, Instant Losses: Zelle and the Big Banks Fail to Protect Consumers From Fraud": * * * Chairman Blumenthal, Ranking Member Johnson, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to appear befor more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations released the following testimony by Cameron Fowler, CEO of Early Warning Services LLC, from a July 23, 2024, hearing entitled "Instant Payments, Instant Losses: Zelle and the Big Banks Fail to Protect Consumers From Fraud": * * * Chairman Blumenthal, Ranking Member Johnson, and distinguished Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today regarding t more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations released the following written testimony by Melissa Feldsher, managing director and head of commerce enablement at JPMorganChase, from a July 23, 2024, hearing entitled "Instant Payments, Instant Losses: Zelle and the Big Banks Fail to Protect Consumers From Fraud": * * * Chairman Blumenthal, Ranking Member Johnson, and Members of the Subcommittee, my name is Melissa Feldsher,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Benjamin Mallott, president-elect of the Alaska Federation of Natives, from a July 25, 2024, hearing on the Tribal Forest Protection Act Amendments Act (S. 4370): * * * Good afternoon, Chair Schatz, Vice Chair Murkowski, and distinguished members of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. My name is Benjamin Mallott. I have the honor of being the President-Elect of the Alaska Federation of Natives (A more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Mescalero Apache President Thora Padilla from a July 25, 2024, hearing on the Tribal Forest Protection Act Amendments Act ( S.4370): * * * Good afternoon Chairman Schatz, Vice Chair Murkowski, and Members of the Committee. My name is Thora Padilla and I am honored to serve as President of the Mescalero Apache Tribe ("Mescalero" or "Tribe"). Thank you for this opportunity to testify about S.4370, the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Ohkay Owingeh Gov. Larry Phillips Jr. from a July 25, 2024, hearing on the Ohkay Owingeh Rio Chama Water Rights Settlement Act S. 4505): * * * Chairman Schatz, Vice Chair Murkowski, and Honorable Members of the Committee: I am Larry Phillips, Jr., Governor of Ohkay Owingeh, a federally recognized Tribe in Northern New Mexico. I thank you for convening this hearing and inviting me to testify. The wel more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Tracy Canard Goodluck, senior advisor to the assistant secretary of the Interior for Indian affairs, from a July 25, 2024, hearing on the Tribal Forest Protection Act Amendments Act (S. 4370) and the Ohkay Owingeh Rio Chama Water Rights Settlement Act of (S. 4505): * * * Chairman Schatz, Vice Chairman Murkowski, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to present testimony on S. 43 more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Tracy John Crockett, deputy chief of state, private and tribal forestry at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service, from a July 25, 2024, hearing on the Tribal Forest Protection Act Amendments Act (S. 4370)": * * * Chairman Schatz, Vice Chairman Murkowski, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the views of the U.S. Depart more PR

DECATUR, Georgia, Aug. 10 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law released the following testimony by Nisha Verma, a fellow at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, from a July 23, 2024, field hearing entitled "Health Impacts of Abortion Ban on Georgia Women": * * * Good morning Senator Ossoff. My name is Dr. Nisha Verma, and I am a board-certified, fellowship trained, obstetrician and gynecologist providing full-spectrum reproductive health care. I  more PR

DECATUR, Georgia, Aug. 10 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law released the following testimony by Aisvarya Panakam, an OB/GYN resident, from a July 23, 2024, field hearing entitled "Health Impacts of Abortion Ban on Georgia Women": * * * Good morning, Senator Ossoff and distinguished members of the Human Rights and the Law Judiciary Subcommittee. My name is Dr. Aisvarya Panakam and I use she/her pronouns. I am a recent graduate of Harvard Medical School and a curre more PR

DECATUR, Georgia, Aug. 10 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law released the following testimony by Suchitra Chandrasekaran, a member of the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine, from a July 23, 2024, field hearing entitled "Health Impacts of Abortion Ban on Georgia Women": * * * Good morning, Senator Ossoff and distinguished members of the Subcommittee on Human Rights and Law. My name is Dr. Suchitra Chandrasekaran. I am a board-certified and fellowship trained mater more PR