WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Senate Finance Committee released the following written testimony by Christina Francis, CEO of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, from a Sept. 24, 2024, hearing entitled "Chaos and Control: How Trump Criminalized Women's Health Care": * * * Chairman Wyden, Ranking Member Crapo and Members of the Committee, Thank you for the opportunity to submit testimony on behalf of myself, as a board-certified OB/GYN, and on behalf of the Americ more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- The Senate Finance Committee released the following testimony by Jeanne Lambrew, a senior fellow and director of health care reform at the Century Foundation, from a Sept. 17, 2024, entitled "Lower Health Care Costs for Americans: Understanding the Benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act": * * * Chairman Wyden, Ranking Member Crapo, and distinguished Members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to submit testimony for the Senate Finance Committee's hearing on the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Senate Finance Committee released the following testimony by Michele Bratcher Goodwin, a professor of constitutional law and global health policy at Georgetown University, from a Sept. 24, 2024, hearing entitled "Chaos and Control: How Trump Criminalized Women's Health Care": * * * Committee Chairman Wyden, Committee Ranking Member Crapo, and distinguished members of the Senate Finance Committee, thank you for inviting me to participate in today's hearing on "Chaos a more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- The Senate Finance Committee released the following testimony by Indivar Dutta-Gupta, a distinguished visiting fellow at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University and a tax fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, from a Sept. 12, 2024, hearing entitled "The 2025 Tax Policy Debate and Tax Avoidance Strategies": * * * Thank you, Senator Wyden, Senator Crapo, and members of the Senate Finance Committee. I am a Doris Duke Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Mc more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Senate Finance Committee released the following testimony by Heather G. Hacker, a partner at Hacker Stephens LLP, from a Sept. 24, 2024, hearing entitled "Chaos and Control: How Trump Criminalized Women's Health Care": * * * Chairman Wyden, Ranking Member Crapo, and Members of the Committee, Thank you for the opportunity to present testimony on this topic based on my expertise as an attorney and practicing litigator. There is a lot of misinformation and confusion su more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Senate Finance Committee released the following testimony by Heather G. Hacker, a partner at Hacker Stephens LLP, from a Sept. 24, 2024, hearing entitled "Chaos and Control: How Trump Criminalized Women's Health Care": * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 2) Missouri Mo. Ann. Stat. Sec. 188.017: 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no abortion shall be performed or induced upon a woman, except in cases of medical emergency. Any person who know more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Senate Finance Committee released the following testimony by Kaitlyn Joshua, a mother from Louisiana who was denied of medical care while experiencing a miscarriage, from a Sept. 24, 2024, hearing entitled "Chaos and Control: How Trump Criminalized Women's Health Care": * * * Good morning. Thank you, Chairman Wyden, Ranking Member Crapo, and members of the Senate Finance Committee for having me here today. My name is Kaitlyn Joshua and I'm from Louisiana. I'm here t more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- The Senate Finance Committee released the following testimony by Jeff Brabant, vice president of federal government relations for the National Federation of Independent Business, from a Sept. 12, 2024, hearing entitled "The 2025 Tax Policy Debate and Tax Avoidance Strategies": * * * Good morning, Chairman Wyden, Ranking Member Crapo, and Members of the Senate Committee on Finance. My name is Jeff Brabant, and I am the Vice President of Federal Government Relations for th more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Senate Finance Committee released the following testimony by OB/GYN Amelia Huntsberger from a Sept. 24, 2024, hearing entitled "Chaos and Control: How Trump Criminalized Women's Health Care": * * * Good morning Chairman Wyden, Ranking Member Crapo, and members of the committee. My name is Dr. Amelia Huntsberger, and I am a board-certified OB/GYN. I currently live and work in Oregon but previously practiced medicine in rural Idaho for more than a decade. Prior to lea more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- The Senate Finance Committee released the following testimony by Theo Merkel, director of the Private Health Reform Initiative and senior research fellow at the Paragon Health Institute, from a Sept. 17, 2024, entitled "Lower Health Care Costs for Americans: Understanding the Benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act": * * * Thank you, Chairman Wyden and Ranking Member Crapo for calling this hearing and giving me the opportunity to testify. The August 2022 reconciliation  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- The Senate Finance Committee released the following written testimony by Bob Lord, senior advisor of tax policy for the Patriotic Millionaires, from a Sept. 12, 2024, hearing entitled "The 2025 Tax Policy Debate and Tax Avoidance Strategies": * * * Chair Wyden and Ranking Member Crapo, I'm submitting this written testimony at the hearing held by the Senate Finance Committee: The 2025 Tax Policy Debate and Tax Avoidance Strategies. My testimony pertains to tax avoidance b more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- The Senate Finance Committee released the following testimony by retired registered nurse Judy Aiken from a Sept. 17, 2024, entitled "Lower Health Care Costs for Americans: Understanding the Benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act": * * * Thank you for inviting me to share my story today. I'm Judy Aiken - a 70-year-old retired nurse, born and raised in Portland, Maine, where I live with my husband of 47 years. I have been battling psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis for  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- The Senate Finance Committee released the following testimony by Tax Foundation President and CEO Daniel Bunn from a Sept. 12, 2024, hearing entitled "The 2025 Tax Policy Debate and Tax Avoidance Strategies": * * * Chairman Wyden, Ranking Member Crapo, and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to discuss the upcoming 2025 tax debate and tax avoidance strategies with you. My name is Daniel Bunn, and I am President of the Tax Foundation, a nonprofit think more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Senate Finance Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth released the following testimony by Joe Bishop-Henchman, executive vice president of the National Taxpayers Union Foundation, from a Sept. 25, 2024, hearing entitled "Providing Small Business Relief from Remote Sales Tax Collection": * * * Senator Hassan, Senator Grassley, and members of the Subcommittee, My name is Joe Bishop-Henchman, and I am Executive Vice President of the National Taxpayer more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Senate Finance Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth released the following testimony by Diane L. Yetter, president and founder of the Sales Tax Institute, from a Sept. 25, 2024, hearing entitled "Providing Small Business Relief from Remote Sales Tax Collection": * * * Thank you, Chair Hassan, Senator Grassley, and Senator Wyden for the opportunity to join you today. I am Diane Yetter, the president and founder of The Sales Tax Institute and Yette more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Clark Packard, a research fellow at the Cato Institute, from a Sept. 24, 2024, hearing entitled "Safeguarding the Homeland: Examining Conflicts of Interest in Federal Contracting to Protect America's Future": * * * Chairman Peters, Ranking Member Paul, and members of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. M more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Elaine Duke, ex-deputy secretary of the Homeland Security Department, from a Sept. 17, 2024, hearing entitled "Ensuring a Trustworthy Government: Examining the National Security Risks of Replacing Nonpartisan Civil Servants With Political Appointees": * * * Chairman Peters, Ranking Member Paul, and members of this Committee. Thank you for having me back in front of you tod more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Bryan Riley, director of the Free Trade Initiative National Taxpayers Union, from a Sept. 24, 2024, hearing entitled "Safeguarding the Homeland: Examining Conflicts of Interest in Federal Contracting to Protect America's Future": * * * Founded in 1969, National Taxpayers Union (NTU) is the oldest taxpayer group in the United States. We serve as the "Voice of America's Taxp more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Jessica Tillipman, associate dean for government procurement law studies at the George Washington University, from a Sept. 24, 2024, hearing entitled "Safeguarding the Homeland: Examining Conflicts of Interest in Federal Contracting to Protect America's Future": * * * Chairman Peters, Ranking Member Paul, and Members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to testify b more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Thomas Devine, legal director of the Government Accountability Project, from a Sept. 17, 2024, hearing entitled "Ensuring a Trustworthy Government: Examining the National Security Risks of Replacing Nonpartisan Civil Servants With Political Appointees": * * * Chairman Peters, Ranking Member Paul, and members of the Committee: Thank you for inviting my testimony. This comm more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee released the following written testimony by Jenny Mattingley, vice president of government affairs at Partnership for Public Service, from a Sept. 17, 2024, hearing entitled "Ensuring a Trustworthy Government: Examining the National Security Risks of Replacing Nonpartisan Civil Servants With Political Appointees": * * * Chairman Peters, Ranking Member Paul, and members of the Committee on Homeland Security a more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations released the following testimony by Tiffany Scurry, chief compliance officer at Advanced Micro Devices Inc., from a Sept. 10, 2024, hearing entitled "The US Companies' Technology Fueling The Russian War Machine": * * * Chairman Blumenthal, Ranking Member Johnson, Members of the Subcommittee: My name is Tiffany Scurry, and I am the Chief Compliance Officer at Advanced Micro Devi more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations released the following testimony by Michelle Stout, vice president of global trade compliance and government affairs at Analog Devices Inc,. from a Sept. 10, 2024, hearing entitled "The US Companies' Technology Fueling The Russian War Machine": * * * Chairman Blumenthal, Ranking Member Johnson, and members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to speak with you tod more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations released the following testimony by Federal Aviation Administrator Michael G. Whitaker from a Sept. 25, 2024, hearing entitled "FAA Oversight of Boeing's Broken Safety Culture": * * * Chair Blumenthal, Ranking Member Johnson, and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to be here with you today to discuss the FAA's oversight of Boeing's production and manufac more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations released the following written testimony by Jeff Rittenery, chief trade officer and general manager of the International Trade Group at Intel Corp., from a Sept. 10, 2024, hearing entitled "The US Companies' Technology Fueling The Russian War Machine": * * * Chair Blumenthal, Ranking Member Johnson, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for inviting me to testify. I am the more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations released the following testimony by Shannon Thompson, vice president and assistant general counsel of Texas Instruments Inc., from a Sept. 10, 2024, hearing entitled "The US Companies' Technology Fueling The Russian War Machine": * * * Good afternoon Chairman Blumenthal, Ranking Member Johnson, and Members of the Subcommittee. Thank you for the opportunity to be here today on b more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Rush Doshi, a senior fellow and director of the China Strategy Initiative at the Council on Foreign Relations, from a Sept. 24, 2024, hearing entitled "Safeguarding the Homeland: Examining Conflicts of Interest in Federal Contracting to Protect America's Future": * * * Chairman Peters, Ranking Member Paul, distinguished members of the Committee, thank you very much for the more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Peter Levine, ex-acting under secretary of Defense for personnel and readiness, from a Sept. 17, 2024, hearing entitled "Ensuring a Trustworthy Government: Examining the National Security Risks of Replacing Nonpartisan Civil Servants With Political Appointees": * * * Chairman Peters, Ranking Member Paul, Members of the Committee, it is a pleasure to appear before you this  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee released the following written testimony by Maya M. Berry, executive director of the Arab American Institute, from a Sept. 17, 2024, hearing entitled "A Threat to Justice Everywhere: Stemming the Tide of Hate Crimes in America": * * * Chairman Durbin, Ranking Member Graham, and members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today about hate crime in the United States, including since October 7, 2023, and the federal gove more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee released the following written testimony by Maya M. Berry, executive director of the Arab American Institute, from a Sept. 17, 2024, hearing entitled "A Threat to Justice Everywhere: Stemming the Tide of Hate Crimes in America": * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 2) Hate against any one group is inseparable from hate against all and hate prevention should be done collectively--in coalition and partnership with all communities affected by hate more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee released the following written testimony by Kenneth S. Stern, director of the Bard Center for the Study of Hate, from a Sept. 17, 2024, hearing entitled "A Threat to Justice Everywhere: Stemming the Tide of Hate Crimes in America": * * * Dear Chairman Durbin, Ranking Member Graham, and the other honorable members of the Committee: My name is Kenneth Stern. I am the director of the Bard Center for the Study of Hate1, which works to increase more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee released the following written testimony by Kenneth S. Stern, director of the Bard Center for the Study of Hate, from a Sept. 17, 2024, hearing entitled "A Threat to Justice Everywhere: Stemming the Tide of Hate Crimes in America": * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 2) This part of the White House strategy plan is telling: Antisemitism is a stereotypical and negative perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred of Jews. It is prejudi more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee released the following testimony by Mark Goldfeder, director of the National Jewish Advocacy Center, from a Sept. 17, 2024, hearing entitled "A Threat to Justice Everywhere: Stemming the Tide of Hate Crimes in America": * * * Chairman Durbin, Ranking Member Graham, and Members of the Committee: Good morning. My name is Mark Goldfeder, and I am the Director of the National Jewish Advocacy Center, a nonprofit legal organization that combats  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law released the following written testimony by artificial intelligence researcher Margaret Mitchell from a Sept. 17, 20244, entitled "Oversight of AI: Insiders' Perspectives": * * * Chairman Blumenthal, Ranking Member Hawley, and members of the Judiciary Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify here today. My name is Margaret Mitchell, and I am here in my capacity as an artificial intelligence r more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law released the following written testimony by David Evan Harris, senior policy advisor at the California Initiative for Technology and Democracy, from a Sept. 17, 20244, entitled "Oversight of AI: Insiders' Perspectives": * * * Chairman Blumenthal, Ranking Member Hawley, and Members of the Subcommittee: It is an honor to appear before you today to discuss the harms and risks of artificial intelligence ("A more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law released the following written testimony by William Saunders, ex-member of technical staff at OpenAI, from a Sept. 17, 20244, entitled "Oversight of AI: Insiders' Perspectives": * * * Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Hawley, and distinguished Members, thank you for the opportunity to address the Committee. For three years, I worked as a Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI. Companies like OpenAI, are workin more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 28 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law released the following testimony by Yasmein Ziyad, a resident of Morrow who experienced miscarriages, from a Sept. 16, 2024, field hearing entitled "How Georgia's Abortion Ban Harms Women: Health Care in Jeopardy": * * * I am , a 44-year-old native of Atlanta, GA, currently residing in Morrow, GA. In 2016, I met the man of my dreams, and in 2020, we were excited to find out we were expecting our first c more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 28 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law released the following testimony by OB/GYN Carrie Cwiak from a Sept. 16, 2024, field hearing entitled "How Georgia's Abortion Ban Harms Women: Health Care in Jeopardy": * * * Thank you, Senator Ossoff and the members of the Subcommittee, for allowing me to speak today. I am a board-certified, fellowship trained obstetrician/gynecologist and complex family planning specialist. I am a member of the Americ more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 28 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law released the following testimony by research scientist Mackenzie Kulik from a Sept. 16, 2024, field hearing entitled "How Georgia's Abortion Ban Harms Women: Health Care in Jeopardy": * * * Good morning, Senator Ossoff. My name is Mackenzie Kulik and I am here to tell you about one of the worst and deeply personal medical experiences of my life. It will be difficult for me to share these things with you  more PR