WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs released the following testimony James 'Jim' R. Swartz, president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 2823, from an April 9, 2025, hearing entitled "Examining VA Efforts to Decrease Delays in Veterans' Disability Compensation Claims": * * * Chairman Luttrell, Ranking Member McGarvey, and Members of the Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee: The  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel released the following testimony by Air Force Services Director Horace Larry from an April 9, 2025, hearing entitled "A Review of Military Food Programs": * * * Chairman Fallon, Ranking Member Houlahan, and esteemed Members of this Committee, I appreciate the opportunity to speak with you today, and I thank you for your ongoing support. I am here to discuss the Department of the Air Force's (DAF) food services  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The House Agriculture Committee released the following testimony by Angela K. Rachidi, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, from an April 8, 2025, hearing entitled "The Power of Work: Expanding Opportunity Through SNAP." SNAP is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. * * * Chairman Thompson, Ranking Member Craig, and members of the Agriculture Committee. Thank you for the opportunity to testify on this important issue. My name is Angela Rachidi more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The House Armed Services Committee released the following testimony by John Noh, performing the duties of the assistant secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific security affairs, from an April 9, 2025, hearing entitled "U.S. Military Posture and National Security Challenges in the Indo-Pacific Region": * * * Chairman Rogers, Ranking Member Smith, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity today to discuss how the Department of Defense is reestablishing det more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The House Armed Services Committee released the following testimony by Katherine Thompson, performing the duties of assistant secretary of Defense for international security affairs, from an April 8, 2025, hearing entitled "U.S. Military Posture and National Security Challenges in Europe": * * * Chairman Rogers, Ranking Member Smith and distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you on our defense policy in the U.S. European  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets and Rural Development released the following written testimony by Chris Brummer, professor of financial technology at Georgetown University and CEO of Bluprynt, from an April 9, 2025, hearing entitled "American Innovation and the Future of Digital Assets: On-Chain Tools for an Off-Chain World": * * * Chairman Johnson, Ranking Member Davis, and Members of the Committee: Thank you for inviting me to  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets and Rural Development released the following written testimony by Mark Tague, chief revenue officer of CattleProof Verified Inc., from an April 9, 2025, hearing entitled "American Innovation and the Future of Digital Assets: On-Chain Tools for an Off-Chain World": * * * I. Executive Summary The traditional cattle transaction system, largely unchanged for the past 150 years, faces significant challe more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The House Agriculture Committee released the following testimony by Center for Employment Opportunities CEO Sam Schaeffer from an April 8, 2025, hearing entitled "The Power of Work: Expanding Opportunity Through SNAP." SNAP is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. * * * Good morning Chairman Thompson, Ranking Member Craig, and members of the Committee. Thank you for the opportunity to testify on the value of SNAP Employment and Training, or "SNAP E&T", and how  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets and Rural Development released the following testimony by Bill Hughes, senior counsel and director of global regulatory matters at Consensys Software Inc., from an April 9, 2025, hearing entitled "American Innovation and the Future of Digital Assets: On-Chain Tools for an Off-Chain World": * * * Chairman Johnson, Ranking Member Davis, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, I thank you for th more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism released the following testimony by Sarah Wynn-Williams, former director of global public policy at Facebook, from an April 10, 2025, hearing entitled "A Time for Truth: Oversight of Meta's Foreign Relations and Representations to the United States Congress": * * * Chairman Hawley, Ranking Member Durbin and distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today. My na more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency released the following written testimony by David Marroni, acting director of physical infrastructure at the Government Accountability Office, from an April 8, 2025, hearing entitled "Federal Foreclosure: Reducing the Federal Real Estate Portfolio": * * * Chairwoman Greene, Ranking Member Stansbury, and Members of the Subcommittee: According to the most recent official statist more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets and Rural Development released the following written testimony by Mike Horton, project creator at Geodnet Foundation, from an April 9, 2025, hearing entitled "American Innovation and the Future of Digital Assets: On-Chain Tools for an Off-Chain World": * * * Good afternoon Chairman Johnson, Ranking Member Davis and members of the subcommittee. It is a pleasure to be here to tell you a bit about the more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The House Agriculture Committee released the following written testimony by Hope Ministries CEO David Tidwell from an April 8, 2025, hearing entitled "The Power of Work: Expanding Opportunity Through SNAP." SNAP is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. * * * Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson, Ranking Member Angie Craig, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on the critical role that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program's (SN more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee released the following testimony by David Harkey, president of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, from an April 10, 2025, hearing entitled "If I Could Turn Back Time: Should We Lock the Clock?": * * * Chairman Cruz, Ranking Member Cantwell, and Members of the Committee--thank you for the opportunity to share my organization's research on the road safety implications of daylight saving time. The Insuranc more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency released the following written testimony by Ronald Kendall, emeritus executive chairman of the National Federal Development Association, from an April 8, 2025, hearing entitled "Federal Foreclosure: Reducing the Federal Real Estate Portfolio": * * * Madam Chairwoman, Madam Ranking Member, and other honorable members of Congress, staff and guests, I am Ron Kendall, Emeritus Exec more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee released the following testimony by Jay Karen, CEO of the National Golf Course Owners Association, from an April 10, 2025, hearing entitled "If I Could Turn Back Time: Should We Lock the Clock?": * * * Thank you, Chairman Cruz, Ranking Member Cantwell and members of the Committee for allowing me to enter testimony on behalf of the members of the National Golf Course Owners Association. I sincerely appreciate the  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies and Innovation released the following testimony by Michelle Rozo, chair of the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology, vice chair of the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology, from an April 8, 2025, hearing entitled "Final Report of the National Security Commission for Emerging Biotechnology": * * * Thank you, Chairman Bacon and my fellow Commissioner, Ranking Membe more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel released the following testimony by Vice Adm. Scott Gray, commander for Navy Installations Command, from an April 9, 2025, hearing entitled "A Review of Military Food Programs": * * * Chairman Fallon, Ranking Member Houlahan, and distinguished Members of the Military Personnel Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to discuss the Navy's food services. * * * Warfighting Navy The Secretary of Defense stat more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The House Agriculture Committee released the following testimony by Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, a professor of human development and social policy at the Northwestern University, from an April 8, 2025, hearing entitled "The Power of Work: Expanding Opportunity Through SNAP." SNAP is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. * * * Chairman Thompson, Ranking Member Craig, and Members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today at this  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee released the following written testimony by Margaret B. Kwoka, a law professor at the Ohio State University from an April 8, 2025, hearing entitled "The Freedom of Information Act: Perspectives from Public Requesters": * * * Chairman Grassley, Ranking Member Durbin, and members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to testify about the Freedom of Information Act from the perspective of public requesters more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency released the following written testimony by Open the Books CEO John Hart from an April 8, 2025, hearing entitled "Federal Foreclosure: Reducing the Federal Real Estate Portfolio": * * * Madame Chair Greene, Ranking Member Stansbury and distinguished members, as we gather in this cavernous auditorium, we have an opportunity to reflect on not just the costly problem Madame Chair  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee released the following written testimony by Oversight Project President Mike Howell from an April 8, 2025, hearing entitled "The Freedom of Information Act: Perspectives from Public Requesters": * * * Chairman Grassley, Ranking Member Durbin, members of the Committee. Thank you for the opportunity to testify about our experiences as frequent requestors for government records under the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"). My name is Mike Ho more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies and Innovation released the following testimony by Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, chair of the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology, from an April 8, 2025, hearing entitled "Final Report of the National Security Commission for Emerging Biotechnology": * * * Thank you, Chairman Bacon and members of the subcommittee, for the opportunity to testify today. It's great to be with two of my more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets and Rural Development released the following testimony by Coy Garrison, a partner in Steptoe LLP, from an April 9, 2025, hearing entitled "American Innovation and the Future of Digital Assets: On-Chain Tools for an Off-Chain World": * * * My name is Coy Garrison. I am a partner in the Washington, DC office of Steptoe LLP. For nearly three years my practice has focused on advising clients how to nav more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee released the following written testimony by Daniel Z. Epstein, an associate professor of law at Thomas University and vice president of America First Legal, from an April 8, 2025, hearing entitled "The Freedom of Information Act: Perspectives from Public Requesters": * * * Chairman, Ranking Member, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today on the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"). The FOIA statute is an more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The House Armed Services Committee released the following testimony by Gen. Xavier T. Brunson, commander of the United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command and U.S. Forces Korea, from an April 9, 2025, hearing entitled "U.S. Military Posture and National Security Challenges in the Indo-Pacific Region": * * * Chairman Rogers, Ranking Member Smith, and Distinguished Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to provide a written statement on the security  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel released the following testimony by Lt. Gen. Christopher Mohan, deputy commanding general for the U.S. Army Materiel Command, from an April 9, 2025, hearing entitled "A Review of Military Food Programs": * * * Chairman Fallon, Ranking Member Houlahan, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to discuss the Army Food Program. We appreciate this subcommittee's shared concern fo more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The House Armed Services Committee released the following testimony by Gen. Christopher G. Cavoli, commander of the U.S. European Command, from an April 8, 2025, hearing entitled "U.S. Military Posture and National Security Challenges in Europe": * * * Chairman Rogers, Ranking Member Smith, and distinguished members of the House Armed Services Committee, as the Commander, U.S. European Command (USEUCOM) it is my distinct honor to testify before you again on behalf of ou more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee released the following testimony by Karin Johnson, a professor of neurology at the University of Massachusetts, from an April 10, 2025, hearing entitled "If I Could Turn Back Time: Should We Lock the Clock?": * * * Chairman Cruz, Ranking Member Cantwell, and Distinguished Members of the Senate: My name is Dr. Karin Johnson. I am a practicing sleep medicine specialist and neurologist at UMASS Chan School of Medic more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs released the following testimony by Kenneth Smith, assistant deputy undersecretary of field operations and acting executive director of education services at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Benefits Administration, from an April 9, 2025, hearing entitled "Examining VA Efforts to Decrease Delays in Veterans' Disability Compensation Claims": * * * Good morning, Chairman more PR