WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The Senate Appropriations Committee released the following testimony by E. Cartier Esham, executive director of the Alliance for a Stronger Food and Drug Administration, from an April 30, 2025, hearing entitled "Biomedical Research: Keeping America's Edge in Innovation": * * * Good morning, Chairwoman Collins and Ranking Member Murray and Members of the Senate Appropriations Committee. My name is Cartier Esham, and I serve as the Executive Director of the Alliance for a St more PR

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The Senate Appropriations Committee released the following written testimony by Sudip S. Parikh, CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, from an April 30, 2025, hearing entitled "Biomedical Research: Keeping America's Edge in Innovation": * * * Chair Collins, Vice Chair Murray, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. I am Sudip Parikh, chief executive officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Sc more PR

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee released the following written testimony by Robert M. Gordon, senior vice president of policy research and international at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association, from a May 1, 2025, hearing entitled "Examining Insurance Markets and the Role of Mitigation Policies": * * * OVERVIEW The home, auto, and business (property casualty) insurance industry has faced significant challenges over the past several  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch released the following testimony by Congressional Budget Office Director Phillip L. Swagel from an April 30, 2025, hearing on fiscal 2026 budget requests: * * * Chairman Mullin, Ranking Member Heinrich, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to present the Congressional Budget Office's budget request./1 CBO requests appropriations of $75.8 million for fiscal year 2026 (see Figure 1). more PR

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Alex Epstein, president and founder of the Center for Industrial Progress, from a May 1, 2025, hearing entitled "Examining Insurance Markets and the Role of Mitigation Policies": * * * January's devastating LA fires were the biggest wakeup call yet that California has become significantly more endangered by out-of-control wildfires. Fortunately, more and more Californians are starti more PR

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch released the following written testimony by Government Accountability Office Comptroller General Gene Dodaro from an April 30, 2025, hearing on fiscal 2026 budget requests: * * * Chairman Mullin, Ranking Member Heinrich, and Members of the Subcommittee, I would like to express my appreciation for the support this Subcommittee has shown GAO in the past few years. With your help we have made great progress in s more PR

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch released the following testimony by Government Publishing Office Director Hugh N. Halpern from an April 30, 2025, hearing on fiscal 2026 budget requests: * * * Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Heinrich, and Members of the Subcommittee, I am honored to appear before the Subcommittee on Legislative Branch Appropriations to present the Government Publishing Office's (GPO's) fiscal year 2026 appropriations request.  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Michael Newman, general counsel of the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety, from a May 1, 2025, hearing entitled "Examining Insurance Markets and the Role of Mitigation Policies": * * * Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today about disaster mitigation, insurance, the role of the private sector, and the steps we can take across eve more PR

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee released the following written testimony by Lake County Supervisor Jessica Pyska from a May 1, 2025, hearing entitled "Examining Insurance Markets and the Role of Mitigation Policies": * * * Thank you, Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Warren, and Members of the Committee, for the opportunity to testify today. My name is Jessica Pyska, and I serve on the Board of Supervisors for Lake County, California. It is an honor t more PR

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The Senate Appropriations Committee released the following testimony by Hermann Haller, president of Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, from an April 30, 2025, hearing entitled "Biomedical Research: Keeping America's Edge in Innovation": * * * Senator Collins, Senator Murray, and esteemed members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. It is an honor to be here. My name is Dr. Hermann Haller, and I am a nephrologist - a physician more PR

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The Senate Appropriations Committee released the following testimony by Barry P. Sleckman, director of the O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Alabama-Birmingham, from an April 30, 2025, hearing entitled "Biomedical Research: Keeping America's Edge in Innovation": * * * Chair Collins, Vice Chair Murray, Senator Britt, and Members of the Committee: thank you for allowing me to be here today to share how biomedical research conducted in the United States  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The Senate Appropriations Committee released the following testimony by mom and patient advocate Emily Stenson from an April 30, 2025, hearing entitled "Biomedical Research: Keeping America's Edge in Innovation": * * * Good morning Chairwoman Collins, Ranking Member Murray, and distinguished Members of the Committee. My name is Emily Stenson, and I am here today with my five-year-old daughter, Charlie, to share our family's story and speak to the critical importance of pe more PR