WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch released the following testimony by Architect of the Capitol Thomas Austin from a May 6, 2025, hearing entitled "A Review of the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Requests for the Library of Congress and the Architect of the Capitol": * * * Chairman Mullin, Ranking Member Heinrich, and distinguished Members of this Committee, thank you for the opportunity to present the Architect of the Capitol's (AOC) budget request for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026. We are committed to wor more PR

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The Senate Armed Services Committee released the following testimony by Katherine E. Sutton, President Trump's nominee to be assistant secretary of Defense for cyber policy, from a May 6, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Wicker, Ranking Member Reed, and distinguished members of the committee, good morning. I want to thank President Trump for nominating me for this position and Secretary Hegseth and Deputy Secretary Feinberg for their support. I am honored to be here today. Thank you, Senator Rounds, for your ki more PR

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following testimony by Catherine Jereza, President Trump's nominee to be assistant secretary of Energy for electricity, from a May 8, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Thank you, Chairman Lee, Ranking Member Heinrich, and distinguished members of the committee. It is a true honor to be here, and I want to thank President Trump and Energy Secretary Wright for the trust they have placed in me with this nomination to serve as the Assistant Secretary of Electricit more PR

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following testimony by Kyle Haustveit, President Trump's nominee to be assistant secretary of Energy for fossil energy, from a May 8, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Lee, Ranking Member Heinrich, and distinguished members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. I am deeply honored to be considered for the role of Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy. I want to express my sincere gr more PR

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The Senate Finance Committee released the following testimony by Gary Andres, President Trump's nominee to be assistant secretary of Health and Human Services for legislation, from a May 6, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Thank you, Chairman Crapo and Ranking Member Wyden, for inviting me to appear before the Committee today. I want to express my gratitude to President Trump for nominating me to this vital role. I also want to extend my appreciation to Secretary Kennedy for entrusting me with the responsibility to ex more PR

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee released the following testimony by Caleb Orr, President Trump's nominee to be assistant secretary of State for economic and business affairs, from a May 8, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Risch, Ranking Member Shaheen, and distinguished Members of this Committee: I'm honored to appear before you today as President Trump's nominee for Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs. I'm immensely grateful to the President and Secretary Rubio for their trus more PR

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released the following testimony by Teric Oswald, president of the Association of State Drinking Water Administrators, from an April 30, 2025, hearing entitled "Building on the IIJA's Successes: Identifying Opportunities to Strengthen Water Infrastructure Programs." IIJA is the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. * * * Chairman Capito, Ranking Member Whitehouse, and Members of the Environment and Public Works Committee. My name is Eric Oswald, and I am the President o more PR

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The Senate Finance Committee released the following testimony by James O'Neill, President Trump's nominee to be deputy secretary of Health and Human Services, from a May 6, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Good morning. Chairman Crapo, Ranking Member Wyden, and distinguished members of this committee: thank you for inviting me to appear before you today. Imagine every American waking up vibrant, energetic, and free of disease. That's President Trump's vision to make America healthy again, and I'm honored to be nominate more PR

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee issued the following testimony by James O'Neill, President Trump's nominee to be deputy secretary of Health and Human Services, from a May 8, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Good morning. Chairman Cassidy, Ranking Member Sanders, and distinguished members of this committee: thank you for inviting me to appear before you today. Imagine every American waking up vibrant, energetic, and free of disease. That's President Trump's vision to make America healthy again more PR

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The Senate Armed Services Committee released the following testimony by Sean D. O'Keefe, President Trump's nominee to be deputy under secretary of Defense for personnel and readiness, from a May 8, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Good morning, Chairman Wicker, Ranking Member Reed and members of this distinguished committee. It is an honor to sit before you today (after sitting behind you on the other side of the dais for the last 8 years) as President Trump's nominee to be the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Pers more PR

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following testimony by William Lassiter Doffermyre, President Trump's nominee to be solicitor of the Interior Department, from a May 8, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Lee, Ranking Member Heinrich, and distinguished members of the Committee: It is an honor and privilege to appear here today as President Trump's nominee to serve as Solicitor of the United States Department of the Interior. Before I begin, I would like to recognize and introduce the  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch released the following testimony by Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden from a May 6, 2025, hearing entitled "A Review of the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Requests for the Library of Congress and the Architect of the Capitol": * * * Chairman Mullin, Ranking Member Heinrich, and Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for the opportunity to provide testimony in support of the Library's fiscal 2026 budget request. The mission of the Library of Congress is to "Enga more PR

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization released the following written testimony by Jed Hansen, executive director of the Nebraska Rural Health Association, from a May 5, 2025, hearing entitled "Improving Access to External VA Care Through Enhanced Scheduling Technology": * * * Chairman Barrett, Ranking Member Budzinski, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee - thank you for the opportunity to testify today. I appreciate your leadership in examining ways to improve veterans' access to c more PR

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released the following testimony by Kyle Dreyfuss-Wells, CEO of the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, on behalf of the National Association of Clean Water Agencies, from an April 30, 2025, hearing entitled "Building on the IIJA's Successes: Identifying Opportunities to Strengthen Water Infrastructure Programs." IIJA is the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. * * * Good morning, Chairman Capito, Ranking Member Whitehouse, and members of the Committee on Environme more PR

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee released the following testimony by Kenneth A. Howery, President Trump's nominee to be U.S. Ambassador to Denmark, from a May 8, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Risch, Ranking Member Shaheen, Distinguished Members of the Committee: It is an honor and privilege to address the Committee as President Trump's nominee to be the United States Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark. I thank President Trump and Secretary Rubio for the trust they have placed in me with this nomina more PR

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee released the following testimony by Christopher French, acting associate chief of the U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Forest Service, from a May 6, 2025, hearing on the Fix Our Forests Act (S. 1462): * * * Chairman Boozman, Ranking Member Klobuchar, Members of the Committee, thank you for inviting the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service, to discuss the Fix Our Forests Act. USDA defers to the Department of the Interior (DOI) on provisions pertai more PR

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The Senate Armed Services Committee released the following testimony by Anthony J. Tata, President Trump's nominee to be under secretary of Defense for personnel and readiness, from a May 6, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Wicker, Ranking Member Reed, distinguished members of the committee, it is an honor and privilege to appear before you as the President's nominee for Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness. I want to thank the President and Secretary of Defense for this opportunity and for th more PR

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The Senate Armed Services Committee released the following testimony by Michael A. Obadal, President Trump's nominee to be under secretary of the Army, from a May 8, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Wicker, Ranking Member Reed, distinguished members of the committee, I'm honored by the opportunity to appear here today. I thank the President for his trust in my ability to return to public service by nominating me for this position. I'm grateful for the love and support of my family over our many years. My wife more PR

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Veterans Affairs Secretary Douglas Collins from a May 6, 2025, hearing entitled "Veterans at the Forefront: Secretary Collins on the Future at VA": * * * Chairman Moran, Ranking Member Blumenthal, and distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today on the state of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Since becoming VA secretary, I've met many of the men and women who show up to work every day at the departmen more PR

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released the following testimony by Tom Goulette, administrator and utility superintendent for West Point, Nebraska, on behalf of the Nation Rural Water Association, from an April 30, 2025, hearing entitled "Building on the IIJA's Successes: Identifying Opportunities to Strengthen Water Infrastructure Programs." IIJA is the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. * * * Good Morning Chairman Capito, Ranking Member Whitehouse, Senator Ricketts, and distinguished Members of  more PR