WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness released the following testimony by Michael E. Saunders, acting assistant secretary of the Air Force for energy, installations and environment, from a May 14, 2025, hearing entitled "Energy, Installations, and Environment Update": * * * Chairman Bergman, Ranking Member Garamendi, and distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to provide you with an update on Department of the Air Force (DAF)  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces released the following testimony by Major Gen. Stephen Purdy, acting assistant secretary of the Air Force for space acquisition and integration, from a May 14, 2025, hearing entitled "National Security Space Programs": * * * Chairman DesJarlais, Ranking Member Moulton, and distinguished members of the sub-committee, thank you for inviting me to testify before you today. I want to personally thank the sub-committee more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness released the following testimony by Robert E. Thompson, acting assistant secretary of Defense for energy, installations and environment, from a May 14, 2025, hearing entitled "Energy, Installations, and Environment Update": * * * Chairman Bergman, Ranking Member Garamendi, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for the opportunity to provide a program update for the Department of Defense's (DoD) energy,  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces released the following written testimony by Andrea Yaffe, acting principal deputy assistant secretary of Defense for space policy, from a May 14, 2025, hearing entitled "National Security Space Programs": * * * Chairman DesJarlais, Ranking Member Moulton, and distinguished members of the Committee: Thank you for inviting me to testify before you on the Department of Defense's Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Budget Request fo more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The Senate Finance Committee released the following written testimony by Scott Whitaker, president and CEO of AdvaMed, from a May 14, 2025, hearing entitled "Trade in Critical Supply Chains": * * * Chairman Crapo and Ranking Member Wyden, thank you for inviting me to address the Committee on this important topic. I am Scott Whitaker, president and CEO of AdvaMed, the MedTech Association. More than 600 medical technology companies are members of AdvaMed. These are the com more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The Senate Finance Committee released the following testimony by American Soybean Association President Caleb Ragland from a May 14, 2025, hearing entitled "Trade in Critical Supply Chains": * * * Good morning, Chairman Crapo, Ranking Member Wyden, and distinguished members of the Senate Finance Committee. It is an honor to join you today to testify on behalf of the American Soybean Association regarding trade in critical supply chains. My name is Caleb Ragland. I am a ni more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee released the following testimony by Joel Rayburn, President Trump's nominee to be assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, from a May 15, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Risch, Ranking Member Shaheen, and distinguished Members of the Committee, thank you for the privilege of coming before you today as the President's nominee to serve as Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee relased the following written testimony by Adam Telle, President Trump's nominee to be assistant secretary of the Army for civil works, from a May 14, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Thank you Chairman Capito, Ranking Member Whitehouse, members of the Committee, and the staff of the Environment and Public Works Committee. It is an honor to have been nominated by President Trump to serve as the 14th Assistant Secretary o more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness released the following testimony by Daniel Klippstein, performing the duties of assistant secretary of the Army for installations, energy and environment, from a May 14, 2025, hearing entitled "Energy, Installations, and Environment Update": * * * Chair Bergman, Ranking Member Garamendi, and distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you for this opportunity to discuss the Army's priorities for installations, energy more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies and Innovation released the following testimony by Laurie Buckhout, performing the duties of assistant secretary of Defense for cyber policy, from a May 16, 2025, hearing entitled "Fiscal Year 2026 Review of the Department of Defense's Cyber Posture": * * * Chairman Bacon, Ranking Member Khanna, and members of the Committee, thank you for the invitation to be here today and discuss the Department of  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness released the following testimony by Brenda Johnson-Turner, performing the duties of assistant secretary of the Navy for energy, installations and environment, from a May 14, 2025, hearing entitled "Energy, Installations, and Environment Update": * * * Chairman Bergman, Ranking Member Garamendi, and distinguished members of the Readiness Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on the Department of the Navy's more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee released the following testimony by Michael George DeSombre, President Trump's nominee to be assistant secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific affairs, from a May 15, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Shaheen and distinguished Members of the Committee: I am honored to appear before you today as the President's nominee for Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. I am gratefu more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee released the following testimony by Chris Pratt, President Trump's nominee to be assistant secretary of State for political and military affairs, from a May 15, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Risch, Ranking Member Shaheen, and distinguished Members of the Committee: thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. I am honored by President Trump's nomination to serve as the Assistant Secretary of State for Politi more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The Senate Finance Committee released the following testimony by Gracelin Baskaran, director of the Critical Minerals Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, from a May 14, 2025, hearing entitled "Trade in Critical Supply Chains": * * * Chairman Crapo, Ranking Member Wyden, and distinguished Members of the Committee, I am honored to share my views with you on this important topic. CSIS does not take policy positions, so the views represente more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee released the following testimony by Michelle Gavin, a senior fellow for Africa policy studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, from a May 13, 2025, hearing entitled "East Africa & The Horn: At A Turning Point or Breaking Point?": * * * Chairman Risch, Ranking Member Shaheen, and distinguished members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you to discuss the complex and challenging set of issues that U.S. more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations released the following testimony by Lt. Gen. Jeffrey A. Kruse, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, from a May 15, 2025, hearing entitled "Defense Intelligence Enterprise Posture": * * * Chairman Jackson, Ranking Member Crow, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the invitation to provide the Defense Intelligence Agency's (DIA's) assessment of the global security environment. This y more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations released the following testimony by Lt. Gen. Jeffrey A. Kruse, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, from a May 15, 2025, hearing entitled "Defense Intelligence Enterprise Posture": * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 2) India continued to modernize its military in 2024, conducting a test of the nuclear-capable developmental Agni-I Prime MRBM and the Agni-V multiple independently targetable r more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee released the following testimony by Conner Prochaska, President Trump's nominee to be director of the U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, from a May 14, 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 Director of the Advanced Research more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee released the following testimony by Tina M. Pierce, President Trump's nominee to be CFO of the Energy, from a May 14, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Heinrich, and Members of the Committee for the opportunity to appear before you today as President Trump's nominee for Chief Financial Officer of the U.S. Department of Energy. Before I begin my official remarks, I would like to intr more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee released the following testimony by Jonathan Brightbill, President Trump's nominee to be general counsel of the Energy, from a May 14, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Good morning, Chairman Lee, Ranking Member Heinrich, and distinguished members of the Committee: It is an honor to appear before you today as President Trump's nominee for General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Energy. I am deeply grateful to President  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released the following testimony by John W. Busterud, President Trump's nominee to be assistant administrator for the Office of Solid Waste of the Environmental Protection Agency, from a May 14, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Thank you, Chairman Capito, Ranking Member Whitehouse, and all the distinguished members of this Committee. It has been a privilege to meet with you and your staff to learn about the issues of high more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee relased the following written testimony by Sean McMaster, President Trump's nominee to be administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, from a May 14, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Capito, Ranking Member Whitehouse, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today as you consider my nomination for the position of Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration ( more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee released the following testimony by Health and Human services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from a May 14, 2025, hearing on the fiscal 2026 budget: * * * The mission of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or Department) is to enhance and protect the health and well-being of the American people. President Trump and all of us at HHS take that charge seriously. So, when a program is not as effective a more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee released the following testimony by Joshua Meservey, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, from a May 13, 2025, hearing entitled "East Africa & The Horn: At A Turning Point or Breaking Point?": * * * Chairman Risch, Ranking Member Shaheen, and members of the committee, thank you for the honor of testifying today, and for your attention to an important region of the world. My name is Joshua Meservey, and I am a Senior Fellow at Hu more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces released the following testimony by Vice Adm. Frank D. Whitworth, director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, from a May 14, 2025, hearing entitled "National Security Space Programs": * * * Good afternoon, distinguished members of the subcommittee. Thank you for the opportunity to provide an update on NGA's mission and support to our national security space programs. The National Geospatial-Intelligen more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces released the following testimony by National Reconnaissance Office Director Christopher J. Scolese from a May 14, 2025, hearing entitled "National Security Space Programs": * * * Chairman DesJarlais, Ranking Member Moulton, and members of the subcommittee... I'm honored to join you today along with my colleagues, Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Yaffe, Maj. Gen. Purdy, and Vice Admiral Whitworth... and t more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee released the following written testimony by Rep. Rudy Yakym, R-Indiana, from a May 14, 2025, member day hearing on surface transportation reauthorization: * * * Chairman Graves and Ranking Member Larson, it's good to be in 2167 Rayburn again. I had the honor of serving on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee for the 118th Congress, and I'm proud of what we were able to roll up our sleeves and get done toget more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The Senate Finance Committee released the following testimony by David Isaacs, vice president of government affairs for the Semiconductor Industry Association, from a May 14, 2025, hearing entitled "Trade in Critical Supply Chains": * * * Chairman Crapo, Ranking Member Wyden, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on the important issues regarding trade in critical supply chains. I'm David Isaacs, Vice President of Government Affairs for t more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations released the following testimony by Lt. Gen. William J. Hartman, acting commander of the U.S. Cyber Command, from a May 15, 2025, hearing entitled "Defense Intelligence Enterprise Posture": * * * Chairman Jackson, Ranking Member Crow, and distinguished members of the Committee, I am honored to be with you representing the men and women of U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency. Thank more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies and Innovation released the following testimony by Lt. Gen. William J. Hartman, acting commander of the U.S. Cyber Command, from a May 16, 2025, hearing entitled "Fiscal Year 2026 Review of the Department of Defense's Cyber Posture": * * * Chairman Bacon, Ranking Member Khanna, and distinguished members of the sub-committee, thank you for your support and for the privilege of representing the men and more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee released the following testimony by Ned Mamula, President Trump's nominee to be director of the U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey, from a May 14, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Lee and Ranking Member Heinrich, thank you very much for your time and the opportunity to be in front of this Committee--I am very honored and humbled to be here--and very proud of the agency that I have been nominated to more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations released the following testimony by Dustin Gard-Weiss, performing the duties of under secretary of Defense for intelligence and security, from a May 15, 2025, hearing entitled "Defense Intelligence Enterprise Posture": * * * Chairman Jackson, Ranking Member Crow, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, it is a privilege to appear before you along with my colleagues to testify on the curren more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs released the following testimony by Brent E. Arronte, deputy assistant inspector general of Veterans Affairs for audits and evaluations, from a May 14, 2025, hearing entitled "Waste & Delays: Examining VA's Improper Payments in its Compensation and Pension Programs": * * * Chairman Luttrell, Ranking Member McGarvey, and members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testi more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Veterans Affairs Secretary Douglas Collins from a May 15, 2025, hearing entitled "U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Budget Request for Fiscal Years 2026 and 2027 Advance Appropriations": * * * Chairman Bost, Ranking Member Takano, and distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today on the state of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Since becoming VA Se more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs released the following testimony by Nina Tann, executive director of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Benefits Administration, from a May 14, 2025, hearing entitled "Waste & Delays: Examining VA's Improper Payments in its Compensation and Pension Programs": * * * Good morning, Chairman Luttrell, Ranking Member McGarvey, and Members of the Subcommittee. Thank you for the  more PR