WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources released the following testimony by Michael E. West, director and state seismologist of the Alaska Earthquake Center, from a May 20, 2025, hearing on the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program: * * * Chairman Stauber and Ranking Member Ansari, thank you for the opportunity to speak about three bills: the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP), the National Volcano Early Warning  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations released the following testimony by American Coal Council CEO Emily Arthun from a May 21, 2025, hearing entitled "Unleashing a Golden Age: Examining the Use of Federal Lands to Power American Technological Innovation": * * * Chairman Gosar, Vice-Chairman Boebert, Ranking Member Dexter, and Members of the subcommittee, thank you for the chance to discuss the critical role that federal coal plays in po more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources released the following testimony by Walter D. Cruickshank, acting director of the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, from a May 20, 2025, hearing on the Comprehensive Offshore Resource Evaluation Act (H.R. 2556) and the Offshore Lands Authorities Act (H.R. 513): * * * Chairman Stauber, Ranking Member Ansari, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunit more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs released the following testimony by Thomas Harris, vice president of Cape Fox Corp. from a May 21, 2025, hearing on the Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act (H.R. 2815): * * * Thank you for scheduling this very important legislative hearing to consider H.R. 2815, the Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act of 2025. First, I would like to thank Representative Nick Begich from our home state of  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight released the following testimony by Andrew R. Arthur, a resident fellow in law and policy at the Center for Immigration Studies, from a May 20, 2025, hearing entitled "Examining Threats to ICE Operations": * * * Chairman Van Drew, Ranking Member Crockett, and members of the subcommittee, thank you for inviting me here today to discuss threats to ICE operations. To address the issues raised by the committee, I have structured  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight released the following testimony by Andrew R. Arthur, a resident fellow in law and policy at the Center for Immigration Studies, from a May 20, 2025, hearing entitled "Examining Threats to ICE Operations": * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 4) In Athens, according to the detention memo, Diego Ibarra was arrested on the night of September 24, 2023, by two officers from the Athens-Clarke County Police Department (ACCPD) for drivin more PR

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight released the following testimony by Andrew R. Arthur, a resident fellow in law and policy at the Center for Immigration Studies, from a May 20, 2025, hearing entitled "Examining Threats to ICE Operations": * * * (Continued from Part 2 of 4) First, as explained above, aliens at the ports of entry without proper admission documents are inadmissible to the United States under section 212(a)(7)(A)(i) of the INA and thus aren't as more PR

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight released the following testimony by Andrew R. Arthur, a resident fellow in law and policy at the Center for Immigration Studies, from a May 20, 2025, hearing entitled "Examining Threats to ICE Operations": * * * (Continued from Part 3 of 4) D. Communications Under 8 U.S.C. Sec.Sec. 1373(a) and 1644 * * * 347 Camarota, Steven and Zeigler, Karen. No Evidence that Cooperation with ICE Reduces Immigrant Crime Reporting. CENTER  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations released the following written testimony by Paige Lambermont, a research fellow in the Center for Energy and Environment at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, from a May 21, 2025, hearing entitled "Unleashing a Golden Age: Examining the Use of Federal Lands to Power American Technological Innovation": * * * Chair Gosar, ranking member Dexter, and distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank yo more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands released the following testimony by Tim Vredenburg, director of forest management for the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, from a May 20, 2025, hearing on a discussion draft of the Fostering Opportunities to Restore Ecosystems Through Sound Tribal Stewardship Act: * * * Chairman Tiffany, Ranking Member Neguse, and Members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify today on behalf of the C more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources released the following testimony by Douglas Helton, former regional operations supervisor of the Emergency Response Division at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, from a May 20, 2025, hearing on the Offshore Lands Authorities Act (H.R. 513) and the Comprehensive Offshore Resource Evaluation Act (H.R. 2556): * * * Chairman Stauber, Ranking Member Ansari, and distinguished Members of  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands released the following testimony by Cody Desautel, president of the Intertribal Timber Council and executive director for the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, from a May 20, 2025, hearing on a discussion draft of the Fostering Opportunities to Restore Ecosystems Through Sound Tribal Stewardship Act: * * * I am Cody Desautel, President of the Intertribal Timber Council (ITC) and Executive Director fo more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries released the following written testimony by Alexis Nungaray, mother of Jocelyn Nungaray, from a May 20, 2025, hearing on the Town of North Topsail Beach Coastal Barrier Resources System Map Amendment Act (H.R. 1885) and legislation to rename the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge in Texas as the Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge: * * * Good morning to the members of the House of Representative more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs released the following written testimony by Frances G. Charles, chairwoman of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribal Council, from a May 21, 2025, hearing on the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Project Lands Restoration Act (H.R. 2388): * * * Chairman Hurd, Ranking Member Leger Fernandez, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee for Indian and Insular Affairs, thank you for this opportunity to submit written te more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations released the following testimony by Kyle Hart, Mid-Atlantic Program manager for the National Parks Conservation Association, from a May 21, 2025, hearing entitled "Unleashing a Golden Age: Examining the Use of Federal Lands to Power American Technological Innovation": * * * Chairman Gosar, Ranking Member Dexter, and Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you toda more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries released the following testimony by Tom Leonard, mayor pro tem at North Topsail Beach, from a May 20, 2025, hearing on the Town of North Topsail Beach Coastal Barrier Resources System Map Amendment Act (H.R. 1885): * * * Chairwoman Hageman, Ranking Member Hoyle, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to provide testimony today on H.R. 1885, a bill to revise the boundaries of  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations released the following testimony by Overclock Labs CEO Greg Osuri from a May 21, 2025, hearing entitled "Unleashing a Golden Age: Examining the Use of Federal Lands to Power American Technological Innovation": * * * I'm Greg Osuri, Founder and CEO of Overclock Labs, the team behind the Akash Network. I'm an open-source developer and cloud infrastructure engineer. Akash is a decentralized cloud platf more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs released the following testimony by Rep. Nicholas J. Begich III, R-Alaska, from a May 21, 2025, hearing on the Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act (H.R. 2815): * * * Land is at the heart of Alaska's future--our ability to develop resources, build infrastructure, grow communities, and generate local opportunity all starts with access to land. Unfortunately, land exchanges, selections, and conve more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs released the following testimony by Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-South Dakota, from a May 21, 2025, hearing on the Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act (H.R. 2130): * * * Chair Hurd, Ranking Member Leger Fernandez, and Members of the Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify before the subcommittee today. I am here to speak on my bill, the Tribal Trust Land Homeownership more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands released the following testimony by Austin Lowes, chairman of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, from a May 20, 2025, hearing on a discussion draft of the Fostering Opportunities to Restore Ecosystems Through Sound Tribal Stewardship Act: * * * Mr. Chairman, Members of the Committee--Miigwech. Thank you for the opportunity to testify. My name is Austin Lowes, and I serve as Chairman of the Sault Ste.  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs released the following testimony by Tina Gonzales, chairwoman of the Shivwits Band of Paiutes, from a May 21, 2025, hearing on the Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act (H.R. 2815): * * * Chairman Hurd and distinguished Members of the House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs, my name is Tina Gonzales, and I have the honor to serve as Chairwoman of the Shivwits Band of Paiutes ("Shivwits Ba more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands released the following testimony by Sara A. Clark, a partner at Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger, from a May 20, 2025, hearing on a discussion draft of the Fostering Opportunities to Restore Ecosystems Through Sound Tribal Stewardship Act: * * * Chairman Tiffany, Ranking Member Neguse, and all members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to offer perspective on the draft for discussion in today's hearing, more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources released the following testimony by Parker Phipps, president and CEO of Signal Peak Energy LLC, from a May 20, 2025, hearing on legislation to allow certain Federal minerals to be mined consistent with the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification (H.R. 931): * * * Good afternoon, Chairman Stauber and distinguished members of the Committee. Thank you for the opportunity to testify on H.R. 931, the Bull more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs released the following testimony by Eric Shepherd, vice board chair of the South Dakota Native Homeownership Coalition, from a May 21, 2025, hearing on the Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act (H.R. 2130): * * * Chairman Hurd, Ranking Member Leger Fernandez, and members of the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs, my name is Eric Shepherd. I am the executive director of the Sisseton Wahpeton Housi more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries released the following testimony by Dave Miko, acting deputy director for operations at the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, from a May 20, 2025, hearing on the Town of North Topsail Beach Coastal Barrier Resources System Map Amendment Act (H.R. 1885) and legislation to rename the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge located in the State of Texas as the Jocelyn Nungaray National  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands released the following testimony by John Crockett, deputy chief of state, private and tribal forestry at the U.S. Forest Service, from a May 20, 2025, hearing on a discussion draft of the Fostering Opportunities to Restore Ecosystems Through Sound Tribal Stewardship Act: * * * Chairman Tiffany, Ranking Member Neguse, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to provide testimony on the FORESTS  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries released the following testimony by Stephan Howden, a professor at the University of Southern Mississippi and director of the Hydrographic Science Research Center, from a May 20, 2025, hearing on the reauthorization of the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 (H.R. 2294): * * * Good morning Chair Hageman, Ranking Member Hoyle, and Members of the Subcommittee. Thank you for th more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries released the following testimony by Robert S. Young, a professor at Western Carolina University, from a May 20, 2025, hearing on the Town of North Topsail Beach Coastal Barrier Resources System Map Amendment Act (H.R. 1885): * * * The Congress declares that it is the purpose of this chapter to minimize the loss of human life, wasteful expenditure of Federal revenues, and the damage to fish, wildlife more PR