WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense released the following testimony by Defense Secretary Peter B. Hegseth from a June 11, 2025, hearing entitled "A Review of the President's Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request for the Department of Defense": * * * Chairman Senator Mitch McConnell, Ranking Member Christopher Coons, distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify in support of President Trump's proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 budg more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: From the Paris Air Show, Shaheen Pens Wall Street Journal Op-Ed Warning Trump's Trade Policy Threatens Our National Defense and Global Alliances * (Washington, DC) - After co-leading a bipartisan Congressional delegation to the Paris Air Show, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) wrote an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal warning that President Trump's trade policy threatens Amer more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Padilla Delivers Floor Speech Following His Forcible Removal From DHS Press Conference * WATCH : Padilla: "If this Administration is this afraid of just one Senator with a question, colleagues, imagine what the voices of tens of millions of Americans peacefully protesting can do." "If that is what the Administration is willing to do to a United States Senator for having the [audacity] to more PR