WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization released the following written testimony by Eddie Pool, acting assistant secretary of Veterans Affairs for information technology, from a July 14, 2025, hearing entitled "VA Office of Information and Technology Organizational Structure and Priorities": * * * Chairman Barrett, Ranking Member Budzinski, and distinguished Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on behalf of th more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity released the following testimony by Margarita Devlin, acting principal deputy assistant secretary of Veterans' Affairs for benefits, from a July 16, 2025, hearing entitled "Path of Purpose: Restoring the VA VR&E Program to Effectively Serve Veterans": * * * Chairman Van Orden, Ranking Member Pappas, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, I appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today to dis more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations released the following testimony by Sheila Elliot, president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 2328, from a July 22, 2025, hearing entitled "Counting the Money: Preventing Fraud and Abuse in VA's Bonus Payment Practices for VA Employees": * * * Chairwoman Kiggans, Ranking Member Ramirez, and Members of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee: The American Federation of  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance and Investment released the following testimony by Kevin Kalinich, intangible assets global collaboration leader at Aon, from a July 30, 2025, hearing entitled "Guardrails and Growth: AI's Role in Capital and Insurance Markets": * * * Good morning, Chairman Rounds, Ranking Member Warner, and Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify on this critical and timely more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation released the following testimony by Federal Maritime Commissioner Rebecca F. Dye from a July 22, 2025, hearing entitled "Future of United States Maritime Part 1: Review of Fiscal Year 2026 Federal Maritime Commission Budget Request": * * * Chairman Ezell, Ranking Member Carbajal, Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for holding this hearing and for your interest in the r more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management released the following testimony by David Richardson, senior official performing the duties of the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, from a July 23, 2025, hearing entitled "Fixing Emergency Management: Examining Improvements to FEMA's Disaster Response": * * * Chairman Perry, Ranking Member Stanton, and Members of the Subcomm more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization released the following written testimony by Carol Harris, director of information technology and cybersecurity at the Government Accountability Office, from a July 14, 2025, hearing entitled "VA Office of Information and Technology Organizational Structure and Priorities": * * * Chairman Barrett, Ranking Member Budzinski, and Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for the opportunity to discuss the Dep more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance and Investment released the following testimony by David Cox, vice president for artificial intelligence models at IBM Research and director of the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, from a July 30, 2025, hearing entitled "Guardrails and Growth: AI's Role in Capital and Insurance Markets": * * * Chairman Rounds, Ranking Member Warner, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the o more PR

URBANA, Illinois, Aug. 22 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization released the following testimony by Hillary Rains, community engagement manager at the Illinois Office of Broadband, from a July 25, 2025, field hearing entitled "Beyond the City Limits: Delivering for Rural Veterans": * * * Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Chairman Barrett, Ranking Member Budzinski, and distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today on behalf of more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health released the following testimony by Meaghan Mobbs, director of the Center for American Safety and Security at the Independent Women's Forum, from a July 15, 2025, hearing entitled "Right Time, Right Place, Right Treatment With VA Community Care": * * * Chairman Miller-Meeks, Ranking Member Brownley, and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. It's an honor to speak on an issue that i more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health released the following testimony by Kyleanne Hunter, CEO of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, from a July 15, 2025, hearing entitled "Right Time, Right Place, Right Treatment With VA Community Care": * * * Chairwoman Miller-Meeks, Ranking Member Brownley, and members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. I come before you today as the CEO of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IA more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance and Investment released the following testimony by Nasdaq President Tal Cohen from a July 30, 2025, hearing entitled "Guardrails and Growth: AI's Role in Capital and Insurance Markets": * * * Thank you, Chairman Rounds and Ranking Member Warner. On behalf of Nasdaq, I appreciate the opportunity to testify on Nasdaq's use and governance of Artificial Intelligence technology. Since our fou more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health released the following testimony by Operation Juliet President Dallas Knight from a July 15, 2025, hearing entitled "Right Time, Right Place, Right Treatment With VA Community Care": * * * My name is Dallas Knight, and I am a U.S. Army combat veteran and the founder of Operation Juliet, a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving female veterans. I served in Iraq in 2003 as a young soldier, returning home with the sil more PR

URBANA, Illinois, Aug. 22 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization released the following testimony by Tri-State Women Warriors President Christina Schauer from a July 25, 2025, field hearing entitled "Beyond the City Limits: Delivering for Rural Veterans": * * * Chairman Barret, Ranking Member Budzinski, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to speak today on behalf of rural veterans. My name is Christina Schauer. I am a U.S. Army Iraq  more PR

URBANA, Illinois, Aug. 22 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization released the following testimony by U.S. Air Force veteran Kim Kirchner from a July 25, 2025, field hearing entitled "Beyond the City Limits: Delivering for Rural Veterans": * * * Good morning and thank you everyone for taking the time out of your day to listen to my testimony. My name is Kim Kirchner and I am a proud veteran who served in the United States Air Force/Illinois Air National Guard an more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations released the following testimony by Shawn Steele, director of the Human Capital and Operations Division in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Audits and Evaluations, from a July 22, 2025, hearing entitled "Counting the Money: Preventing Fraud and Abuse in VA's Bonus Payment Practices for VA Employees": * * * Chairwoman Kiggans, Ranking Member Ramirez, and members of the Subcommittee,  more PR

URBANA, Illinois, Aug. 22 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization released the following written testimony by John D. Lawson, superintendent of the Veterans Assistance Commission, from a July 25, 2025, field hearing entitled "Beyond the City Limits: Delivering for Rural Veterans": * * * H.R. 3132, CHOICE for Veterans Act of 2025 We adamantly oppose H.R. 3132, CHOICE for Veterans Act of 2025 as written. We do not view this proposal as a compromise contrary to so more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations released the following testimony by Tracey Therit, acting chief of human capital management at the Veterans Health Administration, from a July 22, 2025, hearing entitled "Counting the Money: Preventing Fraud and Abuse in VA's Bonus Payment Practices for VA Employees": * * * Good afternoon, Chairwoman Kiggans, Ranking Member Ramirez, and distinguished members of the Committee. Thank you for the oppor more PR

URBANA, Illinois, Aug. 22 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization released the following testimony by Daniel Zomchek, director of the Veterans Integrated Service Network 12, from a July 25, 2025, field hearing entitled "Beyond the City Limits: Delivering for Rural Veterans": * * * Good morning, Chairman Barrett, Ranking Member Budzinski, and distinguished guests, thank you for the opportunity to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) extensive efforts  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health released the following testimony by Kristina Keenan, director of national legislative service at the Veterans of Foreign Wars, from a July 15, 2025, hearing entitled "Right Time, Right Place, Right Treatment With VA Community Care": * * * Chairwoman Miller-Meeks, Ranking Member Brownley, and members of the subcommittee, on behalf of the men and women of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW) and its Auxi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health released the following testimony by Amanda Newman, CEO of Western Illinois Home Health Care, from a July 15, 2025, hearing entitled "Right Time, Right Place, Right Treatment With VA Community Care": * * * Thank you Chairwoman Miller-Meeks, Ranking Member Brownley, and the members of the Committee for this opportunity to provide testimony on the critical topic of the Veteran's Health Administration Community Care Program. more PR