WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee released the following testimony by Rosario Palmieri, President Trump's nominee to be assistant secretary of Labor for policy, from an Oct. 1, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Cassidy, Ranking Member Sanders, and Members of the Committee, it is an honor to appear before you today as President Trump's nominee to be the Assistant Secretary for Policy at the U.S. Department of Labor. I am deeply grateful to more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee released the following testimony by Catherine Sendak, director of transatlantic defense and security at the Center for European Policy Analysis, from a Sept. 30, 2025, hearing entitled "The Future of U.S. Black Sea Strategy": * * * Chairman Daines, Ranking Member Murphy, Distinguished Members of the Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation: It is an honor to address you today on this critical and timely matter of US  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee released the following testimony by S. Frederick Starr, a distinguished fellow for Eurasia and founding chairman of the Central Asia Caucasus Institute at the American Foreign Policy Council, from a Sept. 30, 2025, hearing entitled "The Future of U.S. Black Sea Strategy": * * * First, I would like to applaud the Chairman and Ranking Member for their attention to an issue that warrants more focus by the United States than it has recei more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Empower Oversight President Tristan Leavitt from a Sept. 30, 2025, hearing entitled "Examining the Weaponization of the Quiet Skies Program": * * * Chairman Paul, Ranking Member Peters, and Members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to testify today. I was last before this Committee in 2021 when it considered my nomination to the Merit Systems Protection Board, and more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee released the following testimony by Hudson Institute senior fellow Matthew Boyse from a Sept. 30, 2025, hearing entitled "The Future of U.S. Black Sea Strategy": * * * Chairman Daines, Ranking Member Murphy, distinguished members of the Committee: thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today. Before I joined the Hudson Institute, I served in the Foreign Service for 35 years and spent much time dealing with the post-Sovi more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee released the following testimony by Scott A. Mayer, President Trump's nominee to be a member of the National Labor Relations Board, from an Oct. 1, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Cassidy, Ranking Member Sanders, and other Committee Members, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. I also want to recognize and thank President Trump for this nomination. This is the ultimate honor and certainly th more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee released the following testimony by James Murphy, President Trump's nominee to be a member of the National Labor Relations Board, from an Oct. 1, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Cassidy, Ranking Member Sanders, and other Committee Members, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. It is an honor to be here, and it is an honor to have been nominated by President Trump for your consideration of my a more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Racket News editor Matt Taibbi from a Sept. 30, 2025, hearing entitled "Examining the Weaponization of the Quiet Skies Program": * * * Last year, former Hawaii Congresswoman and Presidential Candidate Tulsi Gabbard was placed in a surveillance program called Quiet Skies by the Transportation and Security Administration. Across eight flights she was subject to intrusive sear more PR