WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee released the following testimony by Timothy R. Petty, President Trump's nominee to be assistant secretary of Commerce for oceans and atmosphere, from an Oct. 22, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Cruz, Ranking Member Cantwell, and distinguished Members of the Committee--thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. I am deeply honored to be nominated by President Trump to serve as Assistant S more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee released the following testimony by Laura DiBella, President Trump's nominee for a seat on the Federal Maritime Commission, from an Oct. 22, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chair Cruz, Ranking Member Cantwell, and members of the Committee, good morning and thank you for the opportunity to appear here before you today as a nominee to be Commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC). A sincere thank you a more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee released the following testimony by Robert Harvey, President Trump's nominee for a seat on the Federal Maritime Commission, from an Oct. 22, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Cruz, Ranking Member Cantwell and members of the Committee, good morning and thank you for the opportunity to appear here before you today as a nominee to be Commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC). I also want to thank more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific and International Cybersecurity Policy released the following written testimony by Craig Singleton, senior director of the China Program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, from an Oct. 7, 2025, hearing entitled "Combatting the People's Republic of China's Illegal, Coercive, Aggressive, and Deceptive Behavior in the Indo-Pacific": * * * Introduction Taiwan sits at the epicenter of today's grea more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific and International Cybersecurity Policy released the following written testimony by Ely Ratner, a principal at the Marathon Initiative, from an Oct. 7, 2025, hearing entitled "Combatting the People's Republic of China's Illegal, Coercive, Aggressive, and Deceptive Behavior in the Indo-Pacific": * * * Three basic assumptions should guide a reappraisal of U.S. policy and strategy toward China's illegal, coe more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee released the following testimony by Stephen M. Carmel, President Trump's nominee to be administrator of the Maritime Administration, from an Oct. 22, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Good morning, Chairman Cruz, Ranking Member Cantwell, and Members of the Committee. Thank you for allowing me to be here today. I am honored to appear before you as the nominee for the position of Maritime Administrator. Please permi more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific and International Cybersecurity Policy released the following written testimony by Raymond M. Powell, founder and executive director of SeaLight, from an Oct. 7, 2025, hearing entitled "Combatting the People's Republic of China's Illegal, Coercive, Aggressive, and Deceptive Behavior in the Indo-Pacific": * * * Retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Raymond M. Powell is the Founder and Executive Director of SeaLi more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released the following testimony by Arthur Graham, President Trump's nominee to be a board member of the Tennessee Valley Authority, from an Oct. 22, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chair Capito, Ranking Member Whitehouse, and Members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. My name is Art Graham. It is truly an honor to have been nominated by the President to serve on the TVA Board o more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released the following testimony by John Mitchell Graves, President Trump's nominee to be a board member of the Tennessee Valley Authority, from an Oct. 22, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Capito, Ranking Member Whitehouse, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today and for considering my nomination to the Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors. For the record more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released the following testimony by Jeff Hagood, President Trump's nominee to be a board member of the Tennessee Valley Authority, from an Oct. 22, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Capito, Ranking Member Whitehouse, and members of the Committee: My name is Jeff Hagood, and I sincerely thank you all very much for the opportunity to appear before you. I was indeed humbled to be nominated by President Trump to ser more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released the following testimony by Randy Jones, President Trump's nominee to be a board member of the Tennessee Valley Authority, from an Oct. 22, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Thank you, Chairman Capito and Ranking Member Whitehouse, and members of the committee. It is a privilege to appear before you today, and I am deeply honored to have been nominated by President Trump to serve on the Tennessee Valley Authority  more PR