WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The House Agriculture Committee released the following written testimony by Benjamin Lawrence Schiffrin, director of securities policy at Better Markets Inc., from a Dec. 11, 2025, hearing entitled "CFTC Reauthorization: Stakeholder Perspectives." CFTC is the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. * * * Good morning, Chairman Thompson, Ranking Member Craig and Members of the Committee. Thank you for the invitation to testify today. My name is Benjamin Schiffrin, and I am  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The House Agriculture Committee released the following written testimony by Benjamin Lawrence Schiffrin, director of securities policy at Better Markets Inc., from a Dec. 11, 2025, hearing entitled "CFTC Reauthorization: Stakeholder Perspectives." CFTC is the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 2) Tokenized Collateral In yet another example, earlier this week Acting Chair Pham moved forward with a pilot program without responding to th more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media released the following written testimony by Daniel Gizinski, president of the Satellite and Space Communications Segment at Comtech, from a Dec. 2, 2025, hearing entitled "Signal Under Siege: Defending America's Communications Networks": * * * Chairman Fischer, Ranking Member Lujan, and Members of the Subcommittee, Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today. My name is more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests and Mining releases the following testimony by Jocelyn Torres, chief conservation officer for the Conservation Lands Foundation, from a Dec. 2, 2025, hearing on legislation to address the wildland fire crisis: * * * Chair Barrasso, Ranking Member Cortez Masto, and members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify in support of S. 1005, the Southern Nevada Economic Developmen more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The House Agriculture Committee released the following testimony by former Commodity Futures Trading Commissioner Dawn D. Stump from a Dec. 11, 2025, hearing entitled "CFTC Reauthorization: Stakeholder Perspectives": * * * I would like to begin by thanking Chairman Thompson and Ranking Member Craig for inviting me to be here today, and I applaud all members of the committee for your attention to the task of reauthorizing the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). S more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media released the following testimony by Debra Jordan, former chief of the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau at the Federal Communications Commission, from a Dec. 2, 2025, hearing entitled "Signal Under Siege: Defending America's Communications Networks": * * * Good morning, Chair Fischer, Ranking Member Lujan, Chair Cruz, Ranking Member Cantwell, and Members of the Subcommit more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The House Agriculture Committee released the following testimony by Alicia Crighton, board chair of the Futures Industry Association, from a Dec. 11, 2025, hearing entitled "CFTC Reauthorization: Stakeholder Perspectives." CFTC is the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. * * * Chairman Thompson, Ranking Member Craig, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify. I am the head of the global clearing business for Goldman Sachs and the co-head of  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The House Agriculture Committee released the following testimony by Rob Schwartz, a partner in the futures and derivatives practice at Morgan, Lewis and Bockius, from a Dec. 11, 2025, hearing entitled "CFTC Reauthorization: Stakeholder Perspectives." CFTC is the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. * * * Good morning, Chairman Thompson, Ranking Member Craig, and Members of the Committee. I am Rob Schwartz, a Partner in the Futures & Derivatives Practice at Morgan, Lewis more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media released the following written testimony by Jamil N. Jaffer, founder and executive director of the National Security Institute at George Mason University, from a Dec. 2, 2025, hearing entitled "Signal Under Siege: Defending America's Communications Networks": * * * I. Introduction Chairman Fischer, Ranking Member Lujan, and Members of the Subcommittee: thank you for inviting me  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media released the following written testimony by Jamil N. Jaffer, founder and executive director of the National Security Institute at George Mason University, from a Dec. 2, 2025, hearing entitled "Signal Under Siege: Defending America's Communications Networks": * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 2) To preserve the value these organizations--and many other private sector entities--pro more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The House Agriculture Committee released the following testimony by Ed Prosser, senior vice president of special projects at Scoular, on behalf of the Commodity Markets Council, from a Dec. 11, 2025, hearing entitled "CFTC Reauthorization: Stakeholder Perspectives." CFTC is the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. * * * Chairman Thompson, Ranking Member Craig, and members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me here today to testify about the importance of the Commo more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests and Mining releases the following testimony by Chris French, associate chief of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, from a Dec. 2, 2025, hearing on legislation to address the wildland fire crisis: * * * Chairman Barrasso, Ranking Member Cortez Masto, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to present the views of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media released the following testimony by Robert Mayer, senior vice president of cybersecurity and innovation at USTelecom - The Broadband Association, from a Dec. 2, 2025, hearing entitled "Signal Under Siege: Defending America's Communications Networks": * * * Chair Fischer, Ranking Member Lujan, and Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify. I am Robert  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests and Mining releases the following written testimony by Wyoming State Forester Kelly Norris from a Dec. 2, 2025, hearing on the Wildfire Prevention Act (S. 140): * * * The Wyoming State Forestry Division (WSFD) is pleased to provide written testimony to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining on S.140, the Wildfire Prevention Act of  more PR