WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee released the following testimony by Elizabeth Goitein, senior director of the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, from a Jan. 28, 2026, hearing entitled "Review and Reform: The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and Executive Accountability": * * * Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ("FISA") allows the government to target foreigners abroad an more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee released the following testimony by Elizabeth Goitein, senior director of the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, from a Jan. 28, 2026, hearing entitled "Review and Reform: The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and Executive Accountability": * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 2) A. FBI Violations of Limitations on U.S. Person Queries Congress and the FISA Court hav more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee released the following testimony by Elizabeth Goitein, senior director of the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, from a Jan. 28, 2026, hearing entitled "Review and Reform: The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and Executive Accountability": * * * (Continued from Part 2 of 3) The government's attempts to bypass Carpenter and to infer consent in the absence of mea more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Joan Johnson, a council member representing Gros Ventre at large of the Fort Belknap Indian Community, Harlem, Montana, from a Jan. 28, 2026, hearing entitled "Justice and Safety for Native Children: Examining Title II of the Draft Native Children's Commission Implementation Act": * * * Chairman Murkowski, Vice Chairman Schatz, and Members of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, the Fort Belknap In more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Mark Patterson, Chair of the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission, and former administrator of the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility and Kawailoa Youth and Family Wellness Center, Honolulu, from a Jan. 28, 2026, hearing entitled "Justice and Safety for Native Children: Examining Title II of the Draft Native Children's Commission Implementation Act": * * * Chair, Vice Chair, and members of  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations released the following testimony by Spencer Hawkins, chair of the Government Affairs Committee with the International Association of Emergency Managers, from a Jan. 28, 2026, hearing entitled "One Year After Disaster: Experts Weigh in on the Palisades Fire": * * * Chair Johnson, Ranking Member Blumenthal, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify tod more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released the following testimony by Brent Booker, general president of the Laborers' International Union of North America, from a Jan. 28, 2026, hearing entitled "Improving the Federal Environmental Review and Permitting Process, Part 2": * * * Good morning, Chairman Capito, Ranking Member Whitehouse, and members of the Committee. Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you once again to discuss permitting reform o more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released the following testimony by David Terry, president of the National Association of State Energy Officials, from a Jan. 28, 2026, hearing entitled "Improving the Federal Environmental Review and Permitting Process, Part 2": * * * I. Introduction and Overview of NASEO Chair Capito and Ranking Member Whitehouse, I am David Terry, President of the National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO). I am pleased to  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations released the following testimony by Patrick Butler, fire chief and harbor master for Redondo Beach, from a Jan. 28, 2026, hearing entitled "One Year After Disaster: Experts Weigh in on the Palisades Fire": * * * Chair, Ranking Member, and Members of the Committee-- Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. My name is Patrick Butler. I have spent 36 years in the more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee released the following testimony by Adam I. Klein, director of the Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the University of Texas at Austin, from a Jan. 28, 2026, hearing entitled "Review and Reform: The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and Executive Accountability": * * * Chairman Grassley, Ranking Member Durbin, and Members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to testify today. * * * Introduction In the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released the following testimony by Abigail Ross Hopper, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association, from a Jan. 28, 2026, hearing entitled "Improving the Federal Environmental Review and Permitting Process, Part 2": * * * Thank you, Chairman Capito, Ranking Member Whitehouse, and Members of the Committee for inviting me here to testify today on behalf of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) reg more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Lonna Jackson-Street, chairwoman of the Spirit Lake Tribal Council, Fort Totten, North Dakota, from a Jan. 28, 2026, hearing entitled "Justice and Safety for Native Children: Examining Title II of the Draft Native Children's Commission Implementation Act": * * * Chairman Murkowski, Vice Chairman Schatz, Senator Hoeven and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today on the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee released the following testimony by Stewart A. Baker, a principal at Stewart Baker Consulting PLLC, from a Jan. 28, 2026, hearing entitled "Review and Reform: The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and Executive Accountability": * * * Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Durbin, members of the Committee, it is an honor to appear before you to support renewal of Section 702 of FISA, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. I bring a long histor more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Lori Jump, CEO of StrongHearts Native Helpline, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, from a Jan. 28, 2026, hearing entitled "Justice and Safety for Native Children: Examining Title II of the Draft Native Children's Commission Implementation Act": * * * My name is Lorrie Jump, and I am a citizen of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. I am a survivor of both domestic and sexual violence and have been more PR