WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands released the following testimony by Margaret Byfield, executive director of American Stewards of Liberty, Georgetown, Texas, from a Feb. 10, 2026, hearing on the Land and Social Security Optimization Act (H.R. 34): * * * Mr. Chairman, Representative Gosar, and honorable members of this committee, I appreciate the opportunity to discuss the importance of passing the Land and Social Security Optimization Act, the LA more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education released the following written testimony by Eric Baxter, vice president and senior counsel at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, from a Feb. 10, 2026, hearing entitled "Defending Faith and Families Against Government Overreach: Mahmoud v. Taylor": * * * Chairman Kiley, Ranking Member Bonamici, and distinguished Members of the Committee, I'm honored to be here today t more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education released the following written testimony by Donald A. Daugherty Jr., senior litigation counsel for the Defense of Freedom Institute, from a Feb. 10, 2026, hearing entitled "Defending Faith and Families Against Government Overreach: Mahmoud v. Taylor": * * * Chairman Kiley and Ranking Member Bonamici, thank you for the opportunity to testify today on the implications of M more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations released the following testimony by I Ling Thompson, CEO of Foundation for America's Public Lands, from a Feb. 10, 2026, hearing entitled "All in for America250: Public-Private Partnerships Supporting America's Semiquincentennial on Our Public Lands": * * * Chairman Gosar, Ranking Member Dexter, and Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify today. My name is I Ling Thomp more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection released the following testimony by Dan Wall, executive vice president for corporate and regulatory affairs at Live Nation Entertainment Inc., from a Jan. 28, 2026, hearing entitled "Fees Rolled on All Summer Long: Examining the Live Entertainment Industry": * * * Chairman Blackburn, Ranking Member Hickenlooper, Senator Lujan, and other Members of the Subcommittee, I'm Dan Wall, Executive more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations released the following written testimony by Jeff Trandahl, CEO of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, from a Feb. 10, 2026, hearing entitled "All in for America250: Public-Private Partnerships Supporting America's Semiquincentennial on Our Public Lands": * * * Thank you, Chairman Gosar, Ranking Member Dexter, and members of the Subcommittee, for the opportunity to testify today about the impa more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations released the following testimony by Dieter Fenkart-Froeschl, president and CEO of the National Forest Foundation, Missoula, Montana, from a Feb. 10, 2026, hearing entitled "All in for America250: Public-Private Partnerships Supporting America's Semiquincentennial on Our Public Lands": * * * The National Forest Foundation (NFF) was chartered by Congress in 1990 to serve as the official national nonpr more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations released the following testimony by Jeff Reinbold, president and CEO of the National Park Foundation, from a Feb. 10, 2026, hearing entitled "All in for America250: Public-Private Partnerships Supporting America's Semiquincentennial on Our Public Lands": * * * Good morning, Chairman Gosar, Ranking Member Dexter and members of the committee. My name is Jeff Reinbold, and I am privileged to serve as  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations released the following testimony by Alan Spears, senior director for cultural resources in the Government Affairs Department of the National Parks Conservation Association, from a Feb. 10, 2026, hearing entitled "All in for America250: Public-Private Partnerships Supporting America's Semiquincentennial on our Public Lands": * * * Chairman Gosar, Ranking Member Huffman and Members of the Committee, I more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands released the following testimony by Ouray (Colorado) City Administrator Michelle Metteer from a Feb. 10, 2026, hearing on the Crystal Reservoir Conveyance Act (H.R. 5911): * * * Chairman Tiffany, Ranking Member Neguse, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on H.R. 5911, the Crystal Reservoir Conveyance Act. This bill directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey approximately 4 more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations released the following testimony by Will Glasco, CEO of Preservation Virginia, Richmond, from a Feb. 10, 2026, hearing entitled "All in for America250: Public-Private Partnerships Supporting America's Semiquincentennial on Our Public Lands": * * * Members of the Committee, it's an honor to be here today. I'm Will Glasco, CEO of Preservation Virginia, the nation's oldest statewide historic preservati more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations released the following written testimony by Tim Whitehouse, executive director of the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, Silver Spring, Maryland, from a Feb. 10, 2026, hearing entitled "All in for America250: Public-Private Partnerships Supporting America's Semiquincentennial on Our Public Lands": * * * Chairman Gosar, Ranking Member Dexter and all members of the subcommittee, thank  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations released the following written testimony by Emily Chiles, director of development at the Shenandoah National Park Trust, Charlottesville, Virginia, from a Feb. 10, 2026, hearing entitled "All in for America250: Public-Private Partnerships Supporting America's Semiquincentennial on Our Public Lands": * * * Chairman, Ranking Member, and Members of the Committee--thank you for the opportunity to testif more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands released the following testimony by Jane Abraham, co-chair of the Advisory Council for the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum, from a Feb. 10, 2026, hearing on the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum Act (H.R. 1329): * * * Mr. Chairman, Mr. Ranking Member, and Members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to join you here today. This Committee is being asked to approve a narrow land transfer more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands released the following testimony by Ronald Cortez, under secretary for finance and administration and CFO for the Smithsonian Institution, from a Feb. 10, 2026, hearing on the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum Act (H.R. 1329): * * * Thank you, Chairman Tiffany, Ranking Member Neguse, and all Members of the Committee for the opportunity to discuss H.R. 1329, a bill to permit the Smithsonian American Women more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection released the following testimony by Brian Berry, executive director of the Ticket Policy Forum, from a Jan. 28, 2026, hearing entitled "Fees Rolled on All Summer Long: Examining the Live Entertainment Industry": * * * Chairwoman Blackburn, Ranking Member Hickenlooper, and members of the Subcommittee: My name is Brian Berry, and I serve as Executive Director of the Ticket Policy Forum. Tha more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands released the following testimony by David Lytle, acting deputy chief of fire and aviation management at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, from a Feb. 10, 2026, hearing on legislation on public land management and wildfire mitigation: The legislation includes Land And Social Security Optimization Act (H.R. 34), Building Resiliency and Understanding of Shrublands to Halt Fires Act (H.R. 3553), Fruit  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection released the following testimony by Brian David Weingarden, vice president of concerts and events for Z2 Entertainment, on behalf of the Colorado Independent Venue Association, from a Jan. 28, 2026, hearing entitled "Fees Rolled on All Summer Long: Examining the Live Entertainment Industry": * * * Chairman Blackburn, Ranking Member Hickenlooper, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you  more PR