WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology released the following testimony by Matt Allen, director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of Homeland Security, from a Feb. 11, 2026, hearing entitled "Surveying the Threat of Agroterrorism, Part II: Assessing Federal Government Efforts": * * * Good afternoon, Chairman Strong, Ranking Member Kennedy, and distinguished Members of the Subcommittee. My name is Matt Allen, and I have the privilege of leading the USDA Office of Homela more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Polly Watson, vice president of operations at Bristol Bay Native Corp., Anchorage, Alaska, from a Feb. 10, 2026, hearing entitled "Economic Self-Determination in Action: Examining the Small Business Administration Native 8(a) Program": * * * Chairman, Vice Chairman, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. I am Polly Watson, and I am here on behalf of Bristol Bay Native Corporation (BBNC), an Alaska Native Corpor more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. Tahlequah, Oklahoma, from a Feb. 10, 2026, hearing entitled "Economic Self-Determination in Action: Examining the Small Business Administration Native 8(a) Program": * * * Chairman Murkowski, Vice Chairman Schatz, and members of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs: Osiyo. On behalf of Cherokee Nation, thank you for the opportunity to provide testimony on the Small Business Administration's 8(a) Bu more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Katherine Carlton, president of Chugach Alaska Corp., policy chair of the Native American Contractors Association, and a shareholder of Chugach and Sitnasuak Native Corp., Anchorage, Alaska, from a Feb. 10, 2026, hearing entitled "Economic Self-Determination in Action: Examining the Small Business Administration Native 8(a) Program": * * * Thank you, Chairman Lisa Murkowski, Vice Chairman Brian Schatz, and distinguished members of the committee, for more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging released the following written testimony by Lee S. Gross, president of the Docs 4 Patient Care Foundation, and founder of Epiphany Health Direct Primary Care, North Port, Florida, from a Feb. 11, 2026, hearing entitled "The Doctor Is Out: How Washington's Rules Drove Physicians Out of Medicine": * * * I. Introduction and Credentials Chairman, Ranking Member, and Members of the Committee: My name is Lee S. Gross, MD. I am a family physician and have practiced full time in Southwest more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology released the following testimony by Ashley Grant, senior health security and biodefense advisor at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Office of Health Security, from a Feb. 11, 2026, hearing entitled "Surveying the Threat of Agroterrorism, Part II: Assessing Federal Government Efforts": * * * Chairman Strong, Ranking Member Kennedy, and distinguished Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on the U.S. Depa more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology released the following testimony by Jeff Cooper, program manager for probabilistic analysis for national threats hazards and risks within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate, from a Feb. 11, 2026, hearing entitled "Surveying the Threat of Agroterrorism, Part II: Assessing Federal Government Efforts": * * * Chairman Strong, Ranking Member Kennedy, and Members of the Subcommittee. Thank you for the oppor more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Cariann Ah Loo, president of the Native Hawaiian Organizations Association, Honolulu, Hawaii, chair of the Nakupuna Foundation, and a board member of the Native American Contractors Association, from a Feb. 10, 2026, hearing entitled "Economic Self-Determination in Action: Examining the Small Business Administration Native 8(a) Program": * * * Chairperson Murkowski, Vice Chair Schatz, and distinguished Members of the Committee, thank you for the opp more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Research and Technology released the following testimony by Gregory D. Winfree, agency director of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, from a Feb. 11, 2026, hearing entitled "Accelerating Progress: U.S. Surface Transportation Research": * * * Chairman Obernolte, Ranking Member Stevens, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for inviting me to testify before the Subcommittee regarding the U.S. Department of Transportation's (USDOT) vital investments in surfa more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology released the following testimony by Suzette P. Kelly, acting deputy executive director of agriculture programs and trade liaison at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection, from a Feb. 11, 2026, hearing entitled "Surveying the Threat of Agroterrorism, Part II: Assessing Federal Government Efforts": * * * Chairman Strong, Ranking Member Kennedy, and distinguished Members of the Subcommittee, it is an honor to ap more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Research and Technology released the following written testimony by Henry Liu, professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Michigan, and the director of its Transportation Research Institute, Mcity and Center for Connected and Automated Transportation, from a Feb. 11, 2026, hearing entitled "Accelerating Progress: U.S. Surface Transportation Research": * * * Good afternoon, Chairman Obernolte, Ranking Member Stevens, and Members of the Sub more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Veterans Affairs Secretary Douglas A. Collins from a Feb. 11, 2026, hearing entitled "Opportunities with VHA Reorganization." VHA is the Veterans Health Administration. * * * Chairman Bost, Ranking Member Takano, and distinguished Members of the Committee, I appreciate the opportunity to present the VA plan to improve the Veterans Health Administration's (VHA) management structure in order to strengthen care for Veterans Nationwide. Joining me tod more PR