WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support released the following testimony by Gen. Christopher C. LaNeve, vice chief of staff of the Army, from a March 4, 2026, hearing entitled "The Current Readiness of the Joint Force": * * * Chairman Sullivan, Ranking Member Hirono, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the readiness of our Nation's Army. On behalf of the Sec more PR

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries released the following written testimony by Davy Hite, co-host of Bassmaster Television, Ninety Six, South Carolina, from a March 4, 2026, hearing entitled "Oversight of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act": * * * Chairwoman Hageman, Ranking Member Hoyle, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify at this oversight hearing on the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA). My name  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism released the following written testimony by Julia Einbond, CEO of Covenant House New Jersey, Newark, from a March 3, 2026, hearing entitled "Lost and Exploited: Confronting Child Trafficking and the Failure to Protect America's Most Vulnerable": * * * Chairman Hawley, Ranking Member Durbin, and distinguished Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify. Chairman Hawley, we are grat more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health released the following testimony by Army Lt. Col. Alan Johnson (ret.), former aeromedical physician assistant, from a March 5, 2026, hearing entitled "Hidden Wounds: Effectively Supporting Veterans with TBI." TBI stands for traumatic brain injury. * * * Chairwoman Miller-Meeks, Ranking Member Brownley, and distinguished Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. My name is Alan Johnson more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries released the following testimony by Paul R. Schmidt, former chief conservation officer for Ducks Unlimited, Palmyra, Virginia, and former assistant director for migratory birds at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, from a March 4, 2026, hearing entitled "Oversight of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act": * * * Chair Hageman, Ranking Member Hoyle and members of the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fi more PR

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support released the following testimony by Diana C. Maurer, director of defense capabilities and management at the Government Accountability Office, from a March 4, 2026, hearing entitled "The Current Readiness of the Joint Force": * * * Chairman Sullivan, Ranking Member Hirono, and Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for the opportunity to be here today to discuss Department of Defense (DOD) readin more PR

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support released the following testimony by Diana C. Maurer, director of defense capabilities and management at the Government Accountability Office, from a March 4, 2026, hearing entitled "The Current Readiness of the Joint Force": * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 2) In November 2024, we found that the Air Force has taken steps to address some challenges in implementing this new process, but it continue more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution released the following testimony by Government Accountability Institute President Peter Schweizer, Tallahassee, Florida, from a March 10, 2026, hearing entitled "Protecting American Citizenship: Birthright Citizenship for Illegal Aliens and Tourists": * * * Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member, and distinguished members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify today on a matter of profound national securi more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee released the following written testimony by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem from a March 3, 2026, hearing on the oversight of the agency: * * * Chairman Grassley, Ranking Member Durbin, and distinguished Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was established in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks-- one of the darkest days in our nation's more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism released the following testimony from the mother of a victim of child sexual abuse material from a March 3, 2026, hearing entitled "Lost and Exploited: Confronting Child Trafficking and the Failure to Protect America's Most Vulnerable": * * * Chair, Ranking Member, and Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for the incredibly difficult, but important, opportunity to testify today. For decades, I have been  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism released the following written testimony by Staca Shehan, vice president of the Analytical Services Division at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Alexandria, Virginia, from a March 3, 2026, hearing entitled "Lost and Exploited: Confronting Child Trafficking and the Failure to Protect America's Most Vulnerable": * * * I. Background The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children ( more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism released the following testimony by Yasmin Vafa, executive director and co-founder of Rights4Girls, from a March 3, 2026, hearing entitled "Lost and Exploited: Confronting Child Trafficking and the Failure to Protect America's Most Vulnerable": * * * Chairman Hawley, Ranking Member Durbin, and distinguished Members of the Subcommittee: thank you for the honor of testifying before you today on this critical  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism released the following testimony by Tim Tebow, chairman and founder of the Tim Tebow Foundation, Jacksonville, Florida, from a March 3, 2026, hearing entitled "Lost and Exploited: Confronting Child Trafficking and the Failure to Protect America's Most Vulnerable": * * * Good morning Chairman Hawley, Ranking Member Durbin, and distinguished Members of the Committee. Thank you for inviting me to speak today.  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support released the following testimony by Gen. Shawn N. Bratton, vice chief of space operations at the U.S. Space Force, from a March 4, 2026, hearing entitled "The Current Readiness of the Joint Force": * * * The Space Force is a warfighting force, with an undivided attention focused on achieving space superiority and building readiness as the critical enabler for our success. Readiness in the United more PR

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The Senate Armed Services Committee released the following testimony by Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby from a March 3, 2026, hearing entitled "Update on the National Defense Strategy": * * * Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Reed, thank you for the opportunity to appear before the distinguished members of this committee to testify on the Department of War's 2026 National Defense Strategy. The animating purpose of this Strategy was to put into reality the l more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution released the following written testimony by Ilan Wurman, Julius E. Davis professor of law at the University of Minnesota, from a March 10, 2026, hearing entitled "Protecting American Citizenship: Birthright Citizenship for Illegal Aliens and Tourists": * * * Chairman Schmitt and Members of the Committee: It is often believed that the common-law rule of birthright citizenship was that mere birth on the sovereign's s more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution released the following testimony by Amanda Frost, David Lurton Massee Jr. professor of law at the University of Virginia, from a March 10, 2026, hearing entitled "Protecting American Citizenship: Birthright Citizenship for Illegal Aliens and Tourists": * * * Thank you for inviting me to testify regarding the meaning of the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. I am a professor of l more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support released the following testimony by Gen. John D. Lamontagne, vice chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, from a March 4, 2026, hearing entitled "The Current Readiness of the Joint Force": * * * Chairman Dan Sullivan, Ranking Member Mazie K. Hirono, and distinguished members of this committee, on behalf of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Honorable Troy E. Meink, and the Chief of Staff of the Ai more PR

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support released the following testimony by Gen. Bradford J. Gering, assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, from a March 4, 2026, hearing entitled "The Current Readiness of the Joint Force": * * * Chair, Ranking Member, and esteemed members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to report on the United States Marine Corps' readiness. The Marine Corps exists for one purpose: to fight and wi more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution released the following testimony by U.S. Marine Corps veteran Alejandro Barranco, Orange, California, from a March 10, 2026, hearing entitled "Protecting American Citizenship: Birthright Citizenship for Illegal Aliens and Tourists": * * * Chairman, Ranking Member, and Members of the Subcommittee, Thank you for the opportunity to be here today. My name is Alejandro Barranco. I am a United States citizen. I am a Mari more PR

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support released the following testimony by Adm. James W. Kilby, vice chief of naval operations, from a March 4, 2026, hearing entitled "The Current Readiness of the Joint Force": * * * Chairman Sullivan, Ranking Member Hirono, distinguished Members of the Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, thank you for the opportunity to testify about the readiness of the United States Navy. On behalf of more PR

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The Senate Armed Services Committee released the following joint testimony by Major Gen. Steven M. Marks, director of the Defense Autonomous Warfare Group at the War Department, from a March 5, 2026, hearing entitled "The American Small Drone Industrial Base": * * * Chairman Wicker, Ranking Member Reed, and distinguished Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. I am here to discuss how the Defense Autonomous Warfare Group is le more PR