WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Sarah Font, professor at the Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis, from a March 26, 2026, hearing entitled "Advancing Permanency in Child Welfare: Leveraging Federal Funding for Adoption Programs": * * * Thank you for the invitation to speak to the Committee on a topic of great importance: the adoption more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Debbie Riley, CEO and co-founder of the Center for Adoption Support and Education, from a March 26, 2026, hearing entitled "Advancing Permanency in Child Welfare: Leveraging Federal Funding for Adoption Programs": * * * Good morning, Chairman Aderholt, Ranking Member DeLauro and members of the subcommittee for this opportunity to  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Katherine 'Kate' McLean, executive director of the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute, dated March 10, 2026, for a March 26, 2026, hearing entitled "Advancing Permanency in Child Welfare: Leveraging Federal Funding for Adoption Programs": * * * Chairman Aderholt, Ranking Member DeLauro, and Members of the Subcommittee,  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government released the following written testimony by David Marroni, director of physical infrastructure at the Government Accountability Office, from a March 26, 2026, hearing entitled "The Government Accountability Office's Assessment of the Federal Buildings Fund": * * * Chairman Joyce, Ranking Member Hoyer, and Members of the Subcommittee: I am pleased to be here today to discuss our work on t more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Lee Marshall, CEO and founder of the Kids to Love Foundation, Huntsville, Alabama, from a March 26, 2026, hearing entitled "Advancing Permanency in Child Welfare: Leveraging Federal Funding for Adoption Programs": * * * Chairman Aderholt, Ranking Member DeLauro, and distinguished members of Congress-- Good morning. My name is Lee  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee released the following testimony by Open the Books CEO John Hart, Knoxville, Maryland, from a March 18, 2026, hearing entitled "Sunshine Week: Bringing Secret Government Spending to Light": * * * Madame Chair Ernst, Ranking Member Markey and distinguished Senators, Thank you for the opportunity to testify. I want to commend this committee for holding a hearing about this timely - and timeless - topic that is deep more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Rep. Laura Gillen, D-New York, from a March 26, 2026, hearing on fiscal 2027 appropriations: * * * Chairman Rogers, Ranking Member Meng, and Members of the Subcommittee, Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to highlight how we can take action together - in a bipartisan way -- to help save lives. As you craft the CJS appropriat more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Rep Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, dated March 24, 2026, for a March 26, 2026, hearing on funding requests: * * * Dear Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Meng, thank you for the consideration of my submitted testimony on issues that fall under the jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science. I write to highl more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security released the following testimony by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Florida, from a March 26, 2026, hearing on funding requests: * * * Thank you, Chairman Amodei and Ranking Member Cuellar. It goes without saying that finding a path forward for DHS that also meets our security needs without sacrificing our values and ideals is one of the greatest challenges we face. I know we have many disagreements about how more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security released the following testimony by Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-New Mexico, from a March 26, 2026, hearing on fiscal 2027 funding requests: * * * Chairman Mark Amodei, Ranking Member Henry Cuellar, and distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify in front of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security. Need for a Path Forward Today marks the 40th day of the shutdown of the Departmen more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Rep. Jefferson Van Drew, R-New Jersey, from a March 26, 2026, hearing on funding requests: * * * Good Afternoon Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Meng. It is a pleasure to once again testify before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science. First, I want to briefly speak on my Community Project Funding requests below more PR