WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party released the following written testimony by Yusuf Mahmood, director of AI and emerging technology at the America First Policy Institute, from an April 16, 2026, hearing entitled "China's Campaign to Steal America's AI Edge": * * * Executive Summary China is a fast-following adversary in artificial intelligence with grand ambitions to overtake the United States by 20 more PR

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The House Agriculture Committee released the following testimony by Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Michael S. Selig from an April 16, 2026, hearing on financial market modernization: * * * Chairman Thompson, Ranking Member Craig, and Members of the Committee: thank you for the opportunity to testify here today. Just over a hundred days ago, I was sworn in as the 16th Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. During my November confirmation h more PR

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on East Asia and Pacific released the following testimony by Arun Venkataraman, partner at Covington and Burling LLP, former assistant secretary of Commerce for global markets and director general of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, from an April 15, 2026, hearing entitled "Helping American Businesses Win Abroad: Strengthening U.S. Commercial Diplomacy": * * * Chairman Mast, Ranking Member Meeks, Members of the Committee, t more PR

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch released the following testimony by Government Publishing Office Director Hugh N. Halpern from an April 15, 2026, hearing entitled "A Review of the Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Requests for the Congressional Budget Office, Government Publishing Office, and the Government Accountability Office": * * * Chairman Fischer, Ranking Member Heinrich, and Members of the Subcommittee, I am honored to appear before the Su more PR

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Coast Guard Rear Adm. Christopher J. Tomney (ret.), director of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Office of Homeland Security Situational Awareness, from an April 15, 2026, joint hearing with the Subcommittee on Homeland Security entitled "A Review of Preparations for the FIFA World Cup 2026": * * * Good morning, Chairman Moran, Chairwoma more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations released the following written testimony by Robert A. Westbrooks, international independent fraud and anticorruption expert, and former director of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, from an April 15, 2026, hearing entitled "Fraud Prevention: Understanding Fraud in Federally Funded Programs Run by the States": * * * Chairman Sessions, Ranking Member Mfume, Members of the Subcomm more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party released the following testimony by Kyle I. Chan, Fellow at the Brookings Institution John L. Thornton China Center, from an April 16, 2026, hearing entitled "China's Campaign to Steal America's AI Edge": * * * Chairman Moolenaar, Ranking Member Khanna, and distinguished Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on the U.S.-China AI competiti more PR

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity released the following testimony by Julie Howell, associate legislative director of the Paralyzed Veterans of America, from an April 16, 2026, hearing entitled "Bounce Houses, Drones, and Massage Chairs: A Review of VA's Purchase History in the Veteran Readiness and Employment Program": * * * Chairman Van Orden, Ranking Member Pappas, and members of the subcommittee, Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA), ap more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Rep. Abraham Hamadeh, R-Arizona, from an April 15, 2026, hearing entitled "Faster Decisions, Stronger Outcomes: VA's Work to Streamline the Disability Claims Backlog": * * * Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to start by saying something that does not get said enough in these hearings. The men and women at the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) who are processing these claims every day deserve r more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party released the following written testimony by Dmitri Alperovitch, executive chairman and co-founder of Silverado Policy Accelerator, from an April 16, 2026, hearing entitled "China's Campaign to Steal America's AI Edge": * * * Chairman Moolenaar, Ranking Member Khanna, and distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today on how Chi more PR

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity released the following testimony by Margarita Devlin, principal deputy undersecretary of Veterans Affairs performing the duties of the under secretary for benefits at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Benefits Administration, from an April 16, 2026, hearing entitled "Bounce Houses, Drones, and Massage Chairs: A Review of VA's Purchase History in the Veteran Readiness and Employment Program":  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Margarita Devlin, principal deputy under secretary at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Benefits Administration, from an April 15, 2026, hearing entitled "Faster Decisions, Stronger Outcomes: VA's Work to Streamline the Disability Claims Backlog": * * * Good morning, Chairman Bost, Ranking Member Takano, and distinguished Members of the Committee. Thank you for the opportunity to ap more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Ryan Gallucci, executive director of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S., from an April 15, 2026, hearing entitled "Faster Decisions, Stronger Outcomes: VA's Work to Streamline the Disability Claims Backlog": * * * Chairman Bost, Ranking Member Takano and Members of the Committee: The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW) appreciates the opportunity to submit this statement for more PR

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Doug Olson, special agent in charge of the FBI Portland, Oregon, Field Office, and the senior coordinating official on the White House FIFA Task Force, from an April 15, 2026, joint hearing with the Subcommittee on Homeland Security entitled "A Review of Preparations for the FIFA World Cup 2026": * * * Chair Moran, Chair Britt, Ranking Member Va more PR