WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The Senate Finance Committee released the following written testimony by Internal Revenue Service CEO Frank J. Bisignano from an April 15, 2026, hearing entitled "IRS 2026 Filing Season and IRS Operations": * * * Chairman Crapo, Ranking Member Wyden and Members of the Committee, I appear before you as the Chief Executive Officer of the Internal Revenue Service to discuss the 2026 tax filing season and IRS operations. The Working Families Tax Cuts Act (WFTC or PL 119-21) more PR

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released the following written testimony by Holly Bamford, chief conservation officer of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, from an April 15, 2026, hearing entitled "Examining Restoration Efforts in the Great Lakes Region": * * * Chair Capito, Ranking Member Whitehouse, and distinguished Members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify before this Committee on the Great Lakes Restoration Initiat more PR

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released the following written testimony by Ohio Natural Resources Department Director Mary Mertz from an April 15, 2026, hearing entitled "Examining Restoration Efforts in the Great Lakes Region": * * * Good morning, Chairman Capito, Ranking Member Whitehouse, and members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. My name is Mary Mertz, and I am the Director of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). more PR

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released the following written testimony by Christopher Winslow, director of the Ohio State University Sea Grant Program and Stone Laboratory, from an April 15, 2026, hearing entitled "Examining Restoration Efforts in the Great Lakes Region": * * * Chair Capito, Ranking Member Whitehouse, and Members of the Committee on Environment and Public Works: Thank you for the opportunity to provide testimony on the importance of  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Senate Budget Committee released the following testimony by Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought from an April 16, 2026, hearing entitled "The President's Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Proposal": * * * Chairman Graham, Ranking Member Merkley, and members of the committee--thank you for having me here today to testify on the President's Budget request for fiscal year 2027. I look forward to a productive conversation on how to continue the fiscal progress more PR

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere released the following testimony by Ambassador Michael Kozak, senior official of the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, from an April 16, 2026, hearing entitled "Latin America After the Fall of Maduro": * * * Chairwoman Salazar, Ranking Member Castro, distinguished members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today on how our engagement in the Wes more PR