WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces and House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation released the following testimony by Jason Potter, principal civilian deputy assistant secretary of the Navy, performing the duties of assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition, from an April 22, 2026, joint hearing entitled "Revitalizing Shipbuilding and the Maritime Industrial Base": * * * Chairman Kelly, Ranking Memb more PR

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions released the following testimony by Hannah Anderson, director of Healthy America Policy at the America First Policy Institute, from an April 22, 2026, hearing entitled "Profits Over Patients: The PBM Business Model Under Scrutiny." PBM stands for pharmacy benefit manager. * * * Chairman Allen, Ranking Member DeSaulnier, and members of the subcommittee. Thank you for inviting me to discuss legislation to codify the President's Great more PR

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence and the Internet released the following written testimony by John Delli Venneri, general counsel of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, from an April 21, 2026, hearing entitled "Protecting U.S. Leadership in Codes Development and Enhancing Public Access": * * * Chairman Issa, Ranking Member Johnson, and Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify today. I am John Delli Venneri, General Counsel more PR

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands released the following testimony by Mike Passo, executive director of American Trails, Marshfield, Wisconsin, who appeared on behalf of both his organization and the Accessibility Coalition, from an April 22, 2026, hearing entitled "EXPLORE America250: Enhancing Accessibility at our National Parks and Public Lands": * * * Dear Chairman Westerman, Chairman Tiffany, and Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for the opportunity to submit testimony on behalf of Ame more PR

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies and Innovation released the following testimony by Katherine Sutton, Assistant Secretary of War for Cyber Policy and Principal Cyber Advisor to the Secretary of War, from an April 21, 2026, hearing on Cyber Posture: * * * Chairman Bacon, Ranking Member Khanna, and distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for the invitation to testify to discuss the Department of War's (DoW) cyber posture and how we intend to operationalize the Department more PR

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The House Armed Services Committee released the following testimony by John Noh, Assistant Secretary of War for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, from an April 22, 2026, hearing entitled "U.S. Military Posture and National Security Challenges in the Indo-Pacific Region": * * * Chairman Rogers, Ranking Member Smith, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity today to discuss how the Department of War is preserving a favorable balance of power in the Indo-Pacific and implementing President Trump's common-se more PR

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces released the following testimony by Robert Kadlec, Assistant Secretary of War for Nuclear Deterrence, Chemical, and Biological Defense, Policy and Programs, from an April 22, 2026, hearing on the fiscal 2027 budget request: * * * Chairman DesJarlais, Ranking Member Moulton, and distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify to you again on our Nation's nuclear deterrent. The 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS) and 2026 Nat more PR

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces released the following testimony by Eric J. Labs, senior analyst for naval forces and weapons at the Congressional Budget Office, from an April 22, 2026, joint hearing with the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation entitled "Revitalizing Shipbuilding and the Maritime Industrial Base": * * * Chairman Ezell, Chairman Kelly, Ranking Member Carbajal, and Ranking Member Courtney, thank you for in more PR

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The House Homeland Security Committee released the following testimony by Marimar Martinez, a Chicago, Illinois, resident, who sustained multiple gunshot wounds on October 4, 2025, from a Border Patrol agent during a neighborhood incident, from an April 22, 2026, hearing entitled "Funding Lapse and Security Gaps: Assessing the Harmful Impacts of the DHS Shutdown on Americans, Part II." DHS is the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. * * * My name is Marimar Martinez. I am here not only as a survivor of this Administra more PR

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence and the Internet released the following testimony by Copyright Alliance CEO Keith Kupferschmid from an April 21, 2026, hearing entitled "Protecting U.S. Leadership in Codes Development and Enhancing Public Access": * * * Chairman, Ranking Member, and distinguished Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss Protecting U.S. Leadership in Codes Development and Enhancing Public A more PR

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces and House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation released the following testimony by Stephen Carmel, administrator of the U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration, from an April 22, 2026, joint hearing entitled "Revitalizing Shipbuilding and the Maritime Industrial Base": * * * Good afternoon, Chairman Kelly, Ranking Member Courtney, Chairman Ezell, Ranking Member Carbajal and Memb more PR

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands released the following testimony by Joe Stone, co-owner of Dovetail Trail Consulting, Jackson, Wyoming, from an April 22, 2026, hearing entitled "EXPLORE America250: Enhancing Accessibility at our National Parks and Public Lands": * * * Chair, members of the committee; thank you for the opportunity to be here. My name is Joe Stone. I am a co-owner of Dovetail Trail Consulting; I am also a person with a C7 spinal cord injury. I have been using a wheelchair for  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The House Homeland Security Committee released the following testimony by Rev. David Black, senior pastor and head of staff at the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, from an April 22, 2026, hearing entitled "Funding Lapse and Security Gaps: Assessing the Harmful Impacts of the DHS Shutdown on Americans, Part II." DHS is the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. * * * Chairman Garbarino, Ranking Member Thompson, and Members of the Committee, My name is Rev. David Black, and I am the Senior Pastor serving The First Pr more PR

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement and Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection released the following testimony by Cynthia Kaiser, senior vice president of the Halcyon Ransomware Research Center, and former deputy assistant director of the FBI Cyber Division, from an April 21, 2026, joint hearing entitled "Online Scams, Crypto Fraud, and Digital Extortion: An Examination of How Transnational Criminal Networks Target Americans": * * * I. Introduction Chairman more PR

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement and Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection released the following testimony by Joshua M. Bercu, executive director of the Industry Traceback Group, and senior vice president of policy at USTelecom - The Broadband Association, from an April 21, 2026, joint hearing entitled "Online Scams, Crypto Fraud, and Digital Extortion: An Examination of How Transnational Criminal Networks Target Americans": * * * I. Introduction Chairm more PR

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The House Homeland Security Committee released the following testimony by Iraq combat veteran George Retes, who was wrongfully detained by federal agents during an immigration raid, from an April 22, 2026, hearing entitled "Funding Lapse and Security Gaps: Assessing the Harmful Impacts of the DHS Shutdown on Americans, Part II." DHS is the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. * * * Chairman Garbarino, Ranking Member Thompson, and distinguished members of the Committee: I appreciate the opportunity to appear before y more PR

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence and the Internet released the following testimony by Jim Pauley, president and CEO of the National Fire Protection Association, from an April 21, 2026, hearing entitled "Protecting U.S. Leadership in Codes Development and Enhancing Public Access": * * * Chairman Issa, Ranking Member Johnson, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee -- thank you for the opportunity to submit this testimony on behalf of the National Fire Prote more PR

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence and the Internet released the following testimony by Jonathan Band, principal of Policybandwidth, on behalf of the Library Copyright Alliance, from an April 21, 2026, hearing entitled "Protecting U.S. Leadership in Codes Development and Enhancing Public Access": * * * Chairman Issa, Ranking Member Johnson, and Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for the opportunity to share the library perspective on the Pro Codes Act. I repr more PR

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The House Armed Services Committee released the following testimony by Army Gen. Xavier Brunson, commander of the United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command and U.S. Forces Korea, from an April 22, 2026, hearing entitled "U.S. Military Posture and National Security Challenges in the Indo-Pacific Region": * * * Chairman Rogers, Ranking Member Smith, and Distinguished Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to provide a written statement on the security environment in the Republic of Korea (ROK) and  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies and Innovation released the following testimony by Army Gen. Joshua Rudd, commander of the U.S. Cyber Command, director of the National Security Agency, and chief of the Central Security Service, from an April 21, 2026, hearing entitled "Cyber Posture of the Department of Defense": * * * Chairman Bacon, Ranking Member Khanna, and distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you for the privilege of representing the men and women of U.S. Cyber more PR

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Rose Carmen Goldberg, director of the Veterans Clinic and associate teaching professor at the University of Washington School of Law, from an April 15, 2026, hearing entitled "Programs for Justice-Involved Veterans": * * * Chairman Moran, Ranking Member Blumenthal, and members of the Committee, I thank you for the opportunity to testify today on the pressing topic of how we can better serve justice-involved veterans. My name is Rose Carmen Gold more PR

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces and House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation released the following testimony by Rear Adm. Mike E. Campbell, director of systems integration and chief acquisitions officer of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard, from an April 22, 2026, joint hearing entitled "Revitalizing Shipbuilding and the Maritime Industrial Base": * * * Chairman Kelly, Chairman Ezell, Ranking Member Courtn more PR

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces released the following testimony by Air Force Gen. Dale R. White, direct reporting portfolio manager for critical major weapon systems at the War Department, from an April 22, 2026, hearing on the fiscal 2027 budget request: * * * Chairman DesJarlais, Ranking Member Moulton, and distinguished members of the committee, on behalf of the Secretary of War, the Honorable Pete Hegseth, and the Deputy Secretary of War, the Honorable Steve Feinberg, I thank you for the  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The House Homeland Security Committee released the following testimony by Woodbury, Minnesota, business owner Ryan Ecklund from an April 22, 2026, hearing entitled "Funding Lapse and Security Gaps: Assessing the Harmful Impacts of the DHS Shutdown on Americans, Part II." DHS is the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. * * * Chair, Ranking Member, and members of the Committee--My name is Ryan Ecklund. I'm a lifelong Minnesota resident, a business owner, a husband, a father--and a United States citizen. On January 7th  more PR