WASHINGTON, May 26 -- The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Matthew Leffler, vice president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 1699 at the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center, Pennsylvania, from a May 13, 2026, hearing entitled "Protecting Those Who Served: A Review of VA Police Operations": * * * Chairman Moran, Ranking Member Blumenthal, and Members of the Committee: Thank you for inviting the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) to participate in today's hearing on "Prote more PR

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Reginald G.A. Neal, assistant secretary of Veterans Affairs for operations, security and preparedness, from a May 13, 2026, hearing entitled "Protecting Those Who Served: A Review of VA Police Operations": * * * Chairman Moran, Ranking Member Blumenthal, and Members of the Committee, thank you for this opportunity to provide an overview of the VA Police force and our plan to improve how it serves and protects Veterans, families, caregivers, surviv more PR

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging released the following written testimony by Rebecca Preve, executive director of the Association on Aging in New York, Albany, from a May 13, 2026, hearing entitled "Caught in the Middle: Supporting Families in the Sandwich Generation": * * * Chair Scott, Ranking Member Gillibrand, and Members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify on the vital issue of family caregiving in the United States. I am the Executive Director of the Association on Aging in New York Sta more PR

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee released the following testimony by Donald K. Sherman, president and CEO of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, from a May 20, 2026, hearing entitled "Blowing the Whistle: Inside the Grift that Keeps Giving": * * * Chair Ernst, Ranking Member Markey and members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on the dangers that fraud poses to small businesses. My name is Donald Sherman, and I am the President and CEO of Citizens for Re more PR

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- The House Foreign Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Tom Malinowski, former assistant secretary of State for democracy, human rights and labor, from a May 20, 2026, hearing entitled "FY2027 Budget Request: State Department Adjacent Entities": * * * Chairman Mast, Ranking member Meeks, and to all my friends on both sides of this Committee, thank you for inviting me to testify. It's always good to be with you in this room. As many of you know, I wasn't born in the United States. I emigrated here with my more PR

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee released the following written testimony by Triana McNeil, director of homeland security and justice at the Government Accountability Office, from a May 13, 2026, hearing entitled "Protecting Those Who Served: A Review of VA Police Operations": * * * Chairman Moran, Ranking Member Blumenthal, and Members of the Committee: I am pleased to be here today to discuss our work examining Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) challenges with securing medical facilities. VA oversees the large more PR

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution released the following written testimony by Edward Dean Greim, partner at Graves Garrett Greim, Kansas City, Missouri, from a May 19, 2026, hearing entitled "Enforcing Callais: Implementing the Supreme Court's Command Against Racial Gerrymandering": * * * Chairman Schmitt, Ranking Member Welch, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you regarding the enforcement of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Louisiana v. Callais, 608 more PR

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- The House Foreign Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Inter-American Foundation President and CEO Sara Aviel from a May 20, 2026, hearing entitled "FY2027 Budget Request: State Department Adjacent Entities": * * * Chairman Mast, Ranking Member Meeks, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on behalf of the Inter-American Foundation and share how we advance US interests and align with the Administration's agenda. I want to thank the Committee for its ongoing bipartisan supp more PR

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- The House Judiciary Committee released the following testimony by Maya Wiley, president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, from a May 20, 2026, hearing entitled "The Southern Poverty Law Center: Manufacturing Hate": * * * Thank you, Chairman Jordan and Ranking Member Raskin. My name is Maya Wiley. I am the daughter of civil rights leaders, and I am president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the nation's oldest and largest civil rights coalition, founded in 1950. more PR

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging released the following testimony by Josh Protas, chief advocacy and policy officer for Meals on Wheels America, Arlington, Virginia, from a May 13, 2026, hearing entitled "Caught in the Middle: Supporting Families in the Sandwich Generation": * * * Good afternoon, Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Gillibrand, and esteemed Members of the Committee. Thank you for the opportunity to testify before you at this hearing on the important topic of caregiving and the support needs of families in more PR

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging released the following testimony by Jason Resendez, president and CEO of the National Alliance for Caregiving, from a May 13, 2026, hearing entitled "Caught in the Middle: Supporting Families in the Sandwich Generation": * * * Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Gillibrand, and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to speak today about the crisis facing America's sandwich generation caregivers -- the millions of Americans caring for their children and an adult at the sam more PR

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- The House Foreign Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Damon Wilson, president and CEO of the National Endowment for Democracy, from a May 20, 2026, hearing entitled "FY2027 Budget Request: State Department Adjacent Entities": * * * Chairman Mast, Ranking Member Meeks, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify before this Committee. On behalf of NED's Board of Directors, staff, and thousands of democratic partners around the world, we appreciate the Committee's longstanding b more PR

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence and the Internet released the following testimony by William G. Ross, professor of law and ethics at the Samford University Cumberland School of Law, from a May 21, 2026, hearing entitled "Court Packing: A Threat to the Supreme Court's Legitimacy": * * * My name is William G. Ross. I am the Albert P. Brewer Professor of Law and Ethics at the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, where I have taught  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence and the Internet released the following testimony by Gene Schaerr, partner at Schaerr Jaffe LLP, from a May 21, 2026, hearing entitled "Court Packing: A Threat to the Supreme Court's Legitimacy": * * * Chairman Issa, Ranking Member Johnson, Chairman Jordan, Ranking Member Raskin, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, thank you for this opportunity to address recent proposals for "packing" the U.S. Supreme Court--an issue o more PR

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging released the following testimony by Karla Radka, president and CEO of the Senior Resource Alliance, Orlando, Florida, from a May 13, 2026, hearing entitled "Caught in the Middle: Supporting Families in the Sandwich Generation": * * * Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Gillibrand, and distinguished Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to be here today. My name is Karla Radka, and I serve as President and CEO of the Senior Resource Alliance, the Area Agency on Aging for  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Veterans Affairs' Secretary Doug Collins from a May 21, 2026, hearing on the fiscal 2027 budget request: * * * Chairman Carter, Ranking Member Wasserman Schultz, and distinguished Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today on the Department of Veterans Affairs' fiscal year (FY) 2027 budget request. Since taking office, I have had the privilege of meeti more PR

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations released the following written testimony by Thomas W. Harker, deputy CFO for the U.S. Department of War, from a May 13, 2026, hearing entitled "DoW Financial Management: Examining Progress and New Audit Approaches": * * * Chairman Sessions, Ranking Member Mfume, and distinguished members, I appreciate the opportunity to testify about the Department of War plan to get a clean opinion on the FY 2028 agency wide financial statement audit. Thank  more PR