HOT SPRINGS, Arkansas, June 18 -- The House Natural Resources Committee released the following testimony by actor and director Kevin Costner from a June 12, 2026, field hearing on a discussion draft of the Great American Outdoors Act 250: * * * Members of Congress, Chairman Westerman, and members of the Hot Springs community, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today. My name is Kevin Costner, and I have spent much of my life telling stories about the American landscape, our wildlife, and the people who understood in some myt more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs released the following testimony by Senior Program Manager Brian Berube, on behalf of the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, from a June 9, 2026, hearing on the Veterinary Services to Improve Public Health in Rural Communities Act (H.R. 8473): * * * Chairman Hurd, Ranking Member Fernandez, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to provide written testimony on H.R. 8473, the Veterinary Services to Improve Public Health in  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries released the following testimony by William Gibbons-Fly, executive director of the American Tunaboat Association, from a June 3, 2026, hearing on legislation to provide for the regulation of fishing in marine national monuments (H.R. 8904): * * * Chair Hageman, Ranking Member Hoyle, distinguished members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify before you this afternoon. I am William Gibbons-Fly, Executive Director of the Americ more PR

HOT SPRINGS, Arkansas, June 18 -- The House Natural Resources Committee released the following testimony by Katherine Andrews, director of the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism Office of Outdoor Recreation, from a June 12, 2026, field hearing on a discussion draft of the Great American Outdoors Act 250: * * * Good morning Chairman Westerman, Ranking Member Huffman, and members of the committee. Thank you for inviting me to be with you today. My name is Katherine Andrews, and I serve as the Director of Arkansas' Office of Out more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries released the following testimony by Blue Water Fishermen's Association President Marty Scanlon from a June 3, 2026, hearing on legislation to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide for the regulation of fishing in marine national monuments (H.R. 8904): * * * Chair Hageman, Ranking Member Hoyle, distinguished Members of this Subcommittee - and especially Congresswoman Radewagen - thank you for holding this hea more PR

HOT SPRINGS, Arkansas, June 18 -- The House Natural Resources Committee released the following testimony by Cole McCaskill, interim president and CEO of the Greater Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce, from a June 12, 2026, field hearing on a discussion draft of the Great American Outdoors Act 250: * * * Welcome to all of our distinguished guests. And thank you for being here. On behalf of Hot Springs, we are so proud to have Hot Springs National Park in our front yard and Ouachita National Forest in our backyard. These are world class institutio more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs released the following testimony by Las Vegas Paiute Tribe Chairman Benny Tso from a June 9, 2026, hearing on legislation to take certain federally owned lands into trust for the benefit of the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe (H.R. 6917): * * * Good morning, Chairman, Ranking Member, and Members of the Subcommittee. My name is Benny Tso, and I am Chairman of the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe, located in the Las Vegas Valley of Southern Nevada. Thank you for the opp more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries released the following written testimony by marine ecologist and fisheries scientist Alan M. Friedlander from a June 3, 2026, hearing on legislation to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide for the regulation of fishing in marine national monuments (H.R. 8904). Friedlander is also the former chief scientist of National Geographic Pristine Seas. * * * Executive Summary I am a marine ecologist and fisheries s more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs released the following testimony by Rodney Butler, board president of the Native American Finance Officers Association, from a June 9, 2026, hearing on the Tribal Regulatory Reform Implementation Act (H.R. 8954). Butler is also the the chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation. * * * Greetings Chairman Hurd, Ranking Member Leger Fernandez, and Members of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs. Thank you for the more PR

HOT SPRINGS, Arkansas, June 18 -- The House Natural Resources Committee released the following testimony by Chris French, associate chief of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, from a June 12, 2026, field hearing on a discussion draft of the Great American Outdoors Act 250: * * * Chairman Westerman, Ranking Member Huffman, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to present the views of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regarding implementation of the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA). On August 4,  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands released the following testimony by Tom Schultz, chief of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, from a June 4, 2026, hearing entitled "The State of Our Nation's Federal Forests and Outlook for the 2026 Wildfire Year": * * * Chairman Tiffany, Ranking Member Neguse, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the Forest Service's current priorities and recent accomplishments. The Forest Service  more PR