WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following written testimony by American Rivers CEO and President Tom Kiernan from a June 10, 2026, hearing on the oversight of the Colorado River Basin and future operations decisions: * * * Chairman Lee, Ranking Member Heinrich, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today on matters related to the Colorado River basin. My name is Tom Kiernan, and I am the CEO and President of American Rivers. Prior to my time at this organiza more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee released the following written testimony by American Samoa Gov. Pula'ali'i Nikolao Iuli Tuiteleleapaga Pula from a June 17, 2026, hearing on the state of the U.S. territories: * * * Chairman Lee, Ranking Member Heinrich, and distinguished Members of the Committee: Talofa Lava and warm greetings from the people of American Samoa. Thank you for the invitation to submit written testimony regarding the opportunities, challenges, and strategic importance of American Samoa. O more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines and Safety released the following testimony by Chris Spear, president and CEO of the American Trucking Associations, from a June 9, 2026, hearing entitled "The Need for Speed: How Technological Advances are Driving Transportation Innovation": * * * Chairman Young, Ranking Member Peters, and members of the Subcommittee, I am grateful for the opportunity to testify today on the key issues facing the trucking industry more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following testimony by Andrea Travnicek, assistant secretary of the Interior for water and science, from a June 10, 2026, hearing on the oversight of the Colorado River Basin and future operations decisions: * * * Chairman Lee, Ranking Member Heinrich, and Members of the Committee, I am Andrea Travnicek, Assistant Secretary for Water and Science at the U.S. Department of the Interior (Department). Thank you for the opportunity to provide an update on drought i more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines and Safety released the following testimony by Ian Jefferies, president and CEO of the Association of American Railroads, from a June 9, 2026, hearing entitled "The Need for Speed: How Technological Advances are Driving Transportation Innovation": * * * On behalf of the members of the Association of American Railroads (AAR), thank you for the opportunity to testify before the Committee. AAR freight railroad members more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Bryan Mercier, director of the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs, from a June 3, 2026, hearing on the Quapaw Tribal Settlement Act (S. 630), Quinault Indian Nation Land Transfer Act (S. 1514), Albuquerque Indian School Act (S. 3219), Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation Land Exchange Act (S. 2796), Pit River Land Transfer Act (S. 2871), and the Akwesasne Mohawk Land Claim (S. 3475): * * * Chairman Murkowski, Vice Chairman Schatz,  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution released the following testimony by George Fishman, senior legal fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, from a June 3, 2026, hearing entitled "Protecting American Citizenship III: Denaturalization and its Constitutional Limits": * * * Chairman Schmitt and Ranking Member Welch, I am honored to have the opportunity to testify before you and the other Members of the Subcommittee today regarding denaturalization and its constitutional limits. Naturalization The more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution released the following testimony by George Fishman, senior legal fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, from a June 3, 2026, hearing entitled "Protecting American Citizenship III: Denaturalization and its Constitutional Limits": * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 2) They considered that, if loyalty was unable to stand the test of an armed conflict against the naturalized person's country of origin, it was absent from the beginning. In most World War II cases in  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution released the following testimony by Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II, senior fellow for immigration and homeland security at the Center for Renewing America, Spotsylvania, Virginia, from a June 3, 2026, hearing entitled "Protecting American Citizenship III: Denaturalization and its Constitutional Limits": * * * Thank you, Mr. Chairman. American citizenship is the most valuable immigration benefit this nation confers. It is what the Supreme Court has called a "priceless trea more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following testimony by Amy Haas, executive director of the Colorado River Authority of Utah, from a June 10, 2026, hearing on the oversight of the Colorado River Basin and future operations decisions: * * * Chairman Lee, Ranking Member Heinrich, and Members of the Committee: thank you for the opportunity to testify this morning. My name is Amy Haas. I am the Executive Director of the Colorado River Authority of Utah, and I have spent almost two decades workin more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Education and the American Family released the following written testimony by Delaware Education Secretary Cynthia Marten from a June 16, 2026, hearing entitled "Future of K-12 Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence": * * * Chairman Tuberville, Ranking Member Blunt Rochester, and members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify today about one of the most important questions facing education today: how we ensure that artificia more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee released the following testimony by Guam Gov. Lourdes 'Lou' Leon Guerrero from a June 17, 2026, hearing on the state of the U.S. territories: * * * Hafa Adai, Chairman Lee, Ranking Member Heinrich, and Members of the Committee. Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you on behalf of the people of Guam. I have testified before committees like this many times over the past seven years. As I near the conclusion of my time as Governor, I do not know how many more o more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Education and the American Family released the following written testimony by Erin Mote, CEO and co-founder of InnovateEDU, Brooklyn, New York, from a June 16, 2026, hearing entitled "The Future of K-12 Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence": * * * Chairman Tuberville, Ranking Member Blunt Rochester, and distinguished members of the HELP Committee, thank you for convening this critical hearing and for initiating this timely conversation on the ra more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines and Safety released the following testimony by Laura Chace, president and CEO of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America, from a June 9, 2026, hearing entitled "The Need for Speed: How Technological Advances are Driving Transportation Innovation": * * * Chairman Young, Ranking Member Peters, full committee Chairman Cruz, Ranking Member Cantwell, and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportuni more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following written testimony by William Hasencamp, manager of Colorado River resources for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, from a June 10, 2026, hearing on the oversight of the Colorado River Basin and future operations: * * * Chair Lee, Ranking Member Heinrich, Senator Padilla, and other members of the Committee, I appreciate the opportunity to testify today. Metropolitan has a long history of developing partnerships on the Colorado Riv more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee released the following written testimony by Northern Mariana Islands Gov. David M. Apatang from a June 17, 2026, hearing on the state of the U.S. territories: * * * Hafa Adai, Tirow, Chairman Lee, Ranking Member Heinrich, and members of the Committee. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to provide testimony on behalf of the people of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Please accept my regrets that I am unable to attend this important hearing in perso more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee released the following testimony by Pete Bevacqua, vice president and director of athletics at Notre Dame, from a June 3, 2026, hearing entitled "Protecting College Sports: Supporting Student Athletes, Restoring Fair Competition, and Saving the Games Fans Love": * * * Thank you, Chairman Cruz, Ranking Member Cantwell, and distinguished Members of the Committee. I am honored to have this opportunity to represent the University of Notre Dame, our student-athletes, more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee released the following written testimony by Pac-12 Commissioner Teresa Gould from a June 3, 2026, hearing entitled "Protecting College Sports: Supporting Student Athletes, Restoring Fair Competition, and Saving the Games Fans Love": * * * 1. Witness Introduction & Opening Statement Chairman Cruz, Ranking Member Cantwell, and distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today regarding the future of college athletics, an indust more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee released the following written testimony by Puerto Rico Gov. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon from a June 17, 2026, hearing on the state of the U.S. territories: * * * Chairman Lee, Ranking Member Heinrich, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to discuss the significant progress we have achieved for Puerto Rico during the first eighteen months of my administration, as well as our ongoing work to address the most pressing challenges facing the island's 3.2  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Education and the American Family released the following testimony by Joshua Jones, CEO of QuantHub, Birmingham, Alabama, from a June 16, 2026, hearing entitled "Future of K-12 Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence": * * * Chairman Tuberville, Ranking Member Rochester, members of the Subcommittee -- thank you for the opportunity to testify today. I'm Joshua Jones, CEO of QuantHub, an Alabama-based company that builds AI and data literacy curricu more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee released the following testimony by Cole Scandaglia, deputy director of Political and Legislative Action at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, from a June 9, 2026, hearing entitled "The Need for Speed: How Technological Advances are Driving Transportation Innovation": * * * Chairman Young, Ranking Member Peters, and members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today on "The Need for Speed: How Technological Advances are Driving T more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution released the following testimony by Peter J. Spiro, law professor at Temple University, from a June 3, 2026, hearing entitled "Protecting American Citizenship III: Denaturalization and its Constitutional Limits": * * * Chairman Schmitt, Ranking Member Welch, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for the invitation to testify before the Subcommittee today about constitutional constraints on denaturalization. Any consideration of denaturalization m more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released the following testimony by Brian Nesvik, director of the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, from a June 10, 2026, hearing on the fiscal 2027 budget request: * * * Good morning, Chairman Capito, Ranking Member Whitehouse, and members of the Committee. I am Brian Nesvik, Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) within the Department of the Interior (Department). Thank you for the opportunity to testify in support of Presiden more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee released the following testimony by John Crockett, deputy chief of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, from a June 3, 2026, hearing on the Quinault Indian Nation Land Transfer Act (S. 1514), Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation Land Exchange Act (S. 2796), and the Pit River Land Transfer Act (S. 2871): * * * Chairwoman Murkowski, Ranking Member Schatz, and Member of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to provide testimony on S. 1514, S. 2796 and S. 2871, which woul more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee released the following written testimony by U.S. Virgin Islands Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. from a June 17, 2026, hearing on the state of the U.S. territories: * * * Good morning Chairman Lee, Ranking Member Heinrich, and members of the Committee: On behalf of the people of the U.S. Virgin Islands, thank you all for the opportunity to appear before you today. The more than 87,000 American citizens I represent are full citizens of the United States--we serve in the military, p more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee released the following written testimony by Nick Saban, former head football coach at the University of Alabama, from a June 3, 2026, hearing entitled "Protecting College Sports: Supporting Student Athletes, Restoring Fair Competition, and Saving the Games Fans Love": * * * Chairman Cruz, Ranking Member Cantwell, and members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify. I'm not representing any conference or any team; I'm just a former college coac more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee released the following written testimony by Gordon Gee, president emeritus at West Virginia University, from a June 3, 2026, hearing entitled "Protecting College Sports: Supporting Student Athletes, Restoring Fair Competition, and Saving the Games Fans Love": * * * Chairman Cruz, Ranking Member Cantwell, and members of the committee, I am honored to appear before you in support of the Protect College Sports Act. I do so out of genuine concern for America's univer more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following testimony by Sublette County (Wyoming) rancher Mike Vickrey from a June 10, 2026, hearing on the oversight of the Colorado River Basin and future operations decisions: * * * My name is Mike Vickrey; I am a fifth-generation rancher from the headwaters of the Green River in Sublette County, Wyoming. In the late 1800's ranchers started developing irrigation in our area. With irrigation came the ability to produce harvestable feedstuffs that could make r more PR