WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs released the following written testimony by Cole Lyle, national director of legislative affairs at the American Legion, from a June 30, 2026, hearing entitled "Memorializing our Veterans: Outreach, Upkeep, and Community Partnerships at Veterans Cemeteries": * * * Chairman Luttrell, Ranking Member McGarvey, and distinguished members of this subcommittee, on behalf of National Commander Dan K. Wiley, and more than 1.5 million dues-payin more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The Senate Armed Services Committee released the following testimony by Erich D. Hernandez-Baquero, President Trump's nominee to be assistant secretary of the Air Force for space acquisition and integration, from a July 14, 2026, confirmation hearing: * * * Good morning Chairman Wicker, Ranking Member Reed, and distinguished members of the committee. Thank you for the opportunity to appear before this committee and your enduring support of our national security interests in space. If confirmed, I would be honored to ser more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The Senate Finance Committee released the following testimony by Sriprakash Kothari, President Trump's nominee to be assistant secretary of the Treasury for economic policy, from a July 16, 2026, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Crapo, Ranking Member Wyden, and Members of the Committee: It is an honor to appear before you today as you consider my nomination to serve as an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. I would like to thank President Trump for this opportunity to serve our country, and Secretary Bessent for h more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The Senate Finance Committee released the following testimony by G. Hunter McMaster II, President Trump's nominee to be assistant secretary of the Treasury for financial markets, from a July 16, 2026, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Crapo, Ranking Member Wyden, and distinguished Members of the Committee: It is the highest honor of my life to appear before you today as the nominee of Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets at the United States Department of the Treasury. I would like to thank President Trump for more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets released the following testimony by Tom O'Neill, investigative journalist and author of "Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties", from a June 30, 2026, hearing entitled "Mind Control and Accountability: Uncovering the Truth of the CIA's MKULTRA Project": * * * Almost fifty years ago, in a building a short walk from here, the last hearings into MKULTRA were held. At those hearings, con more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets released the following testimony by Stephen Kinzer, senior fellow in international and public affairs at Brown University, from a June 30, 2026, hearing entitled "Mind Control and Accountability: Uncovering the Truth of the CIA's MKULTRA Project": * * * Let me begin by expressing my gratitude to this task force for confronting the enormous issue of over-classification of government documents and the culture of secre more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The Senate Finance Committee released the following testimony by Francis Brooke, President Trump's nominee to be deputy secretary of the Treasury, from a July 16, 2026, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Crapo, Ranking Member Wyden, and Members of the Committee, I am honored to be here with you as the nominee for Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Treasury. I would like to thank President Trump for nominating me, and I would like to thank Secretary Bessent for his confidence in me. I also want to thank the mem more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The Senate Armed Services Committee released the following testimony by Richard Matthew O'Malley, President Trump's nominee to be deputy under secretary of War for acquisition and sustainment, from a July 14, 2026, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Wicker, Ranking Member Reed, and distinguished members of the Committee: Good morning. Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today, and for your consideration of my nomination to serve as the Deputy Under Secretary of War for Acquisition and Sustainment. I am more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets released the following testimony by Elizabeth Ginexi, health research scientist and former scientific program official at the National Institutes of Health, from a June 30, 2026, hearing entitled "Mind Control and Accountability: Uncovering the Truth of the CIA's MKULTRA Project": * * * Chairman Luna, Ranking Member Crockett, and distinguished Members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify today. more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets released the following testimony by Elizabeth Ginexi, health research scientist and former scientific program official at the National Institutes of Health, from a June 30, 2026, hearing entitled "Mind Control and Accountability: Uncovering the Truth of the CIA's MKULTRA Project": * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 3) Recommendations * Restore and bolster the outputs of first-level peer review at NIH wherein expert p more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets released the following testimony by Elizabeth Ginexi, health research scientist and former scientific program official at the National Institutes of Health, from a June 30, 2026, hearing entitled "Mind Control and Accountability: Uncovering the Truth of the CIA's MKULTRA Project": * * * (Continued from Part 2 of 3) Three policy changes on foreign subawards in rapid succession, with no scientific rationale. The disr more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs released the following written testimony by Shane LaGrone, director of the Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs Cemetery Division, from a June 30, 2026, hearing entitled "Memorializing our Veterans: Outreach, Upkeep, and Community Partnerships at Veterans Cemeteries": * * * Thank you to Chairman Luttrell, Ranking Member McGarvey, and the honorable Members of this Subcommittee for inviting me as a witness at today's hearing. It is a more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The Senate Armed Services Committee released the following testimony by L. Roger Mason Jr., President Trump's nominee to be sirector of the National Reconnaissance Office, from a July 14, 2026, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Wicker, Ranking Member Reed, and distinguished members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today and to consider my nomination to be the Director of the National Reconnaissance Office. I want thank President Trump and Secretary Hegseth for their trust and conf more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government released the following testimony by Supreme Court of the U.S. Associate Justice Elena Kagan from a July 14, 2026, hearing on the fiscal 2027 budget request: * * * Chairman Hagerty, Ranking Member Reed, Chair Collins, Ranking Member Murray, and Members of the Subcommittee. Thank you for giving Justice Barrett and me the opportunity to present the Supreme Court's fiscal year 2027 budget request. I would like to note at the outset how ap more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The Senate Armed Services Committee released the following written testimony by Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Schiess, President Trump's nominee to be chief of space operations of the U.S. Space Force, from a July 16, 2026, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Wicker, Ranking Member Reed, and the distinguished members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you as the President's nominee to serve as the next Chief of Space Operations of the United States Space Force. I am grateful for the confidence place more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The Senate Finance Committee released the following testimony by Erin Browne, President Trump's nominee to be under secretary of the Treasury for international affairs, from a July 16, 2026, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Crapo, Ranking Member Wyden, and distinguished Members of this Committee: I am deeply grateful to President Trump for his confidence in me and for his leadership in restoring an America First economic agenda that puts American workers, American industry, and American strength at the center of in more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The Senate Armed Services Committee released the following testimony by Jules W. Hurst III, President Trump's nominee to be under secretary of War comptroller and CFO, from a July 14, 2026, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Wicker, Ranking Member Reed, and Distinguished Members of the Armed Services Committee, it is an honor to appear before you today as President Trump's nominee to be the Under Secretary of War Comptroller and Chief Financial Officer. I am grateful to the President, Secretary Hegseth, and Deputy Sec more PR