WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abuses released the following written testimony by Michael Shires, vice chair of education opportunity and senior policy officer at the America First Policy Institute, from a July 14, 2026, hearing entitled "Combating DEI in American Institutions." DEI stands for diversity, equity, and inclusion. * * * Chairman Gill, Ranking Member Simon, and members of the task force, thank you for the opportunit more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs released the following testimony by Charles Addington, principal director of the Office of Justice Services at the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs, from a July 14, 2026, joint hearing entitled "Innovative Technologies and Initiatives to Tackle the MMIP Crisis in Indian Country." MMIP stands for missing and murdered indigenous persons. * * * Chairmen, Ranking Members, and Member more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs released the following written testimony by OJ Semans Sr., executive director of the Coalition of Large Tribes and a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, from a July 14, 2026, joint hearing entitled "Innovative Technologies and Initiatives to Tackle the MMIP Crisis in Indian Country." MMIP stands for missing and murdered indigenous persons. * * * Chairman, Ranking Member, and Members of the Committee: My more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abuses released the following written testimony by Mike Gonzalez, senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, from a July 14, 2026, hearing entitled "Combating DEI in American Institutions." DEI stands for diversity, equity, and inclusion. * * * My name is Mike Gonzalez. I am the Angeles T. Arredondo Senior Fellow on E Pluribus Unum at The Her more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abuses released the following written testimony by Inez Feltscher Stepman, senior policy and legal analyst with Independent Women, from a July 14, 2026, hearing entitled "Combating DEI in American Institutions." DEI stands for diversity, equity, and inclusion. * * * Chairman, Ranking Member, and Distinguished Members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today. I  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs released the following written testimony by David Mittelman, CEO of Othram Inc., Woodlands, Texas, from a July 14, 2026, joint hearing entitled "Innovative Technologies and Initiatives to Tackle the MMIP Crisis in Indian Country." MMIP stands for missing and murdered indigenous persons. * * * Chairman Gosar, Chairman Hurd, Ranking Members, and Members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations released the following written testimony by David Maimon, head of fraud insights at SentiLink, and a professor of criminal justice and criminology at Georgia State University, from a July 15, 2026, hearing entitled "Emerging Fraud Threats and the Evolving Fraud Landscape": * * * Chairman Sessions, Ranking Member Mfume and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for having me here today to discuss an issue of critical importance to the federal more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations released the following written testimony by Jordan Burris, vice president and head of public sector strategy at Socure, from a July 15, 2026, hearing entitled "Emerging Fraud Threats and the Evolving Fraud Landscape": * * * Chairman Sessions, Ranking Member Mfume, and Members of the Subcommittee: I want to begin with a blunt truth. The way the federal government verifies identity today was built for a threat that no longer exists, and every more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs released the following testimony by Grace Bulltail, assistant professor of environmental studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, from a July 14, 2026, joint hearing entitled "Innovative Technologies and Initiatives to Tackle the MMIP Crisis in Indian Country." MMIP stands for missing and murdered indigenous persons. * * * My name is Grace Bulltail. I am an assistant professor of environmental s more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs released the following testimony by Abigail Echo-Hawk, director of the Urban Indian Health Institute, Seattle, from a July 14, 2026, joint hearing entitled "Innovative Technologies and Initiatives to Tackle the MMIP Crisis in Indian Country." MMIP stands for missing and murdered indigenous persons. * * * Chairman Gosar, Chairman Hurd, and Members of the House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommitte more PR