WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging released the following testimony by Paul Benda, executive vice president for risk, fraud and cybersecurity at the American Bankers Association, from a July 29, 2026, hearing entitled "The AI Deception Machine: Deepfakes, Chatbots, and the New Frontier of Senior Fraud": * * * Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Gillibrand, and members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify for today's hearing entitled: "The AI Deception Machine: Deepfakes, Chatbots, and the New Frontie more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee released the following testimony by Ajay 'AJ' P. Malshe, CEO and co-founder of Arkwright Space, West Lafayette, Indiana, from an Aug. 5, 2026, hearing entitled "The Next 250: Small Businesses Leading the Way." Malshe is also a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a distinguished professor of mechanical engineering and director of the Center for In-Space Manufacturing at Purdue University. * * * Senator Young (IN), my host; Senator Ernst (IA), Chair of th more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety released the following written testimony by Carol O. Rogers, director of the Indiana Business Research Center at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business, from a July 29, 2026, hearing entitled "The Impact of AI on the Workforce": * * * I. Introduction and Qualifications Chairman Banks, Ranking Member Hickenlooper, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to submit this written statement in con more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee released the following testimony by Lorena Cantarovici, owner and founder of Maria Empanada, Denver, Colorado, from an Aug. 5, 2026, hearing entitled "The Next 250: Small Businesses Leading the Way": * * * Madam Chair Ernst, Ranking Member Markey, Senator Hickenlooper, and distinguished members of the Committee: Thank you for inviting me today. My name is Lorena Cantarovici, founder of Maria Empanada. I was born and raised in Argentina by a single mother. For ma more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging released the following testimony by Deborah Del Mastro, victim of AI-enabled scam from Martinez, California, from a July 29, 2026, hearing entitled "The AI Deception Machine: Deepfakes, Chatbots, and the New Frontier of Senior Fraud": * * * The day started with a phone call at 10:22 from 925-453-0742 which had no name. I answered and said Hello and a male voice said "Hello? Who is this?" And I said "Who is this?" and he said I have your daughter here, does she have panic attacks? Th more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee released the following testimony by Nikki High, owner of Octavia's Bookshelf, Pasadena, California, from an Aug. 5, 2026, hearing entitled "The Next 250: Small Businesses Leading the Way": * * * My name is Nikki High and I live in Altadena, Ca and own a small bookshop in Pasadena, Ca called Octavia's Bookshelf. As I sit here writing this statement, I am surrounded by the rumbling sounds of power tools, nails being hammered into house frames and all the other soun more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging released the following testimony by David Amron, medical director of the Roxbury Institute, Los Angeles, California, and chair and founder of the Lipedema Society, from a July 29, 2026, hearing entitled "The AI Deception Machine: Deepfakes, Chatbots, and the New Frontier of Senior Fraud": * * * Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Gillibrand, and distinguished members of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today. My name is Dr. David more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee released the following written testimony by ValJay Rigby, president of the Utah Farm Bureau Federation, Newton, from an Aug. 5, 2026, hearing entitled "The Next 250: Small Businesses Leading the Way": * * * Chair Ernst, Ranking Member Markey, and distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. My name is ValJay Rigby; I serve as President of the Utah Farm Bureau Federation. Utah Farm Bureau is our state's largest general ag more PR