WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands released the following written testimony by Robert Macaulay, Madera County (California) supervisor for District 5, from a Sept. 2, 2026, hearing on legislation to codify Secretary's Order No. 3434 of the Department of the Interior (H.R. 10128): * * * Chairman, Ranking Member, and Members of the House Committee on Natural Resources: Thank you for the opportunity to submit written testimony in support of H.R. 10128, legislation to codify Department of the Interior  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands released the following written testimony by Chanel C. Johnson, executive director of the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture and Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum, from a Sept. 2, 2026, hearing on the African American Civil Rights Network Act (H.R. 9269): * * * Good morning Chairman Tiffany, Ranking Member Neguse, and members of the subcommittee: My name is Chanel Compton Johnson, and I serve as the Executive Director of the Maryland Commis more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands released the following written testimony by Jeff Darrah, executive director of the Montana Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife, from a Sept. 2, 2026, hearing on the Montana Sportsmen Conservation Act (H.R. 6788): * * * Dear Members of the House Natural Resources Committee, Members of the House Natural Resources Committee, we appreciate the opportunity to testify in front of you in regards to H.R. 6788 "Montana Sportsmen Conservation Act". Montana Sportsmen for Fish  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands released the following written testimony by Miri Hardy, executive director and founder of Myakka River Partnership, from a Sept. 2, 2026, hearing on the Myakka Wild and Scenic River Act (H.R. 642): * * * Chairman Tiffany, Ranking Member Neguse, and members of the Subcommittee, thank you for this opportunity to testify in support of Congressman Steube's H.R. 642 - Myakka Wild and Scenic River Act of 2025. I am Miri Hardy from Sarasota County, Florida, Founder and more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands released the following written testimony by William M. Thomas, chairman of the Route 66 Road Ahead Partnership, from a Sept. 2, 2026, hearing on the Route 66 National Historic Trail Designation Act (H.R. 5470). Thomas is also a member of the U.S. Route 66 Centennial Commission. * * * Chairman Westerman, Ranking Member Huffman, and Members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify in support of H.R. 5470, the "Route 66 National Historic Trail Des more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands released the following written testimony by Robbie Lauf, executive director of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, from a Sept. 2, 2026, hearing on the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Act (S. 675): * * * Chairman Tiffany, Ranking Member Neguse, Chairman Westerman, and members of the Subcommittee -- thank you for the opportunity to testify in support of S. 675, the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Act. In his annual message to the Fifty-ei more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands released the following written testimony by Annie Laurie Gaylor, secretary of the Thomas Paine Memorial Association, from a Sept. 2, 2026, hearing on the Common Sense 250 Act (H.R. 9600): * * * Thank you to the honorable members of this subcommittee for holding this hearing on HR 9600, the "Common Sense 250 Act of 2026," whose purpose, as you've heard, is "to approve the location of a commemorative work for Thomas Paine, America's indispensable and unsung Foundin more PR