WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets and Rural Development released the following testimony by Chris Cylke, senior vice president of government relations at the American Gaming Association, from a July 21, 2026, hearing entitled "Examining Customer Protections and Market Integrity in Sports Event Prediction Markets": * * * Chairman Johnson, Ranking Member Davis, and Members of the Subcommittee: thank you for the opportunity to testify today on behalf of the American Gaming Association. more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight released the following written testimony by Scott Mechkowski, former deputy director of the New York Field Office at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Enforcement and Removal Operations, from a July 22, 2026, hearing entitled "False Narratives Surrounding Conditions at the Delaney Hall ICE Detention Center": * * * Chairman Van Drew, Ranking Member Crockett, and members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to appear today. For more than 24 years I se more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight released the following written testimony by Art Del Cueto, border security advisor of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, from a July 22, 2026, hearing entitled "False Narratives Surrounding Conditions at the Delaney Hall ICE Detention Center": * * * I. INTRODUCTION The protests at the Delaney Hall immigration detention facility in Newark, New Jersey represent the latest attempt by anti-borders radicals to undermine the rule of law, shield violent criminal illeg more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets and Rural Development released the following testimony by David Bean, chairman of the Indian Gaming Association, Tacoma, from a July 21, 2026, hearing entitled "Examining Customer Protections and Market Integrity in Sports Event Prediction Markets": * * * Chairman Johnson, Ranking Member Davis, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for holding this hearing to examine the lack of consumer protections in prediction markets. My name is David Bean, more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets and Rural Development released the following testimony by Carl Kennedy, partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, New York, New York, from a July 21, 2026, hearing entitled "Examining Customer Protections and Market Integrity in Sports Event Prediction Markets": * * * Chairman Dusty Johnson, Ranking Member Don Davis, and Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to share my views on the regulation of predict more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets and Rural Development released the following testimony by Robert A. Schwartz, partner in commodities and derivatives practice at Morgan, Lewis and Bockius, and former general counsel of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, from a July 21, 2026, hearing entitled "Examining Customer Protections and Market Integrity in Sports Event Prediction Markets": * * * Good morning Chairman Johnson, Ranking Member Davis, and Members of the Subcommittee. I am more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The House Appropriations Committee released the following testimony by Shalanda Young, scholar in residence at New York Law, and former director of the Office of Management and Budget, from a July 22, 2026, hearing entitled "Funding Lapses: Analyzing Shutdown Reform": * * * Thank you for having me at a hearing to discuss funding lapses and shutdown reform. I am Shalanda Young, currently in residence at NYU Law, where I think and teach about topics like these that touch on Congress and the executive branch. Prior to my t more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The House Appropriations Committee released the following testimony by Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, from a July 22, 2026, hearing entitled "Funding Lapses: Analyzing Shutdown Reform": * * * Chairman Cole, Ranking Member DeLauro, and distinguished Members of this Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to come here today and speak on a bill I've introduced every session since 2019, the Prevent Government Shutdowns Act. Clearly, the members of this committee are doing the work to find a solution to end government shu more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets and Rural Development released the following written testimony by Asaf Meir, CEO and co-founder of Solidus Labs, New York, New York, from a July 21, 2026, hearing entitled "Examining Customer Protections and Market Integrity in Sports Event Prediction Markets": * * * Chairman Johnson, Ranking Member Davis, Members of the Subcommittee: thank you for the invitation and opportunity to contribute to this important dialogue about the future of American c more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture released the following testimony by Tom Schultz, chief of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, from a July 22, 2026, hearing on the agency's priorities and accomplishments: * * * Chairman Newhouse, Ranking Member Salinas, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the Forest Service's current priorities and recent accomplishments. First, it is important to recognize that our wildland f more PR