WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines and Safety released the following written testimony by Rob Howell, senior vice president and chief supply chain officer at Academy Sports + Outdoors, from a Feb. 27, 2025, hearing entitled "Grand Theft Cargo: Examining the Costly Threat to Consumers and the U.S. Supply Chain": * * * Good morning. Thank you Chairman Cruz, Ranking Member Cantwell, Chairman Young, Ra more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources and Biotechnology released the following testimony by Robert Gordon, senior vice president of the American Property Casualty Insurance Association, from a March 6, 2025, hearing on the Fix Our Forests Act (H.R. 471): * * * Chairman Marshall and Ranking Member Bennet, thank you for holding today's hearing to examine the Fix Our Forests Act, H.R. 471, introduced by Hou more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging released the following testimony by Malik Burnett, vice chair of the Public Policy Committee at the American Society of Addiction Medicine, from a Feb. 26, 2025, hearing entitled "Combating the Opioid Epidemic": * * * Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Gillibrand, and esteemed Members of the Special Committee on Aging, thank you for inviting me to participate in today's critically important hearing. My name is Dr. Malik Burnett. I am a more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Jonathan McKernan, President Trump's nominee to be director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, from a Feb. 27, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member, and members of the Committee for the opportunity to appear before you today. It is a profound honor to be nominated by President Trump for this position. I welcome this opportunity to more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Digital Assets released the following testimony by Lewis Rinaudo Cohen, a partner at Cahill Gordon and Reindel LLP, from a Feb. 26, 2025, hearing entitled "Exploring Bipartisan Legislative Frameworks for Digital Assets": * * * Chair Lummis, Ranking Member Gallego, and distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today on a subject that will shape the future of American f more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy and Regulatory Affairs released the following testimony by Alex Epstein, president and founder of the Center for Industrial Progress, from a Feb. 26, 2025, hearing entitled "Leading the Charge: Opportunities to Strengthen America's Energy Reliability": * * * America is in an electricity crisis. Shortages are now routine throughout the U.S.--and if we don't start increasing reliable  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency released the following written testimony by Noam Unger, director of the Sustainable Development and Resilience Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, from a Feb. 26, 2025, hearing entitled "America Last: How Foreign Aid Undermined U.S. Interests Around the World": * * * Chairwoman Greene, Ranking Member Stansbury, distinguished Members of the Subcommi more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee released the following testimony by Common Capital President Raymond Lanza-Weil from a Feb. 26, 2025, hearing entitled "Hearing from Lenders: Managing Risk for the Long-Term in the 7(a) Loan Program": * * * Good afternoon, Chair Ernst, Ranking Member Markey, and distinguished members of the Committee. Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today. I am Raymond Lanza-Weil, president of Common Capital, a 35 more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Stephen Miran, President Trump's nominee to be chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, from a Feb. 27, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Thank you very much, Senator Scott, for the very kind introduction. Ranking Member Warren, distinguished Members of the Committee, it is an honor surpassing any I ever expected to be here before you today as President Trump's nominee to le more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources and Biotechnology released the following testimony by Tim Vredenburg, director of forest management for the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, from a March 6, 2025, hearing on the Fix Our Forests Act (H.R. 471): * * * Chair Marshall, Ranking Member Bennet, and members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to speak today. My name is Tim Vredenburg,  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency released the following testimony by Daily Signal Managing Editor Tyler O'Neil from a Feb. 26, 2025, hearing entitled "America Last: How Foreign Aid Undermined U.S. Interests Around the World": * * * My name is Tyler O'Neil./1 I write and edit commentary and investigative reporting for The Daily Signal. I wrote two books, "Making Hate Pay: The Corruption of the Southern Poverty  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Digital Assets released the following testimony by Timothy G. Massad, a research fellow and director of the Digital Assets Policy Project at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at the Harvard Kennedy School, from a Feb. 26, 2025, hearing entitled "Exploring Bipartisan Legislative Frameworks for Digital Assets": * * * Subcommittee Chairman Lummis, Subcommittee Ranking Member Gallego, member more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy and Regulatory Affairs released the following testimony by Mandy Gunasekara, ex-chief of staff at the Environmental Protection Agency, from a Feb. 26, 2025, hearing entitled "Leading the Charge: Opportunities to Strengthen America's Energy Reliability": * * * Chairman Burlison and Ranking Member Frost, and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to participate in  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee released the following testimony by William Pulte, President Trump's nominee to be director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, from a Feb. 27, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Warren, and Members of the Committee, Thank you for the honor of being before you today as the President's nominee for Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). I am grateful for the opportuni more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee released the following testimony by Timothy M. Fitzgibbon, senior vice president with First National Bank, from a Feb. 26, 2025, hearing entitled "Hearing from Lenders: Managing Risk for the Long-Term in the 7(a) Loan Program": * * * Chair Ernst, Ranking Member Markey, and distinguished members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss managing risk in the SBA 7(a) Loan  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee released the following testimony by Itzel Sims, director of Small Business Administration lending for First Security Bank, on behalf of First Security Bank and the American Bankers Association, from a Feb. 26, 2025, hearing entitled "Hearing from Lenders: Managing Risk for the Long-Term in the 7(a) Loan Program": * * * Chair Ernst, Ranking Member Markey, and members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging released the following written testimony by Elizabeth Mateer, a caregiver advocate of Generations United, from a Feb. 26, 2025, hearing entitled "Combating the Opioid Epidemic": * * * Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Gillibrand, and members of the Senate Aging Committee, thank you for holding this important hearing, and for inviting me to share my perspective. My name is Elizabeth Mateer. I am a grandmother raising my grandson due to more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources and Biotechnology released the following testimony by Gunnison County Commissioner Jonathan Houck from a March 6, 2025, hearing on the Fix Our Forests Act (H.R. 471): * * * Chairman Marshall, Ranking Member Bennet, and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today, especially at this key moment of crisis for our Federal land management a more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency released the following testimony by Max Primorac, a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, from a Feb. 26, 2025, hearing entitled "America Last: How Foreign Aid Undermined U.S. Interests Around the World": * * * Madam Chairman, thank you for this opportunity to testify before this critical subcommittee. My name is Max Primorac. I am a Senior Research Fellow at The  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines and Safety released the following testimony by Will Johnson, second vice president of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, from a Feb. 27, 2025, hearing entitled "Grand Theft Cargo: Examining the Costly Threat to Consumers and the U.S. Supply Chain": * * * Good morning, Chairman Young, Ranking Member Peters, and members of the Subcommittee on Surface  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Digital Assets released the following testimony by Jonathan Jachym, global head of policy and government relations at Kraken, from a Feb. 26, 2025, hearing entitled "Exploring Bipartisan Legislative Frameworks for Digital Assets": * * * Chairwoman Lummis, Ranking Member Gallego, and Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify today. My name is Jonathan Jachym. I am the Global Head of more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Digital Assets released the following written testimony by Jai Massari, cofounder and chief legal officer, Lightspark, from a Feb. 26, 2025, hearing entitled "Exploring Bipartisan Legislative Frameworks for Digital Assets": * * * Bitcoin--the first cryptocurrency--set out a radical, new vision for financial infrastructure. It created the technological foundation for real-time, trustless transfers of value dir more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources and Biotechnology released the following testimony by Megafire Action CEO Matt Weiner from a March 6, 2025, hearing on the Fix Our Forests Act (H.R. 471): * * * Chair Marshall, Ranking Member Bennet, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on legislative options to reduce catastrophic wildfire. My name is Matt Weiner, a more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency released the following testimony by Middle East Forum Director Gregg Roman from a Feb. 26, 2025, hearing entitled "America Last: How Foreign Aid Undermined U.S. Interests Around the World": * * * Chairman, Ranking Member, and distinguished Members of this Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to speak today. My name is Gregg Roman, Director of the Middle East Forum, and I'm  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines and Safety released the following testimony by Lewie Pugh, executive vice president of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, from a Feb. 27, 2025, hearing entitled "Grand Theft Cargo: Examining the Costly Threat to Consumers and the U.S. Supply Chain": * * * Chairman Young, Ranking Member Peters, and members of the Subcommittee, my name is Lewie Pugh  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy and Regulatory Affairs released the following written testimony Permitting Institute President Alexander Herrgott from a Feb. 26, 2025, hearing entitled "Leading the Charge: Opportunities to Strengthen America's Energy Reliability": * * * Chairman Burlson and Ranking Member Frost, my name is Alex Herrgott, and I am the President of The Permitting Institute ("TPI"). Since 2021, TPI h more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging released the following testimony by Raleigh County Commissioner Greg Duckworth from a Feb. 26, 2025, hearing entitled "Combating the Opioid Epidemic": * * * My name is Greg Duckworth. I am a County Commissioner in Southern West Virginia, a board member of the West Virginia First Foundation (WVFF), and a 26-year retired veteran of the West Virginia State Police. I spent my law enforcement career in the heart of the opioid epidemic,  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging released the following testimony by Bradley D. Stein, director of Opioid Policy, Tools and Information Center at Rand Corp., from a Feb. 26, 2025, hearing entitled "Combating the Opioid Epidemic": * * * Thank you Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Gillibrand, and distinguished members of the committee for allowing me to testify on opportunities to enhance the government's efforts to combat the opioid crisis. I am a senior physician poli more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging released the following testimony by Seminole County Sheriff Dennis Lemma from a Feb. 26, 2025, hearing entitled "Combating the Opioid Epidemic": * * * Good afternoon, Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Gillibrand, and distinguished members of the Special Committee. Thank you for the opportunity to testify on the devastating crisis of overdoses and fentanyl poisonings. It is an honor to present a proven strategy from Florida--one that ca more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines and Safety released the following testimony by Adam Blanchard, principal and CEO of Tanager Logistics and Double Diamond Transport, on behalf of the American Trucking Associations, from a Feb. 27, 2025, hearing entitled "Grand Theft Cargo: Examining the Costly Threat to Consumers and the U.S. Supply Chain": * * * Chairman Young, Ranking Member Peters, and members o more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The Senate Armed Services Committee released the following written testimony by Randall Reed, commander of the U.S. Transportation Command, from a March 5, 2025, hearing entitled "The Posture of the United States Transportation Command in Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2026 and the Future Years Defense Program": * * * Who We Are - Our Mission We are the U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), a warfighting command who projects and sustain more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Jeffrey I. Kessler, President Trump's nominee to be under secretary of Commerce for industry and security, from a Feb. 27, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Thank you, Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Warren, and members of the Committee. I am honored to appear before you today as President Trump's nominee to serve as the Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security. I am  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy and Regulatory Affairs released the following written testimony by Rachel Cleetus, policy director for the Climate and Energy Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, from a Feb. 26, 2025, hearing entitled "Leading the Charge: Opportunities to Strengthen America's Energy Reliability": * * * Good morning. Thank you, Chairman Burlison, Ranking Member Frost and members of the subc more PR