WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State and Related Programs released the following written testimony by Elliot Brandt, CEO of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, from an April 2, 2025, outside witness hearing on security assistance: * * * For Fiscal Year 2026, AIPAC urges the subcommittee's full support for $3.3 billion in security assistance for our strategic partner Israel, as set forth in the 2016 U.S.-Israel Memorand more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State and Related Programs released the following testimony by Ian Bickford, president of the American University of Afghanistan, from an April 2, 2025, outside witness hearing on foreign assistance: * * * Chairman Diaz-Balart, Ranking Member Frankel, and distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on behalf of the American University of Afghanistan, known to ma more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State and Related Programs released the following testimony by Talin Yacoubian, co-chair of the Armenian Assembly of America, from an April 2, 2025, outside witness hearing on fiscal 2026 U.S. assistance to Armenia: * * * Chairman Diaz-Balart, Ranking Member Frankel, and distinguished Members of the Subcommittee, the Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly) welcomes the opportunity to provide the fo more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State and Related Programs released the following written testimony by Better World Campaign President Peter Yeo from an April 2, 2025, outside witness hearing on foreign affairs funding in fiscal 2026: * * * Thank you for the opportunity to testify in support of foreign affairs funding in FY2026. Let me begin by acknowledging Chairman Diaz-Balart's longstanding efforts to address severe acute maln more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State and Related Programs released the following testimony by Bill O'Keefe, executive vice president of Catholic Relief Services, from an April 2, 2025, outside witness hearing on fiscal 2026 appropriations: * * * Chairman Diaz-Balart, Ranking Member Frankel: Catholic Relief Services (CRS), the international relief and development agency of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), along wi more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State and Related Programs released the following testimony by Blake Selzer, director of government relations at Edesia Nutrition, from an April 2, 2025, outside witness hearing on fiscal 2026 appropriations to combat malnutrition: * * * Chairman Diaz-Balart, Ranking Member Frankel, members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify. My name is Blake Selzer, and I represent Edesi more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State and Related Programs released the following testimony by Mark Viso, president and CEO of Food for the Hungry, from an April 2, 2025, outside witness hearing on U.S. foreign assistance programs: * * * Chairman Diaz-Balart, Ranking Member Frankel, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, thank you for your leadership and the opportunity to testify. My name is Mark Viso, and I am the Presi more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State and Related Programs released the following testimony by Chris Collins, president and CEO of Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, from an April 2, 2025, outside witness hearing on fiscal 2026 funding requests: * * * Chairman Diaz-Balart, Ranking Member Frankel, distinguished members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify today about one o more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State and Related Programs released the following testimony by Gavi-The Vaccine Alliance CEO Sania Nishtar from an April 2, 2025, outside witness hearing on investment in global health programs: * * * Chairman Diaz-Balart, Ranking Member Frankel, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to provide testimony to the Subcommittee on behalf of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi). Si more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State and Related Programs released the following testimony by Giulia McPherson, executive director of Global Campaign for Education-US, from an April 2, 2025, outside witness hearing on fiscal 26 appropriations for international basic education programs: * * * On behalf of the Global Campaign for Education-US (GCE-US), thank you for the opportunity to present our views on the importance of investi more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State and Related Programs released the following testimony by Chris Whatley, executive director of the Hazardous Area Life-Support Organization Trust, from an April 2, 2025, outside witness hearing on fiscal 2026 appropriations for conventional weapons destruction: * * * Good morning, I'm Chris Whatley, executive director of The HALO Trust (USA). As a representative of the world's largest humanita more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State and Related Programs released the following written testimony by Daniel Twining, president of the International Republican Institute, from an April 2, 2025, outside witness hearing on fiscal 2026 appropriations budget: * * * Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Frankel, Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to speak today on the importance of supporting democracy abroad from with more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State and Related Programs released the following testimony by Stan Soderstrom, executive director emeritus of Kiwanis, from an April 2, 2025, outside witness hearing on fiscal 2026 funding to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus: * * * Mr. Chairman, it is an honor to provide testimony to the Committee on behalf of more than 430,000 Kiwanis-family members in nearly 16,000 Kiwanis family clubs, w more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State and Related Programs released the following testimony by Spencer Knoll, director of U.S. policy and advocacy at Malaria No More, from an April 2, 2025, outside witness hearing on fiscal 2026 appropriations: * * * Chairman Diaz-Balart, Ranking Member Frankel, and members of the Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs, my name is Spencer Knoll, and I am the  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State and Related Programs released the following testimony by Shari Bryan, executive director of Mines Advisory Group, from an April 2, 2025, outside witness hearing on conventional weapons destruction programs: * * * Chairman Diaz-Balart, Ranking Member Frankel, distinguished members of the Subcommittee, as well as Committee staff, thank you for the opportunity to testify about our work to save l more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 --The House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State and Related Programs released the following testimony by National Democratic Institute President Tamara Cofman Wittes from an April 2, 2025, outside witness hearing on democracy assistance: * * * Chairman Diaz-Balart, Congresswoman Frankel, and Subcommittee Members, thank you for the opportunity to testify today about the critical role that America's democracy assistance plays in advancing U.S more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, State and Related Programs released the following testimony by Rep. Jim Costa, D-California, from an April 1, 2025, member day hearing on fiscal 2026 appropriations: * * * Thank you for the opportunity to present my priorities to the subcommittee for the next fiscal year. We are living in a seminal moment in world history, requiring the United States to remain engaged abroad. Many of you recognize the value of more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, State and Related Programs released the following testimony by Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Illinois, from an April 1, 2025, member day hearing on HIV funding: * * * Thank you, Chair Diaz-Balart and Ranking Member Frankel for the opportunity to have this hearing to discuss with you my priorities for your FY26 State and Foreign Operations funding bill. I am deeply honored to continue the legacy of Representative Barbara L more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, State and Related Programs released the following testimony by Rep. James McGovern, D-Massachusetts, from an April 1, 2025, member day hearing on fiscal 2026 appropriations: * * * Thank you, Chairman Diaz-Balart and Ranking Member Frankel, for allowing me this opportunity to share with you a few of my concerns and priorities regarding the FY 2026 appropriations for National Security, the State Department, and Re more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, State and Related Programs released the following testimony by Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, from an April 1, 2025, member day hearing on fiscal 2026 appropriations: * * * Chairman Diaz-Balart, Ranking Member Frankel, thank you for the opportunity to testify at today's Member Day hearing. I appreciate this opportunity to share my priorities for the National Security, Department of State, and Related Program more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, State and Related Programs released the following testimony by Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nevada, from an April 1, 2025, member day hearing on fiscal 2026 appropriations: * * * Chairman Diaz-Balart, Ranking Member Frankel, Members of the Subcommittee - Thank you for hosting this Member Day. As you begin your work on the appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2026, I strongly urge you to fund democracy and governance assist more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State and Related Programs released the following testimony by Jennifer Cervantes, representative of the Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers, from an April 2, 2025, outside witness hearing on investment in global health programs: * * * Good morning, Chairman Diaz-Balart, Ranking Member Frankel, and members of the committee. Thank you for the opportunity to discuss further how Mexico's failure to honor  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State and Related Programs released the following written testimony by John Nanni, a member of the Polio Eradication Advocacy Task Force of the Rotary Foundation, from an April 2, 2025, outside witness hearing on polio eradication: * * * Chairman Diaz-Balart, Ranking Member Frankel, and members of the Subcommittee: My name is John Nanni and I submitting testimony on behalf Rotary International and  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State and Related Programs released the following testimony by Paul Hazen, executive director of the U.S. Overseas Cooperative Development Council, from an April 2, 2025, outside witness hearing on fiscal 2026 assistance to the U.S. Agency for International Development: * * * The U.S. Overseas Cooperative Development Council (OCDC) is requesting $50 million for the FY2026 Cooperative Development Pr more PR