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 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 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 4 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Hoeven, Colleagues Ask Trump to Permit the Nationwide, Year-Round Sale of E15 Fuel WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven, a senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee and Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee, joined colleagues in sending a bipartisan letter led by Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) asking President Trump to permit  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF10117) on April 1, 2025, by financial economics specialist Baird Webel. Here are excerpts: * * * Introduction to Financial Services: Derivatives Background A derivative is a contract that derives its value from an underlying asset at a designated point in time. For example, derivatives may be tied to physical commodities (such as wheat, cattle, oil, or gold), stock indices, or interest more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine Leads Colleagues in Calling on Trump Administration to Reinstate Temporary Protected Status for Venezuela WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, led 18 of his colleagues in urging Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem to reconsider the Trump Administrati more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The International Monetary Fund posted the following news release: * * * Kyrgyz Republic: Staff Concluding Statement of the 2025 Article IV Consultation Mission A Concluding Statement describes the preliminary findings of IMF staff at the end of an official staff visit (or 'mission'), in most cases to a member country. Missions are undertaken as part of regular (usually annual) consultations under Article IV of the IMF's Articles of Agreement, in the context of a reques 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 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following floor remarks on April 3, 2025: * * * Mr. President, anyone here remember how Donald Trump promised to end Russia's war on Ukraine in 1 day if he was elected? That is right: 1 day. Well, we are 73 days into his term, with Russia still raining death and destruction upon the people of Ukraine. Instead of ending the war, Donald Trump has alienated and bullied our allies around the world--our allies. He insulted and  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following news: * * * Terrorism's Future - Crypto for Russia's Suicide Bombers On March 11, two Ukrainian teenagers were on their way to plant an improvised explosive device in Ivano-Frankivsk, western Ukraine, when Russian agents detonated the bomb remotely, killing one and hospitalizing the other. Ukrainian authorities say the teens were recruited by Moscow via Telegram, after being lured with promises of easy money.  more PR