WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee released the following testimony by Tyler Clarkson, President Trump's nominee to be general counsel of the Agriculture Department, from an April 8, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Boozman, Ranking Member Klobuchar, and distinguished Senators of the Committee-- I first want to thank President Trump for the nomination to serve as the General Counsel at the United States Department of Agriculture. I had  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released the following testimony by John Eisenberg, President Trump's nominee to be assistant attorney general for national security, from an April 9, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * I would like to begin by thanking you, Chairman Cotton and Vice Chairman Warner for holding this hearing. I would also like to thank President Trump for the honor of this nomination. I'm so fortunate to have the love of my life and my best frie more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Landon J. Heid, President Trump's nominee to be assistant secretary of Commerce for export administration, from an April 10, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Warren, distinguished Senators, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. I am honored to be President Trump's nominee to be Assistant Secretary for Export Administration at th more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee released the following testimony by David L. Fogel, President Trump's nominee to be assistant secretary of Commerce for global markets and director general of the U.S. Commercial Service and Foreign Commercial Service, from an April 10, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Warren, and Members of the Committee - thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. I am honored to be  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Senate Armed Services Committee released the following testimony by Dale R. Marks, President Trump's nominee to be assistant secretary of Defense for energy, installations and environment from an April 8, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Wicker, Ranking Member Reed, and distinguished members of this Committee, it is an honor to be considered for the role of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment. I am incredibly humbled  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Senate Finance Committee released the following testimony by Kenneth J. Kies, President Trump's nominee to be assistant secretary of the Treasury, from an April 10, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Crapo, Ranking Member Wyden, and distinguished members of the Senate Finance Committee, it is an honor to appear before you today. I feel privileged to have been recommended by Secretary Bessent and nominated by President Trump to serve as the Assistant Secretar more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics released the following testimony by Astrobotic Technology Inc. CEO John Thornton from an April 1, 2025, hearing entitled "Leveraging Commercial Innovation for Lunar Exploration: A Review of NASA's CLPS Initiative." CLPS is the Commercial Lunar Payload Services Initiative. * * * Chairman Babin, Ranking Member Lofgren, Chairman Haridopolos, Ranking Member Foushee and Members of the Subcommittee: more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee released the following testimony by Stephen Alexander Vaden, President Trump's nominee to be deputy secretary of Agriculture, from an April 8, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Klobuchar, and members of the Committee, it is an honor to come before you today as the President's nominee to serve as Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture. Before I have an opportun more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Senate Armed Services Committee released the following testimony by Earl G. Matthews, President Trump's nominee to be general counsel of the Defense Department, from an April 8, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Wicker, Ranking Member Reed, distinguished members of the Committee, good morning. Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today as President Trump's nominee to serve as the General Counsel of the Department of Defense. It is a high honor more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee released the following testimony by Olivia Trusty, President Trump's nominee for a seat on the Federal Trade Commission, from an April 9, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Cruz, Ranking Member Cantwell, and members of the Committee. It is a tremendous honor to be nominated and I thank President Trump for this opportunity. I also thank my family for their love and support. Growing up in a large family wi more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Michelle W. Bowman, President Trump's nominee to be vice chairman for supervision at Fed, from an April 10, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Warren, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. I am deeply honored and grateful for the trust and confidence President Trump has placed in me by nominating me t more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics released the following testimony by Firefly Aerospace CEO Jason Kim from an April 1, 2025, hearing entitled "Leveraging Commercial Innovation for Lunar Exploration: A Review of NASA's CLPS Initiative." CLPS is the Commercial Lunar Payload Services Initiative. * * * Chairman Haridopolos, Ranking Member Foushee, Chairman Babin and Ranking Member Lofgren and distinguished Members of the Subcommit more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Military and Foreign Affairs released the following written testimony by Matt Blaze, chair in computer science and law at Georgetown University, from an April 2, 2025, hearing entitled "Salt Typhoon: Securing America's Telecommunications From State-Sponsored Cyber Attacks": * * * Thank you Chairman Timmons and Ranking Member Subramanyam for the opportunity to offer my perspective on "Salt Typhoon: Securing Americ more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Andrew Hughes, President Trump's nominee to be deputy secretary of the Housing and Urban Development, from an April 10, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Warren, and Members of the Committee -- thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. I am honored by the President's confidence in nominating me to serve as Deputy Secretary of the U.S more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee released the following testimony by David Woll, President Trump's nominee to be general counsel of the Housing and Urban Development Department, from an April 10, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Thank you, Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Warren, and distinguished members of this committee. I am deeply thankful, honored, and humbled to be nominated by President Trump to serve as the General Counsel of the U.S. Depa more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics released the following written testimony by Stephen Altemus, president and CEO of Intuitive Machines, from an April 1, 2025, hearing entitled "Leveraging Commercial Innovation for Lunar Exploration: A Review of NASA's CLPS Initiative." CLPS is the Commercial Lunar Payload Services Initiative. * * * Chairman, Ranking Member, and distinguished Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for the oppo more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics released the following testimony by Brett W. Denevi, principal staff scientist at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, from an April 1, 2025, hearing entitled "Leveraging Commercial Innovation for Lunar Exploration: A Review of NASA's CLPS Initiative." CLPS is the Commercial Lunar Payload Services Initiative. * * * Leveraging Commercial Innovation for Lunar Exploration: A Review of NASA's more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee released the following testimony by Jared Isaacman, President Trump's nominee to be NASA administrator, from an April 9, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Thank you Chairman Cruz, Ranking Member Cantwell, and distinguished members of the committee. I am honored and very grateful to be here before you today as President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. I have lived  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics released the following testimony by Nicola J. Fox, associate administrator of the Science Mission Directorate at NASA, from an April 1, 2025, hearing entitled "Leveraging Commercial Innovation for Lunar Exploration: A Review of NASA's CLPS Initiative." CLPS is the Commercial Lunar Payload Services Initiative. * * * Thank you for the opportunity to discuss NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Servic more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released the following testimony by Joe Kent, President Trump's nominee to be director of the National Counterterrorism Center, from an April 9, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Cotton, Vice Chairman Warner, and distinguished members of the Committee, I appreciate the opportunity to testify before you today as the nominee for the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC). It was a pleasure meeting with  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released the following testimony by Aaron Lukas, President Trump's nominee to be principal deputy director of national intelligence, from an April 9, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Cotton, Vice Chairman Warner, distinguished members of the committee: It is an honor to appear before you as President Trump's nominee for Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence. I want to thank the President for his confiden more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Military and Foreign Affairs released the following testimony by Tag Infosphere CEO Edward Amoroso from an April 2, 2025, hearing entitled "Salt Typhoon: Securing America's Telecommunications From State-Sponsored Cyber Attacks": * * * Chairperson, Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today on this urgent and consequential topic. My name is Dr. Edward Amoroso. I serve as CEO of more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee released the following testimony by Brandon Judd, President Trump's nominee to be U.S. Ambassador to Chile, from an April 8, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Risch, Ranking Member Shaheen, and distinguished Committee Members, it is an honor to be here with you today. I am grateful to be nominated for the position of U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Chile by President Trump, and grateful to Secretary Rubio for his suppo more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee released the following testimony by Brian Burch, President Trump's nominee to be U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, from an April 8, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman, Ranking Member, and distinguished members of this committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. I am deeply honored and humbled to be nominated by President Trump to serve as the United States Ambassador to the Holy See. This is a role  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Senate Finance Committee released the following testimony by U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer from an April 8, 2025, hearing entitled "The President's 2025 Trade Policy Agenda": * * * Chairman Crapo, Ranking Member Wyden, and Members of the Committee, thank for you taking the time today for this hearing. Last Wednesday, President Trump declared a national emergency in response to the large and persistent trade deficit that has built up in recent years. This more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee released the following testimony by John K. Hurley, President Trump's nominee to be under secretary of the Treasury for terrorism and financial crimes, from an April 10, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Thank you, Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Warren, and Members of the Committee. It is a great honor to appear before you as the President's nominee to lead the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, and I  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Senate Finance Committee released the following testimony by William Kimmitt, President Trump's nominee to be under secretary of Commerce for international trade, from an April 10, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Crapo, Ranking Member Wyden, and distinguished Members of the Finance Committee, it is an honor to appear before you as the nominee for the position of Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade. I am deeply grateful to President Trump f more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Senate Armed Services Committee released the following testimony by Bradley D. Hansell, President Trump's nominee to be under secretary of Defense for intelligence and security, from an April 8, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Wicker, Ranking Member Reed, and distinguished members of this Committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today and for your consideration of my nomination to be the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Senate Armed Services Committee released the following testimony by Brandon M. Williams, President Trump's nominee to be undersecretary of Energy for nuclear security, from an April 8, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Wicker, Ranking Member Reed, thank you for inviting me to be considered by this committee for this important position. Also, thank you, Senator Fischer--I know that the mission of the NNSA is near and dear to your heart. And thank you to all  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee released the following testimony by Thomas DiNanno, President Trump's nominee to be under secretary of State for arms control and international security, from an April 9, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Risch, Ranking Member Shaheen, and distinguished Members of this Committee: thank you for this opportunity. I want to thank President Trump for nominating me to serve as the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and I more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee released the following testimony by Allison Hooker, President Trump's nominee to be under secretary of State for political affairs, from an April 9, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Risch, Ranking Member Shaheen, distinguished Senators: thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. I am deeply honored to be nominated by the President to serve as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs. If confirmed, I p more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee released the following testimony by Sarah Rogers, President Trump's nominee to be under secretary of State for public diplomacy, from an April 9, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Shaheen, and distinguished Members of this Committee: It is an honor to appear before you today as President Trump's nominee for Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy. I want to thank President Trump and Secretary Rub more PR