WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Jessica Pescatore, clinical director of the Alabama Poison Information Center, from an April 9, 2025, public witness hearing hearing on fiscal 2026 funding requests: * * * Good morning, Chairman Aderholt, Ranking Member DeLauro, and distinguished members of the Committee. My name is Dr. Jessica Pescatore, and I am a pharmacist, c more PR

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Sara Schapiro, executive director of the Alliance for Learning Innovation, from an April 9, 2025, public witness hearing hearing on fiscal 2026 funding requests: * * * Thank you, Chairman Aderholt, Ranking Member DeLauro, and members of the Subcommittee, for inviting me to speak today. I'm Sara Schapiro, Executive Director of th more PR

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Christopher M. Kramer, president of the American College of Cardiology, from an April 9, 2025, public witness hearing hearing on funding for the Cardiomyopathy Health Education, Awareness, Research and Training in Schools Act: * * * Chairman Aderholt, Ranking Member DeLauro, Vice Chair Letlow, and Members of the Subcommittee: Good more PR

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative Branch released the following written testimony by Daniel Schuman, executive director of the American Governance Institute, from an April 9, 2025, public witness day hearing on fiscal 2026 appropriations: * * * Chair Valadao, Ranking Member Espaillat, and members of the House Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee: Thank you for providing the opportunity for written public witness testimony and for restoring t more PR

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Scott Harris, president of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, from an April 9, 2025, public witness hearing hearing on fiscal 2026 funding requests: * * * On behalf of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), I respectfully submit this testimony on FY26 appropriations for the U.S.  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative Branch released the following written testimony by John D. Rackey, senior policy analyst for the Structural Democracy Project at the Bipartisan Policy Center, from an April 9, 2025, public witness day hearing on fiscal 2026 appropriations: * * * Chair Valadao, Ranking Member Espaillat, and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to provide testimony in support of the fiscal year 2026 (FY2026) legisl more PR

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Communities in Schools President and CEO Rey Saldana from an April 9, 2025, public witness hearing hearing on fiscal 2026 appropriations: * * * Chair Aderholt, Ranking Member DeLauro, and members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to provide testimony regarding the FY 2026 Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations bill. more PR

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Jennifer Carroll, assistant director of children's services at the Community Action Partnership of North Alabama, from an April 9, 2025, public witness hearing hearing on funding for Head Start programs: * * * Chairman Aderholt, Ranking Member DeLauro, and Members of the Subcommittee, I am Jennifer Carroll, Assistant Director of C more PR

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative Branch released the following written testimony by Dan Lips, a senior fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation, from an April 9, 2025, public witness day hearing on fiscal 2026 funding requests: * * * Chairman Valadao, Ranking Member Espaillat, and Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for the opportunity to submit written testimony about the Government Accountability Office's appropriations. I am a senior f more PR

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government released the following testimony by David Marroni, director of physical infrastructure issues at the Government Accountability Office, from an April 9, 2025, hearing entitled "GAO's Assessment of the Costs of Deferred Maintenance Across the Federal Government": * * * Chairman Joyce, Ranking Member Hoyer, and Members of the Subcommittee: The federal government owns a massive portfolio of  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Michelle Sie Whitten, president and CEO of the Global Down Syndrome Foundation, from an April 9, 2025, public witness hearing hearing on funding for Down syndrome research: * * * Chairman Aderholt, Ranking Member DeLauro, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. My name is Michelle Sie Whitten, and I am the co-founder, Pre more PR

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative Branch released the following testimony by HillClimbers.org founder Omar Awan from an April 9, 2025, public witness day hearing on House staff salaries: * * * Chairman Valadao, Ranking Member Espaillat, and Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for the opportunity to submit testimony regarding the importance of further strengthening the Clerk Hire component of the Member's Representational Allowance (MRA). As the f more PR

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Colleen Kelley, chair of the HIV Medicine Association, from an April 9, 2025, public witness hearing hearing on fiscal 2026 funding requests: * * * Chairman Aderholt, Ranking Member DeLauro and members of the Subcommittee, my name is Colleen Kelley, MD, MPH, FIDSA, chair of the HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA). I am a faculty memb more PR

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Theresa Sokol, state epidemiologist at the Louisiana Department of Health and executive board member of the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, from an April 9, 2025, public witness hearing hearing on fiscal 2026 funding requests: * * * Chair Aderholt, Ranking Member DeLauro, and members of the Subcommittee, thank yo more PR

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative Branch released the following testimony by Jesse Shirek, a government affairs specialist with the National Federation of the Blind, from an April 9, 2025, public witness day hearing on House staff salaries: * * * Good morning Chair Valadao, Ranking Member Espaillat, Chair Cole, Ranking Member DeLauro, and other members of the Committee. My name is Jesse Shirek, and I am a Government Affairs Specialist with the Nationa more PR