WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 -- The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies issued the following testimony by After the Fire USA CEO Jennifer Gray Thompson involving a hearing on Dec. 12, 2023, entitled "Communities in Crisis: What Happens When Disaster Recovery Funds are Delayed": * * * Introduction Chairman Schatz, Ranking Member Hyde-Smith, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on the critically impor  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 -- The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies issued the following testimony by Enterprise Community Partners CEO and President Shaun Donovan involving a hearing on Dec. 12, 2023, entitled "Communities in Crisis: What Happens When Disaster Recovery Funds are Delayed": * * * Introduction Chairman Schatz, Ranking Member Hyde-Smith, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to provide test  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 -- The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies issued the following testimony by Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, involving a hearing on Dec. 12, 2023, entitled "Communities in Crisis: What Happens When Disaster Recovery Funds are Delayed": * * * Thank you, Chairman Schatz and Ranking Member Hyde-Smith for the time to speak today about the importance of providing federal support to communities quickly after a dis  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 -- The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies issued the following written testimony by Ran Reinhard, director of operations at the South Carolina Office of Resilience, involving a hearing on Dec. 12, 2023, entitled "Communities in Crisis: What Happens When Disaster Recovery Funds are Delayed": * * * Mr. Chairman Schatz, Ranking Member Hyde-Smith, esteemed members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the oppor  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee issued the following testimony by Roselyn Tso, director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service, at an oversight hearing on Dec. 6, 2023, entitled "Fentanyl in Native Communities: Examining the Federal Response to the Growing Crisis": * * * Good afternoon Chairman Schatz, Vice Chair Murkowski, and Members of the Committee. I am Roselyn Tso, Director of the Indian Health Service (IHS). Thank you for the  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee issued the following testimony by Glen Melville, deputy bureau director for the Office of Justice Services at the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs, at an oversight hearing on Dec. 6, 2023, entitled "Fentanyl in Native Communities: Examining the Federal Response to the Growing Crisis": * * * Good afternoon, Chairman Schatz, Vice Chairman Murkowski, and members of the Committee. My name is Glen Melville, and I a  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee issued the following testimony by Adam W. Cohen, deputy director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, at an oversight hearing on Dec. 6, 2023, entitled "Fentanyl in Native Communities: Examining the Federal Response to the Growing Crisis": * * * Chairman Schatz, Vice Chairman Murkowski, and distinguished Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today regarding the growing problem of illic  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee issued the following testimony by Vanessa Waldref, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, at an oversight hearing on Dec. 6, 2023, entitled "Fentanyl in Native Communities: Examining the Federal Response to the Growing Crisis": * * * Good afternoon, Chairman Schatz, Vice Chairman Murkowski, and Members of the Committee. My name is Vanessa Waldref. I am the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington. Th  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following testimony by Ryan Hampton, an addiction recovery advocate, involving a hearing on Dec. 12, 2023, entitled "Cleaning Up the C-Suite: Ensuring Accountability for Corporate Criminals": * * * Mr. Chairman and members of the committee: My name is Ryan Hampton. I'm an advocate and person proudly in recovery from opioid use disorder. The story of my opioid addiction is not unique. Millions upon millions of Americans have expe  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following written testimony by L. Neil Williams Jr., a professor of law at Duke University School of Law, involving a hearing on Dec. 12, 2023, entitled "Cleaning Up the C-Suite: Ensuring Accountability for Corporate Criminals": * * * Chairman Durbin, Ranking Member Graham, Members of the Committee, and Staff: thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today about corporate prosecutions. I am the L. Neil Williams, Jr. Pr  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following testimony by Andrew E. Lelling, former U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, involving a hearing on Dec. 12, 2023, entitled "Cleaning Up the C-Suite: Ensuring Accountability for Corporate Criminals": * * * Thank you Chairman Durbin and Ranking Member Graham for the invitation to address this Committee on the complex issue of corporate crime and the accountability of "c-suite"-level executives. I have been a student of this   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 -- The Senate Rules and Administration Committee issued the following written testimony by Government Publishing Office Director Hugh Nathanial Halpern involving a hearing on Dec. 12, 2023, entitled "Oversight of the U.S. Government Publishing Office": * * * Chairwoman Klobuchar, Ranking Republican Member Fischer, and Members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to update you on our work at the Government Publishing Office (GPO). On behalf of GPO's more than 1,600 cr  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging issued the following testimony by James W. Carroll, former director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, involving a hearing on Dec. 14, 2023, entitled "Understanding a Growing Crisis: Substance Use Trends Among Older Adults": * * * Chairman Casey -- thank you for holding this hearing about a critically important issue, one that is often overlooked: substance use in America's older adults. Senator Braun -- thank  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging issued the following testimony by Deborah Steinberg, senior health policy attorney at the Legal Action Center, involving a hearing on Dec. 14, 2023, entitled "Understanding a Growing Crisis: Substance Use Trends Among Older Adults": * * * Chairman Casey, Ranking Member Braun, and Members of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, Thank you for the opportunity to testify today on Legal Action Center's work to improve access to substan  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging issued the following testimony by William Stauffer, executive director at the Pennsylvania Recovery Organizations - Alliance involving a hearing on Dec. 14, 2023, entitled "Understanding a Growing Crisis: Substance Use Trends Among Older Adults": * * * I would like to thank Chairman Casey, Ranking Member Braun, and all the honorable members of this Committee for facilitating this hearing and for the opportunity to testify on this imp  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging issued the following written testimony by Keith Humphreys, a professor at Stanford University, involving a hearing on Dec. 14, 2023, entitled "Understanding a Growing Crisis: Substance Use Trends Among Older Adults": * * * Chairman Casey, Ranking Member Braun and distinguished committee members, thank you for granting me the opportunity to speak with you today about rising substance use problems among older Americans. My comments tod  more