WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology released the following testimony by Daniel K. Wims, president of Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University, from a Sept. 16, 2025, hearing entitled "Surveying the Threat of Agroterrorism: Perspectives on Food, Agriculture and Veterinary Defense": * * * ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thank you, Chairman Strong, Ranking Member Kennedy, [if present: Chairman Garbarino, Ranking Member Thompson] and the   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology released the following written testimony by Asha M. George, executive director of the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense, from a Sept. 16, 2025, hearing entitled "Surveying the Threat of Agroterrorism: Perspectives on Food, Agriculture and Veterinary Defense": * * * Summary Since its inception in 2014, the Commission has recognized the importance of safeguarding food and agriculture from b  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations and Accountability released the following testimony by Christopher Urben, former agent and executive with the Drug Enforcement Administration, from a Sept. 18, 2025, hearing entitled "Invasion of the Homeland: How China is Using Illegal Marijuana to Build a Criminal Network Across America": * * * Committee Chairman Garbarino, Subcommittee Chairman Brecheen, Committee Ranking Member Thompson, Subcommit  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology released the following testimony by Cris Young, a veterinarian and former program director at the Agriculture Department, from a Sept. 16, 2025, hearing entitled "Surveying the Threat of Agroterrorism: Perspectives on Food, Agriculture and Veterinary Defense": * * * Good afternoon, Chairman Strong, Ranking Member Kennedy, and distinguished members of the subcommittee. My name is Dr. Cristop  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations and Accountability released the following written testimony by Paul J. Larkin, a senior legal research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, from a Sept. 18, 2025, hearing entitled "Invasion of the Homeland: How China is Using Illegal Marijuana to Build a Criminal Network Across America": * * * Thank you for the opportunity to submit a written statement and testify at this hearing.1 As the Rumpel Senior   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology released the following testimony by Marty Vanier, director of the National Agricultural Biosecurity Center at Kansas State University, from a Sept. 16, 2025, hearing entitled "Surveying the Threat of Agroterrorism: Perspectives on Food, Agriculture and Veterinary Defense": * * * Good afternoon, Chairman Strong, Ranking Member Kennedy, and members of the Subcommittee. Thank you for the opport  more