WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education released the following written testimony by Steve Boyle, co-founder and executive director of 2-4-1 Sports, from a Dec. 16, 2025, hearing entitled "Benched: The Crisis in American Youth Sports and Its Cost to Our Future": * * * Chairman, Ranking Member, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today. Frederick Douglass once said, "It  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education released the following written testimony by Katherine Van Dyck, a senior fellow at the American Economic Liberties Project, from a Dec. 16, 2025, hearing entitled "Benched: The Crisis in American Youth Sports and Its Cost to Our Future": * * * Chairman Kiley, Ranking Member Bonamici, and Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify today about th  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education released the following testimony by Tom Farrey, founder and director of the Sports and Society Program at Aspen Institute, from a Dec. 16, 2025, hearing entitled "Benched: The Crisis in American Youth Sports and Its Cost to Our Future": * * * Chair Kiley, Ranking Member Bonamici, and Members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to testify before the committee toda  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging released the following testimony by Jon Taffer, executive producer and host of Bar Rescue, from a Dec. 10, 2025, hearing entitled "Aging With Purpose: The Positive Impact of Seniors in Today's Economy": * * * Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Gillibrand, and members of the Committee--thank you for the opportunity to be here today. It's an honor to speak on a topic that's not only timely, but personal: aging with purpose. I started in h  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education released the following written testimony by John O'Sullivan, founder of Changing the Game Project, from a Dec. 16, 2025, hearing entitled "Benched: The Crisis in American Youth Sports and Its Cost to Our Future": * * * Chair Kiley, Ranking Member Bonamici, and Members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to testify before the committee today on the crisis in Ameri  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 -- The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee released the following testimony by Daily Wire investigative reporter Luke Rosiak from a Dec. 10, 2025, hearing entitled "Running Government Like a Small Business: Cut Waste, Crush Fraud": * * * Thank you Senator Ernst, Senator Markey, committee members. It's an honor to appear before all of you. I've been an investigative reporter for nearly 20 years, focused on waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government. B  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions released the following testimony by Nathan McGrath, and president and general counsel of the Fairness Center, from a Dec. 17, 2025, hearing entitled "Ensuring Union Leaders Represent Members, Not Agendas": * * * Chairman Allen, Ranking Member DeSaulnier, and the Honorable Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today. My name is Nathan McGrath  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 -- The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe released the following written testimony by Craig Singleton, senior director and senior fellow of the China Program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, from a Dec. 16, 2025, hearing entitled "Hybrid Warfare in Europe Against U.S. Interests: Moscow and Beijing's Playbook": * * * Section I. Introduction and Executive Summary Chairman Self, Ranking Member Keating, and distinguished members of this subcommittee, tha  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 -- The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee released the following written testimony by Courtney LaFountain, acting director of financial markets and community investment at the Government Accountability Office, from a Dec. 10, 2025, hearing entitled "Running Government Like a Small Business: Cut Waste, Crush Fraud": * * * Chair Ernst, Ranking Member Markey, and Members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to discuss the status of selected recomme  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging released the following testimony by Rachel Greszler, a senior research fellow in workforce and public finance at the Heritage Foundation, from a Dec. 10, 2025, hearing entitled "Aging With Purpose: The Positive Impact of Seniors in Today's Economy": * * * My name is Rachel Greszler. I am a senior research fellow in workforce and public finance at The Heritage Foundation, and a visiting fellow in workforce at the Economic Policy Innov  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property released the following written testimony by Henry Hinton, president of Inner Banks Media LLC, from a Dec. 9, 2025, hearing entitled "Balancing the Interests of Local Radio, Songwriters, and Performers in the Digital Age": * * * I. Introduction Good afternoon, Chairman Tillis, Ranking Member Schiff and members of the IP Subcommittee. My name is Henry Hinton and I am a local broadcaster in Greenville, North Caroli  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions released the following written testimony by LaborLab Executive Director Bob Funk from a Dec. 17, 2025, hearing entitled "Ensuring Union Leaders Represent Members, Not Agendas": * * * Thank you, Subcommittee Chair Allen, Subcommittee Ranking Member DeSaulnier, and Members of the Subcommittee. My name is Bob Funk and I serve as Executive Director of LaborLab, a nonpartisan worker advoc  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging released the following testimony by Christine Osasu, director of the Senior Community Service Employment Program at the Legacy Link, from a Dec. 10, 2025, hearing entitled "Aging With Purpose: The Positive Impact of Seniors in Today's Economy": * * * Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Gillibrand, and distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to speak before you today. It is a privilege afforded to very few to   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 -- The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee released the following testimony by Open the Books CEO John Hart from a Dec. 10, 2025, hearing entitled "Running Government Like a Small Business: Cut Waste, Crush Fraud": * * * Madame Chair Ernst, Ranking Member Markey, and distinguished Senators: Every dollar saved in Washington is a dream realized somewhere in America. Nowhere is that more true than in the small business community. Small businesses aren't just  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 -- The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee released the following testimony by Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette, acting vice president of policy and government affairs at the Project On Government Oversight, from a Dec. 10, 2025, hearing entitled "Running Government Like a Small Business: Cut Waste, Crush Fraud": * * * Chair Ernst, Ranking Member Markey, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today about waste and fraud in the federal   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging released the following testimony by Santa Fe College President Paul Broadie II from a Dec. 10, 2025, hearing entitled "Aging With Purpose: The Positive Impact of Seniors in Today's Economy": * * * Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Gillibrand, and Members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify on the critical role community colleges play in empowering older Americans to remain active, engaged, and economically secure.  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions released the following testimony by Michael Alcorn, a crew member at Trader Joe's, from a Dec. 17, 2025, hearing entitled "Ensuring Union Leaders Represent Members, Not Agendas": * * * My name is Michael Alcorn, and I've been a crew member at Trader Joe's for eleven years. First at stores in Newton and Hadley, Massachusetts, and now in Michigan. I am also a visiting fellow at the In  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions released the following testimony by Alexander MacDonald, co-chair of the Workplace Policy Institute at Littler Mendelson, from a Dec. 17, 2025, hearing entitled "Ensuring Union Leaders Represent Members, Not Agendas": * * * Chairman Allen, Ranking Member DeSaulnier, and members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today about this important subject. T  more