WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development released the following testimony by Emerson J. Sykes, senior staff attorney of the Speech, Privacy and Technology Project at the American Civil Liberties Union, from an April 29, 2026, hearing entitled "Speech or Silence? The Future of the First Amendment in Higher Education": * * * Good morning, Chair Walberg, Ranking Member Scott, Subcommittee Chair Burgess, Subcommittee Ranking   more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development released the following testimony by Tyson Langhofer, senior counsel of the Alliance Defending Freedom, from an April 29, 2026, hearing entitled "Speech or Silence? The Future of the First Amendment in Higher Education": * * * Dear Chairman Owens, Ranking Member Adams, and Members of the Subcommittee: "The college classroom with its surrounding environs is peculiarly the 'marketpla  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development released the following testimony by Steven McGuire, Paul and Karen Levy fellow in campus freedom at the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, from an April 29, 2026, hearing entitled "Speech or Silence? The Future of the First Amendment in Higher Education": * * * Chairman Owens, Ranking Member Adams, distinguished members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to test  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Intelligence released the following testimony by Brett D. Schaefer, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, from an April 29, 2026, hearing entitled "U.S. Accountability at the United Nations: Challenges and Opportunities for Reform": * * * Chairman Mills, Ranking Member Moskowitz, and honorable members of the Oversight and Intelligence Subcommittee of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, thank you for   more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe released the following written testimony by Kari A. Bingen, director of the Aerospace Security Project and senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies Defense and Security Department, from an April 29, 2026, hearing entitled "Orbits of Influence: Emerging Threats to U.S. Space Security and Foreign Policy Implications": * * * Chairman Self, Ranking Member Keating, and distinguished Members of the Subco  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe released the following testimony by Council on Strategic Risks CEO Mallory Stewart from an April 29, 2026, hearing entitled "Orbits of Influence: Emerging Threats to U.S. Space Security and Foreign Policy Implications": * * * Good morning Chairman Self, Ranking Member Keating, and distinguished Subcommittee members. My name is Mallory Stewart, and I am the Chief Executive Officer at the Council on Strategic Risks: a nonprof  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education released the following testimony by Paul Runko, senior director of K-12 initiatives at Defending Education, from an April 28, 2026, hearing entitled "Leveling Down: How Equity Policies Undermine Excellence and Harm Students": * * * Chairman Kiley, Ranking Member Bonamici, and distinguished members of the subcommittee: thank you for inviting me. My name is Paul Runko, and   more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe released the following testimony by Scott Pace, director of the Space Policy Institute at the George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs, from an April 29, 2026, hearing entitled "Orbits of Influence: Emerging Threats to U.S. Space Security and Foreign Policy Implications": * * * Chairman Self, Ranking Member Keating, and distinguished members of this Subcommittee. Thank you for holding this import  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education released the following written testimony by Michaele N. Turnage Young, senior counsel and co-manager of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc. Equal Protection Initiative, from an April 28, 2026, hearing entitled "Leveling Down: How Equity Policies Undermine Excellence and Harm Students": * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 2) Congress must also ensure ED is adequa  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development released the following written testimony by Judson Horras, president and CEO of the North American Interfraternity Conference, from an April 29, 2026, hearing entitled "Speech or Silence? The Future of the First Amendment in Higher Education": * * * I am Jud Horras, President and CEO of the North American Interfraternity Conference (NIC). The NIC is a trade association of 61 natio  more