WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee released the following written testimony by Amvets National Executive Director Joe Chenelly from an April 29, 2026, hearing on legislation to strengthen veteran's access to care: * * * Chairman Moran, Ranking Member Blumenthal, and distinguished members of the Committee: On behalf of AMVETS, we thank you for the opportunity to testify regarding several pieces of pending legislation before the Committee. Founded in 1944, AMVETS is one  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense released the following testimony by Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle from a May 12, 2026, hearing on the fiscal 2027 budget request: * * * Chairman Calvert, Ranking Member McCollum, and distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on the posture of the United States Navy. On behalf of our battle-ready Sailors, resilient families, and dedicated civilians serving around the globe  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense released the following testimony by Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle from a May 12, 2026, hearing on the fiscal 2027 budget request: * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 2) Upon receipt of One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) funding, MARAD will contract with a Vessel Construction Manager for design and construction of the first two sealift vessels. The Buy-used sealift recapitalization program provides a stable near-term a  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections released the following testimony by Patrick Sughrue, senior corporate director of health, safety and environmental at Cianbro Corp., Pittsfield, Maine, on behalf of Associated Builders and Contractors, from a May 13, 2026, hearing entitled "Building a Safer Future: Private-Sector Strategies for Emerging Safety Issues": * * * Chairman Mackenzie, Ranking Member Omar and Members of the Subcommittee on Wo  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The House Education and Workforce Committee released the following testimony by Education Secretary Linda McMahon from a May 14, 2026, hearing entitled "Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Department of Education": * * * Chairman Walberg, Ranking Member Scott, distinguished members of this Committee, thank you very much for having me today. I want to thank my team at the Department of Education and those across the federal government for their months of hard wor  more

FORT BRANCH, Indiana, May 14 -- The House Education and Workforce Committee released the following testimony by Arthur M. Wolfson, partner at Fisher Phillips LLP, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from a May 8, 2026, field hearing entitled "Protecting Workers and Powering America: The Future of Mining": * * * Chairman Walberg and Members of the Committee: Good morning and thank you for the opportunity to testify about mine safety compliance and how our system of regulating mine safety could better se  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections released the following written testimony by Douglas L. Parker, senior research fellow at Harvard Law School Center for Labor and a Just Economy, and former assistant secretary of Labor for occupational safety and health, from a May 13, 2026, hearing entitled "Building a Safer Future: Private-Sector Strategies for Emerging Safety Issues": * * * Thank you, Chairman MacKenzie, Ranking Member Omar, and me  more

FORT BRANCH, Indiana, May 15 -- The House Education and Workforce Committee released the following written testimony by Sam B. Petsonk, owner of Petsonk PLLC, Oak Hill, West Virginia, and a miner's health and safety lawyer, from a May 8, 2026, field hearing entitled "Protecting Workers and Powering America: The Future of Mining": * * * Chairman, Ranking Member, Members of the Committee -- thank you. I am a miners' health & safety lawyer from West Virginia. I formerly staffed U.S. Senators Robe  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections released the following testimony by National Safety Council CEO Lorraine Martin from a May 13, 2026, hearing entitled "Building a Safer Future: Private-Sector Strategies for Emerging Safety Issues": * * * Chairs Mackenzie and Walberg and Ranking Members Omar and Scott, and distinguished Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for inviting me to this important hearing titled: Building a Safer Future: Pr  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations released the following testimony by David Wiseman, president of Synechion Inc., Dallas, Texas, from an April 29, 2026, hearing entitled "Unmasked: How Biden Health Officials Purposely Turned a Blind Eye Toward COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Signals": * * * Distinguished Chairman, Ranking Member, and Committee Members. I am honored to discuss critical limitations in statistical safety s  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection released the following testimony by Robert Mayer, senior vice president of cybersecurity and innovation at the USTelecom - The Broadband Association, from an April 29, 2026, hearing entitled "Data Centers, Telecommunications Networks, and Space-Based Systems: Modernizing DHS's SRMA Role for the Communications and IT Sectors." DHS is the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and SRMA stand  more