WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The Senate Armed Services Committee released the following joint testimony by Energy Secretary Christopher Wright, National Nuclear Security Administrator Brandon Williams, and Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management Timothy J. Walsh, from a May 13, 2026, hearing on the fiscal 2027 budget request: * * * Chairman Wicker, Ranking Member Reed, and Members of the Committee, it is an honor to appear before you and this Committee today as the Secretary of Energy to dis  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Cantwell, Colleagues Raise Major Alarms Over Foreign Government Influence in American News Media if FCC Greenlights Paramount-Warner Brothers Investment Deal * Paramount's financing scheme needs FCC approval so Saudi Arabia, UAE & Qatar can own significant stakes in its television stations Foreign governments hostile to a free press could exert extraordinary influence over CNN, CBS News,  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. Ami Bera, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Bera Opposes Trump Administration Changes to Green Card Processing Policy * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06) released the following statement in response to the Trump administration's major change to green card processing policy that would require many immigrants already living legally in the United States to leave the country and complete the process abroad:   more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Rep. Derek Tran, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Representative Tran, Senators Padilla and Schiff Urge President Trump to Approve Federal Emergency Declaration for Garden Grove Western Incident * Garden Grove, CA - Representative Derek Tran (CA-45), Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging approval of California's request for a Federal Emergency Declaration in response to the ongoing  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee released the following testimony by Brock Dahl, President Trump's nominee to be the legal adviser to the U.S. Department of State, from a May 20, 2026, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Risch, Ranking Member Shaheen, and distinguished Members of the committee. It is the privilege of a lifetime to appear today as the President's nominee to be the Legal Adviser to the Department of State. I want to thank President Trump and Secretar  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee released the following testimony by Eric Wendt, President Trump's nominee to be U.S. Ambassador to Albania, from a May 20, 2026, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Risch, Ranking Member Shaheen, Members of the Committee: I am honored and grateful to President Trump and Secretary Rubio for the trust placed in me with this nomination for the position of U.S. Ambassador to Albania. For over thirty-four years I served the United Stat  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee released the following testimony by David Brat, President Trump's nominee to be U.S. Ambassador to Australia, from a May 20, 2026, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Risch, Ranking Member Shaheen, and distinguished Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. It is an honor to be nominated as United States Ambassador to the Commonwealth of Australia. President Trump and Secretary Rubio have c  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee released the following testimony by Michael Kavoukjian, President Trump's nominee to be U.S. Ambassador to Norway, from a May 20, 2026, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Risch, Ranking Member Shaheen, and Members of the Committee: I am honored to appear before you as the nominee for United States Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway. I am deeply grateful to President Trump for the trust he has placed in me with this nomination. If  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee released the following testimony by Michelle Park Steel, President Trump's nominee to be U.S. Ambassador to South Korea, from a May 20, 2026, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Risch, Ranking Member Shaheen, and honorable Members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. It is the honor of a lifetime to be President Trump's nominee for U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea. I am deeply grateful  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The Senate Armed Services Committee released the following testimony by Navy Adm. Charles B. Cooper II, commander of the U.S. Central Command, from a May 14, 2026, hearing on the fiscal 2027 budget request: * * * Events in the Central Region have shown how quickly the course of history can change. Decades-old features of the strategic landscape, once thought immutable, have been upended. Since 1979, the Iranian regime has terrorized the region. Its network of proxies expl  more