WASHINGTON, May 26 -- The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Reginald G.A. Neal, assistant secretary of Veterans Affairs for operations, security and preparedness, from a May 13, 2026, hearing entitled "Protecting Those Who Served: A Review of VA Police Operations": * * * Chairman Moran, Ranking Member Blumenthal, and Members of the Committee, thank you for this opportunity to provide an overview of the VA Police force and our plan to improve how it serves a  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging released the following written testimony by Rebecca Preve, executive director of the Association on Aging in New York, Albany, from a May 13, 2026, hearing entitled "Caught in the Middle: Supporting Families in the Sandwich Generation": * * * Chair Scott, Ranking Member Gillibrand, and Members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify on the vital issue of family caregiving in the United States. I am the Executive Di  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Smith Opening Statement at Markup of Anti-Fraud, Health, and Social Security Legislation Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) delivered the following opening statement at a committee markup of anti-fraud, health, and Social Security legislation. As prepared for delivery. "Today, the Ways and Means Committee is meeting to consi  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee released the following testimony by Donald K. Sherman, president and CEO of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, from a May 20, 2026, hearing entitled "Blowing the Whistle: Inside the Grift that Keeps Giving": * * * Chair Ernst, Ranking Member Markey and members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on the dangers that fraud poses to small businesses. My name is Donald Sherman,  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- The House Foreign Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Tom Malinowski, former assistant secretary of State for democracy, human rights and labor, from a May 20, 2026, hearing entitled "FY2027 Budget Request: State Department Adjacent Entities": * * * Chairman Mast, Ranking member Meeks, and to all my friends on both sides of this Committee, thank you for inviting me to testify. It's always good to be with you in this room. As many of you know, I wasn't b  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following opening remarks at a hearing entitled "Court Packing: A Threat to the Supreme Court's Legitimacy": * * * Ranking Member Raskin's Opening Statement at Hearing on How Republican Corruption and Extremism Broke the Supreme Court Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered opening remarks at a Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Proper  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- The House Foreign Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Inter-American Foundation President and CEO Sara Aviel from a May 20, 2026, hearing entitled "FY2027 Budget Request: State Department Adjacent Entities": * * * Chairman Mast, Ranking Member Meeks, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on behalf of the Inter-American Foundation and share how we advance US interests and align with the Administration's agenda. I want to t  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- The House Judiciary Committee released the following testimony by Maya Wiley, president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, from a May 20, 2026, hearing entitled "The Southern Poverty Law Center: Manufacturing Hate": * * * Thank you, Chairman Jordan and Ranking Member Raskin. My name is Maya Wiley. I am the daughter of civil rights leaders, and I am president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the nation's oldest an  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- 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 26 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging released the following testimony by Josh Protas, chief advocacy and policy officer for Meals on Wheels America, Arlington, Virginia, from a May 13, 2026, hearing entitled "Caught in the Middle: Supporting Families in the Sandwich Generation": * * * Good afternoon, Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Gillibrand, and esteemed Members of the Committee. Thank you for the opportunity to testify before you at this hearing on the important topic   more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- The House Foreign Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Damon Wilson, president and CEO of the National Endowment for Democracy, from a May 20, 2026, hearing entitled "FY2027 Budget Request: State Department Adjacent Entities": * * * Chairman Mast, Ranking Member Meeks, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify before this Committee. On behalf of NED's Board of Directors, staff, and thousands of democratic partners around the w  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Maxine Waters, D-California, ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Maxine Waters, Chairman French Hill, Representatives Cleaver and Flood, Lead the Overwhelmingly Bipartisan House Passage of H. Res. 1299, the "21st Century ROAD to Housing Act," and Urge Senate Passage This week, the House passed the "21st Century ROAD to Housing Act," led by the House Committee on Financial Services Ranking   more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Members Raskin, Jayapal, Durbin & Padilla Statement on Trump Administration's Unlawful Refugee Consultation The Trump Administration provided minimal details on a plan to abandon American values and focus solely on admitting more white-only Afrikaner refugees * U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD-08), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary   more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- Rep. Derek Tran, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Representative Tran Announces Federal Emergency Declaration for Garden Grove Western Incident * Garden Grove, CA - At Representative Derek Tran (CA-45)'s urging, President Trump has signed a request for a Federal Emergency Declaration submitted by the State of California in response to the ongoing toxic chemical incident, known as the "Western Incident," at the GKN Aerospace facility in Garden Grove  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence and the Internet released the following testimony by Gene Schaerr, partner at Schaerr Jaffe LLP, from a May 21, 2026, hearing entitled "Court Packing: A Threat to the Supreme Court's Legitimacy": * * * Chairman Issa, Ranking Member Johnson, Chairman Jordan, Ranking Member Raskin, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, thank you for this opportunity to address recent proposal  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Georgia, ranking member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence and the Internet, issued the following opening statement at a hearing entitled "Court Packing: A Threat to the Supreme Court's Legitimacy": * * * Subcommittee Ranking Member Johnson's Opening Statement at Hearing on How Republican Corruption and Extremism Broke the Supreme Court Today, Rep. Hank Johnson, Ranking Member of the Subcommi  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Veterans Affairs' Secretary Doug Collins from a May 21, 2026, hearing on the fiscal 2027 budget request: * * * Chairman Carter, Ranking Member Wasserman Schultz, and distinguished Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today on the Department of Veterans Affairs' fiscal year (FY) 2027 budget request. Sinc  more