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Hearing Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be Attorney General.
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript · 11 transcript matches
TILLIS, THOMAS "ethical bounds of the law. You have to answer to the bars and everyone else. But it's just jarring to hear people criticize this administration when they can't look in the mirror and ask themselves why they weren't criticizing an administration when they happen to have a blue jersey. Now, my criticism of the administration with the red jersey. January 6th, I have searched heaven and earth and I haven't found anything except a passing comment at a C-SPAN conference. So can you tell me definitively that you think that any Capitol police officer who was harmed on January the 6th was a victim of..."
Committee Committee on House Administration
house Standing
Hearing H.R. 9607, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Workforce Development Act"; H.R. 9609, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Student Aid Act"; H.R. 9602, "Less...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript · 9 transcript matches
SPEAKER_06 "Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, roughly half the staff at the Office of Child Care within the Administration of Children and Families has been laid off since President Trump returned to office, undermining our ability to administer grants and make child care more affordable for working families and oversee that children are safe and cared for. This administration has also closed five regional offices, which provided training and technical assistance and administrative support in ensuring that grants reach families and served as a liaison between program administrators and the federal..."
Hearing Oversight Hearing - U.S. Small Business Administration
house Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee · Jul 14, 2026 · Transcript · 9 transcript matches
DELAURO, ROSA L. "much, Mr. Chairman and Ranking Member Hoyer, Administrator Loeffler, welcome. Whether the Trump administration acknowledges it or not, there was a cost-of-living crisis confronting the American people. Food, housing, health care, gasoline, the price of just about everything is going up. The economic outlook remains uncertain, jobs are fewer and far between, American families are clamoring for relief, but this administration does not have any plan to provide it. The only proposal they have put forward is to push for the largest Pentagon budget in history, while reducing investments in just..."
Hearing FY27 BIS Budget: the AI Arms Race and the ICTS Office
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026 · Transcript · 7 transcript matches
KEATING, WILLIAM R. "So are you aware also that in the course of export controls, I mean, the very powerful semiconductor chip deal that was done in May, did you have other discussions as a member of the administration with other members of the administration on that change for those very powerful, sensitive computer chips that we were worried about getting in the hands of the"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Bradford Pentony Wilson, of New Jersey, to be Archivist of the United States, Hal Duncan, of Texas, to be...
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jun 17, 2026 · Request transcript
SPEAKER_10 "We'll begin today with our first panel of nominees. Hal Duncan to be the Director, Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Brian Kavanaugh to be the Undersecretary of Management at the Department of Homeland Security. David Cummings to be the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration. Cameron Hamilton to be the Administrator for the Federal Emergency Management Agency. And Charles Baldus to be the Special Counsel to the Office of Special Counsel. The witnesses' written statements have been submitted for the record and I ask unanimous consent to submit letters..."
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.29, to make daylight saving time permanent, S.191, to require the Secretary of Transportation to modify certain...
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Apr 30, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.1691, to limit the use of facial recognition technology in airports, S.2314, to direct the Secretary of Commerce to...
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Jul 30, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.93, to amend the Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 to address harmful algal blooms,...
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Feb 5, 2025 · Request transcript
Testimony LEGER FERNANDEZ, TERESA
Legislative Hearing on: H.R. 6917 (Rep. Titus) To take certain land in...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 9, 2026
"Good afternoon, and thank you all for traveling to D.C. to speak to each of these important bills. Your testimony is critical. It helps illustrate how each of these unique pieces of legislation can strengthen tribal sovereignty and improve the lives of the tribal members and the surrounding community, and I look forward to hearing it. What we also need, though, is testimony from the administration. This Congress, the administration has sent witnesses to only five of our tribal hearings. I am..."
Testimony GALLEGO, RUBEN
Hearings to examine S.749, to amend title 38, United States Code, to e...
senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · Apr 29, 2026
"isn't necessarily I think the the VA is moving in the right direction when it comes to these types of therapy especially using psychedelics. My actually codify this into law should be should there be a change in administration everything could just kind of go away and this administration has actually been better about working with psychedelics and veterans in the last administration. I can't predict what the next administration is going to be like but if I can predict is that I know a lot of..."
Hearing Business meeting to markup S.1759, to allow for the operation of civil supersonic flight in the national airspace system under certain conditions,...
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Jul 22, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Derek Barrs, of Florida, to be Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and...
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Jul 16, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.68, to prohibit the suspension of collections on loans made to small businesses related to COVID-19, S.273, to...
senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee · Feb 5, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness Tracey Therit
Office of Human Resources and Administration, Operations, Security, and Preparedness; Veterans Health Administration · 3 hearings
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.190, to enhance the operations of the North Pacific Research Board, S.318, to require a plan to improve the...
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · May 21, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.2082, to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to modify the definition of "production facility" to exclude an...
senate Environment and Public Works Committee · Oct 29, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.298, to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to relocate 30 percent of the employees...
senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee · Feb 12, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Business meeting to consider the nominations of Daniel Desmond Domenico, of Colorado, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit,...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 16, 2026 · Transcript · 4 transcript matches
SPEAKER_21 "Unfortunately, he has not demonstrated that. As one example, Judge Traynor has ruled in favor of the Trump administration in all 28 cases on his docket involving challenges from immigrants who have been detained by ICE under the administration's illegal mandatory detention policy. That includes seven habeas corpus petitions Traynor volunteered to preside over in the District of Minnesota following Operation Metro"
Hearing A New Beginning for Colombia
house Western Hemisphere Subcommittee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript · 4 transcript matches
MEEKS, GREGORY W. "the brutal violence committed by transnational crime organizations that operate within Colombian borders. In that regard, the Trump administration's cancellation and dismantling of assistance program serving Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities is especially troubling. And I look forward to hearing from our witnesses why the Trump administration has defied bipartisan congressional intent and appropriations law and abruptly canceled funding for such activities. In closing, presidents come and"
Testimony SPEAKER_18
Hearings to examine the nomination of Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"That has been withdrawn. This administration is the administration of law and order, and we believe that these laws should be applied equally. That doesn't mean the Department of Labor doesn't have a role in there to clean up that employer, but that doesn't mean ICE and DHS should be precluded from going in there, too. It's working together, opposed to saying one agency's laws are more important than the other, and that's what we've changed in this administration, and ultimately, it's going to..."
Testimony PALLONE, FRANK
Three Pieces of Legislation
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"At the hearing that produced these bills, members agreed on a bipartisan basis that addiction should be treated as a disease. That's why the Trump administration's actions to slash substance use and recovery funding could stunt the progress we've made. The Trump administration has dismantled the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, SAMHSA, the agency responsible for addressing the overdose crisis. SAMHSA staff have been reduced by half, and the administration cut $1.7..."
Testimony SPEAKER_06
H.R. 9607, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Workforce Development Act"; H.R. ...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, roughly half the staff at the Office of Child Care within the Administration of Children and Families has been laid off since President Trump returned to office, undermining our ability to administer grants and make child care more affordable for working families and oversee that children are safe and cared for. This administration has also closed five regional offices, which provided training and technical assistance and administrative support in ensuring..."
Testimony TILLIS, THOMAS
Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"ethical bounds of the law. You have to answer to the bars and everyone else. But it's just jarring to hear people criticize this administration when they can't look in the mirror and ask themselves why they weren't criticizing an administration when they happen to have a blue jersey. Now, my criticism of the administration with the red jersey. January 6th, I have searched heaven and earth and I haven't found anything except a passing comment at a C-SPAN conference. So can you tell me..."
Testimony DELAURO, ROSA L.
Oversight Hearing - U.S. Small Business Administration
house Appropriations Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"much, Mr. Chairman and Ranking Member Hoyer, Administrator Loeffler, welcome. Whether the Trump administration acknowledges it or not, there was a cost-of-living crisis confronting the American people. Food, housing, health care, gasoline, the price of just about everything is going up. The economic outlook remains uncertain, jobs are fewer and far between, American families are clamoring for relief, but this administration does not have any plan to provide it. The only proposal they have put..."
Testimony JOYCE, DAVID P.
Oversight Hearing - U.S. Small Business Administration
house Appropriations Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"Thank you, Madam Chair. Today, we welcome the testimony of the Honorable Kelly Loeffler, Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration. Administrator Loeffler, without objection, your full written testimony will be entered into the record. With that in mind, we ask you to please summarize your opening statement in five"
Testimony SPEAKER_09
Oversight Hearing - U.S. Small Business Administration
house Appropriations Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"December at last look, and that continues to change with the number of disasters that we're responding to. A year to date, we've responded to about 237 disasters. Currently, actively have 39 that we're managing, and it's been an opportunity for us to look at how we can provide you data better to give you the confidence that the funding will be there, so I welcome any feedback that anyone has on future administrations accountable? Congresswoman, I think it's a great question, because if future..."
Testimony HUDSON, RICHARD
Oversight of the National Telecommunications and Information Administr...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"Thank you. We have now concluded with member opening statements. The Chair reminds members that pursuant to committee rules, all members opening statements will be made part of the record. I'd like to thank our witnesses. for being here today to testify before the subcommittee. Our witness will have five minutes to provide an opening statement which will be followed by a round of questions from members. The witness here today before us is the Honorable Ariel Roth, Assistant Secretary of..."
Testimony FRY, RUSSELL
Oversight of the National Telecommunications and Information Administr...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for having this hearing today, and thank you, Administrator, for being here. I'm going to talk about BEAD for a second. Administrator, I hear my colleagues on the other side of the aisle say that this administration is acting illegally with regard to BEAD, but we know that the last administration failed to follow that statute. Can you tell us the ways in which the last administration did not follow BEAD as written, and what ways are you correcting"
Testimony SPEAKER_03
Oversight Hearing - Office of Management and Budget
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"The congressman from Maryland told me to read every GAO report, of which I would like to have the time to be able to read for that. I would like to have a tool that collates and assesses everything in every GAO report in a way that I can actually make decisions based. That would just be one example. Similarly, there's a lot of information out there on USA spending that I would like to have the benefit for examiners to know who are already stretched thin with regard Every administration would..."
Testimony CLOUD, MICHAEL
Oversight Hearing - Office of Management and Budget
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"it's been said in all these studies, as you mentioned, based on false science, whether or not people are being killed because of that. The latest data coming out is actually showing that remarkably, mortality rates in South Africa are going down following this. And a lot of these stories are do you suppose that sometimes it's possible that we actually save money by spending less money or save worldview. A lot of things we've seen, and certainly this was true of the last administration, not..."
Testimony SPEAKER_19
H.R. 8800 – National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027; H...
house Rules Committee · Jun 29, 2026
"The presumption is if you own a business, you must be engaged in illicit finance. So it's had problems in the court, and for that reason, the Trump administration halted the application of the previous administration's rule, and they said we're going to more narrowly apply it to foreign ownership interests, and that's what this does. The Trump administration codifies that policy so that FinCEN can focus on genuine national security concerns. This was brought into this world through the NDAA,..."
Testimony BERGMAN, JACK
H.R. 8552, the “Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act o...
house Veterans' Affairs Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"It's a, it's just an unintended gap. Decentralized handling across three VA administrations, the National Cemetery Association, administration that handles the actual burial benefits side, the Veterans, Veterans, Veterans Benefits Administration, each VA regional office has an indigent Veterans and unclaimed remains outreach coordinator who handles outreach and benefit determinations at the local level, and finally, the Veterans Health"
Testimony BARR, ANDY
Implementing an America First Approach in the East Asia and Pacific Re...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"Well, can I reclaim my time and clarify that it included HIMARS, rocket systems, ATACM missiles, howitzers, drones. So this concern that the administration has not yet approved an additional $14 billion needs to be put in its proper context, that there has never been an administration that has demonstrated the commitment to Taiwan that this administration has demonstrated already with an $11 billion record commitment of arms sales. Now we still have questions about how we can help, the Congress..."
Testimony SPEAKER_10
Hearings to examine the nominations of Christopher Phelan, of Minnesot...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"We are, we are... Inflation now on an annualized basis is significantly lower than that pace. So about 5%? Does that sound about right? 5% more or less during the Biden administration. No, during the Trump administration. During the Trump administration, no, it's lower than that. Lower than that. Generally, the rule for economics is that, and this is an oversimplification, is that inflation is caused by too much money chasing too few"
Testimony STANSBURY, MELANIE A.
“Combating Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in SNAP”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"Go ahead. I'd like to ask for unanimous consent to enter into the record a report from this committee's House Democrats entitled Abandoning Americans to Disease. The Trump Administration's Reckless Crusade is Harming Americans' Health, which is about an investigation into the policies that this administration is forwarding, including some of the food standards at the Federal Food and Drug"
Testimony SPEAKER_09
“From Startup to Scale: The Role of the SBA Office of Investment and I...
house Small Business Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"innovation strolls in the country. You know, I have business owners there that are this close to ensuring that people who have retinal pigmentosa or macular degeneration can see again. They're in third stage clinical trials. I have a company that is so close to creating new molecule and opportunities to cure hormonal breast cancer that's killing tens of thousands of women every single year. We have folks who are doing, as you know, plant-based innovation to create more opportunities in our food..."
Testimony DURBIN, RICHARD J.
Hearings to examine protecting American citizenship, focusing on Ameri...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"to return blue slips for some nominees. Now the rest of the story. For the past 18 months, the committee has considered nominees to fill dozens of judicial vacancies in red states that Republican senators held open for years by refusing to return blue slips during the administration. Many Senate Republicans, though not all, engaged in unprecedented obstruction despite good-faith efforts by the Biden White House to fill vacancies. Consider this. During the Trump administration, Senate Democrats..."
Testimony DURBIN, RICHARD J.
Hearings to examine protecting American citizenship, focusing on Ameri...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"In your opinions, you've embraced the Trump administration position that it can detain any immigrant without a bond hearing, no matter how long they've been in the United States and even if they have no criminal history. In light of your embrace of the Trump administration's position, even when judges have ruled against the administration's policy nearly 14,000 times, why should anyone have confidence that you could be a neutral arbiter presiding over challenges to this administration's action,..."
Testimony COURTNEY, JOE
“Workforce Rewired: Modern Apprenticeships for a Modern Economy”
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"again, take their trade and their families or whatever to different parts of the country. Unfortunately, that sort of seems to be sort of the crux of the debate that's been going on over the last four or five years with the first Trump administration, Biden administration, and now we're back again with the Trump administration. So Mr. Ladd, in terms of your experience working in the Office of Apprenticeships, I mean, this issue of quality standards is not excessive government. It's really to..."
Testimony BONAMICI, SUZANNE
“Workforce Rewired: Modern Apprenticeships for a Modern Economy”
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"It's critical that these opportunities provide meaningful and high quality training and skills development for participants. In March, the Department of Labor released new guidance on registered apprenticeships. I recently led a letter with Ranking Member Adams, which she mentioned in the opening statement, to the department's acting secretary expressing concerns that the guidance will weaken the high standards for registered apprenticeship programs and fall short of providing the high quality..."
Testimony SPEAKER_10
Hearings to examine the nominations of Bradford Pentony Wilson, of New...
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jun 17, 2026
"We'll begin today with our first panel of nominees. Hal Duncan to be the Director, Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Brian Kavanaugh to be the Undersecretary of Management at the Department of Homeland Security. David Cummings to be the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration. Cameron Hamilton to be the Administrator for the Federal Emergency Management Agency. And Charles Baldus to be the Special Counsel to the Office of Special Counsel. The witnesses'..."
Testimony RASKIN, JAMIE
“Examining the Sports Broadcasting Act”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"They've called no hearings on the Ellison's corrupt Paramount Skydance Warner Brothers Discovery merger or the deep corruption at the heart of the Paramount Skydance merger. They've not called a single Trump administration antitrust official to come testify before this subcommittee about the political destabilization and saturation of the antitrust process of review in the administration. In fact, the only Trump-era antitrust official to appear before this committee, this entire Congress, was a..."
Testimony SPEAKER_21
Hearings to examine the nominations of Daniel Mack Traynor, of North D...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"Why did you volunteer to preside over these cases in Minnesota? And in light of your embrace of the Trump administration's position, even when judges have ruled against the administration policy more than 10,000 times, why should we feel or have confidence you can be a neutral arbiter when it comes to presiding over challenges to the Trump administration action? But the bottom line on the issue of habeas corpus, the issue of detention, why is it you're such an outlier when it comes to Trump..."
Testimony SCANLON, MARY GAY
H.R. 8464 – Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act; H.R. 8312 – Fraud Preven...
house Rules Committee · Jun 8, 2026
"fear and intimidation tactics, warrantless searches of people's homes, and the detention of lawful residents and even citizens. Republicans have rejected every effort to require ICE and CBP to meet the same public safety and civil rights standards as every other responsible law enforcement agency in this country. And that tells you everything you need to know. This isn't about responsibly funding border security. It's about giving this administration more money and more power with fewer..."
Testimony FIGURES, SHOMARI
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from the Honorable Brooke L. R...
house Agriculture Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"We all have a responsibility to be loyal to the communities and the states that we represent without finger-pointing at a particular president or administration. We, this body, the Agricultural Committee, we have the power to stand back, to use our constitutional authority to push back against decisions of an administration, whether a prior administration or a current administration, to make sure we are positioning our farmers to thrive and succeed. And I get reports in my district, as I'm sure..."
Testimony FIGURES, SHOMARI
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from the Honorable Brooke L. R...
house Agriculture Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"The input costs have been harmful. And sure, we can, I'm sure we can point to, legitimately, we can point to policies across multiple administrations, you know, that lead to our current circumstances, but I don't think that it is fair to anybody. And I don't think it is fair to the farmers, first and foremost, to point that finger solely at one man or one previous administration and ignore the actions that the current administration is taking. And so my question is that, you know, we've heard..."
Testimony SUOZZI, THOMAS R.
Hearing with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"and getting worse. Are you familiar with that polling? So that would seem to be a tale of two cities. You saying the economy is very strong and the people of the United States of America saying the economy is bad and getting worse. Now, the Biden administration, which we've heard a lot from you guys today, I think made a similar mistake to what your administration is making, because the stock market was booming under the Biden administration. There was job creation under the Biden..."
Testimony SPEAKER_00
Legislative Hearing on: • H.R. 2406 (Rep. Bonamici), “National Oceanic...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 3, 2026
"for her own safety. Her colleagues and harasser knew that she had reported her experience and there seemed to be little investigation into her case and others. After hearing her story, I began to work with NOAA and after several months ended up meeting and working directly with then NOAA Administrator, Dr. Catherine Sullivan, who took the issue seriously. With Dr. Sullivan's training requirements made it easier to report sexual harassment and change their investigation protocol. This led to a..."
Testimony MR. SAM PETSONK
"Protecting Workers and Powering America: The Future of Mining"
house Education and Workforce Committee · May 8, 2026
"my second message here is it's not the time for the administration to be cutting mine safety. And just this week, this administration has reportedly laid off one-third of the staff of the Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, shutting down the entire Pittsburgh office. And we now have only three administrative law judges nationwide to hear all the mine enforcement actions in the administration. The commission will lack a quorum. That means they will not be able to conduct any business at..."
Testimony VAN HOLLEN, CHRIS
Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fi...
senate Appropriations Committee · Apr 22, 2026
"which was due over a month ago. There's obviously a pattern here, failure to respond to basic inquiries, and that means rather than only look forward, we'll have to revisit some of the issues that could have been addressed earlier. With regard to the fiscal year 27 budget planned before us today, it is like the rerun of a bad movie. Last year you proposed eliminating the Economic Development Administration, the Minority Business Development Agency, and the Manufacturing Extension Partnership...."
Testimony RICKETTS, PETE
Hearings to examine the nominations of Kevin Warsh, of Florida, to be ...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Apr 21, 2026
"That if we get inflation under control, that is how we benefit all Americans. And the size of the balance sheet has only benefited some Americans. So what you're really about is trying to change a policy at the Fed that has really benefited under the last administration people who have lots of money. Actually, not just the last administration, the previous administrations. But you also want to make sure we get off of the"
Testimony SHAHEEN, JEANNE
Joint hearings to examine preparations for the FIFA World Cup 2026.
senate Appropriations Committee · Apr 15, 2026
"The Federal Emergency Management Agency issued a notice of funding opportunity for $625 million for the World Cups for Security and $250 million for Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems, UAS. The Counter UAS funding was awarded in January, but the World Cup funding was not issued until mid-March, even though host cities across the country were pressing the administration to release the funds. There were several news reports that showed that the reason for the holdup was because of an administrative..."
Testimony PETER SCHWEIZER
Hearings to examine protecting American citizenship, focusing on birth...
senate Judiciary Committee · Mar 10, 2026
"The challenge that we face is how do we deal with this issue? I'm not a legal scholar, so I'm not going to have much to contribute on the legal debate. But the challenge is that the rules and regulations governing this are subject to manipulation. Yes, people with customs and border control can deny entry to somebody who is pregnant and say they want to come to the United States on a tourism visa. The problem is that under certain administrations, the Obama administration, the Biden..."
Testimony FOXX, VIRGINIA
“Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part II”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Mar 4, 2026
"Okay, well, when I was chair of the Committee on Education and Workforce, I issued you a subpoena in September 2024 because you and your administration were not forthcoming about how your administration, quote, failed to identify what has been described as the largest pandemic fraud in the nation, end quote. In September 2024, you were aware of the feeding our future fraud and your administration's handling of it, correct? Yes or no? This committee has testimony that the Minnesota Department of..."
Testimony BIGGS, ANDY
“Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security”
house Judiciary Committee · Mar 4, 2026
"It undermines federal law, it increases the risk to law enforcement, it increases the risk to the person arrested, and it results in the release of removable criminal aliens back into American communities. This administration, the Trump administration, the Nome administration, is enforcing the tools Congress provided. We expect cooperation, not"
Testimony SPEAKER_05
“From Source to Tap: A Hearing to Examine Challenges and Opportunities...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Feb 24, 2026
"And I will say there have been some progress also. The administration, this administration, announced that they are supporting the lead and copper rule that was adopted by the Biden administration. That's progress. We are, however, concerned that the administration has asked to repeal four of the forever toxic chemicals standards that were adopted by the previous administration and also did a delay to"
Witness Christopher Urben
Former Agent, Drug Enforcement Administration · 1 hearing
Witness Evan Carey
Veteran Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs · 1 hearing
Witness Daniel Zomchek
Veterans Health Administration; U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs · 1 hearing
Witness Staci Williams
Veterans Health Administration; U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs · 1 hearing
Witness Peter Kaboli
Veterans Health Administration; U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs · 1 hearing
Witness Raymond Lynch
Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · 1 hearing
Witness David Perry
Workforce Management and Consulting; Veterans Health Administration; U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs · 1 hearing
Witness Jacqueline Corrigan-Curay
U.S. Food and Drug Administration · 1 hearing
Witness Candice Chen
U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration · 1 hearing
Hearing Oversight of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration
house Communications and Technology Subcommittee · Jun 30, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
HUDSON, RICHARD "Thank you. We have now concluded with member opening statements. The Chair reminds members that pursuant to committee rules, all members opening statements will be made part of the record. I'd like to thank our witnesses. for being here today to testify before the subcommittee. Our witness will have five minutes to provide an opening statement which will be followed by a round of questions from members. The witness here today before us is the Honorable Ariel Roth, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and Administrator, National Telecommunications and Information..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Semi-Annual Report, focusing on a new day at the CFPB through reform.
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jul 16, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
SPEAKER_06 "The money that has not been apportioned is for 26 and 27. You're saying to me, and please stay And 26. From OMB's perspective, has it been apportioned to the Treasury Department? If I can answer your question, my concern, and we have had a dim view of this program as an administration, but there's tons of examples and I can go through them of where in the last administration they were incredibly woke. And we have concerns with that. But also, as it pertains to this committee and the CFPB in general, CDFIs are exempt from ability on this program. But let me just give you an example. When you..."
Hearing “Training Activists, Not Physicians: The Impact of DEI on Medical Schools”
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 14, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
SPEAKER_08 "from funding applications as part of the Trump administration's war on DEI. So the Congresswoman posed a simple question. How are we going to solve the black maternal mortality crisis if we cannot say black? She did not get a coherent response. That contradiction is at the heart of the administration's approach. We cannot address health disparities if we're discouraged from acknowledging how different communities are impacted. Another way this administration has dismantled programs that would address students experiencing discrimination has been the illegal dismantling of the Department of..."
Hearing More Bang for the Buck: Aligning Commercial Diplomacy Between State and Commerce
house East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee · Jul 14, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
MOSKOWITZ, JARED "A lot of that has not still been fixed. After trillions of dollars were spent at the end of the Biden administration and the beginning of the first Trump administration and all these packages, a lot of the supply chain issues that still existed have not been fixed. And so we have to figure out how we are going to onshore more of that manufacturing back to the United States. That doesn't mean we can't live in a global economy, but we can't depend on foreign nations, specifically nations that are looking to take advantage of us, like China, on things like critical minerals and critical supplies..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the nomination of Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor.
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 16, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
SPEAKER_18 "That has been withdrawn. This administration is the administration of law and order, and we believe that these laws should be applied equally. That doesn't mean the Department of Labor doesn't have a role in there to clean up that employer, but that doesn't mean ICE and DHS should be precluded from going in there, too. It's working together, opposed to saying one agency's laws are more important than the other, and that's what we've changed in this administration, and ultimately, it's going to benefit the American worker because American workers will get those jobs. We're working with all of..."
Hearing Oversight Hearing - Office of Management and Budget
house Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee · Jun 30, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
SPEAKER_03 "The congressman from Maryland told me to read every GAO report, of which I would like to have the time to be able to read for that. I would like to have a tool that collates and assesses everything in every GAO report in a way that I can actually make decisions based. That would just be one example. Similarly, there's a lot of information out there on USA spending that I would like to have the benefit for examiners to know who are already stretched thin with regard Every administration would align their policy objectives, which would be different from administration to administration, to..."
Hearing Hearings to examine protecting American citizenship, focusing on America 250 and American citizenship.
senate Constitution Subcommittee · Jun 24, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
DURBIN, RICHARD J. "to return blue slips for some nominees. Now the rest of the story. For the past 18 months, the committee has considered nominees to fill dozens of judicial vacancies in red states that Republican senators held open for years by refusing to return blue slips during the administration. Many Senate Republicans, though not all, engaged in unprecedented obstruction despite good-faith efforts by the Biden White House to fill vacancies. Consider this. During the Trump administration, Senate Democrats returned – the first Trump administration, Senate Democrats returned 130 blue slips for Trump..."
Hearing “Workforce Rewired: Modern Apprenticeships for a Modern Economy”
house Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee · Jun 24, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
COURTNEY, JOE "again, take their trade and their families or whatever to different parts of the country. Unfortunately, that sort of seems to be sort of the crux of the debate that's been going on over the last four or five years with the first Trump administration, Biden administration, and now we're back again with the Trump administration. So Mr. Ladd, in terms of your experience working in the Office of Apprenticeships, I mean, this issue of quality standards is not excessive government. It's really to make sure that the system actually has integrity, and maybe you could talk about that for a little"
Hearing "For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from the Honorable Brooke L. Rollins, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture"
house Agriculture Committee · Jun 4, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
FIGURES, SHOMARI "We all have a responsibility to be loyal to the communities and the states that we represent without finger-pointing at a particular president or administration. We, this body, the Agricultural Committee, we have the power to stand back, to use our constitutional authority to push back against decisions of an administration, whether a prior administration or a current administration, to make sure we are positioning our farmers to thrive and succeed. And I get reports in my district, as I'm sure many people across here, you know,"
Hearing Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Election Observation: Best Practices and Congress’s Role”
house Elections Subcommittee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
PAIGE WHITAKER "At the same time, the COCOA Act expressly prohibits an election observer from handling ballots and election equipment, from advocating for any issue or candidate, from acting in a way that reduces ballot or voter secrecy, and interfering with a voter casting a ballot, an election administrator fulfilling their duties, or otherwise with the administration of an election. The statute provides that congressional election observers can be removed from their position if a state or local election official has a reasonable basis to believe that an observer has engaged in, or is imminently about to..."
Hearing The Semi-Annual Report of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
house Financial Services Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
SPEAKER_10 "is totally inaccurate. Yes or no? Your question is inaccurate. Yes or no? Reclaiming my time. your sentence. When you have a new administration, I thank you, Congressman. When you have a new administration, they put the previous documents, press releases into an archived version of the website. That is exactly what we have done. It can be found on the website. It is all there. If people want to go back and look at what we think are flawed guidance documents from the directorship, it is all there under archive, but it is not going to be represented as"
Hearing Oversight Hearing on “Innovative Technologies and Initiatives to Tackle the MMIP Crisis in Indian Country”
house Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee · Jul 14, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
SPEAKER_01 "I have to ask you, Mr. Addington, I know you're here to talk about your work, your passion. I know this is something you care about. But it's not working. And this administration is threatening to cut funding for the programs we do know that work. And in New Mexico, I can tell you because of DOJ, because of the executive orders for cutting funding, most of our victim services programs, because they serve indigenous people and because they serve diverse populations, actually had their funding frozen. Victim services money never went out to our NGOs. This administration is actually trying to..."
Testimony MURRAY, PATTY
Hearings to examine the nomination of Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"Department of Labor fired 90% of the office that worked to protect workers from discrimination by federal contractors since 1965. And when they did that, they ignored the four months notice its own union contract required. The Department of Labor violating a labor contract. You can't make that up. Then this Department of Labor stood by while this administration stripped collective bargaining rights from more than a million federal workers. And you actually helped this administration pressure..."
Testimony COURTNEY, JOE
H.R. 9607, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Workforce Development Act"; H.R. ...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"The legal authority to dismantle the department, I think, is completely unfounded. But nonetheless, that did not stop the Trump administration from just shoving these programs over to the Department of Labor. And, you know, we had hearings over the last year or so where warnings were made by people who worked at the Department of Labor in terms of the Employment and Training Administration, which is going to be the recipient of the funds, which is that that Department of Labor is already..."
Testimony TAKANO, MARK
H.R. 9607, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Workforce Development Act"; H.R. ...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Yes, Mr. Chairman. I move to restrict last word and rise in opposition to the amendment. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Trump administration promised that dismantling the Department of Education would lessen bureaucracy. They promised that dismantling the Department would cut costs to the taxpayer. They promised that outcomes would be better for students and for families. Now, a year and a half into their administration, 14 interagency agreements and millions of taxpayer dollars later, we can..."
Testimony SPEAKER_06
H.R. 9607, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Workforce Development Act"; H.R. ...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"and rigorous research harming individuals' and communities' access to essential services. This administration already has a track record of misusing the levels of government. We should not make it easier for them to have unfettered discretion to politicize the grant-making process and administration, uh, while also dismantling the Department of Education. So I urge my colleagues to support the"
Testimony SPEAKER_06
H.R. 9607, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Workforce Development Act"; H.R. ...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Yes, Mr. Chairman. When I oppose H.R. 9610, this bill will transfer many of the programs of the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education at the Department of Education to the Department of Labor. This bill would undermine every aspect of our public education system by moving the administration of programs affecting schools, students, and teachers to a department with no expertise in these areas and a department that's ill-equipped to take over their administration. And when I say..."
Testimony TAKANO, MARK
H.R. 9607, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Workforce Development Act"; H.R. ...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"By then, a significant amount of damage had already been done. This administration has also shown a great proclivity for punishing states by withholding their federally mandated funding. In the past year, the administration has tried to withhold or condition billions of dollars in education funding that was already entitled to my home state of California because of political reasons or personal tiffs between the president and the governor. That is completely"
Testimony SPEAKER_06
H.R. 9607, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Workforce Development Act"; H.R. ...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the underlying bill would move the administration of numerous formula and discretionary grant programs relating to K-12 education to the Department of Labor, which has no similar experience managing students, educators, schools, and school districts. Many of the programs included in the IAAs are those same programs that have been targeted since the beginning of the second Trump administration with sudden withholding of funding, reductions in force to staff..."
Testimony SPEAKER_06
H.R. 9607, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Workforce Development Act"; H.R. ...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"To make matters worse, the White House Office of Management and Budget recently proposed a rule that would fundamentally alter what is commonly called the uniform guidance, which governs administration of federal grants, cooperative agreements, and other forms of federal financial assistance across federal government. Among other legal problems it poses, the proposed rule would politicize nearly every aspect of the grant administration in a sweeping manner in violation of the Administrative..."
Testimony SPEAKER_08
Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"If after reviewing unredacted materials, a member had concerns about why something was unredacted, they brought them to the department's attention, and we addressed that. I want to make sure the American people know that this administration, when it comes to Jeffrey Epstein, has been more transparent than any past administration, than Biden was, or anybody else. What we did is we complied with the"
Testimony DURBIN, RICHARD J.
Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Well, what part of it isn't true? I remember and everyone in the audience remembers the lengths that the administration went through to delay production of these documents to the point where Congress did an extraordinary thing, a discharge motion in the House to bring this matter before them and vote on a bipartisan basis to compel your administration to disclose those documents. Let me talk to you for a moment about the survivors who are in the"
Testimony SPEAKER_06
Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"since oversight was brought up and responsiveness of your department, I'd like to speak about how it was with the Biden Justice Department's non-responsiveness to my oversight letters. If the Biden Justice Department would have been remotely responsive, there wouldn't be such a backlog right now, so let's not pretend for a minute the last administration was a benchmark of responsiveness, and this administration, to its credit, has been more responsive. I talked about in my opening statement..."
Testimony BRITT, KATIE BOYD
Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"I want to talk to you and address the issue of the chemical abortion drug that we have seen just spread coast to coast. As you know, pursuant to a Biden-era administration, administrative action, the FDA, there is no longer an in-person dispensing requirement in place for the drug, for mifepristone. It allows it to literally be dispersed across state lines, all across the"
Testimony TILLIS, THOMAS
Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"trying to arrest pro-life people from the law that they decided to ratchet up in 1994. A couple of important cases there. And then the January 6th Capitol riot prosecutions. The fact of the matter is, and I'll get to this in a minute, the part I don't like about it, but hundreds or thousands of people's lives were destroyed because they did something stupid that day. And there's a vast difference between doing something stupid and doing something that destroys your career and ruins you..."
Testimony TILLIS, THOMAS
Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"at the abstract level, President Biden did everything that you're accusing President Trump of doing. And a part of what we've got to get rid of, Mr. Blanch, is this political physics going on. American people are an exceptional people and they always like to best each other. And what I've seen happening here is when we have a bad action of one administration, I'll be damned if we don't repeat it with the other one. I want leadership that says we're going to ratchet things down and not make the..."
Testimony TILLIS, THOMAS
Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"in this turkey of a 1776 fund. And you've said that it's moot. I've had colleagues here, attorney, I'm not an attorney, I'm a business consultant. I see a problem, I want to solve it. This is a problem. It should never be paid out. You've said it's going to be moot, that it's moot. Others, these smart attorneys that I'm surrounded by, I think that the courts are probably going to deal with it. But why should we waste the court capacity on this issue? If I could walk to the Senate floor with an..."
Testimony TILLIS, THOMAS
Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"The Democrats are criticizing this administration for pardons. You take a look at the egregious list of pardons in the Biden administration, and let's not forget that the Biden administration also had prospective pardons. Get out of jail free card. I heard people criticizing some of the get out of audit arguments for the"
Testimony DELAURO, ROSA L.
Oversight Hearing - U.S. Small Business Administration
house Appropriations Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"more than a 50% rise in filings during the first half of 2026, compared to the same period last year. When President Trump launched his ill-fated trade war, it was small businesses who bore the brunt of it. Many large importers were able to absorb the shock, passing price hikes onto consumers, stockpiling inputs in advance, or working their Washington connections to secure a carve-out for their product from the Trump administration. For small businesses, those were not available options. When..."
Testimony POCAN, MARK
Oversight Hearing - U.S. Small Business Administration
house Appropriations Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"business... So you're saying, you'll take my time, but you're saying a small bit, a real small venture, doesn't matter if the bankruptcies are 50%, you only care about big business? Is that the new policy of the SBA? Unless Donald Trump and his sons can invest in, it's not something you care about? Is that what and I'll ask you questions about that. Yeah, well, this administration is fighting for the American worker. Think about small businesses. I know that's in the title of your..."
Testimony SPEAKER_09
Oversight Hearing - U.S. Small Business Administration
house Appropriations Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"And this $10 million loan limit will unleash what the working family tax cuts, the fair trade agenda, the energy dominance, and the deregulation agenda has done for the American people to put the American people first after four years of a Biden administration that looked the other way when it came to Main Street and manufacturing and American jobs. Congressman, I can't speak for the prior administration, but I can tell you during the prior administration, the Office of Inspector General..."
Testimony SPEAKER_02
Oversight Hearing - U.S. Small Business Administration
house Appropriations Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"there's apparently no indication of fraudulent activity or anything like that. 3,208 contracts for black-owned small businesses, which is 107% more than were canceled under the Biden administration, and then for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, 6,435, which is 41% more than were canceled under the Biden administration. I've got a lot of these kinds of companies in my district, and they have been very"
Testimony SPEAKER_09
Oversight Hearing - U.S. Small Business Administration
house Appropriations Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"The Trump administration has met and exceeded the small business contracting goal for fiscal 2025, and in fact, exceeded it for veterans contracting and service-disabled veterans contracting. Congressman, these are awarded across dozens of agencies. I can't speak for each individual agency as to why they may terminate a contract, but you would expect a normal amount of turnover as an administration turns over and the administration exceeds"
Testimony HUDSON, RICHARD
Oversight of the National Telecommunications and Information Administr...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"approved 54 final proposals, and saw homes in two states get connected to broadband. That is the speed we need. Administrator Roth and her team have done incredible work to save taxpayer dollars. Look no further than their work in D.C. Rather than rubber stamping D.C.'s BEAD proposal, Administrator Roth and her team traveled around the district to see the places where D.C. wanted to use BEAD funds. They found D.C. wanted to spend $70,000 per location to connect a field house, a construction..."
Testimony SPEAKER_05
Hearings to examine the nomination of David Cummins, of Virginia, to b...
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"Good morning, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation will come to order. Today we consider the nomination of David Cummings to be the next administrator of the Transportation Security Administration. Mr. Cummings' nomination comes at a crucial time for the"
Testimony SPEAKER_21
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Daniel Desmond Domenic...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"Unfortunately, he has not demonstrated that. As one example, Judge Traynor has ruled in favor of the Trump administration in all 28 cases on his docket involving challenges from immigrants who have been detained by ICE under the administration's illegal mandatory detention policy. That includes seven habeas corpus petitions Traynor volunteered to preside over in the District of Minnesota following Operation Metro"
Testimony SPEAKER_02
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Daniel Desmond Domenic...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"Thank you very much. Now, Ms. Oyer, we know the Biden administration was the most active pardoning administration in American history, 4,000 total acts of clemency. I think you were the pardon attorney on January the 17th, 2025, when President Biden"
Testimony SPEAKER_01
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Daniel Desmond Domenic...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"from Todd Blanche and from this DOJ, and it's obstruction. They are obstructing. So for us, yes, of course, there are so many damages. There are so many things that we are mourning the loss of, including a lot of our innocence and who we were as these young girls, but to still see it obstructed after 30 years, and this is five administrations. We're not saying that this is just this administration. We've been at this fight for 30 years, so we just really hope that, you know, there's a huge..."
Testimony TILLIS, THOMAS
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Daniel Desmond Domenic...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"unless there's other it's an active investigation but that's a reason to bring Mr. Comey and do a perp walk because he arranged shells 86-47 on a beach in North Carolina that's all we know right now. It just seems like that does it seems to me like there's a continuing you know this exceptional nation we are Americans always want to do better that you know get bigger higher the next time. Do you am I wrong or am I perceiving a continued escalation of of prosecutions that some of which really..."
Testimony SPEAKER_06
Hearings to examine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Semi-Annu...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"The money that has not been apportioned is for 26 and 27. You're saying to me, and please stay And 26. From OMB's perspective, has it been apportioned to the Treasury Department? If I can answer your question, my concern, and we have had a dim view of this program as an administration, but there's tons of examples and I can go through them of where in the last administration they were incredibly woke. And we have concerns with that. But also, as it pertains to this committee and the CFPB in..."
Testimony CORTEZ MASTO, CATHERINE
Hearings to examine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Semi-Annu...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"And the only reason you are is because you know why? Who the administration was prior to that? Was the Trump administration. They didn't go through this whole-scale, illegally violating the appropriations"
Testimony SPEAKER_06
Hearings to examine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Semi-Annu...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"Would you like me to explain that? Which is what every administration does. The Obama administration would do that. It means that they"
Testimony MFUME, KWEISI
“Emerging Fraud Threats and the Evolving Fraud Landscape”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Anytime the government can revoke access to services, even for benevolent purposes, we must find a way to protect against abuse. The Trump administration's DOGE program, the Department of Government Efficiency, which many of us thought was the Department of Government Evil, used a key Social Security Administration identity database to mark thousands of living people as dead in order to exert financial hardship. A whistleblower recently said that he planned to expand this to millions of people...."
Testimony PAIGE WHITAKER
Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Elec...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 15, 2026
"At the same time, the COCOA Act expressly prohibits an election observer from handling ballots and election equipment, from advocating for any issue or candidate, from acting in a way that reduces ballot or voter secrecy, and interfering with a voter casting a ballot, an election administrator fulfilling their duties, or otherwise with the administration of an election. The statute provides that congressional election observers can be removed from their position if a state or local election..."
Testimony PAIGE WHITAKER
Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Elec...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 15, 2026
"Actually, the text of the statute in the COCO Act does not expressly talk about the pairs of observers. The legislative history speaks to that. But the COCO Act does provide that both the chair and the ranking member on both the committee and House administration and then the Senate Rules and Administration Committee on the Senate side have the power to designate congressional election observers and then also to replace those observers if they're removed under the process that's provided in the..."
Testimony SPEAKER_10
The Semi-Annual Report of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
house Financial Services Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"is totally inaccurate. Yes or no? Your question is inaccurate. Yes or no? Reclaiming my time. your sentence. When you have a new administration, I thank you, Congressman. When you have a new administration, they put the previous documents, press releases into an archived version of the website. That is exactly what we have done. It can be found on the website. It is all there. If people want to go back and look at what we think are flawed guidance documents from the directorship, it is all..."
Testimony STEIL, BRYAN
The Semi-Annual Report of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
house Financial Services Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"We were highlighting a specific case of $15 million of fraud, and one of the reporters asked, you know, it's a drop in the bucket, it's just $15 million, and that is a really dangerous approach that we have seen some of our federal agencies historically take, in particular under the Biden administration, and appreciate you and the administration the approach of making sure that we're actually holding people accountable for wasting taxpayer dollars. There's significant waste, fraud, and abuse in..."
Testimony MEEKS, GREGORY W.
A New Beginning for Colombia
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"the brutal violence committed by transnational crime organizations that operate within Colombian borders. In that regard, the Trump administration's cancellation and dismantling of assistance program serving Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities is especially troubling. And I look forward to hearing from our witnesses why the Trump administration has defied bipartisan congressional intent and appropriations law and abruptly canceled funding for such activities. In closing, presidents come..."
Testimony MEEKS, GREGORY W.
A New Beginning for Colombia
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"with the stated purpose of stopping the flow of drugs into the United States. Meanwhile, overdose deaths are declining at a much slower pace under the Trump administration than even under the Biden administration. In 2024, overdose deaths fell by nearly 27 percent. Preliminary CDC data show they fell by roughly 14 percent in 2025."
Testimony STANTON, GREG
A New Beginning for Colombia
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"The United States and Colombia have long shared a partnership built on mutual respect, democratic values, and cooperation to advance security and prosperity throughout the hemisphere. Unfortunately, by making reckless threats to use military force on Colombian soil, the Trump administration did little to keep the U.S.-Colombia partnership on track during President Petro's term. Rather than build on historic cooperation, the Trump administration allowed its political hostility toward President..."
Testimony THE HONORABLE F. WEILAND
A New Beginning for Colombia
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"deep expertise. And so if the new administration would like to discuss what resources we could potentially bring to bear, we'd be happy to do that, under the condition, of course, that they also provide certain resources themselves so that we can burden share in that space. thank you, Congresswoman. I just point to a few things. First and foremost, traditionally, there has been bipartisan support for INL programs. And so we'd really appreciate that to continue under the new administration. But..."
Testimony SPEAKER_08
“Training Activists, Not Physicians: The Impact of DEI on Medical Scho...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"from funding applications as part of the Trump administration's war on DEI. So the Congresswoman posed a simple question. How are we going to solve the black maternal mortality crisis if we cannot say black? She did not get a coherent response. That contradiction is at the heart of the administration's approach. We cannot address health disparities if we're discouraged from acknowledging how different communities are impacted. Another way this administration has dismantled programs that would..."
Testimony MILLER, MARY E.
“Training Activists, Not Physicians: The Impact of DEI on Medical Scho...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"UICM affirmed that it will, quote, I quote you, not react preemptively to actions made by the current administration, insinuating that the medical college does not intend to comply with directives issued by this administration. Also troubling, Dr. Benedetti, it appears that DEI has not left UICM. On your school's about page, clear as day, it says, and I quote, at the University of Illinois College of"
Testimony SPEAKER_06
“Training Activists, Not Physicians: The Impact of DEI on Medical Scho...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"Go ahead. So let's talk about what this administration's done. I don't understand why the majority is not having a hearing on what this administration's done between H.R. 1 and the budget to healthcare and healthcare research. I'm alive because of, as my colleagues know, because of research that started at DARPA, but also was added to by UCSF researchers that did blood work, including on"
Testimony KEATING, WILLIAM R.
FY27 BIS Budget: the AI Arms Race and the ICTS Office
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"So are you aware also that in the course of export controls, I mean, the very powerful semiconductor chip deal that was done in May, did you have other discussions as a member of the administration with other members of the administration on that change for those very powerful, sensitive computer chips that we were worried about getting in the hands of the"
Testimony SPEAKER_11
FY27 BIS Budget: the AI Arms Race and the ICTS Office
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"decisions and approvals come quickly. As you said, you know, it could be as little as two weeks, it could be a month or two and again that's the vast majority of cases that we handle. One of the changes that I've made and one of the changes that I committed to make when I was going through my confirmation process was to stop the rubber stamping of licenses that involve serious national security equities. As I mentioned before, under the prior administration there were thousands of licenses..."
Testimony BARR, ANDY
FY27 BIS Budget: the AI Arms Race and the ICTS Office
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"And I appreciate the administration and your focus on enforcement. Because if you really want to get tough on adversaries and make sure we don't have the technology transfer that we're concerned about, the enforcement piece is really the difference that this administration is making from the prior administration. So for years, we've seen only 11 export control officers stationed"
Testimony CASTRO, JOAQUIN
FY27 BIS Budget: the AI Arms Race and the ICTS Office
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"Do you agree that these cartels, which the administration has designated as foreign terrorist organizations, should not get any weapons from the United States? Well, then, I guess that's why I'm confused, because in September 2025, you rescinded the April 30th, 2024 BIS regulations that added safeguards for the export of firearms and stopped notifying the Congress about exports of these weapons, and the Trump administration's State Department, if the Trump administration's State Department and..."
Testimony SPEAKER_11
FY27 BIS Budget: the AI Arms Race and the ICTS Office
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"Well, I think we have the authority. I think that the administration is constantly attending, both myself and BIS and the administration as a whole, constantly attending to this issue of disparity between our export control regime and those of our partners and allies. And as I mentioned previously, we're set on remedying those disparities. This year, we've hired, and I can get you the exact numbers after the hearing, but we've hired about 70 people, added about 70 people, and almost all of them..."
Testimony JOHNSON, JULIE
FY27 BIS Budget: the AI Arms Race and the ICTS Office
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"In April, over 70 of my colleagues and I signed on to a letter led by Congresswoman Dingell opposing backdoor market access for Chinese automakers in the U.S. The Biden administration's Department of Commerce implemented strict restrictions on these imports, and yet this administration recently announced an exemption for at least one China-connected automaker. Since your bureau granted the exception, the Chinese government released new standards requiring all new vehicles to support continuous..."
Testimony SPEAKER_11
FY27 BIS Budget: the AI Arms Race and the ICTS Office
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"Well, first of all, I want to clarify that I think the rule that you're referring to, the Trump administration is the only administration that's implemented this rule. The prohibitions kick in in model year 2027, which is"
Testimony WATERS, MAXINE
The Federal Reserve's Semi-Annual Monetary Policy Report
house Financial Services Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"Well, let me just go further with the prediction markets. I'm deeply concerned by the potential for regulators to profit from the use of material, non-public information on prediction markets. There's a pattern of insiders appearing to profit ahead of market-moving Trump administration decisions, like when officials with close ties to the administration make trades prior to major tariff announcements. Chair Walsh, what oversight does the Fed conduct over its employees with regard to insider..."
Testimony MOSKOWITZ, JARED
More Bang for the Buck: Aligning Commercial Diplomacy Between State an...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"A lot of that has not still been fixed. After trillions of dollars were spent at the end of the Biden administration and the beginning of the first Trump administration and all these packages, a lot of the supply chain issues that still existed have not been fixed. And so we have to figure out how we are going to onshore more of that manufacturing back to the United States. That doesn't mean we can't live in a global economy, but we can't depend on foreign nations, specifically nations that are..."
Testimony SPEAKER_03
More Bang for the Buck: Aligning Commercial Diplomacy Between State an...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"with immediate consequences if they get violated, not options that take five to 10 years through international arbitration, millions and millions of dollars, to maybe work out. This is an irrelevant time frame for political actors that need to get elected every four years, so it has to be immediate, it has to be substantial, and not to penalize, but to deter, to deter, because often, like the current administration, might be very intent in doing the right thing, but once they're gone, the next..."
Testimony SPEAKER_08
More Bang for the Buck: Aligning Commercial Diplomacy Between State an...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"Yeah, just real quick. I mean, the Trump administration, the first term, opened up FTA negotiations with Kenya and the Biden administration backed away from that. That would be a tremendous first"
Testimony MCGARVEY, MORGAN
“AI on Main Street: How AI is Shaping the Future of Small Business.”
house Small Business Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"And this is an issue I don't want to see get political, but you mentioned the importance of NIST. I have to point out that this administration, the Trump administration, has fired over 700 NIST"
Testimony SPEAKER_01
Oversight Hearing on “Innovative Technologies and Initiatives to Tackl...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"I have to ask you, Mr. Addington, I know you're here to talk about your work, your passion. I know this is something you care about. But it's not working. And this administration is threatening to cut funding for the programs we do know that work. And in New Mexico, I can tell you because of DOJ, because of the executive orders for cutting funding, most of our victim services programs, because they serve indigenous people and because they serve diverse populations, actually had their funding..."
Testimony SPEAKER_17
Oversight Hearing on “Innovative Technologies and Initiatives to Tackl...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"In addition to efforts by states and tribes at the local level, though, we need more federal action. And instead, as we have heard today, this administration, the Trump administration, has cut programs, delayed grant dollars, eliminated grants, and caused the loss of program officers through DOJ and other efforts. Federal agencies serving public safety and victims, services, and tribal nations have to provide the full funding for the programs needed in order to uphold trust and treaty..."
Testimony STEUBE, W. GREGORY
H.R. 9496, H.R. 9500, H.R. 9498, H.R. 9501, H.R. 9499, H.R. 7972, H.R....
house Ways and Means Committee · Jul 1, 2026
"However, under current law, the NTA is not authorized to submit amicus briefs in a federal tax litigation. This bill is a narrow, common-sense fix. It would allow the national taxpayer advocate to appear as amicus curiae in federal tax cases, but only to present views on issues that may broadly affect the rights of taxpayers. This authority is expected to be used sparingly, similar to the authority exercised by the Small Business Administration's Chief Counsel for Advocacy. The office of the..."
Hearing Legislative Hearing on: H.R. 6917 (Rep. Titus) To take certain land into trust for the benefit of the Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians. H.R. 8473...
house Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee · Jun 9, 2026 · Transcript
LEGER FERNANDEZ, TERESA "Good afternoon, and thank you all for traveling to D.C. to speak to each of these important bills. Your testimony is critical. It helps illustrate how each of these unique pieces of legislation can strengthen tribal sovereignty and improve the lives of the tribal members and the surrounding community, and I look forward to hearing it. What we also need, though, is testimony from the administration. This Congress, the administration has sent witnesses to only five of our tribal hearings. I am disappointed that this is the third hearing in a row that the administration has failed to attend. The..."
Hearing Hearings to examine S.749, to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend increased dependency and indemnity compensation paid to surviving...
senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · Apr 29, 2026 · Transcript
GALLEGO, RUBEN "isn't necessarily I think the the VA is moving in the right direction when it comes to these types of therapy especially using psychedelics. My actually codify this into law should be should there be a change in administration everything could just kind of go away and this administration has actually been better about working with psychedelics and veterans in the last administration. I can't predict what the next administration is going to be like but if I can predict is that I know a lot of veterans are going to always be seeking this type of treatment and would rather it be housed, treated,..."
Hearing Three Pieces of Legislation
house Health Subcommittee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript
PALLONE, FRANK "At the hearing that produced these bills, members agreed on a bipartisan basis that addiction should be treated as a disease. That's why the Trump administration's actions to slash substance use and recovery funding could stunt the progress we've made. The Trump administration has dismantled the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, SAMHSA, the agency responsible for addressing the overdose crisis. SAMHSA staff have been reduced by half, and the administration cut $1.7 billion in block grants for state health departments that cut $350 million in addiction and overdose..."
Hearing H.R. 8800 – National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027; H.R. 8884 – Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act; H. Res....
house Rules Committee · Jun 29, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_19 "The presumption is if you own a business, you must be engaged in illicit finance. So it's had problems in the court, and for that reason, the Trump administration halted the application of the previous administration's rule, and they said we're going to more narrowly apply it to foreign ownership interests, and that's what this does. The Trump administration codifies that policy so that FinCEN can focus on genuine national security concerns. This was brought into this world through the NDAA, and it's fitting that we bring it out through the"
Hearing H.R. 8552, the “Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2026”; H.R. 8767, the “Compensation Fund Recrediting Act”; H.R. 9006, the...
house Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee · Jun 25, 2026 · Transcript
BERGMAN, JACK "It's a, it's just an unintended gap. Decentralized handling across three VA administrations, the National Cemetery Association, administration that handles the actual burial benefits side, the Veterans, Veterans, Veterans Benefits Administration, each VA regional office has an indigent Veterans and unclaimed remains outreach coordinator who handles outreach and benefit determinations at the local level, and finally, the Veterans Health"
Hearing Implementing an America First Approach in the East Asia and Pacific Region
house East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee · Jun 25, 2026 · Transcript
BARR, ANDY "Well, can I reclaim my time and clarify that it included HIMARS, rocket systems, ATACM missiles, howitzers, drones. So this concern that the administration has not yet approved an additional $14 billion needs to be put in its proper context, that there has never been an administration that has demonstrated the commitment to Taiwan that this administration has demonstrated already with an $11 billion record commitment of arms sales. Now we still have questions about how we can help, the Congress can help the"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Christopher Phelan, of Minnesota, to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, John Crews, of...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jun 25, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_10 "We are, we are... Inflation now on an annualized basis is significantly lower than that pace. So about 5%? Does that sound about right? 5% more or less during the Biden administration. No, during the Trump administration. During the Trump administration, no, it's lower than that. Lower than that. Generally, the rule for economics is that, and this is an oversimplification, is that inflation is caused by too much money chasing too few"
Hearing “Combating Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in SNAP”
house Delivering on Government Efficiency Subcommittee · Jun 25, 2026 · Transcript
STANSBURY, MELANIE A. "Go ahead. I'd like to ask for unanimous consent to enter into the record a report from this committee's House Democrats entitled Abandoning Americans to Disease. The Trump Administration's Reckless Crusade is Harming Americans' Health, which is about an investigation into the policies that this administration is forwarding, including some of the food standards at the Federal Food and Drug"
Hearing “From Startup to Scale: The Role of the SBA Office of Investment and Innovation in Powering America’s Small Businesses.”
house Small Business Committee · Jun 25, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_09 "innovation strolls in the country. You know, I have business owners there that are this close to ensuring that people who have retinal pigmentosa or macular degeneration can see again. They're in third stage clinical trials. I have a company that is so close to creating new molecule and opportunities to cure hormonal breast cancer that's killing tens of thousands of women every single year. We have folks who are doing, as you know, plant-based innovation to create more opportunities in our food ecosystem, and I can go on and on and on. It's one of the reasons why I'm so happy to be on this..."
Hearing “Examining the Sports Broadcasting Act”
house Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee · Jun 10, 2026 · Transcript
RASKIN, JAMIE "They've called no hearings on the Ellison's corrupt Paramount Skydance Warner Brothers Discovery merger or the deep corruption at the heart of the Paramount Skydance merger. They've not called a single Trump administration antitrust official to come testify before this subcommittee about the political destabilization and saturation of the antitrust process of review in the administration. In fact, the only Trump-era antitrust official to appear before this committee, this entire Congress, was a Democratic called witness, Roger Alford, who was fired by the Trump administration for refusing to..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Daniel Mack Traynor, of North Dakota, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, Angela...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jun 10, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_21 "Why did you volunteer to preside over these cases in Minnesota? And in light of your embrace of the Trump administration's position, even when judges have ruled against the administration policy more than 10,000 times, why should we feel or have confidence you can be a neutral arbiter when it comes to presiding over challenges to the Trump administration action? But the bottom line on the issue of habeas corpus, the issue of detention, why is it you're such an outlier when it comes to Trump"
Hearing H.R. 8464 – Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act; H.R. 8312 – Fraud Prevention and Accountability Act; H. Res. 1335 – Condemning actors seeking to...
house Rules Committee · Jun 8, 2026 · Transcript
SCANLON, MARY GAY "fear and intimidation tactics, warrantless searches of people's homes, and the detention of lawful residents and even citizens. Republicans have rejected every effort to require ICE and CBP to meet the same public safety and civil rights standards as every other responsible law enforcement agency in this country. And that tells you everything you need to know. This isn't about responsibly funding border security. It's about giving this administration more money and more power with fewer constraints and less oversight. An administration that has already demonstrated that it can't be trusted..."
Hearing Hearing with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 4, 2026 · Transcript
SUOZZI, THOMAS R. "and getting worse. Are you familiar with that polling? So that would seem to be a tale of two cities. You saying the economy is very strong and the people of the United States of America saying the economy is bad and getting worse. Now, the Biden administration, which we've heard a lot from you guys today, I think made a similar mistake to what your administration is making, because the stock market was booming under the Biden administration. There was job creation under the Biden"
Hearing Legislative Hearing on: • H.R. 2406 (Rep. Bonamici), “National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention...
house Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee · Jun 3, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_00 "for her own safety. Her colleagues and harasser knew that she had reported her experience and there seemed to be little investigation into her case and others. After hearing her story, I began to work with NOAA and after several months ended up meeting and working directly with then NOAA Administrator, Dr. Catherine Sullivan, who took the issue seriously. With Dr. Sullivan's training requirements made it easier to report sexual harassment and change their investigation protocol. This led to a completed investigation into the cases that were brought to my attention and the NOAA employees were..."
Hearing "Protecting Workers and Powering America: The Future of Mining"
house Education and Workforce Committee · May 8, 2026 · Transcript
MR. SAM PETSONK "my second message here is it's not the time for the administration to be cutting mine safety. And just this week, this administration has reportedly laid off one-third of the staff of the Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, shutting down the entire Pittsburgh office. And we now have only three administrative law judges nationwide to hear all the mine enforcement actions in the administration. The commission will lack a quorum. That means they will not be able to conduct any business at all. And that has happened before, and it's caused major trouble and backlog, which is a problem for..."
Hearing Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Commerce.
senate Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee · Apr 22, 2026 · Transcript
VAN HOLLEN, CHRIS "which was due over a month ago. There's obviously a pattern here, failure to respond to basic inquiries, and that means rather than only look forward, we'll have to revisit some of the issues that could have been addressed earlier. With regard to the fiscal year 27 budget planned before us today, it is like the rerun of a bad movie. Last year you proposed eliminating the Economic Development Administration, the Minority Business Development Agency, and the Manufacturing Extension Partnership. You also proposed last year slashing funding for the National Institutes of Standards and Technology,..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Kevin Warsh, of Florida, to be a Member and Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Apr 21, 2026 · Transcript
RICKETTS, PETE "That if we get inflation under control, that is how we benefit all Americans. And the size of the balance sheet has only benefited some Americans. So what you're really about is trying to change a policy at the Fed that has really benefited under the last administration people who have lots of money. Actually, not just the last administration, the previous administrations. But you also want to make sure we get off of the"
Hearing Joint hearings to examine preparations for the FIFA World Cup 2026.
senate Department of Homeland Security Subcommittee · Apr 15, 2026 · Transcript
SHAHEEN, JEANNE "The Federal Emergency Management Agency issued a notice of funding opportunity for $625 million for the World Cups for Security and $250 million for Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems, UAS. The Counter UAS funding was awarded in January, but the World Cup funding was not issued until mid-March, even though host cities across the country were pressing the administration to release the funds. There were several news reports that showed that the reason for the holdup was because of an administrative delay. Can you tell us what the administrative delay was and whether we should worry that we're..."
Hearing Hearings to examine protecting American citizenship, focusing on birthright citizenship for illegal aliens and tourists.
senate Constitution Subcommittee · Mar 10, 2026 · Transcript
PETER SCHWEIZER "The challenge that we face is how do we deal with this issue? I'm not a legal scholar, so I'm not going to have much to contribute on the legal debate. But the challenge is that the rules and regulations governing this are subject to manipulation. Yes, people with customs and border control can deny entry to somebody who is pregnant and say they want to come to the United States on a tourism visa. The problem is that under certain administrations, the Obama administration, the Biden administration, they were told not to do that. That was the testimony before this Homeland Security Committee..."
Hearing “Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part II”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Mar 4, 2026 · Transcript
FOXX, VIRGINIA "Okay, well, when I was chair of the Committee on Education and Workforce, I issued you a subpoena in September 2024 because you and your administration were not forthcoming about how your administration, quote, failed to identify what has been described as the largest pandemic fraud in the nation, end quote. In September 2024, you were aware of the feeding our future fraud and your administration's handling of it, correct? Yes or no? This committee has testimony that the Minnesota Department of Education briefed your office about the feeding our futures draft lawsuit and litigation hold on..."
Hearing “Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security”
house Judiciary Committee · Mar 4, 2026 · Transcript
BIGGS, ANDY "It undermines federal law, it increases the risk to law enforcement, it increases the risk to the person arrested, and it results in the release of removable criminal aliens back into American communities. This administration, the Trump administration, the Nome administration, is enforcing the tools Congress provided. We expect cooperation, not"
Hearing “From Source to Tap: A Hearing to Examine Challenges and Opportunities for Safe, Reliable, and Affordable Drinking Water.”
house Environment Subcommittee · Feb 24, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_05 "And I will say there have been some progress also. The administration, this administration, announced that they are supporting the lead and copper rule that was adopted by the Biden administration. That's progress. We are, however, concerned that the administration has asked to repeal four of the forever toxic chemicals standards that were adopted by the previous administration and also did a delay to"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nomination of David Cummins, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration.
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Jul 16, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_05 "Good morning, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation will come to order. Today we consider the nomination of David Cummings to be the next administrator of the Transportation Security Administration. Mr. Cummings' nomination comes at a crucial time for the"
Hearing “Emerging Fraud Threats and the Evolving Fraud Landscape”
house Government Operations Subcommittee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript
MFUME, KWEISI "Anytime the government can revoke access to services, even for benevolent purposes, we must find a way to protect against abuse. The Trump administration's DOGE program, the Department of Government Efficiency, which many of us thought was the Department of Government Evil, used a key Social Security Administration identity database to mark thousands of living people as dead in order to exert financial hardship. A whistleblower recently said that he planned to expand this to millions of people. Now, do we really want to move to a system where the government can invalidate any ID it wants to..."
Hearing The Federal Reserve's Semi-Annual Monetary Policy Report
house Financial Services Committee · Jul 14, 2026 · Transcript
WATERS, MAXINE "Well, let me just go further with the prediction markets. I'm deeply concerned by the potential for regulators to profit from the use of material, non-public information on prediction markets. There's a pattern of insiders appearing to profit ahead of market-moving Trump administration decisions, like when officials with close ties to the administration make trades prior to major tariff announcements. Chair Walsh, what oversight does the Fed conduct over its employees with regard to insider trading? And given the rise of prediction markets, is the Fed increasing its oversight for its..."
Hearing “AI on Main Street: How AI is Shaping the Future of Small Business.”
house Small Business Committee · Jul 14, 2026 · Transcript
MCGARVEY, MORGAN "And this is an issue I don't want to see get political, but you mentioned the importance of NIST. I have to point out that this administration, the Trump administration, has fired over 700 NIST"
Hearing H.R. 9496, H.R. 9500, H.R. 9498, H.R. 9501, H.R. 9499, H.R. 7972, H.R. 9504
house Ways and Means Committee · Jul 1, 2026 · Transcript
STEUBE, W. GREGORY "However, under current law, the NTA is not authorized to submit amicus briefs in a federal tax litigation. This bill is a narrow, common-sense fix. It would allow the national taxpayer advocate to appear as amicus curiae in federal tax cases, but only to present views on issues that may broadly affect the rights of taxpayers. This authority is expected to be used sparingly, similar to the authority exercised by the Small Business Administration's Chief Counsel for Advocacy. The office of the taxpayer advocate already plays an important role in helping taxpayers resolve problems with the IRS,..."
Hearing “Invasion of the Homeland: How China is Using Illegal Marijuana to Build a Criminal Network Across America”
house Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Subcommittee · Sep 18, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Christopher Urben, Former Agent, Drug Enforcement Administration
Hearing Oversight: Beyond the City Limits: Delivering for Rural Veterans
house Technology Modernization Subcommittee · Jul 25, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Staci Williams, Veterans Health Administration; U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Hearing Oversight: “Counting the Money: Preventing Fraud and Abuse in VA’s Bonus Payment Practices for VA Employees”
house Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee · Jul 22, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Tracey Therit, Office of Human Resources and Administration, Operations, Security, and Preparedness; Veterans Health Administration
Hearing Ensuring Patient Safety: Oversight of the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplant System
house Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee · Jul 22, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Raymond Lynch, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Hearing Legislative Proposals to Maintain and Improve the Public Health Workforce, Rural Health, and Over-the-Counter Medicines
house Health Subcommittee · Jul 16, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Jacqueline Corrigan-Curay, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Hearing Oversight: Advancing VA Care Through Artificial Intelligence
house Technology Modernization Subcommittee · Sep 15, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Evan Carey, Veteran Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Hearing Legislative Hearing on: H.R. 472, The Restore VA Accountability Act of 2025; H.R. 1041, Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act; Discission Draft:...
house Veterans' Affairs Committee · Feb 25, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Tracey Therit, Office of Human Resources and Administration, Operations, Security, and Preparedness; Veterans Health Administration
Hearing VA First, Veteran Second: The Biden-Harris Legacy
house Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee · Feb 6, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Tracey Therit, Office of Human Resources and Administration, Operations, Security, and Preparedness; Veterans Health Administration
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