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Hearing Oversight Hearing - Office of Management and Budget
house Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee · Jun 30, 2026 · Transcript · 10 transcript matches
SPEAKER_03 "and we can move to space where we need to. I guess I would say this. Speed is important. No. This stems from an executive order that the president signed last year. The president's executive order had directed his agency officials to begin to have supervision at the policy official level. This regulation is catching up with that executive order to make sure it's actually reflected in the actual mechanics of grant making. was finalized? We are certainly working with"
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 · 8 transcript matches
SPEAKER_18 "my perspective, the agency that I hopefully am able to lead, you have my commitment that I will continue to work with the unions, to work with our local unions, and meet with them regularly, which I have done throughout my tenure. I would defer to the experts at OPM and the executive order on that, but what I can tell you is really related to IT employees who do deal with national securities. Our systems get hacked daily, and those are some of our most important employees there, and there is a national security exception in the law, and that's what that executive order directed us to do. So..."
Hearing Hearings to examine S.1791, to designate certain special management areas, wildlife conservation areas, protection areas, recreation areas,...
senate Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
JOHN CROCKETT "that would affect federal lands issued under its jurisdiction. H.R. 4090, the Critical Minerals Dominance Act, would mirror and codify several of the provisions in Executive Order 14154. These provisions include requirements for the Secretary of Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, to review and evaluate a range of policy and related to mining and mineral exploration on federal"
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 · 6 transcript matches
SPEAKER_12 "This is a sophisticated and international enterprise that terrorizes Americans. We have seen numerous examples of this all over our country. Accordingly, the President correctly issued Executive Order 14157 to designate TDA as a foreign terrorist organization. My amendment builds on the President's actions by requiring the Department of Homeland Security and the Intelligence Community to collaborate on a detailed border threat assessment regarding threats posed by TDA"
Hearing The Federal Reserve's Semi-Annual Monetary Policy Report
house Financial Services Committee · Jul 14, 2026 · Transcript · 5 transcript matches
SPEAKER_10 "Well, when the buyer is the Federal Reserve, you don't know whether they're creating a higher rate or preventing a higher rate from happening, because it distorts the market. And we also talked about in this regulatory role, there's a sort of bridge between the Federal Reserve as a regulator and a monetary policy role. So I wonder, when we think about what we created with this version of the Federal Reserve, do you consider the Federal Reserve subject to executive authority? I mean, when there are executive orders that are issued, let's say just relating to the regulatory side, not monetary...."
Hearing Oversight of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration
house Communications and Technology Subcommittee · Jun 30, 2026 · Transcript · 5 transcript matches
SPEAKER_02 "You know, I serve the president, and I implement the law, and those two things are not in conflict. Executive orders are a lawful direction to executive branch agencies. So no final decision on the report has been made. I'm not going to prejudge outcomes before we've completed our review. What I can say is that our report, the report will comply with the"
Hearing Oversight hearing titled "Beneath the Surface: Earth MRI and America's Resource Potential"
house Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee · Jun 25, 2026 · Transcript · 5 transcript matches
STAUBER, PETE "of the United States' natural landscape. Earth MRI was conceived in the first Trump administration as a result of an executive order which instituted a policy of identifying new sources of critical minerals. Then, in 2021, Congress authorized and funded Earth"
Hearing Hearings to examine Department of Energy's implementation of President Trump's May 2025 nuclear energy executive orders.
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Mar 19, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing Hearings to examine S.290, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to upgrade existing emergency communications centers in units of the National...
senate National Parks Subcommittee · Dec 9, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing • H.R. 1366 (Rep. Amodei), “Mining Regulatory Clarity Act of 2025” • H.R. 2306 (Rep. Moolenaar), “The Adams Memorial-Great American Heroes Act” •...
house Natural Resources Committee · Sep 17, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Legislative Hearing on the following bills: • H.R. 280 (Rep. Hageman), “Combatting Obstruction Against Leasing Act of 2025” or the “COAL Act of...
house Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee · Sep 3, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Legislative Hearing on the following bills: • H.R. 280 (Rep. Hageman), “Combating Obstruction Against Leasing Act of 2025” or the “COAL Act of...
house Jul 8, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing From Order to Execution: Ensuring Efficient and Transparent Equity Markets
house Capital Markets Subcommittee · May 20, 2026 · Request transcript
Testimony KARA MARIE WESTERCAMP
Hearings to examine protecting American citizenship, focusing on feder...
senate Judiciary Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"Again, Senator, I would take recusal very seriously. In terms of recusing for any matters, executive orders that I worked on, I believe the president had actually revoked those executive orders via another executive order after the Supreme Court's AIPA decision. Senator, I think it would not be inappropriate to grade my own work, so to speak. And so, yes, I would, for specific matters that I worked on in the White"
Testimony KARA MARIE WESTERCAMP
Hearings to examine the nominations of Sheria Akins Clarke, to be Unit...
senate Judiciary Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"Again, Senator, I would take recusal very seriously. In terms of recusing for any matters, executive orders that I worked on, I believe the president had actually revoked those executive orders via another executive order after the Supreme Court's AIPA decision. on both sides of the issue? Senator, I think it would not be inappropriate to grade my own work, so to speak. And so, yes, I would, for specific matters that I worked on in the White"
Testimony SPEAKER_03
Oversight Hearing - Office of Management and Budget
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"and we can move to space where we need to. I guess I would say this. Speed is important. No. This stems from an executive order that the president signed last year. The president's executive order had directed his agency officials to begin to have supervision at the policy official level. This regulation is catching up with that executive order to make sure it's actually reflected in the actual mechanics of grant making. was finalized? We are certainly working with"
Hearing “AI on Main Street: How AI is Shaping the Future of Small Business.”
house Small Business Committee · Jul 14, 2026 · Transcript · 4 transcript matches
WILLIAMS, ROGER "small businesses are closing in on the technology gap with the big corporations faster than any wave of innovation. Importantly, early data is showing that AI's rise is not coming at the expense of workers. In fact, 82 percent of small businesses using AI grew their workforce over the past year. Of course, real barriers to broader AI adoption remain. Many owners tell us that they simply don't know how or where to start and that they worry about costs so that they are unsure how to keep their data secure. But one of the biggest barriers in Washington is created. It's uncertainty, and the Biden..."
Hearing FY27 BIS Budget: the AI Arms Race and the ICTS Office
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
SPEAKER_11 "Yeah, absolutely. You know, one thing that we expect of companies that are involved in developing frontier models is that they follow the procedure and the policy that's set out in the president's executive order on AI from June, and that's an important step both in ensuring the security of the models and in instilling confidence in the government that if there are vulnerabilities that we uncover them, we know about them, and we're prepared to deal with them. You know, the government has several bodies that work with companies to evaluate the security that work with companies to evaluate the..."
Hearing Oversight Hearing - U.S. Small Business Administration
house Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee · Jul 14, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
SPEAKER_09 "Well, we're working closely both internally and externally, so we work with OMB. We work with our internal political and career colleagues to ensure that the funds are going out as directed, as intended by Congress, and that they meet the law and that they meet the executive orders, and so we have continued to look at meeting all those objectives and making sure that the programs�I think small businesses would be interested to know that some of the programs that were lined up for funding were things like the Binational Institute Development, which supports illegal aliens in Guatemala and..."
Testimony KARA MARIE WESTERCAMP
Hearings to examine protecting American citizenship, focusing on feder...
senate Judiciary Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"various executive orders and proclamations. Senator, some of the executive orders, as I said, executive orders related to trade and tariffs. The CIT, with the three-judge panel, yes, held that it was"
Testimony KARA MARIE WESTERCAMP
Hearings to examine the nominations of Sheria Akins Clarke, to be Unit...
senate Judiciary Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"various executive orders and proclamations. Senator, some of the executive orders, as I said, executive orders related to trade and tariffs. The CIT, with the three-judge panel, yes, held that it was"
Testimony MR. THOMAS HOENIG
Task Force on Monetary Policy, Treasury Market Resilience, and Economi...
house Financial Services Committee · Jun 12, 2026
"Well, I think, frankly, that the Federal Reserve was created by Congress and is accountable to Congress. Congress can change the laws, can change how it's funded, can change how it's funded. I mean, we created the Department of Defense, too, I mean, in 1947. So – but they're clearly subject to executive orders. Are you guys subject to executive orders? Well, we have – we do have an executive order in terms of how bank supervision is carried out today. That, I think, is complied with. I think..."
Testimony SPEAKER_03
Oversight Hearing - Office of Management and Budget
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"was finalized? We are certainly working with agencies. Agencies, like I just said, are looking at the executive order and trying to align with the executive order. That said, we are out for comment on a proposed rule. We are probably – record numbers of comments have come in. We're going to assess each one of those comments and make We are definitely working on technology, including AI, to be able to have a wider angle lens about what is going on with the federal government. It's not – it would..."
Testimony SPEAKER_01
Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fi...
senate Appropriations Committee · Apr 22, 2026
"How would you frame this also? We see this president with his deregulation, which I welcome, and his executive orders, which I welcome. But we fully know that the previous administration had different executive orders and had different regulatory. How does the permanence of permitting reform, in your mind, bring about that lasting effect of predictability that's so"
Testimony SPEAKER_01
Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fi...
senate Appropriations Committee · Apr 22, 2026
"How would you frame this also? We see this president with his deregulation, which I welcome, and his executive orders, which I welcome. But we fully know that the previous administration had different executive orders and had different regulatory. How does the permanence of permitting reform, in your mind, bring about that lasting effect of predictability that's so"
Testimony SPEAKER_10
The Federal Reserve's Semi-Annual Monetary Policy Report
house Financial Services Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"Well, when the buyer is the Federal Reserve, you don't know whether they're creating a higher rate or preventing a higher rate from happening, because it distorts the market. And we also talked about in this regulatory role, there's a sort of bridge between the Federal Reserve as a regulator and a monetary policy role. So I wonder, when we think about what we created with this version of the Federal Reserve, do you consider the Federal Reserve subject to executive authority? I mean, when there..."
Testimony THE HONORABLE JEFFREY MERRIFIELD
Nuclear Permitting Reform: Legislation to Advance Efficient Licensing
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 9, 2026
"As a partner in the world's oldest and largest nuclear law practice, I can attest firsthand that the management and staff of the agency have demonstrated a new determination to be more efficient, risk-informed, and results-oriented in the pursuit of its traditional safety mission. The executive orders that President Trump issued about a year ago have also resulted in some beneficial outcomes, particularly Executive Order 14300 that tasked the agency with reviewing and reinventing its regulatory..."
Testimony MS. AMANDA FROST
Hearings to examine protecting American citizenship, focusing on birth...
senate Judiciary Committee · Mar 10, 2026
"who was nominated by Reagan and who declared it to be blatantly unconstitutional. So I'm not going to spend any more time today discussing the legality of the executive order. Where it's clearly unconstitutional and illegal, I'm going to talk about the consequences of the executive order were to go into effect. First, it would immediately take away citizenship from 250,000 children born every year who would be born, some of them stateless, potentially deported from the country day one of their..."
Testimony SEWELL, TERRI A.
Committee on House Administration Full Committee Hearing: “Preventing ...
house Committee on House Administration · Jun 10, 2026
"actions of this president. This investigation is clearly just an extension of President Trump's retribution tour, and I want to apologize to you, Ms. Wallace-Jones, for having to be here and under these very hyper-partisan circumstances and not in any way looking into an investigation of fraudulent foreign donors that would include both Republican and Democratic organizations. This investigation is clearly an extension of President Trump's retribution tour. In April of last year, the president..."
Testimony JOYCE, DAVID P.
Oversight Hearing - Office of Management and Budget
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"I would re-ask the question, but you're right, man. I just want to know, how is centralizing all those functions from the executive orders translated into efficiencies across federal government, and how will taxpayers benefit from the consolidation of all that power through the executive orders that we talked about before? OMB received $100 million from the Working Families Tax Cut Act, also known as the big beautiful bill, the purpose of finding budget and accounting efficiencies in the..."
Testimony DAVIDSON, WARREN
Task Force on Monetary Policy, Treasury Market Resilience, and Economi...
house Financial Services Committee · Jun 12, 2026
"Reserve is accountable to comply with executive orders? With respect to monetary policy, yes. I'm not asking about monetary policy. If the President of the United States issues an executive order that says, you know, every bank examination shall include whatever, or, you know, in the case here, one of the executive orders that he issued was there will be no central bank digital currency. Through the structure, the federal government – Chairman Powell has said, well, we agree that Congress would..."
Testimony DURBIN, RICHARD J.
Hearings to examine protecting American citizenship, focusing on birth...
senate Judiciary Committee · Mar 10, 2026
"Something's missing here. Let me ask you, when it comes down to the situation where families, if this executive order is found to be valid by the court, how would a family go about establishing that they were properly in the United States and citizens under the new executive order? How do they prove"
Testimony MR. STEVE YATES
Beijing’s Poison Pipeline: The CCP’s Role in the Fentanyl Crisis
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"partnership between America's top geopolitical adversary and the transnational criminal organizations. Chinese precursor chemicals form the backbone of the supply chain killing Americans. Since then, America has taken several important steps. The executive order designating cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, tariffs on China, Mexico, and Canada explicitly tied to fentanyl flows, the Holt Fentanyl Act that permanently scheduled fentanyl analogs, enhanced treasury sanctions on Mexican..."
Testimony HAWLEY, JOSH
Hearings to examine the nominations of James Andrew Crowell IV, and St...
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jun 23, 2026
"Do I have that right? I'm told that you, in that role, however, did not advise contractors to stop unconscious bias training, but you advised instead that contractors should still engage in the bias training, despite the President's executive order, based on, quote, on the human condition that every person has certain biases or stereotypes or prejudices, end quote. Could you just help me understand what's the distinction there, and did you, in fact, urge them not to comply with the executive..."
Testimony SPEAKER_18
Hearings to examine the nomination of Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"my perspective, the agency that I hopefully am able to lead, you have my commitment that I will continue to work with the unions, to work with our local unions, and meet with them regularly, which I have done throughout my tenure. I would defer to the experts at OPM and the executive order on that, but what I can tell you is really related to IT employees who do deal with national securities. Our systems get hacked daily, and those are some of our most important employees there, and there is a..."
Testimony ROY, CHIP
“Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security”
house Judiciary Committee · Mar 4, 2026
"when you have the Illinois governor claiming the United States is essentially becoming Nazi Germany when you have a house minority leader Jeffrey's calling for people to quote fight president Trump's enforcement agenda in the streets end quote does that not create the environment that they decry right now undermining ice and endangering citizens the very citizens you have behind me who expect us to do our job and secure the border and secure our communities on day one president Trump signed..."
Hearing Hearings to examine protecting American citizenship, focusing on federalism, sanctuary cities, and the rule of law.
senate Constitution Subcommittee · Mar 25, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
KARA MARIE WESTERCAMP "Again, Senator, I would take recusal very seriously. In terms of recusing for any matters, executive orders that I worked on, I believe the president had actually revoked those executive orders via another executive order after the Supreme Court's AIPA decision. Senator, I think it would not be inappropriate to grade my own work, so to speak. And so, yes, I would, for specific matters that I worked on in the White"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Sheria Akins Clarke, to be United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, Kathleen S....
senate Judiciary Committee · Mar 25, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
KARA MARIE WESTERCAMP "Again, Senator, I would take recusal very seriously. In terms of recusing for any matters, executive orders that I worked on, I believe the president had actually revoked those executive orders via another executive order after the Supreme Court's AIPA decision. on both sides of the issue? Senator, I think it would not be inappropriate to grade my own work, so to speak. And so, yes, I would, for specific matters that I worked on in the White"
Hearing Task Force on Monetary Policy, Treasury Market Resilience, and Economic Prosperity: Examining the Structure of the Federal Reserve System
house Financial Services Committee · Jun 12, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
MR. THOMAS HOENIG "Well, I think, frankly, that the Federal Reserve was created by Congress and is accountable to Congress. Congress can change the laws, can change how it's funded, can change how it's funded. I mean, we created the Department of Defense, too, I mean, in 1947. So – but they're clearly subject to executive orders. Are you guys subject to executive orders? Well, we have – we do have an executive order in terms of how bank supervision is carried out today. That, I think, is complied with. I think when Congress created the Federal Reserve, it created it to be independent of political"
Hearing Hearings to examine protecting American citizenship, focusing on birthright citizenship for illegal aliens and tourists.
senate Constitution Subcommittee · Mar 10, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
MS. AMANDA FROST "who was nominated by Reagan and who declared it to be blatantly unconstitutional. So I'm not going to spend any more time today discussing the legality of the executive order. Where it's clearly unconstitutional and illegal, I'm going to talk about the consequences of the executive order were to go into effect. First, it would immediately take away citizenship from 250,000 children born every year who would be born, some of them stateless, potentially deported from the country day one of their lives with no access to the rights and privileges of"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of James Andrew Crowell IV, and Stuart Gordon Nash, both of the District of Columbia, each to be an Associate...
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jun 23, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
HAWLEY, JOSH "Do I have that right? I'm told that you, in that role, however, did not advise contractors to stop unconscious bias training, but you advised instead that contractors should still engage in the bias training, despite the President's executive order, based on, quote, on the human condition that every person has certain biases or stereotypes or prejudices, end quote. Could you just help me understand what's the distinction there, and did you, in fact, urge them not to comply with the executive order? Just clear up the record for me, if you could. Did you say that you think that there's a First..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be Attorney General.
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
SPEAKER_06 "of agriculture. As I recall, as a result of that hearing, the president issued an executive order and an investigation was started in your department, and I've sensed some pause in that right now, so if confirmed, do you have a commitment that the Justice Department will make antitrust enforcement a priority, and since I think there aren't too many people in the Justice Department who know much about agriculture, with some concentration on"
Hearing Ending Supply Chain Dependency: Aligning Tools, Capital, and Partnerships
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
JACKSON, JONATHAN L. "Mr. Black, you state that in this area of increasing global competition, President Trump and Congress equipped our agency to be a leading force for restoring U.S. economic security since its reauthorization, DRC has rebuilt our pipeline to more than 340 deals. I'm just concerned about Mr. Trump's Executive Order 10998, where he states that he's put an increased visa restrictions on many of these African countries. As you know, there are 54 African countries. And what we saw during the events of the World Cup is that 12 African countries had complete travel bans, another 14 had partial travel..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the national security strategy and the western hemisphere.
senate Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues Subcommittee · Jul 14, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
THE HONORABLE MICHAEL KOZAK "President Trump has made it clear we will not tolerate that threat any longer. The President's executive order targets the Cuban regime, its security apparatus, and its grip on the economy, not the people of"
Hearing “Sanctuary Policies: Victims’ Perspectives”
house Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee · Jun 30, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
JAYAPAL, PRAMILA "Thank you so much, Mr. Chairman. Let me start by offering my deepest condolences to you, Mrs. Gorman, and to you, Mr. Abraham, for the loss of your children. As a parent myself, I can think of no greater loss, and I appreciate you being here to share their stories and their lives with us. Unfortunately, this hearing is the fourth time in this committee that we've had a hearing on sanctuary cities. The fourth time. And there's many other things that we could be doing other than this. I would have loved to have had some hearings on the unconstitutionality of the president's executive order on..."
Hearing Memorializing our Veterans: Outreach, Upkeep, and Community Partnerships at Veterans Cemeteries
house Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee · Jun 30, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
MCGARVEY, MORGAN "Case in point, the removal of markers honoring Black World War II veterans in the Netherlands. FOIA requests revealed their removal was tied to executive orders on DEI, and ABMC said at the time the telling of segregation did not fall within the commemorative mission. I just want to know, what is the status of those current markers, and why is sharing the experience of Black service members not part of the"
Hearing Implementing an America First Approach in the East Asia and Pacific Region
house East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee · Jun 25, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
THE HONORABLE MICHAEL DESOMBRE "We are very focused on that, and implementing, the president has an executive order implementing a whole government effort to crack down on these online scams, really focusing on enforcement and intelligence to make sure that we can go after the transnational criminal organizational leaders, arrest them, take their money, put them in jail, and stop them from defrauding Americans. And we are seeing,"
Hearing “Workforce Rewired: Modern Apprenticeships for a Modern Economy”
house Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee · Jun 24, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
ADAMS, ALMA S. "And as Mr. Ladd notes in his thoughtful testimony, the number of apprentices has doubled since 2014, but we have more work to do to continue this growth and expand opportunities for women and other populations that remain statistically underrepresented in registered apprenticeship programs. Last year, President Trump issued an executive order directing the Labor Department to deliver a plan to reach and surpass one million new active apprentices. Subcommittee Democrats and I welcome bipartisan support for registered apprenticeships, but rhetoric should match"
Hearing Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of the Treasury.
senate Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee · Apr 22, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_01 "How would you frame this also? We see this president with his deregulation, which I welcome, and his executive orders, which I welcome. But we fully know that the previous administration had different executive orders and had different regulatory. How does the permanence of permitting reform, in your mind, bring about that lasting effect of predictability that's so"
Hearing Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Energy.
senate Energy and Water Development Subcommittee · Apr 22, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_01 "How would you frame this also? We see this president with his deregulation, which I welcome, and his executive orders, which I welcome. But we fully know that the previous administration had different executive orders and had different regulatory. How does the permanence of permitting reform, in your mind, bring about that lasting effect of predictability that's so"
Hearing Nuclear Permitting Reform: Legislation to Advance Efficient Licensing
house Energy Subcommittee · Jun 9, 2026 · Transcript
THE HONORABLE JEFFREY MERRIFIELD "As a partner in the world's oldest and largest nuclear law practice, I can attest firsthand that the management and staff of the agency have demonstrated a new determination to be more efficient, risk-informed, and results-oriented in the pursuit of its traditional safety mission. The executive orders that President Trump issued about a year ago have also resulted in some beneficial outcomes, particularly Executive Order 14300 that tasked the agency with reviewing and reinventing its regulatory framework. Had this committee asked me to testify a year ago, I would have expressed reservations..."
Hearing Committee on House Administration Full Committee Hearing: “Preventing Fraudulent Donations: Transparency, Verification, and Accountability”
house Committee on House Administration · Jun 10, 2026 · Transcript
SEWELL, TERRI A. "actions of this president. This investigation is clearly just an extension of President Trump's retribution tour, and I want to apologize to you, Ms. Wallace-Jones, for having to be here and under these very hyper-partisan circumstances and not in any way looking into an investigation of fraudulent foreign donors that would include both Republican and Democratic organizations. This investigation is clearly an extension of President Trump's retribution tour. In April of last year, the president issued an executive order targeting Act Blue and demanding a Department of Justice investigation..."
Hearing Beijing’s Poison Pipeline: The CCP’s Role in the Fentanyl Crisis
house East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee · Jun 4, 2026 · Transcript
MR. STEVE YATES "partnership between America's top geopolitical adversary and the transnational criminal organizations. Chinese precursor chemicals form the backbone of the supply chain killing Americans. Since then, America has taken several important steps. The executive order designating cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, tariffs on China, Mexico, and Canada explicitly tied to fentanyl flows, the Holt Fentanyl Act that permanently scheduled fentanyl analogs, enhanced treasury sanctions on Mexican banks, Chinese chemical networks, and an executive order designating illicit fentanyl and precursors..."
Hearing “Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security”
house Judiciary Committee · Mar 4, 2026 · Transcript
ROY, CHIP "when you have the Illinois governor claiming the United States is essentially becoming Nazi Germany when you have a house minority leader Jeffrey's calling for people to quote fight president Trump's enforcement agenda in the streets end quote does that not create the environment that they decry right now undermining ice and endangering citizens the very citizens you have behind me who expect us to do our job and secure the border and secure our communities on day one president Trump signed executive order 14159 protecting American people against invasion turning uh which invoked turnaway..."
Hearing Hearings to examine arms control and transforming international security functions at the State Department.
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Mar 24, 2026 · Transcript
THOMAS G. DINANNO "that do international security together makes sense. Because I think in relation to our political military bureau and the work that we're doing to modernize our defense industrial base, we have released two executive orders. We work very closely with the War Department. As part of the most recent executive order had announced that it wanted an executive council to stand up between the Commerce Department, the State Department, and the War Department. And that council, that meeting took place within a month. That's unheard of"
Hearing Oversight of Prudential Regulators
house Financial Services Committee · Jun 4, 2026 · Transcript
HILL, J. FRENCH "Thank you. Well, Chairman Barr and I have just worked so hard on this over many, many years, and we really appreciate the work at the agencies, but we're trying to put it into law. Our nation is best governed by laws agreed to by the Congress and not just on executive orders that vary radically between, you know, different executive branches. Recently, the White House issued an executive order promoting access to mortgage"
Hearing Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Bill
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 24, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_13 "deterrent capability, and warfighting mission entrusted to America's military. Therefore, the executive order authorized the use of the title Department of War within the executive branch and directed recommendations for permanently restoring the department's historic name through"
Hearing Hearings to examine the posture of United States Northern Command and United States Southern Command in review of the Defense Authorization...
senate Armed Services Committee · Mar 19, 2026 · Transcript
GENERAL FRANCIS DONOVAN "No, Ranking Member Reed. Those orders are from the Secretary of Defense translated through the joint staff in the form of execute orders, which are the ones I"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Donald Blome, of Illinois, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Near Eastern Affairs), Christopher...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jul 16, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_04 "you think you're going to tackle it? Yes, thank you, Senator. Obviously, it starts, one, with the optimism in the relationship that has been built over the past two years with Hunminet, and the first step is the conversation of the realism of where Cambodia is on combating these scam centers and what Hunminet is expecting to do in the future and work with the relationship on this. Obviously, we've seen President Trump enact a number of things over the past year. In executive order, OFAC has gone after things. We have seized something, a billion plus dollars in Bitcoin. Additionally, this..."
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
SPEAKER_06 "Some may, some may not. But there is nothing apart of 2 CFR or the executive order that it stems from that causes all no-fos go through OMB. Secondly, with regard to the statutes and the appropriations process, we're not defying the will of"
Hearing Hearings to examine behind the label, focusing on foreign ownership and control in America's drug supply chain.
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript
THE HONORABLE NAZAK NIKAKHTAR "Legal jurisdiction needs to be extended by Congress through the passage of Affirma 2.0 and or the president needs to institute an IEPA-based executive order to close the gap as it pertains to foreign adversaries. Time is running out and these gaps remain wide open today, enabling predatory FDI to occur largely undetected. Third, we need to impose broader export controls on emerging and foundational"
Hearing A New Beginning for Colombia
house Western Hemisphere Subcommittee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript
THE HONORABLE F. WEILAND "And unfortunately, under the previous administration, that program lapsed. We are currently in the business, or in the process, rather, of bringing something like it back to INL. Under President Trump's executive order, we are prohibited from focusing solely on one social group. However, this new program that we're very excited about would extend eligibility for this type of scholarship, not only to Afro-Colombians, but also other groups as well. And this is meant to sort of launch more people into the security forces. Right now, in rural areas especially, there's a huge"
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
LEE, SUMMER L. "The bills we're marking up today undercut the foundation of public education in this country, all in service of an authoritarian playbook that relies on an undereducated electorate, the erosion of public goods that don't serve corporate interests and attacking marginalized communities. The Trump administration has already begun dismantling the Department of Education by signing executive orders, by firing"
Hearing Subcommittee Markup of Six Pieces of Legislation
house Energy Subcommittee · Jul 14, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_01 "system is working. Last May, President Trump signed an executive order that severely limited the ACRS's activities, and this bill takes that further. It completely removes ACRS's discretion to review applications and permanently writes that into"
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
SPEAKER_01 "These are people from our communities. Last year there were almost 10,000 people reported to the FBI as missing in indigenous communities. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. We don't know who was not reported. And there is no credible evidence that it is getting any better. The statistics do not say that it is getting any better. And so, I mean, 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..."
Hearing “Training Activists, Not Physicians: The Impact of DEI on Medical Schools”
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 14, 2026 · Transcript
MILLER, MARY E. "They are babies. This committee will continue to investigate these schools to ensure they are complying with federal law and reserves the right to withhold funding from any institution in violation. Dr. Benedetti, the University of Illinois College of Medicine is one of the largest medical schools in the country. And with that, you have a profound responsibility to properly train our next generation of providers. Has UICM complied with President Trump's executive orders to eliminate federally funded DEI"
Hearing “Field of Fees: Private Equity’s Role in the Commercialization of American Youth Sports”
house Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee · Jun 30, 2026 · Transcript
MS. KATHERINE VAN DYCK, J.D. "Today, I will focus on why private equity's profit motives conflict with the public goals of youth sports, why guardrails to protect communities are failing, and how Congress can fix what isn't working. Going back decades, through Title IX, the Amateur Sports Act, and executive orders from Presidents Eisenhower to Trump, we have always called youth sports and fitness a national priority, but we have never funded it. The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, tasked with developing grassroots youth sports programs, gets most of its money from NBC broadcasts and spends under 1% of that on youth..."
Hearing China’s Economic Espionage and Subnational Influence in the United States
house Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party · Jun 25, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_04 "a Democrat, for the best model of bipartisan teamwork at the state level. In Texas, Governor Abbott has led with executive orders and the legislature has enacted overwhelming bipartisan responses to protect state assets in Texas. I'll give you a few examples of what's occurred in these states. Creation of committees to prepare for the fallout, the domestic fallout, of a Pacific conflict. Military critical infrastructure and supply chain protections. Foreign agent registration for adversary nations. Bans on Chinese Communist Party funds in lobbying and state houses. The first laws in the..."
Hearing H.R. 8476, "No Antisemitism in Education Act of 2026"; H.R. 4795, "Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act of 2025"; H.R. 9203, "Student...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 25, 2026 · Transcript
FINE, RANDY "And to object to that view means that you think that we should. It means that you think some minority groups deserve superior protection to others. My bill does the opposite. It says they must all be treated the same. Lastly, we heard some words about the definition that is used. The definition that is used in this bill is pulled directly from executive orders used by Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and Donald Trump. Three men that don't really agree on all that much, but on this they did agree. 38 states agreed with this definition. Over a"
Hearing From Wall Street to Main Street: The Future of How America Invests
house Capital Markets Subcommittee · Jun 25, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_11 "Well, one is that we are, in our discussions and comment letters with Treasury, we have outlined our thoughts specifically for how similar accounts are designed under the 1940 Act. I would also say we're having discussions with the administration as well from the recent executive order for retirement opportunities as well for those that don't, aren't currently in retirement vehicles also. So this is actually a broader discussion we're having with the administration as well. Well, as I mentioned, we would like to see an increased basket of investment opportunities there. What I would also say..."
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
JACK, BRIAN "Mr. Chairman, and thank you, Mr. Carter, for testifying. Administrator Leffler has made reducing regulatory burden and cutting red tape a priority of the SBA's approach to small business success, something I wholeheartedly support. And in January 2026, SBA finalized the SBIC modernization rule, which streamlines licensing for follow-on funds, eliminates obsolete provisions, and aligns a program with President Trump's executive orders on critical minerals and industrial dominance. The rule also clarifies that certain long-duration investments in critical minerals and critical technology..."
Hearing State Medicaid Program Integrity: Examining Fraud Risks and Oversight Deficiencies.
house Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee · Jun 25, 2026 · Transcript
JOHN CONNOLLY "Yes, exactly. So if there is a pattern or a concerning issue that we identify that does inform, perhaps, administrative changes in policy, we might also engage legislators to make changes to those programs, which we've done in the last two sessions, as a good example. Thank you, Representative Lansman. So I'll start with Governor Walz's Executive Order 2510 in September of 2025, directing the state to take a number of actions to"
Testimony CRAIG E. LEEN
Hearings to examine the nominations of James Andrew Crowell IV, and St...
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jun 23, 2026
"Amendment right of contractors to be able to have training. So I did work within the administration with the Secretary of Labor, who I reported to, to come up with an approach that would comply with the executive order, which we faithfully executed, while also responding to many contractor questions about what trainings they were allowed to do and what they could not do. The concern I saw with unconscious bias training under the executive order was when it"
Testimony SPEAKER_02
Oversight of the National Telecommunications and Information Administr...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"You know, I serve the president, and I implement the law, and those two things are not in conflict. Executive orders are a lawful direction to executive branch agencies. So no final decision on the report has been made. I'm not going to prejudge outcomes before we've completed our review. What I can say is that our report, the report will comply with the"
Testimony THOMAS G. DINANNO
Hearings to examine arms control and transforming international securi...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Mar 24, 2026
"that do international security together makes sense. Because I think in relation to our political military bureau and the work that we're doing to modernize our defense industrial base, we have released two executive orders. We work very closely with the War Department. As part of the most recent executive order had announced that it wanted an executive council to stand up between the Commerce Department, the State Department, and the War Department. And that council, that meeting took place..."
Testimony HILL, J. FRENCH
Oversight of Prudential Regulators
house Financial Services Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"Thank you. Well, Chairman Barr and I have just worked so hard on this over many, many years, and we really appreciate the work at the agencies, but we're trying to put it into law. Our nation is best governed by laws agreed to by the Congress and not just on executive orders that vary radically between, you know, different executive branches. Recently, the White House issued an executive order promoting access to mortgage"
Testimony SPEAKER_13
Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Bill
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"deterrent capability, and warfighting mission entrusted to America's military. Therefore, the executive order authorized the use of the title Department of War within the executive branch and directed recommendations for permanently restoring the department's historic name through"
Testimony GENERAL FRANCIS DONOVAN
Hearings to examine the posture of United States Northern Command and ...
senate Armed Services Committee · Mar 19, 2026
"No, Ranking Member Reed. Those orders are from the Secretary of Defense translated through the joint staff in the form of execute orders, which are the ones I"
Testimony JOYCE, DAVID P.
Oversight Hearing - Office of Management and Budget
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"to play a central role in the continued reshaping of the federal government. As of June 20th, 265 executive orders, 59 memoranda, and 153 proclamations have been signed by President. OMB plays a critical role in each one of these decisions. However, we need to work together to ensure that federal funds are being used as Congress intended, even if the administration doesn't agree with the intent of certain programs. This is why the President's budget remains so important. It is a guide to help..."
Testimony JOYCE, DAVID P.
Oversight Hearing - Office of Management and Budget
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"And I think you will find this committee on a bipartisan basis has been very cognizant of security issues and tried to make all those areas under our jurisdiction whole so they can provide the necessary security for yourself and for the employees and the people who visit. The 27 budget justification cites several new responsibilities that OMB will assume through recently issued executive orders. This includes EO 14215, ensuring accountability for all agencies, protecting America's bank against..."
Testimony BISHOP, SANFORD D.
Oversight Hearing - Office of Management and Budget
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"As you may or may not know I have a great deal of interest in agriculture. It's the number one industry in Georgia and of course it contributes mightily to the United States economy. There's reported at the time operating under several executive orders the Department of Efficiency was active in attempting to cease many of the government operations and activities and to separate many of the federal"
Testimony SPEAKER_01
Oversight Hearing - Office of Management and Budget
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"Do you anticipate that states, cities, or Congress has any recourse in cases where OMB decided that a grant was inconsistent with your priorities, and do you believe the proposal provides due process? given to them in the executive order. Congress appropriated $100 million from HR 1 to OMB last year. Have you spent any of that $100 million on moving career OMB personnel to the CFPB building at 1700 G Street, and do you plan to? How many OMB staff currently have their salaries paid out of..."
Testimony SPEAKER_03
Oversight Hearing - Office of Management and Budget
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"I think it will be agency by agency, and I wouldn't want to give kind of a broad view of that other than to say that the agency officials are constantly thinking through what their adequate FTE level should be. What I would say is every time you see an executive order, there's a responsibility there for Office of Management and Budget to be able to perform government-wide function. And the level of things that we've been asked to do has therefore"
Testimony SPEAKER_09
Oversight Hearing - Office of Management and Budget
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"Not to be overlooked, though, I think is the blatant disregard by some bureaucrats for improper payments. I know President Trump shares this goal. Myself, members of Congress have recognized wasting of taxpayer dollars needs to stop and we're expressing a need for some systems in place to make sure that those hard-earned dollars are not being misused. The president's executive order, obviously, 14249 to protect America's bank account, and then I introduced HR 2597, the protecting American..."
Testimony SPEAKER_07
The Federal Reserve's Semi-Annual Monetary Policy Report
house Financial Services Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"When the Fed does the latter, it undermines its standing in the eyes of Congress and the American people. Chairman, will you commit to getting the Fed back to truly sticking to its lane? And if so, how do you plan to do it? Thank you again. Both the G7 and the administration have issued statements or executive orders on quantum computing, encouraging financial authorities and U.S. federal agencies to step up their timetable for transitioning to post-quantum computing encryption algorithms. With..."
Testimony SPEAKER_01
The Federal Reserve's Semi-Annual Monetary Policy Report
house Financial Services Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"their paychecks on time, and President Trump understands that, which is why he issued the executive order earlier and signed that to call for a financial system that is more innovative and is affordable for American families and businesses. So Chairman Morrish, I understand you shared that goals and vision for the Federal Reserve as well, but currently the situation is the payments company holding money transmitter licenses in all U.S. states and complying with every Bank Securities Act rule..."
Testimony SPEAKER_01
The Federal Reserve's Semi-Annual Monetary Policy Report
house Financial Services Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"So to that end, I just want to let you know that PACE Act is, again, in response to President Trump's executive order, and when you know that the U.S. is the only G7 country that does not have a system that allows fintech or non-banks direct access to traditional payment networks, I think it's really important that we work together, and I do want to work with you on this issue of a master account access and the PACE Act, so I hope we can take the time, and I hope that you and your team, now..."
Testimony SPEAKER_18
Hearings to examine the nomination of Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"It's very important to the president. He's issued executive orders on antisemitism, on anti-Christian bias, and on religious discrimination as a whole, and we will prosecute those cases as equally as we will any other"
Testimony SPEAKER_18
Hearings to examine the nomination of Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"how they're saving taxpayer dollars, and that the Department of Labor is in the best position to do this under the Economies Act, under longstanding IAAs, which all administrations have used. The president's executive order directs us to hit one million active registered apprenticeships. I've been out there promoting companies to do registered apprenticeships through the department so we can help them control the curriculum, we can get the hours in, we can get the OSHA health safety. We believe..."
Testimony SPEAKER_18
Hearings to examine the nomination of Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"And that's what we're promoting. The executive order describes registered apprenticeships. Thank you. workers and American families? It's our duty for all of our grants, all of your taxpayer dollars to go to American workers and to make sure that American workers are getting the first and best opportunities, no one else. It's also our duty at the Department of Labor to make sure that other countries aren't ripping us off with forced labor and"
Testimony ALSOBROOKS, ANGELA D.
Hearings to examine the nomination of Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"this was basically above your pay grade, it was outside your area of expertise, and that you would, quote, rely on career experts to work on those issues. And in the weeks that followed our exchange, I was horrified to see that this administration took successive actions and steps to undermine the CBAs and federal workers, to hurt federal workers. And it started with the executive order removing collective bargaining rights for large portions of the federal workforce. It is so disturbing to me..."
Testimony ALSOBROOKS, ANGELA D.
Hearings to examine the nomination of Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"Oh Lord, we certainly disagree with that, if this administration respects the law, but it is also the case... But this isn't a matter of dispute. I mean, you can go look at the executive order that literally targets these collective bargaining agreements in these federal agencies. But I want to go to another"
Testimony ALSOBROOKS, ANGELA D.
Hearings to examine the nomination of Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"Well, I'm glad to hear that. And I have to tell you again, I'm relieved to hear, because the last time, and again, we can just go look at it, when I questioned you about this, it was a different response, but this is the last question. So national security was invoked to justify the revocation of collective bargaining agreements across the federal government in March of 2025, and I want you to please explain why the March 2025 executive order applied the exception to agencies that have less of..."
Testimony SPEAKER_18
Hearings to examine the nomination of Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"Absolutely. It's not only my commitment, it's the president's commitment in the executive orders. When he issued within his first hundred days, so it shows you the seriousness and the impact of this. We're just trying to make it"
Testimony MATSUI, DORIS O.
Oversight of the National Telecommunications and Information Administr...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"It did not condition broadband funding on whether a state regulates AI, yet the Trump AI executive order directs NTIA to withhold broadband funding from states with so-called onerous AI laws. California has led the nation on both broadband and responsible AI. That's why it co-authored the Guardrails Act to repeal this dangerous executive order. Now, Administrator Roth, yes or no, can an executive order rewrite"
Testimony SPEAKER_02
Oversight of the National Telecommunications and Information Administr...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"So no final decision on the report has been made. I'm not going to prejudge outcomes before we've completed our review. What I can say is that our report, the report will comply with the law. I think that it's, but it's also important to keep in mind the, as we've seen, there's a, and as the executive order shows, there's a symbiotic, I'm sorry, I'm out of time. Yeah, a symbiotic relationship between broadband deployment and"
Testimony SPEAKER_04
Hearings to examine the nominations of Donald Blome, of Illinois, to b...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"you think you're going to tackle it? Yes, thank you, Senator. Obviously, it starts, one, with the optimism in the relationship that has been built over the past two years with Hunminet, and the first step is the conversation of the realism of where Cambodia is on combating these scam centers and what Hunminet is expecting to do in the future and work with the relationship on this. Obviously, we've seen President Trump enact a number of things over the past year. In executive order, OFAC has..."
Testimony SPEAKER_06
Hearings to examine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Semi-Annu...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"Some may, some may not. But there is nothing apart of 2 CFR or the executive order that it stems from that causes all no-fos go through OMB. Secondly, with regard to the statutes and the appropriations process, we're not defying the will of"
Testimony THE HONORABLE NAZAK NIKAKHTAR
Hearings to examine behind the label, focusing on foreign ownership an...
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Legal jurisdiction needs to be extended by Congress through the passage of Affirma 2.0 and or the president needs to institute an IEPA-based executive order to close the gap as it pertains to foreign adversaries. Time is running out and these gaps remain wide open today, enabling predatory FDI to occur largely undetected. Third, we need to impose broader export controls on emerging and foundational"
Testimony JOHN CROCKETT
Hearings to examine S.1791, to designate certain special management ar...
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"that would affect federal lands issued under its jurisdiction. H.R. 4090, the Critical Minerals Dominance Act, would mirror and codify several of the provisions in Executive Order 14154. These provisions include requirements for the Secretary of Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, to review and evaluate a range of policy and related to mining and mineral exploration on federal"
Testimony JOHN CROCKETT
Hearings to examine S.1791, to designate certain special management ar...
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"S.4561, the Close the Gap Act, would require federal agencies to issue new regulations and intended to streamline the process for broad land applications on federal lands. The USDA appreciates Congressional efforts to reduce the regulatory burden and streamline the permitting process. Both H.R. 4090 and S.4561 would support the implementation of Executive Order 14154, Unleashing American Energy, and would align with the actions under this administration to alleviate regulatory burden and..."
Testimony KATIE SWEENEY
Hearings to examine S.1791, to designate certain special management ar...
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"The nation needs far more electricity, and it needs it fast. The NMA also strongly supports H.R. 4090, Representative Stauber's Critical Mineral Dominance Act, which passed the House with bipartisan support. This legislation builds on presidential executive orders and presents a comprehensive and multifaceted approach to securing our mineral supply chains. These supply chains are highly concentrated in China and are increasingly vulnerable to manipulation and disruption. According to the U.S...."
Testimony SPEAKER_06
Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"of agriculture. As I recall, as a result of that hearing, the president issued an executive order and an investigation was started in your department, and I've sensed some pause in that right now, so if confirmed, do you have a commitment that the Justice Department will make antitrust enforcement a priority, and since I think there aren't too many people in the Justice Department who know much about agriculture, with some concentration on"
Testimony SPEAKER_08
Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Chairman, absolutely. You're right. President Trump issued an executive order. I have worked already closely with Secretary Rollins on this very issue. We recently held a press conference announcing some of the work that we're doing to not only deal with the anti-competitive behavior that we've seen, but also to help ease prices in the cattle market around the country, so yes, Chairman, I commit to"
Testimony JACKSON, JONATHAN L.
Ending Supply Chain Dependency: Aligning Tools, Capital, and Partnersh...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Mr. Black, you state that in this area of increasing global competition, President Trump and Congress equipped our agency to be a leading force for restoring U.S. economic security since its reauthorization, DRC has rebuilt our pipeline to more than 340 deals. I'm just concerned about Mr. Trump's Executive Order 10998, where he states that he's put an increased visa restrictions on many of these African countries. As you know, there are 54 African countries. And what we saw during the events of..."
Testimony JACKSON, JONATHAN L.
Ending Supply Chain Dependency: Aligning Tools, Capital, and Partnersh...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Would you be in support of us rescinding that executive order so that we can reduce, ease the amount of travel bans and restrictions so that we can"
Testimony THE HONORABLE F. WEILAND
A New Beginning for Colombia
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"And unfortunately, under the previous administration, that program lapsed. We are currently in the business, or in the process, rather, of bringing something like it back to INL. Under President Trump's executive order, we are prohibited from focusing solely on one social group. However, this new program that we're very excited about would extend eligibility for this type of scholarship, not only to Afro-Colombians, but also other groups as well. And this is meant to sort of launch more people..."
Testimony LEE, SUMMER L.
H.R. 9607, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Workforce Development Act"; H.R. ...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"The bills we're marking up today undercut the foundation of public education in this country, all in service of an authoritarian playbook that relies on an undereducated electorate, the erosion of public goods that don't serve corporate interests and attacking marginalized communities. The Trump administration has already begun dismantling the Department of Education by signing executive orders, by firing"
Testimony WILLIAMS, ROGER
“AI on Main Street: How AI is Shaping the Future of Small Business.”
house Small Business Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"small businesses are closing in on the technology gap with the big corporations faster than any wave of innovation. Importantly, early data is showing that AI's rise is not coming at the expense of workers. In fact, 82 percent of small businesses using AI grew their workforce over the past year. Of course, real barriers to broader AI adoption remain. Many owners tell us that they simply don't know how or where to start and that they worry about costs so that they are unsure how to keep their..."
Testimony WILLIAMS, ROGER
“AI on Main Street: How AI is Shaping the Future of Small Business.”
house Small Business Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"Europe chose to regulate first and innovate later, and today the small businesses are falling behind, and the United States cannot make the same mistake. Thankfully, the Trump administration reversed course. They rescinded the Biden approach and replaced it with a pro-innovation strategy through executive order 14179 in America's AI action plan, doing away with red tape so that AI tools can be adopted with"
Testimony CISNEROS, GILBERT RAY
“AI on Main Street: How AI is Shaping the Future of Small Business.”
house Small Business Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"workers. Mr. Agu also has extensive experience in private industry, broadband access, nonprofits, and the education system. He holds a bachelor's degree from Tufts, master's degree in education and public administration from Harvard, and an MBA degree from the University of Penn Wharton. A lot of education there. Thank you for being with us, Mr. Agu. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Now, many of my colleagues and I were deeply concerned when we saw the President's Executive Order on AI published in..."
Testimony THE HONORABLE MICHAEL KOZAK
Hearings to examine the national security strategy and the western hem...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"President Trump has made it clear we will not tolerate that threat any longer. The President's executive order targets the Cuban regime, its security apparatus, and its grip on the economy, not the people of"
Testimony THE HONORABLE MICHAEL KOZAK
Hearings to examine the national security strategy and the western hem...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"First, with respect, the Qatari account was used, I think, once or twice in the early days because it was before we'd set up an American account. So that was a one-time thing. It's out of the picture now. What was set up pursuant to executive order is that there's an account that the Treasury Department has set"
Testimony SPEAKER_11
FY27 BIS Budget: the AI Arms Race and the ICTS Office
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"Yeah, absolutely. You know, one thing that we expect of companies that are involved in developing frontier models is that they follow the procedure and the policy that's set out in the president's executive order on AI from June, and that's an important step both in ensuring the security of the models and in instilling confidence in the government that if there are vulnerabilities that we uncover them, we know about them, and we're prepared to deal with them. You know, the government has..."
Testimony SPEAKER_11
FY27 BIS Budget: the AI Arms Race and the ICTS Office
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"We work with them to assess the security risks. Then again, that's done through parts of the government, like Casey, which I mentioned, through the White House. And they know now that if there's a company that isn't following the rules, isn't following the pathway that's set out in the executive order from June, that we have tools at our disposal to limit the dissemination you to come to Congress. Yeah, I mean, look, I agree with you and I agree with the concern that you're expressing. This is..."
Testimony SPEAKER_11
FY27 BIS Budget: the AI Arms Race and the ICTS Office
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"assessment of frontier models. Look, I think it depends on the circumstances, but the executive order that the president issued on AI in June is a step towards establishing. I expect that the government will develop more rules on the release of frontier AI"
Testimony SPEAKER_01
Subcommittee Markup of Six Pieces of Legislation
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"system is working. Last May, President Trump signed an executive order that severely limited the ACRS's activities, and this bill takes that further. It completely removes ACRS's discretion to review applications and permanently writes that into"
Testimony SPEAKER_01
Oversight Hearing on “Innovative Technologies and Initiatives to Tackl...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"These are people from our communities. Last year there were almost 10,000 people reported to the FBI as missing in indigenous communities. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. We don't know who was not reported. And there is no credible evidence that it is getting any better. The statistics do not say that it is getting any better. And so, I mean, 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..."
Testimony SPEAKER_09
Oversight Hearing - U.S. Small Business Administration
house Appropriations Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"Well, we're working closely both internally and externally, so we work with OMB. We work with our internal political and career colleagues to ensure that the funds are going out as directed, as intended by Congress, and that they meet the law and that they meet the executive orders, and so we have continued to look at meeting all those objectives and making sure that the programs�I think small businesses would be interested to know that some of the programs that were lined up for funding were..."
Testimony SPEAKER_09
Oversight Hearing - U.S. Small Business Administration
house Appropriations Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"I have limited time. I have been directed to follow the law, and in doing so, I'm following the White House executive orders. I'm working internally, and we're making sure that everything that you have directed to get out gets out, but we are not going to blindly write blank checks like the last administration did to the Chinese Mutual Aid Society that got $4 million from"
Testimony BISHOP, SANFORD D.
Oversight Hearing - U.S. Small Business Administration
house Appropriations Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"you very much, and welcome, Administrator Leffler. I'm going to follow along the questioning you were just having from the gentlelady. Given the recent news that USDA has ended its relationship with 10 guaranteed lenders nationwide, as well as reporting last year about a draft executive order, it appears that the administration is preparing to transition all of USDA's rural development lending programs to SBA. It's concerning to me because, of course, we have a lot of rural development needs in..."
Testimony MILLER, MARY E.
“Training Activists, Not Physicians: The Impact of DEI on Medical Scho...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"They are babies. This committee will continue to investigate these schools to ensure they are complying with federal law and reserves the right to withhold funding from any institution in violation. Dr. Benedetti, the University of Illinois College of Medicine is one of the largest medical schools in the country. And with that, you have a profound responsibility to properly train our next generation of providers. Has UICM complied with President Trump's executive orders to eliminate federally..."
Testimony JAYAPAL, PRAMILA
“Sanctuary Policies: Victims’ Perspectives”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"Thank you so much, Mr. Chairman. Let me start by offering my deepest condolences to you, Mrs. Gorman, and to you, Mr. Abraham, for the loss of your children. As a parent myself, I can think of no greater loss, and I appreciate you being here to share their stories and their lives with us. Unfortunately, this hearing is the fourth time in this committee that we've had a hearing on sanctuary cities. The fourth time. And there's many other things that we could be doing other than this. I would..."
Testimony MS. KATHERINE VAN DYCK, J.D.
“Field of Fees: Private Equity’s Role in the Commercialization of Amer...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"Today, I will focus on why private equity's profit motives conflict with the public goals of youth sports, why guardrails to protect communities are failing, and how Congress can fix what isn't working. Going back decades, through Title IX, the Amateur Sports Act, and executive orders from Presidents Eisenhower to Trump, we have always called youth sports and fitness a national priority, but we have never funded it. The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, tasked with developing grassroots..."
Testimony MCGARVEY, MORGAN
Memorializing our Veterans: Outreach, Upkeep, and Community Partnershi...
house Veterans' Affairs Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"Case in point, the removal of markers honoring Black World War II veterans in the Netherlands. FOIA requests revealed their removal was tied to executive orders on DEI, and ABMC said at the time the telling of segregation did not fall within the commemorative mission. I just want to know, what is the status of those current markers, and why is sharing the experience of Black service members not part of the"
Testimony SPEAKER_04
Memorializing our Veterans: Outreach, Upkeep, and Community Partnershi...
house Veterans' Affairs Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"Okay. The stated reason was compliance with anti-DEI executive orders and Department of Defense guidance. A nearly three-decade-long bipartisan"
Testimony SPEAKER_12
H.R. 8800 – National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027; H...
house Rules Committee · Jun 29, 2026
"This is a sophisticated and international enterprise that terrorizes Americans. We have seen numerous examples of this all over our country. Accordingly, the President correctly issued Executive Order 14157 to designate TDA as a foreign terrorist organization. My amendment builds on the President's actions by requiring the Department of Homeland Security and the Intelligence Community to collaborate on a detailed border threat assessment regarding threats posed by TDA"
Testimony SPEAKER_21
H.R. 8800 – National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027; H...
house Rules Committee · Jun 29, 2026
"He and I dealing with stock buybacks. This lines up with President Trump's executive order about the defense industry spending a good deal of its money buying back stocks rather than investing in plant equipment"
Testimony SPEAKER_19
H.R. 8800 – National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027; H...
house Rules Committee · Jun 29, 2026
"Massively supported this reform, including from the Trump administration. So along with all the amendments I've offered, I would plead with the Rules Committee to give us a vote on this amendment, and I yield. That's what the president's executive order does. The Corporate Transparency Act, we had a case where someone said, I'm the president of a This eliminates the overly broad application of the Corporate Transparency Act from the Biden administration, so then what would remain is the..."
Testimony SPEAKER_26
H.R. 8800 – National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027; H...
house Rules Committee · Jun 29, 2026
"They were supposed to sell it, get a new board of directors, no consequences. Once in your amendment, and I get this in executive order, what happens when you identify foreign"
Testimony SPEAKER_19
H.R. 8800 – National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027; H...
house Rules Committee · Jun 29, 2026
"And there's other lower burdens to be able to comply with the government's interest in knowing who the beneficial ownerships of companies are, and all those things have been proposed, and so this just gets back to what started out as an executive agency rulemaking to where the president, his executive order would be the effective order, and we'd nullify this burdensome"
Testimony STAUBER, PETE
Oversight hearing titled "Beneath the Surface: Earth MRI and America's...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"of the United States' natural landscape. Earth MRI was conceived in the first Trump administration as a result of an executive order which instituted a policy of identifying new sources of critical minerals. Then, in 2021, Congress authorized and funded Earth"
Testimony ANSARI, YASSAMIN
Oversight hearing titled "Beneath the Surface: Earth MRI and America's...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"competitiveness, and our communities, and I am pleased to say it enjoys strong bipartisan support. Earth MRI was established in 2019 in response to a 2017 executive order on critical mineral supply chains. Recognizing the value of the"
Testimony SPEAKER_00
Oversight hearing titled "Beneath the Surface: Earth MRI and America's...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"delivering modern geoscience data. The USGS launched EarthMRI in 2019 in response to President Trump's Executive Order 13817, a federal strategy to ensure secure and reliable supplies of critical minerals, which called for modernizing geological, geophysical, and topographic mapping in areas with potential for critical"
Testimony SPEAKER_20
Oversight hearing titled "Beneath the Surface: Earth MRI and America's...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"D.C. today. It strengthens supply chain resilience. It advances energy security. It helps reduce uncertainty for private investment and supports informed land management and permitting decisions. All of these priorities are found in currently active executive orders and Department of Interior memoranda. Earth MRI accomplishes these goals through information rather than regulation, but here is the urgent matter before us. The work is far from"
Testimony SPEAKER_10
Oversight hearing titled "Beneath the Surface: Earth MRI and America's...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"And Coloradans themselves lead in helping to innovate in these essential industries and pioneering new ways to make sure that our processes are the cleanest and most efficient in the world. As you all have noted, many other folks have noted, geologic mapping programs like Earth MRI, absolutely critical to these industries and to jobs and the cost of living in national security, especially in places like Colorado. And we've seen that. This current administration, executive orders, identifying..."
Testimony THE HONORABLE MICHAEL DESOMBRE
Implementing an America First Approach in the East Asia and Pacific Re...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"We are very focused on that, and implementing, the president has an executive order implementing a whole government effort to crack down on these online scams, really focusing on enforcement and intelligence to make sure that we can go after the transnational criminal organizational leaders, arrest them, take their money, put them in jail, and stop them from defrauding Americans. And we are seeing,"
Testimony AMO, GABE
Implementing an America First Approach in the East Asia and Pacific Re...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"and doesn't strengthen the relationships between East Asian and Pacific nations in the United States. Thanks to President Trump's executive orders, the United States is leaving international organizations focused on Pacific nations, like the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, creating a vacuum, right, a vacuum that China will fill. The administration also closed Radio Free Asia for months, leaving no news organization to counter China's propaganda. The administration..."
Testimony SPEAKER_04
China’s Economic Espionage and Subnational Influence in the United Sta...
house Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party · Jun 25, 2026
"a Democrat, for the best model of bipartisan teamwork at the state level. In Texas, Governor Abbott has led with executive orders and the legislature has enacted overwhelming bipartisan responses to protect state assets in Texas. I'll give you a few examples of what's occurred in these states. Creation of committees to prepare for the fallout, the domestic fallout, of a Pacific conflict. Military critical infrastructure and supply chain protections. Foreign agent registration for adversary..."
Testimony FINE, RANDY
H.R. 8476, "No Antisemitism in Education Act of 2026"; H.R. 4795, "Pro...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"And to object to that view means that you think that we should. It means that you think some minority groups deserve superior protection to others. My bill does the opposite. It says they must all be treated the same. Lastly, we heard some words about the definition that is used. The definition that is used in this bill is pulled directly from executive orders used by Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and Donald Trump. Three men that don't really agree on all that much, but on this they did agree. 38..."
Testimony SPEAKER_11
From Wall Street to Main Street: The Future of How America Invests
house Financial Services Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"Well, one is that we are, in our discussions and comment letters with Treasury, we have outlined our thoughts specifically for how similar accounts are designed under the 1940 Act. I would also say we're having discussions with the administration as well from the recent executive order for retirement opportunities as well for those that don't, aren't currently in retirement vehicles also. So this is actually a broader discussion we're having with the administration as well. Well, as I..."
Testimony JACK, BRIAN
“From Startup to Scale: The Role of the SBA Office of Investment and I...
house Small Business Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"Mr. Chairman, and thank you, Mr. Carter, for testifying. Administrator Leffler has made reducing regulatory burden and cutting red tape a priority of the SBA's approach to small business success, something I wholeheartedly support. And in January 2026, SBA finalized the SBIC modernization rule, which streamlines licensing for follow-on funds, eliminates obsolete provisions, and aligns a program with President Trump's executive orders on critical minerals and industrial dominance. The rule also..."
Testimony JOHN CONNOLLY
State Medicaid Program Integrity: Examining Fraud Risks and Oversight ...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"Yes, exactly. So if there is a pattern or a concerning issue that we identify that does inform, perhaps, administrative changes in policy, we might also engage legislators to make changes to those programs, which we've done in the last two sessions, as a good example. Thank you, Representative Lansman. So I'll start with Governor Walz's Executive Order 2510 in September of 2025, directing the state to take a number of actions to"
Testimony ADAMS, ALMA S.
“Workforce Rewired: Modern Apprenticeships for a Modern Economy”
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"And as Mr. Ladd notes in his thoughtful testimony, the number of apprentices has doubled since 2014, but we have more work to do to continue this growth and expand opportunities for women and other populations that remain statistically underrepresented in registered apprenticeship programs. Last year, President Trump issued an executive order directing the Labor Department to deliver a plan to reach and surpass one million new active apprentices. Subcommittee Democrats and I welcome bipartisan..."
Testimony ADAMS, ALMA S.
“Workforce Rewired: Modern Apprenticeships for a Modern Economy”
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"And with this administration and congressional Republicans, what they say and what they do are hardly ever the same. In early 2025, Elon Musk's doge made a huge mess and spurred an exodus of staff at the Labor Department, likely including some of the same folks who would have worked on the president's apprenticeship executive order. The Trump administration needlessly paused or canceled millions of dollars in grants for apprenticeship programs and research. A North Carolina-based nonprofit that..."
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.4726, to promote efforts to bring about stability and security in Sudan, S.3984, to authorize a 2-year extension of...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jun 17, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.854, to amend title 31, United States Code, to establish the Life Sciences Research Security Board, S.855, to...
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jul 30, 2025 · Request transcript