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Hearing Maintaining America’s Leadership in Biomedical Innovation: FDA’s Role in Advancing U.S. Drug Development.
house Health Subcommittee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript · 14 transcript matches
GRIFFITH, H. MORGAN "Sorry. Subcommittee will come to order. The chair recognizes himself for five minutes for an opening statement. Today's hearing will examine ways to maintain American leadership in biomedical innovation. This hearing is a great opportunity to learn more about what is working, where improvements can be made, and how Congress can ensure FDA continues to serve patients well, promote innovation, and maintain our nation's leadership in biomedicine. The United States has always been the global leader in biopharmaceutical research and development, and it's important that we remain leaders in this..."
Hearing Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Election Observation: Best Practices and Congress’s Role”
house Elections Subcommittee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript · 8 transcript matches
LEE, LAUREL M. "clear expectations, and mutual respect. Today's hearing is an opportunity to learn from our witnesses about best practices that strengthen transparency, support professional election observation, and help Congress fulfill its constitutional responsibilities. I thank our witnesses for joining us today, and I look forward to their testimony. With that, I yield to Ranking Member Sewell for an opening statement. I now yield to the chairman of the full"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Francis Brooke, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary, Erin Browne, of New York, to be an Under Secretary,...
senate Finance Committee · Jul 16, 2026 · Transcript · 6 transcript matches
CRAPO, MIKE "I will now make a brief introduction of the other three nominees, beyond what I've already said in my opening statement. And then we will have the opening statements of our nominees. Our second nominee is Erin"
Hearing Three Pieces of Legislation
house Health Subcommittee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript · 6 transcript matches
GRIFFITH, H. MORGAN "and I yield back. Thank you. The gentleman yields back and now recognize the ranking member of the full committee, the gentleman from New Jersey, Mr. Pallone, for his five minutes for an opening The gentleman yields back. I would remind members that pursuant to committee rules, all members' opening statements will be made a part of the record. Are there any further opening statements? Seeing none, I now call up H.R. 7184 and ask the clerk to report. Without objection, the first reading of the bill is dispensed with and the bill will be so ordered. Seeing no objection, I now recognize myself..."
Hearing Ending Supply Chain Dependency: Aligning Tools, Capital, and Partnerships
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript · 5 transcript matches
MAST, BRIAN J. "and other emerging technologies. And I would now recognize myself for a brief opening statement. I want to thank you, Mr. Black, Mr. Hardian, Mr."
Testimony SPEAKER_03
Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal...
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Apr 29, 2026
"Morning. The committee will come to order. We're going to hear today from Secretary Burgum as we discuss the fiscal year 2027 budget from the United States Department of the Interior. Welcome, Mr. Secretary. I'll begin with my opening statement, followed by Ranking Member Heinrich's opening statement, and then we'll turn to Secretary Burgum for his opening statement, followed by questions from members of the committee. I want to note that today Senate Democrats are having their policy retreat...."
Testimony HUDSON, RICHARD
Oversight of the National Telecommunications and Information Administr...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"Thank you, Chairman. I now recognize the gentleman from New Jersey, the Ranking Member, for five minutes for his opening statement. 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..."
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
"ones that has gone unaddressed for years. Every empty seat on either court is a case that does not get heard in a timely manner, a docket that does not move a family that is left without answers, and that is why this hearing really matters. Here's our order of procedure today. I'm going to turn it over to Ranking Member Kim to make his opening statement. Then I'm going to swear in and introduce briefly each of our nominees with consent from my colleagues, which I hope that they'll give. We're..."
Hearing The Semi-Annual Report of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
house Financial Services Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript · 4 transcript matches
HILL, J. FRENCH "She found him. Allison found him. Well, good morning. Committee on Financial Services will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess to the committee at any time. Today's hearing is entitled, The Semi-Annual Report of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. Without objection, all members will have five legislative days within which to submit extraneous materials to the chair for inclusion in the record. I now recognize myself for a four-minute opening statement. I want to thank Acting Director for Consumer Financial Protection, Russ Volt, for being..."
Hearing A New Beginning for Colombia
house Western Hemisphere Subcommittee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript · 4 transcript matches
SALAZAR, MARIA ELVIRA "his failed policies, and provide the Trump administration an opportunity to highlight the strategy for resetting the bilateral relationship between two countries. Now I recognize myself for an opening statement, but first of all, I want to thank both witnesses for coming and taking time, and everyone who has joined us in this hearing, such an important moment for the Western Hemisphere vis-a-vis the Trump administration. On June 21st, the Colombian people chose a new president, ushering in what many hope will be a new dawn for that"
Hearing Hearings to examine exposing fraud in America.
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript · 4 transcript matches
JOHNSON, RON "to defer my time to Senator Johnson. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So we've had in testimony and opening statements a couple jabs, I guess, at Nick Shirley's videos. The only reason that we're taking fraud seriously is because of that impending journalism sitting in front of us. The fact that he exposed in all its gory detail how grotesque and how blatant this fraud is, how rampant it is. So, Mr. Hitler Godet, I agree with most of your"
Hearing Nuclear Permitting Reform: Legislation to Advance Efficient Licensing
house Energy Subcommittee · Jun 9, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
LATTA, ROBERT E. "energy, and just by coincidence that's what we're talking today, so we welcome you. Thanks very much for joining us today. This concludes member opening statements. The chair reminds members that pursuant to committee rules, all members opening statements were made part of the record. Again, we want to thank our witnesses for appearing before the committee today to testify. Each witness will have the opportunity to give an opening statement followed by a round of questions from our members. Our witnesses today include Ms. Maria Korsnick, the President and CEO of the Nuclear Energy Institute,..."
Hearing • H.R. 726 (Rep. Downing), “Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 2025” • H.R. 2317 (Rep. Amodei), “Northern Nevada Economic...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
WESTERMAN, BRUCE "The committee will come to order. The chair notes the presence of a quorum. Pursuant to committee rules, members of the committee may submit written opening statements for the record. I ask that members may revise and extend their remarks on the bills to be considered at this markup and have those remarks included in the record. Without objection, so ordered. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time. Pursuant to committee rule 3i, the chair announces that he may postpone further proceedings today on the question of approving any measure or..."
Testimony CRAPO, MIKE
Hearings to examine the nominations of Francis Brooke, of Virginia, to...
senate Finance Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"I will now make a brief introduction of the other three nominees, beyond what I've already said in my opening statement. And then we will have the opening statements of our nominees. Our second nominee is Erin"
Testimony SPEAKER_10
Oversight Hearing – Department of Homeland Security
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"process for 2026, we are going to have a little visit with you, as is the tradition. And so I would like to start out by recognizing members for opening statements. I'm going to waive my opening statement. I reserve the right to do a closing statement if I see"
Testimony GRIFFITH, H. MORGAN
Markup of Fifteen Bills
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"I thank the gentleman for yielding back, and I would agree with him that these bills need some more refinement before we go to full committee, and so we're going to continue to work on a number of issues. And with that, I now call, oh, wait a minute, I'm about to skip everybody else's right to do an opening statement. I remind members that pursuant to committee rules, all members' opening statements will be made a part of the record. Are there further opening"
Testimony GUTHRIE, BRETT
Full Committee Markup of 16 Bills
house Energy and Commerce Committee · May 21, 2026
"administrative burdens and increase flexibility for both patients and providers. I look forward to the productive discussion on these 16 bills and voting to report them to the full House. I will yield back and recognize the ranking member, the gentleman from New Jersey, for five minutes Thank you. I agree we need to continue to work on those issues you just addressed and will continue to do so. I now recognize that, excuse me, the Chair reminds members that pursuant to the committee rules, all..."
Testimony OBERNOLTE, JAY
American Global Competitiveness at 250: Legislative Proposals to Secur...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"opening statement. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It's an honor to give this opening statement on behalf of Chairman Guthrie. Good afternoon. Thank you to all of our witnesses for being here today. For decades, the United States has been the world leader in technological advancements. American innovation in AI, semiconductors, quantum, and other critical industries has"
Testimony UNKNOWN
Hearings to examine the nominations of Brett Doyle, of Connecticut, Da...
senate Finance Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"First, I have four obligatory questions that we ask of all nominees appearing before the Finance Committee. We will then proceed to the introduction of the nominees and their opening statements. That will be a number of introductions and a number of opening statements. I will then recognize Ranking Member Wyden to deliver his opening remarks whenever he chooses to do"
Testimony LATTA, ROBERT E.
Nuclear Permitting Reform: Legislation to Advance Efficient Licensing
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 9, 2026
"energy, and just by coincidence that's what we're talking today, so we welcome you. Thanks very much for joining us today. This concludes member opening statements. The chair reminds members that pursuant to committee rules, all members opening statements were made part of the record. Again, we want to thank our witnesses for appearing before the committee today to testify. Each witness will have the opportunity to give an opening statement followed by a round of questions from our members. Our..."
Testimony LATTA, ROBERT E.
Nuclear Permitting Reform: Legislation to Advance Efficient Licensing
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 9, 2026
"Harrell, you are recognized for five minutes for your opening statement. Thank Well, thank you very much for your opening statement, and Dr. Huff, you are recognized for five minutes for your opening statement. Thank you very much for your opening statement, and Mr. Merrifield, you are recognized for five minutes for your opening"
Testimony LATTA, ROBERT E.
Nuclear Permitting Reform: Legislation to Advance Efficient Licensing
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 9, 2026
"Well, thank you very much for your opening statement, and Dr. Huff, you are recognized for five minutes for your opening statement. Thank you very much for your opening statement, and Mr. Merrifield, you are recognized for five minutes for your opening statement. I appreciate"
Testimony MALOY, CELESTE
Legislative hearing on: • H.R. 1693 (Rep. Hageman), To redesignate the...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jul 1, 2026
"sponsored by Representative Hurd. H.R. 9416, sponsored by Representative Scott. I ask unanimous consent that the following members be allowed to participate in today's hearing from the dais. The gentlelady from Wyoming, Ms. Hageman. The gentleman from Colorado, Mr. Hurd. The gentleman from Georgia, Mr. Bishop and Mr. Scott. The gentleman from California, Mr. Valadao. And the gentlelady from the Without objection, so ordered. Under Committee Rule 4F, any oral opening statements at hearings are..."
Testimony GRIFFITH, H. MORGAN
Three Pieces of Legislation
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"and I yield back. Thank you. The gentleman yields back and now recognize the ranking member of the full committee, the gentleman from New Jersey, Mr. Pallone, for his five minutes for an opening The gentleman yields back. I would remind members that pursuant to committee rules, all members' opening statements will be made a part of the record. Are there any further opening statements? Seeing none, I now call up H.R. 7184 and ask the clerk to report. Without objection, the first reading of the..."
Testimony FLEISCHMANN, CHARLES J. "CHUCK"
Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Requests for the Army Corps of Engineers (Civi...
house Appropriations Committee · May 21, 2025
"and the significance of that is I'm sure we're going to probably have two rounds even of questions and the like, but I want to make sure that everybody has an opportunity to ask you questions. With that, Ms. Colosimo, you are now recognized for your opening statement. Thank you. Thank you so much for your opening statement. General Graham, you are now recognized, sir, for five minutes for your opening statement. Thank you, sir. and I look forward to answering any questions. General, thank you..."
Testimony ISSA, DARRELL
“A Midlife Crisis? IP and the Internet After 40”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"Do you solemnly swear or affirm, under penalty of perjury, that the testimony you are about to give is true and correct, to the best of your knowledge, information, and belief, so help you God? Thank you. You may be seated. Let the record reflect that all witnesses answered in the affirmative. If you've watched C-SPAN, you know I have to give this admonishment that you'll have five minutes in your opening statements, but 100 percent of all the material you brought with you in your opening..."
Testimony FOSTER, BILL
Future of Payments: Promoting Innovation and Fair Markets
house Financial Services Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"for an opening statement. Thank you, Mr. Chair, and to our witnesses. I'm going to focus my opening statement really on two subjects. The first one is meeting the challenges of agentic financial services, and the second one is the rise of the super apps that I think is really the competitive threat that we'll be facing over the next decade. First, our financial system is about to be transformed by agentic AI. Many business transactions will occur at the agent-to- consumer level. Consumer-facing..."
Testimony HURD, JEFF
Legislative Hearing on: H.R. 6917 (Rep. Titus) To take certain land in...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 9, 2026
"Good afternoon. The Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs will come to order. Without objection, the Chair is authorized to declare recess of the Subcommittee at any time. The Subcommittee today is meeting to hear testimony on three bills that are before us. Under Committee Rule 4F, any oral opening statements at hearings are limited to the chairman and ranking minority member. I therefore ask unanimous consent that all other members' opening statements be made part of the hearing record..."
Testimony HILL, J. FRENCH
Oversight of Prudential Regulators
house Financial Services Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"The gentleman yields back. Thank you all for your opening statements. When I'll turn to member questions, I recognize myself for five minutes for some questions. I referenced in my opening statement that among our core work on improving bank supervision and echoing some of the good work you're doing in each of your agencies, that we've been advancing a series of bills under our Main Street Capital Access Act, which we hope to bring to the House floor in coming weeks. And you've touched on it in..."
Testimony TIFFANY, THOMAS P.
Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests an...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"wildlife year. I ask unanimous consent that the following members be allowed to participate in today's hearing from the dais, the gentleman from Arizona, Dr. Gosar, gentlelady from Wyoming, Ms. Hagaman, the gentleman from Gentlemen from Colorado, Mr. Hurd and Mr. Crank, and the gentleman from Montana, Mr. Downing. Also, the gentleman from Puerto Rico, Mr. Hernandez, and the gentlelady, Ms. Hoyle, from Oregon. Without objection, so ordered under Committee Rule 4F, any oral opening statements at..."
Testimony SPEAKER_45
Department of State FY 2027 Budget Request: A Commitment to America Fi...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jun 3, 2026
"Secretary Rubio for your opening statement. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Mr. Ranking Member and all the members of the committee for having me. I have a written opening statement. I'll submit it. I'll try to cut the five minutes in half if I can. Let's just get right to the I think that I would characterize the last 16, 17 months at the State Department as two"
Testimony WESTERMAN, BRUCE
Legislative field hearing on a Discussion Draft of the “Great American...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 12, 2026
"Under Committee Rule 4F, any oral opening statements at hearings are limited to the ranking minority member. I therefore ask unanimous consent that all members' opening statements be made part of the hearing record if they are submitted in accordance with Committee Rule 3O. Without objection, so ordered. I now recognize myself for an opening statement, and again, welcome. We're so glad you're here today. Welcome to all of my colleagues who traveled across the country. Thank you to all the..."
Testimony TUBERVILLE, TOMMY
Hearings to examine made in America, focusing on restoring trust in ou...
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Nov 19, 2025
"Is this a bid process? You said that in your statement, opening statement, that you could quadruple your production. What would you need to do"
Hearing Oversight Hearing – Department of Homeland Security
house Department of Homeland Security Subcommittee · Jun 25, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
SPEAKER_10 "process for 2026, we are going to have a little visit with you, as is the tradition. And so I would like to start out by recognizing members for opening statements. I'm going to waive my opening statement. I reserve the right to do a closing statement if I see"
Hearing Delivering Quality and Modern Healthcare to Michigan's Veterans and Servicemembers
house Technology Modernization Subcommittee · Jun 12, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
BARRETT, TOM "Microphone's on. I look forward to your answering your questions. Thank you. And Mr. Hanson, your written statement will be entered into the hearing record. Major Reeve, you're now recognized for five minutes to deliver your opening statement on behalf of Shiawassee County. Thank you for being Thank you, sir. Thank you again for being here. And the written statement of Major Reeve will be entered into the hearing record. And Mr. Frederick, you're now recognized for five minutes of your opening statement on behalf of Memorial Health"
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 · 2 transcript matches
MCCORMICK, DAVID "Thank you, Senator Rosen. We will now turn to the nominees for their opening statements. And Mr. Blum, you begin, please, with your opening statement. Thank you. And Mr. Blum, you begin, please, with your opening statement. Thank"
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.4949, to provide for improvements to the rivers and harbors of the United States, to provide for the conservation...
senate Environment and Public Works Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
CAPITO, SHELLEY MOORE "and I will call this business meeting to order. For information of the committee, Ranking Member Whitehouse and I will deliver our opening statements. And once we have sufficient attendance, we will immediately proceed to the consideration of the legislation. That would be 10 members, I believe. After the vote, Senators who wish to be recognized to speak on the legislation or the nomination may do so. Before we get started on today's agenda, I would like to take a moment to remember our good friend and influential member of the EPW committee, and that would be Senator Lindsey Graham. He was a..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the TRICARE pharmacy program.
senate Personnel Subcommittee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
TUBERVILLE, TOMMY "Ultimately, our goal should be to straightforwardly provide America's servicemembers and their families with reliable access to high-quality pharmacy services while being responsible stewards of taxpayer dollars. I thank our witnesses for appearing here today and look forward to their testimony. We will have senators coming in and out because we have a lot of committee hearings today, so be patient with us, but we also have a lot of questions that we want to ask. So thank you for being here today, and now Senator Warren in her opening statement. Thank you. Senator Warren, before we start, the..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the nomination of Walter Clayton, of New York, to be Director of National Intelligence.
senate Intelligence (Select) Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
COTTON, TOM "Thank you, Senator Brown. Mr. Clayton, before we move to your opening statement, I need to ask you five standard five standard questions the committee poses to each nominee who appears before us. A simple yes or no answer for the record will suffice. One, do you agree to appear before the committee here or in other venues when invited? Yes. Two, if confirmed, do you agree to send officials from your office to appear before the committee and designated staff when invited? Yes. Three, do you agree to provide documents or any other materials requested by the committee in order for it to carry..."
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 · 2 transcript matches
WALBERG, TIM "Republicans believe in the latter vision, and today we begin our efforts to deliver on that vision for the American people. With that, I yield to the ranking member, the gentleman from Virginia, for an opening statement. the Department of Education. Without objection and hearing none, they'll be entered. I yield"
Hearing Hearings to examine the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress.
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
SPEAKER_05 "Productivity led growth can move higher and that doesn't tell me it's inflationary, but we care about the services part of the economy and we're trying to take that into account when we try to make decisions about the dual mandate. We think hard about it. You heard in my opening statement the clear judgment of my colleagues and me, which is the labor market broadly looks in balance, but I don't want to make that sound like it's easy for hardworking Americans in your state and other places. There's a lot of dynamism happening in the"
Testimony RISCH, JAMES E.
Hearings to examine the nominations of Juan Segura, of Virginia, to be...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jun 18, 2026
"We have today five nominations to consider, and we have a good panel, an interesting panel, and we're going to proceed, I'm going to give an opening statement, a few opening remarks I'm going to yield to Senator Shaheen to do likewise, then we will hear from the nominees, and then we will proceed to a round of five minute questions from all of the members of the committee who wish to ask questions. Before we do that, we have a couple of"
Hearing Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of the Interior.
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Apr 29, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_03 "Morning. The committee will come to order. We're going to hear today from Secretary Burgum as we discuss the fiscal year 2027 budget from the United States Department of the Interior. Welcome, Mr. Secretary. I'll begin with my opening statement, followed by Ranking Member Heinrich's opening statement, and then we'll turn to Secretary Burgum for his opening statement, followed by questions from members of the committee. I want to note that today Senate Democrats are having their policy retreat. So for today's hearing, Ranking Member Heinrich has requested that we recognize Democrat senators..."
Hearing Oversight of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration
house Communications and Technology Subcommittee · Jun 30, 2026 · Transcript
HUDSON, RICHARD "Thank you, Chairman. I now recognize the gentleman from New Jersey, the Ranking Member, for five minutes for his opening statement. 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..."
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
HAWLEY, JOSH "ones that has gone unaddressed for years. Every empty seat on either court is a case that does not get heard in a timely manner, a docket that does not move a family that is left without answers, and that is why this hearing really matters. Here's our order of procedure today. I'm going to turn it over to Ranking Member Kim to make his opening statement. Then I'm going to swear in and introduce briefly each of our nominees with consent from my colleagues, which I hope that they'll give. We're going to enter your opening statements into the record, and then I'm going to give you a chance, in..."
Hearing Markup of Fifteen Bills
house Health Subcommittee · Jun 25, 2026 · Transcript
GRIFFITH, H. MORGAN "I thank the gentleman for yielding back, and I would agree with him that these bills need some more refinement before we go to full committee, and so we're going to continue to work on a number of issues. And with that, I now call, oh, wait a minute, I'm about to skip everybody else's right to do an opening statement. I remind members that pursuant to committee rules, all members' opening statements will be made a part of the record. Are there further opening"
Hearing Full Committee Markup of 16 Bills
house Energy and Commerce Committee · May 21, 2026 · Transcript
GUTHRIE, BRETT "administrative burdens and increase flexibility for both patients and providers. I look forward to the productive discussion on these 16 bills and voting to report them to the full House. I will yield back and recognize the ranking member, the gentleman from New Jersey, for five minutes Thank you. I agree we need to continue to work on those issues you just addressed and will continue to do so. I now recognize that, excuse me, the Chair reminds members that pursuant to the committee rules, all members' opening statements will be made part of the record. Are there further opening statements?..."
Hearing American Global Competitiveness at 250: Legislative Proposals to Secure U.S. Technology Leadership.
house Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee · Jun 30, 2026 · Transcript
OBERNOLTE, JAY "opening statement. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It's an honor to give this opening statement on behalf of Chairman Guthrie. Good afternoon. Thank you to all of our witnesses for being here today. For decades, the United States has been the world leader in technological advancements. American innovation in AI, semiconductors, quantum, and other critical industries has"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Brett Doyle, of Connecticut, David Foley, Jr., of Virginia, Samuel Negatu, of the District of Columbia,...
senate Finance Committee · Jun 25, 2026 · Transcript
UNKNOWN "First, I have four obligatory questions that we ask of all nominees appearing before the Finance Committee. We will then proceed to the introduction of the nominees and their opening statements. That will be a number of introductions and a number of opening statements. I will then recognize Ranking Member Wyden to deliver his opening remarks whenever he chooses to do"
Hearing Legislative hearing on: • H.R. 1693 (Rep. Hageman), To redesignate the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper, Wyoming, as the...
house Federal Lands Subcommittee · Jul 1, 2026 · Transcript
MALOY, CELESTE "sponsored by Representative Hurd. H.R. 9416, sponsored by Representative Scott. I ask unanimous consent that the following members be allowed to participate in today's hearing from the dais. The gentlelady from Wyoming, Ms. Hageman. The gentleman from Colorado, Mr. Hurd. The gentleman from Georgia, Mr. Bishop and Mr. Scott. The gentleman from California, Mr. Valadao. And the gentlelady from the Without objection, so ordered. Under Committee Rule 4F, any oral opening statements at hearings are limited to the chairman and the ranking minority member. I therefore ask unanimous consent that all..."
Hearing Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Requests for the Army Corps of Engineers (Civil Works) and the Bureau of Reclamation
house Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee · May 21, 2025 · Transcript
FLEISCHMANN, CHARLES J. "CHUCK" "and the significance of that is I'm sure we're going to probably have two rounds even of questions and the like, but I want to make sure that everybody has an opportunity to ask you questions. With that, Ms. Colosimo, you are now recognized for your opening statement. Thank you. Thank you so much for your opening statement. General Graham, you are now recognized, sir, for five minutes for your opening statement. Thank you, sir. and I look forward to answering any questions. General, thank you for your opening"
Hearing “A Midlife Crisis? IP and the Internet After 40”
house Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Subcommittee · Jun 30, 2026 · Transcript
ISSA, DARRELL "Do you solemnly swear or affirm, under penalty of perjury, that the testimony you are about to give is true and correct, to the best of your knowledge, information, and belief, so help you God? Thank you. You may be seated. Let the record reflect that all witnesses answered in the affirmative. If you've watched C-SPAN, you know I have to give this admonishment that you'll have five minutes in your opening statements, but 100 percent of all the material you brought with you in your opening statement, plus additional material you may supplement with, will be placed on the record, thus leaving..."
Hearing Future of Payments: Promoting Innovation and Fair Markets
house Financial Services Committee · Jun 24, 2026 · Transcript
FOSTER, BILL "for an opening statement. Thank you, Mr. Chair, and to our witnesses. I'm going to focus my opening statement really on two subjects. The first one is meeting the challenges of agentic financial services, and the second one is the rise of the super apps that I think is really the competitive threat that we'll be facing over the next decade. First, our financial system is about to be transformed by agentic AI. Many business transactions will occur at the agent-to- consumer level. Consumer-facing operations will be no longer facing a customer, but facing a customer's AI agent. This change will..."
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
HURD, JEFF "Good afternoon. The Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs will come to order. Without objection, the Chair is authorized to declare recess of the Subcommittee at any time. The Subcommittee today is meeting to hear testimony on three bills that are before us. Under Committee Rule 4F, any oral opening statements at hearings are limited to the chairman and ranking minority member. I therefore ask unanimous consent that all other members' opening statements be made part of the hearing record if they are submitted in accordance with Committee Rule 3.0. Without objection, so ordered. I will..."
Hearing Oversight of Prudential Regulators
house Financial Services Committee · Jun 4, 2026 · Transcript
HILL, J. FRENCH "The gentleman yields back. Thank you all for your opening statements. When I'll turn to member questions, I recognize myself for five minutes for some questions. I referenced in my opening statement that among our core work on improving bank supervision and echoing some of the good work you're doing in each of your agencies, that we've been advancing a series of bills under our Main Street Capital Access Act, which we hope to bring to the House floor in coming weeks. And you've touched on it in your hearings that our banking sector has faced numerous challenges ranging from a drought and new..."
Hearing Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests and Outlook for the 2026 Wildfire Year.”
house Federal Lands Subcommittee · Jun 4, 2026 · Transcript
TIFFANY, THOMAS P. "wildlife year. I ask unanimous consent that the following members be allowed to participate in today's hearing from the dais, the gentleman from Arizona, Dr. Gosar, gentlelady from Wyoming, Ms. Hagaman, the gentleman from Gentlemen from Colorado, Mr. Hurd and Mr. Crank, and the gentleman from Montana, Mr. Downing. Also, the gentleman from Puerto Rico, Mr. Hernandez, and the gentlelady, Ms. Hoyle, from Oregon. Without objection, so ordered under Committee Rule 4F, any oral opening statements at hearings are limited to the chairman and the ranking minority member. I therefore ask unanimous..."
Hearing Department of State FY 2027 Budget Request: A Commitment to America First Foreign Policy
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jun 3, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_45 "Secretary Rubio for your opening statement. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Mr. Ranking Member and all the members of the committee for having me. I have a written opening statement. I'll submit it. I'll try to cut the five minutes in half if I can. Let's just get right to the I think that I would characterize the last 16, 17 months at the State Department as two"
Hearing Legislative field hearing on a Discussion Draft of the “Great American Outdoors Act 250.” (10:00AM local time)
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 12, 2026 · Transcript
WESTERMAN, BRUCE "Under Committee Rule 4F, any oral opening statements at hearings are limited to the ranking minority member. I therefore ask unanimous consent that all members' opening statements be made part of the hearing record if they are submitted in accordance with Committee Rule 3O. Without objection, so ordered. I now recognize myself for an opening statement, and again, welcome. We're so glad you're here today. Welcome to all of my colleagues who traveled across the country. Thank you to all the witnesses who made time in their schedule to be here to talk about such an important piece of..."
Hearing Hearings to examine made in America, focusing on restoring trust in our medicines.
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Nov 19, 2025 · Transcript
TUBERVILLE, TOMMY "Is this a bid process? You said that in your statement, opening statement, that you could quadruple your production. What would you need to do"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Juan Segura, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Western Hemisphere Affairs) and to be a...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jun 18, 2026 · Transcript
RISCH, JAMES E. "We have today five nominations to consider, and we have a good panel, an interesting panel, and we're going to proceed, I'm going to give an opening statement, a few opening remarks I'm going to yield to Senator Shaheen to do likewise, then we will hear from the nominees, and then we will proceed to a round of five minute questions from all of the members of the committee who wish to ask questions. Before we do that, we have a couple of"
Hearing “The AI Security Landscape: How Frontier Models, Agentic AI, and AI Coding Tools Are Reshaping Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Resilience”
house Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee · Jun 4, 2026 · Transcript
MR. JACK CABLE "I would say that the reason that companies today are using these models from China is because these models offer the best performance. Like I mentioned in my opening statement, there are no frontier open weight models from the United States, and there are use cases where, as a company building AI systems, you want to be able to, for instance, fine-tune models to work best on your use case. I would argue that the best answer here is to foster an ecosystem of open weight models coming from the United States that have safeguards in place that can then become the norm by which others, whether..."
Hearing Hearings to examine arms control and transforming international security functions at the State Department.
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Mar 24, 2026 · Transcript
RISCH, JAMES E. "We're glad to have you always. We do have a zero-tolerance policy for interruptions or attempt to communicate, but other than that, we're glad to have you, glad to have you here, and glad to have everybody's participation. I'm going to give an opening statement, yield to the ranking member who will do so, and then we'll hear from our witness, and after that, we will open it up to a round of questions. So Mr. Undersecretary, thank you so much for being here today to discuss an incredibly important issue, and that's arms control, a timely issue given the President's actions in Iran to address a..."
Hearing Latin America After the Fall of Maduro
house Western Hemisphere Subcommittee · Apr 16, 2026 · Transcript
SALAZAR, MARIA ELVIRA "pleased to have the Senior Bureau Official for the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs at the United States Department of State, the Honorable Michael Kozak before us. Ambassador Kozak has more than 50 years of distinguished service as a U.S. diplomat, and like you said, like he said, more than 30 times in a position like this one, so I'm sure that you are not nervous, and this is nothing new for you. He has served as Ambassador to Belarus, Senior Bureau Office for Western Hemisphere Affairs on two separate occasions, and in numerous other assignments in Latin America and in Washington, D.C...."
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.365 and H.R.1729, bills to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to allow for...
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Jul 16, 2026 · Transcript
LEE, MIKE "The committee will come to order. Good morning and welcome. Today we're holding a business meeting to consider both nominations and some legislation. I support each of these items and urge my colleagues to support them as well. First, I'll give my opening statement and then recognize Senator Heinrich for his ranking member statement. But to accommodate our members' schedules, as soon as there is a voting quorum present, I'll pause briefly with regard to our statements and along with votes. And then after the voting and the statements are concluded, I'll recognize any senator who may wish 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 "Without objection will be entered into the record. Thank you, Mr. Cummings. You're recognized for your opening statement. Thank"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nomination of Lieutenant General Douglas A. Schiess, USSF, to be general and Chief of Space Operations.
senate Armed Services Committee · Jul 16, 2026 · Transcript
WICKER, ROGER F. "Thank you very much for that fine statement, Mr. Ranking Member. Lieutenant General Schest, you are recognized for your opening statement, sir. Thank you very much. It's now in order for me to ask standard questions. We ask all"
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
SPEAKER_03 "Now you understand why. So Mr. Sondland, your opening statement, I'm sorry. Thank you. And now again, I will defer to Senator Collins to open"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be Attorney General.
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_06 "considerate, so officers will immediately remove that person or persons. I'm going to give my opening remarks and then Ranking Member Durbin will give his remarks. Then I'll call on Senator Moody to introduce the nominee. Following that introduction, Mr. Blanche will provide his opening statement. Then we'll turn to questions. Each senator will have 10 minutes to ask questions."
Hearing “Emerging Fraud Threats and the Evolving Fraud Landscape”
house Government Operations Subcommittee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript
SESSIONS, PETE "us. Mr. Mfume is a very dear friend of mine. He is a man who has a distinguished service, not just to the United States Congress, but the United States of America and to his district and you will soon learn, those of you who are here, that we have many distinguished members of this subcommittee who are here because they believe in not only doing their job, but also helping us curb the appetite that fraudsters have to take advantage of our citizens. With that said, I would like to now ask the gentleman if he would engage us with any opening statement he'd like to make. Chairman yields back his..."
Testimony MR. JACK CABLE
“The AI Security Landscape: How Frontier Models, Agentic AI, and AI Co...
house Homeland Security Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"I would say that the reason that companies today are using these models from China is because these models offer the best performance. Like I mentioned in my opening statement, there are no frontier open weight models from the United States, and there are use cases where, as a company building AI systems, you want to be able to, for instance, fine-tune models to work best on your use case. I would argue that the best answer here is to foster an ecosystem of open weight models coming from the..."
Testimony SPEAKER_13
Oversight Hearing – Department of Homeland Security
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"statement? Well, for the sake of time, and I think you're pushing pretty quick to get in and out, I will do what you did and waive opening statement. I think the ranking member is going to ask me the questions that he talked about, so I'd be happy to address all those. I wrote them down here and discuss them, and I can discuss them to the opening, or if it's part of your questions, I'll just defer to you when you ask the questions. Because there's several of them reconciliation dollars. Thank..."
Testimony BARRETT, TOM
Delivering Quality and Modern Healthcare to Michigan's Veterans and Se...
house Veterans' Affairs Committee · Jun 12, 2026
"Microphone's on. I look forward to your answering your questions. Thank you. And Mr. Hanson, your written statement will be entered into the hearing record. Major Reeve, you're now recognized for five minutes to deliver your opening statement on behalf of Shiawassee County. Thank you for being Thank you, sir. Thank you again for being here. And the written statement of Major Reeve will be entered into the hearing record. And Mr. Frederick, you're now recognized for five minutes of your opening..."
Testimony BARRETT, TOM
Delivering Quality and Modern Healthcare to Michigan's Veterans and Se...
house Veterans' Affairs Committee · Jun 12, 2026
"I look forward to your answering your questions. Thank you. And Mr. Hanson, your written statement will be entered into the hearing record. Major Reeve, you're now recognized for five minutes to deliver your opening statement on behalf of Shiawassee County. Thank you for being Thank you, sir. Thank you again for being here. And the written statement of Major Reeve will be entered into the hearing record. And Mr. Frederick, you're now recognized for five minutes of your opening statement on..."
Testimony RISCH, JAMES E.
Hearings to examine arms control and transforming international securi...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Mar 24, 2026
"We're glad to have you always. We do have a zero-tolerance policy for interruptions or attempt to communicate, but other than that, we're glad to have you, glad to have you here, and glad to have everybody's participation. I'm going to give an opening statement, yield to the ranking member who will do so, and then we'll hear from our witness, and after that, we will open it up to a round of questions. So Mr. Undersecretary, thank you so much for being here today to discuss an incredibly..."
Testimony SALAZAR, MARIA ELVIRA
Latin America After the Fall of Maduro
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Apr 16, 2026
"pleased to have the Senior Bureau Official for the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs at the United States Department of State, the Honorable Michael Kozak before us. Ambassador Kozak has more than 50 years of distinguished service as a U.S. diplomat, and like you said, like he said, more than 30 times in a position like this one, so I'm sure that you are not nervous, and this is nothing new for you. He has served as Ambassador to Belarus, Senior Bureau Office for Western Hemisphere Affairs..."
Testimony CRAPO, MIKE
Hearings to examine the nominations of Francis Brooke, of Virginia, to...
senate Finance Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"I want to thank all of you nominees again for your time, and with that, I recognize Ranking Member Wyden for his opening remarks. Thank you. And in a moment, we will proceed to our nominees' opening statements. But before doing so, we are honored today to have the majority leader, Steve Scalise, here to introduce Mr."
Testimony CRAPO, MIKE
Hearings to examine the nominations of Francis Brooke, of Virginia, to...
senate Finance Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"To all of you, I consider you to be highly qualified, but before we proceed to your opening statements, I have four obligatory questions that we ask all nominees before this committee. We will begin as I ask these"
Testimony CRAPO, MIKE
Hearings to examine the nominations of Francis Brooke, of Virginia, to...
senate Finance Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"Thank you very much to each of you, and we will now begin. Mr. Brook, you may begin, and we will then proceed down the line with your opening statements. Thank you very much. Ms."
Testimony SPEAKER_17
Hearings to examine the nominations of Francis Brooke, of Virginia, to...
senate Finance Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"Thank you for the question, Senator, and thank you for the time yesterday. As I said in my opening statement, the dollar is the world's reserve currency, and as such, Treasuries are the world's reserve asset. This is because, you know, over the last 50 years, Treasury has issued debt in a way"
Testimony SPEAKER_17
Hearings to examine the nominations of Francis Brooke, of Virginia, to...
senate Finance Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"investors that value the U.S. Treasury system. time that you allowed me to meet with you. As I said in my opening statement, strong capital markets and transparent capital markets, they fuel innovation. They support businesses, both small and large. They enable millions of Americans to save for retirement. They bolster our national"
Testimony GRIFFITH, H. MORGAN
Three Pieces of Legislation
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Subcommittee will come to order. The chair recognizes himself for an opening statement. Today's markup will focus on a few bills that work to combat the illicit drug crisis facing our communities, specifically targeting the growing threat posed by pill presses. These bills work together to create a regulatory framework that allows DEA to conduct oversight of a closed system of distribution for pill presses and their critical parts, just like we have for controlled substances. This system..."
Testimony DEGETTE, DIANA
Three Pieces of Legislation
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"for her five-minute opening statement. Thank you so much, Mr. Chairman. You know, we all want to curb the spread of dangerous illicit drugs, but I'm concerned that these bills fall short of meaningfully improving law enforcement efforts and could further our nation's addiction to criminalization. At best, I think these bills need work. I think we need to better consider practical concerns, and at the worst, I think these bills just make illegal conduct more illegal. I'm not sure the bills will..."
Testimony DEGETTE, DIANA
Three Pieces of Legislation
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"found, for example, it would save 6.6 billion dollars. I'm so happy to have worked on this bill with my colleague and our committee member from Iowa, and also Representatives Hank Johnson and Don Bacon, as well as our Senate counterparts, Senators Cassidy and Van Hollen. Each of us is committed to passing this groundbreaking bill by the end of the year for a variety of reasons, but mostly because we need to start saving lives right now. Mr. Chairman, I'm sorry to hijack this opening statement,..."
Testimony GUTHRIE, BRETT
Three Pieces of Legislation
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"for five minutes for an opening statement. Good morning, everyone, and thank you, Chairman, for the recognition and holding this important markup. Today, we're continuing the committee's work to combat the threat of existing and emerging drug threats by advancing legislation that will help to keep illicit drugs out of our communities. In 2025, DEA sees more than 47 million counterfeit pills containing fentanyl. Just two milligrams of fentanyl is considered a potentially lethal dose. That's..."
Testimony DEGETTE, DIANA
Three Pieces of Legislation
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"if they know it will be used to manufacture illicit substances to be imported into the U.S. It also increases criminal penalties for listed chemicals, which are components of illicit substances or their production, and it directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to update sentencing guidelines more likely than not to increase penalties. And so it's like I said in my opening statement, it makes already illegal conduct more illegal, and I worry that such increasingly punitive sentencing will not..."
Testimony LEE, MIKE
Business meeting to consider S.365 and H.R.1729, bills to amend the Jo...
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"The committee will come to order. Good morning and welcome. Today we're holding a business meeting to consider both nominations and some legislation. I support each of these items and urge my colleagues to support them as well. First, I'll give my opening statement and then recognize Senator Heinrich for his ranking member statement. But to accommodate our members' schedules, as soon as there is a voting quorum present, I'll pause briefly with regard to our statements and along with votes. And..."
Testimony SPEAKER_05
Hearings to examine the nomination of David Cummins, of Virginia, to b...
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"Without objection will be entered into the record. Thank you, Mr. Cummings. You're recognized for your opening statement. Thank"
Testimony WICKER, ROGER F.
Hearings to examine the nomination of Lieutenant General Douglas A. Sc...
senate Armed Services Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"Thank you very much for that fine statement, Mr. Ranking Member. Lieutenant General Schest, you are recognized for your opening statement, sir. Thank you very much. It's now in order for me to ask standard questions. We ask all"
Testimony SPEAKER_03
Hearings to examine the nomination of Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"Now you understand why. So Mr. Sondland, your opening statement, I'm sorry. Thank you. And now again, I will defer to Senator Collins to open"
Testimony MCCORMICK, DAVID
Hearings to examine the nominations of Donald Blome, of Illinois, to b...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"Thank you, Senator Rosen. We will now turn to the nominees for their opening statements. And Mr. Blum, you begin, please, with your opening statement. Thank you. And Mr. Blum, you begin, please, with your opening statement. Thank"
Testimony GRIFFITH, H. MORGAN
Maintaining America’s Leadership in Biomedical Innovation: FDA’s Role ...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Sorry. Subcommittee will come to order. The chair recognizes himself for five minutes for an opening statement. Today's hearing will examine ways to maintain American leadership in biomedical innovation. This hearing is a great opportunity to learn more about what is working, where improvements can be made, and how Congress can ensure FDA continues to serve patients well, promote innovation, and maintain our nation's leadership in biomedicine. The United States has always been the global leader..."
Testimony GRIFFITH, H. MORGAN
Maintaining America’s Leadership in Biomedical Innovation: FDA’s Role ...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"I now recognize the subcommittee ranking member, DeGette, for her five minutes for an opening statement. Without objection, so"
Testimony GRIFFITH, H. MORGAN
Maintaining America’s Leadership in Biomedical Innovation: FDA’s Role ...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Now I recognize the chairman of the full committee, Chairman Guthrie, for five minutes for his opening statement. Chairman yields"
Testimony GRIFFITH, H. MORGAN
Maintaining America’s Leadership in Biomedical Innovation: FDA’s Role ...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Chairman yields back. Now I recognize the ranking member of the full committee, Representative Malone, for his five minutes for an opening statement. The gentleman yields back. We now conclude with member opening"
Testimony GRIFFITH, H. MORGAN
Maintaining America’s Leadership in Biomedical Innovation: FDA’s Role ...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Now I recognize the ranking member of the full committee, Representative Malone, for his five minutes for an opening statement. The gentleman yields back. We now conclude with member opening statements. The chair would like to remind members that pursuant to committee rules, all members' opening statements will be made a part of the record. We want to thank our witnesses for taking their time The chair would like to remind members that pursuant to committee rules, all members' opening..."
Testimony GRIFFITH, H. MORGAN
Maintaining America’s Leadership in Biomedical Innovation: FDA’s Role ...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"And I appreciate it, and I'd also appreciate all the witnesses being here today. The next witness to be introduced is Dr. Thomas Wang. Did I get it right? All right. He says I got it right. He is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. And last but not least, Dr. Thomas Boyke is the Bloomberg Chair in Global Health, Senior Fellow for International Economics, Law and Development, and Director of the Global Health Program, Council on Foreign..."
Testimony GRIFFITH, H. MORGAN
Maintaining America’s Leadership in Biomedical Innovation: FDA’s Role ...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Dr. Cynthia Verst, for her five-minute opening statement. that and now recognize Ms. Winkler for her five-minute opening statement. Thank you very much. I now recognize Dr. Kowalski for his five-minute opening"
Testimony GRIFFITH, H. MORGAN
Maintaining America’s Leadership in Biomedical Innovation: FDA’s Role ...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"that and now recognize Ms. Winkler for her five-minute opening statement. Thank you very much. I now recognize Dr. Kowalski for his five-minute opening statement. Thank you, and now recognize Dr. Wang for his five-minute opening"
Testimony GRIFFITH, H. MORGAN
Maintaining America’s Leadership in Biomedical Innovation: FDA’s Role ...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Thank you very much. I now recognize Dr. Kowalski for his five-minute opening statement. Thank you, and now recognize Dr. Wang for his five-minute opening statement. Thank you, and now recognize Mr. Boyke for his five-minute opening"
Testimony GRIFFITH, H. MORGAN
Maintaining America’s Leadership in Biomedical Innovation: FDA’s Role ...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Thank you, and now recognize Dr. Wang for his five-minute opening statement. Thank you, and now recognize Mr. Boyke for his five-minute opening statement. I thank you and all the witnesses. We will now begin questioning. I'd ask that members not begin a new question. Let me underline that. Not begin a new question with about 10 or 15 seconds to go because that would hopefully move us along a little quicker. I would encourage members to submit written questions for the record and I will tell..."
Testimony PALLONE, FRANK
Maintaining America’s Leadership in Biomedical Innovation: FDA’s Role ...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"as we begin the process of reauthorizing user fees. So thank you, Chair McGriffin, and I yield back. questions. Thank you, Chairwoman. I mentioned in my opening statement we need to ensure there's a in the U.S. something that has been seriously threatened by the Trump"
Testimony MAST, BRIAN J.
Ending Supply Chain Dependency: Aligning Tools, Capital, and Partnersh...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"and other emerging technologies. And I would now recognize myself for a brief opening statement. I want to thank you, Mr. Black, Mr. Hardian, Mr."
Testimony MAST, BRIAN J.
Ending Supply Chain Dependency: Aligning Tools, Capital, and Partnersh...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"I would also remind everybody that other members of the committee may have opening statements that may be submitted for the record. We do have a distinguished panel of witnesses before us today on this important"
Testimony MAST, BRIAN J.
Ending Supply Chain Dependency: Aligning Tools, Capital, and Partnersh...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"and I will ask each of you to keep your spoken remarks to roughly five minutes to allow time for members' questions. And in that, Mr. Black, you are recognized for any opening statement that you wish to give. Thank you, Mr. Black. I now recognize Mr. Hardy for any opening"
Testimony MAST, BRIAN J.
Ending Supply Chain Dependency: Aligning Tools, Capital, and Partnersh...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"And in that, Mr. Black, you are recognized for any opening statement that you wish to give. Thank you, Mr. Black. I now recognize Mr. Hardy for any opening statement. Thank you, Mr. Hardy. Mr."
Testimony SPEAKER_06
Ending Supply Chain Dependency: Aligning Tools, Capital, and Partnersh...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"published? Representative, thank you for your question. So currently, I think what you're referring to, in part, is foreign assistance and project development dollars, because that is the only foreign assistance dollars that the DFC has. As I said in my opening statement, I am engaging in an entire valuation process of all DFC investments, past, present, and that will hopefully include future, and we plan to fulsomely put that out there to see returns to the American taxpayer across the entire..."
Testimony WESTERMAN, BRUCE
• H.R. 726 (Rep. Downing), “Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amendme...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"The committee will come to order. The chair notes the presence of a quorum. Pursuant to committee rules, members of the committee may submit written opening statements for the record. I ask that members may revise and extend their remarks on the bills to be considered at this markup and have those remarks included in the record. Without objection, so ordered. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time. Pursuant to committee rule 3i, the chair..."
Testimony WESTERMAN, BRUCE
• H.R. 726 (Rep. Downing), “Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amendme...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"bolster research and education initiative designed to improve the scientific understanding, management, and sustainability of the nation's water resources, and protect Native American and Alaska patients from medical debt by expanding the window to notify the Indian Health Service after they have received outside emergency care. These bills have achieved bipartisan support and I appreciate the minority for working with us to reach consensus. I look forward to the discussion today and I yield..."
Testimony LEE, LAUREL M.
Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Elec...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 15, 2026
"clear expectations, and mutual respect. Today's hearing is an opportunity to learn from our witnesses about best practices that strengthen transparency, support professional election observation, and help Congress fulfill its constitutional responsibilities. I thank our witnesses for joining us today, and I look forward to their testimony. With that, I yield to Ranking Member Sewell for an opening statement. I now yield to the chairman of the full"
Testimony STEIL, BRYAN
Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Elec...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 15, 2026
"Chairman Stile, for an opening statement. Thank you very much, Chair Lee. Thanks for holding today's subcommittee hearing on election observers. The American people should be confident that our elections are conducted transparently, securely, and according to the law. Election observers, or poll watchers, play a critical role in ensuring that, and I think that's why we're here today. Observers increase transparency, strengthen accountability, and provide independent oversight throughout the..."
Testimony LEE, LAUREL M.
Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Elec...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 15, 2026
"I now yield to the chairman of the full committee, I now yield to the ranking member of the full committee, Mr. Morelle, for an opening statement. Without objection, all other members' opening statements will be made part of the hearing record if they are submitted to the committee clerk by 5 p.m."
Testimony LEE, LAUREL M.
Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Elec...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 15, 2026
"I now yield to the ranking member of the full committee, Mr. Morelle, for an opening statement. Without objection, all other members' opening statements will be made part of the hearing record if they are submitted to the committee clerk by 5 p.m. today. Today we have one witness panel. I will now introduce our witnesses. Wesley Wilcox, the Supervisor of Elections in Marion County, Florida. Next, we have Mr. Lance Reed, the Director of the Board of Elections in Summit County, Ohio. And finally,..."
Testimony LEE, LAUREL M.
Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Elec...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 15, 2026
"Wesley Wilcox, the Supervisor of Elections in Marion County, Florida. Next, we have Mr. Lance Reed, the Director of the Board of Elections in Summit County, Ohio. And finally, we have Ms. Paige Whitaker, a Legislative Attorney at the Congressional Research Service. Each witness panel will now recognize Supervisor Wilcox for the purpose of giving an opening statement. I now recognize Director Reed for the purpose of giving an opening statement. I now recognize Ms. Whitaker for the purpose of..."
Testimony LEE, LAUREL M.
Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Elec...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 15, 2026
"I now recognize Director Reed for the purpose of giving an opening statement. I now recognize Ms. Whitaker for the purpose of giving an opening statement. Thank you to each of you, and I will begin our questions today followed by the ranking"
Testimony MORELLE, JOSEPH D.
Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Elec...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 15, 2026
"You know, the committee's role in resolving contested House elections is long established, and contested elections, as I said in my opening statement, are part and parcel of the organization of each Congress since the Republic began. Can you explain to us why and how a casual observer watching would understand that it's Congress's duty, as opposed to, say, the courts or the president, the executive"
Testimony CAPITO, SHELLEY MOORE
Business meeting to consider S.4949, to provide for improvements to th...
senate Environment and Public Works Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"and I will call this business meeting to order. For information of the committee, Ranking Member Whitehouse and I will deliver our opening statements. And once we have sufficient attendance, we will immediately proceed to the consideration of the legislation. That would be 10 members, I believe. After the vote, Senators who wish to be recognized to speak on the legislation or the nomination may do so. Before we get started on today's agenda, I would like to take a moment to remember our good..."
Testimony CAPITO, SHELLEY MOORE
Business meeting to consider S.4949, to provide for improvements to th...
senate Environment and Public Works Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"In this role, he will provide senior policy leadership for both U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Park Service, agencies that play a pivotal role in our conservation efforts and bolstering recreation and tourism opportunities. Mr. Lilly, in my opinion, is an excellent choice for this role. I look forward to supporting Mr. Lilly's nomination at a later committee meeting, and I strongly encourage my colleagues to support our water bill today. And with that, I'll turn to Ranking..."
Testimony SPEAKER_06
Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"considerate, so officers will immediately remove that person or persons. I'm going to give my opening remarks and then Ranking Member Durbin will give his remarks. Then I'll call on Senator Moody to introduce the nominee. Following that introduction, Mr. Blanche will provide his opening statement. Then we'll turn to questions. Each senator will have 10 minutes to ask questions."
Testimony TUBERVILLE, TOMMY
Hearings to examine the TRICARE pharmacy program.
senate Armed Services Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Ultimately, our goal should be to straightforwardly provide America's servicemembers and their families with reliable access to high-quality pharmacy services while being responsible stewards of taxpayer dollars. I thank our witnesses for appearing here today and look forward to their testimony. We will have senators coming in and out because we have a lot of committee hearings today, so be patient with us, but we also have a lot of questions that we want to ask. So thank you for being here..."
Testimony TUBERVILLE, TOMMY
Hearings to examine the TRICARE pharmacy program.
senate Armed Services Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Thank you. Senator Warren, before we start, the Personnel Subcommittee has received a number of statements for record. Without objection, they will be included in the record. Now, we have four witnesses. Dr. Smith, we'll start with you, but I'd like to say this. We have a lot of questions. I've read some of your opening statements. They're rather long. Please keep your statements short. Now, at the end, if you want to continue with your statement, we'll let you do that, but I'd like to get to..."
Testimony COTTON, TOM
Hearings to examine the nomination of Walter Clayton, of New York, to ...
senate Intelligence (Select) Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Thank you, Senator Brown. Mr. Clayton, before we move to your opening statement, I need to ask you five standard five standard questions the committee poses to each nominee who appears before us. A simple yes or no answer for the record will suffice. One, do you agree to appear before the committee here or in other venues when invited? Yes. Two, if confirmed, do you agree to send officials from your office to appear before the committee and designated staff when invited? Yes. Three, do you..."
Testimony COTTON, TOM
Hearings to examine the nomination of Walter Clayton, of New York, to ...
senate Intelligence (Select) Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Five, do you agree to inform and fully brief to the fullest extent possible all members of this committee of intelligence activities and covert actions rather than only the chairman and the It is my intention to convene a committee business meeting early next week to vote on the nomination of Mr. Clayton and report it to the Senate for a floor vote. Mr. Clayton will now proceed to your opening statement, after which I will recognize members by seniority before the gavel and by arrival after the..."
Testimony SESSIONS, PETE
“Emerging Fraud Threats and the Evolving Fraud Landscape”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"us. Mr. Mfume is a very dear friend of mine. He is a man who has a distinguished service, not just to the United States Congress, but the United States of America and to his district and you will soon learn, those of you who are here, that we have many distinguished members of this subcommittee who are here because they believe in not only doing their job, but also helping us curb the appetite that fraudsters have to take advantage of our citizens. With that said, I would like to now ask the..."
Testimony HILL, J. FRENCH
The Semi-Annual Report of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
house Financial Services Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"She found him. Allison found him. Well, good morning. Committee on Financial Services will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess to the committee at any time. Today's hearing is entitled, The Semi-Annual Report of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. Without objection, all members will have five legislative days within which to submit extraneous materials to the chair for inclusion in the record. I now recognize myself for a four-minute opening..."
Testimony HILL, J. FRENCH
The Semi-Annual Report of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
house Financial Services Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"financial products and services. I look forward to hearing from Acting Director Volk today about the real-world consequences of the CFPB's past policies and how his work to correct that and set forward this more permanent, durable framework can move forward. And so I thank him for being here. I yield back, and I recognize the ranking member of our committee, Mrs. Waters, from California, for a four-minute opening statement. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I now recognize the chair of our..."
Testimony HILL, J. FRENCH
The Semi-Annual Report of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
house Financial Services Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"from California, for a four-minute opening statement. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I now recognize the chair of our subcommittee on financial institutions who's worked hard in this arena, Mr. Barr from Kentucky, for a one-minute opening statement. Today we welcome the testimony of the Honorable Russ Vogt, acting director of the CFPB, acting director"
Testimony SHERMAN, BRAD
The Semi-Annual Report of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
house Financial Services Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"cancer research, et cetera. Now, in your opening statement, you tell us that I think you come up with a figure as high as $370 billion that the CFPB has imposed in costs to consumers. That's really just the banks saying, oh, my God, we don't like the CFPB, and we'll attribute all of our price increases to their"
Testimony SALAZAR, MARIA ELVIRA
A New Beginning for Colombia
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"his failed policies, and provide the Trump administration an opportunity to highlight the strategy for resetting the bilateral relationship between two countries. Now I recognize myself for an opening statement, but first of all, I want to thank both witnesses for coming and taking time, and everyone who has joined us in this hearing, such an important moment for the Western Hemisphere vis-a-vis the Trump administration. On June 21st, the Colombian people chose a new president, ushering in what..."
Testimony SALAZAR, MARIA ELVIRA
A New Beginning for Colombia
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"I ask each of you to keep your remarks to five minutes in order to allow members further questions. I now recognize Mr. Whiteland for an opening statement of five minutes. Thank you for being with"
Testimony SALAZAR, MARIA ELVIRA
A New Beginning for Colombia
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Thank you for your statement, Mr. Oylen. And now recognize Mr. Mendez for an opening statement of five minutes. And we welcome that cooperation as well. Now I want to recognize and welcome to the"
Testimony SALAZAR, MARIA ELVIRA
A New Beginning for Colombia
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"my good friend, Mr. Meeks of New York, for an opening statement. Next, Ranking Member"
Testimony WALBERG, TIM
H.R. 9607, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Workforce Development Act"; H.R. ...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Republicans believe in the latter vision, and today we begin our efforts to deliver on that vision for the American people. With that, I yield to the ranking member, the gentleman from Virginia, for an opening statement. the Department of Education. Without objection and hearing none, they'll be entered. I yield"
Testimony WALBERG, TIM
H.R. 9607, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Workforce Development Act"; H.R. ...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"the Department of Education. Without objection and hearing none, they'll be entered. I yield back. Gentleman yields, thank you. Without objection, all other members who wish to insert written opening statements into the record may do so by submitting them to the committee clerk electronically by the end of the day today. Pursuant to House rules, a copy of the text to be marked up was made available to members and the public at least 24 hours in advance. The bills being marked up today shall be..."
Testimony JOHNSON, RON
Hearings to examine exposing fraud in America.
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"to defer my time to Senator Johnson. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So we've had in testimony and opening statements a couple jabs, I guess, at Nick Shirley's videos. The only reason that we're taking fraud seriously is because of that impending journalism sitting in front of us. The fact that he exposed in all its gory detail how grotesque and how blatant this fraud is, how rampant it is. So, Mr. Hitler Godet, I agree with most of your"
Testimony SPEAKER_06
Hearings to examine exposing fraud in America.
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"on independent oversight benefit fraudsters? Yes, I would say they absolutely benefit fraudsters. They politicize the entire endeavor of going after waste, fraud and abuse, which is literally the mission statement and reason for existence of watchdogs like inspector general. my opening statement and in more detail in my written statement, but there are a number of preexisting entities, such as inspector general, such as the government accountability office, who we don't need to reinvent the..."
Testimony SPEAKER_06
Hearings to examine exposing fraud in America.
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Pardon and verification is really important. I believe Chairman Paul referred to this in his opening statement. We do not do enough of that. But also end-to-end transparency, reporting and disclosure at every step along the spending and funding chain is critically important. We also don't do much of that. So I don't need to tell you all this there in Congress, but the appropriations process is you all doing your thing with the money. It goes to federal agencies. Then federal agencies award it..."
Testimony JOHNSON, RON
Hearings to examine exposing fraud in America.
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"And Senator Pollo is putting his finger on the problem here. When it's free money, you don't care about it. I mean, in his opening statement, he talked about what private sector companies do to prevent fraud on the front end. That's what we have to"
Testimony SPEAKER_05
Hearings to examine the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congr...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Productivity led growth can move higher and that doesn't tell me it's inflationary, but we care about the services part of the economy and we're trying to take that into account when we try to make decisions about the dual mandate. We think hard about it. You heard in my opening statement the clear judgment of my colleagues and me, which is the labor market broadly looks in balance, but I don't want to make that sound like it's easy for hardworking Americans in your state and other places...."
Testimony SPEAKER_05
Hearings to examine the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congr...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"So I think this is the most important change in our economy in my adult lifetime. I think it has plenty of opportunities and also plenty of risks, and I take both of them seriously. So it's a fair question. We can start to do a little bit of that. So I mentioned in my opening statement the importance of capital expenditures to aggregate GDP. A good share of that CapEx boom is broadly in or around infrastructure-related artificial"