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Hearing Legislative Proposals to Strengthen Consumer Protection in a Changing Marketplace.
house Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript · 8 transcript matches
GUTHRIE, BRETT "sophisticated. Unsafe products are making their way into American homes, and consumers are increasingly forced to navigate a marketplace that is more complex, more confusing, and harder to trust. Our existing consumer protection laws, including the Federal Trade Commission Act and the Consumer Product Safety Act, are often up for meeting these challenges. However, when there are clear gaps in the existing framework, Congress has a responsibility to examine where the targeted legislative action is needed to protect American families from scams, American families from scams, unfair practices,..."
Hearing The Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2027
house Budget Committee · Jul 16, 2026 · Transcript · 8 transcript matches
CLINE, BEN "We have full confidence in our colleagues on authorizing committees to protect these policies which strengthened SNAP and restored fiscal responsibility. In addition, repealing the tax relief enacted in H.R. 1 would be devastating for American families, for American workers, and for American small businesses. These reforms prevented massive tax increases, strengthened economic growth, and gave families and job creators the certainty they need to"
CRS Report
Business Tax Provisions in the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024
Resources · Feb 13, 2024
The Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024, released by the Senate Finance Committee on January 16, 2024, and passed by the House on January 31, 2024 (H.R. 7024), would, among other...
Hearing Hearings to examine the President's 2026 trade policy agenda.
senate Finance Committee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript · 6 transcript matches
WYDEN, RON "The Supreme Court eventually overturned the Trump global tariffs, but the higher costs are here to stay. In 2025, the Trump tariffs cost the average American family $1,700, with grocery and gas prices way up. This week, Donald Trump announced massive new tariffs on clothes and school supplies and other products from Canada, using a provision based in the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930. Americans ought to know that nobody, not even Herbert Hoover, used this provision"
Hearing H.R. 7008 – Stop Insider Trading Act; H.R. 6955 – Main Street Capital Access Act; H. Con. Res. 113 – Establishing the congressional budget for the...
house Rules Committee · Jul 20, 2026 · Transcript · 6 transcript matches
SPEAKER_21 "The one big beautiful bill, as everyone called it. It gave massive tax cuts to billionaires and the wealthiest corporations while taking trillions of dollars away from American families' health insurance. It took money away from kids and seniors' moms who were just trying to put food on the table. So they did a second reconciliation bill. And the second reconciliation bill, what did it"
Hearing H.R. 9772, H.R. 9771, H.R. 9721, and H.R. 9722
house Ways and Means Committee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript · 5 transcript matches
DOGGETT, LLOYD "Test, test, test. Yeah. Mr. Chairman, a day devoted in this committee to tax-exempt organizations instead of the concerns that most American families face, but surprisingly, a day devoted to tax-exempt organizations that totally omits the leading tax-exempt organization in the country. That's called the Trump"
Hearing H.R. 3106, (Mr. Kennedy of New York) the “Weatherizing Infrastructure in the North and Terrorism Emergency Readiness Act of 2025”; H.R. 5109, (Mr....
house Homeland Security Committee · Jun 24, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing Fraud in Focus: Exposing Financial Threats to American Families
house Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee · Sep 18, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.860, to modify the information about countries exporting methamphetamine that is included in the annual...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Mar 27, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Hearings to examine how the Older Americans Act uplifts families living with aging-related diseases.
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Nov 5, 2025 · Request transcript
Testimony GUTHRIE, BRETT
Legislative Proposals to Strengthen Consumer Protection in a Changing ...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"sophisticated. Unsafe products are making their way into American homes, and consumers are increasingly forced to navigate a marketplace that is more complex, more confusing, and harder to trust. Our existing consumer protection laws, including the Federal Trade Commission Act and the Consumer Product Safety Act, are often up for meeting these challenges. However, when there are clear gaps in the existing framework, Congress has a responsibility to examine where the targeted legislative action..."
Testimony UNKNOWN
Fiscal Year 2027 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Bill and ...
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 3, 2026
"But in the midst of America's housing affordability crisis, now is not the time to retreat from investing in longstanding housing construction programs. We should be doubling down. Additionally, HUD's housing counseling program is particularly vital for first-time homebuyers and families working to avoid foreclosure. Home ownership remains the primary vehicle for wealth building in American families. For African-American families especially, who have faced decades of discriminatory lending..."
Witness Mr. R. Shawn Martin
American Academy of Family Physicians · 1 hearing
Hearing Joint House and Senate Legislative Presentation of Disabled American Veterans & Multi VSOs: Military Officers Association of America, Blue Star...
house Veterans' Affairs Committee · Feb 24, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing Tax Subcommittee Hearing on Your Paycheck, Returned: How the Working Families Tax Cuts Delivered for Americans
house Tax Subcommittee · May 20, 2026 · Request transcript
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 · 4 transcript matches
WARREN, ELIZABETH "affordability is a hoax. One of the tools available to Trump to keep costs low is the CFPB, to return money to American families when they've been cheated. But instead of delivering help for people who have been scammed, Trump's acting director of the CFPB, Mr. Vogt, has attacked the agency, and according to a report I am releasing today, where we gathered the data together, those attacks on the CFPB have cost American families $26.5 billion so far. The CFPB's whole job is to fight for the little guy. Since it opened its doors in"
Hearing Hearings to examine empowering Main Street by unlocking access to capital.
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Aug 6, 2026 · Transcript · 4 transcript matches
KIM, ANDY "Well, I'd love to be able to continue talking with you and others about that as we try to build on. I want to kind of scope out a little bit even further. I mean, we're talking about how do we try to get that investment, that wealth, develop more across this country, but also just trying to think about it in terms of American families. So, you know, we see great strength when it comes to our markets, yet we're seeing still too many Americans, particularly those in rural and underserved communities, disconnected from some of those opportunities. And so, Mr. Flood, I guess when I'm thinking..."
Testimony WARREN, ELIZABETH
Hearings to examine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Semi-Annu...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"affordability is a hoax. One of the tools available to Trump to keep costs low is the CFPB, to return money to American families when they've been cheated. But instead of delivering help for people who have been scammed, Trump's acting director of the CFPB, Mr. Vogt, has attacked the agency, and according to a report I am releasing today, where we gathered the data together, those attacks on the CFPB have cost American families $26.5 billion so far. The CFPB's whole job is to fight for the..."
Testimony LEGER FERNANDEZ, TERESA
H. Res. 1336 – Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with ...
house Rules Committee · Jun 3, 2026
"if you ask the American families, American farmers, American ranchers, what is the emergency that they are facing right now? What is the crisis that they are facing right now? It is the cost of gasoline, it's the cost of diesel. If you are in rural America like my constituents are, it is the cost of living, which means how expensive is it to live now? From health care, which the ranking member raised in his first motion, to, you know, everything else. That's the emergency right now and you..."
Testimony THE HONORABLE J. CHRISTOPHER GIANCARLO
Hearings to examine the nomination of Michael Selig, of Florida, to be...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Nov 19, 2025
"for commissioner and as chairman, and I'm joined here today by a number of other distinguished former commissioners and chairs who have also had the honor of appearing before this committee. As they know and I know, this committee often meets in a much smaller room that really features what I think one of the most distinctive features of any of the architecture of the Senate buildings, and that is a simple table. This committee, as you know, meet around a table in the same way that American..."
Hearing Hearings to examine a review of the President's supplemental funding request of June 24, 2026.
senate Appropriations Committee · Jul 21, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
MURRAY, PATTY "so they finally can buy their kids a pair of shoes. You know what's a crisis? The fact that hospitals are shutting down and kids are going hungry because of Republicans' cuts. Instead of bankrolling the President's war or sending ICE $70 billion, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle could work with us to quadruple our investments to cure cancer or help families afford child care or help them afford to cool their homes. Those are policy choices. And Republican leadership has chosen to focus on funding war and ICE endlessly without a single cent for our American families. So let me..."
Testimony CLINE, BEN
The Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2027
house Budget Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"We have full confidence in our colleagues on authorizing committees to protect these policies which strengthened SNAP and restored fiscal responsibility. In addition, repealing the tax relief enacted in H.R. 1 would be devastating for American families, for American workers, and for American small businesses. These reforms prevented massive tax increases, strengthened economic growth, and gave families and job creators the certainty they need to"
Testimony DELAURO, ROSA L.
Budget Hearing – Department of Housing and Urban Development
house Appropriations Committee · May 12, 2026
"The American people do not need more culture war talking points. They need relief from high costs. Instead, the Trump administration is adding pressure on families, on American families on all sides. They are pushing costs up through tariffs and pulling back aid through"
Hearing H. Res. 1336 – Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee...
house Rules Committee · Jun 3, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
LEGER FERNANDEZ, TERESA "if you ask the American families, American farmers, American ranchers, what is the emergency that they are facing right now? What is the crisis that they are facing right now? It is the cost of gasoline, it's the cost of diesel. If you are in rural America like my constituents are, it is the cost of living, which means how expensive is it to live now? From health care, which the ranking member raised in his first motion, to, you know, everything else. That's the emergency right now and you could do something about it. Congress could do something about it because this war has gone on and on..."
Hearing Budget Hearing – Department of Housing and Urban Development
house Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee · May 12, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
DELAURO, ROSA L. "The American people do not need more culture war talking points. They need relief from high costs. Instead, the Trump administration is adding pressure on families, on American families on all sides. They are pushing costs up through tariffs and pulling back aid through"
Hearing Department of State FY 2027 Budget Request: A Commitment to America First Foreign Policy
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jun 3, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
OLSZEWSKI, JOHNNY "After the deal, the administration reversed AI chip restrictions, approving transfers of sensitive technology to another UAE-related entity, chaired by the very same royal family figure involved with the deal with his son. That seems like hardly a coincidence to me, and indeed, it is self-enrichment tied directly to the President's foreign policy agenda, and it's how the President's net worth has grown by over $4 billion since he started this term. As the President gets rich, his wars and tariffs are crushing hardworking American families. I think the American people see through the BS. This..."
Hearing “Direct Contracting: A Prescription for Lower Health Care Costs”
house Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee · Jul 1, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
DESAULNIER, MARK "Americans. Not long ago, when Democrats were in the majority, we delivered for the American people and showed that Congress can make health care more affordable. It wasn't enough, but it was dramatic in what we were attempting to do. We enacted the American Rescue Plan, the Inflation Reduction Act to lower costs for working families and deliver historic investments in health care. These laws brought the number of uninsured Americans to the lowest levels in history. Today, we are fighting to pass the Lower Drug Costs for American Families Act, a bill that will make drugs more affordable for..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the Financial Stability Oversight Council's Annual Report to Congress.
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Feb 5, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
WARREN, ELIZABETH "It's not just groceries. The numbers from Trump's own economic agency show that Americans are paying more for utility bills, more for health care, more for housing construction. Families aren't fooled by these lies. Mr. Secretary, you owe it to American families to own up what's going on. And Secretary Besson, I have one more question for you while I have you here. You were in the search for Donald Trump's Fed chair nominee. And Trump promised, quote, anyone that disagrees with me will never be Fed chairman. Kevin Warsh got the nod last Friday. And then over the weekend, Donald Trump joked..."
Hearing Mark-up of: • H.R. 309 (Rep. Nehls), “National Law Enforcement Officers Remembrance, Support and Community Outreach Act” • H.R. 1693 (Rep....
house Natural Resources Committee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
HUFFMAN, JARED "and staff our federal beaches. Unfortunately, my colleagues have been silent and keep just pushing bills directing agencies to collaborate harder, to find a way to make something out of nothing. We need to do better, and I think we also need to talk about what's not on the agenda today. This is our last markup of the summer, our last chance to move forward bills that matter to the American people before everyone goes home for five weeks with almost nothing to show when it comes to addressing costs for American families. Certainly nothing about the spiraling health care crisis, nothing about..."
Hearing Legislative Hearing on Protecting Communications Networks and Improving Connectivity
house Communications and Technology Subcommittee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
MENENDEZ, ROBERT "effective response in the event of an attack against our infrastructure. As cyber threats grow more sophisticated, we need the strongest tools available to defend these networks. AI can help providers protect our communities from disrupted communications networks. Used responsibly, AI can help identify vulnerabilities and respond to threats more quickly. But used maliciously, it can make cyber attacks more damaging and harder to stop. Congress has a responsibility to address both realities. That is why Congressman introduced the bipartisan AI for Secure Networks Act. Our bill would promote..."
Hearing Funding Lapses: Analyzing Shutdown Reform
house Appropriations Committee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
HINSON, ASHLEY "Not only did it threaten our food assistance programs, disrupted a lot of travel. We all saw those TSA lines. And it put our national security at risk, which I think is unacceptable. And we saw people in both chambers really choosing political theater over American families through that process. I don't want to see that happen going forward, so I, again, appreciate the possible solutions here to avoid government shutdowns and all these proposals. And Senator, you mentioned, hey, maybe yours isn't the right"
Hearing Full Committee Markup of Twenty-Nine Pieces of Legislation
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jul 20, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
GUTHRIE, BRETT "All of you for attending today's start to the full committee markup of 29 bills focused on our work to strengthen our grid, protect American families from higher costs, and keep communities safe from illicit drugs and support patients across the country. Our communities are focused this Congress on winning the race to AI dominance while securing our grid. But to help ensure that our communities are not paying for the associated electricity costs of the new data centers, I'm glad we could find bipartisan support for the Ratepayer Protection Act. The bill encourages states to consider..."
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 · 2 transcript matches
HASSAN, MARGARET WOOD "and congratulations on your nominations, and thank you and your families for your questions. I'll start with a question that I ask every nominee these days, and I'll start with you, Mr. Brooke, and this is a simple, you know, couple-of-word answer, yes or no answer. If directed by the President to take an action that would break the law, would you follow the law or Thank you. I'll follow the law, Senator. Thank you, and Mr. Katari, I'll just say that you should pay attention to the news because there's the President doing things that break the law or instructing others is a regular..."
CRS Report
Selected Issues in Tax Policy: The Child Tax Credit
Resources · Nov 19, 2024
Tax reform proposals in the 119th Congress may include reforms to the child tax credit, which increases the after-tax incomes of some households with children. The child tax credit was substantively...
CRS Report
The Trump Administration’s “Zero Tolerance” Immigration Enforcement Policy
Reports · Feb 2, 2021
For the last decade, Central American migrant families have arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border in relatively large numbers, many seeking asylum. While some request asylum at U.S. ports of entry,...
Testimony THE HONORABLE SCOTT TURNER
Budget Hearing – Department of Housing and Urban Development
house Appropriations Committee · May 12, 2026
"the family. It is my goal and desire that families can stay together, American families can stay together, because I believe that's best for the children. But you also have to make good decisions within the And every family doesn't make good decisions, and I understand"
Testimony OLSZEWSKI, JOHNNY
Department of State FY 2027 Budget Request: A Commitment to America Fi...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jun 3, 2026
"After the deal, the administration reversed AI chip restrictions, approving transfers of sensitive technology to another UAE-related entity, chaired by the very same royal family figure involved with the deal with his son. That seems like hardly a coincidence to me, and indeed, it is self-enrichment tied directly to the President's foreign policy agenda, and it's how the President's net worth has grown by over $4 billion since he started this term. As the President gets rich, his wars and..."
Testimony SPEAKER_16
H.R. 8464 – Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act; H.R. 8312 – Fraud Preven...
house Rules Committee · Jun 8, 2026
"start new wars. I know he's trying to rewrite that script, but the videos are out there. We know what he said. And at every single turn, he has made a decision to benefit himself, the billionaire class, his own family, over hard-working Americans. And now we have 60 percent of American families who are struggling to afford the basics, and today we are being asked to come back and say another $70 billion for ICE. For what? For what? What's the plan? How does this help us secure borders? How does..."
Hearing Hearings to examine S.214, to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the rate of the special pension payable to Medal of Honor...
senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · May 21, 2025 · Request transcript
Testimony MR. STEVE YATES
Beijing’s Poison Pipeline: The CCP’s Role in the Fentanyl Crisis
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"Good afternoon, Subcommittee Chair Kim, Ranking Member Berra, distinguished members of the subcommittee. My name is Steve Yates. I serve as Senior Research Fellow for China and National Security at the Heritage Foundation. The views I express today are entirely my own and do not reflect the views or positions of the Heritage Foundation. I deeply appreciate the subcommittee leadership for inviting me to testify on this urgent issue of both national policy and profound personal importance. For..."
Testimony MR. HAL DUNCAN
Hearings to examine the nomination of Hal Duncan, of Texas, to be Depu...
senate Budget Committee · Jun 16, 2026
"I've been particularly proud to work with members and staff of this committee to develop and pass two budget reconciliation bills that directly reflect that goal, the Working Families Tax Cuts Act and the Secure America Act. The Working Families Tax Cuts Act cut taxes for American families and businesses while achieving $2 trillion in mandatory savings and securing generational investments in defense and homeland security. The Secure America Act built on that success by providing sustained..."
Testimony MILLER, MAX L.
Joint Social Security and Work & Welfare Subcommittee Hearing with the...
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"Thank you for after our last hearing and the phone call and applaud you and your efforts for what you're doing in SSA. So it's good to see you again. Social Security is not an abstraction. It's a promise, as we know, and to workers who spent decades contributing to families who lost an income earner, to Americans with disabilities and to retirees who helped build this country. As you know, more than 71 million people depend on monthly benefits, and this agency touches virtually every American..."
Testimony SCOTT, RICK
Hearings to examine truth in drug labeling.
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Jan 29, 2026
"This isn't about banning drugs or raising prices. This could actually lower prices for American families while delivering needed transparency and support American jobs. Manufacturing location"
Testimony SEWELL, TERRI A.
Full Committee Hearing with Internal Revenue Service Chief Executive O...
house Ways and Means Committee · Mar 4, 2026
"Well, good, I can tell you. Trump and his family will take home $28.5 million times more than the average American family will get back from the IRS this year. This corruption is what we are talking about when we tell the American people that this president is on a power trip to achieve more personal wealth than to help the American people. I also serve as the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Oversight, and I take that duty very"
Testimony SPEAKER_12
The Semi-Annual Report of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
house Financial Services Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"While we can continue to work together on seeking reforms at the CDFI fund so we can ensure that those funds can be released in a timely and efficient manner so we can allow the financial institutions to be able to utilize those funds and uplift the American working families, as we mentioned. Another avenue that I've been working to uplift the American families is through the small dollar credit. Millions of Americans rely on those products to breach the temporary financial shortfalls or cover..."
Testimony CASTOR, KATHY
AI and the Grid: Meeting Growing Power Demand While Protecting Ratepay...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Apr 29, 2026
"to our witnesses. I hope this hearing is the beginning of a bipartisan effort to efficiently grow our energy resources and lower electric bills, because we all know that hardworking American families are really suffering right now. More than 80 million Americans are struggling to keep up with the cost of housing, health care, food, and keep the lights on at the same time. The President's war in Iran is causing gasoline prices in the United States to climb to their highest level in four years,..."
Testimony DESAULNIER, MARK
“Direct Contracting: A Prescription for Lower Health Care Costs”
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 1, 2026
"Americans. Not long ago, when Democrats were in the majority, we delivered for the American people and showed that Congress can make health care more affordable. It wasn't enough, but it was dramatic in what we were attempting to do. We enacted the American Rescue Plan, the Inflation Reduction Act to lower costs for working families and deliver historic investments in health care. These laws brought the number of uninsured Americans to the lowest levels in history. Today, we are fighting to..."
Testimony SPEAKER_07
“Housing Affordability: Saving the American Dream”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jan 22, 2026
"Take for example in Boston, Massachusetts, which offers a no-interest long-term loan to older and low-income owner occupants to build out smaller independent units in their homes. I know this well. I have a very close family member who is a retiree who renovated her basement and created a three-bedroom apartment generating $2,900 a month in the very same home she owns. On taxes, I want to thank Congress for passing the Working Families Tax Cuts, also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill, saving..."
Testimony PALLONE, FRANK
Markup of Fifteen Bills
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"The bill, the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act, brings much-needed transparency to our nation's health system and represents the work that this committee has undertaken for several Congresses. American families are currently facing a health care affordability crisis. Almost 50 percent of Americans report difficulty affording health care. More than 40 percent of adults say they have either delayed or foregone medical care because of high"
Testimony WARREN, ELIZABETH
Hearings to examine the Financial Stability Oversight Council's Annual...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Feb 5, 2026
"It's not just groceries. The numbers from Trump's own economic agency show that Americans are paying more for utility bills, more for health care, more for housing construction. Families aren't fooled by these lies. Mr. Secretary, you owe it to American families to own up what's going on. And Secretary Besson, I have one more question for you while I have you here. You were in the search for Donald Trump's Fed chair nominee. And Trump promised, quote, anyone that disagrees with me will never be..."
Testimony PALLONE, FRANK
Lowering Health Care Costs for All Americans: An Examination of the Pr...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Feb 11, 2026
"they would support my legislation to extend negotiated prices to everyone with private health care coverage. The Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act also caps out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs for more Americans and further prevents unfair price hikes for drugs already on the And these are real solutions and stand in sharp contrast to the secret deals that"
Testimony SPEAKER_00
Hearings to examine the state of the U.S. Territories.
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Jun 17, 2026
"Uyfatali Radawagan on behalf of American Samoa and the territories on the U.S. House side. In addition, I'm grateful to the Interagency Group on the Insula Areas, IGIA, for its role in coordinating federal engagement and helping advance critical infrastructure and economic development priorities across our islands. American Samoa has proudly been part of the American family for 126 years. As America's only permanent sovereign presence south of the equator, American Samoa occupies a unique place..."
Testimony SPEAKER_00
Business meeting to consider S.1547, to amend title 54, United States ...
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Jun 17, 2026
"Uyfatali Radawagan on behalf of American Samoa and the territories on the U.S. House side. In addition, I'm grateful to the Interagency Group on the Insula Areas, IGIA, for its role in coordinating federal engagement and helping advance critical infrastructure and economic development priorities across our islands. American Samoa has proudly been part of the American family for 126 years. As America's only permanent sovereign presence south of the equator, American Samoa occupies a unique place..."
Testimony MOORE, BLAKE D.
The Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2027
house Budget Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"We had a plan to put, to lower premiums by 11% and save $37 billion by actually making the Affordable Care Act work better, but every Democrat voted against that, right? That stuff goes back and forth. The working families tax cuts, when you look at it, we are trying to put dollars back in American families' pockets, giving them the autonomy and the flexibility to do what they want with it. This targeted approach of enhanced subsidies failed over the last four years, $0 premiums enacted a ton..."
Testimony WARREN, ELIZABETH
Hearings to examine the Financial Stability Oversight Council's Annual...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Feb 5, 2026
"economic policies have driven prices up. Grocery prices are up, electricity prices are up, health care prices are up, the cost of building housing is up. President Trump's economic agenda is failing families, but boy, it is working great for Wall Street and Trump's billionaire buddies. There have been massive tax cuts for billionaires, big bank supervision has been cut to the bone, and sidelining the cops who go after white-collar crime. Meanwhile, middle-class families get the short end of the..."
Testimony KEITH SONDERLING
Hearings to examine the nomination of Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"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 undercutting our system. Those grants have been canceled. You know what we're doing..."
Testimony DELAURO, ROSA L.
Fiscal Year 2026 Legislative Branch Bill, Updated Interim Subcommittee...
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 26, 2025
"then the outcome is that the government shuts down. So when the Congress passes an appropriation, it is a law, the legally binding expression of Congress's constitutional power of the purse. My colleagues, the executive branch is not carrying out our laws as intended or as required. The administration has stolen promise of supports, investments, and benefits that we have promised to American families, to veterans, farmers, state and local communities, to the tune of $425 billion in investments..."
Testimony GREEN, AL
Converging Criminal Enterprises: Chinese Money Laundering Networks and...
house Financial Services Committee · Jun 9, 2026
"the bipartisan U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission concluded the U.S. anti-money syndicates from exploiting cryptocurrency to launder the billions of dollars they steal from Americans each day. This hearing could have been a constructive bipartisan discussion of protecting American families from foreign and domestic cryptocurrency scams and criminal networks, but instead, my colleagues are ignoring these homegrown problems while Americans suffer. I thank you, Mr. Chairman, and..."
Testimony KIM, ANDY
Hearings to examine empowering Main Street by unlocking access to capi...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"Well, I'd love to be able to continue talking with you and others about that as we try to build on. I want to kind of scope out a little bit even further. I mean, we're talking about how do we try to get that investment, that wealth, develop more across this country, but also just trying to think about it in terms of American families. So, you know, we see great strength when it comes to our markets, yet we're seeing still too many Americans, particularly those in rural and underserved..."
Testimony DELAURO, ROSA L.
Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Bill
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"I support the courageous men and women who serve our country in uniform, and I understand the need to make investments accordingly. But we need not cut non-defense programs that lower costs and help families afford basic necessities like groceries, housing, child care, and health care. care. We ought to work together to provide relief for American families. That is what I intend to do as we continue our work on this committee. In the meantime, I oppose the bill under consideration as it..."
Testimony JULIE MARGETTA MORGAN
Hearings to examine the affordability agenda.
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jun 23, 2026
"And then rising utility costs are also hurting the poorest families as well. This is really an acute problem for families right now. We've seen cuts to Medicaid that have taken insurance away from families. We've seen the failure to extend the ACA premium tax credits that has jacked up the cost of health insurance premiums for many American families. We're also seeing increasing costs on employer-sponsored plans. So people are really faced with a choice right now of being uninsured or choosing..."
Testimony UNKNOWN
H.R. 8870, Building Unrivaled Infrastructure and Long-term Development...
house Transportation and Infrastructure Committee · May 21, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As of today, national average gas prices are $4.55 per gallon, which is $1.37 up since last year. American families across the country are feeling the pressure of rising costs, and part of the work that we are doing here today is giving the American people multiple solutions to weather this current energy crisis we find ourselves in. One solution includes expanding publicly available electric vehicle charging networks across our"
Testimony CASTOR, KATHY
The Fiscal Year 2027 Department of Energy Budget.
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Apr 16, 2026
"They were fired. Now DOE faces a historic labor shortage. It calls into question whether you can administer the law as Congress intended. You've lost so many people that now, rather than address it, you request new power for political appointees alone to make these decisions. This opens the door to more corruption and grift that has become a hallmark of the Trump administration. This budget does nothing to help hardworking American families. In fact, it actively hurts them. It's a budget that..."
Testimony MEEKS, GREGORY W.
Department of State FY 2027 Budget Request: A Commitment to America Fi...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jun 3, 2026
"and then failed to prepare American embassies and citizens when the bombs started falling. Those who have defended and enabled this war share direct responsibility for the economic pain American families are bearing as a result. Our allies knew this war was ill-advised, and that's why they are sitting on the sidelines while Gulf energy infrastructure and American bases take incoming. Trump said America first. Now America's alone. In our hemisphere, talk of reasserting dominance has meant..."
Testimony BIGGS, ANDY
H.R. 8481, the Kayleigh’s Law Act of 2026; H. J. Res. 1, Proposing an ...
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 3, 2026
"And that's what this bill is about. It's about keeping a promise, a promise that we will do everything within our power to prevent the next family receiving that horrible phone call, a promise that we will not accept preventable tragedies at the cost of failed policies, a promise that we will put the safety of American families first, because we need to be honest about what we are dealing with. Foreign criminal gang members do not come to the United States to contribute to our"
Testimony BRAD WOODHOUSE
“Direct Contracting: A Prescription for Lower Health Care Costs”
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 1, 2026
"which will rip life-saving coverage away from 15 million Americans, including seniors, children, and people with disability. That same bill handed out $1 trillion in tax breaks to the top 1 percent and $730 billion in tax breaks to corporations. Today, not even a year later, 8 million people have already lost health care. But that's not all. Costs are skyrocketing for millions of Americans. Families are being forced to make impossible choices between paying for groceries and seeing a doctor...."
Testimony SEAN DUFFY
Budget Hearing – Department of Transportation
house Appropriations Committee · May 21, 2026
"that millions of Americans rely on every single day. From our runways to our roads to our railroads, we have upgraded our national infrastructure, invested in the backbone of our economy, and made life safer for American families. We are aggressively moving to clear the backlog of 3,200 grants that were left behind in the last administration. Our goal is simple, to ensure that these grants deliver safe, enduring infrastructure that will serve Americans for generations to come. At the FAA, we..."
Testimony SCANLON, MARY GAY
H. Res. 1336 – Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with ...
house Rules Committee · Jun 3, 2026
"is being able to pass legislation that if the American people knew about, they would reject, and I don't think that's a true emergency. So obviously we'll be opposing the motion on that basis. However, I do have an amendment. Okay. I have an amendment to the rule which would move the committee to add a section to the rule to also grant same-day authority for a rule providing for consideration of HR 6088, the Restoring Food Security for American Families and Farmers Act of 2025. We're here for..."
Testimony CAMMACK, KAT
Legislative Proposals to Strengthen Consumer Protection in a Changing ...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"begins with a simple principle, common sense. If a company overcharges you, mistreats you, or stops earning your trust, you should be able to take your business elsewhere. In almost every market in America, you can, except on your smartphone, you can't. So Apple and Google's operating systems power more than 99% of smartphones in the United States. Apple controls app distribution through the iPhone, and Google controls roughly 90% of app distribution on Android. And Apple and Google, they don't..."
Testimony JOYCE, JOHN
Legislative Proposals to Strengthen Consumer Protection in a Changing ...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"some of the dogs had to be hospitalized. There is no way to tell what is actually in these products, and American consumers unknowingly purchase these each and every day online. These criminals understand exactly how to target the U.S. supply chain online and force their products into the homes of American families. And I think you all recognize that that threat continues to grow. China are evolving each and every day, and their deceptive practices are appearing more trustworthy to American..."
Testimony MENENDEZ, ROBERT
Legislative Proposals to Strengthen Consumer Protection in a Changing ...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"scams quickly and effectively. Mr. Castro, would you agree that scams are no longer isolated incidences, but a rapidly growing threat to families, seniors, and businesses across the Thank you. Mr. Abreu, just briefly, how are these scams impacting American families? find out they've been victims of fraud. Because it's generally a vulnerable population that people are trying to target. That's why we talk about seniors, people who are newer to the digital age, may be more susceptible to these..."
Testimony JOHN BREYAULT
Legislative Proposals to Strengthen Consumer Protection in a Changing ...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"And so any solution to this needs to address that problem as well. Thank you, Congressman Menendez, and thank you for championing this bill. Beyond the financial cost, which is huge, these scams are taking a toll on American families psychologically, emotionally. We hear from consumers every day who are struggling with this, struggling with family members who are victims of scams that they just don't think they can"
Testimony MENENDEZ, ROBERT
Legislative Proposals to Strengthen Consumer Protection in a Changing ...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"when the volume of scams and sophistication is just rapidly increasing on a daily basis. As scammers become more organized and technologically advanced, the federal government must take a more coordinated approach to combatting scams. Every day we fail to act, more American families lose their savings, their peace of mind, and their trust that someone is looking out for them. Mr. Brio, how could the Strategic Task Force on Scam Prevention Act help turn today's fragmented response into a..."
Testimony MENENDEZ, ROBERT
Legislative Proposals to Strengthen Consumer Protection in a Changing ...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"As scammers become more organized and technologically advanced, the federal government must take a more coordinated approach to combatting scams. Every day we fail to act, more American families lose their savings, their peace of mind, and their trust that someone is looking out for them. Mr. Brio, how could the Strategic Task Force on Scam Prevention Act help turn today's fragmented response into a coordinated national effort that stops scammers faster and appreciate the chairman again for..."
Testimony WARREN, ELIZABETH
Hearings to examine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Semi-Annu...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So, Acting Director Votes, since you took over the CFPB, the Bureau has dropped more than 40 enforcement actions against giant corporations that have cheated American families. That's 40. And instead of having to pay back the consumers they cheated, you've told these"
Testimony ALSOBROOKS, ANGELA D.
Hearings to examine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Semi-Annu...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"I would beg to differ that this has been fiscally successful, and if you call fiscally successful whatever these cuts are, people still cannot afford their groceries, gas, utilities. So if you regard this as fiscally successful, I still beg to differ, but I want to turn to CFPB very quickly because it seems that you're doing everything in your power to make things more unaffordable for American families, including trying to fire half of the workforce at the agency that has returned $21 billion..."
Testimony WARREN, ELIZABETH
Hearings to examine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Semi-Annu...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"I just want to close here by going back where I started. The corruption at the CFPB is costing American families. So far, it has cost them an estimated $26.5"
Testimony SPEAKER_13
The Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2027
house Budget Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"But we advanced what was the largest tax cut in history, providing permanent tax relief to hardworking Americans. We also, in reconciliation, one, ended the Green New Disaster that was crushing American families, consumers with high energy prices, and weakening our country. So we're restoring American energy"
Testimony DOGGETT, LLOYD
The Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2027
house Budget Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"So what does it cost us? Moody's analytics estimates about $1,100 for each American family so far in higher gas prices, higher groceries, higher airfare, and higher interest rates since Epic Folly began. Now he wants Americans who are already suffering to pay again for all the resources that he's wasted in a quagmire, a war that he doesn't know how to get out"
Testimony PANETTA, JIMMY
The Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2027
house Budget Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"consumers, our businesses and our farmers. I believe, as Congress, the Article one body, we shouldn't roll over and accept a terrible tariff policy from the executive branch and then attempt to paper over those consequences with more federal spending. Instead, we should push back and pursue policies that expand opportunity, strengthen American competitiveness and give Americans a stable economic environment that they deserve. That's why I'm offering this amendment to strike the president's..."
Testimony CLINE, BEN
The Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2027
house Budget Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"Ninety-seven percent of filers received a tax cut this past filing season who would have otherwise owed taxes absent the Working Families Tax Cuts. Tax relief was concentrated among American families and workers earning under $200,000. Ninety-six percent of filers receiving a tax cut earned less than"
Testimony TONKO, PAUL
The Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2027
house Budget Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"Instead, what do we get? A reinvolvement in a heightened sense with Iran, a denial of nutrition programs for innocent victims, taking a chainsaw to healthcare coverage for tens of thousands of individuals in each of our districts. Look, we heard it all today, characterizing Trump as stopping the gravy train while he made some $2.4 trillion outside the office of presidency in just one year. This all points to the hypocrisy, the disingenuous and callous nature of this administration. It is time..."
Testimony HOUCHIN, ERIN
The Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2027
house Budget Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"the ban on oil and natural gas leasing had cost our economy more than $33 billion in lost GDP. American families paid more to heat their homes and fill up their gas tanks, manufacturers faced higher energy costs, and Americans were left with a less reliable electric"
Testimony WARREN, ELIZABETH
Hearings to examine empowering Main Street by unlocking access to capi...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"a critical part of why our nation's economy is the envy of the world. But under President Trump the corruption is so massive and so unprecedented that it has fundamentally changed our markets rigging them for the wealthy and the well-connected. Those with money and power get special treatment while families small businesses and communities pay the price. We should be working together to make our markets stronger and to ensure that they serve American businesses and American families. I know..."
Testimony WARREN, ELIZABETH
Hearings to examine empowering Main Street by unlocking access to capi...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"help financial cops on the beat go after insider trading, after market manipulation and other corporate crimes. He's making it easier for executives to silence shareholders and to strip them of their rights. He's even making it harder for states to protect their own citizens from being defrauded. Across the board every day investors are losing. Chair Atkins rigs the rules. It's just one more example of the corruption that hangs over the entire Trump administration. This corruption costs..."
Testimony WARREN, ELIZABETH
Hearings to examine empowering Main Street by unlocking access to capi...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"Thank you. You know, every one of these steps is designed to help Wall Street insiders, big corporations, and President Trump himself, not American families. Congress needs to clean this"
Testimony TEHASSI HILL
Hearings to examine tracking prediction markets' exponential growth, f...
senate Indian Affairs Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"the states' governments started their lotteries to generate revenue for their citizens. Every dollar generated by Indian Gaming goes to fund health care and education for our children, housing for our elderly, and public safety and infrastructure. Indian Gaming also generates jobs. In 2025, we delivered more than 682,000 jobs for rural American families. These jobs provide stable income and a path to the middle class for tribal citizens and non-members alike in areas where these jobs would not..."
Testimony JONATHAN INGRAM
Hearings to examine the reality of Medicaid.
senate Budget Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"Medicaid losses never get that far. Bureaucrats wrote rules that enroll people without verifying eligibility and pay providers that nobody has screened. It's fraud by design. The fraud has two faces. Criminal syndicates billing from overseas and rules quietly manipulated from cubicle. But the victims are the same. American families pay their taxes, trusting Congress to spend their carefully. And the people this program was built for, senior citizens, pregnant women, children with disabilities,..."
Testimony MCBATH, LUCY
“Building an AI-Ready America: How AI Is Creating Opportunities Across...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 24, 2026
"pushed to the brink by an economy that works for those only that are already doing well but not for regular people. You should not have to already have money to make money in the United States of America. We cannot allow that to become the norm for an economy that prides itself on the idea of the American dream and opportunity for all. Despite working harder and producing more than ever before, American families cannot afford necessities like groceries, gas, and health care. If we want to make..."
Testimony WARREN, ELIZABETH
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Christopher Phelan, of...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jul 23, 2026
"He failed. Even so, he has done plenty of damage, taking the cop off the beat and costing American families over $26 billion. That is money directly out of the pockets of hardworking"
Testimony HUFFMAN, JARED
Mark-up of: • H.R. 309 (Rep. Nehls), “National Law Enforcement Officer...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"and staff our federal beaches. Unfortunately, my colleagues have been silent and keep just pushing bills directing agencies to collaborate harder, to find a way to make something out of nothing. We need to do better, and I think we also need to talk about what's not on the agenda today. This is our last markup of the summer, our last chance to move forward bills that matter to the American people before everyone goes home for five weeks with almost nothing to show when it comes to addressing..."
Testimony HUFFMAN, JARED
Mark-up of: • H.R. 309 (Rep. Nehls), “National Law Enforcement Officer...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"they should be willing to work with Democrats on reining in this disastrous war of choice in Iran that has caused prices to skyrocket for food and fuel and basic necessities all over this country. They should stop him from slapping allies with tariffs that have already made the cost of living a crisis and are about to make it worse. Here in this committee, they could be going after the war profiteers in the oil and gas industry that are plundering our public lands and waters and then price..."
Testimony MEEKS, GREGORY W.
United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First F...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"And Ambassador Waltz, you have called Trump's the peace president, yet this administration has gutted U.N. peacekeeping and replaced experienced negotiations with real estate developers. You have been a defender of President Trump's war of choice in Iran, and the war has cost the lives of 18 U.S. service members and achieved none of the core objectives. This includes one of my constituents, Sergeant Angel Ramabeshad from Ozone Park, New York, who was killed just this past Friday. You've done so..."
Testimony VAN DREW, JEFFERSON
“False Narratives Surrounding Conditions at the Delaney Hall ICE Deten...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"state, local, and federal officials, we have very few problems anywhere in the country. It's where that cooperation doesn't exist that we have problems. ICE is not supposed to be doing crowd control. They should have help, they could have help. It's wrong that they don't get the help that they need. Democrats, on the other hand, continue to choose the side of illegal immigrants over the American people. Only a few weeks ago, they convened a field hearing to give voice to illegal criminal..."
Testimony WYDEN, RON
Hearings to examine the President's 2026 trade policy agenda.
senate Finance Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"The Supreme Court eventually overturned the Trump global tariffs, but the higher costs are here to stay. In 2025, the Trump tariffs cost the average American family $1,700, with grocery and gas prices way up. This week, Donald Trump announced massive new tariffs on clothes and school supplies and other products from Canada, using a provision based in the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930. Americans ought to know that nobody, not even Herbert Hoover, used this provision"
Testimony WYDEN, RON
Hearings to examine the President's 2026 trade policy agenda.
senate Finance Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"We've got a busy morning. The bottom line is American families are paying more in tariffs so Donald Trump and his cronies can"
Testimony WARREN, ELIZABETH
Hearings to examine the President's 2026 trade policy agenda.
senate Finance Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So Donald Trump campaigned for office going out every day, promising that he would lower costs for American families on day one. Then he takes office and he slaps tariffs on and off and on and off nearly every product that we"
Testimony WARREN, ELIZABETH
Hearings to examine the President's 2026 trade policy agenda.
senate Finance Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"So let's just clear this one up. Ambassador Greer, have Trump's tariffs increased prices for American families? So you're saying that what the Congressional Budget Office and the Treasury Department's own numbers, that families are paying an average of $1,700 more. Are you saying your own Treasury Department and your own Congressional Budget Office just don't know what they're talking"
Testimony WARREN, ELIZABETH
Hearings to examine the President's 2026 trade policy agenda.
senate Finance Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"I just want to know if you even have the slightest effort, making even the slightest effort, to try to get some of that money back into the pockets of American families, or does that just not matter to the Trump administration? What we know is that thousands of factory workers have lost their"
Testimony WARREN, ELIZABETH
Hearings to examine the President's 2026 trade policy agenda.
senate Finance Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"Do you have a plan in place? I'm asking about American families, the people you're supposed to be working for. Do you have any plan, if this next round of tariffs are struck down, for how you're going to get the money that is collected from American consumers back into their"
Testimony DOGGETT, LLOYD
H.R. 9772, H.R. 9771, H.R. 9721, and H.R. 9722
house Ways and Means Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"Test, test, test. Yeah. Mr. Chairman, a day devoted in this committee to tax-exempt organizations instead of the concerns that most American families face, but surprisingly, a day devoted to tax-exempt organizations that totally omits the leading tax-exempt organization in the country. That's called the Trump"
Testimony DOGGETT, LLOYD
H.R. 9772, H.R. 9771, H.R. 9721, and H.R. 9722
house Ways and Means Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"As for tax-exempt or non-government organizations that are the subject of the four bills before us today, authoritarians around the world deplore NGOs, non-government organizations, organizations, because by their very nature, they can't totally control and dominate them. There's nothing in this first bill for the family that's staring a grocery bill that climbs higher every month, nothing for the young family that is priced out of having their first home, nothing for the worker who's wondering..."
Testimony DAVIS, DANNY K.
H.R. 9772, H.R. 9771, H.R. 9721, and H.R. 9722
house Ways and Means Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"development, child care, food insecurity, immigrant services, and the list goes on. So instead of collaborating on ways to better support the non-profit sector or address affordability challenges facing American families and workers, my Republican colleagues are instead advancing harmful policies that target non-profit charities and unions, policies that will"
Testimony DOGGETT, LLOYD
H.R. 9772, H.R. 9771, H.R. 9721, and H.R. 9722
house Ways and Means Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"I yield back. Thank you. Our Republican colleagues had a choice to make today. They could have chosen to deal with the affordability crisis with which one American family after another is struggling. Struggling from lost health care forced on them by these Republicans, millions who don't have access to a family physician as a result of their costly legislation, millions that are struggling with paying the illegal Trump tariffs, the tariff taxes about which these previous free traders have been..."
Testimony SPEAKER_15
Unleashing the Golden Age of Science: Examining the Priorities of the ...
house Science, Space, and Technology Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"I think the one thing is I think we continue to emphasize areas where the American people care and are interested, and that is particularly in AI for health. If we can show that artificial intelligence can dramatically change and improve the conditions of health care in America, that's something that everyone cares about, and it matters for every American family. Right. Thank you, and Chairman, I yield back. I think the ratepayer protection pledge is one of the announcements by the president..."
Testimony MENENDEZ, ROBERT
Legislative Hearing on Protecting Communications Networks and Improvin...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"effective response in the event of an attack against our infrastructure. As cyber threats grow more sophisticated, we need the strongest tools available to defend these networks. AI can help providers protect our communities from disrupted communications networks. Used responsibly, AI can help identify vulnerabilities and respond to threats more quickly. But used maliciously, it can make cyber attacks more damaging and harder to stop. Congress has a responsibility to address both realities...."
Testimony MENENDEZ, ROBERT
Legislative Hearing on Protecting Communications Networks and Improvin...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"how could the AI for Secure Networks Act help network providers and federal agencies better understand and keep pace with these evolving risks? I appreciate that. American families should not have to worry that a cyber attack could cut them off from emergency services or the people they love. Our networks are too important and the stakes are simply too high for Congress not to act. I'm proud that this committee is advancing bipartisan solutions to strengthen these systems, protect families, and..."
Testimony HINSON, ASHLEY
Funding Lapses: Analyzing Shutdown Reform
house Appropriations Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"Not only did it threaten our food assistance programs, disrupted a lot of travel. We all saw those TSA lines. And it put our national security at risk, which I think is unacceptable. And we saw people in both chambers really choosing political theater over American families through that process. I don't want to see that happen going forward, so I, again, appreciate the possible solutions here to avoid government shutdowns and all these proposals. And Senator, you mentioned, hey, maybe yours..."
Testimony SPEAKER_03
Funding Lapses: Analyzing Shutdown Reform
house Appropriations Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"During every government shutdown, I have asked the House to withhold my pay until the government reopened because members of Congress should share in the consequences of a funding lapse. Earlier this year, my fellow Louisianan, Senator John Kennedy, led a successful effort to withhold senators' pay during government shutdowns. I think this is a common-sense measure, ensuring that members are held accountable and are not treated differently from the federal employees and American families they..."
Testimony MURRAY, PATTY
Hearings to examine a review of the President's supplemental funding r...
senate Appropriations Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"so they finally can buy their kids a pair of shoes. You know what's a crisis? The fact that hospitals are shutting down and kids are going hungry because of Republicans' cuts. Instead of bankrolling the President's war or sending ICE $70 billion, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle could work with us to quadruple our investments to cure cancer or help families afford child care or help them afford to cool their homes. Those are policy choices. And Republican leadership has chosen to..."
Testimony HEINRICH, MARTIN
Hearings to examine a review of the President's supplemental funding r...
senate Appropriations Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"transit that strait without being extorted by Iran. And I would love to see that before our commercial and other oil reserves are exhausted because of the impacts that that will then have on the pocketbooks of American families. Is that a reasonable objective, and is it one that you"
Testimony BALDWIN, TAMMY
Hearings to examine a review of the President's supplemental funding r...
senate Appropriations Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"Instead of spending tens of billion dollars more for this president's war of choice in Iran, that both houses of Congress, I may add, have voted to end absent explicit authorization by Congress, we should be focusing on the needs of American families. We could invest this money to accelerate new cures and treatments for cancer and"
Testimony GUTHRIE, BRETT
Full Committee Markup of Twenty-Nine Pieces of Legislation
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jul 20, 2026
"All of you for attending today's start to the full committee markup of 29 bills focused on our work to strengthen our grid, protect American families from higher costs, and keep communities safe from illicit drugs and support patients across the country. Our communities are focused this Congress on winning the race to AI dominance while securing our grid. But to help ensure that our communities are not paying for the associated electricity costs of the new data centers, I'm glad we could find..."
Testimony GUTHRIE, BRETT
Full Committee Markup of Twenty-Nine Pieces of Legislation
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jul 20, 2026
"so that data centers are paying for the necessary grid upgrades and electricity and consumers don't shoulder the cost. Further, we will consider legislation to modernize our grid infrastructure to ensure our communities have access to the power they need 365 days a year into the foreseeable future. We know it takes energy to move commerce. So today, we will consider reauthorizing FMSA's Pipeline Safety Program to ensure the continued delivery of energy American families can depend on. We are..."
Testimony SPEAKER_21
H.R. 7008 – Stop Insider Trading Act; H.R. 6955 – Main Street Capital ...
house Rules Committee · Jul 20, 2026
"The one big beautiful bill, as everyone called it. It gave massive tax cuts to billionaires and the wealthiest corporations while taking trillions of dollars away from American families' health insurance. It took money away from kids and seniors' moms who were just trying to put food on the table. So they did a second reconciliation bill. And the second reconciliation bill, what did it"
Testimony SPEAKER_21
H.R. 7008 – Stop Insider Trading Act; H.R. 6955 – Main Street Capital ...
house Rules Committee · Jul 20, 2026
"So you think that the third reconciliation bill, this would be the one where they finally do something about affordability for American families. Spoiler"
Testimony SPEAKER_12
H.R. 7008 – Stop Insider Trading Act; H.R. 6955 – Main Street Capital ...
house Rules Committee · Jul 20, 2026
"This is your MO. But when it comes to helping American families, Republicans think it would be wasteful spending. I got to tell you, I still do in-person town halls. I don't know about you, but I"
Testimony SCANLON, MARY GAY
H.R. 7008 – Stop Insider Trading Act; H.R. 6955 – Main Street Capital ...
house Rules Committee · Jul 20, 2026
"So apparently there's always more money for war or to clean up some of the economic damage caused by this administration. If Republicans were serious about helping American families, they would be working to actually lower costs, strengthen health care, invest in our communities through housing, through child care, through all the things that Americans actually need rather than"
Testimony SPEAKER_19
H.R. 7008 – Stop Insider Trading Act; H.R. 6955 – Main Street Capital ...
house Rules Committee · Jul 20, 2026
"The Main Street Act spurs new bank formation, tackles banking deserts, and lowers significant barriers for new banks. It reforms the bank supervisory process to make it more transparent. The bill brings common sense tailoring back to bank regulation based on an institution's size, business model, and risk profile. And it provides certainty around regulatory approval of bank mergers and acquisitions. The bill improves bank resolution framework in a way that protects depositors, promotes greater..."
Testimony SCANLON, MARY GAY
H.R. 7008 – Stop Insider Trading Act; H.R. 6955 – Main Street Capital ...
house Rules Committee · Jul 20, 2026
"I move the committee make in order amendment 11 to H. Conres 113 offered by myself, which would add budget reconciliation instructions requiring the House Committee on Financial Services to submit changes in laws within its jurisdiction and provide $10 billion for the purposes of lowering Americans' rent and housing costs by increasing funding for the Home Investment Partnership Program and Community Development Block Grants. I'm disappointed that our Republican colleagues voted against..."
Testimony LAURENCE J. SOCHA
Hearings to examine the nominations of Donald Blome, of Illinois, to b...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"and represent the values that define our nation. I'm here today because of the hard work of a kid who mined at his father's store in Chicopee, Massachusetts, during the Great Depression, because an Italian-American family escaped Mussolini's fascism in 1930, and because a nurse and a pharmacist fell in love in a hospital in Chicago 50 years ago. My grandparents and parents taught me the value of integrity and the importance of hard"
Testimony SPEAKER_09
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Daniel Desmond Domenic...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"the fentanyl crisis, and cashless bail. I'm so grateful that the whole of this administration with Todd Blanche leading the DOJ has prioritized all four of these issues. I'm asking the committee not to wait until another mother is sitting where I am. Confirm Todd Blanche. He is a leader who will uphold the law, honor victims, confront dangerous criminal organizations, and fight to give other American families the safety and lasting protection that came too late for mine. I couldn't save my..."
Testimony HASSAN, MARGARET WOOD
Hearings to examine the nominations of Francis Brooke, of Virginia, to...
senate Finance Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"and congratulations on your nominations, and thank you and your families for your questions. I'll start with a question that I ask every nominee these days, and I'll start with you, Mr. Brooke, and this is a simple, you know, couple-of-word answer, yes or no answer. If directed by the President to take an action that would break the law, would you follow the law or Thank you. I'll follow the law, Senator. Thank you, and Mr. Katari, I'll just say that you should pay attention to the news because..."
Testimony HASSAN, MARGARET WOOD
Hearings to examine the nominations of Francis Brooke, of Virginia, to...
senate Finance Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"to make everything more affordable for Americans. Look, I am concerned that both you and Secretary won't just acknowledge that people are really struggling right now in this country with things like grocery prices. The Joint Economic Committee has found that Americans paid $310 more for groceries in President Trump's first year compared to 2024. And grocery prices are now more than 4 percent higher than when President Trump took office last year. And you should know that. Now, let's go to what..."
Testimony NEAL, RICHARD E.
H.R. 9641, H.R. 3108, H.R. 9642, H.R. 9468, H.R. 3514, H.R. 9644, and ...
house Ways and Means Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Every promise they have made to lower costs on their websites doesn't seem to be consistent with the service that the President has offered to cut health care from the American family. Our friends and colleagues across the Republican caucus, they know that America is poorer and sicker because of what they've denied the American people that was carefully negotiated over decades and"
Testimony WARREN, ELIZABETH
Hearings to examine the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congr...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"party-line vote for Fed chair for the first time ever in our history. You were confirmed by the Senate in the tightest vote for a Fed chair in U.S. history. So you now face an uphill battle to show that you have the independence needed to run America's central bank and to serve American families, and not just President Trump and his billionaire friends. Now, President Trump's corruption and failed economic agenda is raising costs across the board. Inflation has kept real wages from growing for..."
Testimony THE HONORABLE TODD BLANCHE
Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"I rose through the ranks of the Department of Justice as a line prosecutor, then a division chief, then as of last year, deputy attorney general, and now acting attorney general, but I did not take that path for a title. I took it to make a difference for American families and the towns they call home. I am exceedingly grateful to President Trump for his trust and to my family who have carried me through every long day and late"
Hearing Fiscal Year 2027 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Bill and the Fiscal Year 2027 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and...
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 3, 2026 · Transcript
UNKNOWN "But in the midst of America's housing affordability crisis, now is not the time to retreat from investing in longstanding housing construction programs. We should be doubling down. Additionally, HUD's housing counseling program is particularly vital for first-time homebuyers and families working to avoid foreclosure. Home ownership remains the primary vehicle for wealth building in American families. For African-American families especially, who have faced decades of discriminatory lending practices and exclusion from home ownership opportunities, these programs represent a pathway to closing..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the nomination of Michael Selig, of Florida, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Nov 19, 2025 · Transcript
THE HONORABLE J. CHRISTOPHER GIANCARLO "for commissioner and as chairman, and I'm joined here today by a number of other distinguished former commissioners and chairs who have also had the honor of appearing before this committee. As they know and I know, this committee often meets in a much smaller room that really features what I think one of the most distinctive features of any of the architecture of the Senate buildings, and that is a simple table. This committee, as you know, meet around a table in the same way that American families, American farmers, American producers meet around their often kitchen table to discuss issues..."
Hearing H.R. 8464 – Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act; H.R. 8312 – Fraud Prevention and Accountability Act; H. Res. 1335 – Condemning actors seeking to...
house Rules Committee · Jun 8, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_16 "start new wars. I know he's trying to rewrite that script, but the videos are out there. We know what he said. And at every single turn, he has made a decision to benefit himself, the billionaire class, his own family, over hard-working Americans. And now we have 60 percent of American families who are struggling to afford the basics, and today we are being asked to come back and say another $70 billion for ICE. For what? For what? What's the plan? How does this help us secure borders? How does this help us make sure that we are doing right by people and bringing their costs down, whether..."
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 "Good afternoon, Subcommittee Chair Kim, Ranking Member Berra, distinguished members of the subcommittee. My name is Steve Yates. I serve as Senior Research Fellow for China and National Security at the Heritage Foundation. The views I express today are entirely my own and do not reflect the views or positions of the Heritage Foundation. I deeply appreciate the subcommittee leadership for inviting me to testify on this urgent issue of both national policy and profound personal importance. For nearly four decades, I have worked on U.S. national security policy and challenges posed by the..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the nomination of Hal Duncan, of Texas, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
senate Budget Committee · Jun 16, 2026 · Transcript
MR. HAL DUNCAN "I've been particularly proud to work with members and staff of this committee to develop and pass two budget reconciliation bills that directly reflect that goal, the Working Families Tax Cuts Act and the Secure America Act. The Working Families Tax Cuts Act cut taxes for American families and businesses while achieving $2 trillion in mandatory savings and securing generational investments in defense and homeland security. The Secure America Act built on that success by providing sustained funding for the brave men and women of ICE and Border Patrol who work every day to secure our border and..."
Hearing Joint Social Security and Work & Welfare Subcommittee Hearing with the Commissioner of Social Security, Frank J. Bisignano
house Social Security Subcommittee · Jun 10, 2026 · Transcript
MILLER, MAX L. "Thank you for after our last hearing and the phone call and applaud you and your efforts for what you're doing in SSA. So it's good to see you again. Social Security is not an abstraction. It's a promise, as we know, and to workers who spent decades contributing to families who lost an income earner, to Americans with disabilities and to retirees who helped build this country. As you know, more than 71 million people depend on monthly benefits, and this agency touches virtually every American family. It must work. For too long it didn't. Outdated technology, antiquated processes, and the..."
Hearing Hearings to examine truth in drug labeling.
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Jan 29, 2026 · Transcript
SCOTT, RICK "This isn't about banning drugs or raising prices. This could actually lower prices for American families while delivering needed transparency and support American jobs. Manufacturing location"
Hearing Full Committee Hearing with Internal Revenue Service Chief Executive Officer, Frank J. Bisignano
house Ways and Means Committee · Mar 4, 2026 · Transcript
SEWELL, TERRI A. "Well, good, I can tell you. Trump and his family will take home $28.5 million times more than the average American family will get back from the IRS this year. This corruption is what we are talking about when we tell the American people that this president is on a power trip to achieve more personal wealth than to help the American people. I also serve as the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Oversight, and I take that duty very"
Hearing The Semi-Annual Report of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
house Financial Services Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_12 "While we can continue to work together on seeking reforms at the CDFI fund so we can ensure that those funds can be released in a timely and efficient manner so we can allow the financial institutions to be able to utilize those funds and uplift the American working families, as we mentioned. Another avenue that I've been working to uplift the American families is through the small dollar credit. Millions of Americans rely on those products to breach the temporary financial shortfalls or cover the unexpected expenses or avoid more costly alternatives. So while that's important that consumers..."
Hearing AI and the Grid: Meeting Growing Power Demand While Protecting Ratepayers
house Energy Subcommittee · Apr 29, 2026 · Transcript
CASTOR, KATHY "to our witnesses. I hope this hearing is the beginning of a bipartisan effort to efficiently grow our energy resources and lower electric bills, because we all know that hardworking American families are really suffering right now. More than 80 million Americans are struggling to keep up with the cost of housing, health care, food, and keep the lights on at the same time. The President's war in Iran is causing gasoline prices in the United States to climb to their highest level in four years, and the price spikes are rippling throughout the"
Hearing “Housing Affordability: Saving the American Dream”
house Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Subcommittee · Jan 22, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_07 "Take for example in Boston, Massachusetts, which offers a no-interest long-term loan to older and low-income owner occupants to build out smaller independent units in their homes. I know this well. I have a very close family member who is a retiree who renovated her basement and created a three-bedroom apartment generating $2,900 a month in the very same home she owns. On taxes, I want to thank Congress for passing the Working Families Tax Cuts, also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill, saving American families from a massive tax increases and increasing take-home pay, but more can be done...."
Hearing Markup of Fifteen Bills
house Health Subcommittee · Jun 25, 2026 · Transcript
PALLONE, FRANK "The bill, the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act, brings much-needed transparency to our nation's health system and represents the work that this committee has undertaken for several Congresses. American families are currently facing a health care affordability crisis. Almost 50 percent of Americans report difficulty affording health care. More than 40 percent of adults say they have either delayed or foregone medical care because of high"
Hearing Lowering Health Care Costs for All Americans: An Examination of the Prescription Drug Supply Chain
house Health Subcommittee · Feb 11, 2026 · Transcript
PALLONE, FRANK "they would support my legislation to extend negotiated prices to everyone with private health care coverage. The Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act also caps out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs for more Americans and further prevents unfair price hikes for drugs already on the And these are real solutions and stand in sharp contrast to the secret deals that"
Hearing Hearings to examine the state of the U.S. Territories.
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Jun 17, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_00 "Uyfatali Radawagan on behalf of American Samoa and the territories on the U.S. House side. In addition, I'm grateful to the Interagency Group on the Insula Areas, IGIA, for its role in coordinating federal engagement and helping advance critical infrastructure and economic development priorities across our islands. American Samoa has proudly been part of the American family for 126 years. As America's only permanent sovereign presence south of the equator, American Samoa occupies a unique place in the Indo-Pacific region. Yet, our greatest contribution to this nation is not our location. It..."
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.1547, to amend title 54, United States Code, to reauthorize the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund.
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Jun 17, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_00 "Uyfatali Radawagan on behalf of American Samoa and the territories on the U.S. House side. In addition, I'm grateful to the Interagency Group on the Insula Areas, IGIA, for its role in coordinating federal engagement and helping advance critical infrastructure and economic development priorities across our islands. American Samoa has proudly been part of the American family for 126 years. As America's only permanent sovereign presence south of the equator, American Samoa occupies a unique place in the Indo-Pacific region. Yet, our greatest contribution to this nation is not our location. It..."
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
KEITH SONDERLING "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 undercutting our system. Those grants have been canceled. You know what we're doing with those"
Hearing Fiscal Year 2026 Legislative Branch Bill, Updated Interim Subcommittee Allocations
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 26, 2025 · Transcript
DELAURO, ROSA L. "then the outcome is that the government shuts down. So when the Congress passes an appropriation, it is a law, the legally binding expression of Congress's constitutional power of the purse. My colleagues, the executive branch is not carrying out our laws as intended or as required. The administration has stolen promise of supports, investments, and benefits that we have promised to American families, to veterans, farmers, state and local communities, to the tune of $425 billion in investments that would help Americans with the cost of living and have been delayed or canceled. I point to a..."
Hearing Converging Criminal Enterprises: Chinese Money Laundering Networks and Cartel Financing in the U.S. Financial System
house Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee · Jun 9, 2026 · Transcript
GREEN, AL "the bipartisan U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission concluded the U.S. anti-money syndicates from exploiting cryptocurrency to launder the billions of dollars they steal from Americans each day. This hearing could have been a constructive bipartisan discussion of protecting American families from foreign and domestic cryptocurrency scams and criminal networks, but instead, my colleagues are ignoring these homegrown problems while Americans suffer. I thank you, Mr. Chairman, and look forward to our time with the"
Hearing Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Bill
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 24, 2026 · Transcript
DELAURO, ROSA L. "I support the courageous men and women who serve our country in uniform, and I understand the need to make investments accordingly. But we need not cut non-defense programs that lower costs and help families afford basic necessities like groceries, housing, child care, and health care. care. We ought to work together to provide relief for American families. That is what I intend to do as we continue our work on this committee. In the meantime, I oppose the bill under consideration as it abandons a key U.S. ally in their fight for independence from Russian aggression. It emboldens this..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the affordability agenda.
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jun 23, 2026 · Transcript
JULIE MARGETTA MORGAN "And then rising utility costs are also hurting the poorest families as well. This is really an acute problem for families right now. We've seen cuts to Medicaid that have taken insurance away from families. We've seen the failure to extend the ACA premium tax credits that has jacked up the cost of health insurance premiums for many American families. We're also seeing increasing costs on employer-sponsored plans. So people are really faced with a choice right now of being uninsured or choosing kind of like a skimpier health insurance plan in order to get"
Hearing H.R. 8870, Building Unrivaled Infrastructure and Long-term Development for America's 250th Act (BUILD America 250 Act); and other matters cleared...
house Transportation and Infrastructure Committee · May 21, 2026 · Transcript
UNKNOWN "Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As of today, national average gas prices are $4.55 per gallon, which is $1.37 up since last year. American families across the country are feeling the pressure of rising costs, and part of the work that we are doing here today is giving the American people multiple solutions to weather this current energy crisis we find ourselves in. One solution includes expanding publicly available electric vehicle charging networks across our"
Hearing The Fiscal Year 2027 Department of Energy Budget.
house Energy Subcommittee · Apr 16, 2026 · Transcript
CASTOR, KATHY "They were fired. Now DOE faces a historic labor shortage. It calls into question whether you can administer the law as Congress intended. You've lost so many people that now, rather than address it, you request new power for political appointees alone to make these decisions. This opens the door to more corruption and grift that has become a hallmark of the Trump administration. This budget does nothing to help hardworking American families. In fact, it actively hurts them. It's a budget that will leave the United States further behind our competitors in the global energy race while callously..."
Hearing H.R. 8481, the Kayleigh’s Law Act of 2026; H. J. Res. 1, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the...
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 3, 2026 · Transcript
BIGGS, ANDY "And that's what this bill is about. It's about keeping a promise, a promise that we will do everything within our power to prevent the next family receiving that horrible phone call, a promise that we will not accept preventable tragedies at the cost of failed policies, a promise that we will put the safety of American families first, because we need to be honest about what we are dealing with. Foreign criminal gang members do not come to the United States to contribute to our"
Hearing Budget Hearing – Department of Transportation
house Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee · May 21, 2026 · Transcript
SEAN DUFFY "that millions of Americans rely on every single day. From our runways to our roads to our railroads, we have upgraded our national infrastructure, invested in the backbone of our economy, and made life safer for American families. We are aggressively moving to clear the backlog of 3,200 grants that were left behind in the last administration. Our goal is simple, to ensure that these grants deliver safe, enduring infrastructure that will serve Americans for generations to come. At the FAA, we have kick-started a historic overhaul of our air traffic control system. This has been possible..."
Hearing Hearings to examine tracking prediction markets' exponential growth, focusing on tribal implications and beyond.
senate Indian Affairs Committee · Aug 4, 2026 · Transcript
TEHASSI HILL "the states' governments started their lotteries to generate revenue for their citizens. Every dollar generated by Indian Gaming goes to fund health care and education for our children, housing for our elderly, and public safety and infrastructure. Indian Gaming also generates jobs. In 2025, we delivered more than 682,000 jobs for rural American families. These jobs provide stable income and a path to the middle class for tribal citizens and non-members alike in areas where these jobs would not exist otherwise. We've worked under IGRA's framework for over 40 years carefully negotiating..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the reality of Medicaid.
senate Budget Committee · Aug 4, 2026 · Transcript
JONATHAN INGRAM "Medicaid losses never get that far. Bureaucrats wrote rules that enroll people without verifying eligibility and pay providers that nobody has screened. It's fraud by design. The fraud has two faces. Criminal syndicates billing from overseas and rules quietly manipulated from cubicle. But the victims are the same. American families pay their taxes, trusting Congress to spend their carefully. And the people this program was built for, senior citizens, pregnant women, children with disabilities, are left competing for resources that were stolen or diverted by bureaucrats before they ever..."
Hearing “Building an AI-Ready America: How AI Is Creating Opportunities Across America's Workforce”
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 24, 2026 · Transcript
MCBATH, LUCY "pushed to the brink by an economy that works for those only that are already doing well but not for regular people. You should not have to already have money to make money in the United States of America. We cannot allow that to become the norm for an economy that prides itself on the idea of the American dream and opportunity for all. Despite working harder and producing more than ever before, American families cannot afford necessities like groceries, gas, and health care. If we want to make life easier for working people and their families, we must build a future that empowers them to..."
Hearing Business meeting to consider the nominations of Christopher Phelan, of Minnesota, to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, John Crews,...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jul 23, 2026 · Transcript
WARREN, ELIZABETH "He failed. Even so, he has done plenty of damage, taking the cop off the beat and costing American families over $26 billion. That is money directly out of the pockets of hardworking"
Hearing United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First Foreign Policy Through Strategic Diplomacy and Burden Sharing
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript
MEEKS, GREGORY W. "And Ambassador Waltz, you have called Trump's the peace president, yet this administration has gutted U.N. peacekeeping and replaced experienced negotiations with real estate developers. You have been a defender of President Trump's war of choice in Iran, and the war has cost the lives of 18 U.S. service members and achieved none of the core objectives. This includes one of my constituents, Sergeant Angel Ramabeshad from Ozone Park, New York, who was killed just this past Friday. You've done so with indifference to the cost this war has imposed on American families and is upending of the..."
Hearing “False Narratives Surrounding Conditions at the Delaney Hall ICE Detention Center”
house Oversight Subcommittee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript
VAN DREW, JEFFERSON "state, local, and federal officials, we have very few problems anywhere in the country. It's where that cooperation doesn't exist that we have problems. ICE is not supposed to be doing crowd control. They should have help, they could have help. It's wrong that they don't get the help that they need. Democrats, on the other hand, continue to choose the side of illegal immigrants over the American people. Only a few weeks ago, they convened a field hearing to give voice to illegal criminal immigrants in detention at Newark. And I would ask them, when's the last time they convened a hearing for..."
Hearing Unleashing the Golden Age of Science: Examining the Priorities of the FY2027 Research and Technology Enterprise
house Science, Space, and Technology Committee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_15 "I think the one thing is I think we continue to emphasize areas where the American people care and are interested, and that is particularly in AI for health. If we can show that artificial intelligence can dramatically change and improve the conditions of health care in America, that's something that everyone cares about, and it matters for every American family. Right. Thank you, and Chairman, I yield back. I think the ratepayer protection pledge is one of the announcements by the president that is"
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
LAURENCE J. SOCHA "and represent the values that define our nation. I'm here today because of the hard work of a kid who mined at his father's store in Chicopee, Massachusetts, during the Great Depression, because an Italian-American family escaped Mussolini's fascism in 1930, and because a nurse and a pharmacist fell in love in a hospital in Chicago 50 years ago. My grandparents and parents taught me the value of integrity and the importance of hard"
Hearing Business meeting to consider the nominations of Daniel Desmond Domenico, of Colorado, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit,...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 16, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_09 "the fentanyl crisis, and cashless bail. I'm so grateful that the whole of this administration with Todd Blanche leading the DOJ has prioritized all four of these issues. I'm asking the committee not to wait until another mother is sitting where I am. Confirm Todd Blanche. He is a leader who will uphold the law, honor victims, confront dangerous criminal organizations, and fight to give other American families the safety and lasting protection that came too late for mine. I couldn't save my daughter but Todd Blanche's Attorney General, he might save yours because next time it could be your..."
Hearing H.R. 9641, H.R. 3108, H.R. 9642, H.R. 9468, H.R. 3514, H.R. 9644, and H.R. 9645
house Ways and Means Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript
NEAL, RICHARD E. "Every promise they have made to lower costs on their websites doesn't seem to be consistent with the service that the President has offered to cut health care from the American family. Our friends and colleagues across the Republican caucus, they know that America is poorer and sicker because of what they've denied the American people that was carefully negotiated over decades and"
Hearing Hearings to examine the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress.
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript
WARREN, ELIZABETH "party-line vote for Fed chair for the first time ever in our history. You were confirmed by the Senate in the tightest vote for a Fed chair in U.S. history. So you now face an uphill battle to show that you have the independence needed to run America's central bank and to serve American families, and not just President Trump and his billionaire friends. Now, President Trump's corruption and failed economic agenda is raising costs across the board. Inflation has kept real wages from growing for the third consecutive month. That means in the Trump"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be Attorney General.
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript
THE HONORABLE TODD BLANCHE "I rose through the ranks of the Department of Justice as a line prosecutor, then a division chief, then as of last year, deputy attorney general, and now acting attorney general, but I did not take that path for a title. I took it to make a difference for American families and the towns they call home. I am exceedingly grateful to President Trump for his trust and to my family who have carried me through every long day and late"
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The Modes of Constitutional Analysis: Moral Reasoning and the National Ethos (Part 6)
Posts · Jan 13, 2022
This Legal Sidebar Post is the sixth in a nine-part series that discusses certain “methods” or “modes” of analysis that the Supreme Court has employed to determine the meaning of a provision within...
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Need-Tested Benefits: Who Receives Assistance?
Reports · Jun 30, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the financial insecurity faced by some families. For some, these insecurities are related to the economic impact of the pandemic; for others, financial...
Hearing Lowering Health Care Costs for All Americans: An Examination of the U.S. Provider Landscape
house Health Subcommittee · Mar 18, 2026 · Request transcript
Witness: Mr. R. Shawn Martin, American Academy of Family Physicians
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Americans’ Investment Options in Capital Markets for Retirement
Resources · May 24, 2024
One of the main ways Americans prepare for retirement is to invest in various financial assets. Their investment options include investing directly in stocks, bonds, and investment funds through...
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The Law of Asylum Procedure at the Border: Statutes and Agency Implementation
Reports · Apr 9, 2021
The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) generally provides for the removal of non-U.S. citizens or nationals (“aliens,” under the INA) encountered at the border without valid entry documents,...
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U.S. Forest Ownership and Management
InFocus · Dec 16, 2021
The United States contains 765 million acres of forestland. The potential scope of congressional involvement in U.S. forest resources varies, based primarily on ownership. The majority (69%) of U.S....
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Saving for Retirement: Household Decisionmaking and Policy Options
Reports · Jul 2, 2020
Retirement saving and financial planning have become more important for achieving financial security during retirement. After three decades of growth, employer-sponsored defined contribution (DC)...
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The Nineteenth Amendment and Women’s Suffrage Part 4: The Progressive Era and Ratification
Posts · Jan 13, 2023
This Legal Sidebar is the fourth in a six-part series that discusses the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which recognized women’s voting rights. Shortly before Election Day 2022, a group of...
CRS Report
Farm Bill Primer: SNAP and Nutrition Title Programs
InFocus · Apr 15, 2026
The Nutrition title of the farm bill typically reauthorizes a number of nutrition or domestic food assistance programs, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly the...
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How the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” (TCJA, P.L. 115-97) Changed Cost Recovery and the Tax Credit for Research
Resources · Nov 12, 2024
Tax benefits for investments in research and development are of long-standing interest to Congress and the business community. The 2017 tax cut, commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act...
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Asylum Processing at the Border: Legal Basics
Posts · Mar 19, 2021
Recent statistics and reports from the southern border show a sharp increase in the arrival of non-U.S. nationals (called “aliens” under governing law) who lack visas or other valid entry documents....
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Implementation of the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Guidance and Legal Considerations
Reports · May 16, 2023
This report discusses P.L. 117-169, a budget reconciliation measure often referred to as the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and its creation of the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program (the...
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Material Support for Terrorism Is Not Always an “Act of International Terrorism,” Second Circuit Holds
Posts · Mar 5, 2018
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (Second Circuit) recently overturned a jury verdict deeming one of the largest financial institutions in the Middle East liable for providing...
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 · Request transcript
Hearing Legislative Presentation of The American Legion & Multi VSOs: Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A, Minority Veterans of America, National Association...
house Veterans' Affairs Committee · Feb 26, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative presentation of The American Legion and multi VSOs:...
senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · Feb 26, 2025 · Request transcript