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Hearing H.R. 9607, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Workforce Development Act"; H.R. 9609, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Student Aid Act"; H.R. 9602, "Less...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript · 7 transcript matches
BONAMICI, SUZANNE "Education transferring offices and programs to other federal agencies without congressional approval, which is necessary, and now the committee majority trying to provide cover for that unlawful activity. This bill would codify the unlawful move of many higher education programs, including TRIO, teacher preparation grants, funds for minority serving institutions, and many more, to the Department of Labor. The Department of Labor has not administered or overseen programs like this before and is not equipped to do so now. That's not a criticism of the Department of Labor. It is just not their..."
Hearing Business meeting to consider the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be Attorney General.
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026 · Transcript · 7 transcript matches
KLOBUCHAR, AMY "be investigated, and they are now. Instead of cooperating with local law enforcement, which I pressed the department to do from the beginning, and as the Justice Department had done in past cases, including following the assassination of Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, the marching orders from the Justice Department to federal prosecutors in Minnesota were to investigate Renee Good and her wife. Joe Thompson, who is the lead fraud prosecutor in my state and who I recommended to serve as acting U.S. attorney under this administration and was appointed as acting, he resigned after"
CRS Report
Defense Primer: Department of Defense Contractors
InFocus · Feb 6, 2026
Throughout its history, the Department of Defense (DOD), which is “using a secondary Department of War designation,” under Executive Order 14347 dated September 5, 2025, has relied on contractors to...
CRS Report
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2023: Overview and Selected Issues
Reports · Jan 8, 2024
The annual Department of Defense appropriations act provides discretionary funding for nearly all military-related activities of the Department of Defense (DOD) except the construction of facilities...
Hearing Hearings to examine data and profit, focusing on the consumer cost of AI surveillance pricing.
senate Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism Subcommittee · Aug 4, 2026 · Transcript · 6 transcript matches
KLOBUCHAR, AMY "be investigated, and they are now. Instead of cooperating with local law enforcement, which I pressed the department to do from the beginning, and as the Justice Department had done in past cases, including following the assassination of Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, the marching orders from the Justice Department to federal prosecutors in Minnesota were to investigate Renee Good and her wife. Joe Thompson, who is the lead fraud prosecutor in my state and who I recommended to serve as acting U.S. attorney under this administration, and was appointed as acting, he resigned after..."
Hearing Hearings to examine prescribing sunshine, focusing on how competition and transparency lowers prescription drug costs.
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026 · Transcript · 6 transcript matches
KLOBUCHAR, AMY "be investigated, and they are now. Instead of cooperating with local law enforcement, which I pressed the department to do from the beginning, and as the Justice Department had done in past cases, including following the assassination of Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, the marching orders from the Justice Department to federal prosecutors in Minnesota were to investigate Renee Good and her wife. Joe Thompson, who is the lead fraud prosecutor in my state and who I recommended to serve as acting U.S. attorney under this administration, and was appointed as acting, he resigned after..."
CRS Report
Congressional Oversight of the State Department: Review of Selected Organizational Reform Efforts
Reports · Dec 20, 2021
Over the past several decades, Members of Congress, former and current senior State Department officials, academics and think-tank analysts, and other stakeholders have proposed numerous initiatives...
CRS Report
Defense Primer: The Department of Defense
InFocus · Jul 31, 2026
The Department of Defense (DOD) was established after World War II by the 1947 National Security Act (P.L. 80-253). At the time, some policymakers, including former President Truman, took the view...
CRS Report
Department of Energy’s Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence (OICI)
Resources · Jun 7, 2024
Background The Department of Energy’s Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence (OICI) can trace its origins to the Second World War, when the U.S. government sought to collect intelligence on...
CRS Report
Climate Change Adaptation: Department of the Interior
Reports · Feb 25, 2021
The Department of the Interior (DOI) and many agencies within it, including the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), National Park Service (NPS), U.S. Fish and...
CRS Report
Association Health Plans: Some Key Aspects of the Labor Department’s Proposed Rule
Posts · Feb 9, 2018
Association health plans (AHPs) are in the spotlight due to a recent Labor Department proposed rule that aims to broaden access to this type of health insurance coverage. The proposed rule responds...
CRS Report
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: FY2024 Budget and Appropriations
Reports · Jul 16, 2024
Each year, Congress considers 12 distinct appropriations measures to fund federal programs and activities. One of these is the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPS)...
CRS Report
Connecting Constituents with Federal Programs for Firefighters and Fire Departments
Resources · Nov 6, 2024
This In Focus includes a list of selected federal agencies and programs that may support fire departments seeking funding for a variety of activities, including, but not limited to, equipment...
CRS Report
Termination of the State Department’s Global Engagement Center
Posts · Dec 26, 2024
The legislative authority for the Department of State’s Global Engagement Center (GEC), which carries out activities to counter foreign disinformation and propaganda and coordinates related...
CRS Report
Department of the Interior Law Enforcement Programs
Resources · Jan 8, 2024
Overview The Department of the Interior (DOI) employs law enforcement officers (LEOs) for a variety of purposes including fostering public safety, protecting natural and cultural resources, and...
Hearing Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be Attorney General.
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript · 5 transcript matches
GRASSLEY, CHUCK "As I recall, as a result of that hearing, the president issued an executive order and an investigation was started in your department, and I've sensed some pause in that right now, so if confirmed, do you have a commitment that the Justice Department will make antitrust enforcement a priority, and since I think there aren't too many people in the Justice Department who know much about agriculture, with some concentration on agriculture. Our committee has received a lot of outreach about the department's litigation position in Louisiana versus FDA. The plaintiffs in this case challenged the..."
CRS Report
FY2025 Budget Request: Department of Defense-Military (Subfunction 051)
Posts · Oct 21, 2024
On March 11, 2024, the Biden Administration released an FY2025 budget requesting a total of $7.5 trillion in budget authority. Of this total, $850 billion (11.35%) covered discretionary spending for...
CRS Report
State Department Country Reports on Terrorism: 2001–2021
Resources · Jul 21, 2023
Overview By April 30 of each year, 22 U.S.C §2656f requires the Secretary of State to provide Congress an annual country report on terrorism. The report must contain “detailed assessments with...
CRS Report
Executive Branch Service and the “Revolving Door” in Cabinet Departments: Background and Issues for Congress
Reports · Oct 7, 2019
Individuals may be subject to certain restrictions when leaving the government for private employment or joining the government from the private sector. These restrictions were enacted in response to...
CRS Report
Department of the Interior and Environmental Justice: Overview and Current Policies
Reports · Jan 27, 2022
The term environmental justice has different meanings in different contexts but generally refers to the notion of equitable or fair distribution of environmental benefits and burdens. Although there...
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.275, to improve the provision of care and services under the Veterans Community Care Program of the Department of...
senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · Jul 30, 2025 · Request transcript
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 SCHATZ, BRIAN
Business meeting to consider S.239, to take certain mineral interests ...
senate Indian Affairs Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"The amendment is not agreed to. Are there further amendments? Yes. I'd like to bring up KAT 26540. 26506. This is so simple. Any land exchange, public sector, private sector, you need an appraisal. This requires an appraisal. The Interior Department, and I want everyone to hear this. The Interior Department, this Interior Department stated for the record that quote, it is unclear whether the parcels to be conveyed are of equal value and quote, the department has recommended that the proposed..."
Testimony BONAMICI, SUZANNE
H.R. 9607, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Workforce Development Act"; H.R. ...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Education transferring offices and programs to other federal agencies without congressional approval, which is necessary, and now the committee majority trying to provide cover for that unlawful activity. This bill would codify the unlawful move of many higher education programs, including TRIO, teacher preparation grants, funds for minority serving institutions, and many more, to the Department of Labor. The Department of Labor has not administered or overseen programs like this before and is..."
Testimony THE HONORABLE CALEB ORR
More Bang for the Buck: Aligning Commercial Diplomacy Between State an...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"Thank you for the opportunity to testify, and I look forward to your questions. FORGE? Thank you Madam Chairwoman and let me just start by saying that we work very closely with the Department of Commerce and I think the the challenge is mainly jurisdictional. The State Department is in over 170 countries in the world, Commerce is at over 80 and so the State Department will do commercial advocacy for U.S. companies no matter where we are. Some subset of those cases where Commerce is present come..."
Testimony SPEAKER_13
Hearings to examine protecting American citizenship, focusing on Ameri...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"But fraud on the court stands apart as an allegation. My view is that this is the first time that the Department of Justice, certainly any senior the Department of Justice, certainly any senior officials in the Department of Justice, have ever been accused of committing fraud on a federal court. And that matter is pending down in Florida. Interestingly, the Department of Justice chose not to respond to the court when the court said, yeah, I'm going to reopen this matter and let's take a look at..."
Testimony SPEAKER_02
Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal...
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Apr 29, 2026
"This budget, as you have all read, includes three unification proposals, and I specifically say unification, not consolidation, because we're unifying without cutting corners, but we're unifying to improve efficiency. Two of those include unifications that are across Departments, coordinated by the White House and with the support of the multiple Departments, and a further one is just within our own Department. One of the two, the further strategic unification of wildland fire programs into the..."
Testimony MORELLE, JOSEPH D.
Committee on House Administration Full Committee Markup
house Committee on House Administration · Apr 22, 2026
"support this legislation, which, as you said, allows the Capitol Police Board to grant mandatory retirement exemptions of officers up to 65 rather than the current age of 60. The men and women of the United States Capitol Police have one of the most important and challenging jobs of the legislative branch. They protect the Capitol campus and the thousands of members, staff, and visitors who occupy it every day. They investigate threats, provide protective details, screen visitors, respond to..."
Testimony UNKNOWN
“Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part I”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jan 7, 2026
"At the end of the motion, I'd like to add, pursuant to Clause 2K6 of House Rule 11, the committee shall subpoena all documents and communications from the Department of Defense regarding the military service record of Representative Cory Mills of Florida. Amen. All documents, communications, and contracts from the Department of Defense, Department of Justice, of Interior, of Homeland Security, and Department of State related to Representative Cory Mills of Florida. And any business in which he..."
Hearing Hearings to examine S.124, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for disciplinary procedures for supervisors and managers at the...
senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · Mar 11, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Hearings to examine S.749, to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend increased dependency and indemnity compensation paid to surviving...
senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · Apr 29, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.342, to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize an individual who is awarded the Purple Heart for service...
senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · Mar 18, 2026 · Request transcript
Witness Justin Campbell
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department · 1 hearing
Witness Bette Brand
United States Department of Agriculture · 1 hearing
Witness Xochitl Torres Small
United States Department of Agriculture · 1 hearing
Witness Commissioner Andrew Mais
Connecticut Insurance Department · 1 hearing
Witness Ali Mirzakhalili
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality · 1 hearing
Witness Clint Woods
Indiana Department of Environmental Management · 1 hearing
Witness Jeff Novak
U.S. Department of Energy · 1 hearing
Witness David Cattler
U.S. Department of Defense · 1 hearing
Witness Tim Boring
Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development · 1 hearing
Witness Evan Carey
Veteran Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs · 1 hearing
Hearing Hearings to examine S.342, to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize an individual who is awarded the Purple Heart for service in the...
senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · Dec 10, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing H.R. 6654, the “Veterans Affairs Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act”; H.R. 7280, the “Veteran DATA Act”; H.R. 7319, the “VA Bonus and...
house Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee · Mar 25, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of John Noh, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary, Charles Young III, of West Virginia, to be General...
senate Armed Services Committee · Oct 7, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Business meeting to consider the nominations of William L. Doffermyre, of Texas, to be Solicitor of the Department of the Interior, and Catherine...
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · May 14, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Consideration of the Oversight Plan for the Committee on Homeland Security for the 119th Congress; H.R. 1000, (Mr. Green of TN) the "Cyber PIVOTT...
house Homeland Security Committee · Feb 26, 2025 · Request transcript
Testimony COURTNEY, JOE
H.R. 9607, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Workforce Development Act"; H.R. ...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"The legal authority to dismantle the department, I think, is completely unfounded. But nonetheless, that did not stop the Trump administration from just shoving these programs over to the Department of Labor. And, you know, we had hearings over the last year or so where warnings were made by people who worked at the Department of Labor in terms of the Employment and Training Administration, which is going to be the recipient of the funds, which is that that Department of Labor is already..."
Testimony SPEAKER_06
H.R. 9607, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Workforce Development Act"; H.R. ...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, for several months the Department of Education has sent a number of employees to the Department of Labor as detail to continue their work previously housed at the Department of Education. On top of navigating increased workloads following the mass layoffs last"
Testimony SPEAKER_06
H.R. 9607, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Workforce Development Act"; H.R. ...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This amendment prohibits the implementation of the law until the department provides a cost breakdown of the transfer from the Department of Education to the Department of the Treasury. The amendment also establishes ongoing monitoring, reporting, and oversight requirements to ensure Congress and the public can evaluate how the student loan portfolio is being administered throughout any"
Testimony SPEAKER_06
H.R. 9607, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Workforce Development Act"; H.R. ...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"There are currently nearly 43 million federal student loan borrowers with over $1.6 trillion in federal student loan debt. Each of them will be impacted by moving the department, moving the responsibilities from the Department of Education to the Department of Treasury. Instead of conducting actual oversight on the department, the majority is trying to win political points with the"
Testimony TAKANO, MARK
H.R. 9607, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Workforce Development Act"; H.R. ...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"up the department doesn't lessen bureaucracy, it increases it. The severely reduced office and move to the Department of Labor, through an interagency agreement, has massively slowed the efficiency of the OPE. The Department of Labor does not have the infrastructure nor the staff expertise to effectively operate these programs, meaning congressionally mandated funding is significantly slower to get out the door. The administration also promised that Americans would pay less taxes with the..."
Testimony SPEAKER_06
H.R. 9607, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Workforce Development Act"; H.R. ...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"In that case, if he has that power, then what are we doing here? If he can just do it, let him do it. If he and the secretary can take these actions to reduce the size of the department and send its functions to departments far and wide, close the department, and all but name, why do we need bills to essentially do the same thing? Either he has the power, and this is an academic exercise, or he does not have the power, and over all of our time spent could be better spent conducting oversight on..."
Testimony HEINRICH, MARTIN
Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal...
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Apr 29, 2026
"concerned that over the last year we have seen a hollowing out of the Department of Interior. Nearly 20% of Department of Interior staff have been either pushed out or have left or have retired. And, and yet the department recently offered another round of deferred resignations. And I hear from my state on the ground about not being able to get messages returned, phone calls back, permits, permits approved. So why is the department continuing to offer buyouts and deferred resignations when that..."
Testimony KLOBUCHAR, AMY
Business meeting to consider the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florid...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"be investigated, and they are now. Instead of cooperating with local law enforcement, which I pressed the department to do from the beginning, and as the Justice Department had done in past cases, including following the assassination of Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, the marching orders from the Justice Department to federal prosecutors in Minnesota were to investigate Renee Good and her wife. Joe Thompson, who is the lead fraud prosecutor in my state and who I recommended to serve..."
Testimony KLOBUCHAR, AMY
Hearings to examine data and profit, focusing on the consumer cost of ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"be investigated, and they are now. Instead of cooperating with local law enforcement, which I pressed the department to do from the beginning, and as the Justice Department had done in past cases, including following the assassination of Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, the marching orders from the Justice Department to federal prosecutors in Minnesota were to investigate Renee Good and her wife. Joe Thompson, who is the lead fraud prosecutor in my state and who I recommended to serve..."
Testimony KLOBUCHAR, AMY
Hearings to examine prescribing sunshine, focusing on how competition ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"be investigated, and they are now. Instead of cooperating with local law enforcement, which I pressed the department to do from the beginning, and as the Justice Department had done in past cases, including following the assassination of Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, the marching orders from the Justice Department to federal prosecutors in Minnesota were to investigate Renee Good and her wife. Joe Thompson, who is the lead fraud prosecutor in my state and who I recommended to serve..."
Testimony DURBIN, RICHARD J.
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Todd Blanche, of Flori...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 23, 2026
"is easily explained or dismissed. Whether Biden was right with his pardons, I'll leave it to you to make your own judgment. But to say the president's pardon of these cop beaters is somehow excusable because of that is just not the same. I want to take a moment to respond to the claim that Todd Blanche's confirmation hearing, Democrats had never criticized the Biden Justice Department actions. This is simply and provably false. When I was chair of this committee, we held regular oversight..."
Testimony DAINES, STEVE
An oversight hearing to examine the Federal Regulatory Commission.
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"It requires all conditions to be directly related to a project. This just makes sense. In fact, this week I sent a letter to FERC, the Department of Interior, the Department of Ag, and the Department of Commerce asking them to initiate a rulemaking to address hydropower licensing including mandatory conditions. I'm going to sound like Chairman Lee now under Section 4E and Section 18 of the Federal Power"
Testimony SPEAKER_20
United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First F...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"outside of the UN building right there in New York. I know we're running out of time. I will come back to you and sit down with you in terms of the actions the Treasury Department, the Commerce Department, and the State Department will be taking, and us here at the UN, to take on yet another communist dictatorship in the Western Hemisphere. We are providing life-saving aid, as you know, in response to the earthquake. We are clearing out the Cubans, Russians, Chinese, Iranians out of Iran. They..."
Testimony KEITH SONDERLING
Hearings to examine the nomination of Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"It's dealing with providing the Department of Education a service. And I can tell you that the Department of Education career staff have been detailed to the Department of Labor and they're making those policy decisions regarding the pre-K through 12 program, regarding OCTAE, regarding those other decisions where the Department of Labor is assisting them on the back end with these grant systems, working with states. And the states love this. 21 states have now submitted a joint plan for..."
Testimony BALDWIN, TAMMY
Hearings to examine the nomination of Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"State and public school districts previously had to work with just one department, Department of Education. Now they're forced to work with multiple departments, multiple grant systems, and it's particularly concerning as this administration continues their dismantling effort for the Department of Education, now moving IDEA and special education to the Department of Health and Human Services. Parents and their children really gain nothing from separating federal education"
Testimony CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON
Hearings to examine the nominations of Donald Blome, of Illinois, to b...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"Sir, to bluntly answer your question, it's going to be boots on ground, getting my hands dirty, bringing in joint task force, working with a myriad of agencies. Not one agency has all of the tools, so it'll be State Department, Department of Justice, Department of War, and then our regional allies to really attack the scam centers. And then I believe if you attack the scam centers and eliminate that problem, you also see beneficial aspects on a number of other problems. It will eliminate a..."
Testimony WARREN, ELIZABETH
Hearings to examine the nominations of Francis Brooke, of Virginia, to...
senate Finance Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So as part of Donald Trump's crusade to illegally abolish the Department of Education, Trump has moved the management of defaulted student loans from the Education Department over to over to the Treasury Department. Now make no mistake, this is not a decision that is made to try to help people who are dealing with student"
Testimony WHITEHOUSE, SHELDON
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Daniel Desmond Domenic...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"that I had dealt with. Yeah, they were pretty scarce until now. It was pretty unusual to have judges say that arguments were made in bad faith, that arguments were made as pretexts, that arguments were disingenuous, that arguments were shoddy or terrible, that the department was losing or sacrificing its credibility, that the department was disrespecting orders of the court, that the department had lied or was engaged in sham, that there was willful and intentional non-compliance or willful..."
Testimony HIRONO, MAZIE K.
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Daniel Desmond Domenic...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"Todd Blanche has fired more than 1,200 former career DOJ employees who worked for both Republican and Democratic administrations. This doesn't even include all of the DOJ attorneys who resigned because they didn't want to be part of the kind of DOJ that Todd Blanche is creating, which is basically not a Department is creating, which is basically not a Department of Justice but a Department of Retribution and Corruption, in my view. Ms. Oyer, what risks does this pose to our country for the kind..."
Testimony ROUNDS, MIKE
Hearings to examine the nomination of Walter Clayton, of New York, to ...
senate Intelligence (Select) Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"He made the most of his time in New York by prosecuting some of America's worst enemies and threats to our national security – Mohamed al-Sadiyah, the Iranian-Iraqi national responsible for over a dozen terrorist attacks in Europe and two attempted attacks in America, Nicolas Maduro, and other narco-terrorists. These efforts required extensive coordination with the intelligence community and larger national security enterprise, including the Department of Justice, the Department of the..."
Testimony GRASSLEY, CHUCK
Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"As I recall, as a result of that hearing, the president issued an executive order and an investigation was started in your department, and I've sensed some pause in that right now, so if confirmed, do you have a commitment that the Justice Department will make antitrust enforcement a priority, and since I think there aren't too many people in the Justice Department who know much about agriculture, with some concentration on agriculture. Our committee has received a lot of outreach about the..."
Testimony WHITEHOUSE, SHELDON
Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"let's move on to Trump versus IRS. Our research indicates that senior DOJ officials have never in the history of the Department before faced a judicial inquiry into a fraud on the court participated in by the Department of Justice. That was the inquiry opened in Florida. The question about fraud on the court committed by the Department of Justice remains open in the judge's decision. Here's what she did find. She found that the Department of Justice colluded with the Trump plaintiffs, that the..."
Testimony WHITEHOUSE, SHELDON
Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"controversy amici, filed nothing related to the withdrawal of the complaint, filed no settlement, and filed no response to the fraud on the court inquiry. To me, as a one-time litigator, that looks like really weird behavior. And when, for the first time in history, there's inquiry into fraud upon the court committed by the Department of Justice, the silence from the department in response to that is deafening, Mr. Blanch. Deafening. And it strikes me that the stratagem here was to file no..."
Testimony PADILLA, ALEX
Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Mr. Blanche, during our courtesy meeting a few weeks ago, you said that, quote, independence of the Department was a misnomer in the context of the Department of Justice because the President sets policies and priorities, and your view, the Department of Justice must enforce the law in a way that carries out the President's goals. Do you recall that"
Testimony REED, JACK
Hearings to examine the nominations of Jules Hurst III, of Virginia, t...
senate Armed Services Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"Department's FY2027 budget request assumed an additional $350 billion in reconciliation funding for barracks repair and munitions and aircraft procurement, among other priorities. In my view, the outlook for another reconciliation bill is very dubious. Mr. Hirsh, I want to know the Department's plan if that funding does not materialize. I would note that last year's reconciliation bill provided $150 billion to the Department of Defense and the National Nuclear Security Administration. But as of..."
Testimony SPEAKER_22
updated Subcommittee Rosters due to changes on the Majority side; Gene...
house Transportation and Infrastructure Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"This year, the president's budget request includes billions of dollars in cuts to America's public schools and universities. Meanwhile, the president has requested a 35 percent increase for nuclear weapons programs in the Department of Energy, which is the department that is to move into the Department of Education's headquarters. This year, the administration's requested 98 billion dollars for nuclear weapons and only 75 billion for the entire Department of"
Testimony SPEAKER_10
Oversight Hearing - Office of Management and Budget
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"But I appreciate where you are. I understood it better the first year because you were just coming in. But for year two, I think it's problematic for us. And it's not just with respect to OMB. It's from the departments across the board. But let me just ask you this, because I'm running out of time. Last week at one of the appropriations markups, there was a discussion. I know you're using the phrase Department of War instead of Department of Defense. But we were told that the CBO said it's..."
Testimony SPEAKER_05
Hearings to examine the nominations of Barbera Thornhill, of North Car...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"Chairman Haggerty, Ranking Member Cain and distinguished members of the House, I am honored to be President Trump's nominee for U. S. Ambassador to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea. I deeply appreciate the confidence and trust the President and the Secretary of State have shown in nominating me. If confirmed, I look forward to working with Congress to advance our interest in Equatorial Guinea. I'm grateful today to my family, my wife, who is here today, and our children and their families who..."
Testimony SCOTT, ROBERT C. "BOBBY"
H.R. 8476, "No Antisemitism in Education Act of 2026"; H.R. 4795, "Pro...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"In fact, the majority can bring these bills forward knowing full well that the duties of Congress have already placed on the department are being sent all over Washington to other agencies with interagency agreements is shocking. Just this month, the department entered into an interagency agreement with the Department of Justice to transfer the investigative work of the Office of Civil Rights to the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division. Begs the question, what will OCR be able to tell us..."
Testimony WHITEHOUSE, SHELDON
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Daniel Mack Traynor, o...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"that I had dealt with. Yeah, they were pretty scarce until now. It was pretty unusual to have judges say that arguments were made in bad faith, that arguments were made as pretexts, that arguments were disingenuous, that arguments were shoddy or terrible, that the department was losing or sacrificing its credibility, that the department was disrespecting orders of the court, that the department had lied or was engaged in sham, that there was willful and intentional non-compliance or willful..."
Testimony HIRONO, MAZIE K.
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Daniel Mack Traynor, o...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"Todd Blanche has fired more than 1,200 former career DOJ employees who worked for both Republican and Democratic administrations. This doesn't even include all of the DOJ attorneys who resigned because they didn't want to be part of the kind of DOJ that Todd Blanche is creating, which is basically not a Department is creating, which is basically not a Department of Justice but a Department of Retribution and Corruption, in my view. Ms. Oyer, what risks does this pose to our country for the kind..."
Testimony THE HONORABLE DAVID STEINER
Hearings to examine reforming the U.S. Postal Service's business model...
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"No, I could not. Well, I used to be a lawyer. Yeah, no, I am absolutely glad to get our staff together with your staff. I know that those were issues. I know that the oath was an issue. And I know that our legal department and the Department of Commerce's and the Census Bureau's legal departments looked at those issues, resolved those issues. I cannot tell you the fundamental underpinnings of the legal statutes that do that, but absolutely glad to have anyone on your staff or yourself talk with..."
Testimony MORELLE, JOSEPH D.
Committee on House Administration Full Committee Markup on Various Mea...
house Committee on House Administration · Jun 24, 2026
"the department must stay focused on its core mission, screening at our doors, inspecting vehicles, assessing threats in time to act on them, and new authorities like this one should reinforce that mission, not pull focus from it. I expect Congress will need to continue to adapt as technology continues to change, and I hope the department will continue to work closely with subject matter experts at the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense, the Department of Transportation..."
Testimony LEVIN, MIKE
Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Bill
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"He was the man who commanded D-Day. He saw more war than anybody in this room ever will. He reorganized the department from the ground up in 1958, but he kept the name defense because as he said at the time, the future would be fought by all services as one single concentrated effort. That's what defense meant to him. Ronald Reagan had every chance too. He signed the largest overhaul of the department since its founding and he built on the Department of Defense, reaching back actually to quote..."
Testimony UNKNOWN
Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Bill
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"Now, was that the Department of Defense's fault? They shouldn't be in charge of doing these kinds of inputs for these kinds of contracts when that's not their role. It should have been the Department of Homeland Security doing that. Even if they're using a defense system, they should be using it themselves, the Department of Homeland Security, with the approval of the Department of Defense, not the other way"
Testimony LEE, MIKE
Hearings to examine the nominations of William Hague, of Washington, t...
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Jun 23, 2026
"The president has submitted the names of three individuals who are before this committee's jurisdiction for assistant secretary positions within two different departments, two at the Department of the Interior and one at the Department of Energy. And today we're going to hear from those nominees. They are Mr. William Haig to be the assistant secretary of the Interior for Insular, International and Ocean"
Testimony HIRONO, MAZIE K.
Hearings to examine the state of the U.S. Territories.
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Jun 17, 2026
"the authority to license intellectual property. The amendment would give the department of the interior authority, similar to that given to the department of defense and the department of homeland security, but without requiring similar governing regulations. I think that is an important aspect to giving this kind of authority to the interior department that the other two departments that have this kind of authority, they did have to undergo rulemaking to implement that"
Testimony SPEAKER_07
Hearings to examine the state of the U.S. Territories.
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Jun 17, 2026
"That cannot happen. In a plebiscite proposed by the resident commissioner of Puerto Rico saying that you can have a territory saying what federal laws applies and what not, and they can have which country they want to do a treaty or not, it's been banned by the Supreme Court of this land and the Department of Justice, by both departments, by the Department of Justice of the Republican Administration and Democratic Administration, both. And the people of Puerto Rico have rejected not once, not..."
Testimony SPEAKER_09
Business meeting to consider S.1547, to amend title 54, United States ...
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Jun 17, 2026
"giving the Department of the Interior the authority to license intellectual property. The amendment would give the Department of the Interior authority similar to that given to the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security, but without requiring similar governing"
Testimony SPEAKER_07
Business meeting to consider S.1547, to amend title 54, United States ...
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Jun 17, 2026
"That cannot happen. In a plebiscite proposed by the resident commissioner of Puerto Rico saying that you can have a territory saying what federal laws applies and what not, and they can have which country they want to do a treaty or not, it's been banned by the Supreme Court of this land and the Department of Justice, by both departments, by the Department of Justice of the Republican Administration and Democratic Administration, both. And the people of Puerto Rico have rejected not once, not..."
Testimony FONG, VINCE
An Overview of the Department of Energy’s Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Requ...
house Science, Space, and Technology Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"From DOE's perspective, what are the national security risks associated with increased reliance on imported oil with California's declining domestic production? And beyond your direct authorities, what coordination mechanisms are in place or what could be strengthened between Department of Energy, Department of War, Department of Interior, and EPA to identify and accelerate opportunities to increase reliable energy production as well as oil and gas production in California? So as you and..."
Testimony TUBERVILLE, TOMMY
Business meeting to markup the National Defense Authorization Act for ...
senate Armed Services Committee · Jun 9, 2026
"families through child care, spouse employment, education, and exceptional family member program improvements. It enhances TRICARE access, suicide prevention efforts, medical readiness, and combat health capabilities. Finally, it reinforces coordination between the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to improve health care delivery and long-term support for service members, veterans, and their families. As I've said before, maintaining the world's strongest military..."
Testimony MAST, BRIAN J.
Various Measures
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jun 9, 2026
"Within the Department of Commerce, there are not enough people to work around the globe to fulfill the needs of what State Department economic officers are filling a gap to do. And those State Department economic officers do not always have the same training as individuals within commerce. And so it's to make sure that those individuals coming out of State Department have the appropriate training opportunity to have the training that they need to do their job in the most effective way as..."
Testimony MAST, BRIAN J.
Various Measures
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jun 9, 2026
"But it doesn't mean that it's not common sense to also give them a level of precise training It's something that they're going to do and so that's my take on this again a number of these economic officers Being tasked to work for Commerce as well as they are abroad, which I love and let's just make sure we get them any Any training that can be valuable to them to make them a better asset to both State Department and Commerce in the end That's what they will be They will be a better asset to..."
Testimony ISSA, DARRELL
Various Measures
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jun 9, 2026
"facilities, and systems and operations. I will tell you that in working in cooperation with the State Department, I was actually shocked that this was not an implicit authority already in the State Department. It, of course, recognizes that the threats are often foreign nationals working within the State Department systems overseas, much of which is outside the purview of the FBI. So this is preserving the coordination with the FBI and the intelligence community and civil liberties while at the..."
Testimony HURD, JEFF
Legislative Hearing on: H.R. 6917 (Rep. Titus) To take certain land in...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 9, 2026
"have faced for far too long. Currently, IHS does not have the authority to provide care for funding related to zoonotic disease prevention or veterinary care, despite this care being important to reducing the public's risk of disease transmission or injury. H.R. 8473 authorizes HHS to use funds for public health veterinary services to address zoonotic diseases. Additionally, IHS would coordinate with the United States Public Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and..."
Testimony HURD, JEFF
Legislative Hearing on: H.R. 6917 (Rep. Titus) To take certain land in...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 9, 2026
"Can you give a couple examples, just concrete examples of instances where current regulations or proposed regulations would place unnecessary burdens on economic development in Indian country? Great, and can you talk for a moment about, I understand the funding issue with respect to the Department of Commerce and in terms of dollars being allocated and the priority being in that department or not being in that department. Can you talk a little bit about why, just from a governmental standpoint,..."
Testimony SPEAKER_06
H.R. 8464 – Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act; H.R. 8312 – Fraud Preven...
house Rules Committee · Jun 8, 2026
"My amendments would fund processing instead of chaos. This money would go to U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Immigration Services, and CBP processing coordinators. DACA recipients are already facing processing"
Testimony SPEAKER_25
Hearing with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"I do not have any details into what that means at this time, but I will note that even the Acting Attorney General Blanch's statement Tuesday, this matter is still subject to ongoing litigation, so I'm unable to comment further on it. That means I'm also not able to discuss any part of the settlement agreement. As with all department litigation, the Department of the Treasury and the IRS are represented by the Justice Department, so any additional questions about the settlement or the fund..."
Testimony SPEAKER_04
"Future of United States Maritime: Review of Fiscal Year 2027 Maritime...
house Transportation and Infrastructure Committee · Jun 3, 2026
"So we have a lot of those sorts of things that we can attack, but I would again come back to starting with cargo. industry? Help me out here. Thank you, ma'am, for that question. Again, I have to come back to the notion that the Department of Transportation and the Maritime Administration are outside of that process. It's a 501A waiver, which means it's done by the Department of War and the Department of Homeland Security. We are not consulted, and we are advised at the end of a voyage when a..."
Testimony SPEAKER_04
"Future of United States Maritime: Review of Fiscal Year 2027 Maritime...
house Transportation and Infrastructure Committee · Jun 3, 2026
"you're talking about there? Well, ma'am, whether or not the American people understand it is, in fact, you know, it's how we operate. So all I can say is... But I mean, it's the That is between the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of War, Department of Defense. We're not involved. I mean, that's just, that's all I can say. I can echo what Secretary Duffy said in his T-HUD testimony, that Secretary Duffy said if we don't have the Jones Act, we would not have a maritime industry..."
Testimony LUTTRELL, MORGAN
“State and Local Cybersecurity: Escalating Threats, Federal Partnershi...
house Homeland Security Committee · May 21, 2026
"from local mom-and-pop shops down the street, and they happen to you, too. The problem is, when they happen to you, oftentimes that's not communicated to us, and the reciprocal of that is when it happens here, it's not communicated to you. Now we have CISA. Mr. Hearn, you mentioned the Department of Energy. I don't know if Ms. Darby or Mr. Spaulding, does the state touch the Department of Energy in any way? I didn't hear you say that. I don't know. It's remarkable how valuable of an asset the..."
Testimony MFUME, KWEISI
“DoW Financial Management: Examining Progress and New Audit Approaches...
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · May 13, 2026
"Last April, we held the third in a series of hearings to address financial accountability in the Department of Defense, and we're back today to continue that conversation, particularly in light of the Department's continued inability—I want to stress that word again, inability—to pass a department-wide audit. I think it's past time that we really saw some progress toward accountability and transparency that's demonstrable and measurable, demonstrable and measurable, because what we've gotten up..."
Testimony BALDWIN, TAMMY
Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fi...
senate Appropriations Committee · Apr 28, 2026
"school districts, and institutions of higher education to bend to the will of the Trump administration or face a loss of federal funding. What the department is doing is transferring the vast majority of its programs to other federal departments, agencies with little experience or expertise or capacity to administer them. This includes moving programs that support elementary schools to the Department of Labor. This isn't reducing"
Testimony BALDWIN, TAMMY
Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fi...
senate Appropriations Committee · Apr 28, 2026
"be toolkits for different universities. You've not returned anything to the states and local school districts that they didn't already have. They have been able to always seek waivers under federal law. They have always had primary authority over education decisions, like hiring teachers and choosing curriculum, and they have always had the flexibility noted in your reminders. So how does requiring states and school districts to interact now with multiple federal agencies, the Department of..."
Testimony ROUNDS, MIKE
Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fi...
senate Appropriations Committee · Apr 28, 2026
"I've appreciated your willingness to visit the issue of bringing the decisions for education back to the states, and your returning education to the states tour I thought was a really good idea. I like the idea that those decisions should be made at the local level, and I think there's a number of areas within the Department of Education that we've been working on through legislation trying to divvy back out again to the departments that they were in before the department was ever created. I..."
Testimony SPEAKER_07
Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fi...
senate Appropriations Committee · Apr 28, 2026
"school districts, and institutions of higher education to bend to the will of the Trump administration or face a loss of federal funding. What the department is doing is transferring the vast majority of its programs to other federal departments, agencies with little experience or expertise or capacity to administer them. This includes moving programs that support elementary schools to the Department of Labor. This isn't reducing"
Testimony SPEAKER_07
Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fi...
senate Appropriations Committee · Apr 28, 2026
"be toolkits for different universities. You've not returned anything to the states and local school districts that they didn't already have. They have been able to always seek waivers under federal law. They have always had primary authority over education decisions, like hiring teachers and choosing curriculum, and they have always had the flexibility noted in your reminders. So how does requiring states and school districts to interact now with multiple federal agencies, the Department of..."
Testimony SPEAKER_06
Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fi...
senate Appropriations Committee · Apr 28, 2026
"I've appreciated your willingness to visit the issue of bringing the decisions for education back to the states, and your returning education to the states tour I thought was a really good idea. I like the idea that those decisions should be made at the local level, and I think there's a number of areas within the Department of Education that we've been working on through legislation trying to divvy back out again to the departments that they were in before the department was ever created. I..."
Testimony ROY, CHIP
“From Tool to Weapon: The FACE Act and the Dangers of Federalizing Cri...
house Judiciary Committee · Apr 28, 2026
"Without objection. I would like unanimous consent to enter into the record, I will only ask the executive summary portion of the Department of Justice report, given the length of the full report being 800 pages, but the executive summary of the Department of Justice report outlining the extent to which there was deep coordination between the Department of Justice and abortion activists and the collusion between the two, as well as lack of reporting to"
Testimony MORAN, JERRY
Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fi...
senate Appropriations Committee · Apr 22, 2026
"only on-the-ground support available to them to modernize, compete, and keep jobs in their communities. We need clear answers on how the Department intends to support these manufacturers if this program is eliminated. Last week, I visited communities in Miami and Franklin County on the eastern part of Kansas. That was my visit, followed severe tornadoes. I look forward to hearing more about the steps the Department through the National Weather Service is making to ensure full 24-7 staffing at..."
Testimony SCHATZ, BRIAN
Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fi...
senate Appropriations Committee · Apr 22, 2026
"But I'm worried about the onerous and burdensome standard because it gives a fair amount of not just flexibility, but a lack of clarity to a state legislature. Like, is the is the judiciary chairman from the Missouri State House supposed to call the O.L.A. at the Commerce Department and say, is this onerous and burdensome? Is this not? If we do an A.I. disclosure requirement here, if we try to protect kids over here, if we're doing A.I. education over there. How does anybody in a state..."
Testimony MORAN, JERRY
Joint hearings to examine preparations for the FIFA World Cup 2026.
senate Appropriations Committee · Apr 15, 2026
"and Special Agent-in-Charge Douglas Olson for their presence and for their continued work to support the efforts of the World Cup in the United States of America. The World Cup will be one of the largest global events ever hosted in the United States, with an estimated 5 to 6 million fans across 11 host cities, with significant spillover into surrounding communities and states as visitors travel throughout our country. The games are a significant opportunity to showcase American leadership,..."
Testimony THOMAS G. DINANNO
Hearings to examine arms control and transforming international securi...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Mar 24, 2026
"that do international security together makes sense. Because I think in relation to our political military bureau and the work that we're doing to modernize our defense industrial base, we have released two executive orders. We work very closely with the War Department. As part of the most recent executive order had announced that it wanted an executive council to stand up between the Commerce Department, the State Department, and the War Department. And that council, that meeting took place..."
Testimony PETERS, GARY C.
Hearings to examine the nomination of Markwayne Mullin, of Oklahoma, t...
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Mar 18, 2026
"So you have traveled. So you've traveled to Azerbaijan and Georgia. That was in your FBI report, although you just said you've never traveled. I've got other questions. Thank you. So you have traveled overseas, despite your previous comment. Were you ever an employee, volunteer or otherwise involved with the Department of Defense, State Department or other U.S. agency or contractor for any of those departments?"
Testimony TLAIB, RASHIDA
Updating America’s Financial Privacy Framework for the 21st Century
house Financial Services Committee · Mar 17, 2026
"bright green light to allow discrimination It's not just, of course, CFPB. We already know that it's also ending disparate impact enforcement within the Department of Housing and Urban Development, as well as Department of Justice, Department of Transportation, and the Federal Trade Commission. All of those agencies will now be investigating discrimination based on disparate"
Testimony TIFFANY, THOMAS P.
“Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security”
house Judiciary Committee · Mar 4, 2026
"how many countries does your department currently list as recalcitrant? That's question one. Question two. Have you notified the State Department of those countries status? And let me set the questions up a little bit before you answer them. So question one is how many are listed as recalcitrant and have you notified the State Department? So at the end of the Biden administration, they had listed 13 countries as being recalcitrant, which means they were delaying sending where they were delaying..."
Testimony KRISTI NOEM
“Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security”
house Judiciary Committee · Mar 4, 2026
"Right now, the department, because of the lack of funding, has to prioritize actions that are life and limb and crisis situations. We aren't able to do training. We aren't able to go out and do the daily business work of contracting and grants. It endangers this country when we don't fully fund the Department of Homeland Security, and I will tell you, it endangers us because the whole world knows that this Congress is not funding the Homeland Security Department right now. Correct. Let me quote..."
Testimony LEE, LAUREL M.
“Oversight of the Department of Justice”
house Judiciary Committee · Feb 11, 2026
"General, and I'd like to pick up where you left off a moment ago because we convene here today as a committee for the stated purpose of conducting oversight of the Department of Justice, and so it's critical for us to focus first on the mission of the department and assess your success in discharging it. So the mission of the department is to enforce federal law, defend the rule of law, and protect the American people from violent crime, terrorism, drug trafficking, fraud, and exploitation to..."
Testimony JARED LYON
Hearings to examine a grateful nation, focusing on maximizing veteran'...
senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · Nov 5, 2025
"based on what they did in the military, are bringing a certain level of AI literacy to the table. In addition to Jason, Mr. Louie's great work at the Bush Institute, you're having this population that already is bringing the baseline to bear. If we could combine that with the data for where the trends are going, that data lives in labor, Department of Education, Department of Veterans Affairs, and Department of Defense. We bring that all together, we can match it immediately, skills-based..."
Testimony HOULAHAN, CHRISSY
Protecting American Interests in a Convergent Global Threat Environmen...
house Armed Services Committee · Feb 12, 2025
"We need to be ready tonight. They need to think today's not the day. These are the headlines of this hearing. I'm going to start with the DOJ. The DOJ is supposed to be in charge, in my understanding, of the latter. And a chairman or a ranking member Smith mentioned that in context, in principle, in concept, it's not a bad idea. I agree with him on that. So far, the DOJ has visited the OPM, the Personal Management Office, CMS, the Department of Education, Department of Treasury, Department of..."
Hearing Various Measures
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jun 9, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
MAST, BRIAN J. "Within the Department of Commerce, there are not enough people to work around the globe to fulfill the needs of what State Department economic officers are filling a gap to do. And those State Department economic officers do not always have the same training as individuals within commerce. And so it's to make sure that those individuals coming out of State Department have the appropriate training opportunity to have the training that they need to do their job in the most effective way as they're partnering and working with commerce abroad. And that is the goal of"
Hearing Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Education.
senate Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee · Apr 28, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
BALDWIN, TAMMY "school districts, and institutions of higher education to bend to the will of the Trump administration or face a loss of federal funding. What the department is doing is transferring the vast majority of its programs to other federal departments, agencies with little experience or expertise or capacity to administer them. This includes moving programs that support elementary schools to the Department of Labor. This isn't reducing"
Hearing Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
senate Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee · Apr 28, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
SPEAKER_07 "school districts, and institutions of higher education to bend to the will of the Trump administration or face a loss of federal funding. What the department is doing is transferring the vast majority of its programs to other federal departments, agencies with little experience or expertise or capacity to administer them. This includes moving programs that support elementary schools to the Department of Labor. This isn't reducing"
Hearing Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of the Interior.
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Apr 29, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
SPEAKER_02 "This budget, as you have all read, includes three unification proposals, and I specifically say unification, not consolidation, because we're unifying without cutting corners, but we're unifying to improve efficiency. Two of those include unifications that are across Departments, coordinated by the White House and with the support of the multiple Departments, and a further one is just within our own Department. One of the two, the further strategic unification of wildland fire programs into the Department's new U.S. Wildland Fire Service, it considers the unification of the parallel and often..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the nomination of Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor.
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 16, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
KEITH SONDERLING "It's dealing with providing the Department of Education a service. And I can tell you that the Department of Education career staff have been detailed to the Department of Labor and they're making those policy decisions regarding the pre-K through 12 program, regarding OCTAE, regarding those other decisions where the Department of Labor is assisting them on the back end with these grant systems, working with states. And the states love this. 21 states have now submitted a joint plan for efficiency to getting that very important money to pre-K to 12"
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 · 2 transcript matches
WHITEHOUSE, SHELDON "that I had dealt with. Yeah, they were pretty scarce until now. It was pretty unusual to have judges say that arguments were made in bad faith, that arguments were made as pretexts, that arguments were disingenuous, that arguments were shoddy or terrible, that the department was losing or sacrificing its credibility, that the department was disrespecting orders of the court, that the department had lied or was engaged in sham, that there was willful and intentional non-compliance or willful disregard of court orders,"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Jules Hurst III, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary (Comptroller), Richard O'Malley, of Wisconsin, to be a...
senate Armed Services Committee · Jul 14, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
REED, JACK "Department's FY2027 budget request assumed an additional $350 billion in reconciliation funding for barracks repair and munitions and aircraft procurement, among other priorities. In my view, the outlook for another reconciliation bill is very dubious. Mr. Hirsh, I want to know the Department's plan if that funding does not materialize. I would note that last year's reconciliation bill provided $150 billion to the Department of Defense and the National Nuclear Security Administration. But as of earlier this month, only $67.5 billion has been obligated. This committee needs to know whether the..."
Hearing Business meeting to consider the nominations of Daniel Mack Traynor, of North Dakota, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit,...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jun 25, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
WHITEHOUSE, SHELDON "that I had dealt with. Yeah, they were pretty scarce until now. It was pretty unusual to have judges say that arguments were made in bad faith, that arguments were made as pretexts, that arguments were disingenuous, that arguments were shoddy or terrible, that the department was losing or sacrificing its credibility, that the department was disrespecting orders of the court, that the department had lied or was engaged in sham, that there was willful and intentional non-compliance or willful disregard of court orders,"
Hearing Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Bill
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 24, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
LEVIN, MIKE "He was the man who commanded D-Day. He saw more war than anybody in this room ever will. He reorganized the department from the ground up in 1958, but he kept the name defense because as he said at the time, the future would be fought by all services as one single concentrated effort. That's what defense meant to him. Ronald Reagan had every chance too. He signed the largest overhaul of the department since its founding and he built on the Department of Defense, reaching back actually to quote Eisenhower as his guide. The price of undoing all that I think is very real. Formally renaming this..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the state of the U.S. Territories.
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Jun 17, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
HIRONO, MAZIE K. "the authority to license intellectual property. The amendment would give the department of the interior authority, similar to that given to the department of defense and the department of homeland security, but without requiring similar governing regulations. I think that is an important aspect to giving this kind of authority to the interior department that the other two departments that have this kind of authority, they did have to undergo rulemaking to implement that"
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 · 2 transcript matches
SPEAKER_09 "giving the Department of the Interior the authority to license intellectual property. The amendment would give the Department of the Interior authority similar to that given to the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security, but without requiring similar governing"
Hearing Legislative Hearing on: H.R. 6917 (Rep. Titus) To take certain land into trust for the benefit of the Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians. H.R. 8473...
house Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee · Jun 9, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
HURD, JEFF "have faced for far too long. Currently, IHS does not have the authority to provide care for funding related to zoonotic disease prevention or veterinary care, despite this care being important to reducing the public's risk of disease transmission or injury. H.R. 8473 authorizes HHS to use funds for public health veterinary services to address zoonotic diseases. Additionally, IHS would coordinate with the United States Public Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide public health veterinary services. Finally, we will..."
Hearing "Future of United States Maritime: Review of Fiscal Year 2027 Maritime Administration and Federal Maritime Commission Budget Requests"
house Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee · Jun 3, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
SPEAKER_04 "So we have a lot of those sorts of things that we can attack, but I would again come back to starting with cargo. industry? Help me out here. Thank you, ma'am, for that question. Again, I have to come back to the notion that the Department of Transportation and the Maritime Administration are outside of that process. It's a 501A waiver, which means it's done by the Department of War and the Department of Homeland Security. We are not consulted, and we are advised at the end of a voyage when a waiver you're talking about there? Well, ma'am, whether or not the American people understand it is,..."
Hearing Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Commerce.
senate Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee · Apr 22, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
MORAN, JERRY "only on-the-ground support available to them to modernize, compete, and keep jobs in their communities. We need clear answers on how the Department intends to support these manufacturers if this program is eliminated. Last week, I visited communities in Miami and Franklin County on the eastern part of Kansas. That was my visit, followed severe tornadoes. I look forward to hearing more about the steps the Department through the National Weather Service is making to ensure full 24-7 staffing at local weather forecast offices. We will also discuss increases across the Department, including the..."
Hearing “Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security”
house Judiciary Committee · Mar 4, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
TIFFANY, THOMAS P. "how many countries does your department currently list as recalcitrant? That's question one. Question two. Have you notified the State Department of those countries status? And let me set the questions up a little bit before you answer them. So question one is how many are listed as recalcitrant and have you notified the State Department? So at the end of the Biden administration, they had listed 13 countries as being recalcitrant, which means they were delaying sending where they were delaying or completely refusing to accept return of their nationals when we attempt to deport them. You..."
Hearing Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural Act of 2026".
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
MORAN, JERRY "favor say aye. Aye. Those opposed, no. And it is carried. Senator Moran. Mr. Chairman, in response to Senator Klobuchar and others, let me first, before I express what she wants to hear, which I will, I want to thank you and your staff for working with me on this amendment to transfer Food for Peace from USAID, from the State Department, to the Department of Agriculture. This language is a product of months of work with members of staffs on both sides of the aisle, authorizers and appropriators alike, all committed to preserving this historic and valuable program. I also want to thank the..."
Testimony GRASSLEY, CHUCK
Business meeting to consider the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florid...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"an overall decline in crime nationwide, end quote. Based on these stats, it's evident that no Justice Department in our nation's history can boast the successes of this Justice Department under Mr. Blanchett's leadership. Still, the critics can't bring themselves to acknowledge this reality. The Washington Times stated, quote, the encouraging news was met with little explanation as to why crime, especially homicides, has cratered after spiking from 2020 to 2022, end of quote. That's a strange..."
Testimony GRASSLEY, CHUCK
Business meeting to consider the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florid...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"at home and in their towns and cities can think of an explanation. It's very obvious. Todd Blanchett's Justice Department has reprioritized the safety of Americans after the Biden administration opened borders to violent criminals and then turned a blind eye to heinous crimes that were happening around the country. The Biden administration was too busy weaponizing the Justice Department against political opponents to stop real crime and so please don't forget whistleblowers and media outlets..."
Testimony WHITEHOUSE, SHELDON
Business meeting to consider the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florid...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"That should be disclosed under the Epstein files law, but instead, those 37 pages remain covered up. Where else did the cover-up go? Well, the Department of Justice received suspicious activity reports from the Treasury Department about Epstein's accounts, many of them related to Russia. You'd think that an investigative body like the Department of Justice could look at a document called Suspicious Activity Report and deduce that there might be suspicious"
Testimony KLOBUCHAR, AMY
Business meeting to consider the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florid...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"Not from the Justice Department's sellout settlement, but from the Attorney Generals of this country. Finally, I have great concerns about Acting Attorney General Blanche's willingness to uphold the Department's independence as the President tries to use the Department to undermine our democracy ahead of the"
Testimony HIRONO, MAZIE K.
Business meeting to consider the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florid...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"Is he going to uphold this so-called non-binding statement made to secure today's vote from some of my Republican colleagues or the wishes of the president, to whom he is loyal above all? At a time when the Department of Justice has lost thousands, thousands of career attorneys with millennia of combined experience, when DOJ's independence from politics is no longer in existence, I cannot vote in favor of someone whose actions so clearly make him ineligible to serve as attorney general, even of..."
Testimony PADILLA, ALEX
Business meeting to consider the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florid...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"At the same time, Mr. Blanche has shown little interest in ensuring that federal officials themselves are held accountable when they violate the law, including but not limited to the Department of Homeland Security. He basically stated that his belief is the Department should investigate and police themselves. Remember, I asked him about this. They're clearly incapable of doing so. Federal agents shooting innocent civilians, killing United States citizens on the streets of our country,..."
Testimony GRASSLEY, CHUCK
Hearings to examine data and profit, focusing on the consumer cost of ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"an overall decline in crime nationwide, end quote. Based on these stats, it's evident that no Justice Department in our nation's history can boast the successes of this Justice Department under Mr. Blanchett's leadership. Still, the critics can't bring themselves to acknowledge this reality. The Washington Times stated, quote, the encouraging news was met with little explanation as to why crime, especially homicides, has cratered after spiking from 2020 to 2022, end of quote. That's a strange..."
Testimony GRASSLEY, CHUCK
Hearings to examine data and profit, focusing on the consumer cost of ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"at home and in their towns and cities can think of an explanation. It's very obvious. Todd Blanchett's Justice Department has reprioritized the safety of Americans after the Biden administration opened borders to violent criminals and then turned a blind eye to heinous crimes that were happening around the country. The Biden administration was too busy weaponizing the Justice Department against political opponents to stop real crime and so please don't forget whistleblowers and media outlets..."
Testimony WHITEHOUSE, SHELDON
Hearings to examine data and profit, focusing on the consumer cost of ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"That should be disclosed under the Epstein files law, but instead, those 37 pages remain covered up. Where else did the cover-up go? Well, the Department of Justice received suspicious activity reports from the Treasury Department about Epstein's accounts, many of them related to Russia. You'd think that an investigative body like the Department of Justice could look at a document called Suspicious Activity Report and deduce that there might be suspicious"
Testimony KLOBUCHAR, AMY
Hearings to examine data and profit, focusing on the consumer cost of ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"that cases and winning in a big way, and now we await the remedies. Not from the Justice Department's sell-out settlement, but from the Attorney Generals of this country. Finally, I have great concerns about Acting Attorney General Blanche's willingness to uphold the Department's independence as the President tries to use the Department to undermine our democracy ahead of the midterms. We know that under Todd Blanche's leadership, the Justice Department has already tried to coerce states,..."
Testimony HIRONO, MAZIE K.
Hearings to examine data and profit, focusing on the consumer cost of ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"Is he going to uphold this so-called non-binding statement made to secure today's vote from some of my Republican colleagues or the wishes of the president, to whom he is loyal above all? At a time when the Department of Justice has lost thousands, thousands of career attorneys with millennia of combined experience, when DOJ's independence from politics is no longer in existence, I cannot vote in favor of someone whose actions so clearly make him ineligible to serve as attorney general, even of..."
Testimony GRASSLEY, CHUCK
Hearings to examine prescribing sunshine, focusing on how competition ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"Times noted, quote, homicides on a track to hit the lowest point in recorded U.S. history amid an overall decline in crime nationwide, end quote. Based on these stats, it's evident that no Justice Department in our nation's history can boast the successes of this Justice Department under Mr. Blanchett's leadership. Still, the critics can't bring themselves to this reality. The Washington Times stated, quote, the encouraging news was met with little explanation as to why crime, especially..."
Testimony GRASSLEY, CHUCK
Hearings to examine prescribing sunshine, focusing on how competition ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"at home and in their towns and cities can think of an explanation. It's very obvious. Todd Blanchett's Justice Department has reprioritized the safety of Americans after the Biden administration opened borders to violent criminals and then turned a blind eye to heinous crimes that were happening around the country. The Biden administration was too busy weaponizing the Justice Department against political opponents to stop real crime and so please don't forget whistleblowers and media outlets..."
Testimony WHITEHOUSE, SHELDON
Hearings to examine prescribing sunshine, focusing on how competition ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"That should be disclosed under the Epstein files law, but instead, those 37 pages remain covered up. Where else did the cover-up go? Well, the Department of Justice received suspicious activity reports from the Treasury Department about Epstein's accounts, many of them related to Russia. You'd think that an investigative body like the Department of Justice could look at a document called Suspicious Activity Report and deduce that there might be suspicious"
Testimony KLOBUCHAR, AMY
Hearings to examine prescribing sunshine, focusing on how competition ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"Not from the Justice Department's sellout settlement, but from the Attorney Generals of this country. Finally, I have great concerns about Acting Attorney General Blanche's willingness to uphold the Department's independence as the President tries to use the Department to undermine our democracy ahead of the"
Testimony HIRONO, MAZIE K.
Hearings to examine prescribing sunshine, focusing on how competition ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"Is he going to uphold this so-called non-binding statement made to secure today's vote from some of my Republican colleagues or the wishes of the president, to whom he is loyal above all? At a time when the Department of Justice has lost thousands, thousands of career attorneys with millennia of combined experience, when DOJ's independence from politics is no longer in existence, I cannot vote in favor of someone whose actions so clearly make him ineligible to serve as attorney general, even of..."
Testimony MORAN, JERRY
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"favor say aye. Aye. Those opposed, no. And it is carried. Senator Moran. Mr. Chairman, in response to Senator Klobuchar and others, let me first, before I express what she wants to hear, which I will, I want to thank you and your staff for working with me on this amendment to transfer Food for Peace from USAID, from the State Department, to the Department of Agriculture. This language is a product of months of work with members of staffs on both sides of the aisle, authorizers and appropriators..."
Testimony WHITEHOUSE, SHELDON
Hearings to examine the Muslim brotherhood network in America.
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"So a U.S. citizen was falsely indicted based on incomplete information while the government, at least at the Department of Interior, held information that it did not disclose to the Department of Justice that would have blown up the indictment, that should have been disclosed to the grand jury. This whole exercise was disgraceful, and the fact that senior government officials still continue to lie about the vandalism after what they've seen just makes it worse. Thank you, Chairman. Senator..."
Testimony WHITEHOUSE, SHELDON
Hearings to examine the nominations of Anna St. John, of Louisiana, to...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"So a U.S. citizen was falsely indicted based on incomplete information while the government, at least at the Department of Interior, held information that it did not disclose to the Department of Justice that would have blown up the indictment, that should have been disclosed to the grand jury. This whole exercise was disgraceful, and the fact that senior government officials still continue to lie about the vandalism after what they've seen just makes it worse. Thank you, Chairman. Senator..."
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.239, to take certain mineral interests into trust for the benefit of the Crow Tribe of Montana, S.1055, to amend...
senate Indian Affairs Committee · Aug 5, 2026 · Transcript
SCHATZ, BRIAN "The amendment is not agreed to. Are there further amendments? Yes. I'd like to bring up KAT 26540. 26506. This is so simple. Any land exchange, public sector, private sector, you need an appraisal. This requires an appraisal. The Interior Department, and I want everyone to hear this. The Interior Department, this Interior Department stated for the record that quote, it is unclear whether the parcels to be conveyed are of equal value and quote, the department has recommended that the proposed land exchange be of equal value to ensure that the American taxpayers receive a fair return. I do not..."
Hearing More Bang for the Buck: Aligning Commercial Diplomacy Between State and Commerce
house East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee · Jul 14, 2026 · Transcript
THE HONORABLE CALEB ORR "Thank you for the opportunity to testify, and I look forward to your questions. FORGE? Thank you Madam Chairwoman and let me just start by saying that we work very closely with the Department of Commerce and I think the the challenge is mainly jurisdictional. The State Department is in over 170 countries in the world, Commerce is at over 80 and so the State Department will do commercial advocacy for U.S. companies no matter where we are. Some subset of those cases where Commerce is present come through the Department of Commerce in the advocacy process and the State Department lends our..."
Hearing Hearings to examine protecting American citizenship, focusing on America 250 and American citizenship.
senate Constitution Subcommittee · Jun 24, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_13 "But fraud on the court stands apart as an allegation. My view is that this is the first time that the Department of Justice, certainly any senior the Department of Justice, certainly any senior officials in the Department of Justice, have ever been accused of committing fraud on a federal court. And that matter is pending down in Florida. Interestingly, the Department of Justice chose not to respond to the court when the court said, yeah, I'm going to reopen this matter and let's take a look at this. Fraud on the court for the first time in the Department's history, you'd think they'd want to..."
Hearing Committee on House Administration Full Committee Markup
house Committee on House Administration · Apr 22, 2026 · Transcript
MORELLE, JOSEPH D. "support this legislation, which, as you said, allows the Capitol Police Board to grant mandatory retirement exemptions of officers up to 65 rather than the current age of 60. The men and women of the United States Capitol Police have one of the most important and challenging jobs of the legislative branch. They protect the Capitol campus and the thousands of members, staff, and visitors who occupy it every day. They investigate threats, provide protective details, screen visitors, respond to emergencies, investigate crimes, monitor demonstrations, and secure major events like the State of the..."
Hearing “Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part I”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jan 7, 2026 · Transcript
UNKNOWN "At the end of the motion, I'd like to add, pursuant to Clause 2K6 of House Rule 11, the committee shall subpoena all documents and communications from the Department of Defense regarding the military service record of Representative Cory Mills of Florida. Amen. All documents, communications, and contracts from the Department of Defense, Department of Justice, of Interior, of Homeland Security, and Department of State related to Representative Cory Mills of Florida. And any business in which he or any relative has a financial or controlling interest, including PACM Defense, PACM Solutions..."
Hearing Business meeting to consider the nominations of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be Attorney General, and Christopher Nassar, to be United States...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 23, 2026 · Transcript
DURBIN, RICHARD J. "is easily explained or dismissed. Whether Biden was right with his pardons, I'll leave it to you to make your own judgment. But to say the president's pardon of these cop beaters is somehow excusable because of that is just not the same. I want to take a moment to respond to the claim that Todd Blanche's confirmation hearing, Democrats had never criticized the Biden Justice Department actions. This is simply and provably false. When I was chair of this committee, we held regular oversight hearings, a rarity now. The hearings covered the Justice Department, the FBI, and other DOJ components...."
Hearing An oversight hearing to examine the Federal Regulatory Commission.
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript
DAINES, STEVE "It requires all conditions to be directly related to a project. This just makes sense. In fact, this week I sent a letter to FERC, the Department of Interior, the Department of Ag, and the Department of Commerce asking them to initiate a rulemaking to address hydropower licensing including mandatory conditions. I'm going to sound like Chairman Lee now under Section 4E and Section 18 of the Federal Power"
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
SPEAKER_20 "outside of the UN building right there in New York. I know we're running out of time. I will come back to you and sit down with you in terms of the actions the Treasury Department, the Commerce Department, and the State Department will be taking, and us here at the UN, to take on yet another communist dictatorship in the Western Hemisphere. We are providing life-saving aid, as you know, in response to the earthquake. We are clearing out the Cubans, Russians, Chinese, Iranians out of Iran. They are... I mean, the Secretary has announced the beginning of the transition, which is moving the..."
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
CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON "Sir, to bluntly answer your question, it's going to be boots on ground, getting my hands dirty, bringing in joint task force, working with a myriad of agencies. Not one agency has all of the tools, so it'll be State Department, Department of Justice, Department of War, and then our regional allies to really attack the scam centers. And then I believe if you attack the scam centers and eliminate that problem, you also see beneficial aspects on a number of other problems. It will eliminate a demand signal for human trafficking. Now, that won't solve the human trafficking issue in a singular..."
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
WARREN, ELIZABETH "Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So as part of Donald Trump's crusade to illegally abolish the Department of Education, Trump has moved the management of defaulted student loans from the Education Department over to over to the Treasury Department. Now make no mistake, this is not a decision that is made to try to help people who are dealing with student"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nomination of Walter Clayton, of New York, to be Director of National Intelligence.
senate Intelligence (Select) Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript
ROUNDS, MIKE "He made the most of his time in New York by prosecuting some of America's worst enemies and threats to our national security – Mohamed al-Sadiyah, the Iranian-Iraqi national responsible for over a dozen terrorist attacks in Europe and two attempted attacks in America, Nicolas Maduro, and other narco-terrorists. These efforts required extensive coordination with the intelligence community and larger national security enterprise, including the Department of Justice, the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. If confirmed, Jay's..."
Hearing updated Subcommittee Rosters due to changes on the Majority side; General Services Administration Capital Investment and Leasing Program...
house Transportation and Infrastructure Committee · Jul 14, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_22 "This year, the president's budget request includes billions of dollars in cuts to America's public schools and universities. Meanwhile, the president has requested a 35 percent increase for nuclear weapons programs in the Department of Energy, which is the department that is to move into the Department of Education's headquarters. This year, the administration's requested 98 billion dollars for nuclear weapons and only 75 billion for the entire Department of"
Hearing Oversight Hearing - Office of Management and Budget
house Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee · Jun 30, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_10 "But I appreciate where you are. I understood it better the first year because you were just coming in. But for year two, I think it's problematic for us. And it's not just with respect to OMB. It's from the departments across the board. But let me just ask you this, because I'm running out of time. Last week at one of the appropriations markups, there was a discussion. I know you're using the phrase Department of War instead of Department of Defense. But we were told that the CBO said it's going to cost $125 million to change the name from Department of Defense to Department of War. Do you..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Barbera Thornhill, of North Carolina, to be Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, with...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jun 25, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_05 "Chairman Haggerty, Ranking Member Cain and distinguished members of the House, I am honored to be President Trump's nominee for U. S. Ambassador to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea. I deeply appreciate the confidence and trust the President and the Secretary of State have shown in nominating me. If confirmed, I look forward to working with Congress to advance our interest in Equatorial Guinea. I'm grateful today to my family, my wife, who is here today, and our children and their families who are watching for their support and sacrifices, including during my time in uniform. I could not be..."
Hearing H.R. 8476, "No Antisemitism in Education Act of 2026"; H.R. 4795, "Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act of 2025"; H.R. 9203, "Student...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 25, 2026 · Transcript
SCOTT, ROBERT C. "BOBBY" "In fact, the majority can bring these bills forward knowing full well that the duties of Congress have already placed on the department are being sent all over Washington to other agencies with interagency agreements is shocking. Just this month, the department entered into an interagency agreement with the Department of Justice to transfer the investigative work of the Office of Civil Rights to the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division. Begs the question, what will OCR be able to tell us about their Title VI work if that work is being done by another"
Hearing Hearings to examine reforming the U.S. Postal Service's business model.
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jun 24, 2026 · Transcript
THE HONORABLE DAVID STEINER "No, I could not. Well, I used to be a lawyer. Yeah, no, I am absolutely glad to get our staff together with your staff. I know that those were issues. I know that the oath was an issue. And I know that our legal department and the Department of Commerce's and the Census Bureau's legal departments looked at those issues, resolved those issues. I cannot tell you the fundamental underpinnings of the legal statutes that do that, but absolutely glad to have anyone on your staff or yourself talk with our law"
Hearing Committee on House Administration Full Committee Markup on Various Measures
house Committee on House Administration · Jun 24, 2026 · Transcript
MORELLE, JOSEPH D. "the department must stay focused on its core mission, screening at our doors, inspecting vehicles, assessing threats in time to act on them, and new authorities like this one should reinforce that mission, not pull focus from it. I expect Congress will need to continue to adapt as technology continues to change, and I hope the department will continue to work closely with subject matter experts at the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense, the Department of Transportation as it further develops the counter-UAS capability. So I support this legislation, encourage my..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of William Hague, of Washington, to be an Assistant Secretary, Kevin Lilly, of Texas, to be Assistant...
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Jun 23, 2026 · Transcript
LEE, MIKE "The president has submitted the names of three individuals who are before this committee's jurisdiction for assistant secretary positions within two different departments, two at the Department of the Interior and one at the Department of Energy. And today we're going to hear from those nominees. They are Mr. William Haig to be the assistant secretary of the Interior for Insular, International and Ocean"
Hearing An Overview of the Department of Energy’s Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request
house Science, Space, and Technology Committee · Jun 10, 2026 · Transcript
FONG, VINCE "From DOE's perspective, what are the national security risks associated with increased reliance on imported oil with California's declining domestic production? And beyond your direct authorities, what coordination mechanisms are in place or what could be strengthened between Department of Energy, Department of War, Department of Interior, and EPA to identify and accelerate opportunities to increase reliable energy production as well as oil and gas production in California? So as you and Secretary Bergen worked through the National Energy Dominance Council to advance policies and projects..."
Hearing Business meeting to markup the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2027.
senate Personnel Subcommittee · Jun 9, 2026 · Transcript
TUBERVILLE, TOMMY "families through child care, spouse employment, education, and exceptional family member program improvements. It enhances TRICARE access, suicide prevention efforts, medical readiness, and combat health capabilities. Finally, it reinforces coordination between the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to improve health care delivery and long-term support for service members, veterans, and their families. As I've said before, maintaining the world's strongest military requires ensuring that an equitable share of Department of Defense resources is invested directly in..."
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_06 "My amendments would fund processing instead of chaos. This money would go to U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Immigration Services, and CBP processing coordinators. DACA recipients are already facing processing"
Hearing Hearing with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 4, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_25 "I do not have any details into what that means at this time, but I will note that even the Acting Attorney General Blanch's statement Tuesday, this matter is still subject to ongoing litigation, so I'm unable to comment further on it. That means I'm also not able to discuss any part of the settlement agreement. As with all department litigation, the Department of the Treasury and the IRS are represented by the Justice Department, so any additional questions about the settlement or the fund should be directed to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanch. To your point about Mr. Bisignano, while I..."
Hearing “State and Local Cybersecurity: Escalating Threats, Federal Partnership, and the Resilience of America’s Communities”
house Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee · May 21, 2026 · Transcript
LUTTRELL, MORGAN "from local mom-and-pop shops down the street, and they happen to you, too. The problem is, when they happen to you, oftentimes that's not communicated to us, and the reciprocal of that is when it happens here, it's not communicated to you. Now we have CISA. Mr. Hearn, you mentioned the Department of Energy. I don't know if Ms. Darby or Mr. Spaulding, does the state touch the Department of Energy in any way? I didn't hear you say that. I don't know. It's remarkable how valuable of an asset the Department of Energy is when it comes to the protection of the metaverse above us, but some states do..."
Hearing “DoW Financial Management: Examining Progress and New Audit Approaches”
house Government Operations Subcommittee · May 13, 2026 · Transcript
MFUME, KWEISI "Last April, we held the third in a series of hearings to address financial accountability in the Department of Defense, and we're back today to continue that conversation, particularly in light of the Department's continued inability—I want to stress that word again, inability—to pass a department-wide audit. I think it's past time that we really saw some progress toward accountability and transparency that's demonstrable and measurable, demonstrable and measurable, because what we've gotten up to this point has really been, quite frankly, a lot of promises about good attempts to do just..."
Hearing “From Tool to Weapon: The FACE Act and the Dangers of Federalizing Criminal Law”
house Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee · Apr 28, 2026 · Transcript
ROY, CHIP "Without objection. I would like unanimous consent to enter into the record, I will only ask the executive summary portion of the Department of Justice report, given the length of the full report being 800 pages, but the executive summary of the Department of Justice report outlining the extent to which there was deep coordination between the Department of Justice and abortion activists and the collusion between the two, as well as lack of reporting to"
Hearing Joint hearings to examine preparations for the FIFA World Cup 2026.
senate Department of Homeland Security Subcommittee · Apr 15, 2026 · Transcript
MORAN, JERRY "and Special Agent-in-Charge Douglas Olson for their presence and for their continued work to support the efforts of the World Cup in the United States of America. The World Cup will be one of the largest global events ever hosted in the United States, with an estimated 5 to 6 million fans across 11 host cities, with significant spillover into surrounding communities and states as visitors travel throughout our country. The games are a significant opportunity to showcase American leadership, hospitality, and coordination, but it also presents a complex set of security and logistical challenges..."
Hearing Hearings to examine arms control and transforming international security functions at the State Department.
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Mar 24, 2026 · Transcript
THOMAS G. DINANNO "that do international security together makes sense. Because I think in relation to our political military bureau and the work that we're doing to modernize our defense industrial base, we have released two executive orders. We work very closely with the War Department. As part of the most recent executive order had announced that it wanted an executive council to stand up between the Commerce Department, the State Department, and the War Department. And that council, that meeting took place within a month. That's unheard of"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nomination of Markwayne Mullin, of Oklahoma, to be Secretary of Homeland Security.
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Mar 18, 2026 · Transcript
PETERS, GARY C. "So you have traveled. So you've traveled to Azerbaijan and Georgia. That was in your FBI report, although you just said you've never traveled. I've got other questions. Thank you. So you have traveled overseas, despite your previous comment. Were you ever an employee, volunteer or otherwise involved with the Department of Defense, State Department or other U.S. agency or contractor for any of those departments?"
Hearing Updating America’s Financial Privacy Framework for the 21st Century
house Financial Services Committee · Mar 17, 2026 · Transcript
TLAIB, RASHIDA "bright green light to allow discrimination It's not just, of course, CFPB. We already know that it's also ending disparate impact enforcement within the Department of Housing and Urban Development, as well as Department of Justice, Department of Transportation, and the Federal Trade Commission. All of those agencies will now be investigating discrimination based on disparate"
Hearing “Oversight of the Department of Justice”
house Judiciary Committee · Feb 11, 2026 · Transcript
LEE, LAUREL M. "General, and I'd like to pick up where you left off a moment ago because we convene here today as a committee for the stated purpose of conducting oversight of the Department of Justice, and so it's critical for us to focus first on the mission of the department and assess your success in discharging it. So the mission of the department is to enforce federal law, defend the rule of law, and protect the American people from violent crime, terrorism, drug trafficking, fraud, and exploitation to promote public safety. And what we have heard today unequivocally is that President Trump's..."
Hearing Hearings to examine a grateful nation, focusing on maximizing veteran's success after service.
senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · Nov 5, 2025 · Transcript
JARED LYON "based on what they did in the military, are bringing a certain level of AI literacy to the table. In addition to Jason, Mr. Louie's great work at the Bush Institute, you're having this population that already is bringing the baseline to bear. If we could combine that with the data for where the trends are going, that data lives in labor, Department of Education, Department of Veterans Affairs, and Department of Defense. We bring that all together, we can match it immediately, skills-based manner, to where if you're going to school or not, you have the ability to leverage these things for a..."
Hearing Protecting American Interests in a Convergent Global Threat Environment
house Armed Services Committee · Feb 12, 2025 · Transcript
HOULAHAN, CHRISSY "We need to be ready tonight. They need to think today's not the day. These are the headlines of this hearing. I'm going to start with the DOJ. The DOJ is supposed to be in charge, in my understanding, of the latter. And a chairman or a ranking member Smith mentioned that in context, in principle, in concept, it's not a bad idea. I agree with him on that. So far, the DOJ has visited the OPM, the Personal Management Office, CMS, the Department of Education, Department of Treasury, Department of USAID, the Small Business Administration, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. And at least..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the Muslim brotherhood network in America.
senate Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights Subcommittee · Aug 5, 2026 · Transcript
WHITEHOUSE, SHELDON "So a U.S. citizen was falsely indicted based on incomplete information while the government, at least at the Department of Interior, held information that it did not disclose to the Department of Justice that would have blown up the indictment, that should have been disclosed to the grand jury. This whole exercise was disgraceful, and the fact that senior government officials still continue to lie about the vandalism after what they've seen just makes it worse. Thank you, Chairman. Senator Blumenthal. Yes, that's correct,"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Anna St. John, of Louisiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, Gregory Carl Cook, to...
senate Aug 5, 2026 · Transcript
WHITEHOUSE, SHELDON "So a U.S. citizen was falsely indicted based on incomplete information while the government, at least at the Department of Interior, held information that it did not disclose to the Department of Justice that would have blown up the indictment, that should have been disclosed to the grand jury. This whole exercise was disgraceful, and the fact that senior government officials still continue to lie about the vandalism after what they've seen just makes it worse. Thank you, Chairman. Senator Blumenthal. Yes, that's correct,"
Hearing "USDA's Rural Development: Delivering Vital Programs and Services to Rural America"
house Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee · Sep 18, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Bette Brand, United States Department of Agriculture
Hearing “Victims of Violent Crime”
house Oversight Subcommittee · Sep 29, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Justin Campbell, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department
Hearing “From Gridlock to Growth: Permitting Reform Under the Clean Air Act.”
house Environment Subcommittee · Sep 16, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Clint Woods, Indiana Department of Environmental Management
Hearing "A One Year Update on DoD’s Struggling Background Check System”
house Government Operations Subcommittee · Sep 16, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: David Cattler, U.S. Department of Defense
Hearing “Appliance and Building Policies: Restoring the American Dream of Home Ownership and Consumer Choice.”
house Energy Subcommittee · Sep 16, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Jeff Novak, U.S. Department of Energy
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