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Hearing H.R. 8781, "Title IX Clarification Act of 2026"; H.R. 4986, "Parents Opt-in Protection Act"; H.R. 8747, "K-12 AI Literacy and Readiness Act of...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 21, 2026 · Request transcript · 9 transcript matches
MACKENZIE, RYAN "I have an amendment at the desk. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Since 2000, hourly employees have benefited from the provisions of the Worker Economic Opportunity Act, WEOA, which exempts the value of employer-provided stock options, stock appreciation rights, or bona fide employee stock purchase programs from employees' regular rate of pay. This means that Congress unanimously concluded that hourly employees who are considered non-exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act, or FLSA, should be eligible for the same equity compensation as their exempt counterparts, and employees should be able to..."
Hearing “Examining the Policies and Priorities of the NLRB”
house Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee · Jun 4, 2026 · Transcript · 9 transcript matches
THE HONORABLE CRYSTAL CAREY "the House Appropriations Bill introduced an initial proposed budget of only $200 million, which is far below what we will need and would require a reduction in fulltime employees from between 300 and 460 fulltime employees. I hope that the information that we can provide to you today will encourage you to speak to your colleagues on the Appropriations Committee and advocate for our agency, for our employees, and for workers who depend on us to resolve their workplace disputes. I look forward to your questions. Thank you for the"
Hearing "For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. Forest Service"
house Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript · 7 transcript matches
SALINAS, ANDREA "Agriculture from Washington, D.C. to Kansas City, Missouri, resulted in about 85 percent of employees either quitting or retiring instead of actually relocating. The relocation of BLM headquarters in 2019 caused 87 percent of the affected employees to leave, and just this year, 76 percent of USDA employees surveyed by the American Federation of Government Employees said they would not relocate if asked. Given all this evidence, it seems clear that requiring staff to relocate results in staff leaving and the loss of critical expertise and institutional"
CRS Report
Federal Employees’ Retirement System: Benefits and Financing
Reports · Nov 13, 2019
Most civilian federal employees who were hired before 1984 are covered by the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS). Federal employees hired in 1984 or later are covered by the Federal Employees’...
CRS Report
Credit for Military Service Under Civilian Federal Employee Retirement Systems
Reports · Mar 27, 2014
Federal employees with permanent appointments earn pension benefits under one of two retirement plans. Employees hired after 1983 participate in the Federal Employees’ Retirement System (FERS)....
CRS Report
The Employee Retention and Employee Retention and Rehiring Tax Credits
Resources · Jan 7, 2021
The March 2020 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (P.L. 116-136) included an employee retention tax credit designed to help businesses retain employees during the Coronavirus...
CRS Report
Federal Employee Furloughs: Types and Implications
Resources · Dec 15, 2020
Federal employees perform complex duties in pursuit of the diverse missions of their agencies. Some outcomes of the federal budget process have significant implications for employees. Among other...
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Federal Locality-Based Comparability Payments for General Schedule Employees
Resources · Dec 30, 2021
The Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act of 1990 (FEPCA) authorizes locality-based comparability payments for General Schedule (GS) employees. (See 5 U.S.C. §§5304, 5304a.) Locality pay...
CRS Report
Federal Employees’ Retirement System: Summary of Recent Trends
Reports · Dec 12, 2023
This report describes recent trends in the characteristics of annuitants and current employees covered by the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees’ Retirement System...
Hearing Various Measures
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jun 9, 2026 · Transcript · 5 transcript matches
AMO, GABE "I have an amendment at the desk. Mr. Chairman, my amendment would ensure that Foreign Service Officers and other State Department employees can create employee organizations, often also called affinity groups. These organizations have long played an important role in the State Department by fostering mentorship, professional development, and community among employees. Before February of 2025, there were dozens of employee organizations at the State"
Hearing the Full Committee to consider the following: 1) H.R. 6610, Pharmacists Fight Back [in Federal Employee Health Benefit Plans Act]; 2) H.R. 9720,...
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jul 22, 2026 · Request transcript · 2 transcript matches
SPEAKER_15 "HR 6610, the Pharmacists Fight Back in Federal Employee Health Benefit Plans Act, a bill to amend Chapter 89 of Title V United States Code to limit the costs of pharmacy benefit managers with respect to federal employee health benefit plans and for other purposes. Without objection, the please designate the amendment. An amendment in the nature of a substitute to HR 6610 is"
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.2292, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise and extend the user fee program for...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 30, 2025 · Request transcript
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The Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Federal Employee Leave
Resources · Apr 24, 2020
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA; P.L. 116-127) established two types of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) related leave for employees: Division C of the FFCRA, titled the...
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The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Exemption for Executive, Administrative, and Professional (EAP) Employees
InFocus · Apr 22, 2026
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) establishes a federal minimum wage for most private and public sector employees and generally requires overtime compensation at a rate of one and one-half times an...
CRS Report
Reasonable Accommodations for Employees with Disabilities
Resources · Mar 30, 2023
Three federal laws provide the primary protections for employees and job applicants with disabilities. First, Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12111–12117, prohibits...
CRS Report
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Exemption for Executive, Administrative, and Professional (EAP) Employees: 2023 Proposed Rule
Resources · Nov 13, 2023
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) establishes a federal minimum wage for most private and public sector employees and generally requires overtime compensation at a rate of one and one-half times an...
CRS Report
Federal Employee Travel: Per Diem Reimbursement Rates
Resources · Jul 26, 2023
Background In the course of their duties, federal employees may engage in official travel within the continental United States (CONUS), outside of the continental United States (OCONUS), and to...
Testimony THE HONORABLE AMY CONEY BARRETT
Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fi...
senate Appropriations Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"who's touched documents, where they've been printed. We have always required employees to sign a confidentiality agreement, but recently we required employees began requiring employees to sign a nondisclosure agreement, which we do have carve-outs for whistleblowers and that sort of thing, and those carve-outs go beyond what federal statutes require, but we're hoping that driving the need for confidentiality home with these NDAs will just be an additional check on employees who are sharing..."
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
Witness Sheila Elliot
Local 2328; American Federation of Government Employees · 1 hearing
Witness Jim Bonham
Employee Stock Ownership Association · 1 hearing
Witness James "Jim" R. Swartz
American Federation of Government Employees · 1 hearing
Witness Shelby Meyenburg
AFSCME Council 28, the Washington Federation of State Employees · 1 hearing
Witness Everett Kelley, PhD
American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) · 1 hearing
Witness Ms. Nyckolleta Martin
Former OPO Employee · 1 hearing
Witness Mr. Tim Whitehouse
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility · 1 hearing
Witness Sgt. Dennis Guerrero
American Federation of Government Employees · 1 hearing
Witness Dr. Everett Kelley
American Federation of Government Employees · 1 hearing
Witness Mr. Matthew Leffler
American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO · 2 hearings
Hearing PACT Act Implementation: Modernizing VA Disability Claims Through Effective Technology
house Technology Modernization Subcommittee · Jul 13, 2026 · Transcript · 4 transcript matches
BUDZINSKI, NIKKI "Just as we know one pee can ruin a good night's sleep, so too can one bad update ruin a well-intended but highly interdependent claims modernization system. My staff have heard from numerous frontline employees that the system itself is clunky and heavily degraded, leading to significant downtime, hindering employee productivity, and slowing the processing of claims for Veterans. Some employees noted losing up to one hour each day because of these lags and crashes. Despite these issues, claims examiners are still expected to reach their daily quotas by processing claims as excluded time is..."
CRS Report
The Federal Employee Paid Parental Leave Benefit
Resources · Mar 5, 2024
This In Focus provides an overview of the federal employee paid parental leave benefit created by the Federal Employee Paid Leave Act (FEPLA), Title LXXVI, Subtitle A of the National Defense...
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Courts Clarify Federal Railroad Safety Act Employee Protection for “Good Faith” Safety Reports
Posts · Oct 11, 2022
The Federal Railroad Safety Act (FRSA) contains several provisions that prohibit railroads from punishing an employee for engaging in certain protected activities, including reporting safety hazards,...
CRS Report
Making it a Priority: What Happens to Employee Claims When a Business Declares Bankruptcy?
Posts · Apr 16, 2019
Workers are not immune from their employer’s financial difficulties. Troubled companies commonly downsize their workforce, cut wages, and curtail employee benefits. Businesses on the brink of...
CRS Report
Social Security Coverage of State and Local Government Employees
Report · Apr 8, 2026
Social Security is the single largest federal program in terms of the number of beneficiaries as well as budget. It pays cash benefits to over 70 million beneficiaries each month, and total benefit...
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.854, to amend title 31, United States Code, to establish the Life Sciences Research Security Board, S.855, to...
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jul 30, 2025 · Request transcript
Testimony SALINAS, ANDREA
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. F...
house Agriculture Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"Agriculture from Washington, D.C. to Kansas City, Missouri, resulted in about 85 percent of employees either quitting or retiring instead of actually relocating. The relocation of BLM headquarters in 2019 caused 87 percent of the affected employees to leave, and just this year, 76 percent of USDA employees surveyed by the American Federation of Government Employees said they would not relocate if asked. Given all this evidence, it seems clear that requiring staff to relocate results in staff..."
Testimony MS. KIRSTEN GULLICKSON
Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Modernization and In...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 21, 2026
"and John about the Ask a Librarian, because for me it should be expanded to include your websites and to GPO and some of our other ledge branch repositories in such a way that it then can bring back the citations. So it can route you back to maybe a press release or route you back to a committee report on GPO or back to a resource just on congress.gov Yeah. One of the structural things that we need to invest in is that structured data. So we have projects already going on. We have a structured..."
Testimony MACKENZIE, RYAN
H.R. 8781, "Title IX Clarification Act of 2026"; H.R. 4986, "Parents O...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"I have an amendment at the desk. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Since 2000, hourly employees have benefited from the provisions of the Worker Economic Opportunity Act, WEOA, which exempts the value of employer-provided stock options, stock appreciation rights, or bona fide employee stock purchase programs from employees' regular rate of pay. This means that Congress unanimously concluded that hourly employees who are considered non-exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act, or FLSA, should be..."
Testimony SPEAKER_02
Oversight Hearing - Office of Management and Budget
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"those are different measures and time frames, but GAO's own data shows reductions on a substantially larger scale than the six percent contemplated in the budget. So my question, Director, is did OMB anticipate workforce reductions of this scale across major agencies? Congressman, I have to take a particular example. The World's Trade Center Health Program. Are you familiar with that? Yes, Congressman. Established in 2011 to provide health care to individuals with 9-11 related illnesses from..."
Testimony AMO, GABE
Various Measures
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jun 9, 2026
"I have an amendment at the desk. Mr. Chairman, my amendment would ensure that Foreign Service Officers and other State Department employees can create employee organizations, often also called affinity groups. These organizations have long played an important role in the State Department by fostering mentorship, professional development, and community among employees. Before February of 2025, there were dozens of employee organizations at the State"
Testimony THE HONORABLE CRYSTAL CAREY
“Examining the Policies and Priorities of the NLRB”
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"the House Appropriations Bill introduced an initial proposed budget of only $200 million, which is far below what we will need and would require a reduction in fulltime employees from between 300 and 460 fulltime employees. I hope that the information that we can provide to you today will encourage you to speak to your colleagues on the Appropriations Committee and advocate for our agency, for our employees, and for workers who depend on us to resolve their workplace disputes. I look forward to..."
Testimony SPEAKER_02
Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests an...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"out to our firefighting forces. So those have been collected back. So those are two other safety issues that have come up kind of in this arena that we have Dr. Dexter, Mr. Chairman, so you had a couple things wrapped up in there and I think the chairman will let me respond to your question. So first of all, in the employees, I think you commented there were 10,000 employees that were fired. Just so we're clear, we had about 6,500 people that took the DRP, the Deferred Resignation. They were..."
Testimony UNKNOWN
H.R. 8870, Building Unrivaled Infrastructure and Long-term Development...
house Transportation and Infrastructure Committee · May 21, 2026
"has only made matters worse. Autonomous vehicle technology has the potential to vastly improve transit service and deliver some semblance of return on investment. Unfortunately, a significant barrier exists to the introduction of this technology. Section 13C, employee protective arrangements, is one of those barriers. This section of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, which makes FTA funding contingent upon a certification by the Secretary of Labor that fair and equitable arrangements..."
Testimony JOHNNY TAYLOR
Hearings to examine seniors and the workforce.
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"And as a result, that really does present some really tensions, some significant problems in the workplace. Younger employees want their next shot, and the older employee isn't moving on. So what we're trying to do is describe these diverse mentoring programs, opportunities for people to take on part-time roles, which older employees are willing to do, especially if you solve for the RET challenges. And so we think we can solve for this. The other big challenge is flexible"
Testimony GARBARINO, ANDREW R.
“Funding Lapse and Security Gaps: Assessing the Harmful Impacts of the...
house Homeland Security Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"The gentleman yields back. Ms. Barton, I just want you to clarify your answer about the employees not getting paid to make sure you have the right thing on the record, because I know some theme employees have it. Can you just confirm which employees are not being paid right now? Okay, so the employees not getting paid by the DRF. Thank you very much for clarifying"
Testimony SPEAKER_37
“Funding Lapse and Security Gaps: Assessing the Harmful Impacts of the...
house Homeland Security Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"The threat environment is too dynamic, sir, to allow this shutdown to continue on. for your question sir it's a it's a continued risk that's evolving each and every single day you know we have employees that have to make the choice right now you know we have employees that are single we have a woman that's a single mother who's having to make the choice right now between continuing to care for her aging parents or continuing to care for her child and be able to pay her bills but that type of..."
Testimony DR. MOLLY DAHL
Hearings to examine Social Security, focusing on a discussion on the f...
senate Budget Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"immigrants come in, they're more likely to be of working age, many work, pay payroll taxes, that is a benefit to the program, and then for a variety of reasons, many will not ultimately claim and certainly won't be eligible to claim, they won't have their 40 quarters of coverage, for instance, inside the 10-year window. That's right. The statutory rate is 6.2%, but consensus view is that the employee pays, basically the employer cost is passed on to the employee, and so the employee basically..."
Testimony GROTHMAN, GLENN
"Work, Dignity, and Choice in Disability Employment"
house Education and Workforce Committee · Feb 13, 2026
"I think for me, certainly, I don't know if you've heard this, my social life revolves a little bit about the people I know in Congress and the staff, and it makes them feel good that the employees you saw today, they can be working five, or 10, or 15 years with other employees here, both management and other employees on the floor, which means they aren't alone just with their parents watching TV or what have you. That's another huge benefit here. Nobody is forced to work here, and there are..."
Testimony GUEST, MICHAEL
“Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security: ICE, CBP, and USCIS...
house Homeland Security Committee · Feb 10, 2026
"The Department of Homeland Security employs 260,000 men and women across 22 different agencies. Those agencies include 63,000 men and women who work for CBP, 60,000 who work for TSA, 22,000 for FEMA, 18,000 who work for USCIS, almost 50,000 civilian and military employees with the United States Coast Guard, 7,800 Secret Service employees, 2,500 CISA employees, and over 8,000 agents and analysts with the Department of Homeland Security"
Hearing Oversight Hearing - Office of Management and Budget
house Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee · Jun 30, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
SPEAKER_02 "those are different measures and time frames, but GAO's own data shows reductions on a substantially larger scale than the six percent contemplated in the budget. So my question, Director, is did OMB anticipate workforce reductions of this scale across major agencies? Congressman, I have to take a particular example. The World's Trade Center Health Program. Are you familiar with that? Yes, Congressman. Established in 2011 to provide health care to individuals with 9-11 related illnesses from fell from 93 employees to 84 employees, despite having an authorization of 120 employees. At the same..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the testimony of Anthony Fauci.
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jul 29, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
JOHNSON, RON "was warned that the algorithm was going to hide the safety signals? And were you told that senior FDA officials were given dozens, shown dozens of safety signals associated through is in that same month of March 2021, an employee at NIH, Dr. Nath, was diagnosed an employee at NIH, Dr. Nath, led a team of researchers who were diagnosing and treating individuals who'd never had COVID or were severely injured by the genetic therapy"
Hearing Business meeting to consider an original resolution regarding Contempt of Congress, S.2732, to strengthen employee cost savings suggestions...
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Aug 6, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing “Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Employee Benefits Security Administration”
house Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee · Apr 16, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing H.R. 2262 – Flexibility for Workers Education Act; H.R. 2270 – Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act; H.R. 2312 – Tipped Employee...
house Rules Committee · Jan 12, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing H.R. 2870 the "Working Families Flexibility Act"; H.R. 2312 the "Tipped Employee Protection Act"; H.R. 2299 the "Ensuring Workers Get PAID Act of...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Nov 20, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Hearings to examine empowering workers by expanding employee ownership.
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 24, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests and Outlook for the 2026 Wildfire Year.”
house Federal Lands Subcommittee · Jun 4, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
SPEAKER_02 "out to our firefighting forces. So those have been collected back. So those are two other safety issues that have come up kind of in this arena that we have Dr. Dexter, Mr. Chairman, so you had a couple things wrapped up in there and I think the chairman will let me respond to your question. So first of all, in the employees, I think you commented there were 10,000 employees that were fired. Just so we're clear, we had about 6,500 people that took the DRP, the Deferred Resignation. They were not fired. Now, they were concerned maybe about job security, but they took that voluntarily. Just so..."
Hearing “Funding Lapse and Security Gaps: Assessing the Harmful Impacts of the DHS Shutdown on Americans”
house Homeland Security Committee · Mar 25, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
GARBARINO, ANDREW R. "The gentleman yields back. Ms. Barton, I just want you to clarify your answer about the employees not getting paid to make sure you have the right thing on the record, because I know some theme employees have it. Can you just confirm which employees are not being paid right now? Okay, so the employees not getting paid by the DRF. Thank you very much for clarifying"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Sarah B. Rogers, of New York, to be Chief Executive Officer of the United States Agency for Global Media,...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jul 30, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
MURPHY, CHRISTOPHER "But does that mean you're bringing back, you may have different numbers, but obviously there are hundreds and hundreds of employees who are on leave. Are you bringing back those employees? But you're required to spend that money in accordance with directive from"
Hearing Funding Lapses: Analyzing Shutdown Reform
house Appropriations Committee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
SPEAKER_17 "Let me list just a few of them that have so far endorsed this idea. The America First Policy Institute, the American Federation of Government Employees, Americans for Prosperity, Americans for Tax Reform, the Bipartisan Policy Center, the Committee for Responsible Federal Budget, the Association of Firefighters, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the Iraq and Afghanistan Retired Veterans of America, National Active Retired Federal Employees Association, the United States Steelworkers, the United States Travel Association. I can give you on and on and on and"
Hearing An oversight hearing to examine the Federal Regulatory Commission.
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
THE HONORABLE LAURA SWETT "We have not actually granted any requests under the new law yet, but that is simply a function of timing, and I believe that it is imminent. Thank you for the question. As a, my third time as a FERC employee, I take this very seriously. I care very much about the agency and its staff. I've spent a lot of time personally meeting with every single office and trying to look as many employees in the face as I can. That said, I'm pleased to say that the administration authorized us to start hiring again, and we have posted, I have the numbers here so I don't get them wrong, we currently have 1,370..."
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
MURRAY, PATTY "outright grift. You are also pushing a joint employer rule to let giant corporations take advantage of employment structures so they aren't liable when people like janitors or nurses get a paycheck stolen, or when there are child labor violations or other worker right violations. But here's what every worker watching needs to understand. This department treats its own employees exactly the way it is letting the worst employees treat theirs. For example, Trump's Department of Labor fired 90% of the office that worked to protect workers from discrimination by federal contractors since 1965. And..."
Hearing An oversight hearing to examine the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Jun 10, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
THE HONORABLE BROOKE ROLLINS "What is left in the CCC right now, Senator, we're going to need to meet the obligations of the Working Families Tax Cut Act and the increase. So if we could all work together, I know we've been talking about that to try to open that up. But yes, yes, ma'am, we'll be looking at that too. Yes, ma'am. As I mentioned, a year and a half ago, there were 10 APHIS employees working full time, a total of 10 working full time all in. Now we've got over 120. So we've increased the amount of employees in APHIS working on New World Screw Worm by 1,000% in the last 14 months. So as you can see, we're..."
Hearing Hearing with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 4, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
SPEAKER_25 "Again, I'm unable to answer that. Has there ever been a taxpayer who had his tax returns released to his family and every employee? So I'll take that as a no. Every employee. Let me ask you, sir, since you say you're relying ... I would like to apologize to the President and all his employees"
Hearing “Hearing with the Commissioners of the Postal Regulatory Commission”
house Government Operations Subcommittee · Jun 4, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
BURCHETT, TIM "Okay. Given that those are unprofitable, would you all recommend the Postal Service phase out or restrict some of those products? What percentage of the postal employees fall under the collective bargaining agreements compared to possibly the non-postal federal employees? Does the high percentage of union folks give the Postal Service more or less flexibility to adjust postal"
Testimony TOM SCHULTZ
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. F...
house Agriculture Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"It was one-time funding. So the Forest Service staffed up all of these employees to the tune of about 6,000 to 7,000 employees between 21 and 24. The intent was to have those folks up at that level and then over eight more years to let them go. We actually have a little more employees today than in 2019. So the intent with the staff, and we keep talking about all of these employees"
Testimony TOM SCHULTZ
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. F...
house Agriculture Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"We think it provides greater communication with the states and other cooperators at that level. So that's what's driving that. And that office is going to be much smaller. So we're looking at probably somewhere between eight to 10 employees at most at a state director office compared to having several hundred employees at a regional office. Yes,"
Testimony TOM SCHULTZ
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. F...
house Agriculture Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"Mr. Vazquez, what I will tell you is that when you look at the firefighting resources we have today, as I mentioned in my statement, we actually have more firefighters today than we've had in the recent past. So, we have 11,800 firefighters, which we've exceeded our target for this year. When it comes to other employees, I try to go through this again. We came into this cycle, and at the end of 24, early 25, there was a $750 million budget shortfall. The Forest Service does not have the funding..."
Testimony TOM SCHULTZ
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. F...
house Agriculture Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"We advertised for 2,000 seasonals, and I think we currently have about 1,600. So those seasonal employees do a lot of that field work that you're talking about. So we see American Great Outdoors Act being an opportunity to provide additional funding for that infrastructure work, and then the seasonal employees, we think, can help facilitate getting that work done as well. Yes, sir. Mr. and Mr. Carbajal, I would say the employee housing is not unique to your"
Testimony TOM SCHULTZ
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. F...
house Agriculture Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"Many areas where national forests are, those are high cost of living areas. So employee housing is challenged. We don't always have employee housing available. We do have cost of living adjustments that are vary, basically, by region of the"
Testimony WALBERG, TIM
H.R. 8781, "Title IX Clarification Act of 2026"; H.R. 4986, "Parents O...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"Sports Fitness and Nutrition and restores the presidential fitness test, making youth fitness a national priority. Additionally, the committee will consider H.R. 8660, Valuing Employee Stock Today Act, or VEST Act, introduced by Representative Ryan McKenzie. This bill clarifies that restricted stock units are excluded from non-exempt, exempt, make that clear, non-exempt employees regular rate of pay, providing employers with much-needed clarity under Fair Labor Standards Act. Next, the..."
Testimony SPEAKER_06
H.R. 8781, "Title IX Clarification Act of 2026"; H.R. 4986, "Parents O...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"The sixth bill before us is Valuing Employee Stock Act. This bill will allow employees to pay employees less for overtime work by excluding restricted stock units, or RSUs, when calculating overtime pay. RSUs are a company's promise to issue stock to employees through a vesting plan, typically after the employee has remained with the company for a certain amount of time. RSUs are a company's promise to issue stock to employees through a vesting plan, typically after the employee has remained..."
Testimony SPEAKER_06
H.R. 8781, "Title IX Clarification Act of 2026"; H.R. 4986, "Parents O...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"The bill would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to remove the value of restricted stock units, RSUs, from the regular rate of pay calculation. As I mentioned in my opening statement, RSUs are a company's promise to issue stock to an employee in the future after the employee satisfies the requirement to stay with the company for a specified"
Testimony MOYLAN, JAMES C.
H.R. 8781, "Title IX Clarification Act of 2026"; H.R. 4986, "Parents O...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"This is why I'm proud to support H.R. 5267, the American Franchise Act. This bipartisan bill amends the National Labor Relations Act and Fair Labor Standards Act to establish that franchisor may only be considered a joint employer with franchisee if it shares the employees with them and directly, actually, and immediately exercise significant control over the essential terms and conditions of employment for those shared employees. This direct and immediate control standard is standard that the..."
Testimony SPEAKER_18
H.R. 8781, "Title IX Clarification Act of 2026"; H.R. 4986, "Parents O...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"And makes it harder for entrepreneurs to open or expand their Businesses. There is also a problem with how the courts are interpreting the joint Employer standard. The American franchise act provides certainty for franchise Employers and employees by making clear that a franchisor may only be Considered a joint employer of the employees of a franchisee if the Franchisor has direct control over one or more essential terms and Conditions of employment. The bill preserves the independence of..."
Testimony WILSON, JOE
H.R. 8781, "Title IX Clarification Act of 2026"; H.R. 4986, "Parents O...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"which hired a convicted child molester and a long-time registrant of California Sex Offender Registry to be a member of the leadership team. This is particularly troubling because SEIU represents public service employees who work closely with children, including public school employees, bus drivers, and child care providers. In this case, holding a union leadership position could provide a child molester access to children. The hiring practice of unions and their leadership are important to the..."
Testimony BISHOP, SANFORD D.
Oversight Hearing - Office of Management and Budget
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"and to separate many of the federal employees. employees. Employees left USDA through the deferred resignation program. I think the Office of Expected General reported that APHIS lost 25% of its workforce and the Ag Research Service lost about 23% of its workforce between January of 25 and June of 25. How many of these staff worked on the New World Screw Worm surveillance research and other such activities that were intended to prevent the parasite from reentering the United States? If you just..."
Testimony SPEAKER_03
Oversight Hearing - Office of Management and Budget
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"And the work before us is certainly immense, but we're excited to do it. It is almost entirely based on additional FTEs. We want to take OMB FTE level up to around 675 in terms of our footprint, up from where our footprint up from where we are right now at around 500 employees. We believe we need those employees. My hope is that we can work to give you enough information so that over time this subcommittee can fund OMB so that there is not a gap. We have to use that money within a three-year..."
Testimony TITUS, DINA
Various Measures
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jun 9, 2026
"removing certain eligibility requirements waiving the Foreign Service officer test and providing preferences to applicants with prior USA ID experience this would provide a smooth non-redundant path for successful USA ID employees to transition to the State Department's Foreign Service acknowledging that these individuals have already proven their capabilities and skill sets I'd like to note that the American Foreign Service Association and the American Federation of Government employees both..."
Testimony MAST, BRIAN J.
Various Measures
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jun 9, 2026
"How often are we in this room where somebody's talking about or actually casting blame that if the United States of America doesn't send the money of its taxpayers abroad that somebody could lose their life, it should be recognized the intrinsic value of human life at conception. So I appreciate this amendment. No employee should face termination just because they hold pro-life beliefs, and this amendment would prohibit removal of federal employees based upon those views. This provision aligns..."
Testimony JACOBS, SARA
Various Measures
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jun 9, 2026
"sitting and auditing every business card and email signature? So Mr. Self, you think national security is being addressed by using State Department employees' taxpayer dollars to literally audit every single business card and email signature of the thousands of employees at the State Department? No, actually, I think it's our job to think about what we're putting in place and how it's going to be enforced and how someone could be enforcing it, well or badly, because we make laws regardless of..."
Testimony MAST, BRIAN J.
Various Measures
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jun 9, 2026
"I oppose this amendment. The Department of State does have the authority to manage employee engagement and set internal policies for employee organizations. Creating a new statutory mandate is unnecessary and would create confusion about the scope, status, and oversight of these"
Testimony ALLEN, RICK W.
“Examining the Policies and Priorities of the NLRB”
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"The NLRB was designed to be a neutral arbiter of workplace disputes. However, during the Biden-Harris administration, the board sided with union leaders, even when doing so meant undermining worker choice. The board's 2023 CMEX decision expanded card check organizing and imposed mandatory union recognition, certifying unions that never won a vote. The board also restored Obama-era policies, including the blocking of charge rules, which often delayed votes to remove a union for months or years...."
Testimony ALLEN, RICK W.
“Examining the Policies and Priorities of the NLRB”
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"ruling that it is unfair labor practice for an employer to require employees to attend a meeting during which the employer expresses its views on unionization. The stereo cycle of Lynn Alestomer's decision made it harder for employers to discipline employees who use racist, sexist, or sexually explicit language at work. Finally, the Biden-Harris board waged an aggressive campaign to classify more Americans as employees under the National Labor Relations Act. They did so in an effort to increase..."
Testimony THE HONORABLE CRYSTAL CAREY
“Examining the Policies and Priorities of the NLRB”
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"review beginning with efforts to enhance case handling, conduct investigations more efficiently, and minimize delays in acquiring initial evidence from involved parties. Our dedicated employees have been working full throttle to get our house in order. I am proud to share that since I took office, despite understaffing, our incredible employees have completed the investigation of 7,066 cases that were pending as of January 7th, a nearly 40 percent reduction in cases that were awaiting..."
Testimony THE HONORABLE CRYSTAL CAREY
“Examining the Policies and Priorities of the NLRB”
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"Well, as you can see, we are attacking the backlog from multiple angles, and I am sure I will have more questions on that today. I am optimistic about our progress in the future, but it is important to note that the situation was not created overnight. The backlog accumulated over a period of several years, escalating to unprecedented levels between 2021 and 2025, and it will take some time to fully rein in this backlog. Additionally, we continue to receive new charges every day at a record..."
Testimony THE HONORABLE CRYSTAL CAREY
“Examining the Policies and Priorities of the NLRB”
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"It's definitely an issue that we see repeated, and we see issues come up constantly with this exact issue of whether you have to opt in, opt out, is basically what we've heard some questions about. I think that the proposals that you've given would be really great options. I do think that given the historic backlog and the way that cases are being processed, it would take a long time to come up with that type of resolution. My hope is that we can encourage parties through a different method to..."
Testimony OWENS, BURGESS
“Examining the Policies and Priorities of the NLRB”
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"Okay. Under the Biden administration, then-NLRB General Counsel Bruzzo issued a memo stating that her belief that certain college athletes were employees under the National Labor Relations Act. The NLRB regional director later found Dartmouth basketball players should be employees. Another NLRB regional director alleged that the University of Southern California student athletes are employees, although both of these cases were ultimately withdrawn. Could you discuss the factors that should be..."
Testimony THE HONORABLE JAMES MURPHY
“Examining the Policies and Priorities of the NLRB”
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"As you mentioned, both of those cases have washed out. I think that the National Labor Relations Board is ill-suited to resolve nationwide the issue of whether or not student athletes are employees or not employees, because we only have jurisdiction over private collegiate institutions. collegiate institutions. And the majority of the big four conferences that people refer to in the major sports, the overwhelming majority consists of public institutions. So it might be preferable, I'm not..."
Testimony MR. CANTRELL DUMAS
Hearings to examine empowering Main Street by unlocking access to capi...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"Black entrepreneurs continue to face a significant scaling gap. They own 14% of businesses without paid employees, but only 3% with paid employees. In the Federal Reserve's latest survey, only 35% of black-owned businesses that applied for financing received all the financing they sought compared with 56% of white-owned"
Testimony MURPHY, CHRISTOPHER
Hearings to examine the nominations of Sarah B. Rogers, of New York, t...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jul 30, 2026
"But does that mean you're bringing back, you may have different numbers, but obviously there are hundreds and hundreds of employees who are on leave. Are you bringing back those employees? But you're required to spend that money in accordance with directive from"
Testimony VAN HOLLEN, CHRIS
Hearings to examine the nominations of Sarah B. Rogers, of New York, t...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jul 30, 2026
"So I understand you're not going to make a commitment here, but I would argue that you agree that Latin America is an important part of the world. So those are two, I mean, we just talked about three really important parts of the world, right? Africa, East Asia, Latin America, and I really think it's important that, you know, we have America's voice back in those regions. I heard a little bit of your exchange with Senator Murphy about bringing folks back. My understanding is right now about 400..."
Testimony JOHNSON, RON
Hearings to examine the testimony of Anthony Fauci.
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jul 29, 2026
"was warned that the algorithm was going to hide the safety signals? And were you told that senior FDA officials were given dozens, shown dozens of safety signals associated through is in that same month of March 2021, an employee at NIH, Dr. Nath, was diagnosed an employee at NIH, Dr. Nath, led a team of researchers who were diagnosing and treating individuals who'd never had COVID or were severely injured by the genetic therapy"
Testimony HAWLEY, JOSH
Hearings to examine the testimony of Anthony Fauci.
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jul 29, 2026
"$900,000 cash award. And he got it because he used federal employees to get it. And this wasn't the only award, was it, Dr. Fauci? In fact, you applied for and received at least eight other federal cash prizes on federal time using federal employees and federal resources. Here they are over my"
Testimony HAWLEY, JOSH
Hearings to examine the testimony of Anthony Fauci.
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jul 29, 2026
"Besides the Dan David Award, you've got the Partnership for Public Service, you've got the Adelson Prize, you've got the Smithsonian Award, you've got the National Academy of Medicines Award, you've got the CDC Foundation. In fact, you turned your staff into a full-time application machine. You actually wrote to people and said, do you think maybe I'd qualify? And you got cash for all of this. And it wasn't just one or two employees, was it? In fact, you used eight separate federal employees on..."
Testimony HASSAN, MARGARET WOOD
Hearings to examine the impact of AI on the workplace.
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 29, 2026
"because I think it's really important that the benefits of AI flow to workers and not just the wealthiest among us. And as Senator Banks and others have mentioned, he and I co-lead a bipartisan bill called the AI Workforce Prepare Act. Among other things, it would help hold large corporations accountable by requiring companies to publicly disclose when they fire employees in mass layoffs in order to replace those employees with AI. So why is transparency in layoff decisions critical to our..."
Testimony SPEAKER_15
the Full Committee to consider the following: 1) H.R. 6610, Pharmacist...
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"HR 6610, the Pharmacists Fight Back in Federal Employee Health Benefit Plans Act, a bill to amend Chapter 89 of Title V United States Code to limit the costs of pharmacy benefit managers with respect to federal employee health benefit plans and for other purposes. Without objection, the please designate the amendment. An amendment in the nature of a substitute to HR 6610 is"
Testimony COMER, JAMES
the Full Committee to consider the following: 1) H.R. 6610, Pharmacist...
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"benefit managers or PBMs that are lurking behind the scenes keeping patients from assessing the most effective medications for them. I'm pleased that today we have an opportunity to address an issue that is so important to so many Americans. I'm thankful to have led this bill with my Democrat colleague, Representative Austin Koss from Massachusetts. HR 6610, the Pharmacists Fight Back Act, will make much needed meaningful changes to the pharmacy benefit market serving federal employees. For too..."
Testimony SPEAKER_17
Funding Lapses: Analyzing Shutdown Reform
house Appropriations Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"Let me list just a few of them that have so far endorsed this idea. The America First Policy Institute, the American Federation of Government Employees, Americans for Prosperity, Americans for Tax Reform, the Bipartisan Policy Center, the Committee for Responsible Federal Budget, the Association of Firefighters, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the Iraq and Afghanistan Retired Veterans of America, National Active Retired Federal Employees Association, the United States Steelworkers,..."
Testimony IVEY, GLENN
Funding Lapses: Analyzing Shutdown Reform
house Appropriations Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"topic, especially Ms. Young here. So I want to thank the committee for that. And I appreciate the fact, too, that this is such a critical issue for us. I mean, we've had a couple of shutdowns while I've been here in the Congress, only for three years. I represent the other half of Prince George's County that Mr. Hoyer doesn't represent. I have thousands of federal government employees in my district. I used to be a federal government employee along these lines as well before I was elected to..."
Testimony MCGARVEY, MORGAN
“Oversight of SBA’s Office of Entrepreneurial Development.”
house Small Business Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"For a program, tens of thousands of volunteers, hundreds of thousands of people utilizing it, a 94 percent satisfaction score, and one dollar that we put into it from the SBA, $45 back to our economy, why did you stop? I'm going to pause as governments speak, so we stopped giving money to this program, and you said it was broken. But you said it was bloated. I mean, you've gone from 70 employees to 20 employees across all 50 states with 300,000 people trying to participate in this. You've..."
Testimony AMO, GABE
Unleashing the Golden Age of Science: Examining the Priorities of the ...
house Science, Space, and Technology Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"Director Kratios, in what capacity has doge influenced NSF operations? Are they NSF employees, OSTP employees? Tell me where doge is right now. Well, look, I get that you're trying to pass off the responsibility because they don't exist anymore, but you can't hide from its influence. It's"
Testimony THE HONORABLE LAURA SWETT
An oversight hearing to examine the Federal Regulatory Commission.
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"We have not actually granted any requests under the new law yet, but that is simply a function of timing, and I believe that it is imminent. Thank you for the question. As a, my third time as a FERC employee, I take this very seriously. I care very much about the agency and its staff. I've spent a lot of time personally meeting with every single office and trying to look as many employees in the face as I can. That said, I'm pleased to say that the administration authorized us to start hiring..."
Testimony SCHNEIDER, BRADLEY SCOTT
H.R. 9772, H.R. 9771, H.R. 9721, and H.R. 9722
house Ways and Means Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"Section 7217 is extremely clear. It is unlawful for the President, the Vice President, or any employees of the Executive Office of the President or Vice President, and all Cabinet-level officials with the single exception of the Attorney General, to quote, request directly or indirectly any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service to conduct or terminate an audit or other investigation of any particular taxpayer. Section 7217 also states that anyone who receives such a request must..."
Testimony FINE, RANDY
United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First F...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"from the river to the sea, let's make Manhattan UN-free. So I come from that, but I know that you all are working incredibly hard to deal with the hand that we have been dealt. And so I want to start with UNRWA. And the USAID Inspector General found that seven employees actually participated in the Hamas terrorist attack on October 7th. They found 14 employees were Hamas-affiliated, including an UNRWA school principal who commanded a Hamas battalion on October 7th, as I'm sure that you know..."
Testimony MURRAY, PATTY
Hearings to examine the nomination of Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"outright grift. You are also pushing a joint employer rule to let giant corporations take advantage of employment structures so they aren't liable when people like janitors or nurses get a paycheck stolen, or when there are child labor violations or other worker right violations. But here's what every worker watching needs to understand. This department treats its own employees exactly the way it is letting the worst employees treat theirs. For example, Trump's Department of Labor fired 90% of..."
Testimony KEITH SONDERLING
Hearings to examine the nomination of Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"my perspective, the agency that I hopefully am able to lead, you have my commitment that I will continue to work with the unions, to work with our local unions, and meet with them regularly, which I have done throughout my tenure. I would defer to the experts at OPM and the executive order on that, but what I can tell you is really related to IT employees who do deal with national securities. Our systems get hacked daily, and those are some of our most important employees there, and there is a..."
Testimony ALSOBROOKS, ANGELA D.
Hearings to examine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Semi-Annu...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"and draconian actions to decimate our public institutions, politicize federal grant programs, to stall funding for NIH and for CDC public health programs, harming our research institutions, dismantling the CFPB, and I have to tell you, I couldn't wait to get here. On behalf of the 160,000 federal employees in my state, the actions taken toward our federal employees has been evil, absolutely evil, and it is the most galling aspect of what I regard as shameful tenure at the OMB as director, it..."
Testimony BONAMICI, SUZANNE
H.R. 9607, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Workforce Development Act"; H.R. ...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"State CTE offices expected to receive funding by October 1st, but instead several couldn't access their funds until the end of November. Additionally, the Department of Education is paying the Department of Labor to cover the cost of administering these new programs, which has cost taxpayers more than a million dollars more than fiscal years 25 and 26. Well, this is the textbook definition of waste. Additionally, Labor is not equipped to take on the Department of Education employees who have..."
Testimony TOKUDA, JILL N.
Protecting American Innovation: The Federal Research Security Enterpri...
house Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party · Jul 15, 2026
"how many employees have you lost in the past 18-plus months right now? And I think, as it was mentioned earlier on the dais, the NSF workforce fell by about 30.3 percent. NIH lost about 1,000 employees, with a potential additional 1,200 anticipating leaving as well. And the Department of Energy lost more than 2,600 employees as well. So I do think the fundamental question is, you've got this accelerating rate of attrition, a chilling effect almost, that I see happening right now. In addition to..."
Testimony SPEAKER_10
The Semi-Annual Report of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
house Financial Services Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"I said I don't know off the top of my head, and I'm happy to provide that in a QFR. We believe that our employees should be there on the basis of merit, and we have a colorblind employee process. No, I said that we have an employee process of hiring that is based on merit and"
Testimony SPEAKER_36
"Reforming FEMA: Ensuring the Nation's Disaster Readiness Works for Am...
house Transportation and Infrastructure Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"And that allowed FEMA to focus on disaster response as a cabinet-level agency. We now have between 30% and 40% of FEMA employees that are temporary employees. Because previously, you'd have a natural disaster, and maybe four, five, six months later, you'd have another one, so, you know, you didn't want to have people there"
Testimony SPEAKER_05
“AI on Main Street: How AI is Shaping the Future of Small Business.”
house Small Business Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"Many of these tools offer free versions or are integrated into existing platforms we use. For example, Shopify's native AI can produce on-demand sales reports in just minutes that used to take hours to build. Over the years, we've accumulated decades of emails, spreadsheets, sales records, and operating documents in Google Workspace. We can now simply ask Gemini where something is stored and what it says, turning our historical institutional knowledge into something we can find and use..."
Testimony THE HONORABLE AMY CONEY BARRETT
Budget Hearing - Supreme Court of the United States
house Appropriations Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"Those factors, it's built into the test itself, that you gauge irreparable harm, likelihood of success on the merits, from the point of view of the applicant. So if it were the employees, if they were the applicants, it would be the irreparable harm to the employee of not receiving the relief that they seek. If the person who seeks emergency relief is, say, the government, then it would be evaluated from that perspective. That's just built into the test itself, which is in the opinions in the..."
Testimony BUDZINSKI, NIKKI
PACT Act Implementation: Modernizing VA Disability Claims Through Effe...
house Veterans' Affairs Committee · Jul 13, 2026
"Just as we know one pee can ruin a good night's sleep, so too can one bad update ruin a well-intended but highly interdependent claims modernization system. My staff have heard from numerous frontline employees that the system itself is clunky and heavily degraded, leading to significant downtime, hindering employee productivity, and slowing the processing of claims for Veterans. Some employees noted losing up to one hour each day because of these lags and crashes. Despite these issues, claims..."
Testimony BUDZINSKI, NIKKI
PACT Act Implementation: Modernizing VA Disability Claims Through Effe...
house Veterans' Affairs Committee · Jul 13, 2026
"And to get ahead of this talking point, the lack of personnel cannot be solved by letting the computer do the work. In many instances, AI and automation systems make things harder for claims processors. VA routinely punishes its employees for not meeting production standards, yet fails to give them the reliable tools with which to do their jobs. That is unacceptable and will only lead to a further exodus of employees. Now, we typically don't have VSOs join us in this subcommittee, so I'm..."
Testimony MR. GREGG ORTO
PACT Act Implementation: Modernizing VA Disability Claims Through Effe...
house Veterans' Affairs Committee · Jul 13, 2026
"converting paper records into electronic files. Service members, veterans, their families, and their accredited representatives still face significant challenges caused by the fragmented systems that do not fully communicate with one another. While the Veterans Benefits Management System, or VBMS, was a major advancement when first implemented, it currently operates more as a depository or repository than a truly integrated case management system. The system is 16 years old, and it's time to..."
Testimony ALLEN, RICK W.
“Direct Contracting: A Prescription for Lower Health Care Costs”
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 1, 2026
"The Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions will come to order. I note that a quorum is present. Without objection, the Chair is authorized to call a recess at any time. Employee-sponsored care is the core of America's health system, and the Education and Workforce Committee members understand that employers want what is best for their employees. Although they are not required to offer health coverage, small businesses often choose to do so to attract and retain top talent. As a..."
Testimony SPEAKER_14
H.R. 9496, H.R. 9500, H.R. 9498, H.R. 9501, H.R. 9499, H.R. 7972, H.R....
house Ways and Means Committee · Jul 1, 2026
"The IRS is one of the most important agencies in the federal government. It collects the revenue that funds our national priorities, administers critical tax benefits and serves millions of taxpayers every year. If we want an IRS that's modern, efficient and responsive, we should be investing in both technology and the experienced workforce needed to use it effectively. Technology should enhance the work of skilled employees, not be treated as a substitute for those employees. We should embrace..."
Testimony SPEAKER_07
American Global Competitiveness at 250: Legislative Proposals to Secur...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"position the United States to lead in the manufacturing and use of advanced mobile robotics. Boston Dynamics was founded more than 30 years ago as a spinoff from MIT. For much of our history, we served as a pioneer in the mobile robotics space. Six years ago, our spot robot became the first commercially available industrial-grade quadruped in the world. At that time, our pioneering humanoid robot, Atlas, stood alone in its unique capabilities. Our company now has 1,100 employees, and we plan to..."
Testimony TRAN, DEREK
“From Startup to Scale: The Role of the SBA Office of Investment and I...
house Small Business Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"Small businesses pull more than their own weight in bringing that innovation to market. According to a 2022 SBA report, small businesses with between five to nine employees receive more patents per employee than any other category. Entrepreneurs are essential catalysts for technology transfer, moving research innovations from the laboratory into the marketplace and doing the hard work of raising capital, conducting market"
Testimony SPEAKER_12
H.R. 8476, "No Antisemitism in Education Act of 2026"; H.R. 4795, "Pro...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. HR-8822 amends the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, also known as FECA, to permit the Secretary of Labor to obtain earnings and employment information from the Social Security Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services, or HHS, related to the FECA program beneficiaries for the purpose of preventing fraud. I would like to thank the gentlewoman from Minnesota and the Ranking Member of the Workforce Protection Subcommittee, Ms. Omar, for..."
Testimony PETERS, GARY C.
Hearings to examine reforming the U.S. Postal Service's business model...
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"real accountability and clear service improvement plans. The Postal Service must also do a better job of ensuring that every employee returns home safely at the end of each day. Last year, Nicholas Acker was tragically killed in an accident at a processing facility in Allen Park, Michigan. That facility was cited by OSHA on its safety standards compliance, and am I urging the Office of Inspector General has now launched a nationwide facility safety audit. I expect the Postal Service to fully..."
Testimony MAGAZINER, SETH
H.R. 3106, (Mr. Kennedy of New York) the “Weatherizing Infrastructure ...
house Homeland Security Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"civil liberties, privacy rights, regulations and information practices. We need intelligence professionals to not only do their jobs effectively, but in a manner that upholds people's rights. So I'm focused on keeping the American people safe by protecting their fundamental rights and holding D. H. S. employees and all federal employees to high standards of conduct and accountability, which is exactly what this bill will do. I want to thank Chairman Pfluger for his collaboration on this bill...."
Testimony ADAMS, ALMA S.
“Workforce Rewired: Modern Apprenticeships for a Modern Economy”
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"We haven't heard back from them. So, Mr. Ladd, I'm concerned that under this guidance, the elimination of minimum time requirements for apprenticeships, given advanced standing, might create a situation in which employers can convert preexisting employee training programs into apprenticeships, and these phantom apprenticeship programs could only allow existing employees eligible for advanced standing to apply. So do you think that this is a fair concern, and are there any other ways that you..."
Testimony MORELLE, JOSEPH D.
Committee on House Administration Full Committee Markup on Various Mea...
house Committee on House Administration · Jun 24, 2026
"Thank you to Ms. Torres. I just want to note, and I appreciate my colleague from Florida, but when she was Secretary of State, in Florida, you could use to vote student ID, ID from a retirement center or neighborhood association, public assistance identification, a firearm license, or even an employee ID card from any government agency in order to cast a ballot, including you could also use a debit or credit card. When you were Secretary of State, that's what you allowed, but somehow it's no..."
Testimony ELIZABETH MILITO
Hearings to examine the future of social security.
senate Finance Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"I think, you know, she would find that very insulting if somebody said to her, you don't pay your fair share of taxes, because that really, I think, would hit home for a lot of business owners. And I also think that that business owner, and my members too, would most definitely characterize themselves as working persons too, because most business owners do pay payroll taxes on their wages too. So getting back to the proposal there, yes, this would make it very difficult to expand a business,..."
Testimony SPEAKER_06
"To Review the Implementation of Farm Safety Net, Disaster, and Conser...
house Agriculture Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"to hire staff at FSA. Congresswoman, I think the majority of those folks left through DRP, Deferred Retirement Program. That was a voluntary program that was the choice of the employee, was the best decision for them and their family. And so, you know, if those choices were made by the employee, then we will do our best to hire back folks that can meet the mission. Yes, Congresswoman, I'm actually pretty happy with our outreach program at FSA, and it's really at all"
Testimony SPEAKER_10
Hearings to examine 250 years of Main Street, focusing on retail to re...
senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee · Jun 17, 2026
"know paying taxes is really a cost of doing business so obviously any any expense that you have in a business if you pay less of it it's it's good for the business. There's a couple things that I think really help small businesses I I have two children that are entrepreneurs who have their own businesses the ability to expense reinvestment into business in the year of purchases is a huge help to a small business and then from an employee standpoint I have a son who has a tire shop and he has..."
Testimony SPEAKER_10
Hearings to examine the nominations of Bradford Pentony Wilson, of New...
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jun 17, 2026
"I think another big problem, we'll go over this with him as well, is just insourcing versus outsourcing. DeJoy decided he'd add 120,000 employees. Government employees cost more than private employees. They're not as good because they don't have a profit incentive, and so the bigger the post office gets, the more money they will lose. I thought DeJoy would understand that. He never understood it and got worse, and the losses got worse. So we're losing $4 billion a year 10 years ago. Now, we're..."
Testimony MERKLEY, JEFF
Hearings to examine the nomination of Hal Duncan, of Texas, to be Depu...
senate Budget Committee · Jun 16, 2026
"working on the Hill less than two years in the Republican Senate Campaign Committee. Over the next year, OMB is requesting a budget of $179 million, 645 employees, so that's a vast, well, set of personnel and responsibilities in comparison to some of your previous roles. It's a complex agency, hundreds of employees, highly technical issues, many fields of expertise. Furthermore, in your current role as Associate Director of OMB's Office of Legislative Affairs, OMB has essentially stonewalled..."
Testimony SPEAKER_16
Legislative field hearing on a Discussion Draft of the “Great American...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 12, 2026
"My name is Mike Ward, and I am testifying on behalf of the Coalition to Protect America's National Parks. It's made up of over 5,000 members, all of whom are current, former, or retired employees and volunteers of the National Park Service. Our goal is to continue supporting the National Park Service mission and National Park Service employees for advocating for national park solutions based on law and sound"
Testimony STEIL, BRYAN
Committee on House Administration Full Committee Hearing: “Preventing ...
house Committee on House Administration · Jun 10, 2026
"Nine of those fraud campaigns had a foreign nexus. After receiving this information, we deposed and interviewed five former Act Blue employees. When deposed, Act Blue employees refused to answer a single question. Instead, they invoked the Fifth Amendment 146"
Testimony THE HONORABLE BROOKE ROLLINS
An oversight hearing to examine the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"What is left in the CCC right now, Senator, we're going to need to meet the obligations of the Working Families Tax Cut Act and the increase. So if we could all work together, I know we've been talking about that to try to open that up. But yes, yes, ma'am, we'll be looking at that too. Yes, ma'am. As I mentioned, a year and a half ago, there were 10 APHIS employees working full time, a total of 10 working full time all in. Now we've got over 120. So we've increased the amount of employees in..."
Testimony MORAN, JERRY
An oversight hearing to examine the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"and you should take great pride in Food for Peace under your management. I want to make certain, Senator Hoeven has been not my sidekick, but my leader in the effort to make permanent that transfer from the State Department. Secretary Rubio testified in response to my questions last week of his support for this endeavor, and we want to give you all the tools. I would just ask about one thing, that the necessary employees and staff, my understanding is that you're doing the same program with..."
Testimony SCOTT, ROBERT C. "BOBBY"
"On Call for America: Strengthening Access Through Locum Tenens Provid...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 9, 2026
"Does the length of time a person works somewhere, is that a factor? I mean, department stores hire employees on the holidays all the time just for a few weeks. Are they independent—are those people independent contractors or are they employees? Dr. Wells, if people are brought on—you're talking about these wage"
Testimony SPEAKER_09
Hearings to examine how technological advances are driving transportat...
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Jun 9, 2026
"approximately 95% of those are due to two issues one is trespassers and the other is grade crossing collisions and That's why we work so hard to ensure our employees stay safe And we're proud of the fact that 2025 was the lowest employee injury rate in the industry's It requires, you know a periodic naked eye inspections of individuals walking on the"
Testimony SPEAKER_25
Hearing with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"Again, I'm unable to answer that. Has there ever been a taxpayer who had his tax returns released to his family and every employee? So I'll take that as a no. Every employee. Let me ask you, sir, since you say you're relying ... I would like to apologize to the President and all his employees"
Testimony DELBENE, SUZAN K.
Hearing with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"I guess that's not very specific, but the GAO also found that a Doge staffer sent an unencrypted file containing USAID payment information and individual's names to external Doge personnel at the General Services Administration. Soon after, it was reported no disciplinary action was taken, despite the employee's failure to protect federal and non-federal employees' sensitive personal data and comply with security requirements. So again, Mr. Secretary, when employees who violate IT security..."
Testimony BURCHETT, TIM
“Hearing with the Commissioners of the Postal Regulatory Commission”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"Okay. Given that those are unprofitable, would you all recommend the Postal Service phase out or restrict some of those products? What percentage of the postal employees fall under the collective bargaining agreements compared to possibly the non-postal federal employees? Does the high percentage of union folks give the Postal Service more or less flexibility to adjust postal"
Testimony SPEAKER_07
“Hearing with the Commissioners of the Postal Regulatory Commission”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"And what about some of the underlying assumptions on mail volume and package growth, pricing? Can you walk us through some of those and what you expected and what turned out to be the case? And can you help me understand how employee count and mail volume have trended over the past few years? Do you know how many employees did the USPS have in 2010? It's about 671,000 employees. Do you know what it was in"
Testimony SPEAKER_42
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from the Honorable Brooke L. R...
house Agriculture Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"We're really going to miss him, but he has been vital in making sure that transition has been smooth. It is our understanding, or my understanding, that that program has continued apace, and that we're doing it with a whole lot less employees. I think maybe from 300 employees at State, down to about 30 at USDA, but without compromising the program itself. If you heard differently, Congressman, please let me know, but I think we're very pleased with what's happening so"
Testimony OWENS, BURGESS
"Building an AI-Ready America: Higher Education in the Age of AI"
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 3, 2026
"Thank you. Under Committee Rule 9, we will now question witnesses on the five-minute rule. I will now ask the witnesses to come forward. Florida State has partnered with companies like Google, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services Services to expand access to AI tools and training. How do partnerships like these bridge the gap between classroom learning and skills employers, employees, employees are seeking? And how can universities and, how can universities structure themselves to give students..."
Hearing Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Supreme Court of the United States.
senate Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee · Jul 14, 2026 · Transcript
THE HONORABLE AMY CONEY BARRETT "who's touched documents, where they've been printed. We have always required employees to sign a confidentiality agreement, but recently we required employees began requiring employees to sign a nondisclosure agreement, which we do have carve-outs for whistleblowers and that sort of thing, and those carve-outs go beyond what federal statutes require, but we're hoping that driving the need for confidentiality home with these NDAs will just be an additional check on employees who are sharing information inappropriately and often"
Hearing Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Modernization and Innovation Hearing: “Modernizing Public Access to Legislative Data and...
house Modernization and Innovation Subcommittee · Jul 21, 2026 · Transcript
MS. KIRSTEN GULLICKSON "and John about the Ask a Librarian, because for me it should be expanded to include your websites and to GPO and some of our other ledge branch repositories in such a way that it then can bring back the citations. So it can route you back to maybe a press release or route you back to a committee report on GPO or back to a resource just on congress.gov Yeah. One of the structural things that we need to invest in is that structured data. So we have projects already going on. We have a structured data format called United States legislative markup. GPO is leading that project. We have a GPO is..."
Hearing H.R. 8870, Building Unrivaled Infrastructure and Long-term Development for America's 250th Act (BUILD America 250 Act); and other matters cleared...
house Transportation and Infrastructure Committee · May 21, 2026 · Transcript
UNKNOWN "has only made matters worse. Autonomous vehicle technology has the potential to vastly improve transit service and deliver some semblance of return on investment. Unfortunately, a significant barrier exists to the introduction of this technology. Section 13C, employee protective arrangements, is one of those barriers. This section of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, which makes FTA funding contingent upon a certification by the Secretary of Labor that fair and equitable arrangements are made to protect employees from losing benefits or rights and against a worsening of their..."
Hearing Hearings to examine seniors and the workforce.
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Mar 25, 2026 · Transcript
JOHNNY TAYLOR "And as a result, that really does present some really tensions, some significant problems in the workplace. Younger employees want their next shot, and the older employee isn't moving on. So what we're trying to do is describe these diverse mentoring programs, opportunities for people to take on part-time roles, which older employees are willing to do, especially if you solve for the RET challenges. And so we think we can solve for this. The other big challenge is flexible"
Hearing Hearings to examine Social Security, focusing on a discussion on the facts and the path forward.
senate Budget Committee · Mar 25, 2026 · Transcript
DR. MOLLY DAHL "immigrants come in, they're more likely to be of working age, many work, pay payroll taxes, that is a benefit to the program, and then for a variety of reasons, many will not ultimately claim and certainly won't be eligible to claim, they won't have their 40 quarters of coverage, for instance, inside the 10-year window. That's right. The statutory rate is 6.2%, but consensus view is that the employee pays, basically the employer cost is passed on to the employee, and so the employee basically faces a rate of 12.4%. So they would pay the 12.4% on that first $185,000, roughly, and then would..."
Hearing "Work, Dignity, and Choice in Disability Employment"
house Education and Workforce Committee · Feb 13, 2026 · Transcript
GROTHMAN, GLENN "I think for me, certainly, I don't know if you've heard this, my social life revolves a little bit about the people I know in Congress and the staff, and it makes them feel good that the employees you saw today, they can be working five, or 10, or 15 years with other employees here, both management and other employees on the floor, which means they aren't alone just with their parents watching TV or what have you. That's another huge benefit here. Nobody is forced to work here, and there are people who, like I said, if they want to shut it down, they're making a choice for some of the..."
Hearing “Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security: ICE, CBP, and USCIS”
house Homeland Security Committee · Feb 10, 2026 · Transcript
GUEST, MICHAEL "The Department of Homeland Security employs 260,000 men and women across 22 different agencies. Those agencies include 63,000 men and women who work for CBP, 60,000 who work for TSA, 22,000 for FEMA, 18,000 who work for USCIS, almost 50,000 civilian and military employees with the United States Coast Guard, 7,800 Secret Service employees, 2,500 CISA employees, and over 8,000 agents and analysts with the Department of Homeland Security"
Hearing Hearings to examine empowering Main Street by unlocking access to capital.
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Aug 6, 2026 · Transcript
MR. CANTRELL DUMAS "Black entrepreneurs continue to face a significant scaling gap. They own 14% of businesses without paid employees, but only 3% with paid employees. In the Federal Reserve's latest survey, only 35% of black-owned businesses that applied for financing received all the financing they sought compared with 56% of white-owned"
Hearing Hearings to examine the impact of AI on the workplace.
senate Employment and Workplace Safety Subcommittee · Jul 29, 2026 · Transcript
HASSAN, MARGARET WOOD "because I think it's really important that the benefits of AI flow to workers and not just the wealthiest among us. And as Senator Banks and others have mentioned, he and I co-lead a bipartisan bill called the AI Workforce Prepare Act. Among other things, it would help hold large corporations accountable by requiring companies to publicly disclose when they fire employees in mass layoffs in order to replace those employees with AI. So why is transparency in layoff decisions critical to our understanding of the AI's impact on the workforce? And how can this transparency help in developing..."
Hearing “Oversight of SBA’s Office of Entrepreneurial Development.”
house Small Business Committee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript
MCGARVEY, MORGAN "For a program, tens of thousands of volunteers, hundreds of thousands of people utilizing it, a 94 percent satisfaction score, and one dollar that we put into it from the SBA, $45 back to our economy, why did you stop? I'm going to pause as governments speak, so we stopped giving money to this program, and you said it was broken. But you said it was bloated. I mean, you've gone from 70 employees to 20 employees across all 50 states with 300,000 people trying to participate in this. You've stopped all payments."
Hearing Unleashing the Golden Age of Science: Examining the Priorities of the FY2027 Research and Technology Enterprise
house Science, Space, and Technology Committee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript
AMO, GABE "Director Kratios, in what capacity has doge influenced NSF operations? Are they NSF employees, OSTP employees? Tell me where doge is right now. Well, look, I get that you're trying to pass off the responsibility because they don't exist anymore, but you can't hide from its influence. It's"
Hearing H.R. 9772, H.R. 9771, H.R. 9721, and H.R. 9722
house Ways and Means Committee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript
SCHNEIDER, BRADLEY SCOTT "Section 7217 is extremely clear. It is unlawful for the President, the Vice President, or any employees of the Executive Office of the President or Vice President, and all Cabinet-level officials with the single exception of the Attorney General, to quote, request directly or indirectly any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service to conduct or terminate an audit or other investigation of any particular taxpayer. Section 7217 also states that anyone who receives such a request must report it to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax"
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
FINE, RANDY "from the river to the sea, let's make Manhattan UN-free. So I come from that, but I know that you all are working incredibly hard to deal with the hand that we have been dealt. And so I want to start with UNRWA. And the USAID Inspector General found that seven employees actually participated in the Hamas terrorist attack on October 7th. They found 14 employees were Hamas-affiliated, including an UNRWA school principal who commanded a Hamas battalion on October 7th, as I'm sure that you know that. How do we make sure that there aren't terrorists that are working for the United Nations? Okay...."
Hearing Hearings to examine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Semi-Annual Report, focusing on a new day at the CFPB through reform.
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jul 16, 2026 · Transcript
ALSOBROOKS, ANGELA D. "and draconian actions to decimate our public institutions, politicize federal grant programs, to stall funding for NIH and for CDC public health programs, harming our research institutions, dismantling the CFPB, and I have to tell you, I couldn't wait to get here. On behalf of the 160,000 federal employees in my state, the actions taken toward our federal employees has been evil, absolutely evil, and it is the most galling aspect of what I regard as shameful tenure at the OMB as director, it has been your outright animosity and blatant hostility toward our federal workers, and I haven't made..."
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
BONAMICI, SUZANNE "State CTE offices expected to receive funding by October 1st, but instead several couldn't access their funds until the end of November. Additionally, the Department of Education is paying the Department of Labor to cover the cost of administering these new programs, which has cost taxpayers more than a million dollars more than fiscal years 25 and 26. Well, this is the textbook definition of waste. Additionally, Labor is not equipped to take on the Department of Education employees who have apparently been moved to administer the programs into a new location, and education employees had to..."
Hearing Protecting American Innovation: The Federal Research Security Enterprise
house Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript
TOKUDA, JILL N. "how many employees have you lost in the past 18-plus months right now? And I think, as it was mentioned earlier on the dais, the NSF workforce fell by about 30.3 percent. NIH lost about 1,000 employees, with a potential additional 1,200 anticipating leaving as well. And the Department of Energy lost more than 2,600 employees as well. So I do think the fundamental question is, you've got this accelerating rate of attrition, a chilling effect almost, that I see happening right now. In addition to that, you have proposed budget cuts to the Office of the Inspector General, the Chief Research,..."
Hearing The Semi-Annual Report of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
house Financial Services Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_10 "I said I don't know off the top of my head, and I'm happy to provide that in a QFR. We believe that our employees should be there on the basis of merit, and we have a colorblind employee process. No, I said that we have an employee process of hiring that is based on merit and"
Hearing "Reforming FEMA: Ensuring the Nation's Disaster Readiness Works for Americans"
house Transportation and Infrastructure Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_36 "And that allowed FEMA to focus on disaster response as a cabinet-level agency. We now have between 30% and 40% of FEMA employees that are temporary employees. Because previously, you'd have a natural disaster, and maybe four, five, six months later, you'd have another one, so, you know, you didn't want to have people there"
Hearing “AI on Main Street: How AI is Shaping the Future of Small Business.”
house Small Business Committee · Jul 14, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_05 "Many of these tools offer free versions or are integrated into existing platforms we use. For example, Shopify's native AI can produce on-demand sales reports in just minutes that used to take hours to build. Over the years, we've accumulated decades of emails, spreadsheets, sales records, and operating documents in Google Workspace. We can now simply ask Gemini where something is stored and what it says, turning our historical institutional knowledge into something we can find and use instantly. In addition, AI helps us streamline repetitive administrative work so our employees can spend..."
Hearing Budget Hearing - Supreme Court of the United States
house Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee · Jul 14, 2026 · Transcript
THE HONORABLE AMY CONEY BARRETT "Those factors, it's built into the test itself, that you gauge irreparable harm, likelihood of success on the merits, from the point of view of the applicant. So if it were the employees, if they were the applicants, it would be the irreparable harm to the employee of not receiving the relief that they seek. If the person who seeks emergency relief is, say, the government, then it would be evaluated from that perspective. That's just built into the test itself, which is in the opinions in the"
Hearing “Direct Contracting: A Prescription for Lower Health Care Costs”
house Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee · Jul 1, 2026 · Transcript
ALLEN, RICK W. "The Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions will come to order. I note that a quorum is present. Without objection, the Chair is authorized to call a recess at any time. Employee-sponsored care is the core of America's health system, and the Education and Workforce Committee members understand that employers want what is best for their employees. Although they are not required to offer health coverage, small businesses often choose to do so to attract and retain top talent. As a former small business owner myself, I learned that investing in the health of my employees paid..."
Hearing H.R. 9496, H.R. 9500, H.R. 9498, H.R. 9501, H.R. 9499, H.R. 7972, H.R. 9504
house Ways and Means Committee · Jul 1, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_14 "The IRS is one of the most important agencies in the federal government. It collects the revenue that funds our national priorities, administers critical tax benefits and serves millions of taxpayers every year. If we want an IRS that's modern, efficient and responsive, we should be investing in both technology and the experienced workforce needed to use it effectively. Technology should enhance the work of skilled employees, not be treated as a substitute for those employees. We should embrace innovation, but we should not undermine the agency's ability to enforce the law, to combat fraud..."
Hearing American Global Competitiveness at 250: Legislative Proposals to Secure U.S. Technology Leadership.
house Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee · Jun 30, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_07 "position the United States to lead in the manufacturing and use of advanced mobile robotics. Boston Dynamics was founded more than 30 years ago as a spinoff from MIT. For much of our history, we served as a pioneer in the mobile robotics space. Six years ago, our spot robot became the first commercially available industrial-grade quadruped in the world. At that time, our pioneering humanoid robot, Atlas, stood alone in its unique capabilities. Our company now has 1,100 employees, and we plan to double both the number of employees and our footprint in the near future. Our robots are used in..."
Hearing “From Startup to Scale: The Role of the SBA Office of Investment and Innovation in Powering America’s Small Businesses.”
house Small Business Committee · Jun 25, 2026 · Transcript
TRAN, DEREK "Small businesses pull more than their own weight in bringing that innovation to market. According to a 2022 SBA report, small businesses with between five to nine employees receive more patents per employee than any other category. Entrepreneurs are essential catalysts for technology transfer, moving research innovations from the laboratory into the marketplace and doing the hard work of raising capital, conducting market"
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
SPEAKER_12 "Thank you, Mr. Chairman. HR-8822 amends the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, also known as FECA, to permit the Secretary of Labor to obtain earnings and employment information from the Social Security Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services, or HHS, related to the FECA program beneficiaries for the purpose of preventing fraud. I would like to thank the gentlewoman from Minnesota and the Ranking Member of the Workforce Protection Subcommittee, Ms. Omar, for cosponsoring this bill with me. For 110 years, the FECA program has been a critical resource for Federal..."
Hearing Hearings to examine reforming the U.S. Postal Service's business model.
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jun 24, 2026 · Transcript
PETERS, GARY C. "real accountability and clear service improvement plans. The Postal Service must also do a better job of ensuring that every employee returns home safely at the end of each day. Last year, Nicholas Acker was tragically killed in an accident at a processing facility in Allen Park, Michigan. That facility was cited by OSHA on its safety standards compliance, and am I urging the Office of Inspector General has now launched a nationwide facility safety audit. I expect the Postal Service to fully cooperate with the audit and double down on its efforts to protect all of its employees to protect all..."
Hearing H.R. 3106, (Mr. Kennedy of New York) the “Weatherizing Infrastructure in the North and Terrorism Emergency Readiness Act of 2025”; H.R. 5109, (Mr....
house Homeland Security Committee · Jun 24, 2026 · Transcript
MAGAZINER, SETH "civil liberties, privacy rights, regulations and information practices. We need intelligence professionals to not only do their jobs effectively, but in a manner that upholds people's rights. So I'm focused on keeping the American people safe by protecting their fundamental rights and holding D. H. S. employees and all federal employees to high standards of conduct and accountability, which is exactly what this bill will do. I want to thank Chairman Pfluger for his collaboration on this bill. We work together on several of these bills that came out of the I. N. A. The counterterrorism..."
Hearing “Workforce Rewired: Modern Apprenticeships for a Modern Economy”
house Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee · Jun 24, 2026 · Transcript
ADAMS, ALMA S. "We haven't heard back from them. So, Mr. Ladd, I'm concerned that under this guidance, the elimination of minimum time requirements for apprenticeships, given advanced standing, might create a situation in which employers can convert preexisting employee training programs into apprenticeships, and these phantom apprenticeship programs could only allow existing employees eligible for advanced standing to apply. So do you think that this is a fair concern, and are there any other ways that you see these circulars could lead to abuse? Let me get this last point"
Hearing Committee on House Administration Full Committee Markup on Various Measures
house Committee on House Administration · Jun 24, 2026 · Transcript
MORELLE, JOSEPH D. "Thank you to Ms. Torres. I just want to note, and I appreciate my colleague from Florida, but when she was Secretary of State, in Florida, you could use to vote student ID, ID from a retirement center or neighborhood association, public assistance identification, a firearm license, or even an employee ID card from any government agency in order to cast a ballot, including you could also use a debit or credit card. When you were Secretary of State, that's what you allowed, but somehow it's no longer good enough for the people of this country. In Georgia, you can use a driver's license, even if..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the future of social security.
senate Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy Subcommittee · Jun 24, 2026 · Transcript
ELIZABETH MILITO "I think, you know, she would find that very insulting if somebody said to her, you don't pay your fair share of taxes, because that really, I think, would hit home for a lot of business owners. And I also think that that business owner, and my members too, would most definitely characterize themselves as working persons too, because most business owners do pay payroll taxes on their wages too. So getting back to the proposal there, yes, this would make it very difficult to expand a business, hire another employee, offer benefits for employees too, because it's another layer in the taxes. Our..."
Hearing "To Review the Implementation of Farm Safety Net, Disaster, and Conservation Programs"
house Agriculture Committee · Jun 24, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_06 "to hire staff at FSA. Congresswoman, I think the majority of those folks left through DRP, Deferred Retirement Program. That was a voluntary program that was the choice of the employee, was the best decision for them and their family. And so, you know, if those choices were made by the employee, then we will do our best to hire back folks that can meet the mission. Yes, Congresswoman, I'm actually pretty happy with our outreach program at FSA, and it's really at all"
Hearing Hearings to examine 250 years of Main Street, focusing on retail to research.
senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee · Jun 17, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_10 "know paying taxes is really a cost of doing business so obviously any any expense that you have in a business if you pay less of it it's it's good for the business. There's a couple things that I think really help small businesses I I have two children that are entrepreneurs who have their own businesses the ability to expense reinvestment into business in the year of purchases is a huge help to a small business and then from an employee standpoint I have a son who has a tire shop and he has some employees that work out in the shop you know they make 20 to 25 dollars an hour and the ability..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Bradford Pentony Wilson, of New Jersey, to be Archivist of the United States, Hal Duncan, of Texas, to be...
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jun 17, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_10 "I think another big problem, we'll go over this with him as well, is just insourcing versus outsourcing. DeJoy decided he'd add 120,000 employees. Government employees cost more than private employees. They're not as good because they don't have a profit incentive, and so the bigger the post office gets, the more money they will lose. I thought DeJoy would understand that. He never understood it and got worse, and the losses got worse. So we're losing $4 billion a year 10 years ago. Now, we're losing $9 billion a"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nomination of Hal Duncan, of Texas, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
senate Budget Committee · Jun 16, 2026 · Transcript
MERKLEY, JEFF "working on the Hill less than two years in the Republican Senate Campaign Committee. Over the next year, OMB is requesting a budget of $179 million, 645 employees, so that's a vast, well, set of personnel and responsibilities in comparison to some of your previous roles. It's a complex agency, hundreds of employees, highly technical issues, many fields of expertise. Furthermore, in your current role as Associate Director of OMB's Office of Legislative Affairs, OMB has essentially stonewalled Congress and this committee, not responding to"
Hearing Legislative field hearing on a Discussion Draft of the “Great American Outdoors Act 250.” (10:00AM local time)
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 12, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_16 "My name is Mike Ward, and I am testifying on behalf of the Coalition to Protect America's National Parks. It's made up of over 5,000 members, all of whom are current, former, or retired employees and volunteers of the National Park Service. Our goal is to continue supporting the National Park Service mission and National Park Service employees for advocating for national park solutions based on law and sound"
Hearing Committee on House Administration Full Committee Hearing: “Preventing Fraudulent Donations: Transparency, Verification, and Accountability”
house Committee on House Administration · Jun 10, 2026 · Transcript
STEIL, BRYAN "Nine of those fraud campaigns had a foreign nexus. After receiving this information, we deposed and interviewed five former Act Blue employees. When deposed, Act Blue employees refused to answer a single question. Instead, they invoked the Fifth Amendment 146"
Hearing "On Call for America: Strengthening Access Through Locum Tenens Providers"
house Workforce Protections Subcommittee · Jun 9, 2026 · Transcript
SCOTT, ROBERT C. "BOBBY" "Does the length of time a person works somewhere, is that a factor? I mean, department stores hire employees on the holidays all the time just for a few weeks. Are they independent—are those people independent contractors or are they employees? Dr. Wells, if people are brought on—you're talking about these wage"
Hearing Hearings to examine how technological advances are driving transportation innovation.
senate Surface Transportation, Maritime, Freight, and Ports · Jun 9, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_09 "approximately 95% of those are due to two issues one is trespassers and the other is grade crossing collisions and That's why we work so hard to ensure our employees stay safe And we're proud of the fact that 2025 was the lowest employee injury rate in the industry's It requires, you know a periodic naked eye inspections of individuals walking on the"
Hearing "For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from the Honorable Brooke L. Rollins, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture"
house Agriculture Committee · Jun 4, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_42 "We're really going to miss him, but he has been vital in making sure that transition has been smooth. It is our understanding, or my understanding, that that program has continued apace, and that we're doing it with a whole lot less employees. I think maybe from 300 employees at State, down to about 30 at USDA, but without compromising the program itself. If you heard differently, Congressman, please let me know, but I think we're very pleased with what's happening so"
Hearing "Building an AI-Ready America: Higher Education in the Age of AI"
house Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee · Jun 3, 2026 · Transcript
OWENS, BURGESS "Thank you. Under Committee Rule 9, we will now question witnesses on the five-minute rule. I will now ask the witnesses to come forward. Florida State has partnered with companies like Google, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services Services to expand access to AI tools and training. How do partnerships like these bridge the gap between classroom learning and skills employers, employees, employees are seeking? And how can universities and, how can universities structure themselves to give students workforce relevance, experience while preserving institutional independence and academic"
Hearing “TSA Modernization: Industry Perspectives on Key Security and Travel Reforms 25 Years After 9/11”
house Homeland Security Committee · May 20, 2026 · Request transcript
Witness: Dr. Everett Kelley, American Federation of Government Employees
Hearing “America on the Global Stage: Examining Efforts to Secure and Improve the U.S. Travel System and Prepare for Significant International Events”
house Transportation and Maritime Security Subcommittee · Apr 8, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Everett Kelley, PhD, American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)
Hearing Lives at Stake: Holding Tax-Exempt Organ Procurement Organizations Accountable
house Oversight Subcommittee · Dec 2, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Ms. Nyckolleta Martin, Former OPO Employee
Hearing "Restoring Trust: Enhancing Transparency and Oversight at EBSA"
house Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee · Jul 22, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Jim Bonham, Employee Stock Ownership Association
Hearing Examining VA Efforts to Decrease Delays in Veterans’ Disability Compensation Claims
house Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee · Apr 9, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: James "Jim" R. Swartz, American Federation of Government Employees
Hearing Failure at the Front Gate: Examining VA Police and Security Deficiencies
house Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee · Jul 21, 2026 · Request transcript
Witness: Mr. Matthew Leffler, American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO
Hearing Oversight Hearing on "All in for America250: Public-Private Partnerships Supporting America’s Semiquincentennial on our Public Lands"
house Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee · Feb 10, 2026 · Request transcript
Witness: Mr. Tim Whitehouse, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility
Hearing Time's Running Out: Prosecuting Fraudsters for Stealing Billions in Unemployment Benefits from American Workers
house Work and Welfare Subcommittee · Feb 6, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Shelby Meyenburg, AFSCME Council 28, the Washington Federation of State Employees
Hearing Oversight: “Counting the Money: Preventing Fraud and Abuse in VA’s Bonus Payment Practices for VA Employees”
house Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee · Jul 22, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Sheila Elliot, Local 2328; American Federation of Government Employees
Hearing “Failure at the Front Gate: Examining VA Police and Security Deficiencies”
house Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee · Jun 24, 2026 · Request transcript
Witness: Mr. Matthew Leffler, American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO