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Witness Mr. Bryan Fair
Southern Poverty Law Center · 1 hearing
Hearing Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural Act of 2026".
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026 · Transcript · 10 transcript matches
DURBIN, RICHARD J. "We need it again, and it has to be part of this SNAP conversation. We want to support the farm bill, I certainly do, but I want to make sure that I'm fair to my state and fair to the people who are receiving SNAP benefits who are being disadvantaged. This paperwork requirement of people in low-income categories is an onerous responsibility. It sounds easy, doesn't"
Hearing “A Midlife Crisis? IP and the Internet After 40”
house Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Subcommittee · Jun 30, 2026 · Transcript · 7 transcript matches
RASKIN, JAMIE "How do we integrate titanic new technological changes in a way that supports, rather than undermines, the basic needs and values of our society? We know from experience that innovations mean little if they are left to create inequality and domination, joblessness, and poverty. How do we prevent the concentration of power and wealth, but instead work to fairly distribute the benefits of new technology so they become part of our common life and inheritance? In this new era, we must ask ourselves what is fair and what is just and what will secure the greatest good to the greatest number of..."
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Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s Fair Access to Financial Services Rule
Posts · Feb 5, 2021
On January 28, 2021, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced that it had “paused publication” of its Fair Access to Financial Services final rule (Fair Access Rule or the Rule),...
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Disparate Impact Claims Under the Fair Housing Act
Reports · Sep 24, 2015
The Fair Housing Act (FHA) was enacted “to provide, within constitutional limitations, for fair housing throughout the United States.” It prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color,...
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The Fair Housing Act (FHA): A Legal Overview
Reports · Jun 27, 2024
The Fair Housing Act (FHA) was enacted “to provide, within constitutional limitations, for fair housing throughout the United States.” The original 1968 Act prohibited discrimination on the basis of...
Hearing “Protecting U.S. Leadership in Codes Development and Enhancing Public Access”
house Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Subcommittee · Apr 21, 2026 · Transcript · 6 transcript matches
MR. KEITH KUPFERSCHMID "is very significant. The AI issues you mentioned, I mean, that's obviously we're in agreement there. We hope the courts agree with what you just said as well and come out on that. But I mean, we're big supporters of fair use. There's nothing that's sort of categorically fair use one way or the other. So I think there certainly will be instances where using codes and standards will be fair use and other instances where it should not, certainly should not be fair use. Yeah, I agree with Mr."
Hearing Hearings to examine empowering Main Street by unlocking access to capital.
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Aug 6, 2026 · Transcript · 6 transcript matches
WARREN, ELIZABETH "Thank You Mr. Chairman and thank you for holding this hearing. I believe in markets. Fair and transparent markets promote innovation. They power economic growth. They give everyone a chance to thrive. The confidence that investors at home and around the world place in the integrity of our markets is a critical part of why our nation's economy is the envy of the world. But under President Trump the corruption is so massive and so unprecedented that it has fundamentally changed our markets rigging them for the wealthy and the well-connected. Those with money and power get special treatment..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the Muslim brotherhood network in America.
senate Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights Subcommittee · Aug 5, 2026 · Transcript · 6 transcript matches
KENNEDY, JOHN "One of the things she specializes in is class actions. And thanks to her work, she has ensured that the people who are hurt and are the subject of these class actions, who oftentimes don't get any money, all the money goes to the lawyers. She has worked to ensure that people get their fair share. But more than her accomplishments, Judge St. John is, she's obviously intelligent. She's patient. She's wise. She is not a politician. She didn't have a squillion people call me to encourage her nomination either for the Court of Appeal or for the District Court. We do get a"
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The Fair Housing Act: HUD Oversight, Programs, and Activities
Reports · Apr 7, 2021
The federal Fair Housing Act, enacted in 1968 as Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act (P.L. 90-284), prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental, or financing of housing based on race, color,...
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The Social Security Fairness Act of 2023
Resources · Jan 31, 2025
The Social Security Fairness Act of 2023 (P.L. 118-273) was signed into law on January 5, 2025. The legislation repeals two provisions under Social Security—the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and...
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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...
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The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: Legal Framework
Resources · Jun 10, 2019
Overview Congress enacted the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) in 1977 to “eliminate abusive debt collection practices by debt collectors” by rendering particular types of collection...
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The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): An Overview
Reports · Mar 8, 2023
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) provides workers with minimum wage, overtime pay, and child labor protections. The FLSA covers most, but not all, private and public sector employees. In addition,...
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The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Child Labor Provisions
Report · Jul 1, 2026
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938 prohibits the employment of “oppressive child labor” in the United States, which the act defines—with some exceptions—as the employment of youth under 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...
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The Social Security Fairness Act of 2023 (H.R. 82): Background for Congress
Posts · Nov 13, 2024
The Social Security Fairness Act of 2023 (H.R. 82) was introduced by Representative Garret Graves on January 9, 2023. S. 597, a companion bill, was introduced by Senator Sherrod Brown on March 1,...
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Anna St. John, of Louisiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, Gregory Carl Cook, to...
senate Aug 5, 2026 · Transcript · 5 transcript matches
KENNEDY, JOHN "One of the things she specializes in is class actions. And thanks to her work, she has ensured that the people who are hurt and are the subject of these class actions, who oftentimes don't get any money, all the money goes to the lawyers. She has worked to ensure that people get their fair share. But more than her accomplishments, Judge St. John is, she's obviously intelligent. She's patient. She's wise. She is not a politician. She didn't have a squillion people call me to encourage her nomination either for the Court of Appeal or for the District Court. We do get a"
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Compensating State and Local Governments for the Tax-Exempt Status of Federal Lands: What Is Fair and Consistent?
Reports · Mar 22, 2012
The federal government owns significant amounts of land and resources that are exempt from state and local taxation. State and local governments provide a wide variety of services—education, social...
Hearing Legislative Hearing on: H.R. 913, Streamlining Aviation for Eligible Veterans Act of 2025, H.R. 980, the Modernizing the Veterans On-Campus...
house Economic Opportunity Subcommittee · Mar 11, 2025 · Request transcript
Testimony KELLY, MIKE
Full Committee Hearing on The Growing Business of Sports: Reviewing Fe...
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"It's not really about the players. As long as they pay taxes, we're okay. I don't care if they're 18 years old or 30 years old, are they paying their fair share? I get so tired of hearing about the fair share, and everybody worries about the fair share. I don't know what the fair share is. I guess it depends what neighborhood you live in, or where you've grown up. Mr. Archer, if you could just start off, because we really do need, whenever Jack Swarbrick was here from Notre Dame, his number one..."
Testimony MR. KEITH KUPFERSCHMID
“Protecting U.S. Leadership in Codes Development and Enhancing Public ...
house Judiciary Committee · Apr 21, 2026
"is very significant. The AI issues you mentioned, I mean, that's obviously we're in agreement there. We hope the courts agree with what you just said as well and come out on that. But I mean, we're big supporters of fair use. There's nothing that's sort of categorically fair use one way or the other. So I think there certainly will be instances where using codes and standards will be fair use and other instances where it should not, certainly should not be fair use. Yeah, I agree with Mr."
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Worker Classification: Employee Status Under the National Labor Relations Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, and the ABC Test
Reports · Apr 20, 2021
The classification of workers as “employees” rather than independent contractors is critical for purposes of most federal and state labor and employment laws. In general, the rights and protections...
Witness Ms. Nikitra Bailey
National Fair Housing Alliance · 2 hearings
Hearing Hearings to examine Social Security, focusing on a discussion on the facts and the path forward.
senate Budget Committee · Mar 25, 2026 · Transcript · 4 transcript matches
MORENO, BERNIE "So let's start there. I wasn't expecting it, but I think my colleague brought up a good point of fairness. Let me just point out that right now it is optional for you to pay more money in taxes, by the way. You can definitely do that. Somebody who's worth a lot of money, you're allowed to pay more money in taxes. So maybe recommend that. Number two, I would say that when it comes to fairness, why don't we withhold our paychecks while we're withholding the paychecks of 260,000 DHS employees? Why don't we do that? That seems fair. It doesn't seem fair that we get paid $175,000 a year, and yet..."
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.239, to take certain mineral interests into trust for the benefit of the Crow Tribe of Montana, S.1055, to amend...
senate Indian Affairs Committee · Aug 5, 2026 · Transcript · 4 transcript matches
SCHATZ, BRIAN "before the conveyances take place and to share that agreement with the secretary of this committee and the house committee on natural resources. It requires that the agreement be made public and it the tribe and Muscle Shell County benefit from the agreement. The goal is to allow transparency and fairness before the land swap moves forward. At the hearing on this bill Chairman White Clay testified that it would be open to any amendments that would solidify and clarify the tribe's benefits. In response this amendment sets a profit floor guaranteeing that the tribe gets no less than 44 percent..."
Hearing Future of Payments: Promoting Innovation and Fair Markets
house Financial Services Committee · Jun 24, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.4668, to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of, and provide protections for, student athletes and to...
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Jun 18, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing Hearings to examine college sports, focusing on supporting student athletes and fair competition.
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Jun 3, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing H.R. "1004, the “Love Lives on Act of 2025”; H.R. 2164, the “Dayton National Cemetery Expansion Act of 2025”; H.R. 5339, the “Susan E. Lukas 9/11...
house Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee · Mar 26, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing the full Committee to consider the following: 1) H.R. 6916, Federal Program Integrity and Fraud Prevention Act of 2025; 2) H.R. 428, Bonuses for...
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Mar 18, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing H.R. 982, Warriors to Workforce Act; H.R. 5634, Veterans Flight Training Responsibility Act of 2025; H.R.7049, Improving Mental Health Care and...
house Economic Opportunity Subcommittee · Feb 24, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing Legislative Hearing on: H.R. 1004, Love Lives on Act of 2025; H.R. 1685, Justice for ALS Veterans of 2025; H.R. 2164, Dayton National Cemetery...
house Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee · Feb 3, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing Hearings to examine ensuring fair access to banking, focusing on policy levers and legislative solutions.
senate Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection Subcommittee · Dec 16, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing H.R. 4638, the Bill to Outlaw Wounding of Official Working Animals Act or the BOWOW Act; H.R. 5713, the Expedited Removal of Criminal Aliens Act;...
house Judiciary Committee · Nov 18, 2025 · Request transcript
Testimony THE HONORABLE CHRIS SUNUNU
“The 30,000 Foot View: Competition and Regulation in the U.S. Airline ...
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"Of course. You know, they're all big believers and users in SAF, as you know, and that continues to Sure. So as I think as the industry matures, the economics get better and better, right? Because like any fairly new technology, and it is a fairly new introduction into the industry, it starts out fairly costly, lots of new, I won't say barriers to entry, but you know, costs, R&D, all of our airlines are investing in various forms of research and development to make SAF more accessible, easier..."
Testimony MORENO, BERNIE
Hearings to examine Social Security, focusing on a discussion on the f...
senate Budget Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"So let's start there. I wasn't expecting it, but I think my colleague brought up a good point of fairness. Let me just point out that right now it is optional for you to pay more money in taxes, by the way. You can definitely do that. Somebody who's worth a lot of money, you're allowed to pay more money in taxes. So maybe recommend that. Number two, I would say that when it comes to fairness, why don't we withhold our paychecks while we're withholding the paychecks of 260,000 DHS employees? Why..."
Testimony ROSEN, JACKY
An oversight hearing to examine the Federal Communications Commission.
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Dec 17, 2025
"Why is one edit fine and one edit not in the middle of a presidential campaign? Well, I think there is a rule for fairness and the American public understand what's fair and just. Do you think there's a broad fairness rule that we should apply at the FCC to cable companies? I'm going to go on to merger threats then, Chairman Carr. Is there a law that directs the FCC to consider editorial conduct when reviewing"
Testimony ROSEN, JACKY
Hearings to examine FAA's plan for ATC modernization, focusing on eval...
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Dec 17, 2025
"Why is one edit fine and one edit not in the middle of a presidential campaign? Well, I think there is a rule for fairness and the American public understand what's fair and just. Do you think there's a broad fairness rule that we should apply at the FCC to cable companies? I'm going to go on to merger threats then, Chairman Carr. Is there a law that directs the FCC to consider editorial conduct when reviewing"
Hearing Various Measures
house Financial Services Committee · Jun 30, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
HILL, J. FRENCH "We will also consider Congresswoman Kim's Credit Access and Inclusion Act. H.R. 5402 helps ensure Americans get credit for their responsible financial behavior by allowing public housing authorities, utility providers, and telecommunications companies to all share payment information histories with consumer reporting agencies. That helps build credit and expand economic opportunity for our families. Congressman Loudermilk's FCRA Liability Harmonization Act promotes fair and balanced liability framework under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, encouraging greater participation and competition in..."
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 · 3 transcript matches
COSTA, JIM "That's not the $5 billion that these specialty crops believe they deserve. I know on Friday in California you announced an increase, but it's still paltry compared to the damage that's occurred. Crop relief, and it's about fairness, Madam Secretary, and I don't think there's fairness being"
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The Social Security Fairness Act of 2023: Background, Impact, and Issues
Report · Aug 3, 2026
The Social Security Fairness Act of 2023 (SSFA; P.L. 118-273), signed into law on January 5, 2025, repealed two provisions in the Social Security Act: the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and the...
Hearing Full Committee Hearing on The Growing Business of Sports: Reviewing Federal Tax Policy in the Multibillion-Dollar Industry
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 30, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
KELLY, MIKE "It's not really about the players. As long as they pay taxes, we're okay. I don't care if they're 18 years old or 30 years old, are they paying their fair share? I get so tired of hearing about the fair share, and everybody worries about the fair share. I don't know what the fair share is. I guess it depends what neighborhood you live in, or where you've grown up. Mr. Archer, if you could just start off, because we really do need, whenever Jack Swarbrick was here from Notre Dame, his number one concern as he was retiring from Notre Dame was the financial affairs of students right now because..."
Hearing Full Committee Markup of 16 Bills
house Energy and Commerce Committee · May 21, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
BARRAGÁN, NANETTE DIAZ "Artists deserve to be compensated for their creativity and hard work. The AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act should be paired with the American Music Fairness Act to ensure fairness and sustainability in both broadcasting and music. As this legislative package goes to the floor, I urge the committee to work to address this issue so that we can pay our artists what they"
Hearing Budget Hearing – Department of Housing and Urban Development
house Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee · May 12, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
THE HONORABLE SCOTT TURNER "like equity offices in Chicago, Equity Lens Framework in Denver, and requirements in Massachusetts tied to DEI initiatives. Ending CDBG allows us to focus funding on results that are directly impacting housing affordability. The President's proposal also reinforces HUD's commitment to the statutory intent of the Fair Housing Act rather than on activities that are anything but fair. We will continue to enforce the law as written because fair housing is about equal rights and not extra"
Hearing Hearings to examine exploring process approaches for addressing Social Security solvency.
senate Finance Committee · Aug 5, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
WYDEN, RON "I want to work on a bipartisan basis to fix the problem and protect typical retirees from missing out on their earned benefits in a little more than six years. That can be done by updating Social Security to reflect the economy of today and ask billionaires to pay their fair share through the payroll and income taxes. That's"
Testimony MURPHY, GREGORY F.
Full Committee Hearing on The Growing Business of Sports: Reviewing Fe...
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"And that's a wonderful thing, that's, you know, the top 1% gives a crazy amount of money to charities which are not seen as taxable events, but it's great that they do that, but also they should also play along the rules with everyone else. You know, I think this begs the question, is what's fair, what's not fair, what are other people doing, not people doing? And I think that the professional world, just like the quote amateur world, I don't know that the term Mr. Achoo is professional, I mean..."
Testimony MR. KEITH KUPFERSCHMID
“Protecting U.S. Leadership in Codes Development and Enhancing Public ...
house Judiciary Committee · Apr 21, 2026
"Yes, thank you very much. So, I work in all different areas of copyright. I can tell you this particular area is more chaotic than any other in terms of when the courts take on issues relating to copyrightability or fair use, there are directing conflicting decisions on copyrightability, on fair use throughout the country in different circuits. On copyrightability, we have differences between the Second Circuit and the Second Circuit and the Ninth Circuit"
Testimony MR. JOHN VENNERI
“Protecting U.S. Leadership in Codes Development and Enhancing Public ...
house Judiciary Committee · Apr 21, 2026
"So I would say I'm not ignoring the law, and one of the problems that I've had since day one with the Pro Codes Act is it's not addressing the fundamental doctrine that the courts are using to decide this issue, and that's fair use. So understand that fair use, in order for fair use even to be invoked as a defense, which is what it is, you have to have a copyright violation, which means you had a valid copyright to begin with. So the Pro Codes Act doesn't go anywhere near protecting"
Testimony ROSS, DEBORAH K.
“Protecting U.S. Leadership in Codes Development and Enhancing Public ...
house Judiciary Committee · Apr 21, 2026
"doing it. But when a government takes property, even for public good, which is a taking under the Fifth Amendment, they compensate the landowner. So if the General Assembly in North Carolina wants to build a highway and they want to take somebody's front yard, they pay fair market value or fair value for it because there's a public good. Because they recognize that property right. Copyright is a property right. It's a temporal copyright. It has an expiration date. But it is a property right...."
Testimony WYDEN, RON
Hearings to examine Social Security, focusing on a discussion on the f...
senate Budget Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"You're ahead of me. I can ask one question and then I'll let my colleagues, who've been so gracious. I wanted to ask about something we bump up against in the Finance Committee all the time, and that's the question of fairness and how we are going to bring fairness to this debate. So you've got two major groups. You've got the working person, a firefighter, a"
Testimony WYDEN, RON
Hearings to examine Social Security, focusing on a discussion on the f...
senate Budget Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"They get a wage and they pay FICA taxes. They see it on every single paycheck. Wealthy people who are smart call up their lawyer and accountant and they say, make sure I don't take a wage this year. I can live off my borrowings. I can buy, borrow, die. I can do a variety of different things. So one of the big challenges in this, and a lot of my colleagues, Senator Kaine, for example, has spent enormous amounts of time working on this, is going to be how do we put our arms around something..."
Testimony WYDEN, RON
Hearings to examine Social Security, focusing on a discussion on the f...
senate Budget Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"to make sure that we can have a real debate about fairness as we tackle this hugely important issue. And that will be my sole question. Guests? What would you do to have a policy that allowed us to say, Democrats and Republicans, this is fundamentally fair. Tough issue. You want to be fair to both groups that I've just described. Mr. Chairman, thank you. And we're"
Testimony DURBIN, RICHARD J.
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"We need it again, and it has to be part of this SNAP conversation. We want to support the farm bill, I certainly do, but I want to make sure that I'm fair to my state and fair to the people who are receiving SNAP benefits who are being disadvantaged. This paperwork requirement of people in low-income categories is an onerous responsibility. It sounds easy, doesn't"
Testimony JAMIE HUMMINGBIRD
Hearings to examine tracking prediction markets' exponential growth, f...
senate Indian Affairs Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"Sorry, Adam. Could you repeat the question? It should be. I agree with that, Senator, but unfortunately, sometimes common sense isn't so common these days. Those are things that should be fairly, in my estimation, fairly easy to address because there are very clear legislative languages out there that point to what is intended, what is acceptable versus what is not. If we have the ability to go clarify to say that no, as Chairman Macarro so rightfully pointed out, that was not"
Testimony THE HONORABLE JAMIESON GREER
Hearings to examine the President's 2026 trade policy agenda.
senate Finance Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"I will raise this with them next time. They have internal processes on trade remedies like we do, but we want to make sure that any process they have is fair, that our producers are being traded fairly, and they get to the right answer. So we will advocate with them for your soda ash"
Testimony KEATING, WILLIAM R.
Confronting Haiti’s Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and th...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Kozak, it's fair to say, in Haiti, there's a fair amount of crime, and kidnapping, and terrorism, and"
Testimony COHEN, STEVE
H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subco...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"and having discussions about giving children legal representation when they're subject to deportation. Hearing is supposed to be confrontational between two sides or adversarial. And to have a child without representation against an attorney is not a fair process. And they do have a right to a hearing, you all understand that. And at the hearing, they need to have the opportunity to be fairness. And the fact that we're discussing that is just hard to fathom. And Mr. Raskin and Ms. Lofgren's..."
Testimony SPEAKER_19
H.R. 7008 – Stop Insider Trading Act; H.R. 6955 – Main Street Capital ...
house Rules Committee · Jul 20, 2026
"I would just simply say that this bill in no way weakens consumer protection. The laws on safety and soundness, like if you want to stop a bank from unsafe or unsound activity, are fully able to be implemented in this statute, and the same for consumer compliance on fair housing, fair lending, equal opportunity, credit opportunity. All those laws are in place and fully implemented by our supervisors. Well, I ran one of those small banks before I was in"
Testimony HIMES, JAMES A.
States on the Frontlines of Counterintelligence
house Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Okay. Speaking of information sharing, Mr. Lucci, you gave an example that was of some interest to this committee, these Bitcoin mining centers. mining centers. It was of particular interest to the chairman. I have to be oblique about it, but a federal agency did a fairly in-depth investigation of that and arrived at a fairly firm conclusion. It sounds like you have not seen that. No, no, I'm referring to an investigative agency that did some work here, and it sounds like you haven't seen that..."
Testimony BARRASSO, JOHN
Hearings to examine S.1791, to designate certain special management ar...
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Then I'm going to ask you a question about broadband. Anything else on how you kind of come up with a fair market value? Like you just said, if there haven't been sales in a long period of time, it's hard to know what a fair market price is. I think that would just be helpful for all of us to understand how it works. With regard to the broadband, would you agree that rural states are going to face some serious challenges in meeting the four-year broadband equity access and deployment, the BEED..."
Testimony SPEAKER_02
Hearings to examine the TRICARE pharmacy program.
senate Armed Services Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"All we expect is reasonable reimbursement in that process. And whenever I hear the Admiral say, well, there's an expense to mailing it, I think there's an expense to the other components of delivering the drug within my pharmacy as well that do not get accounted for in terms that are sent to me. And we just want a fair shake at it. That's all we want. We just want a fair deal to be able to provide service to these members. Thank"
Testimony VAN HOLLEN, CHRIS
Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fi...
senate Appropriations Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"the precedential weight of a decision on the rocket docket. Now just in the last couple days we've seen two people killed by ICE agents one in Texas one in Maine in shootings. These are people who they were trying to apprehend for being here illegally. I see that ICE just halted most traffic stop arrests in the wake of these fatal shootings. That's today's news. I'm glad to hear that. But I do recall that one of the cases that was decided on the so-called shadow docket has become the known is..."
Testimony HILL, J. FRENCH
Various Measures
house Financial Services Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"We will also consider Congresswoman Kim's Credit Access and Inclusion Act. H.R. 5402 helps ensure Americans get credit for their responsible financial behavior by allowing public housing authorities, utility providers, and telecommunications companies to all share payment information histories with consumer reporting agencies. That helps build credit and expand economic opportunity for our families. Congressman Loudermilk's FCRA Liability Harmonization Act promotes fair and balanced liability..."
Testimony LOUDERMILK, BARRY
Various Measures
house Financial Services Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"Unlike other federal consumer protection statutes, including the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, Truth in Lending Act, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act permits unlimited damages, including punitive damages in class action"
Testimony HILL, J. FRENCH
Various Measures
house Financial Services Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Electronic Funds Transfer Act, each of those consumer protection statutes have this same liability limitation that Mr. Laudermilk is offering. So we're not inventing anything new here. We're aligning the Fair Credit Reporting Act with precisely the same approach as it relates to litigation that our other consumer statutes like Equal Credit Opportunity Act, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and the EFT Act have. So..."
Testimony RASKIN, JAMIE
“A Midlife Crisis? IP and the Internet After 40”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"How do we integrate titanic new technological changes in a way that supports, rather than undermines, the basic needs and values of our society? We know from experience that innovations mean little if they are left to create inequality and domination, joblessness, and poverty. How do we prevent the concentration of power and wealth, but instead work to fairly distribute the benefits of new technology so they become part of our common life and inheritance? In this new era, we must ask ourselves..."
Testimony RASKIN, JAMIE
“A Midlife Crisis? IP and the Internet After 40”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"from being paid when their music is played on the radio. These issues affect not just the 2 million employees of the movie industry or the nearly $12 billion in revenue from the music industry, but also the consumers who end up paying the cost of counterfeit goods that break or cause harm or just drive up the price of the real product. The laws on the books may no longer be fair for these affected industries and they are almost certainly unfair to consumers. I understand there are many..."
Testimony DR. BHAMATI VISWANATHAN
“A Midlife Crisis? IP and the Internet After 40”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"Thirdly, and perhaps nearest and dearest to my heart, is the question of the treatment of the ingestion of copyrighted materials by large language models, LLMs. What does that mean? We use this word a lot. We say LLMs train themselves on copyrighted materials. Well, they can train, but just like the rest of us who train, they have to pay for the training. Licensing agreements need to flourish. They are beginning to happen. We need to make sure that creators, creators who create the stuff that..."
Testimony CHRISTOPHER MOHR
“A Midlife Crisis? IP and the Internet After 40”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"internet architecture, again, from the kind of infrastructure-slash-internet side of our membership, right, the architecture of the internet is designed to efficiently distribute. Not necessarily – it's not designed to throttle. And so the risk, then, of overblocking because of that architecture and, you know, liability for overblocking from the standpoint of those providers is real. And so with respect to the guardrails, if the safe harbors are fair, you know, if there's no tech mandate, if..."
Testimony DR. BHAMATI VISWANATHAN
“A Midlife Crisis? IP and the Internet After 40”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"to license. They need to license the materials that they're using. As one does, it needs to, I think market-based solutions are the preferred solution because parties come to them. But we need to monitor what, in fact, they're doing. I think disclosure is a part I think disclosure is a part of that, but not the entire story. I think it's an important part of it, but most of all, I think we need to recognize that harm is being done to the markets, the actual and potential markets of copyright..."
Testimony DR. BHAMATI VISWANATHAN
“A Midlife Crisis? IP and the Internet After 40”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"So I think that one thing that federalizing laws like the digital replicas law does is it gives us a level of security that we're playing at a national level and that we're not getting into the morass of states' rights versus international rights. Site blocking, too, when this is something that's so agreed upon amongst so many countries in the developed world, I think it's relatively uncontroversial at this point. uncontroversial at this point. I think it's fair to say that. And I think digital..."
Testimony DR. BHAMATI VISWANATHAN
“A Midlife Crisis? IP and the Internet After 40”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"It's not, but who's given it to them? I don't give them my book. I wrote a book called Cultivating Copyright and it was uploaded to ResearchGate, a pirate website, in about three minutes. I mean, I know I don't get a lot of royalties on my book, okay, but that's I'm sure it was interesting, too. 200 book. No, it wasn't. But it was 200 bucks. That could have been a couple Starbucks, you know. So I think that it's a little false to say that they are, it's just like receiving a book. And sure, the..."
Testimony BONAMICI, SUZANNE
“Field of Fees: Private Equity’s Role in the Commercialization of Amer...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"isolated problem. It's a pattern that we recognize from other sectors of the economy, where fewer companies are controlling more of a market, and that leads to higher prices and fewer choices for everyday families. And when that happens in housing, in child care, or health care, families suffer. And when it happens in youth sports, kids pay the price through lost opportunities to play, to belong, to grow, and to benefit from sports. This isn't a partisan fight. I expect that every member of..."
Testimony UNKNOWN
Hearings to examine the nominations of Brett Doyle, of Connecticut, Da...
senate Finance Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I couldn't agree more with both what Senator Tillerson, you have just commented on. In my view, it is critical that we have that nonpartisan, that independence, that fair referee for trade rules and have fair-minded enforcement. We have to have strong enforcement of trade laws. But there also has to be some sense of continuity and rules for business and consumers to make as well. It's not just for us. It's for the public at"
Testimony PINGREE, CHELLIE
Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Bill
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"firestorm of cutting school lunch programs, of cutting funding at the university for agricultural research projects. They even interfered with our Social Security Administration on enrolling babies in Social Security, saying people would have to bring the baby into the office that was rarely even personed, didn't always have someone there, instead of just doing it in the normal process. I mean, it's outrageous what this administration could possibly do, has done. And this just goes against..."
Testimony LINDSEY JOHNSON
Hearings to examine the affordability agenda.
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jun 23, 2026
"Yes. It would be fairly quick. It would be fairly immediate because ultimately risk-based pricing allows issuers and there's 4,000 plus issuers that compete for consumers' business every single day to go out there and make sure that consumers have access to this necessary liquidity and source of credit in a very sustainable way. You can't do that for"
Testimony VAN HOLLEN, CHRIS
Hearings to examine the nominations of Juan Segura, of Virginia, to be...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jun 18, 2026
"Got it. So there are some U.S. citizens that have been swept up, apparently. And our goal is just to make sure that they have a fair hearing and a fair opportunity with respect to due process. Would you agree that the State"
Testimony SMITH, TINA
Hearings to examine AI and the American dream, focusing on promoting i...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jun 11, 2026
"Well, thank you, Mr. Chair, Ranking Member, welcome everybody to the committee. Dr. West, I'd like to start with you. I'm very interested in the intersection between AI and housing, and fair housing in particular, and I want to talk with you about that for a little bit. So, you know, Congress passed the Fair Housing Act in, I believe, 1967 or 68. Actually, Walter Mondale, my home state senator, led the way on that, and it's been a long-standing tenet of"
Testimony KENNEDY, JOHN
Hearings to examine the nominations of Daniel Mack Traynor, of North D...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"You're sounding an awful lot like a lawyer. It seems to me it's fair to say Facebook can't be responsible for the content of what all the people who use it post. Okay? Fair? I'm willing to say it is. But does it make a difference if Facebook picks and chooses what I"
Testimony KAMLAGER-DOVE, SYDNEY
“The Southern Poverty Law Center: Manufacturing Hate, Part II”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 9, 2026
"They are taught hate. President Fair, is that a fair assessment?"
Testimony COSTA, JIM
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from the Honorable Brooke L. R...
house Agriculture Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"That's not the $5 billion that these specialty crops believe they deserve. I know on Friday in California you announced an increase, but it's still paltry compared to the damage that's occurred. Crop relief, and it's about fairness, Madam Secretary, and I don't think there's fairness being"
Testimony FIGURES, SHOMARI
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from the Honorable Brooke L. R...
house Agriculture Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"The input costs have been harmful. And sure, we can, I'm sure we can point to, legitimately, we can point to policies across multiple administrations, you know, that lead to our current circumstances, but I don't think that it is fair to anybody. And I don't think it is fair to the farmers, first and foremost, to point that finger solely at one man or one previous administration and ignore the actions that the current administration is taking. And so my question is that, you know, we've heard..."
Testimony SPEAKER_42
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from the Honorable Brooke L. R...
house Agriculture Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"Oh, you're putting me in a really tough position. What I will say is that that Iowa State Fair and showing the steer and being part of that whole effort was really incredible. So I think I'm coming back and I'm very proud. But, as the former Texas State Fair FFA-er and Cotton Bowl Queen, all the things I was able to do, my heart is in Texas. That's absolutely fair. That's a great"
Testimony SPEAKER_04
“Hearing with the Commissioners of the Postal Regulatory Commission”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"and there's no excuse for it not to be fixed. That's why I introduced the St. Louis Up to Par Act to address accountability for documented systemic failures like these. My constituents in St. Louis aren't following postal policy debates in Washington. They're trying to get their mail. Today, I want to hear from the Commission about what it can actually do when the Inspector General identifies problems like these. Ms. Poling, is it fair to say that the Commission's oversight authority is..."
Testimony SCHNEIDER, BRADLEY SCOTT
Hearing with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"Yes or no? All right. So do you think it applies to the president of the United States, irrespective of whether the president is a Democrat or a Republican? Okay. So we agree on this and we should have a tax system that is fair and it should be applied fairly to all people. But I can tell you that my constituents are outraged by the agreement the president made with himself and his own Justice Department that excluded him from ever having an audit over his"
Testimony UNKNOWN
Fiscal Year 2027 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Bill and ...
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 3, 2026
"This legislation also rolls back basic civil liberties fought for under the Fair Housing Act. It walks away from fair housing enforcement by cutting support for local fair housing organizations by 64 percent. These organizations oversee 75 percent of all housing discrimination complaints in"
Testimony SEAN DUFFY
Budget Hearing – Department of Transportation
house Appropriations Committee · May 21, 2026
"The rating for the buildings at the Merchant Marine Academy are an F. deplorable the way these kids are living They didn't have hot water for four months. They did a dishwasher that didn't work. So they're eating off paper plates and plastic forks. And so one of the problems that the committee had, and I think this is fair, is you'd sent money and the money wasn't being invested and spent. And the point you made to me was, hey, why are we going to give you more money if you can't spend the..."
Testimony BARRAGÁN, NANETTE DIAZ
Full Committee Markup of 16 Bills
house Energy and Commerce Committee · May 21, 2026
"Artists deserve to be compensated for their creativity and hard work. The AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act should be paired with the American Music Fairness Act to ensure fairness and sustainability in both broadcasting and music. As this legislative package goes to the floor, I urge the committee to work to address this issue so that we can pay our artists what they"
Testimony CARTER, TROY A.
Full Committee Markup of 16 Bills
house Energy and Commerce Committee · May 21, 2026
"Artists deserve to be compensated for their creativity and their hard work. The AM Radio for Everyone Vehicle Act should be enacted alongside the American Music Fairness Act to ensure fairness and sustainability in both broadcasting and music. I hope to continue to work with this committee to make this a reality, recognizing that some of the greatest artists in our country are from my home state, that have influenced music all over the world, many of which, unfortunately, are being underpaid,..."
Testimony THE HONORABLE SCOTT TURNER
Budget Hearing – Department of Housing and Urban Development
house Appropriations Committee · May 12, 2026
"like equity offices in Chicago, Equity Lens Framework in Denver, and requirements in Massachusetts tied to DEI initiatives. Ending CDBG allows us to focus funding on results that are directly impacting housing affordability. The President's proposal also reinforces HUD's commitment to the statutory intent of the Fair Housing Act rather than on activities that are anything but fair. We will continue to enforce the law as written because fair housing is about equal rights and not extra"
Testimony THE HONORABLE SCOTT TURNER
Budget Hearing – Department of Housing and Urban Development
house Appropriations Committee · May 12, 2026
"extra rights When you talk about the Fair Housing Act, it's our job at HUD to uphold and to enforce the Fair getting extra rights that you're worried"
Testimony PALLONE, FRANK
AI and the Grid: Meeting Growing Power Demand While Protecting Ratepay...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Apr 29, 2026
"pay their fair share will take cooperation across all these groups, and we need to ensure that they're engaging with each other and are working together to reduce costs for ratepayers. While I think some of these bills need tweaks or technical alterations, they're largely small steps in the right direction. But we don't need small steps. We need big steps because we have problems. And I also want to mention that there's one bill that would be a major step in the wrong direction, and that's H.R...."
Testimony SPEAKER_09
Hearings to examine Protecting American Citizenship lll: Denaturalizat...
senate Judiciary Committee · Apr 29, 2026
"Same answer, Senator. Yes, Senator, it sounds fair. It sounds relatively fair. It would depend on the definition of power, but"
Testimony GALLEGO, RUBEN
Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for the fi...
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Apr 21, 2026
"When will DOE provide a public explanation of what changes have been made, why they have been made, and how they impact the overall safety to uphold the public trust in nuclear energy? Well, from what I understand in talking to my colleagues, it's a fairly, you have a fairly bypassing consensus that we want to see nuclear be built, be fast, be permitted, and we want it to be done, obviously, safely. So, you know, if you can do either, A, a hearing or a briefing for all of us that are..."
Testimony THE HONORABLE MICHAEL KOZAK
Latin America After the Fall of Maduro
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Apr 16, 2026
"Are those by themselves good enough? Are we going to say, problem solved, we love the way it is in Venezuela? No. But what we're saying is that those steps are steps in the right direction. She's done a good job of bringing that about in a fairly short period of time. We want to see the rest of the steps to get to the final stage where there's a free and fair election. So that includes getting a new electoral tribunal and setting up that proper machinery. We'd love to see that in Cuba,"
Testimony WHITEHOUSE, SHELDON
Hearings to examine protecting American citizenship, focusing on feder...
senate Judiciary Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"What's left if a hard case comes your way as a judge and, let's say, the Trump administration is bearing down on that? Why would we ever believe that you would give the litigants a fair hearing and a fair decision if the executive branch was leaning in on you when we can't get a reasonable answer out of any of you with the executive branch leaning in on you to give these ridiculous answers"
Testimony WHITEHOUSE, SHELDON
Hearings to examine the nominations of Sheria Akins Clarke, to be Unit...
senate Judiciary Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"What's left if a hard case comes your way as a judge and, let's say, the Trump administration is bearing down on that? Why would we ever believe that you would give the litigants a fair hearing and a fair decision if the executive branch was leaning in on you when we can't get a reasonable answer out of any of you with the executive branch leaning in on you to give these ridiculous answers"
Testimony THE HONORABLE KEVIN MULLIN
Hearings to examine the nomination of Markwayne Mullin, of Oklahoma, t...
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Mar 18, 2026
"it's a lot to ask someone, and they've got to be fully committed. If they go through this process, it's tough, so I would ask you, if I do do this, give them a fair shake. For me, a lot of you guys aren't giving me a fair shake to even earn your support, so if I bring somebody else into you, maybe you'll give them a fair shake, and you'll actually work with them, because I'm going to find somebody that is capable of doing the job, that's smarter at doing the job, that has experience doing the..."
Testimony ROY, CHIP
“Immigration Policy by Court Order: The Adverse Effects of Plyler v. D...
house Judiciary Committee · Mar 18, 2026
"I thank the gentlelady from Vermont. Before I recognize my friend from Texas, I have a couple of unanimous consent requests. I ask unanimous consent to put in the record an article by FAIR demonstrating the data showing illegal aliens have higher crime rates, without objection, a CIS report showing misuse of Texas data understates illegal immigrant criminality, without objection, but also put in a report by FAIR showing that there were approximately, respectfully, 16,000 illegal aliens in..."
Testimony ISSA, DARRELL
“Pier Pressure: Regulation and Competition in Maritime Shipping”
house Judiciary Committee · Mar 17, 2026
"we allowed it to continue. And now we've allowed this trust slash monopoly and trust is probably a better word, to in fact, be opaque, and to operate in a way that, that we really just don't know whether they're gouging us or not. We don't know whether they're getting a fair price. And even more importantly, if they decided not to service us, we would have very little recourse because we don't own enough ships to take care of ourselves. All of those are vulnerabilities based on the current..."
Testimony SPEAKER_31
“Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part II”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Mar 4, 2026
"it undermines our ability to tackle the actual fraud. If I could just say, that's fair enough, Congressman. I think that spirit is what we're trying to get at. I do think it's nationwide. I think we should share information. I think we're being as aggressive as possible, but fair enough. I"
Testimony CRAMER, KEVIN
Hearings to examine Water Resources Development Act of 2026, focusing ...
senate Environment and Public Works Committee · Feb 25, 2026
"Thoughtful urgency, urgent thoughtfulness, whatever you might call it. Complicated stuff, but really appreciate the work of you and your team. We look forward to a decision of record here fairly soon, or a record of decision fairly soon. I want to speak just a little bit to you, Mr. Secretary, about the rollout this week, and just"
Testimony SPEAKER_00
“Housing Affordability: Saving the American Dream”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jan 22, 2026
"and undermining fair housing enforcement at HUD. This tells Wall Street and other financial firms that they can violate antitrust, consumer protection, and fair lending laws with impunity, making homebuying more risky, less fair, and more expensive. The FHFA dramatically weakened Fannie and Freddie's affordable housing"
Testimony CLYBURN, JAMES E.
Budget Hearing – Federal Aviation Administration
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 4, 2025
"I do and will always reiterate that we aren't asking, I've never asked, for any standards to be lowered. I only ask for what I call fair, not preferential, but fair treatment. And so, as a member of this committee, I'm going to always insist upon the record carrying that"
CRS Report
Federal Credit Programs: Comparing Fair Value and the Federal Credit Reform Act (FCRA)
Reports · Jun 25, 2025
The U.S. government uses direct loans and loan guarantees in a range of policy areas. More than 100 programs offering direct federal loans and private financial institution loans guaranteed by the...
Hearing “The Southern Poverty Law Center: Manufacturing Hate, Part II”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 9, 2026 · Request transcript
KAMLAGER-DOVE, SYDNEY "They are taught hate. President Fair, is that a fair assessment?"
Hearing “The 30,000 Foot View: Competition and Regulation in the U.S. Airline Industry”
house Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee · Jun 24, 2026 · Transcript
THE HONORABLE CHRIS SUNUNU "Of course. You know, they're all big believers and users in SAF, as you know, and that continues to Sure. So as I think as the industry matures, the economics get better and better, right? Because like any fairly new technology, and it is a fairly new introduction into the industry, it starts out fairly costly, lots of new, I won't say barriers to entry, but you know, costs, R&D, all of our airlines are investing in various forms of research and development to make SAF more accessible, easier to produce, whatever it may be, trying to get more companies that actually make, giving more time for..."
Hearing An oversight hearing to examine the Federal Communications Commission.
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Dec 17, 2025 · Transcript
ROSEN, JACKY "Why is one edit fine and one edit not in the middle of a presidential campaign? Well, I think there is a rule for fairness and the American public understand what's fair and just. Do you think there's a broad fairness rule that we should apply at the FCC to cable companies? I'm going to go on to merger threats then, Chairman Carr. Is there a law that directs the FCC to consider editorial conduct when reviewing"
Hearing Hearings to examine FAA's plan for ATC modernization, focusing on evaluating progress, ensuring accountability and results.
senate Aviation Safety, Operations, and Innovation · Dec 17, 2025 · Transcript
ROSEN, JACKY "Why is one edit fine and one edit not in the middle of a presidential campaign? Well, I think there is a rule for fairness and the American public understand what's fair and just. Do you think there's a broad fairness rule that we should apply at the FCC to cable companies? I'm going to go on to merger threats then, Chairman Carr. Is there a law that directs the FCC to consider editorial conduct when reviewing"
Hearing Hearings to examine tracking prediction markets' exponential growth, focusing on tribal implications and beyond.
senate Indian Affairs Committee · Aug 4, 2026 · Transcript
JAMIE HUMMINGBIRD "Sorry, Adam. Could you repeat the question? It should be. I agree with that, Senator, but unfortunately, sometimes common sense isn't so common these days. Those are things that should be fairly, in my estimation, fairly easy to address because there are very clear legislative languages out there that point to what is intended, what is acceptable versus what is not. If we have the ability to go clarify to say that no, as Chairman Macarro so rightfully pointed out, that was not"
Hearing Hearings to examine the President's 2026 trade policy agenda.
senate Finance Committee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript
THE HONORABLE JAMIESON GREER "I will raise this with them next time. They have internal processes on trade remedies like we do, but we want to make sure that any process they have is fair, that our producers are being traded fairly, and they get to the right answer. So we will advocate with them for your soda ash"
Hearing Confronting Haiti’s Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and the Path Ahead
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 21, 2026 · Transcript
KEATING, WILLIAM R. "Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Kozak, it's fair to say, in Haiti, there's a fair amount of crime, and kidnapping, and terrorism, and"
Hearing H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subcommittee Assignments
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 21, 2026 · Transcript
COHEN, STEVE "and having discussions about giving children legal representation when they're subject to deportation. Hearing is supposed to be confrontational between two sides or adversarial. And to have a child without representation against an attorney is not a fair process. And they do have a right to a hearing, you all understand that. And at the hearing, they need to have the opportunity to be fairness. And the fact that we're discussing that is just hard to fathom. And Mr. Raskin and Ms. Lofgren's first proposals were ruled out of order. This whole committee is out of order, when they can't..."
Hearing H.R. 7008 – Stop Insider Trading Act; H.R. 6955 – Main Street Capital Access Act; H. Con. Res. 113 – Establishing the congressional budget for the...
house Rules Committee · Jul 20, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_19 "I would just simply say that this bill in no way weakens consumer protection. The laws on safety and soundness, like if you want to stop a bank from unsafe or unsound activity, are fully able to be implemented in this statute, and the same for consumer compliance on fair housing, fair lending, equal opportunity, credit opportunity. All those laws are in place and fully implemented by our supervisors. Well, I ran one of those small banks before I was in"
Hearing States on the Frontlines of Counterintelligence
house Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript
HIMES, JAMES A. "Okay. Speaking of information sharing, Mr. Lucci, you gave an example that was of some interest to this committee, these Bitcoin mining centers. mining centers. It was of particular interest to the chairman. I have to be oblique about it, but a federal agency did a fairly in-depth investigation of that and arrived at a fairly firm conclusion. It sounds like you have not seen that. No, no, I'm referring to an investigative agency that did some work here, and it sounds like you haven't seen that"
Hearing Hearings to examine S.1791, to designate certain special management areas, wildlife conservation areas, protection areas, recreation areas,...
senate Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript
BARRASSO, JOHN "Then I'm going to ask you a question about broadband. Anything else on how you kind of come up with a fair market value? Like you just said, if there haven't been sales in a long period of time, it's hard to know what a fair market price is. I think that would just be helpful for all of us to understand how it works. With regard to the broadband, would you agree that rural states are going to face some serious challenges in meeting the four-year broadband equity access and deployment, the BEED build-out time frame, unless we really have some significant permitting"
Hearing Hearings to examine the TRICARE pharmacy program.
senate Personnel Subcommittee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_02 "All we expect is reasonable reimbursement in that process. And whenever I hear the Admiral say, well, there's an expense to mailing it, I think there's an expense to the other components of delivering the drug within my pharmacy as well that do not get accounted for in terms that are sent to me. And we just want a fair shake at it. That's all we want. We just want a fair deal to be able to provide service to these members. Thank"
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
VAN HOLLEN, CHRIS "the precedential weight of a decision on the rocket docket. Now just in the last couple days we've seen two people killed by ICE agents one in Texas one in Maine in shootings. These are people who they were trying to apprehend for being here illegally. I see that ICE just halted most traffic stop arrests in the wake of these fatal shootings. That's today's news. I'm glad to hear that. But I do recall that one of the cases that was decided on the so-called shadow docket has become the known is the case with the quote Kavanaugh stops whether fair or not fair that's what it's known as. And so I..."
Hearing “Field of Fees: Private Equity’s Role in the Commercialization of American Youth Sports”
house Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee · Jun 30, 2026 · Transcript
BONAMICI, SUZANNE "isolated problem. It's a pattern that we recognize from other sectors of the economy, where fewer companies are controlling more of a market, and that leads to higher prices and fewer choices for everyday families. And when that happens in housing, in child care, or health care, families suffer. And when it happens in youth sports, kids pay the price through lost opportunities to play, to belong, to grow, and to benefit from sports. This isn't a partisan fight. I expect that every member of this committee has watched a child light up after scoring a goal or learning to resolve their..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Brett Doyle, of Connecticut, David Foley, Jr., of Virginia, Samuel Negatu, of the District of Columbia,...
senate Finance Committee · Jun 25, 2026 · Transcript
UNKNOWN "Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I couldn't agree more with both what Senator Tillerson, you have just commented on. In my view, it is critical that we have that nonpartisan, that independence, that fair referee for trade rules and have fair-minded enforcement. We have to have strong enforcement of trade laws. But there also has to be some sense of continuity and rules for business and consumers to make as well. It's not just for us. It's for the public at"
Hearing Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Bill
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 24, 2026 · Transcript
PINGREE, CHELLIE "firestorm of cutting school lunch programs, of cutting funding at the university for agricultural research projects. They even interfered with our Social Security Administration on enrolling babies in Social Security, saying people would have to bring the baby into the office that was rarely even personed, didn't always have someone there, instead of just doing it in the normal process. I mean, it's outrageous what this administration could possibly do, has done. And this just goes against every kind of process in an administration that we know we can't trust to believe in science, we know we..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the affordability agenda.
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jun 23, 2026 · Transcript
LINDSEY JOHNSON "Yes. It would be fairly quick. It would be fairly immediate because ultimately risk-based pricing allows issuers and there's 4,000 plus issuers that compete for consumers' business every single day to go out there and make sure that consumers have access to this necessary liquidity and source of credit in a very sustainable way. You can't do that for"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Juan Segura, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Western Hemisphere Affairs) and to be a...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jun 18, 2026 · Transcript
VAN HOLLEN, CHRIS "Got it. So there are some U.S. citizens that have been swept up, apparently. And our goal is just to make sure that they have a fair hearing and a fair opportunity with respect to due process. Would you agree that the State"
Hearing Hearings to examine AI and the American dream, focusing on promoting innovation, affordability and American dominance.
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jun 11, 2026 · Transcript
SMITH, TINA "Well, thank you, Mr. Chair, Ranking Member, welcome everybody to the committee. Dr. West, I'd like to start with you. I'm very interested in the intersection between AI and housing, and fair housing in particular, and I want to talk with you about that for a little bit. So, you know, Congress passed the Fair Housing Act in, I believe, 1967 or 68. Actually, Walter Mondale, my home state senator, led the way on that, and it's been a long-standing tenet of"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Daniel Mack Traynor, of North Dakota, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, Angela...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jun 10, 2026 · Transcript
KENNEDY, JOHN "You're sounding an awful lot like a lawyer. It seems to me it's fair to say Facebook can't be responsible for the content of what all the people who use it post. Okay? Fair? I'm willing to say it is. But does it make a difference if Facebook picks and chooses what I"
Hearing “Hearing with the Commissioners of the Postal Regulatory Commission”
house Government Operations Subcommittee · Jun 4, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_04 "and there's no excuse for it not to be fixed. That's why I introduced the St. Louis Up to Par Act to address accountability for documented systemic failures like these. My constituents in St. Louis aren't following postal policy debates in Washington. They're trying to get their mail. Today, I want to hear from the Commission about what it can actually do when the Inspector General identifies problems like these. Ms. Poling, is it fair to say that the Commission's oversight authority is primarily focused on national performance metrics rather than operational conditions at individual..."
Hearing Hearing with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 4, 2026 · Transcript
SCHNEIDER, BRADLEY SCOTT "Yes or no? All right. So do you think it applies to the president of the United States, irrespective of whether the president is a Democrat or a Republican? Okay. So we agree on this and we should have a tax system that is fair and it should be applied fairly to all people. But I can tell you that my constituents are outraged by the agreement the president made with himself and his own Justice Department that excluded him from ever having an audit over his"
Hearing Fiscal Year 2027 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Bill and the Fiscal Year 2027 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and...
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 3, 2026 · Transcript
UNKNOWN "This legislation also rolls back basic civil liberties fought for under the Fair Housing Act. It walks away from fair housing enforcement by cutting support for local fair housing organizations by 64 percent. These organizations oversee 75 percent of all housing discrimination complaints in"
Hearing Budget Hearing – Department of Transportation
house Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee · May 21, 2026 · Transcript
SEAN DUFFY "The rating for the buildings at the Merchant Marine Academy are an F. deplorable the way these kids are living They didn't have hot water for four months. They did a dishwasher that didn't work. So they're eating off paper plates and plastic forks. And so one of the problems that the committee had, and I think this is fair, is you'd sent money and the money wasn't being invested and spent. And the point you made to me was, hey, why are we going to give you more money if you can't spend the money that we've already given you? And I think that's a fair point from this body. We have hired the..."
Hearing AI and the Grid: Meeting Growing Power Demand While Protecting Ratepayers
house Energy Subcommittee · Apr 29, 2026 · Transcript
PALLONE, FRANK "pay their fair share will take cooperation across all these groups, and we need to ensure that they're engaging with each other and are working together to reduce costs for ratepayers. While I think some of these bills need tweaks or technical alterations, they're largely small steps in the right direction. But we don't need small steps. We need big steps because we have problems. And I also want to mention that there's one bill that would be a major step in the wrong direction, and that's H.R. 6336, the so-called FAIR Act. It's anything but fair. It's a purely partisan attack that would make..."
Hearing Hearings to examine Protecting American Citizenship lll: Denaturalization and its Constitutional Limits.
senate Apr 29, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_09 "Same answer, Senator. Yes, Senator, it sounds fair. It sounds relatively fair. It would depend on the definition of power, but"
Hearing Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for the fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Energy.
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Apr 21, 2026 · Transcript
GALLEGO, RUBEN "When will DOE provide a public explanation of what changes have been made, why they have been made, and how they impact the overall safety to uphold the public trust in nuclear energy? Well, from what I understand in talking to my colleagues, it's a fairly, you have a fairly bypassing consensus that we want to see nuclear be built, be fast, be permitted, and we want it to be done, obviously, safely. So, you know, if you can do either, A, a hearing or a briefing for all of us that are interested, or two, if you'd like to explain those changes, maybe within the next 90 days through..."
Hearing Latin America After the Fall of Maduro
house Western Hemisphere Subcommittee · Apr 16, 2026 · Transcript
THE HONORABLE MICHAEL KOZAK "Are those by themselves good enough? Are we going to say, problem solved, we love the way it is in Venezuela? No. But what we're saying is that those steps are steps in the right direction. She's done a good job of bringing that about in a fairly short period of time. We want to see the rest of the steps to get to the final stage where there's a free and fair election. So that includes getting a new electoral tribunal and setting up that proper machinery. We'd love to see that in Cuba,"
Hearing Hearings to examine protecting American citizenship, focusing on federalism, sanctuary cities, and the rule of law.
senate Constitution Subcommittee · Mar 25, 2026 · Transcript
WHITEHOUSE, SHELDON "What's left if a hard case comes your way as a judge and, let's say, the Trump administration is bearing down on that? Why would we ever believe that you would give the litigants a fair hearing and a fair decision if the executive branch was leaning in on you when we can't get a reasonable answer out of any of you with the executive branch leaning in on you to give these ridiculous answers"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Sheria Akins Clarke, to be United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, Kathleen S....
senate Judiciary Committee · Mar 25, 2026 · Transcript
WHITEHOUSE, SHELDON "What's left if a hard case comes your way as a judge and, let's say, the Trump administration is bearing down on that? Why would we ever believe that you would give the litigants a fair hearing and a fair decision if the executive branch was leaning in on you when we can't get a reasonable answer out of any of you with the executive branch leaning in on you to give these ridiculous answers"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nomination of Markwayne Mullin, of Oklahoma, to be Secretary of Homeland Security.
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Mar 18, 2026 · Transcript
THE HONORABLE KEVIN MULLIN "it's a lot to ask someone, and they've got to be fully committed. If they go through this process, it's tough, so I would ask you, if I do do this, give them a fair shake. For me, a lot of you guys aren't giving me a fair shake to even earn your support, so if I bring somebody else into you, maybe you'll give them a fair shake, and you'll actually work with them, because I'm going to find somebody that is capable of doing the job, that's smarter at doing the job, that has experience doing the job, but when they come to your office and ask for your support, don't tell them it's"
Hearing “Immigration Policy by Court Order: The Adverse Effects of Plyler v. Doe”
house Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee · Mar 18, 2026 · Transcript
ROY, CHIP "I thank the gentlelady from Vermont. Before I recognize my friend from Texas, I have a couple of unanimous consent requests. I ask unanimous consent to put in the record an article by FAIR demonstrating the data showing illegal aliens have higher crime rates, without objection, a CIS report showing misuse of Texas data understates illegal immigrant criminality, without objection, but also put in a report by FAIR showing that there were approximately, respectfully, 16,000 illegal aliens in Vermont compared to 2.7 million illegal aliens in the state of Texas in a report demonstrating state by..."
Hearing “Pier Pressure: Regulation and Competition in Maritime Shipping”
house Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee · Mar 17, 2026 · Transcript
ISSA, DARRELL "we allowed it to continue. And now we've allowed this trust slash monopoly and trust is probably a better word, to in fact, be opaque, and to operate in a way that, that we really just don't know whether they're gouging us or not. We don't know whether they're getting a fair price. And even more importantly, if they decided not to service us, we would have very little recourse because we don't own enough ships to take care of ourselves. All of those are vulnerabilities based on the current trust, if you will. Is that fair to say? that's why it should have antitrust oversight. Well, as someone..."
Hearing “Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part II”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Mar 4, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_31 "it undermines our ability to tackle the actual fraud. If I could just say, that's fair enough, Congressman. I think that spirit is what we're trying to get at. I do think it's nationwide. I think we should share information. I think we're being as aggressive as possible, but fair enough. I"
Hearing Hearings to examine Water Resources Development Act of 2026, focusing on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects, programs, and priorities.
senate Environment and Public Works Committee · Feb 25, 2026 · Transcript
CRAMER, KEVIN "Thoughtful urgency, urgent thoughtfulness, whatever you might call it. Complicated stuff, but really appreciate the work of you and your team. We look forward to a decision of record here fairly soon, or a record of decision fairly soon. I want to speak just a little bit to you, Mr. Secretary, about the rollout this week, and just"
Hearing “Housing Affordability: Saving the American Dream”
house Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Subcommittee · Jan 22, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_00 "and undermining fair housing enforcement at HUD. This tells Wall Street and other financial firms that they can violate antitrust, consumer protection, and fair lending laws with impunity, making homebuying more risky, less fair, and more expensive. The FHFA dramatically weakened Fannie and Freddie's affordable housing"
Hearing Budget Hearing – Federal Aviation Administration
house Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee · Jun 4, 2025 · Transcript
CLYBURN, JAMES E. "I do and will always reiterate that we aren't asking, I've never asked, for any standards to be lowered. I only ask for what I call fair, not preferential, but fair treatment. And so, as a member of this committee, I'm going to always insist upon the record carrying that"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Peter McCoy, of South Carolina, to be Ambassador to Montenegro, Daniel Travis, of California, a Career...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Aug 5, 2026 · Transcript
PETER MCCOY "billions of dollars to flow through that corridor, hopefully, if things get up off the ground in the future. Also looking at cargo checkers, something as small as cargo checkers were part of that as well. And I think that is a phenomenal way to show Montenegro our interest in the country, but likewise, how we can produce and bring together United States businesses, again, not picked or chosen by anybody, but giving everybody a fair chance, Senator, to come in and to compete for the"
Hearing Building Capacity: Reducing Government Roadblocks to Housing Supply
house Financial Services Committee · Dec 3, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Ms. Nikitra Bailey, National Fair Housing Alliance
Hearing Building Our Future: Increasing Housing Supply in America
house Housing and Insurance Subcommittee · Mar 4, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Ms. Nikitra Bailey, National Fair Housing Alliance
Testimony SCHIFF, ADAM B.
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"Section 1305 of the bill creates a permanent authority for USDA to issue state block grants, but I believe this committee should prescribe further core structural requirements similar to other federal block grant programs. We should want reasonable fiscal responsibility and transparency for American taxpayers and to know that all of our home states have a fair shot at relief for producers when disaster strikes. We've seen, with respect to any number of federal grant programs, improper..."
Testimony SPEAKER_09
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"Yes, without objection. Thank you, Senator Schiff, and we are more than willing to work with you on this, again, to make sure that these things are administered fairly. That's the bottom"
Testimony BOOKER, CORY A.
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"at a time our nation faces a healthy food crisis also. Often when I get done with these remarks, people ask me if there are any examples of programs that actually address both of these crises. The example I often point to is a program that was built out of necessity when the USDA began investing significantly in a strategy where fresh food was purchased from local farmers at a fair price and delivered directly into local food banks and schools. In New Jersey, food bank shelves were lined with..."
Testimony THUNE, JOHN
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"and gives them a chance to get into compliance. Now granted, I think that you know it takes a while which is why this thing was delayed in the first place. But allowing for a further delay for a year for folks to comply in their states I think is a fair proposal. And the chairman fought as hard as he"
Testimony THUNE, JOHN
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"If they aren't working, I'm open to doing more reforms, but I think the proposal in front of us, the game in front of us right now, is whether or not we're going to advance a proposal that gives everybody another year to do this, and save some states in this room a whole lot of money. So I think that the chairman has worked hard to get something that is fair, doesn't make everybody happy, leaves a lot of work still to do, but I for one am willing to do the work. Now, I care more about the other..."
Testimony SPEAKER_07
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"One is by Booker and Smith for the USDA rules, and this administration has modified some Biden rules that affect mostly chickens, but some other animals as well, and they are delaying these rules, and I think Smith and Booker would have made these rules permanent the way they are. Now, I don't understand why we wouldn't have, one of the rules guarantees fair competition. The other one says that there won't be any penalty against people that don't get their chickens, and the other one guarantees..."
Testimony SPEAKER_07
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"They made that investment, and those rules should be made permanent, and if we'd had a bipartisan markup here, those rules would be made permanent. I'm certain they would be, because just as a matter of fairness to the people that do all the work that big companies like Tyson's are making the money off of. The second one was by Booker and Schiff to set up a special investigator within the Department of Agriculture to keep on top of things just being right, and probably when the law isn't being..."
Testimony BOOKER, CORY A.
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"I'm really proud to be working with Senator Thune to be his lead Democrat on the bill that we have on this that he's now putting forward as an amendment. It really makes no sense to me, with the pride that Americans have in supporting our nation and our nation's producers, that we don't inform them honestly and fairly. It is this obscuring of the facts, I think, that undermine our consumers, but also hurt our cattlemen and"
Testimony WARREN, ELIZABETH
Hearings to examine empowering Main Street by unlocking access to capi...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"Thank You Mr. Chairman and thank you for holding this hearing. I believe in markets. Fair and transparent markets promote innovation. They power economic growth. They give everyone a chance to thrive. The confidence that investors at home and around the world place in the integrity of our markets is a critical part of why our nation's economy is the envy of the world. But under President Trump the corruption is so massive and so unprecedented that it has fundamentally changed our markets..."
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
"Capital formation and investor protection are not competing objectives. Reliable information, fair markets, protection against fraud and abuse build confidence that makes capital formation possible. These protections are especially important to black"
Testimony RICKETTS, PETE
Hearings to examine empowering Main Street by unlocking access to capi...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"Our system relies on clear rules, reliable disclosures, and enforcement that is predictable and grounded in law. Fair and transparent regulations allow our country to have the most liquid, transparent markets in the world. And those standards matter even more in a time of strategic competition against communist"
Testimony RICKETTS, PETE
Hearings to examine empowering Main Street by unlocking access to capi...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"ownership differences to investors? You agree with her? Okay, great. I have concerns about how these VIE structures allow Chinese companies to raise capital in U.S. markets without being subject to the same ongoing disclosure, governance, and oversight standards that American companies face. Under the current rules, Chinese companies using VIE structures can still qualify as foreign private issuers. Mr. Benson, among all foreign private issuers, is it fair to say VIE issuers based in Communist..."
Testimony KEN BENTSEN
Hearings to examine empowering Main Street by unlocking access to capi...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"I don't know that I can answer that, but what I can say is where we do have concerns, and I know you brought this up, is on low-priced securities and the impact that's had on investors and issues and where the listing standards have not been, yeah, and the pump-and-dump schemes, exactly, and we thank you for bringing that up. We have raised that with the exchanges and the SEC repeatedly. To be fair, NASDAQ recently came out with revisions, and we don't represent them, but they came out with..."
Testimony MR. MIKE FLOOD
Hearings to examine empowering Main Street by unlocking access to capi...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"exceptionally important, but if we're trying to deepen the amount of companies we have, where should we draw that line on an audited financial statement pre-IPO? There's an IPO, of course there should be one, but where do we draw that line on cost-benefit? There are a lot of common-sense approaches that get us home. That's a very fair question. I think we should all remember that access to 401k plans is almost at an all-time high. So the ability to access savings plans is relatively"
Testimony WYDEN, RON
Hearings to examine exploring process approaches for addressing Social...
senate Finance Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"I want to work on a bipartisan basis to fix the problem and protect typical retirees from missing out on their earned benefits in a little more than six years. That can be done by updating Social Security to reflect the economy of today and ask billionaires to pay their fair share through the payroll and income taxes. That's"
Testimony WYDEN, RON
Hearings to examine exploring process approaches for addressing Social...
senate Finance Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"But it does require the billionaires who've seen their wealth skyrocket to over $9 trillion this year while working people suffer. Those billionaires would pay their fair share. Instead of having a public debate, the commission that's being"
Testimony KENNEDY, JOHN
Hearings to examine the Muslim brotherhood network in America.
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"One of the things she specializes in is class actions. And thanks to her work, she has ensured that the people who are hurt and are the subject of these class actions, who oftentimes don't get any money, all the money goes to the lawyers. She has worked to ensure that people get their fair share. But more than her accomplishments, Judge St. John is, she's obviously intelligent. She's patient. She's wise. She is not a politician. She didn't have a squillion people call me to encourage her..."
Testimony BRITT, KATIE BOYD
Hearings to examine the Muslim brotherhood network in America.
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"He has an impeccable record of service. So when you look at Greg and you see the way he conducts himself, he applies the law fairly and diligently to everyone who comes in front of him. Now, he's just been on the bench since 2022, but prior to that, he spent years at one of our most distinguished firms in the state of Alabama, 32 years to be exact, earning the rank there of partner. But prior to that, he served in the Air"
Testimony ANNA ST. JOHN
Hearings to examine the Muslim brotherhood network in America.
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"As a district judge, I see the criminal defendants right in front of me with their families. I see the pro se litigants and interact with them. I see clients with their attorneys, and it's really impressed upon me the need for judges to make sure that people have a full and fair hearing, that they feel that they're getting a fair consideration of their case, and that judges provide reasoned opinions so that the parties know, that people understand that the court's rulings are based in the law..."
Testimony ANNA ST. JOHN
Hearings to examine the Muslim brotherhood network in America.
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"and that was really a foundational experience where I learned how important it is to meticulously analyze each case and make sure you understand the facts and the law and have approached it with a truly impartial approach so that you are giving each party a fair shake. It's also important, I've learned from that from Judge Barksdale, to remember the role of the"
Testimony WHITEHOUSE, SHELDON
Hearings to examine the Muslim brotherhood network in America.
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Temporary Chairman. I'm not going to be able to vote for this nominee, and I wanted to explain why. Her history with Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute, Center for Class Action Fairness, Competitive Enterprise Institute, and Independent Women's Forum creates concerns for me that she has simply for too many years inhabited the Leonard Leo Koch Brothers judicial slash political operation"
Testimony KENNEDY, JOHN
Hearings to examine the nominations of Anna St. John, of Louisiana, to...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"One of the things she specializes in is class actions. And thanks to her work, she has ensured that the people who are hurt and are the subject of these class actions, who oftentimes don't get any money, all the money goes to the lawyers. She has worked to ensure that people get their fair share. But more than her accomplishments, Judge St. John is, she's obviously intelligent. She's patient. She's wise. She is not a politician. She didn't have a squillion people call me to encourage her..."
Testimony BRITT, KATIE BOYD
Hearings to examine the nominations of Anna St. John, of Louisiana, to...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"He has an impeccable record of service. So when you look at Greg and you see the way he conducts himself, he applies the law fairly and diligently to everyone who comes in front of him. Now, he's just been on the bench since 2022, but prior to that, he spent years at one of our most distinguished firms in the state of Alabama, 32 years to be exact, earning the rank there of partner. But prior to that, he served in the Air"
Testimony ANNA ST. JOHN
Hearings to examine the nominations of Anna St. John, of Louisiana, to...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"As a district judge, I see the criminal defendants right in front of me with their families. I see the pro se litigants and interact with them. I see clients with their attorneys, and it's really impressed upon me the need for judges to make sure that people have a full and fair hearing, that they feel that they're getting a fair consideration of their case, and that judges provide reasoned opinions so that the parties know, that people understand that the court's rulings are based in the law..."
Testimony ANNA ST. JOHN
Hearings to examine the nominations of Anna St. John, of Louisiana, to...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"and that was really a foundational experience where I learned how important it is to meticulously analyze each case and make sure you understand the facts and the law and have approached it with a truly impartial approach so that you are giving each party a fair shake. It's also important, I've learned from that from Judge Barksdale, to remember the role of the"
Testimony SCHATZ, BRIAN
Business meeting to consider S.239, to take certain mineral interests ...
senate Indian Affairs Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"before the conveyances take place and to share that agreement with the secretary of this committee and the house committee on natural resources. It requires that the agreement be made public and it the tribe and Muscle Shell County benefit from the agreement. The goal is to allow transparency and fairness before the land swap moves forward. At the hearing on this bill Chairman White Clay testified that it would be open to any amendments that would solidify and clarify the tribe's benefits. In..."
Testimony DAINES, STEVE
Business meeting to consider S.239, to take certain mineral interests ...
senate Indian Affairs Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"the ranking member shots. I would just argue this is an affront to tribal sovereignty. Instead of the Crow tribe chairman Whiteclay to negotiate their own deal for revenue sharing this amendment simply says here's the deal take it or leave it. The Crow Revenue Act evidenced by the first word Crow puts all the power in the Crow tribes hands. They get to negotiate a deal that they see as fair. I would hope my colleagues here could sometime come out to the Crow reservation like I've done many..."
Testimony SCHATZ, BRIAN
Business meeting to consider S.239, to take certain mineral interests ...
senate Indian Affairs Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"26506. This is so simple. Any land exchange, public sector, private sector, you need an appraisal. This requires an appraisal. The Interior Department, and I want everyone to hear this. The Interior Department, this Interior Department stated for the record that quote, it is unclear whether the parcels to be conveyed are of equal value and quote, the department has recommended that the proposed land exchange be of equal value to ensure that the American taxpayers receive a fair return. I do not..."
Testimony PETER MCCOY
Hearings to examine the nominations of Peter McCoy, of South Carolina,...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"billions of dollars to flow through that corridor, hopefully, if things get up off the ground in the future. Also looking at cargo checkers, something as small as cargo checkers were part of that as well. And I think that is a phenomenal way to show Montenegro our interest in the country, but likewise, how we can produce and bring together United States businesses, again, not picked or chosen by anybody, but giving everybody a fair chance, Senator, to come in and to compete for the"