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Hearing "Examining the Economic Crisis in Farm Country"
house Agriculture Committee · Feb 11, 2025 · Transcript · 7 transcript matches
MANN, TRACEY "And I think it's important that this committee remembers, and we all remember, why are we even having the conversation about a farm bill? Why aren't these permanent? And the reason they're five years, in my view, is five years is long enough to provide some certainty, but short enough to adjust and change with the times. And the biggest change between now for production agriculture and 2018 is where input costs are. And you can't dramatically increase input costs and think that the farm safety net doesn't also need to be looked at and adjusted. So my top priority, as we think about the farm..."
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Budget Issues That Shaped the 2018 Farm Bill
Reports · Feb 28, 2019
The farm bill is an omnibus, multiyear law that governs an array of agricultural and food programs. The farm bill has typically undergone reauthorization about every five years. The current farm...
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Budget Issues That Shaped the 2014 Farm Bill
Reports · Apr 10, 2014
Congress returns to the “farm bill” about every five years to establish an omnibus policy for food and agriculture. Deficit reduction influenced the Agricultural Act of 2014 (P.L. 113-79; 2014 farm...
CRS Report
Mandatory Minimum Sentencing: Federal Aggravated Identity Theft
Reports · Jul 19, 2023
Aggravated identity theft is punishable by a mandatory minimum sentence of imprisonment for two years or by imprisonment for five years, if it relates to a terrorism offense. At least thus far, the...
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China’s 14th Five-Year Plan: A First Look
Resources · Jan 5, 2021
The Communist Party of China (CPC)’s 19th Central Committee—a body of China’s 376 top Party officials—held its 5th Plenum in late October 2020 to deliberate on China’s 14th Five-Year Plan (FYP) for...
Hearing Charting a New Course: Countering China's Dominance in Global Shipbuilding
house East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript · 5 transcript matches
MR. BRENT SADLER "When it comes to the time frame, everyone, and I'm also very guilty of this, it's not fast enough, but when we're talking about capital investments and industrial uptake, you're looking at fastest three years, probably pretty much above average is five years. And so we're really into the second year of the Hanwha investment into Philadelphia. In three years to five years, we should start to see more production, we should see labor issues starting to stabilize out, but it's going to take no less than five years to really see solid return on investment and output on this. In three years to five..."
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Five-Year Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing Program: History and Background
Reports · Jan 9, 2024
Under Section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, as amended (OCSLA; 43 U.S.C. §§1331-1356b), the Secretary of the Interior must prepare and maintain forward-looking plans—typically referred...
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Joseph Gormley, of Maryland, to be President, Government National Mortgage Association, Francis Cassidy, of...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Oct 30, 2025 · Request transcript
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Sharing the Colorado River and the Rio Grande: Cooperation and Conflict with Mexico
Report · Dec 12, 2018
The United States and Mexico share the waters of the Colorado River and the Rio Grande. A bilateral water treaty from 1944 (the 1944 Water Treaty) and other binational agreements guide how the two...
Testimony TUBERVILLE, TOMMY
Hearings to examine positioning student-athletes for success in school...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Mar 26, 2026
"We're going to lose Olympic sports. We're going to lose women's sports because there's not going to be any money. It's going to be club sports. I got news for y'all. It's coming. The money's not going to be there. You can forget about Title IX. You can have all the lawsuits you want. If the money's not there, it's not there. The money's going to go to athletes that get on television. Student-athletes, to me, should have a five-year window. You start, you got five years. I'm sick of these 28,..."
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How the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” (TCJA, P.L. 115-97) Changed Cost Recovery and the Tax Credit for Research
Resources · Nov 12, 2024
Tax benefits for investments in research and development are of long-standing interest to Congress and the business community. The 2017 tax cut, commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act...
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Small Business Size Standards: A Historical Analysis of Contemporary Issues
Reports · Jun 15, 2022
Small business size standards are of congressional interest because they have a pivotal role in determining eligibility for Small Business Administration (SBA) assistance as well as federal...
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Production Tax Credit Incentives for Renewable Electricity: Financial Comparison of Selected Policy Options
Reports · Dec 20, 2013
Under current law, the production tax credit (PTC) incentive for renewable electricity will expire at the end of 2013. Generally, congressional debate about the PTC falls within a spectrum of...
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The 2018 Farm Bill (P.L. 115-334): Summary and Side-by-Side Comparison
Reports · May 7, 2024
Congress sets national food and agriculture policy through periodic omnibus farm bills that address a broad range of farm and food programs and policies. The 115th Congress established the direction...
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Farm Commodity Provisions in the 2018 Farm Bill (P.L. 115-334)
Reports · May 21, 2019
The farm commodity program provisions in Title I of the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-334; the 2018 farm bill) include revenue support programs for major program crops and permanent...
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Supreme Court Considers Statute of Limitations for Military Rape Cases
Posts · Jan 4, 2021
In the consolidated cases United States v. Briggs and United States v. Collins, decided on December 10, 2020, the Supreme Court overturned two lower court decisions and reinstated the rape...
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Noncitizen Eligibility for Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Reports · Feb 16, 2023
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is a federal means-tested program that provides monthly cash payments to seniors aged 65 or older, blind or disabled adults, and blind or disabled children. The...
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Agricultural Conservation in the 2018 Farm Bill
Reports · Apr 18, 2019
The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 farm bill, P.L. 115-334, Title II) included a number of changes to agricultural conservation programs, including reauthorizing and amending existing...
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SNAP and Related Nutrition Provisions of the 2014 Farm Bill (P.L. 113-79)
Reports · Apr 24, 2014
After action to reauthorize the 2008 farm bill in both the 112th and 113th Congresses, the Agriculture Act of 2014 (P.L. 113-79; “2014 farm bill”) was enacted on February 7, 2014. In addition to farm...
Hearing Hearings to examine positioning student-athletes for success in school and beyond.
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Mar 26, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
TUBERVILLE, TOMMY "We're going to lose Olympic sports. We're going to lose women's sports because there's not going to be any money. It's going to be club sports. I got news for y'all. It's coming. The money's not going to be there. You can forget about Title IX. You can have all the lawsuits you want. If the money's not there, it's not there. The money's going to go to athletes that get on television. Student-athletes, to me, should have a five-year window. You start, you got five years. I'm sick of these 28, 29-year-olds playing in a young person's sport and taking your money. I'm sick of that. Five years to..."
Hearing Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests and Outlook for the 2026 Wildfire Year.”
house Federal Lands Subcommittee · Jun 4, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
SPEAKER_02 "That's exactly right. We're looking at, we need to have a growth rate. Typically on private lands, you would have growth of about 5 to 6 percent a year. So a negative growth rate is we're not growing those forests. We have the declination, right, through mortality. We have so much mortality, whether it's from fire or insect and disease. So what I would love to do in 10 years in Colorado is take a snapshot today and then look at the trend in five years and five years after that. You will see it in 10 years, the trends. Are we increasing health or decreasing health? And you can look at growth..."
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 · 3 transcript matches
BOYLE, BRENDAN F. "And that's because of a couple of things. First NIL, which came in, was legalized by unanimous decision of the Supreme Court about five years ago, almost exactly five years ago today. Then separately in parallel, you had the house settlement, which of course now allows"
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
SPEAKER_05 "Thank you. And for years, for the last four or five years, I have asked questions about non-citizens receiving SNAPs. And I basically get mocked by my colleagues that this is not possible, that it's very rare, despite there being 11 exceptions, one of them being if you're 18 or under, you automatically"
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 · 3 transcript matches
SCHATZ, BRIAN "According to the Interior OIG, from 2016 to 2018, Signal Peak submitted false invoices to the agency to reduce the amount of coal royalties it owed under a specific federal mineral lease. The OIG also determined that Signal Peak withheld information from the government in its answers to a 2022 fraud questionnaire, including that its former vice president pled guilty to fraud and was sentenced to five years in prison and that the company pled guilty to federal worker health and safety charges in 2021. The Crow tribe has testified in 2024 that it hoped to earn $100 million over 10 years from..."
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.365 and H.R.1729, bills to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to allow for...
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Jul 29, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
HEINRICH, MARTIN "and agrees to pay a certain amount of money for the lease. Under current law, the company actually has five years to pay that amount, which means that if they pay at the end of five years, they're actually paying quite a bit less than they bid. which means that if they pay at the end of five years, they're actually paying quite a bit less than they"
Testimony BEYER, DONALD S.
Full Committee Legislative Hearing on Digital Asset Taxation
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 9, 2026
"We saw the TCJA, we've seen that, the OVBBA. What's your concern about whether Mr. Horsford's bill, which I very much support, the five years, that the five years would actually be five years? Thank you very much. My time's up, and I yield"
Hearing An oversight hearing to examine the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Jun 10, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
MORAN, JERRY "significant number of cattle affected, and boy, the challenges of farmers and rural fire departments in fighting fires that cross huge expanses. One of the reasons, I mean, I was asking when I was in Clark and Mead counties in southwest Kansas earlier this month, why the prevalence of these fires, they seem to be more frequent than in the past. And the answer, at least in part, is CRP. And it's kind of the nature of rainfall in our state. We've been in a multi-year, five-year drought, but about a year ago, we started having rains again, and the grass on the CRP ground grew and became fuel for..."
Hearing Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of the Treasury.
senate Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee · Apr 22, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
SPEAKER_03 "So give us a very detailed analysis of what you have in mind. Rather than setting up this slush fund to be spent on vanity projects projects for a president as opposed to for the people. At the same time this budget requests 9.5 billion dollars per year for five years to address deferred maintenance and infrastructure needs across the entire country. So here we have a slush fund of 10 billion for vanity projects for this president which exceeds the 9.5 billion per year for the five years to address deferred maintenance and infrastructure across the entire country in national parks, exceeds..."
Hearing Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Energy.
senate Energy and Water Development Subcommittee · Apr 22, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
MERKLEY, JEFF "So give us a very detailed analysis of what you have in mind. Rather than setting up this slush fund to be spent on vanity projects projects for a president as opposed to for the people. At the same time this budget requests 9.5 billion dollars per year for five years to address deferred maintenance and infrastructure needs across the entire country. So here we have a slush fund of 10 billion for vanity projects for this president which exceeds the 9.5 billion per year for the five years to address deferred maintenance and infrastructure across the entire country in national parks, exceeds..."
Hearing “Hearing with the Commissioners of the Postal Regulatory Commission”
house Government Operations Subcommittee · Jun 4, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
JACK, BRIAN "I'm curious, have you looked into other countries, and I'm curious, are other countries experiencing similar difficulties with their own Postal Service systems? If no action is taken, describe a state of the Postal Service two years from now, five years from now. Well, thank you for your testimony to all the"
Hearing H.R. 8870, Building Unrivaled Infrastructure and Long-term Development for America's 250th Act (BUILD America 250 Act); and other matters cleared...
house Transportation and Infrastructure Committee · May 21, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
SPEAKER_38 "Can this nation actually grow and prosper if our money is spent on the military? $1,500,000,000,000 for one year, $580 billion for five years, $116 billion a year. The infrastructure in this bill is absolutely critical for our economy to grow, for our citizens to prosper, and for social justice to"
Hearing Examining Local Needs in Disaster Recovery
house Housing and Insurance Subcommittee · Jun 10, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
FLOOD, MIKE "through CDBGDR, since its inception, only $64.7 billion has been spent. In other words, only about 59 percent of CDBGDR funds have been spent. To be clear, I'm not saying only 59 percent of the funds were spent last year or in the last five years. Only 59 percent of CDBGDR funds have been spent ever. If you take a look at some individual allocations, the problem looks even more acute. Out of $2 billion allocated to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands for the 2018 electrical power outages, only about 4.5 percent has been spent. Out of $16.1 billion allocated for mitigation activities from..."
Hearing Oversight of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration
house Communications and Technology Subcommittee · Jun 30, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
PETERS, SCOTT H. "We got a project in Nebraska. To me, you know, that's not that great. What we have now is instead of a three-year delay, we have a five-year delay. The witnesses here blaming the states, the witnesses here telling about how it's"
Hearing Hearings to examine how shutdowns threaten air safety, travel, and the economy.
senate Aviation Safety, Operations, and Innovation · Nov 19, 2025 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
SPEAKER_08 "Every day that the shutdown continued, the margins of safety that we and the flying public depend on were reduced in our nation's airspace system. I am proud to have earned the title of air traffic controller with 22 years of experience at both an FAA tower and in-route facility, as well as five years as an air traffic controller in the United States Marine Corps. Unfortunately, before the shutdown ended, air traffic controllers and other aviation safety professionals that NACA represents received one partial paycheck and two zero-dollar paychecks, despite working full-time and, in many..."
Hearing Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural Act of 2026".
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
SPEAKER_09 "to the risks that farmers face every day. The bill before you today, Farm Bill 2.0, is a sincere attempt to finalize our work for the farmers, ranchers, and producers in rural communities that are the backbone of our nation and give them the five-year farm bill they deserve. Beyond that, this"
Hearing Hearings to examine intelligent networks, focusing on powering artificial intelligence and transforming communications.
senate Communication, Media, and Broadband · Jul 30, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
DAN WATERMEIER "We have also administered the Nebraska Bridge Program and the federally funded Capital Funding Projects Fund, which over the course of the last few grant cycles, the broadband deployment projects have fueled a competition to build over 20,000 unserved and underserved across the state. Over the past five years, we have been fortunate to receive federal and state funds. I am excited to see how this enthusiasm will grow as we develop new AI tools. AI could become a tremendous support for our agriculture producers and already has. Precision agriculture tools are fantastic ways to conserve water,..."
Hearing Committee on House Administration Full Committee Hearing, “Oversight of the Smithsonian: Radical Revisionism at the National Museum of American...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
STEIL, BRYAN "I only have five minutes, so I just want to be direct, just real clear. You just answered my question differently than you answered it five years ago, which is positions can change, so I just want to understand in 2020, did you believe that one of your roles is connecting research and scholarship to activism and advocacy? In 2020, did you believe"
Hearing Hearings to examine the President's 2026 trade policy agenda.
senate Finance Committee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
CORNYN, JOHN "at least on a temporary basis. But because this is for a period of five years, the term of five years to comply with the requirements of the treaty, the term of five years to comply with the requirements of the"
Testimony SPEAKER_02
Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests an...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"That's exactly right. We're looking at, we need to have a growth rate. Typically on private lands, you would have growth of about 5 to 6 percent a year. So a negative growth rate is we're not growing those forests. We have the declination, right, through mortality. We have so much mortality, whether it's from fire or insect and disease. So what I would love to do in 10 years in Colorado is take a snapshot today and then look at the trend in five years and five years after that. You will see it..."
Testimony MR. BRENT SADLER
Charting a New Course: Countering China's Dominance in Global Shipbuil...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"When it comes to the time frame, everyone, and I'm also very guilty of this, it's not fast enough, but when we're talking about capital investments and industrial uptake, you're looking at fastest three years, probably pretty much above average is five years. And so we're really into the second year of the Hanwha investment into Philadelphia. In three years to five years, we should start to see more production, we should see labor issues starting to stabilize out, but it's going to take no less..."
Hearing Business meeting to continue consideration of the nominations of Scott Mayer, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Dec 3, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Hearings to examine S.749, to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend increased dependency and indemnity compensation paid to surviving...
senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · Apr 29, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing Business meeting to consider the nominations of Catherine Dillon, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary (Educational and Cultural Affairs),...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Apr 15, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Catherine Dillon, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary (Educational and Cultural Affairs), and Yeouk...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Mar 26, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing Hearings to examine the status of democracy and human rights in Hong Kong, focusing on five years after the PRC's judicial takeover.
senate Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues Subcommittee · Jul 22, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Hearings to examine the nomination of Usha-Maria Turner, of Oklahoma, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and...
senate Environment and Public Works Committee · Jun 25, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Joseph Barloon, of Maryland, to be a Deputy United States Trade Representative (Geneva Office), with the...
senate Finance Committee · Jun 3, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.190, to enhance the operations of the North Pacific Research Board, S.318, to require a plan to improve the...
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · May 21, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of David Fink, of New Hampshire, to be Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration, David Fogel, of...
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · May 13, 2025 · Request transcript
Testimony COLLIS TEMPLE JR.
Hearings to examine positioning student-athletes for success in school...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Mar 26, 2026
"participate in the college experience, which is the academic piece first. Now, you say that we probably need to give them five years. I understand. Five years is a redshirt year plus four to play. Senator Tuberville, I would ask you to consider a six-year deal. A six-year deal will, would involve a gray shirt, which is something that you're familiar"
Testimony BOYLE, BRENDAN F.
Full Committee Hearing on The Growing Business of Sports: Reviewing Fe...
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"And that's because of a couple of things. First NIL, which came in, was legalized by unanimous decision of the Supreme Court about five years ago, almost exactly five years ago today. Then separately in parallel, you had the house settlement, which of course now allows"
Testimony SPEAKER_17
"Reforming FEMA: Ensuring the Nation's Disaster Readiness Works for Am...
house Transportation and Infrastructure Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"well, what's the value of the building and contents? And then what would it take to replace that? And they write an estimate on that and that's a project worksheet. But because they do actual cost, they don't give them the money. The local governments now have to go get a contractor to go build a fire station. They have to get an estimate. They have to submit that to FEMA for being reviewed. Well, they want to change because the station was too small. They want to build it bigger. Well, FEMA..."
Testimony SPEAKER_02
Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests an...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"which is about a half a million acres ahead of where we were last year. So when you look at the context, in terms of a five-year average, we're right in there last year about where the five-year average was. It is correct that we did drop year over year. But you have to look at where we"
Testimony SPEAKER_09
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Brett Matsumoto, of Ma...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"and I think it would be disingenuous to suggest it wasn't an attempt to imply, is the United States began recommending hepatitis B immunizations for infants at 91. Can you guess at which age most children are diagnosed with autism? Five years old. If you add five years to 1991, you'll notice a sharp increase in autism rates around that time. Now, that looks like it's trying to establish a"
Testimony SPEAKER_09
Hearings to examine the nominations of Sean Kaufman, of Georgia, to be...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"and I think it would be disingenuous to suggest it wasn't an attempt to imply, is the United States began recommending hepatitis B immunizations for infants at 91. Can you guess at which age most children are diagnosed with autism? Five years old. If you add five years to 1991, you'll notice a sharp increase in autism rates around that time. Now, that looks like it's trying to establish a"
Testimony MANN, TRACEY
"Examining the Economic Crisis in Farm Country"
house Agriculture Committee · Feb 11, 2025
"And I think it's important that this committee remembers, and we all remember, why are we even having the conversation about a farm bill? Why aren't these permanent? And the reason they're five years, in my view, is five years is long enough to provide some certainty, but short enough to adjust and change with the times. And the biggest change between now for production agriculture and 2018 is where input costs are. And you can't dramatically increase input costs and think that the farm safety..."
Testimony SPEAKER_06
“State and Local Cybersecurity: Escalating Threats, Federal Partnershi...
house Homeland Security Committee · May 21, 2026
"So things like infrastructure as code, using vendor best practices, obviously we talked about some of the enhancements to the operationalization of the grant program. These, I think, sir, are all part of a story where how we deliver these services is not going to look, like you said, five years from now like it looked five years before. And that's both because the expectations of our citizens are changing, but also because the risks that these systems are facing are changing so fundamentally..."
Testimony PAUL, RAND
An oversight hearing.
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Feb 12, 2026
"So and look, I'm a stickler for the law. I'm a libertarian on these issues. If detaining somebody who's already served their sentence doesn't make sense to me. But here's my question. If someone is in your prison for five years, which some of them are going to be in prison five years, they're also wanted and they're at a detainer, which means they haven't had their their judgment. Why couldn't we go to immigration court during the five years in prison? Does that happen? And why doesn't it..."
Testimony SPEAKER_02
Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests an...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"in terms of Southern Yellow Pine and what is needed to basically grow and maintain so that we manage Southern Yellow Pine plantations. So that's the picture. So when you look at a five-year average, we're about right in what we were over the last five years. We did have a fall down year over year, but it was primarily in Region 8. It was not across the"
Testimony TYLER SADWITH
State Medicaid Program Integrity: Examining Fraud Risks and Oversight ...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"We have strong policies and protocols that are designed to prevent, identify, and block fraud, waste, and abuse. Our comprehensive oversight strategy includes robust provider vetting that exceeds federal standards, provider suspensions, including approximately 5,000 over the past five years, and secured fraud recovery totaling more than $1 billion over the past five years. California is one of only two states with a Medicaid agency that employs armed, sworn peace officers with the legal..."
Testimony MR. JOEL SCATA
Mitigation and Multiple Loss Properties: Factors Influencing the High ...
house Financial Services Committee · Mar 26, 2026
"by more than 7,000, but only 630, I'll repeat that, only 630 received help to reduce their flood risk. We are falling further behind every year, and the burden doesn't fall equally. Rural and low-income communities bear the brunt of flooding and have the least access to resources to recover. This is a crisis that's hiding in plain sight. So how do we solve this problem? I urge Congress to focus on four reforms. First, increase flooding for flood mitigation, make it faster and easier to access...."
Testimony SCHATZ, BRIAN
Hearings to examine platform power as section 230 turns 30.
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Mar 18, 2026
"something better. But really, the main reason to be having this conversation about Section 230 is that Congress can and should respond to changing circumstances. We do it all the time. For instance, we reauthorize the FAA every five years, even though the concept of flying has changed a lot less in the last five years than the internet has changed in the last 30. Similarly, we amend and update laws to protect consumers from scams. For so long, tech companies have used Section 230 as an..."
Testimony HUSTED, JON
Hearings to examine the impact of AI on the workplace.
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 29, 2026
"And so, it is a very important issue. And I remember just five years ago, if you would have been to a local workforce development board meeting, how many conversations did you have about coding would be a great place for people to be five years ago, right? We said coding, and now, not so"
Testimony SPEAKER_07
“Oversight of the U.S. Postal Service: The Financial Future Under Post...
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Mar 17, 2026
"For Congress to make informed decisions about how we can ensure the Postal Service's long-term stability, we need clear data on the proposals you put forward, where the Postal Service stands and where it's headed. And, frankly, your predecessor, in my view, was sometimes hostile towards our role in congressional oversight, didn't want to provide information we needed to be able to help the Postal Service. Will you agree to provide members of this committee with five-year financial projections..."
Testimony SPEAKER_45
Department of State FY 2027 Budget Request: A Commitment to America Fi...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jun 3, 2026
"and poses nearly, not nearly the threat it once posed to America's national security. We're not satisfied with where it is, but we've come a long way. We are certainly better off than we were five years, five months ago. On Nigeria, where we were all, many were very concerned about violence against Christians. We are now actively in counterterrorism cooperation with the Nigerian government and Nigerian security forces, including a joint operation a couple weeks ago that took out the number two..."
Testimony TUBERVILLE, TOMMY
Hearings to examine modernizing the National Institutes of Health, foc...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Feb 3, 2026
"It's been a disaster. Four years, five years of COVID has put us in a tailspin. So thank you for trying to work with"
Hearing Full Committee Legislative Hearing on Digital Asset Taxation
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 9, 2026 · Transcript
BEYER, DONALD S. "We saw the TCJA, we've seen that, the OVBBA. What's your concern about whether Mr. Horsford's bill, which I very much support, the five years, that the five years would actually be five years? Thank you very much. My time's up, and I yield"
Hearing "Reforming FEMA: Ensuring the Nation's Disaster Readiness Works for Americans"
house Transportation and Infrastructure Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_17 "well, what's the value of the building and contents? And then what would it take to replace that? And they write an estimate on that and that's a project worksheet. But because they do actual cost, they don't give them the money. The local governments now have to go get a contractor to go build a fire station. They have to get an estimate. They have to submit that to FEMA for being reviewed. Well, they want to change because the station was too small. They want to build it bigger. Well, FEMA says we're only going to replace what was there. That's on you. We ain't going to approve that. But..."
Hearing Business meeting to consider the nominations of Brett Matsumoto, of Maryland, to be Commissioner of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor, James...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_09 "and I think it would be disingenuous to suggest it wasn't an attempt to imply, is the United States began recommending hepatitis B immunizations for infants at 91. Can you guess at which age most children are diagnosed with autism? Five years old. If you add five years to 1991, you'll notice a sharp increase in autism rates around that time. Now, that looks like it's trying to establish a"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Sean Kaufman, of Georgia, to be Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, and Erica Schwartz, of...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_09 "and I think it would be disingenuous to suggest it wasn't an attempt to imply, is the United States began recommending hepatitis B immunizations for infants at 91. Can you guess at which age most children are diagnosed with autism? Five years old. If you add five years to 1991, you'll notice a sharp increase in autism rates around that time. Now, that looks like it's trying to establish a"
Hearing “State and Local Cybersecurity: Escalating Threats, Federal Partnership, and the Resilience of America’s Communities”
house Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee · May 21, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_06 "So things like infrastructure as code, using vendor best practices, obviously we talked about some of the enhancements to the operationalization of the grant program. These, I think, sir, are all part of a story where how we deliver these services is not going to look, like you said, five years from now like it looked five years before. And that's both because the expectations of our citizens are changing, but also because the risks that these systems are facing are changing so fundamentally and changing so"
Hearing An oversight hearing.
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Feb 12, 2026 · Transcript
PAUL, RAND "So and look, I'm a stickler for the law. I'm a libertarian on these issues. If detaining somebody who's already served their sentence doesn't make sense to me. But here's my question. If someone is in your prison for five years, which some of them are going to be in prison five years, they're also wanted and they're at a detainer, which means they haven't had their their judgment. Why couldn't we go to immigration court during the five years in prison? Does that happen? And why doesn't it"
Hearing State Medicaid Program Integrity: Examining Fraud Risks and Oversight Deficiencies.
house Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee · Jun 25, 2026 · Transcript
TYLER SADWITH "We have strong policies and protocols that are designed to prevent, identify, and block fraud, waste, and abuse. Our comprehensive oversight strategy includes robust provider vetting that exceeds federal standards, provider suspensions, including approximately 5,000 over the past five years, and secured fraud recovery totaling more than $1 billion over the past five years. California is one of only two states with a Medicaid agency that employs armed, sworn peace officers with the legal authority to execute search and seizure"
Hearing Mitigation and Multiple Loss Properties: Factors Influencing the High Cost of Flooding
house Housing and Insurance Subcommittee · Mar 26, 2026 · Transcript
MR. JOEL SCATA "by more than 7,000, but only 630, I'll repeat that, only 630 received help to reduce their flood risk. We are falling further behind every year, and the burden doesn't fall equally. Rural and low-income communities bear the brunt of flooding and have the least access to resources to recover. This is a crisis that's hiding in plain sight. So how do we solve this problem? I urge Congress to focus on four reforms. First, increase flooding for flood mitigation, make it faster and easier to access. Right now, it can take more than five years between a flood and the completion of a FEMA-funded..."
Hearing Hearings to examine platform power as section 230 turns 30.
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Mar 18, 2026 · Transcript
SCHATZ, BRIAN "something better. But really, the main reason to be having this conversation about Section 230 is that Congress can and should respond to changing circumstances. We do it all the time. For instance, we reauthorize the FAA every five years, even though the concept of flying has changed a lot less in the last five years than the internet has changed in the last 30. Similarly, we amend and update laws to protect consumers from scams. For so long, tech companies have used Section 230 as an egregious harms, harassment and abuse, frauds and scams. It's not that they don't know what's happening or..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the impact of AI on the workplace.
senate Employment and Workplace Safety Subcommittee · Jul 29, 2026 · Transcript
HUSTED, JON "And so, it is a very important issue. And I remember just five years ago, if you would have been to a local workforce development board meeting, how many conversations did you have about coding would be a great place for people to be five years ago, right? We said coding, and now, not so"
Hearing “Oversight of the U.S. Postal Service: The Financial Future Under Postmaster General Steiner”
house Government Operations Subcommittee · Mar 17, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_07 "For Congress to make informed decisions about how we can ensure the Postal Service's long-term stability, we need clear data on the proposals you put forward, where the Postal Service stands and where it's headed. And, frankly, your predecessor, in my view, was sometimes hostile towards our role in congressional oversight, didn't want to provide information we needed to be able to help the Postal Service. Will you agree to provide members of this committee with five-year financial projections showing how the reforms and changes you've outlined, including the continued implementation of..."
Hearing Department of State FY 2027 Budget Request: A Commitment to America First Foreign Policy
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jun 3, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_45 "and poses nearly, not nearly the threat it once posed to America's national security. We're not satisfied with where it is, but we've come a long way. We are certainly better off than we were five years, five months ago. On Nigeria, where we were all, many were very concerned about violence against Christians. We are now actively in counterterrorism cooperation with the Nigerian government and Nigerian security forces, including a joint operation a couple weeks ago that took out the number two leader of global ISIS operating from inside of the country, and that"
Hearing Hearings to examine modernizing the National Institutes of Health, focusing on faster discoveries and more cures.
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Feb 3, 2026 · Transcript
TUBERVILLE, TOMMY "It's been a disaster. Four years, five years of COVID has put us in a tailspin. So thank you for trying to work with"
Hearing "For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. Forest Service"
house Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript
TOM SCHULTZ "We have numerous areas across the country on both state, private, and federal lands where we don't have outlets for pulpoid and low-value material. We see that as an opportunity to convert that material to biochar as an opportunity. So I think the encouragement that you were providing through those opportunities in the Farm Bill I think will play out. But there are current commercial producers of biochar today, and we think that's a relevant product. Mr. Chairman, Ms. Carbajal, first of all, I think your points are well taken. What we are looking at is the American Great Outdoors Act, is..."
Hearing Business meeting to consider the nominations of Daniel Desmond Domenico, of Colorado, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit,...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 16, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_15 "That's ridiculous. In addition to the fact that you were a career public servant for your entire life, you were a public defender, underpaid, overworked, not for a year, not for five years, but for years. The dignity and the service you have brought, no matter whether we disagree with your politics or not, should merit the praise of every single senator"
Hearing Hearings to examine genes to machines, focusing on the patent eligibility debate.
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 14, 2026 · Transcript
COONS, CHRISTOPHER A. "but that too broad an interpretation of its exclusionary principles could eviscerate patent law. And in the years immediately following, five years following it, district courts invalidated 60% of patents challenged as ineligible, and the Court of Appeals for the Fed Circuit invalidated"
Hearing Business meeting to consider the nominations of Daniel Mack Traynor, of North Dakota, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit,...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jun 25, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_15 "That's ridiculous. In addition to the fact that you were a career public servant for your entire life, you were a public defender, underpaid, overworked, not for a year, not for five years, but for years. The dignity and the service you have brought, no matter whether we disagree with your politics or not, should merit the praise of every single senator"
Hearing Task Force on Monetary Policy, Treasury Market Resilience, and Economic Prosperity: Examining Derivatives’ Role in the Treasury Market
house Financial Services Committee · Apr 29, 2026 · Transcript
SHERMAN, BRAD "That is supposed to mirror That of a two-year or five-year or ten-year t-note or t-bill But in fact has no"
Hearing “AI on Main Street: How AI is Shaping the Future of Small Business.”
house Small Business Committee · Jul 14, 2026 · Transcript
GOODLANDER, MAGGIE "You know, one of the through lines in this hearing has been a very powerful point that each of you have made, which is that getting access to AI is right now not the hard part for small businesses. For small businesses, the hard part is actually ensuring that a family-owned funeral home in Berlin or a home builder in Brookline or a daycare in Keene can actually put this technology to use. And equally urgent, whether five years from now or five months from now, maybe, is probably more accurate, that small business will still have the leverage over the platforms that they built their businesses..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Health and Human Services.
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Apr 22, 2026 · Transcript
HICKENLOOPER, JOHN W. "I'm also partial to mRNA vaccines, especially. Recently, I'm sure you've seen the news that it's a promising pathway for patients with pancreatic cancer. As you know, pancreatic cancer is one of the great killers, one of the deadliest forms of cancer. Less than 13% of the patients with pancreatic cancer last over five years. The patients in this trial with mRNA are still alive six years later. Less than 13% survived beyond five years. In this trial, they're all alive after six years later. This is exciting for the scientific research But we still feel a hostility to mRNA"
Hearing • H.R. 726 (Rep. Downing), “Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 2025” • H.R. 2317 (Rep. Amodei), “Northern Nevada Economic...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript
HUFFMAN, JARED "through 2026, and although we were told that there have been some calves born, maybe we should just relax and take it easy on protecting these animals, the truth is we've already lost two calves, three and four years old, to entanglement. And scientists expect a five-year-old to die soon from injuries from another entanglement. These losses far exceed our annual limits to keep this whale from going extinct. In the midst of this emergency for the north Atlantic right whale, we're marking up a bill that delays federal protections against entanglements by seven more years. Let's look at how we..."
Hearing “The Legal Basis for Action Against Venezuelan Drug Traffickers”
house Oversight Subcommittee · Mar 18, 2026 · Transcript
VAN DREW, JEFFERSON "Geez, if you can stop them at the borders before they come in, that would be a good thing. It's also clear that he was indicted years ago, Nicholas Maduro, and we did nothing for five years. Why was"
Hearing Closed hearings to examine the posture of United States Special Operations Command and United States Cyber Command in review of the Defense...
senate Armed Services Committee · Apr 28, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_04 "alliance. That is the essence of how we as just 3 percent of the joint force and less 2 percent of the department's budget provide an indispensable asymmetric advantage. We are a force ready to multiply the effects of our allies, partners and our joint force teammates. Our joint force teammates recognize this. They recognize that our SOF are more in demand today than we ever have been. Your $2 billion, near $2 billion uplift to our budget last year in 26 was an important down payment. But after five years of flat budgets, only with increased investment can we continue to meet the demands of..."
Hearing H.R. 9098, the Congressional Records Protection Act; H. Res. 1394, Condemning prosecution policies that give preferential treatment to foreign...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript
ONDER, ROBERT F. "damages if they are harmed. And if there are no damages, no lawsuit. Now Representative Raskin cited some information about low rates of desistance, transgender identifying individuals returning to identify with their biological sex. That is based on a study published in the Journal of Pediatrics with early transition, transition of children, social transition of children age six to seven and then looking at them five years later. And not surprisingly, if you start brainwashing a child at age five, at age ten, he or she might continue to accept the subject matter of that brainwashing. The 11..."
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.1782, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of mental or physical disability in cases of organ transplants,...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jun 17, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_06 "the health committee has jurisdiction over the teaching health center program. Last year, we worked together to substantially increase funding for this program over a five-year period and that is the good news. The bad news is that despite this increased"
Hearing “Medicines and IP: Balancing Innovation and Access”
house Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Subcommittee · Jun 4, 2026 · Transcript
CLINE, BEN "Okay. Um, Professor Carrier, the skinny label carve out has worked alongside method of use patents for 40 years, and by one estimate, 15 carve outs saved Medicare roughly $15 billion in five years. The Supreme Court just reversed the federal circuit and protected Hickman's carve out this"
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 "and they're linked to stronger academic outcomes. Youth sports bring communities together and can give kids from all backgrounds the opportunity to learn, grow, and belong. More than 60 million children participate in youth sports in the United States annually, but today that opportunity has become a luxury for too many. The average family now spends more than $1,500 a year for one child to participate in sports, and those costs have risen dramatically in just the past five years. Registration fees, travel, equipment, lodging, exclusive streaming services,"
Hearing “From Startup to Scale: The Role of the SBA Office of Investment and Innovation in Powering America’s Small Businesses.”
house Small Business Committee · Jun 25, 2026 · Transcript
WILLIAMS, ROGER "we have successfully reauthorized those programs through September 30, 2031. For more than 20 years, the SBIC program has operated at a zero subsidy cost to the taxpayers, and over the past five years it has run with a near zero default rate. Under Administrator Loeffler's leadership, this office has delivered historic"
Hearing Budget Hearing – National Guard and Reserve Forces
house Defense Subcommittee · Apr 17, 2026 · Transcript
DELAURO, ROSA L. "still rating recapitalization decisions? General Healy, the Air Force Reserve operates legacy platforms and faces similar recapitalization challenges. What does a procurement level of 38 fighters per year compare to the 72 identified by the adjutant generals mean for the Air Force Reserve readiness and mission capability over the next five years? So, I'll start with General"
Hearing “Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part II”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Mar 4, 2026 · Transcript
PRESSLEY, AYANNA "easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. We are certainly not building strong children. In my district, the Massachusetts 7th, Eleni was only two weeks old when her father was wrongfully taken by ICE, a trauma that she will carry for the rest of her life. Again, so far I'm speaking about the pleas of a six-year-old and the policy, rather the family separation of a two-week-old. In Minnesota, Liam Ramos was only at the age of five years old, was detained by ICE and sent to Texas, and he'll carry that trauma for the rest of his"
Hearing Legislative field hearing on a Discussion Draft of the “Great American Outdoors Act 250.” (10:00AM local time)
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 12, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_01 "through the use of a MATOC, which is a multiple award task order contract, of getting efficiency in a process to improve our beautiful places for the American people's enjoyment in D.C. this summer. So if you think about it, 22 different fountains, two water bodies, done in one year, done in one year. This will be for however you determine in the law you would like us to spend it, but for the longest time over the past five years, we have used it wisely for deferred maintenance, which some of those fountains are. The next piece of this is the I can just say that per Mr. Costner's testimony..."
Hearing Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of...
senate Energy and Water Development Subcommittee · May 20, 2026 · Transcript
THE HONORABLE ADAM TELLE "As you say, an additional capability has been reflected in technical assistance provided to the committee. The good news story here is I was briefed earlier this week about this project. We had been looking, and I know your office had brought to our attention the idea that this might take 10 years or longer. As we are, right now, it looks like we actually are going to start construction in 2028, and construction's going to be complete within five years. So that's, we're moving in the right direction on"
Hearing Oversight hearing titled "Beneath the Surface: Earth MRI and America's Resource Potential"
house Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee · Jun 25, 2026 · Transcript
STAUBER, PETE "and this authorization is set to expire at the end of the current fiscal year, making this hearing a timely opportunity to discuss the importance of mapping and the many benefits from Earth MRI brings to our nation. This year's reauthorization of the Earth MRI will also provide us with an opportunity to strengthen the program and expand upon the progress we've made over the past five years. Prior to Earth MRI, only 7% of the US was covered by high-quality geophysical"
Hearing H.R. 8800 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
house Armed Services Committee · Jun 4, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_05 "Michael Curlin, Jay Valerio, Heath Bope, Caroline Curley, Brooke Allred, Amelia Lutensky, and Andrew Smith. This year, the Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces delivers on sustainment and specifically it guarantees a continuation of American air superiority by authorizing the Secretary of War to enter into a five-year multiyear procurement contract for both F-35 and F-15EX"
Hearing “Career and Technical Education: Developing the Future of Main Street Success.”
house Small Business Committee · Feb 24, 2026 · Transcript
MR. MIKE GIBSON "The employee has a professional career. In our state, we need 58,000 new construction workers. I told the Speaker of the House, I made this comment two years ago. I said, you have a partner with AGC of Kansas that cannot fail. He said, you're making a bold statement in front of my colleagues. I said, no, sir. I said, if we don't get 58,000 new construction workers over the next three to five years, I'm going to have a lot of construction firms going out of business. Because the first thing a contractor needs is people in order to bid a project. So this has a ripple effect throughout the..."
Hearing Hearings to examine protecting Americans from global scam operations, focusing on assessing the United States response.
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Aug 6, 2026 · Transcript
VAN HOLLEN, CHRIS "I think just within the last two months, you've told the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and I'm quoting, we've seen in the last five years that the civil war has continued and our policies have not, unfortunately, stopped the killing and not stopped the human rights violation. And you point out that we're continuing to look for a way forward to reduce these threats. I would just draw your attention to a bipartisan piece"
Hearing Business meeting to consider the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be Attorney General.
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026 · Transcript
CORNYN, JOHN "tax returns, private tax returns, of people he thought the public needed to know about. That is a violation of the criminal law. And the contractor is currently serving a five-year term in the federal penitentiary for that. Initially, when the president filed suit, he sought $10 billion in"
Hearing Hearings to examine prescribing sunshine, focusing on how competition and transparency lowers prescription drug costs.
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026 · Transcript
CORNYN, JOHN "tax returns, private tax returns, of people he thought the public needed to know about. That is a violation of the criminal law. And the contractor is currently serving a five-year term in the federal penitentiary for that. Initially, when the president filed suit, he sought $10 billion in"
Hearing Hearings to examine data and profit, focusing on the consumer cost of AI surveillance pricing.
senate Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism Subcommittee · Aug 4, 2026 · Transcript
CORNYN, JOHN "tax returns, private tax returns, of people he thought the public needed to know about. That is a violation of the criminal law. And the contractor is currently serving a five-year term in the federal penitentiary for that. Initially, when the president filed suit, he sought $10 billion in"
Hearing Hearings to examine building a resilient health care future with biotechnology.
senate Health Care Subcommittee · Aug 4, 2026 · Transcript
WARNER, MARK R. "Senator Young and I are working together on an accelerated PhD program, so to, you know, increase subsidies if you can be finished in six or seven years. I mean the number of people who an extra five years post-undergraduate to get to get a PhD. Accelerating that, I think, would be enormous benefit. Do you or any of the panel want to touch on this idea of accelerated PhD students? I'm all for that. I'm just not, you know, I"
Hearing Hearings to examine the testimony of Anthony Fauci.
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jul 29, 2026 · Transcript
PAUL, RAND "Dr. Fauci, your testimony today is compelled by a lawful subpoena. As you know, it's a crime under 18 U.S.C. section 1001 to knowingly make a material false statement to Congress with a penalty up to five years of imprisonment. Understanding that you are under oath, the American people would like to understand"
Hearing Hearings to examine S.3573, to amend the Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act to modify a provision relating to the extension of certain dates for the...
senate Indian Affairs Committee · Jul 29, 2026 · Transcript
THE HONORABLE JEFF GRUBBE "To protect the tribe's water from further depletion and to preserve it for the future, in 2013, Ahwa Kalente filed a lawsuit against two local water districts, the Coachella Valley Water District and the Desert Water Agency, who deliver water to the reservation. In 2017, Ahwa Kalente obtained a landmark ruling that Indian tribes have federal reserve rights to groundwater. Five years later, following intense mediated discussions, the tribe, the water districts, and the United States reached a settlement. That comprehensive agreement is now before Congress. It quantifies Ahwa Kalente's federal..."
Hearing Business meeting to consider the nominations of Christopher Phelan, of Minnesota, to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, John Crews,...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jul 23, 2026 · Transcript
MR. BRIAN JOHNSON "dedication to our two young children. I'm also joined here today by my father, Ken, and my stepmother, Nancy. I'm deeply thankful to them and to my sister, Allison, for their love and support. I also know that my late mother, Lynn, watches over me. The great majority of my professional career has been devoted to public service. I've spent the last 14 years substantially focused on the intersection of consumer career as a junior Senate staffer for Senator John Kyle. I later spent over five years working for the House Financial Services Committee, where I focused on consumer credit and..."
Hearing Business meeting to consider the nomination of Kevin Lilly, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife, Department of the Interior.
senate Environment and Public Works Committee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript
WHITEHOUSE, SHELDON "I'm proud that our committee is taking an important step to continue this longstanding streak. Similarly, we've worked to carry forward the momentum of five years ago when we authorized many important programs for water infrastructure at EPA. I strongly encourage all members to support this water"
Hearing Building a New Regional Security Architecture: The Next Phase of the Abraham Accords
house Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript
BURCHETT, TIM "And some buddies of mine, the Jewish faith back in Knoxville, I took them all a napkin because that's all I could think to get. What do you think we've learned from the first five years of this thing? Real quick, Mr."
Hearing “Oversight of SBA’s Office of Entrepreneurial Development.”
house Small Business Committee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_05 "leering centers, et cetera, rampant waste, fraud, and abuse, and it was prudent of Administrator Loeffler to pause all payments until we found out what was going on in the State. And the SBDC in Minnesota is one of the seven that is actually State-hosted, so most others are at universities. So the same State that would be administering some of the other programs where there was fraud would be administering the SBDC program. So what we did is we followed up with that organization, but we actually had our program team go back five years and review just to make sure the documents were clear. We..."
Testimony TOM SCHULTZ
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. F...
house Agriculture Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"We have numerous areas across the country on both state, private, and federal lands where we don't have outlets for pulpoid and low-value material. We see that as an opportunity to convert that material to biochar as an opportunity. So I think the encouragement that you were providing through those opportunities in the Farm Bill I think will play out. But there are current commercial producers of biochar today, and we think that's a relevant product. Mr. Chairman, Ms. Carbajal, first of all, I..."
Testimony MORAN, JERRY
An oversight hearing to examine the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"significant number of cattle affected, and boy, the challenges of farmers and rural fire departments in fighting fires that cross huge expanses. One of the reasons, I mean, I was asking when I was in Clark and Mead counties in southwest Kansas earlier this month, why the prevalence of these fires, they seem to be more frequent than in the past. And the answer, at least in part, is CRP. And it's kind of the nature of rainfall in our state. We've been in a multi-year, five-year drought, but about..."
Testimony SPEAKER_03
Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fi...
senate Appropriations Committee · Apr 22, 2026
"So give us a very detailed analysis of what you have in mind. Rather than setting up this slush fund to be spent on vanity projects projects for a president as opposed to for the people. At the same time this budget requests 9.5 billion dollars per year for five years to address deferred maintenance and infrastructure needs across the entire country. So here we have a slush fund of 10 billion for vanity projects for this president which exceeds the 9.5 billion per year for the five years to..."
Testimony MERKLEY, JEFF
Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fi...
senate Appropriations Committee · Apr 22, 2026
"So give us a very detailed analysis of what you have in mind. Rather than setting up this slush fund to be spent on vanity projects projects for a president as opposed to for the people. At the same time this budget requests 9.5 billion dollars per year for five years to address deferred maintenance and infrastructure needs across the entire country. So here we have a slush fund of 10 billion for vanity projects for this president which exceeds the 9.5 billion per year for the five years to..."
Testimony SPEAKER_15
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Daniel Desmond Domenic...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"That's ridiculous. In addition to the fact that you were a career public servant for your entire life, you were a public defender, underpaid, overworked, not for a year, not for five years, but for years. The dignity and the service you have brought, no matter whether we disagree with your politics or not, should merit the praise of every single senator"
Testimony COONS, CHRISTOPHER A.
Hearings to examine genes to machines, focusing on the patent eligibil...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"but that too broad an interpretation of its exclusionary principles could eviscerate patent law. And in the years immediately following, five years following it, district courts invalidated 60% of patents challenged as ineligible, and the Court of Appeals for the Fed Circuit invalidated"
Testimony SPEAKER_15
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Daniel Mack Traynor, o...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"That's ridiculous. In addition to the fact that you were a career public servant for your entire life, you were a public defender, underpaid, overworked, not for a year, not for five years, but for years. The dignity and the service you have brought, no matter whether we disagree with your politics or not, should merit the praise of every single senator"
Testimony JACK, BRIAN
“Hearing with the Commissioners of the Postal Regulatory Commission”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"I'm curious, have you looked into other countries, and I'm curious, are other countries experiencing similar difficulties with their own Postal Service systems? If no action is taken, describe a state of the Postal Service two years from now, five years from now. Well, thank you for your testimony to all the"
Testimony SHERMAN, BRAD
Task Force on Monetary Policy, Treasury Market Resilience, and Economi...
house Financial Services Committee · Apr 29, 2026
"That is supposed to mirror That of a two-year or five-year or ten-year t-note or t-bill But in fact has no"
Testimony MR. SAM ACHO
Full Committee Hearing on The Growing Business of Sports: Reviewing Fe...
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"or a coach who's gonna have you consistently in the college football playoff. Now all of a sudden, you're playing 17 games year in and year out. That's five extra games for possibly five years. That's another season plus that these players are subject to potentially being injured. These young people have chances for"
Testimony GOODLANDER, MAGGIE
“AI on Main Street: How AI is Shaping the Future of Small Business.”
house Small Business Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"You know, one of the through lines in this hearing has been a very powerful point that each of you have made, which is that getting access to AI is right now not the hard part for small businesses. For small businesses, the hard part is actually ensuring that a family-owned funeral home in Berlin or a home builder in Brookline or a daycare in Keene can actually put this technology to use. And equally urgent, whether five years from now or five months from now, maybe, is probably more accurate,..."
Testimony SPEAKER_38
H.R. 8870, Building Unrivaled Infrastructure and Long-term Development...
house Transportation and Infrastructure Committee · May 21, 2026
"Can this nation actually grow and prosper if our money is spent on the military? $1,500,000,000,000 for one year, $580 billion for five years, $116 billion a year. The infrastructure in this bill is absolutely critical for our economy to grow, for our citizens to prosper, and for social justice to"
Testimony BUCHANAN, VERN
Full Committee Hearing on The Growing Business of Sports: Reviewing Fe...
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"And then I read a book on Penn State, somebody had written a book about Penn State, and they had followed these kids from their freshman year, through a period of five years in their red shirt year, and there was like one or two left. So these kids are, there's a few kids getting rich, they're doing pretty good, but there's a lot of kids putting themselves at risk. In my"
Testimony SCOTT, AUSTIN
"Examining the Economic Crisis in Farm Country"
house Agriculture Committee · Feb 11, 2025
"The reference prices no longer reflect the cost of production for America's farmers. And I will tell you, I'm concerned that they're moving so fast that I truly think after this farm bill, we probably need to get to a three-year cycle, not a five-year cycle on the farm bill because of the speed at which things are changing. Dr. Newton, I'll just stick with you since I'm down to one"
Testimony THOMPSON, GLENN
"Examining the Economic Crisis in Farm Country"
house Agriculture Committee · Feb 11, 2025
"And we need a five-year farm bill sooner than later. I am of the belief, and I think for good reason, if we wait until the end of this year to do a five-year farm bill, we will be back asking Congress for more economic disaster assistance. If we're able to get this farm bill done sooner than later, it's not going to be"
Testimony FLOOD, MIKE
Examining Local Needs in Disaster Recovery
house Financial Services Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"through CDBGDR, since its inception, only $64.7 billion has been spent. In other words, only about 59 percent of CDBGDR funds have been spent. To be clear, I'm not saying only 59 percent of the funds were spent last year or in the last five years. Only 59 percent of CDBGDR funds have been spent ever. If you take a look at some individual allocations, the problem looks even more acute. Out of $2 billion allocated to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands for the 2018 electrical power outages,..."
Testimony LAMALFA, DOUG
"Examining the Economic Crisis in Farm Country"
house Agriculture Committee · Feb 11, 2025
"All right. We believe we've got good work in the Farm Bill. If we can get the good one done, as our chairman and ranker, we're going to be sure to get there this year. Let me jump over to Mr. Talley here. We haven't talked enough about the AWER, the adverse rage effect rate for H-2A. It skyrocketed the last few years. Four out of the last five years it's gone up about 7.3 percent annually. And so the fruit and vegetable growers are the largest users of H-2A, as well as some others. And they..."
Testimony PETERS, SCOTT H.
Oversight of the National Telecommunications and Information Administr...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"We got a project in Nebraska. To me, you know, that's not that great. What we have now is instead of a three-year delay, we have a five-year delay. The witnesses here blaming the states, the witnesses here telling about how it's"
Testimony PETERS, SCOTT H.
Oversight of the National Telecommunications and Information Administr...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"This is the same. We have, instead of a three-year delay, we have a five-year delay. And I would love to see some of the same frustration that I showed with the administration of my own party on the other side of the aisle, that to see the Republicans showing frustration with this, with this implementation, because this is"
Testimony SPEAKER_05
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from the Honorable Brooke L. R...
house Agriculture Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"Thank you. And for years, for the last four or five years, I have asked questions about non-citizens receiving SNAPs. And I basically get mocked by my colleagues that this is not possible, that it's very rare, despite there being 11 exceptions, one of them being if you're 18 or under, you automatically"
Testimony SPEAKER_42
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from the Honorable Brooke L. R...
house Agriculture Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"We expect a massive, massive, the highest exports on record now. So I'm not talking about in a year. I'm not talking about in five years. This year, we're going to break records on our exports, including some of your specialty crops, but also your regular crops in Michigan as"
Testimony HICKENLOOPER, JOHN W.
Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Apr 22, 2026
"I'm also partial to mRNA vaccines, especially. Recently, I'm sure you've seen the news that it's a promising pathway for patients with pancreatic cancer. As you know, pancreatic cancer is one of the great killers, one of the deadliest forms of cancer. Less than 13% of the patients with pancreatic cancer last over five years. The patients in this trial with mRNA are still alive six years later. Less than 13% survived beyond five years. In this trial, they're all alive after six years later. This..."
Testimony SPEAKER_15
“Hearing with the Commissioners of the Postal Regulatory Commission”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"Overall, mail volume continued its unrelenting decline. Certainly. One of the measures that the Postal Service has used since 1963 is what they call total factor productivity to measure the efficiency of the Postal Service. The last several years have seen the worst in a five-year period and, in fact, two of the worst since it was being measured, the second of the three was in 1979. And so, if you've got volume going out and yet you're, you know, what you've got, your inputs, shall we say, to..."
Testimony BRESNAHAN, ROBERT P.
H.R. 8870, Building Unrivaled Infrastructure and Long-term Development...
house Transportation and Infrastructure Committee · May 21, 2026
"Unfortunately, these roads and bridges are in serious need of work. We're seeing freight trucks, commuters, and first responders adding time to their routes because bridges have been out for years. Road projects are stuck in permitting for five years when they should take two. This bill targets those issues, and that's why I'm proud to support it here"
Testimony HUFFMAN, JARED
• H.R. 726 (Rep. Downing), “Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amendme...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"through 2026, and although we were told that there have been some calves born, maybe we should just relax and take it easy on protecting these animals, the truth is we've already lost two calves, three and four years old, to entanglement. And scientists expect a five-year-old to die soon from injuries from another entanglement. These losses far exceed our annual limits to keep this whale from going extinct. In the midst of this emergency for the north Atlantic right whale, we're marking up a..."
Testimony VAN DREW, JEFFERSON
“The Legal Basis for Action Against Venezuelan Drug Traffickers”
house Judiciary Committee · Mar 18, 2026
"Geez, if you can stop them at the borders before they come in, that would be a good thing. It's also clear that he was indicted years ago, Nicholas Maduro, and we did nothing for five years. Why was"
Testimony SPEAKER_04
Closed hearings to examine the posture of United States Special Operat...
senate Armed Services Committee · Apr 28, 2026
"alliance. That is the essence of how we as just 3 percent of the joint force and less 2 percent of the department's budget provide an indispensable asymmetric advantage. We are a force ready to multiply the effects of our allies, partners and our joint force teammates. Our joint force teammates recognize this. They recognize that our SOF are more in demand today than we ever have been. Your $2 billion, near $2 billion uplift to our budget last year in 26 was an important down payment. But after..."
Testimony THE HONORABLE BROOKE ROLLINS
An oversight hearing to examine the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"It will be here in a couple months, this summer. We are only producing 100 million flies a week. We're years away. Like, an actual big facility will take at least five years, two years of permitting, three years of build, but, you know, oh, well, I guess we're just going to do what we have to do. And I said, this is not"
Testimony ONDER, ROBERT F.
H.R. 9098, the Congressional Records Protection Act; H. Res. 1394, Con...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"damages if they are harmed. And if there are no damages, no lawsuit. Now Representative Raskin cited some information about low rates of desistance, transgender identifying individuals returning to identify with their biological sex. That is based on a study published in the Journal of Pediatrics with early transition, transition of children, social transition of children age six to seven and then looking at them five years later. And not surprisingly, if you start brainwashing a child at age..."
Testimony GREEN, AL
Examining Local Needs in Disaster Recovery
house Financial Services Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"it? Could you kindly? Yes, thank you. Okay. Now I'm reminded that the best time to plant a tree is 25 years ago. So let's not 25 years from now is what you and I seem to agree on. Twenty-five years from now say, God, I wish that we'd planted that tree 25 years ago because we can bicker over this ad infinitum. But this is a means by which we can move forward and start the"
Testimony SPEAKER_06
Business meeting to consider S.1782, to prohibit discrimination on the...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jun 17, 2026
"the health committee has jurisdiction over the teaching health center program. Last year, we worked together to substantially increase funding for this program over a five-year period and that is the good news. The bad news is that despite this increased"
Testimony CLINE, BEN
“Medicines and IP: Balancing Innovation and Access”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"Okay. Um, Professor Carrier, the skinny label carve out has worked alongside method of use patents for 40 years, and by one estimate, 15 carve outs saved Medicare roughly $15 billion in five years. The Supreme Court just reversed the federal circuit and protected Hickman's carve out this"
Testimony COLLIS TEMPLE JR.
Hearings to examine positioning student-athletes for success in school...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Mar 26, 2026
"and then a redshirt, which is something you're also familiar with, and then give them four years to play. So, when you're talking about 18-year-old freshmen, 19-year-old sophomore, 20-year-old junior, 21-year-old senior, and you give them a couple of extra years to get it together, I think it'll work a lot better than just five years. Now, what the hell was your"
Testimony DR. MATTHEW FUNAIOLE
Charting a New Course: Countering China's Dominance in Global Shipbuil...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"I'll keep my comments brief. The most important part in any effort in that vein to me is aligning on what the long-term objectives are and making sure that any agreements that are put into place are robust enough that they are going to be maintained for years and decades to come, right? This is not something that can be solved in five years or 10 years. We're talking about a several-decade time horizon in order to address some of the concerns that we're facing now. Part of those efforts also..."
Testimony SPEAKER_08
Hearings to examine how shutdowns threaten air safety, travel, and the...
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Nov 19, 2025
"Every day that the shutdown continued, the margins of safety that we and the flying public depend on were reduced in our nation's airspace system. I am proud to have earned the title of air traffic controller with 22 years of experience at both an FAA tower and in-route facility, as well as five years as an air traffic controller in the United States Marine Corps. Unfortunately, before the shutdown ended, air traffic controllers and other aviation safety professionals that NACA represents..."
Testimony BONAMICI, SUZANNE
“Field of Fees: Private Equity’s Role in the Commercialization of Amer...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"and they're linked to stronger academic outcomes. Youth sports bring communities together and can give kids from all backgrounds the opportunity to learn, grow, and belong. More than 60 million children participate in youth sports in the United States annually, but today that opportunity has become a luxury for too many. The average family now spends more than $1,500 a year for one child to participate in sports, and those costs have risen dramatically in just the past five years. Registration..."
Testimony WILLIAMS, ROGER
“From Startup to Scale: The Role of the SBA Office of Investment and I...
house Small Business Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"we have successfully reauthorized those programs through September 30, 2031. For more than 20 years, the SBIC program has operated at a zero subsidy cost to the taxpayers, and over the past five years it has run with a near zero default rate. Under Administrator Loeffler's leadership, this office has delivered historic"
Testimony DELAURO, ROSA L.
Budget Hearing – National Guard and Reserve Forces
house Appropriations Committee · Apr 17, 2026
"still rating recapitalization decisions? General Healy, the Air Force Reserve operates legacy platforms and faces similar recapitalization challenges. What does a procurement level of 38 fighters per year compare to the 72 identified by the adjutant generals mean for the Air Force Reserve readiness and mission capability over the next five years? So, I'll start with General"
Testimony THOMPSON, GLENN
"Examining the Economic Crisis in Farm Country"
house Agriculture Committee · Feb 11, 2025
"which tracks the financial performance of 92 representative farms all across the country, recently stated that in the 42 years of keeping records at the center, there has never been a time where there has been such a bleak outlook over the next five years for the representative farms, with every single major commodity deep in the red. Producers deciding what to plant this year aren't thinking about what rotation is likely to make money, but rather what crops will cause them to lose the least...."
Testimony PRESSLEY, AYANNA
“Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part II”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Mar 4, 2026
"easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. We are certainly not building strong children. In my district, the Massachusetts 7th, Eleni was only two weeks old when her father was wrongfully taken by ICE, a trauma that she will carry for the rest of her life. Again, so far I'm speaking about the pleas of a six-year-old and the policy, rather the family separation of a two-week-old. In Minnesota, Liam Ramos was only at the age of five years old, was detained by ICE and sent to..."
Testimony SPEAKER_01
Legislative field hearing on a Discussion Draft of the “Great American...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 12, 2026
"through the use of a MATOC, which is a multiple award task order contract, of getting efficiency in a process to improve our beautiful places for the American people's enjoyment in D.C. this summer. So if you think about it, 22 different fountains, two water bodies, done in one year, done in one year. This will be for however you determine in the law you would like us to spend it, but for the longest time over the past five years, we have used it wisely for deferred maintenance, which some of..."
Testimony THE HONORABLE ADAM TELLE
Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fi...
senate Appropriations Committee · May 20, 2026
"As you say, an additional capability has been reflected in technical assistance provided to the committee. The good news story here is I was briefed earlier this week about this project. We had been looking, and I know your office had brought to our attention the idea that this might take 10 years or longer. As we are, right now, it looks like we actually are going to start construction in 2028, and construction's going to be complete within five years. So that's, we're moving in the right..."
Testimony CANTWELL, MARIA
Hearings to examine how shutdowns threaten air safety, travel, and the...
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Nov 19, 2025
"I think the question that we have, maybe for you, Mr. Sununu and Mr. Daniels, last year when we required the FAA to set a maximum hiring target through FY2028 to maximize training capacity for controllers, it would require the FAA to do this for five years through 2020-2033. Do you support and agree that that we must ensure that FAA continues its maximum controller hiring for at least the next 10 consecutive years, and that the FAA is then in a better position to offset retirements? So either..."
Testimony STAUBER, PETE
Oversight hearing titled "Beneath the Surface: Earth MRI and America's...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"and this authorization is set to expire at the end of the current fiscal year, making this hearing a timely opportunity to discuss the importance of mapping and the many benefits from Earth MRI brings to our nation. This year's reauthorization of the Earth MRI will also provide us with an opportunity to strengthen the program and expand upon the progress we've made over the past five years. Prior to Earth MRI, only 7% of the US was covered by high-quality geophysical"
Testimony SPEAKER_05
H.R. 8800 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
house Armed Services Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"Michael Curlin, Jay Valerio, Heath Bope, Caroline Curley, Brooke Allred, Amelia Lutensky, and Andrew Smith. This year, the Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces delivers on sustainment and specifically it guarantees a continuation of American air superiority by authorizing the Secretary of War to enter into a five-year multiyear procurement contract for both F-35 and F-15EX"
Testimony SPEAKER_05
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from the Honorable Brooke L. R...
house Agriculture Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"qualify for benefits, and how many may have received them improperly, and what steps is USDA taking to ensure taxpayer-funded assistance is reserved for those who are legally eligible? And again, I praise you, because you've done more since you've taken office than I've seen done in a while. I've been on this committee for 16 years, and I just want to put in a public service message that Republicans are not against SNAP. We are for SNAP, we are for feeding the needy, but when you write a farm..."
Testimony MR. MIKE GIBSON
“Career and Technical Education: Developing the Future of Main Street ...
house Small Business Committee · Feb 24, 2026
"The employee has a professional career. In our state, we need 58,000 new construction workers. I told the Speaker of the House, I made this comment two years ago. I said, you have a partner with AGC of Kansas that cannot fail. He said, you're making a bold statement in front of my colleagues. I said, no, sir. I said, if we don't get 58,000 new construction workers over the next three to five years, I'm going to have a lot of construction firms going out of business. Because the first thing a..."
Testimony JOHN NEWTON
"Examining the Economic Crisis in Farm Country"
house Agriculture Committee · Feb 11, 2025
"Yes, sir. Thank you very much for the question. I mean, we've seen tight margins now in farm country for three straight years in a row, and the ad hoc support that you mentioned unfortunately is not going to make anyone whole. Even with that support, even with the support from ARC and PLC, we're still looking at farms that are — it's going to be a tough time to break even. So I think this is helpful assistance, as we've heard from the committee, but we need a new five-year farm bill. We need a..."
Testimony DR. MATTHEW FUNAIOLE
Charting a New Course: Countering China's Dominance in Global Shipbuil...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"In the vein of penalties or penalizing companies for buying ships from China, I also think it's important to focus on future behavior rather than past behavior. I mentioned in my oral comments, and I also in my written testimony, this is a difficult ecosystem to really understand what's going on. And so if that information is out there and transparent and companies are able to better formulate their risk assessments, that changes their calculus based off of what they do in the future rather..."
Testimony DR. MATTHEW FUNAIOLE
Charting a New Course: Countering China's Dominance in Global Shipbuil...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"They're trying to catch up, but the U.S. still has advantages there to lean on. things. One is just a I think a reality checked. We're not going to be able to get China out of the supply chain anytime in the short term right and there needs to be an assessment of what's realistic today, tomorrow, five years from now, ten years from now. You know I mentioned high value components a couple of times and focusing on what that looks like but you're right there needs to be a comprehensive assessment..."
Testimony SPEAKER_09
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"to the risks that farmers face every day. The bill before you today, Farm Bill 2.0, is a sincere attempt to finalize our work for the farmers, ranchers, and producers in rural communities that are the backbone of our nation and give them the five-year farm bill they deserve. Beyond that, this"
Testimony DURBIN, RICHARD J.
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"to survive. These are hospitals that are serving clearly rural areas and not wealthy people. They are struggling farm families and struggling rural families. What does it amount to? Five years at $200 million amounts to a billion dollars. Durbin, what are you talking about? A billion dollar amendment? We can't deal with that. Well, I think we can. It represents 48 hours in the war in Iran. This war that's in its sixth month of the first year is costing us billions of dollars and no one's asking..."
Testimony VAN HOLLEN, CHRIS
Hearings to examine protecting Americans from global scam operations, ...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"I think just within the last two months, you've told the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and I'm quoting, we've seen in the last five years that the civil war has continued and our policies have not, unfortunately, stopped the killing and not stopped the human rights violation. And you point out that we're continuing to look for a way forward to reduce these threats. I would just draw your attention to a bipartisan piece"
Testimony SCHATZ, BRIAN
Business meeting to consider S.239, to take certain mineral interests ...
senate Indian Affairs Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"According to the Interior OIG, from 2016 to 2018, Signal Peak submitted false invoices to the agency to reduce the amount of coal royalties it owed under a specific federal mineral lease. The OIG also determined that Signal Peak withheld information from the government in its answers to a 2022 fraud questionnaire, including that its former vice president pled guilty to fraud and was sentenced to five years in prison and that the company pled guilty to federal worker health and safety charges in..."
Testimony SCHATZ, BRIAN
Business meeting to consider S.239, to take certain mineral interests ...
senate Indian Affairs Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"KT 2 6 5 4 0 My amendment changes that by ensuring that the bill does not take effect until five years after signal"
Testimony MURKOWSKI, LISA
Business meeting to consider S.239, to take certain mineral interests ...
senate Indian Affairs Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"I'm going to be opposing the amendment because it would penalize the Crow tribe for the conduct of a private lessee. The False Claims Act settlement already provides a remedy against the responsible party, and I don't think that we should be holding long-overdue relief for the tribe hostage to a corporation's settlement payment schedule or arbitrary five-year delay. Is there further discussion? Senator"
Testimony CORNYN, JOHN
Business meeting to consider the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florid...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"tax returns, private tax returns, of people he thought the public needed to know about. That is a violation of the criminal law. And the contractor is currently serving a five-year term in the federal penitentiary for that. Initially, when the president filed suit, he sought $10 billion in"
Testimony CORNYN, JOHN
Hearings to examine prescribing sunshine, focusing on how competition ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"tax returns, private tax returns, of people he thought the public needed to know about. That is a violation of the criminal law. And the contractor is currently serving a five-year term in the federal penitentiary for that. Initially, when the president filed suit, he sought $10 billion in"
Testimony CORNYN, JOHN
Hearings to examine data and profit, focusing on the consumer cost of ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"tax returns, private tax returns, of people he thought the public needed to know about. That is a violation of the criminal law. And the contractor is currently serving a five-year term in the federal penitentiary for that. Initially, when the president filed suit, he sought $10 billion in"
Testimony WARNER, MARK R.
Hearings to examine building a resilient health care future with biote...
senate Finance Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"Senator Young and I are working together on an accelerated PhD program, so to, you know, increase subsidies if you can be finished in six or seven years. I mean the number of people who an extra five years post-undergraduate to get to get a PhD. Accelerating that, I think, would be enormous benefit. Do you or any of the panel want to touch on this idea of accelerated PhD students? I'm all for that. I'm just not, you know, I"
Testimony DAN WATERMEIER
Hearings to examine intelligent networks, focusing on powering artific...
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Jul 30, 2026
"We have also administered the Nebraska Bridge Program and the federally funded Capital Funding Projects Fund, which over the course of the last few grant cycles, the broadband deployment projects have fueled a competition to build over 20,000 unserved and underserved across the state. Over the past five years, we have been fortunate to receive federal and state funds. I am excited to see how this enthusiasm will grow as we develop new AI tools. AI could become a tremendous support for our..."
Testimony DAN WATERMEIER
Hearings to examine intelligent networks, focusing on powering artific...
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Jul 30, 2026
"We have heard from industry providers that although the investment in fiber itself may last for 40 years, the security required and fiber must be upgraded much more frequently to accommodate changing technology. This to be expected as demands on the network for download and upload speeds and latency demands continue to grow. The task that AI is capable of today will be eclipsed by what it can do five years from now, so long as the network is upgraded to keep it up. For that reason, I want to..."
Testimony PAUL, RAND
Hearings to examine the testimony of Anthony Fauci.
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jul 29, 2026
"Dr. Fauci, your testimony today is compelled by a lawful subpoena. As you know, it's a crime under 18 U.S.C. section 1001 to knowingly make a material false statement to Congress with a penalty up to five years of imprisonment. Understanding that you are under oath, the American people would like to understand"
Testimony HEINRICH, MARTIN
Business meeting to consider S.365 and H.R.1729, bills to amend the Jo...
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Jul 29, 2026
"and agrees to pay a certain amount of money for the lease. Under current law, the company actually has five years to pay that amount, which means that if they pay at the end of five years, they're actually paying quite a bit less than they bid. which means that if they pay at the end of five years, they're actually paying quite a bit less than they"
Testimony HEINRICH, MARTIN
Business meeting to consider S.365 and H.R.1729, bills to amend the Jo...
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Jul 29, 2026
"and it is certainly not worth a dollar 10 years from now. Coal companies already have five years to complete these payments. Giving them more time means less money to the American"
Testimony THE HONORABLE JEFF GRUBBE
Hearings to examine S.3573, to amend the Aamodt Litigation Settlement ...
senate Indian Affairs Committee · Jul 29, 2026
"To protect the tribe's water from further depletion and to preserve it for the future, in 2013, Ahwa Kalente filed a lawsuit against two local water districts, the Coachella Valley Water District and the Desert Water Agency, who deliver water to the reservation. In 2017, Ahwa Kalente obtained a landmark ruling that Indian tribes have federal reserve rights to groundwater. Five years later, following intense mediated discussions, the tribe, the water districts, and the United States reached a..."
Testimony MR. BRIAN JOHNSON
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Christopher Phelan, of...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jul 23, 2026
"dedication to our two young children. I'm also joined here today by my father, Ken, and my stepmother, Nancy. I'm deeply thankful to them and to my sister, Allison, for their love and support. I also know that my late mother, Lynn, watches over me. The great majority of my professional career has been devoted to public service. I've spent the last 14 years substantially focused on the intersection of consumer career as a junior Senate staffer for Senator John Kyle. I later spent over five years..."
Testimony WHITEHOUSE, SHELDON
Business meeting to consider the nomination of Kevin Lilly, of Texas, ...
senate Environment and Public Works Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"I'm proud that our committee is taking an important step to continue this longstanding streak. Similarly, we've worked to carry forward the momentum of five years ago when we authorized many important programs for water infrastructure at EPA. I strongly encourage all members to support this water"
Testimony STEIL, BRYAN
Committee on House Administration Full Committee Hearing, “Oversight o...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 22, 2026
"I only have five minutes, so I just want to be direct, just real clear. You just answered my question differently than you answered it five years ago, which is positions can change, so I just want to understand in 2020, did you believe that one of your roles is connecting research and scholarship to activism and advocacy? In 2020, did you believe"
Testimony DR. ANTHEA HARTIG
Committee on House Administration Full Committee Hearing, “Oversight o...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 22, 2026
"You are correct. And I think that one of the key roles that the museum can do is to connect those tissues. I would also offer that my words five years ago are not museum policy. They're my spoken words, as would any of us be lecturing or sharing comments to"
Testimony BURCHETT, TIM
Building a New Regional Security Architecture: The Next Phase of the A...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"And some buddies of mine, the Jewish faith back in Knoxville, I took them all a napkin because that's all I could think to get. What do you think we've learned from the first five years of this thing? Real quick, Mr."
Testimony SPEAKER_05
“Oversight of SBA’s Office of Entrepreneurial Development.”
house Small Business Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"leering centers, et cetera, rampant waste, fraud, and abuse, and it was prudent of Administrator Loeffler to pause all payments until we found out what was going on in the State. And the SBDC in Minnesota is one of the seven that is actually State-hosted, so most others are at universities. So the same State that would be administering some of the other programs where there was fraud would be administering the SBDC program. So what we did is we followed up with that organization, but we..."
Testimony CORNYN, JOHN
Hearings to examine the President's 2026 trade policy agenda.
senate Finance Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"at least on a temporary basis. But because this is for a period of five years, the term of five years to comply with the requirements of the treaty, the term of five years to comply with the requirements of the"