Search the record
clear ✕
195 results
Hearing “Housing Affordability: Saving the American Dream”
house Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Subcommittee · Jan 22, 2026 · Transcript · 8 transcript matches
SPEAKER_07 "We're also encouraged by the permitting reform that is underway right now, bipartisan efforts. And in addition, we're encouraged by the packages of reforms aimed at increasing housing supply affordability and access, such as the Road to Housing Act, or the similar bill, Revitalizing Americans' Housing Act. They contain policy recommendations that will spur the creation of various housing, multigenerational housing types, such as accessory dwelling units, and I'll spend a moment on that. ADUs are a hidden"
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 · 2 transcript matches
REED, JACK "Well, thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Dennis, I just want to make a point, not a question. The Department of Housing and Urban Development operates the Housing Trust Fund, which I helped create in 2008. To build and maintain housing and affordable housing is one of the most significant problems we have. To build and maintain housing and affordable housing is one of the most significant problems we"
Hearing Priced Out of the American Dream: Understanding the Policies Behind Rising Costs of Housing and Borrowing
house Financial Services Committee · Feb 10, 2026 · Transcript · 6 transcript matches
SPEAKER_17 "Well, as several witnesses have already said, Congressman, the foundation of most households' wealth is their equity in their house. And so the ability of a household to spend, the ability of a household to sell the house and move for a better labor opportunity, it's all really tied up in the robustness of the housing market. And as I said, the robustness of the housing market has two aspects to it. There is the price of the house and your ability to sell it. So we saw in the financial crisis that labor mobility went to zero because no one had equity and they couldn't sell their houses. And..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the affordability agenda.
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jun 23, 2026 · Transcript · 6 transcript matches
RICKETTS, PETE "why that was so important. You know, one of the things that we saw was that home ownership, 10 years ago, the first-time homebuyer was 31 years old, and today it's 40. And addressing this, it's not a new problem. When I was governor of Nebraska, we had the same sort of issues with regard to enough housing stock. I think Mr. Brown, that's one of the things that you referenced, is we got to have more houses. You have more houses, you bring the cost down. So that's one of the things we can do. And so one of the things we did when I was governor was create the Rural Workforce Housing Fund to be..."
Hearing Funding Lapses: Analyzing Shutdown Reform
house Appropriations Committee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript · 6 transcript matches
SPEAKER_15 "They get to either pass it, modify it, or reject it. Thank you very much, and I ran Well, of course, I've always been very critical of the tendency of the House to continue to fund programs that are unauthorized. Our House rules allow a point of order, but those rules are always waived in the rule that brings the appropriation bills to the House. So, I mean, unauthorized appropriations are a big problem. And it's not the fault of this committee, it's the fault of authorizing committees that simply fail to look at the programs within their jurisdictions to determine which ones are efficient,..."
CRS Report
House Sergeant at Arms: A Primer
Resources · Jan 13, 2025
The Sergeant at Arms (SAA) is an elected officer of the House of Representatives and is the chamber’s primary law enforcement official and protocol officer, responsible for maintaining security on...
CRS Report
Administration of the House of Representatives: Actions Taken During a New Congress and Following a Majority Change
Resources · Dec 5, 2022
As seen in Table 1, majority party control in the House of Representatives has switched 11 times since 1910, most recently in 2019 (beginning of the 116th Congress). The results of the November 2022...
CRS Report
Size of the U.S. House of Representatives
Posts · Jan 8, 2025
The size of the U.S. House of Representatives is set by federal statute at 435 Representatives (excluding nonvoting seats held by Delegates and the Resident Commissioner). This number has been...
CRS Report
Housing Issues in the 118th Congress
Reports · Jan 13, 2025
Housing affordability is a perennial policy issue, but it has become particularly salient in recent years in light of notable increases in house prices and rents, rising mortgage interest rates, and...
CRS Report
Parliamentary Reference Sources: House of Representatives
Report · Apr 29, 2026
House procedures are based not only on the rules the chamber adopts at the start of each Congress but also on constitutional mandates, published precedents, rulemaking statutes, procedural principles...
CRS Report
Overview of Federal Housing Assistance Programs and Policy
Reports · Mar 27, 2019
The federal government has been involved in providing housing assistance to lower-income households since the 1930s. In the beginning, the federal government played a role in supporting the mortgage...
Hearing Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Modernization and Innovation Hearing: “Modernizing Public Access to Legislative Data and...
house Modernization and Innovation Subcommittee · Jul 21, 2026 · Transcript · 5 transcript matches
BICE, STEPHANIE I. "of the same data, figuring out which data to use can also be confusing. If you want the most up-to-date information available, you have to continually monitor and refresh your screen because most of these sites don't have automated real-time alert systems. This means that staff who are tasked with tracking the floor calendar or bill status updates are tied to their screens, which strikes me as the opposite of efficient. These challenges explain why house staff have taken matters into their own hands and built AI tools that automate these tedious tasks and alert staff of any updates or changes..."
Hearing Budget Hearing – Department of Housing and Urban Development
house Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee · May 12, 2026 · Transcript · 5 transcript matches
RUTHERFORD, JOHN H. "resources, and I could not agree more with that, and one of the things that I want to focus on in my questioning is prevention of homelessness. We focus a lot of times on those who are homeless, but we don't look at those who are about to fall into homelessness, and so I want to focus on housing affordability and whether enough housing is being built to meet demand. Builders, I can tell you, builders and housing providers continue to raise concerns about construction costs, permitting delays, and regulatory requirements that have slowed development and as a result made projects much more..."
CRS Report
Military Housing
Reports · Sep 29, 2023
The Department of Defense (DOD) provides housing to active-duty servicemembers as a component of service agreements and compensation packages. DOD considers housing to be an important quality-of-life...
CRS Report
The Public Housing Program
Resources · Dec 11, 2023
The low-rent public housing program—authorized by Section 9 of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937—is the nation’s oldest federal rental assistance program. It offers low-cost apartments for low-income...
CRS Report
Housing and the Consumer Price Index
Resources · Jul 14, 2022
Over much of 2021 and 2022, inflation in the United States has been high. Housing costs carry a relatively large weight in the calculation of overall price increases across many measures, notably in...
CRS Report
Housing Issues in the 119th Congress
Report · Nov 24, 2025
The 119th Congress has been considering a number of housing-related issues and potential federal policy responses through legislative action, committee hearings, and other oversight activities. Some...
CRS Report
The Federal Contested Election Act: Overview and Recent Contests in the House of Representatives
InFocus · Nov 2, 2022
The Federal Contested Election Act (FCEA; 2 U.S.C. §§381-396), enacted in 1969 (P.L. 91-138, as amended by P.L. 104-186) rests at the intersection of federal election law and policy, legislative...
CRS Report
Housing Issues in the 116th Congress
Reports · Jan 8, 2021
With the outbreak of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in early 2020 and the resulting economic recession, pandemic relief and response dominated the housing policy considerations of...
CRS Report
FY2024 NDAA: Military Construction and Housing Authorizations
Posts · Jan 17, 2024
The Biden Administration’s Fiscal Year 2024 (FY2024) budget requested $16.675 billion for U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Military Construction (MILCON) accounts, which included funding for Military...
CRS Report
Federal Support for Providing Housing to Individuals Experiencing Domestic Violence
Resources · Jul 6, 2020
Introduction Domestic violence (DV) affects millions of people in the United States each year. In 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that that an estimated 12 million adult...
CRS Report
The Fair Housing Act: HUD Oversight, Programs, and Activities
Reports · Apr 7, 2021
The federal Fair Housing Act, enacted in 1968 as Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act (P.L. 90-284), prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental, or financing of housing based on race, color,...
Hearing Legislative Hearing on: H.R. 982, the Warriors to Workforce Act; H.R. 2878, the Daniel J. Harvey, Jr. and Adam Lambert Improving Servicemember...
house Economic Opportunity Subcommittee · Jan 21, 2026 · Request transcript
Testimony LUNDAY
Hearings to examine the nomination of Admiral Kevin Lunday, to be Comm...
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Nov 19, 2025
"Yes, Ranking Member. They require a missionization process to turn them into the military aircraft that we'll use them for. To your question on the housing, thank you for that question, because that's critical to taking care of our people. We have three key areas that we're focused on in improving access to available and affordable housing. The first one is making sure that the housing allowances accurately reflect the cost of So one way to do that is we've increased the number of critical..."
Witness Nicholas Luciano
Tratter House · 1 hearing
Witness Jesse Appell
Jesse’s Tea House · 1 hearing
Witness Alison George
Colorado Division of Housing, Department of Local Affairs · 1 hearing
Witness Eric Oberdorfer
National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO) · 1 hearing
Witness Tiffany Bohee
Mercy Housing California · 1 hearing
Witness Brad Sherman
House of Representatives · 1 hearing
Witness Troy Downing
House of Representatives · 6 hearings
Witness Nellie Pou
House of Representatives · 2 hearings
Witness Sarah McBride
House of Representatives · 1 hearing
Witness Emanuel Cleaver
House of Representatives · 3 hearings
Hearing H.R. 982, Warriors to Workforce Act; H.R. 5634, Veterans Flight Training Responsibility Act of 2025; H.R.7049, Improving Mental Health Care and...
house Economic Opportunity Subcommittee · Feb 24, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing H.J. Res. 142 – Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision...
house Rules Committee · Feb 2, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing 1) H.Res. _____, Recommending that the House of Representatives find William J. Clinton in Contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with a...
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jan 21, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing Oversight of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Housing Administration
house Financial Services Committee · Jan 21, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing Markup on: H.R. 740, Veterans’ Assuring Critical Care Expansions to Support Servicemembers Act of 2025; H.R. 1663, Veterans Scam And Fraud Evasion...
house Veterans' Affairs Committee · Jul 23, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Markup on: H.R. 2334, To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to preempt any squatter’s rights established by State law regarding real...
house Economic Opportunity Subcommittee · Jul 9, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Housing in the Heartland: Addressing our Rural Housing Needs
house Housing and Insurance Subcommittee · Jun 12, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Legislative Hearing on: H.R. 2334, To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to preempt any squatter’s rights established by State law...
house Economic Opportunity Subcommittee · Jun 11, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Hearings to examine the nomination of Admiral Kevin Lunday, to be Commandant of the United States Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security.
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Nov 19, 2025 · Transcript · 4 transcript matches
LUNDAY "Yes, Ranking Member. They require a missionization process to turn them into the military aircraft that we'll use them for. To your question on the housing, thank you for that question, because that's critical to taking care of our people. We have three key areas that we're focused on in improving access to available and affordable housing. The first one is making sure that the housing allowances accurately reflect the cost of So one way to do that is we've increased the number of critical housing areas. That enables, if there's not enough available housing in the market, it enables a Coast..."
Hearing Oversight of the Federal Home Loan Bank System
house Housing and Insurance Subcommittee · Jul 21, 2026 · Transcript · 4 transcript matches
FLOOD, MIKE "driving demand for their debt. For member institutions, these advances can help bridge loans in the community, like mortgage loans. These advances serve as additional funding sources that provide stability, in particular, to community banks. Their mission has changed since their charter in the 1930s. Most notably, they now have a requirement to provide affordable housing grants in their respective districts. Since 1995, the Federal Home Loan Banks are required annually to contribute 10 percent of their profits to affordable housing projects through what's the Affordable Housing Program...."
Hearing Fiscal Year 2027 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Bill and the Fiscal Year 2027 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and...
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 3, 2026 · Transcript · 4 transcript matches
UNKNOWN "Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I rise to speak in support of the manager's amendment, and I thank Chairman Womack and Ranking Member Clyburn for including my report language in the manager's amendment, which would require the HUD Secretary to conduct a feasibility study on amending the United States Housing Act of 1937 to allow housing choice vouchers to cover security deposits for participating families. This is a small but mighty proposed change that meaningfully lowers housing costs and keeps families off the streets. It's no secret that our country is experiencing a housing affordability..."
Testimony SPEAKER_17
Priced Out of the American Dream: Understanding the Policies Behind Ri...
house Financial Services Committee · Feb 10, 2026
"Well, as several witnesses have already said, Congressman, the foundation of most households' wealth is their equity in their house. And so the ability of a household to spend, the ability of a household to sell the house and move for a better labor opportunity, it's all really tied up in the robustness of the housing market. And as I said, the robustness of the housing market has two aspects to it. There is the price of the house and your ability to sell it. So we saw in the financial crisis..."
Testimony SCOTT, TIM
Hearings to examine the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congr...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"especially to the general public. The decisions that the Fed makes affect everyday life in South Carolina and around our country. For example, those decisions affect the mortgage payment a couple is trying to afford, the credit card bill a single mom is trying to pay down, and the decisions a small business owner makes about whether they can afford a loan or not. Frankly, the Fed even has impact on the interest rate environment, as you know. Ranking Member and I have spent over a year working..."
Testimony RICKETTS, PETE
Hearings to examine the affordability agenda.
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jun 23, 2026
"why that was so important. You know, one of the things that we saw was that home ownership, 10 years ago, the first-time homebuyer was 31 years old, and today it's 40. And addressing this, it's not a new problem. When I was governor of Nebraska, we had the same sort of issues with regard to enough housing stock. I think Mr. Brown, that's one of the things that you referenced, is we got to have more houses. You have more houses, you bring the cost down. So that's one of the things we can do. And..."
Testimony SPEAKER_07
“Housing Affordability: Saving the American Dream”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jan 22, 2026
"We're also encouraged by the permitting reform that is underway right now, bipartisan efforts. And in addition, we're encouraged by the packages of reforms aimed at increasing housing supply affordability and access, such as the Road to Housing Act, or the similar bill, Revitalizing Americans' Housing Act. They contain policy recommendations that will spur the creation of various housing, multigenerational housing types, such as accessory dwelling units, and I'll spend a moment on that. ADUs..."
Hearing "For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. Forest Service"
house Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
TOM SCHULTZ "Some of the other opportunities we look at in the Farm Bill in 2018, there are provisions for the Forest Service to look at administrative sites, and those sites can be developed for employee housing, as well as housing for the public for affordable housing. So there's proposals that we're going to be seeking here in the next six months to look at some of the existing administrative sites and Forest Service lands to develop affordable housing both for employees and members of the public in some of these high cost of living resort"
Hearing Hearings to examine measuring what matters, focusing on science, standards, and strategic competition.
senate Space and Science · Jul 21, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
DREW ENDY "They're advantaged in that in starting such an effort, they're not burdened by a legacy portfolio. It's easier to build a new house sometimes than renovate an old house. The work that they're capable of doing because of the capacity they have is significant in the following"
Testimony SPEAKER_17
Priced Out of the American Dream: Understanding the Policies Behind Ri...
house Financial Services Committee · Feb 10, 2026
"The Housing and Urban Development Department distributes tens of billions of dollars in state and local grants. Those funds require a finding that local policies promote the construction and availability of housing. HUD could declare that some of these rent control and permitting ordinances, in fact, reduce the construction and availability of housing, and refuse to subsidize states that pursue these policies. HUD also has the power under Section 8 and various other statutory provisions to..."
Testimony SPEAKER_10
Priced Out of the American Dream: Understanding the Policies Behind Ri...
house Financial Services Committee · Feb 10, 2026
"Secretary Besant a week or two ago saying that the trend right now is headed to 2 percent. So that's the first most important point. The second thing I just want to quickly say is with respect to how can we bring housing prices, how can we make housing more affordable? And clearly, I think we could all agree that the mortgage interest rate is a big factor on whether people can buy a house. When I, by the way, when I graduated from college, the mortgage interest rate was 17 percent. Nobody could..."
Testimony WARREN, ELIZABETH
Hearings to examine the affordability agenda.
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jun 23, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank you for holding today's hearing on affordability. It's only Tuesday, and our committee's already had a big week. Yesterday, the Senate passed our 21st Century Road to Housing Act, and now the House is on its way to passing it, too. This is the biggest housing bill in more than 30 years. It will help build more housing, bring down costs, and for the first time ever stop private equity from snapping up homes that families are trying to buy, and your..."
Testimony MR. KEVIN BROWN
Hearings to examine the affordability agenda.
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jun 23, 2026
"The median annual home price has skyrocketed to over $400,000, and the average age of the first-time homebuyer is now 40 years old. This is not sustainable. Thankfully, under the leadership of this committee, meaningful changes are on the way. meaningful changes are on the way. The 21st Century Road to Housing Act is the most consequential housing legislation in decades. The bill strengthens many existing programs and streamlines others while cutting red tape and removing barriers to housing..."
Testimony LANKFORD, JAMES
Hearings to examine exploring process approaches for addressing Social...
senate Finance Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"And to be able to pull the people together that have an investment in the time and the details of what it's going to take to be able to do that on both sides of the aisle, I think it's beneficial to do that and allow that group to be able to do the work, bring it back to the rest of the body and to be able to have a vote. So that's the way often these difficult challenges actually happen. I was part of a small group that met with President Obama years ago when the House changed over and it was..."
Testimony FLOOD, MIKE
Oversight of the Federal Home Loan Bank System
house Financial Services Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"driving demand for their debt. For member institutions, these advances can help bridge loans in the community, like mortgage loans. These advances serve as additional funding sources that provide stability, in particular, to community banks. Their mission has changed since their charter in the 1930s. Most notably, they now have a requirement to provide affordable housing grants in their respective districts. Since 1995, the Federal Home Loan Banks are required annually to contribute 10 percent..."
Testimony SPEAKER_30
H.R. 8800 – National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027; H...
house Rules Committee · Jun 29, 2026
"In this bill, we support the President's request for a 5 to 7 percent pay increase, 7 percent for junior enlisted, 6 percent for senior enlisted personnel, and 5 percent for senior officers. We also expand bonuses and special pays that we've been using to try to recruit more and keep more of our service members, and we increase their housing allowance and their special needs allowance. We also authorize $1.8 billion for new barracks and family housing, an increased housing allowance for high..."
Testimony MRS. KRISTEN SAWIN
"Agricultural Perspectives on the Future of the USMCA"
house Agriculture Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"Fixing the definition of woody biomass and the renewable fuel standard to ensure that low-value and residual-quality wood are moved into energy markets is free to the federal government and is an immediate uplift for landowners and for mills in the United States. Second is housing policy. Housing starts drive lumber demand. NAFO supports the House-passed 21st Century Road to Housing Act, and we hope your Senate colleagues join you soon. And third, timber and enforceable trade rules are..."
Testimony OLSZEWSKI, JOHNNY
Various Measures
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jun 9, 2026
"We should be working to ease that burden, especially for those who dedicate their careers to advancing our national security and representing the very best of our country. Under the military system, the basic allowance for housing provides tax-free housing support every year to roughly 1 million service members. By comparison, the Foreign Service employs about 15,000 people, most of whom are assigned overseas. But unlike military personnel, Foreign Service officers assigned to domestic posts..."
Testimony UNKNOWN
Fiscal Year 2027 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Bill and ...
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 3, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I rise to speak in support of the manager's amendment, and I thank Chairman Womack and Ranking Member Clyburn for including my report language in the manager's amendment, which would require the HUD Secretary to conduct a feasibility study on amending the United States Housing Act of 1937 to allow housing choice vouchers to cover security deposits for participating families. This is a small but mighty proposed change that meaningfully lowers housing costs and keeps..."
Testimony MORAN, JERRY
Hearings to examine S.342, to amend title 38, United States Code, to a...
senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · Dec 10, 2025
"Good afternoon. Our committee will come to order. I express my gratitude to our witnesses for joining us today. We're going to consider 24 pieces of legislation sponsored by me, the ranking member, and senators from both sides of the aisle. That includes two bills that I introduced. The Fisher House Availability Act would allow families of service members to stay at VA Fisher houses if the service member is being treated at a nearby VA Fisher house. I'm sorry, I didn't say that right. Is being..."
Hearing Hearings to examine exploring process approaches for addressing Social Security solvency.
senate Finance Committee · Aug 5, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
LANKFORD, JAMES "And to be able to pull the people together that have an investment in the time and the details of what it's going to take to be able to do that on both sides of the aisle, I think it's beneficial to do that and allow that group to be able to do the work, bring it back to the rest of the body and to be able to have a vote. So that's the way often these difficult challenges actually happen. I was part of a small group that met with President Obama years ago when the House changed over and it was a Republican House, Democratic Senate and a Democratic President. Now it's well known around this..."
Hearing The Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2027
house Budget Committee · Jul 16, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
MCGARVEY, MORGAN "But president is just a title. His real job is selling crypto. He sold meme coins that left his own supporters holding the bag while his family became $500 million richer. He sold nearly half his crypto company to Emirati investors for another $500 million. And then he goes around and he openly brags about not prosecuting crypto crimes. Every scheme is different. Pattern's always the same. Donald Trump turns public office into private profit. He sells access to the White House for a living, and now he's turning the White House into another opportunity for a payoff. We all watched in horror..."
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
KLOBUCHAR, AMY "So its time has come. As we all know, a version of this passed the House, got through the House with bipartisan support. And I also want to thank Senator Fischer, who we did one of the original bills on E15 with me as the Democratic"
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 · 2 transcript matches
LEE, MIKE "Those bills are agenda items 9, 16 to 20, 22, 23, 25 through 29, 31, 32, 35, 36, and 39. Those are respectively S-1257, 2498, 2767, and the House Companion HR-5254, S-2801, S-2887, S-2993, S-3914, S-3313, and its House Companion HR-6365, S-3635, and the House Companion HR-7250. S-3715 and the House Companion HR-6380, S-3720, S-3732, S-3738, S-4041, S-4238, S-4538, S-5039, and the House Companion HR-7831, and HR-5631. The committee will vote on these 18 bills S-3715 and the House Companion HR-6380, S-3720, S-3732, S-3738, S-4041, S-4238, S-4538, S-5039, and the House Companion HR-7831, and..."
Testimony LUNDAY
Hearings to examine the nomination of Admiral Kevin Lunday, to be Comm...
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Nov 19, 2025
"was paid a company to gather that data that was more accurate, and then we could input that into the system so that it could more accurately reflect the outcome and the cost of housing. Another parallel effort is to designate additional critical housing areas that enable personnel through, if there's an area where housing isn't available, enable those personnel to have their family, if necessary, in another area, and then take advantage of that higher housing allowance for the other area. And..."
Testimony SPEAKER_17
Priced Out of the American Dream: Understanding the Policies Behind Ri...
house Financial Services Committee · Feb 10, 2026
"Well, Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Waters, and members of the committee, thanks for having me today. It's great to see many of you again. Most Americans know, as you said, Mr. Chairman, that everything got more expensive over the past five years as the country experienced the highest inflation since the 1970s, and house price inflation was dramatically worse than inflation as a whole. Between 1991 and 2025, U.S. home prices increased at literally twice the rate of background inflation, and..."
Testimony SHERMAN, BRAD
Priced Out of the American Dream: Understanding the Policies Behind Ri...
house Financial Services Committee · Feb 10, 2026
"that they can take a lot of risks, make a lot of money for their shareholders, or socialize the downside. Section 8 housing vouchers are one of the most important ways that we provide for housing. In some cities, you just can't find a place that will rent to you with a Section 8 housing voucher. In some cities, half of all the new voucher recipients return their vouchers"
Testimony SPEAKER_06
Priced Out of the American Dream: Understanding the Policies Behind Ri...
house Financial Services Committee · Feb 10, 2026
"Act of 1910 caps building heights based on street width with an absolute maximum of 130 feet. This arbitrary limit, created over a century ago, artificially constrains housing supply in one of America's most expensive housing markets, where the median rent exceeds $2,200 per month. Do you believe that relaxing or eliminating Washington, D.C.'s maximum height restrictions would allow the private sector to increase housing supply and reduce costs for working families? I appreciate"
Testimony MR. KEVIN BROWN
Hearings to examine the affordability agenda.
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jun 23, 2026
"practices for addressing zoning policies that block housing production. The bill includes funding to develop pre-reviewed design libraries of ADUs, duplexes, townhouses that can help streamline permitting. It also creates planning grants to support affordable housing strategies at every level of government and a home renovation pilot to help families preserve the home that they already own. The House and Senate now agree we look forward to this legislation being signed into law, adding to other..."
Testimony CORTEZ MASTO, CATHERINE
Hearings to examine the affordability agenda.
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jun 23, 2026
"Senator? That is in the road to 21st century housing. Yeah, that's the one that actually funds, finances federal dollars that come into states for the home program to help finance supply. If you're not familiar with it, happy to have that's the key, right? It's one thing to pass it. Now we have to authorize the appropriations for these programs. The home program is a grant program through HUD that brings out those essential dollars, federal dollars, into our communities to build housing...."
Testimony ALSOBROOKS, ANGELA D.
Hearings to examine the affordability agenda.
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jun 23, 2026
"The loot, I have to tell you, the smash and grab that's happened with this administration means the loot is literally hanging out of their pocket and they're betting that Americans won't pay attention. But while this administration continues to fail, we're working to make bipartisan progress. I'm so proud to be on this banking committee. I want to thank our chair and ranking member for the tremendous work that they have done on the Road to Housing Act, which the Senate passed last night. What a..."
Testimony BURLISON, ERIC
“Housing Affordability: Saving the American Dream”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jan 22, 2026
"Housing affordability is now at a 40-year low. At the same time, Americans are seeing something that doesn't add up. Across the country, people who entered the United States illegally are living in housing that many working Americans cannot afford. That is not a talking point. It's a policy outcome. Young adults who follow the law, entered the workforce, and tried to build the future are told that they should accept permanent renting. Meanwhile, the government programs increase housing demand,..."
Testimony BURLISON, ERIC
“Housing Affordability: Saving the American Dream”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jan 22, 2026
"President Trump and congressional Republicans are taking a different approach. On day one, the president directed his cabinet to deliver emergency price relief by expanding housing supply and eliminating regulations that raise costs. The Department of Housing and Urban Development and Department of Interior are working to make the federal land available for housing development. Congress passed H.R. 1 and the One Big Beautiful Bill, which delivered historic tax relief for working families and..."
Testimony FROST, MAXWELL
“Housing Affordability: Saving the American Dream”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jan 22, 2026
"statement. Thank you so much, Chairman Burleson, and thank you for calling this hearing today on such an important subject. Stable housing should be the essential foundation upon which families in America can build a good life. But housing is not affordable in this country. Especially my generation has pretty much given up hope of ever being able to have stable housing since the cost is high to purchase a home, and the rising cost of rent, student debt, health care, and everyday expenses..."
Testimony SPEAKER_05
“Housing Affordability: Saving the American Dream”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jan 22, 2026
"percent. We don't want to have those types of things aren't likely to happen, and hopefully we don't have house prices crash. As recently as yesterday, President Trump cautioned about creating a lot of housing all of a sudden and driving home prices down. Yet inaction has its own risks. Implementation of multiple demand boosters combined with a strong economy would ignite strong house price depreciation. We've seen how that operates. Deregulation is needed to activate frozen capital in the form..."
Testimony SPEAKER_07
“Housing Affordability: Saving the American Dream”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jan 22, 2026
"This is the largest generation, and yet they comprise only 29 percent of homebuyers. So, we need policies that meet the needs of young people and women who desire to be homebuyers, those who desire to age in their homes with dignity, and those who just want quality affordable places to rent for themselves and their families. Now, housing unaffordability is simply driven by housing shortage, and the solution to this problem is to expand the U.S. housing stock of existing and new homes for..."
Testimony PERRY, SCOTT
“Housing Affordability: Saving the American Dream”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jan 22, 2026
"testified to. But that wasn't what I was going to be charged if I had to put it in now. I fought that, and we fought that, and we won. Because, look, if you want a fire system look, if you want a fire system in your home, God bless you, then put one in. If you can afford it, put one in. But my mom didn't start out with a fire suppression system. We had a potbelly stove that my brother and I cut wood in and stuck it in that potbelly stove to keep warm. Ladies and gentlemen, over the course of my..."
Testimony FROST, MAXWELL
“Housing Affordability: Saving the American Dream”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jan 22, 2026
"We must work to protect workers who are critical to the construction industry and increase our supply of affordable housing. We must get rid of things like exclusionary zoning, parking minimums, and duplicative reviews. As we take these steps, we also have to ensure that federal agencies are supporting and protecting vulnerable Americans, protecting critical housing assistance programs at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, like Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program. We have to..."
Testimony CLEAVER, EMANUEL
Oversight of the Federal Home Loan Bank System
house Financial Services Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"The FHFA has recommended increasing the Affordable Housing Program contribution from 10% to 20% of net income, and your testimony supports that recommendation. But the Affordable Housing Program is only one part of the system's housing mission. All witnesses have testified, all four of you have testified that the system supports housing more broadly through advances and other mission-oriented programs. And in your testimony, you note that the original system model used collateral requirements..."
Testimony WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, DEBBIE
Fiscal Year 2027 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Bill and ...
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 3, 2026
"I have an amendment at the desk and I ask unanimous consent that it be considered as Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to start by saying that I understand that this is not an ideal situation, not for the Miccosukee Tribe or for the State of Florida or for the committee. The House has already done its job, but unfortunately that was not enough to resolve this pressing issue for the Miccosukee Tribe of Florida. This is a common-sense amendment that would attach provisions that have already passed..."
Testimony UNKNOWN
Fiscal Year 2027 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Bill and ...
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 3, 2026
"amendment. I thank the Chairman and I thank the Ranking Member. I rise in support of the Ranking Member's Amendment to restore funding for several critical housing programs that help families find and maintain safe, affordable housing. First, the amendment restores funding for the Home Investment Partnership Program. The proposed reduction from $1.25 billion to $500 million would significantly weaken one of the federal government's most effective tools for expanding and preserving affordable..."
Testimony UNKNOWN
Fiscal Year 2027 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Bill and ...
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 3, 2026
"55%. NeighborWorks, $33 million, 21%. Eviction and prevention grants are completely eliminated. I'll tell you what is fiscally irresponsible. It is voting for a bill that provided $4.5 trillion in tax cuts to the richest and to the biggest corporations. Imagine what we could have done with an allocation if we hadn't pandered to the richest and the biggest corporations by providing them that tax relief. We wouldn't be in the situation we are here today. Available housing, affordable housing is..."
Testimony SPEAKER_15
Funding Lapses: Analyzing Shutdown Reform
house Appropriations Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"They get to either pass it, modify it, or reject it. Thank you very much, and I ran Well, of course, I've always been very critical of the tendency of the House to continue to fund programs that are unauthorized. Our House rules allow a point of order, but those rules are always waived in the rule that brings the appropriation bills to the House. So, I mean, unauthorized appropriations are a big problem. And it's not the fault of this committee, it's the fault of authorizing committees that..."
Testimony TOM SCHULTZ
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. F...
house Agriculture Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"Some of the other opportunities we look at in the Farm Bill in 2018, there are provisions for the Forest Service to look at administrative sites, and those sites can be developed for employee housing, as well as housing for the public for affordable housing. So there's proposals that we're going to be seeking here in the next six months to look at some of the existing administrative sites and Forest Service lands to develop affordable housing both for employees and members of the public in some..."
Testimony BICE, STEPHANIE I.
Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Modernization and In...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 21, 2026
"of the same data, figuring out which data to use can also be confusing. If you want the most up-to-date information available, you have to continually monitor and refresh your screen because most of these sites don't have automated real-time alert systems. This means that staff who are tasked with tracking the floor calendar or bill status updates are tied to their screens, which strikes me as the opposite of efficient. These challenges explain why house staff have taken matters into their own..."
Testimony SPEAKER_23
H.R. 7008 – Stop Insider Trading Act; H.R. 6955 – Main Street Capital ...
house Rules Committee · Jul 20, 2026
"Does anybody in America think that's okay, other than the members of Congress who are unwilling to stand up to him? Well, no, you're absolutely right. We can do by resolution and have it apply to House members and House family members, members of families of House members, dependents, and do just exactly what the Senate did. The alternative is to do it in a bill which isn't even in front of us, for reasons that completely escape my understanding. There should be a provision in this bill as bad..."
Testimony CORTEZ MASTO, CATHERINE
Hearings to examine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Semi-Annu...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"Let me ask you this. You've been asked about the housing trust fund. We have just passed a bipartisan, bicameral housing trust fund, housing fund to address the housing needs in this country. Your boss didn't support it. Are you committed to sending the funds there when we appropriate those funds based on the bipartisan, bicameral law that we have passed when it comes to housing, the 21st century housing"
Testimony MCGARVEY, MORGAN
The Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2027
house Budget Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"But president is just a title. His real job is selling crypto. He sold meme coins that left his own supporters holding the bag while his family became $500 million richer. He sold nearly half his crypto company to Emirati investors for another $500 million. And then he goes around and he openly brags about not prosecuting crypto crimes. Every scheme is different. Pattern's always the same. Donald Trump turns public office into private profit. He sells access to the White House for a living, and..."
Testimony SPEAKER_22
The Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2027
house Budget Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"town. And the fact that President Trump is willing to find private dollars, also using public dollars for, and I would encourage you to see the plans of what the plans are to build more safety and security for those attending the White House. I mean, if you go down to the White House for I mean, if you go down to the White House for a Christmas event or for the Easter egg roll, we all know the entrance into that"
Testimony SPEAKER_12
The Semi-Annual Report of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
house Financial Services Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"the expiration date that's coming up. But as we continue to build on the legacy of the 21st Century Road to Housing Act and work on housing affordability, there is still considerable amount of housing construction funds that is available under the Capital Magnet Fund. I'm sure you're aware of that. So can you provide any details as to when the recipients can expect those funds to be"
Testimony THE HONORABLE KEVIN WARSH
The Federal Reserve's Semi-Annual Monetary Policy Report
house Financial Services Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"But if we think the right public policy is different than theirs, we'll put it out for comment and notice, perhaps even as early as Saturday. Thank you, Congressman. We stay out of housing policy, and as the debate that's been had in this room suggests, you all have a lot to say about what housing policy is going to be, but I don't want to suggest that we don't touch it. We don't target housing. We don't target any particular sector, but the decisions we make have a big effect on housing, and..."
Testimony GRIFFITH, H. MORGAN
H.R. 139 – Sunshine Protection Act of 2025; H.R. 8595 – National Secur...
house Rules Committee · Jul 13, 2026
"amendment. And I'm happy to yield to the gentlelady. Well, and Madam Chair, I would just remind the gentlelady that we're going to have a Virginia Senate just like here. The Senate doesn't run the House. Apparently the House didn't, according to what she's saying, the House didn't concur with that. And further, we make independent decisions every day that may not agree with our current legislative"
Testimony NEAL, RICHARD E.
H.R. 9496, H.R. 9500, H.R. 9498, H.R. 9501, H.R. 9499, H.R. 7972, H.R....
house Ways and Means Committee · Jul 1, 2026
"As we consider another assortment of tax administration bills, tomorrow marks one year since our colleagues on the other side of the aisle cajoled the big ugly tax law over the finish line. Just yesterday, which is becoming a regular pattern in the House of Representatives, House Republicans can no longer even keep control of the House floor long enough to commemorate the big ugly law, which incidentally is polling right now at 34 percent with the American people in terms of favorability...."
Testimony WARREN, ELIZABETH
Hearings to examine the nominations of Christopher Phelan, of Minnesot...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"levels and made families pay $43 billion more just on gasoline in the last three months told Americans that their financial pain isn't even on his radar. But I guess we shouldn't be surprised. Trump has made clear that he is spending this presidency making himself and his buddies vastly richer and letting the American people pay the price. And when Congress actually did something to lower costs, Trump stood in the way. This week, the Senate and House passed our 21st century Road to Housing Act..."
Testimony UNKNOWN
Hearings to examine the nominations of Brett Doyle, of Connecticut, Da...
senate Finance Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"In private practice, I had represented clients in front of the commission. The clerkship seemed like an excellent opportunity to build on my expertise. I expected to complete the term and return once again to private practice. Life had other plans. As our family expanded from three to five during my clerkship, returning to private practice was overshadowed by a growing call to continue to serve for the next generation. Over the years, this call led me to be a litigator at the U.S. Department of..."
Testimony KEVIN LILLY
Hearings to examine the nominations of William Hague, of Washington, t...
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Jun 23, 2026
"So one of the, I think, huge inspirations behind local hiring was the housing issue, number one. I think, number two, sir, if you look at the status of our housing, our federal housing, which as I said, I grew up in federal housing. My family could not have afforded to have a home had it not been for federal"
Testimony SMITH, TINA
Hearings to examine AI and the American dream, focusing on promoting i...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jun 11, 2026
"Well, thank you, Mr. Chair, Ranking Member, welcome everybody to the committee. Dr. West, I'd like to start with you. I'm very interested in the intersection between AI and housing, and fair housing in particular, and I want to talk with you about that for a little bit. So, you know, Congress passed the Fair Housing Act in, I believe, 1967 or 68. Actually, Walter Mondale, my home state senator, led the way on that, and it's been a long-standing tenet of"
Testimony SPEAKER_02
Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests an...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"is really important. Mr. Neguse, Mr. Chairman, I've been involved in state forestry for about 30 years working at a state level and I can assure you that state and private forestry programs have always been viewed at a state level with skepticism in terms of ongoing federal funding. It's something that has been an ongoing issue and has been on the chopping block in many cases for many years. What the administration is trying to do is recognize that as we look at responsibilities the federal..."
Testimony LAHOOD, DARIN
Hearing with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"I want to touch on affordable housing. I think collectively, as we travel back to our districts, we continue to hear about the lack of affordable housing, and I would describe it as a rural, suburban, and urban problem. And last year, in the Working Families Tax Cut Bill, we included a number of provisions on affordable housing, and one of those was my bill that was included in there on the affordable housing tax credit. And as you're well aware, one of the most significant barriers to economic..."
Testimony RUTHERFORD, JOHN H.
Budget Hearing – Department of Housing and Urban Development
house Appropriations Committee · May 12, 2026
"resources, and I could not agree more with that, and one of the things that I want to focus on in my questioning is prevention of homelessness. We focus a lot of times on those who are homeless, but we don't look at those who are about to fall into homelessness, and so I want to focus on housing affordability and whether enough housing is being built to meet demand. Builders, I can tell you, builders and housing providers continue to raise concerns about construction costs, permitting delays,..."
Testimony ZINKE, RYAN K.
Budget Hearing – Department of Housing and Urban Development
house Appropriations Committee · May 12, 2026
"For sure. And secondly is, well, thirdly, is demographics. So how much housing is, if you had to break it down to, let's say, U.S. citizens, let's just get right to the point. How much housing is U.S. citizens and how much housing is non-U.S. citizen, whatever category you want to put Right. Green"
Testimony STRONG, DALE W.
Budget Hearing – Department of Housing and Urban Development
house Appropriations Committee · May 12, 2026
"Thank you, Secretary Turner. I was proud to support House Republicans' effort in the Working Families Tax Cut Act to invest more than $100 billion in Opportunity Zones nationwide and expand the low-income housing tax credit to encourage greater development of affordable rental housing. Lumber prices, sheetrock prices under this administration is down to pre-COVID"
Testimony CISCOMANI, JUAN
Budget Hearing – Department of Housing and Urban Development
house Appropriations Committee · May 12, 2026
"think, of that American dream and part of that journey. So this is a big deal that you're working on. When we were in Tucson, we talked about strengthening opportunity zones, increasing housing affordability, and expanding access to quality housing across Arizona's 6th District and the entire country. We also spoke extensively about the importance of cutting red tape at every level of government and the need to streamline the approval process for housing projects. Yet another reason why the job..."
Testimony CISCOMANI, JUAN
Budget Hearing – Department of Housing and Urban Development
house Appropriations Committee · May 12, 2026
"For years, the U.S. has failed to build enough housing to keep up with today's demand. This shortage has created a significant need for additional affordable housing in southern Arizona and communities across the country. We see a common theme, costs are higher, making it more difficult for families to enter the marketplace. So as you know, earlier this year, I introduced the FAST Housing Act, which directs HUD to launch a new pilot demonstration program for up to 50 communities in need of..."
Testimony HILL, J. FRENCH
Mitigation and Multiple Loss Properties: Factors Influencing the High ...
house Financial Services Committee · Mar 26, 2026
"Yeah. So, after Katrina, I was involved with a group that built houses in Lacombe, Louisiana, which is an unincorporated area on the shores of Lake Pontchartrain, probably in terms of sea level minus six inches, I would guess, something like that, and none of the people that we helped rebuild their houses had a mortgage, because these are houses they inherited from, you know, somebody in their family, and this is a flood-prone area, and they live in a flood-prone area, but of all the houses..."
Testimony KRISTI NOEM
“Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security”
house Judiciary Committee · Mar 4, 2026
"Let me clarify a couple of things. I'm not in the commandant's house. I'm in a Coast Guard house, but not the commandant's house. The commandant is in his house. And I will also tell you that I rent that"
Testimony HOWARD LUTNICK
Hearings to examine a review of broadband deployment funding at the De...
senate Appropriations Committee · Feb 10, 2026
"embraced technology neutrality, and drove costs down dramatically. Under the Biden administration fiber mandate, the cost to serve a single house, a single house in Louisiana was $120,000 of fiber to connect one single house. Today, the highest cost location in the state of Louisiana is closer to $7,000, with an average cost of $4,000. And they're doing this all while achieving universal"
Testimony BLUNT ROCHESTER, LISA
Hearings to examine the Financial Stability Oversight Council's Annual...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Feb 5, 2026
"Its job is to spot problems early before families pay the price. Housing-related risks have been showing up for decades. On this committee, we've worked on the road to housing in a bipartisan way. And my first policy agenda actually as a senator was focused on housing. So today, I want to understand what Treasury has actually done with these warnings. Secretary Besant, in 2024, FSOC issued a report warning of weaknesses in non-bank mortgage services, companies that now handle most U.S...."
Testimony THE HONORABLE MARION RARICK
“Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part I”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jan 7, 2026
"Good morning, Mr. Chairman and members. For the record, my name is Marion Roerich, and I am currently serving in Minnesota House of Representatives in House District 29B. I am a member on the Minnesota House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee, which was recently formed in January of 25. I was first asked to serve on the committee in January, on January 4th, and soon after, the five Republican members began to meet. During one of those discussions, I was asked to reach out to..."
Testimony HAINES
Hearings to examine the nominations of Jared Isaacman, of Pennsylvania...
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Dec 3, 2025
"If confirmed, one of my sole focuses is going to be to supercharge our analytic capabilities, bring some in-house, currently out of house tools in-house to be able to answer specific questions just like that. And be able to have a little bit more ball control in terms of mapping and analyzing supply chains. It absolutely is. It's a competitive issue across the"
Testimony CRUZ, TED
Hearings to examine the nominations of John DeLeeuw, of Texas, Richard...
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Nov 6, 2025
"And one of the most important elements of that is the second element, the whole truth. What Senator Lujan said is correct. It is true that Republicans have a majority in the House, a majority in the Senate, and a majority in the White House because the American people voted for Republicans in 2024. They voted for President Trump. They voted for a Republican majority in the Senate. They voted for a Republican majority in the House. The whole truth that Senator Lujan knows well, but that he..."
Testimony SMITH, TINA
Hearings to examine the nomination of Glen Smith, of Iowa, to be Under...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Nov 5, 2025
"And so I wanted to just raise this, Mr. Chair, because I think that as we are looking at a farm economy that is deeply challenging for so many folks right now, big credit crunch, a lot of challenges, it's really important that folks know that USDA rural development is going to be there for them. And so I want to go to a piece of this right away. I appreciate that you mentioned rural housing in your opening statement. I'm sure everybody around this committee table knows that we have a serious..."
Testimony RUSSELL VOUGHT
Budget Hearing – Office of Management and Budget
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 4, 2025
"One of the cultural aspects of what I've tried to emphasize at OMB is one OMB, and so I don't like the notion of you have a budget side of the House, a regulatory side of the House, and a management side of the House, because often everything gets stove piped, and you don't have the main interactors with the agencies that are benefiting from much of the work that you would find at the management side doing improper payments. One of the things that we are doing, we had a meeting along these..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress.
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript
SCOTT, TIM "especially to the general public. The decisions that the Fed makes affect everyday life in South Carolina and around our country. For example, those decisions affect the mortgage payment a couple is trying to afford, the credit card bill a single mom is trying to pay down, and the decisions a small business owner makes about whether they can afford a loan or not. Frankly, the Fed even has impact on the interest rate environment, as you know. Ranking Member and I have spent over a year working on a housing bill that will actually help us increase housing supply, help us expedite the process of..."
Hearing H.R. 8800 – National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027; H.R. 8884 – Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act; H. Res....
house Rules Committee · Jun 29, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_30 "In this bill, we support the President's request for a 5 to 7 percent pay increase, 7 percent for junior enlisted, 6 percent for senior enlisted personnel, and 5 percent for senior officers. We also expand bonuses and special pays that we've been using to try to recruit more and keep more of our service members, and we increase their housing allowance and their special needs allowance. We also authorize $1.8 billion for new barracks and family housing, an increased housing allowance for high cost areas, and set deadlines for contractors to resolve housing complaints for service members. So..."
Hearing "Agricultural Perspectives on the Future of the USMCA"
house Agriculture Committee · Jun 10, 2026 · Transcript
MRS. KRISTEN SAWIN "Fixing the definition of woody biomass and the renewable fuel standard to ensure that low-value and residual-quality wood are moved into energy markets is free to the federal government and is an immediate uplift for landowners and for mills in the United States. Second is housing policy. Housing starts drive lumber demand. NAFO supports the House-passed 21st Century Road to Housing Act, and we hope your Senate colleagues join you soon. And third, timber and enforceable trade rules are critical, as are the removal of the non-tariff barriers, both sanitary and phytosanitary, and then tariff..."
Hearing Various Measures
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jun 9, 2026 · Transcript
OLSZEWSKI, JOHNNY "We should be working to ease that burden, especially for those who dedicate their careers to advancing our national security and representing the very best of our country. Under the military system, the basic allowance for housing provides tax-free housing support every year to roughly 1 million service members. By comparison, the Foreign Service employs about 15,000 people, most of whom are assigned overseas. But unlike military personnel, Foreign Service officers assigned to domestic posts away from their home residents receive no housing assistance. They're expected to cover the full cost..."
Hearing Hearings to examine S.342, to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize an individual who is awarded the Purple Heart for service in the...
senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · Dec 10, 2025 · Transcript
MORAN, JERRY "Good afternoon. Our committee will come to order. I express my gratitude to our witnesses for joining us today. We're going to consider 24 pieces of legislation sponsored by me, the ranking member, and senators from both sides of the aisle. That includes two bills that I introduced. The Fisher House Availability Act would allow families of service members to stay at VA Fisher houses if the service member is being treated at a nearby VA Fisher house. I'm sorry, I didn't say that right. Is being treated near a VA Fisher house while still prioritizing space for family members of VA patients. And..."
Hearing H.R. 7008 – Stop Insider Trading Act; H.R. 6955 – Main Street Capital Access Act; H. Con. Res. 113 – Establishing the congressional budget for the...
house Rules Committee · Jul 20, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_23 "Does anybody in America think that's okay, other than the members of Congress who are unwilling to stand up to him? Well, no, you're absolutely right. We can do by resolution and have it apply to House members and House family members, members of families of House members, dependents, and do just exactly what the Senate did. The alternative is to do it in a bill which isn't even in front of us, for reasons that completely escape my understanding. There should be a provision in this bill as bad as this bill is. How would you not include the prediction markets? But yes, to your point, we can do..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Semi-Annual Report, focusing on a new day at the CFPB through reform.
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jul 16, 2026 · Transcript
CORTEZ MASTO, CATHERINE "Let me ask you this. You've been asked about the housing trust fund. We have just passed a bipartisan, bicameral housing trust fund, housing fund to address the housing needs in this country. Your boss didn't support it. Are you committed to sending the funds there when we appropriate those funds based on the bipartisan, bicameral law that we have passed when it comes to housing, the 21st century housing"
Hearing The Semi-Annual Report of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
house Financial Services Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_12 "the expiration date that's coming up. But as we continue to build on the legacy of the 21st Century Road to Housing Act and work on housing affordability, there is still considerable amount of housing construction funds that is available under the Capital Magnet Fund. I'm sure you're aware of that. So can you provide any details as to when the recipients can expect those funds to be"
Hearing The Federal Reserve's Semi-Annual Monetary Policy Report
house Financial Services Committee · Jul 14, 2026 · Transcript
THE HONORABLE KEVIN WARSH "But if we think the right public policy is different than theirs, we'll put it out for comment and notice, perhaps even as early as Saturday. Thank you, Congressman. We stay out of housing policy, and as the debate that's been had in this room suggests, you all have a lot to say about what housing policy is going to be, but I don't want to suggest that we don't touch it. We don't target housing. We don't target any particular sector, but the decisions we make have a big effect on housing, and housing plays a huge role in most households' family budgets in their"
Hearing H.R. 139 – Sunshine Protection Act of 2025; H.R. 8595 – National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2027;...
house Rules Committee · Jul 13, 2026 · Transcript
GRIFFITH, H. MORGAN "amendment. And I'm happy to yield to the gentlelady. Well, and Madam Chair, I would just remind the gentlelady that we're going to have a Virginia Senate just like here. The Senate doesn't run the House. Apparently the House didn't, according to what she's saying, the House didn't concur with that. And further, we make independent decisions every day that may not agree with our current legislative"
Hearing H.R. 9496, H.R. 9500, H.R. 9498, H.R. 9501, H.R. 9499, H.R. 7972, H.R. 9504
house Ways and Means Committee · Jul 1, 2026 · Transcript
NEAL, RICHARD E. "As we consider another assortment of tax administration bills, tomorrow marks one year since our colleagues on the other side of the aisle cajoled the big ugly tax law over the finish line. Just yesterday, which is becoming a regular pattern in the House of Representatives, House Republicans can no longer even keep control of the House floor long enough to commemorate the big ugly law, which incidentally is polling right now at 34 percent with the American people in terms of favorability. Another failed birthday party, but what a fitting tribute for a failed law which has harmed already so..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Christopher Phelan, of Minnesota, to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, John Crews, of...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jun 25, 2026 · Transcript
WARREN, ELIZABETH "levels and made families pay $43 billion more just on gasoline in the last three months told Americans that their financial pain isn't even on his radar. But I guess we shouldn't be surprised. Trump has made clear that he is spending this presidency making himself and his buddies vastly richer and letting the American people pay the price. And when Congress actually did something to lower costs, Trump stood in the way. This week, the Senate and House passed our 21st century Road to Housing Act with overwhelming bipartisan support, legislation that will help us build more housing, bring down..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Brett Doyle, of Connecticut, David Foley, Jr., of Virginia, Samuel Negatu, of the District of Columbia,...
senate Finance Committee · Jun 25, 2026 · Transcript
UNKNOWN "In private practice, I had represented clients in front of the commission. The clerkship seemed like an excellent opportunity to build on my expertise. I expected to complete the term and return once again to private practice. Life had other plans. As our family expanded from three to five during my clerkship, returning to private practice was overshadowed by a growing call to continue to serve for the next generation. Over the years, this call led me to be a litigator at the U.S. Department of Justice. It also led to policy roles at the White House, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of William Hague, of Washington, to be an Assistant Secretary, Kevin Lilly, of Texas, to be Assistant...
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Jun 23, 2026 · Transcript
KEVIN LILLY "So one of the, I think, huge inspirations behind local hiring was the housing issue, number one. I think, number two, sir, if you look at the status of our housing, our federal housing, which as I said, I grew up in federal housing. My family could not have afforded to have a home had it not been for federal"
Hearing Hearings to examine AI and the American dream, focusing on promoting innovation, affordability and American dominance.
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jun 11, 2026 · Transcript
SMITH, TINA "Well, thank you, Mr. Chair, Ranking Member, welcome everybody to the committee. Dr. West, I'd like to start with you. I'm very interested in the intersection between AI and housing, and fair housing in particular, and I want to talk with you about that for a little bit. So, you know, Congress passed the Fair Housing Act in, I believe, 1967 or 68. Actually, Walter Mondale, my home state senator, led the way on that, and it's been a long-standing tenet of"
Hearing 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
SPEAKER_02 "is really important. Mr. Neguse, Mr. Chairman, I've been involved in state forestry for about 30 years working at a state level and I can assure you that state and private forestry programs have always been viewed at a state level with skepticism in terms of ongoing federal funding. It's something that has been an ongoing issue and has been on the chopping block in many cases for many years. What the administration is trying to do is recognize that as we look at responsibilities the federal government versus the state, where are those responsibilities best placed? What I can tell you though..."
Hearing Hearing with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 4, 2026 · Transcript
LAHOOD, DARIN "I want to touch on affordable housing. I think collectively, as we travel back to our districts, we continue to hear about the lack of affordable housing, and I would describe it as a rural, suburban, and urban problem. And last year, in the Working Families Tax Cut Bill, we included a number of provisions on affordable housing, and one of those was my bill that was included in there on the affordable housing tax credit. And as you're well aware, one of the most significant barriers to economic success in our communities is housing. And so in the Working Families Tax Cut Bill, we included the..."
Hearing Mitigation and Multiple Loss Properties: Factors Influencing the High Cost of Flooding
house Housing and Insurance Subcommittee · Mar 26, 2026 · Transcript
HILL, J. FRENCH "Yeah. So, after Katrina, I was involved with a group that built houses in Lacombe, Louisiana, which is an unincorporated area on the shores of Lake Pontchartrain, probably in terms of sea level minus six inches, I would guess, something like that, and none of the people that we helped rebuild their houses had a mortgage, because these are houses they inherited from, you know, somebody in their family, and this is a flood-prone area, and they live in a flood-prone area, but of all the houses that we repaired, only one was raised with mitigation dollars, and my question is, should the people,..."
Hearing “Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security”
house Judiciary Committee · Mar 4, 2026 · Transcript
KRISTI NOEM "Let me clarify a couple of things. I'm not in the commandant's house. I'm in a Coast Guard house, but not the commandant's house. The commandant is in his house. And I will also tell you that I rent that"
Hearing Hearings to examine a review of broadband deployment funding at the Department of Commerce.
senate Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee · Feb 10, 2026 · Transcript
HOWARD LUTNICK "embraced technology neutrality, and drove costs down dramatically. Under the Biden administration fiber mandate, the cost to serve a single house, a single house in Louisiana was $120,000 of fiber to connect one single house. Today, the highest cost location in the state of Louisiana is closer to $7,000, with an average cost of $4,000. And they're doing this all while achieving universal"
Hearing Hearings to examine the Financial Stability Oversight Council's Annual Report to Congress.
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Feb 5, 2026 · Transcript
BLUNT ROCHESTER, LISA "Its job is to spot problems early before families pay the price. Housing-related risks have been showing up for decades. On this committee, we've worked on the road to housing in a bipartisan way. And my first policy agenda actually as a senator was focused on housing. So today, I want to understand what Treasury has actually done with these warnings. Secretary Besant, in 2024, FSOC issued a report warning of weaknesses in non-bank mortgage services, companies that now handle most U.S. mortgages. Last year, on January 31, 2025, GAO also warned that trouble at these firms could disrupt..."
Hearing “Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part I”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jan 7, 2026 · Transcript
THE HONORABLE MARION RARICK "Good morning, Mr. Chairman and members. For the record, my name is Marion Roerich, and I am currently serving in Minnesota House of Representatives in House District 29B. I am a member on the Minnesota House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee, which was recently formed in January of 25. I was first asked to serve on the committee in January, on January 4th, and soon after, the five Republican members began to meet. During one of those discussions, I was asked to reach out to the Department of Human Services whistleblowers on X, now called Minnesota Staff Fraud Reporting..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Jared Isaacman, of Pennsylvania, to be Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration,...
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Dec 3, 2025 · Transcript
HAINES "If confirmed, one of my sole focuses is going to be to supercharge our analytic capabilities, bring some in-house, currently out of house tools in-house to be able to answer specific questions just like that. And be able to have a little bit more ball control in terms of mapping and analyzing supply chains. It absolutely is. It's a competitive issue across the"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of John DeLeeuw, of Texas, Richard Kloster, of West Virginia, and Michelle A. Schultz, of Pennsylvania, each...
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Nov 6, 2025 · Transcript
CRUZ, TED "And one of the most important elements of that is the second element, the whole truth. What Senator Lujan said is correct. It is true that Republicans have a majority in the House, a majority in the Senate, and a majority in the White House because the American people voted for Republicans in 2024. They voted for President Trump. They voted for a Republican majority in the Senate. They voted for a Republican majority in the House. The whole truth that Senator Lujan knows well, but that he omitted, is under the Senate rules, funding for the government cannot proceed in the Senate without 60..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the nomination of Glen Smith, of Iowa, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development.
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Nov 5, 2025 · Transcript
SMITH, TINA "And so I wanted to just raise this, Mr. Chair, because I think that as we are looking at a farm economy that is deeply challenging for so many folks right now, big credit crunch, a lot of challenges, it's really important that folks know that USDA rural development is going to be there for them. And so I want to go to a piece of this right away. I appreciate that you mentioned rural housing in your opening statement. I'm sure everybody around this committee table knows that we have a serious shortage of housing, affordable housing in particular in rural communities. These are places where our..."
Hearing Budget Hearing – Office of Management and Budget
house Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee · Jun 4, 2025 · Transcript
RUSSELL VOUGHT "One of the cultural aspects of what I've tried to emphasize at OMB is one OMB, and so I don't like the notion of you have a budget side of the House, a regulatory side of the House, and a management side of the House, because often everything gets stove piped, and you don't have the main interactors with the agencies that are benefiting from much of the work that you would find at the management side doing improper payments. One of the things that we are doing, we had a meeting along these lines just yesterday about making sure that the people that work with the budget offices, the ones that..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Peter McCoy, of South Carolina, to be Ambassador to Montenegro, Daniel Travis, of California, a Career...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Aug 5, 2026 · Transcript
PETER MCCOY "I was known as a hard worker, an ethical worker, and a consensus builder. I was fortunate at the close of my tenure in the House to be elected by my peers, both Republican and Democrat, unanimously to serve as the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. Following my career in the State House, I was proud to have been nominated by President Trump to serve as United States Attorney for the District of South"
Hearing Hearings to examine the reality of Medicaid.
senate Budget Committee · Aug 4, 2026 · Transcript
JOHNSON, RON "the roof. But again, appreciate your opening statement. Now, it is tradition in this committee to swear in witnesses. If you all stand, raise your right hand. Do you swear in the testimony you will give before this committee be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God. Please be seated. Our first witness is Mr. Brian Blaise. Mr. Blaise is the president of Paragon Health Institute. He was a special assistant to the president for economic policy at the White House's National Economic Council from 2017-2019, where he coordinated the development and execution of..."
Hearing Hearings to examine tracking prediction markets' exponential growth, focusing on tribal implications and beyond.
senate Indian Affairs Committee · Aug 4, 2026 · Transcript
UNKNOWN MEMBER(S) "Yes, sir. Thank you, Senator Bozeman. So the language that we used in house or in the ag portion of the bill was passed by House Clarity. We do think it's limited to spot, but we've heard the same, we saw the letter you're referring to, have heard from your colleagues wanting to limit it to spot. So we've also come up with other proposed language that we think limits it to spot as well. Happy to send that to Callie, your staff, and I think, I don't speak for Leader Thune, and at this point it's a little bit above our"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Sarah B. Rogers, of New York, to be Chief Executive Officer of the United States Agency for Global Media,...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jul 30, 2026 · Transcript
REBEKAH JURATA "My professional experience has centered on financial markets, economic policy, and public service. I've had the privilege of serving at the Department of Treasury, the White House National Economic Council, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the House Financial Services Committee, and the Public Company Accounting Oversight"
Hearing Business meeting to consider the nominations of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be Attorney General, and Christopher Nassar, to be United States...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 23, 2026 · Transcript
DURBIN, RICHARD J. "Now we have a president who claims, and I quote him, absolute right to do what I want with the within. He tweets out orders to the Department of Justice to prosecute his political opponents and Republicans go radio silent and look at their shoes. I'm old enough to remember when Republicans claimed a chance 30-minute meeting on the airport tarmac between former President Clinton and Attorney General Lynch was damning evidence of collusion between Obama White House and the Vice President. Vance is leading lengthy strategy sessions with Todd Blanche and Kash Patel in the White House situation..."
Hearing United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First Foreign Policy Through Strategic Diplomacy and Burden Sharing
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript
MCCAUL, MICHAEL T. "from my point of view, and I think from the United States' point of view. I'm really pleased to see the White House join with Lindsey Graham as I went to Ukraine. His last wishes were his Russian sanctions bill to pass. I will be introducing that in the Congress here today, and I want to thank the White House for its work there, because nothing will end that war sooner than passing that sanctions bill. It's a path to peace, not a path to war. My question to you is the Straits of Hormuz, we're a net game producer. We don't really even have to rely on this. We are doing this to the benefit of..."
Hearing Unleashing the Golden Age of Science: Examining the Priorities of the FY2027 Research and Technology Enterprise
house Science, Space, and Technology Committee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_15 "I look forward to going into the 2018 budget cycle and working with OMB and with NIST to try to find ways that those types of programs do find some funding, because I think it's critically important for the future of manufacturing. I'll have to get back to you on that. I think the National Energy Dominance Council of the White House is a primary sort of hub for our energy efforts at the White House. I think what we're seeing is that most of these companies are extremely incentivized to not only follow the letter of the pledge, but do even"
Hearing Full Committee Markup
house Science, Space, and Technology Committee · Jul 21, 2026 · Transcript
BABIN, BRIAN "A reporting quorum being present, I move that the committee report H.R. 3168, the National as amended to the House with a recommendation that the bill be favorably approved. The question is on favorably approving, excuse me, reporting H.R. 3168 as amended to the House. All those in favor say aye. Those opposed say nay. The ayes have it, and the bill as amended is favorably reported without objection to the motion to reconsider as laid on the"
Hearing H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subcommittee Assignments
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 21, 2026 · Transcript
JAYAPAL, PRAMILA "This weekend, three more U.S. servicemembers were killed in Trump's most unpopular and illegal war on Iran, now making it 17 servicemembers killed, even as gas prices continue to go back up, squeezing Americans everywhere. Despite all this, Republicans are moving forward with another $60 billion check for this war this week. Trump has called affordability concerns a, quote, hoax, and even refused to sign a once-in-a-generation housing bill that addresses the housing supply crisis we have across the country. And then there's immigration, the number one way that Republicans have tried to..."
Hearing Hearings to examine S.1674, to modify the boundary of the Mammoth Cave National Park in the State of Kentucky, S.2498, to authorize the Secretary...
senate National Parks Subcommittee · Jul 21, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_00 "and it's a visitor pavilion is at that location currently. As you know, the Ellipse is situated between the White House and Constitution Ave, and the Commemorative Works Act defines this as kind of a great cross axis of the mall, which Mall, which generally extends from the United States Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial and from the White House to the Jefferson Memorial. And although we at the Department do not have a preferred site, we would recommend that the memorial sponsor follow the process laid out through the Commemorative Works Act and conduct a thorough site"
Hearing Legislative hearing on: • H.R. 184 (Rep. McClintock), “Action Versus No Action Act” • H.R. 2785 (Rep. Leger Fernandez), “New Mexico Land...
house Federal Lands Subcommittee · May 21, 2026 · Request transcript
Witness: Troy Downing, House of Representatives
Hearing House Committee on Financial Services Member Day Hearing
house Financial Services Committee · Jun 24, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Brad Sherman, House of Representatives
Hearing Member Day Hearing
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Dec 12, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Emanuel Cleaver, House of Representatives
Hearing Member Day Hearing on Matters Within the Committee’s Tax Jurisdiction
house Ways and Means Committee · Jan 22, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Troy Downing, House of Representatives
Hearing HOME 2.0: Modern Solutions to the Housing Shortage
house Housing and Insurance Subcommittee · Jul 16, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Alison George, Colorado Division of Housing, Department of Local Affairs
Hearing The Committee on Natural Resources Member Day hearing.
house Natural Resources Committee · May 14, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Troy Downing, House of Representatives
Hearing Leg Hrg on 4 Bills: H.R. 5694 (Rep. Begich), “Alaska’s Right To Ivory Sales and Tradition Act” or the “ARTIST Act” H.R. 6893 (Rep. Scott of VA),...
house Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee · Mar 26, 2026 · Request transcript
Witness: Troy Downing, House of Representatives
Hearing Legislative Hearing on: H.R.3276 (Rep. Dingell), “Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act of 2025”, H.R. 6021 (Rep. Begich), “Archie...
house Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee · Feb 4, 2026 · Request transcript
Witness: Troy Downing, House of Representatives
Hearing “Streaming Success: Small Businesses in the Age of Digital Influence.”
house Small Business Committee · Sep 17, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Nicholas Luciano, Tratter House
Testimony FLOOD, MIKE
Oversight of the Federal Home Loan Bank System
house Financial Services Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"to support affordable housing and community development activities. To sum things up, Federal Home Loan Banks serve important and related dual roles. They provide short-term liquidity to member institutions that can be used to provide more loans at the local level, and they provide direct assistance through grants in the Affordable Housing Program to communities across the country. I have seen firsthand in my district the important role of Federal Home Loan Banks. I have found the Federal Home..."
Testimony CLEAVER, EMANUEL
Oversight of the Federal Home Loan Bank System
house Financial Services Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"of roughly $7 billion each year. The system benefits from a statutory treasury line of credit, exemption from income taxes, most income taxes, and lower borrowing costs due to an implied federal guarantee. It is this committee's responsibility to ensure that federal support advances the mission Congress assigned to the system and delivers commensurate benefits to taxpayers. The system was created in 1932 to address the fundamental friction facing the housing market at that time, a market that..."
Testimony SPEAKER_01
Funding Lapses: Analyzing Shutdown Reform
house Appropriations Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"So there is a lot of latitude for the president to make those decisions. of accountability for the executive branch. I'll go first. So to combine kind of what you and Congressman Simpson talked about, look, there are lots of things that come through White Houses that are difficult. White Houses, like, operate in six-hour sprints a day. When you have something complicated like the appropriations process and the budget, I've seen it"
Testimony UNDERWOOD, LAUREN
Funding Lapses: Analyzing Shutdown Reform
house Appropriations Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. First, I'd like to say welcome to my friend, Ms. Shalanda Young. As always, we are so lucky to have your expertise and your insight into the critical role of the appropriations process and exercising our Article 1 authority. Based on the comments that we've heard here today, it looks like my Republican colleagues have taken the exact wrong lesson from the unacceptable 43-day shutdown we experienced last year while they controlled the House, the Senate, and the White..."
Testimony KAPTUR, MARCY
Funding Lapses: Analyzing Shutdown Reform
house Appropriations Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"I also have served on the Budget Committee throughout my career many, many times over my federal service. And at this moment, there is no budget from the Budget Committee to guide the Appropriations Committee and we're being sent home. In addition, for the record, I've counted the number of days the current House Speaker has sent House members back home since the beginning of the year without Congress' budget and appropriations work being done under regular order. It's close to 50 days and that..."
Testimony SPEAKER_01
Funding Lapses: Analyzing Shutdown Reform
house Appropriations Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"recruit, and it's gotten harder, and obviously there are morale problems. Look, you've heard what I believe happens in an automatic CR scenario where a few people who see the year-long bills as something they would rather not have happen for whatever reason, whether it be a president or a few senators or a few House members, that we have no way out of that. 14 days becomes 28. Think about before election season. If there's something hard to deal with, like immigration, has always been..."
Testimony SPEAKER_01
Funding Lapses: Analyzing Shutdown Reform
house Appropriations Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"allows me not to do that? That's my fear. And Senator Lankford is right. He has a forum call every day for the Senate. I don't see that for the House. So my fear again is, I see a provision that says that it is an order to have a bed check, basically, for the House, but it does not dictate for the House in the same way it dictates for the Senate in the bill. So my worry is that, especially in election years, we end up just, the automatic CR becomes something we have to live with prevent this..."
Testimony TOM SCHULTZ
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. F...
house Agriculture Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"Mr. Chairman, Mr. Costa, right now, we're looking at the house mark that has been provided by House Interior Appropriations, and we don't see those cuts reflected in the house mark right now. So, we have not done an"
Testimony TOM SCHULTZ
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. F...
house Agriculture Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"Many areas where national forests are, those are high cost of living areas. So employee housing is challenged. We don't always have employee housing available. We do have cost of living adjustments that are vary, basically, by region of the"
Testimony BICE, STEPHANIE I.
Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Modernization and In...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 21, 2026
"easily access a wide range of innovative and secure technologies for communicating with their constituents across multiple platforms. And, as the way people communicate evolves, so will the technologies and tools available to members. I am really excited to see this project get off the ground. At the same time, I know we need to do a lot more to better connect with the people we serve in the People's House. It's one thing for us to reach out to our constituents, but another thing for them to..."
Testimony BICE, STEPHANIE I.
Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Modernization and In...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 21, 2026
"the amount of information on both the home landing pages and frustrated by the search tool capabilities. This is not the experience that we want them to have. You only get one chance to make a good first impression, and so these entryway sites matter a lot. They should be the digital voice of representative democracy, not a long list of hyperlinks. The challenge of figuring out where to find information extends to members and staff as well. There are over 600 sites within the house.gov domain,..."
Testimony MS. CHARLOTTE LEE
Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Modernization and In...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 21, 2026
"It would be far better if the answers came from the authoritative sources from inside the House. Even inside the House, where information is available, we haven't built the intuitive layers that help members and staff flatten the learning curve to become productive immediately because nothing has been designed around the natural churn of the House every two years. Both examples illustrate where technology designed around human-centered measures can be used to close the gap in"
Testimony KLOBUCHAR, AMY
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"So its time has come. As we all know, a version of this passed the House, got through the House with bipartisan support. And I also want to thank Senator Fischer, who we did one of the original bills on E15 with me as the Democratic"
Testimony DURBIN, RICHARD J.
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"Tabling the ruling of the Chair. I'm going to be very brief. I came to the House of Representatives in 1982, serving on the House Ag Committee and then the Ag Appropriations Committee. So I defer to my friend from Iowa when it comes to seniority, but I've seen a few farm bills. What I learned from the start is that the farmers and farm states are left to it by themselves, and they do not have the political muscle to pass a farm bill. The decision was made in the 1960s to blend together food and..."
Testimony PETER MCCOY
Hearings to examine the nominations of Peter McCoy, of South Carolina,...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"I was known as a hard worker, an ethical worker, and a consensus builder. I was fortunate at the close of my tenure in the House to be elected by my peers, both Republican and Democrat, unanimously to serve as the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. Following my career in the State House, I was proud to have been nominated by President Trump to serve as United States Attorney for the District of South"
Testimony JOHNSON, RON
Hearings to examine the reality of Medicaid.
senate Budget Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"the roof. But again, appreciate your opening statement. Now, it is tradition in this committee to swear in witnesses. If you all stand, raise your right hand. Do you swear in the testimony you will give before this committee be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God. Please be seated. Our first witness is Mr. Brian Blaise. Mr. Blaise is the president of Paragon Health Institute. He was a special assistant to the president for economic policy at the White House's..."
Testimony UNKNOWN MEMBER(S)
Hearings to examine tracking prediction markets' exponential growth, f...
senate Indian Affairs Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"Yes, sir. Thank you, Senator Bozeman. So the language that we used in house or in the ag portion of the bill was passed by House Clarity. We do think it's limited to spot, but we've heard the same, we saw the letter you're referring to, have heard from your colleagues wanting to limit it to spot. So we've also come up with other proposed language that we think limits it to spot as well. Happy to send that to Callie, your staff, and I think, I don't speak for Leader Thune, and at this point it's..."
Testimony REBEKAH JURATA
Hearings to examine the nominations of Sarah B. Rogers, of New York, t...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jul 30, 2026
"My professional experience has centered on financial markets, economic policy, and public service. I've had the privilege of serving at the Department of Treasury, the White House National Economic Council, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the House Financial Services Committee, and the Public Company Accounting Oversight"
Testimony LEE, MIKE
Business meeting to consider S.365 and H.R.1729, bills to amend the Jo...
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Jul 29, 2026
"Those bills are agenda items 9, 16 to 20, 22, 23, 25 through 29, 31, 32, 35, 36, and 39. Those are respectively S-1257, 2498, 2767, and the House Companion HR-5254, S-2801, S-2887, S-2993, S-3914, S-3313, and its House Companion HR-6365, S-3635, and the House Companion HR-7250. S-3715 and the House Companion HR-6380, S-3720, S-3732, S-3738, S-4041, S-4238, S-4538, S-5039, and the House Companion HR-7831, and HR-5631. The committee will vote on these 18 bills S-3715 and the House Companion..."
Testimony DURBIN, RICHARD J.
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Todd Blanche, of Flori...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 23, 2026
"Now we have a president who claims, and I quote him, absolute right to do what I want with the within. He tweets out orders to the Department of Justice to prosecute his political opponents and Republicans go radio silent and look at their shoes. I'm old enough to remember when Republicans claimed a chance 30-minute meeting on the airport tarmac between former President Clinton and Attorney General Lynch was damning evidence of collusion between Obama White House and the Vice President. Vance..."
Testimony REED, JACK
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Christopher Phelan, of...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jul 23, 2026
"Well, thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Dennis, I just want to make a point, not a question. The Department of Housing and Urban Development operates the Housing Trust Fund, which I helped create in 2008. To build and maintain housing and affordable housing is one of the most significant problems we have. To build and maintain housing and affordable housing is one of the most significant problems we"
Testimony MCCAUL, MICHAEL T.
United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First F...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"from my point of view, and I think from the United States' point of view. I'm really pleased to see the White House join with Lindsey Graham as I went to Ukraine. His last wishes were his Russian sanctions bill to pass. I will be introducing that in the Congress here today, and I want to thank the White House for its work there, because nothing will end that war sooner than passing that sanctions bill. It's a path to peace, not a path to war. My question to you is the Straits of Hormuz, we're a..."
Testimony SPEAKER_15
Unleashing the Golden Age of Science: Examining the Priorities of the ...
house Science, Space, and Technology Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"I look forward to going into the 2018 budget cycle and working with OMB and with NIST to try to find ways that those types of programs do find some funding, because I think it's critically important for the future of manufacturing. I'll have to get back to you on that. I think the National Energy Dominance Council of the White House is a primary sort of hub for our energy efforts at the White House. I think what we're seeing is that most of these companies are extremely incentivized to not only..."
Testimony BABIN, BRIAN
Full Committee Markup
house Science, Space, and Technology Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"A reporting quorum being present, I move that the committee report H.R. 3168, the National as amended to the House with a recommendation that the bill be favorably approved. The question is on favorably approving, excuse me, reporting H.R. 3168 as amended to the House. All those in favor say aye. Those opposed say nay. The ayes have it, and the bill as amended is favorably reported without objection to the motion to reconsider as laid on the"
Testimony JAYAPAL, PRAMILA
H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subco...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"This weekend, three more U.S. servicemembers were killed in Trump's most unpopular and illegal war on Iran, now making it 17 servicemembers killed, even as gas prices continue to go back up, squeezing Americans everywhere. Despite all this, Republicans are moving forward with another $60 billion check for this war this week. Trump has called affordability concerns a, quote, hoax, and even refused to sign a once-in-a-generation housing bill that addresses the housing supply crisis we have across..."
Testimony SPEAKER_00
Hearings to examine S.1674, to modify the boundary of the Mammoth Cave...
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"and it's a visitor pavilion is at that location currently. As you know, the Ellipse is situated between the White House and Constitution Ave, and the Commemorative Works Act defines this as kind of a great cross axis of the mall, which Mall, which generally extends from the United States Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial and from the White House to the Jefferson Memorial. And although we at the Department do not have a preferred site, we would recommend that the memorial sponsor follow the..."
Testimony DREW ENDY
Hearings to examine measuring what matters, focusing on science, stand...
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"They're advantaged in that in starting such an effort, they're not burdened by a legacy portfolio. It's easier to build a new house sometimes than renovate an old house. The work that they're capable of doing because of the capacity they have is significant in the following"
Testimony BUDD, TED
Hearings to examine measuring what matters, focusing on science, stand...
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"So, is China applying that scale, speed, and resourcing to metrology work in standard setting? You mentioned it might be easier to build a new house than to renovate an old house. Understood. What are parts of the old house? If we have some of the old house that may need renovating, what are those parts that are difficult to"
Committee Committee on House Administration
house Standing
Committee Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
senate Standing
Committee Rules and Organization of the House Subcommittee
house Rules Committee
Committee Housing and Insurance Subcommittee
house Financial Services Committee
Committee Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
house Appropriations Committee
Committee Housing, Transportation, and Community Development Subcommittee
senate Standing
Committee Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
senate Appropriations Committee