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Hearing Hearings to examine a review of the President's supplemental funding request of June 24, 2026.
senate Appropriations Committee · Jul 21, 2026 · Transcript · 9 transcript matches
OSSOFF, JON "Mr. Hegseth, you're requesting roughly $68 billion for the department through this supplemental, And yesterday, your department stated publicly, quote, U.S. forces struck Iranian military command centers, maritime capabilities, missile and drone launch sites, and air defense systems to degrade Iran's ability to continue attacking commercial vessels. That was a press release from your department. Is that a broadly accurate characterization of ongoing operations? On day 14 of this conflict, Mr. Secretary, day 14, nearly five months ago, you stated that Iran's military had been, quote, destroyed..."
CRS Report
Detention of U.S. Persons as Enemy Belligerents
Reports · Jan 23, 2014
The detainee provisions passed as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2012, P.L. 112-81, affirm that the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), P.L. 107-40, in response to...
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 · 5 transcript matches
LIEU, TED "Okay. Now, President Trump has repeatedly stated that Iran's military was obliterated. On March 16th, President Trump stated that Iran's military was, quote, literally obliterated, end quote. How is it possible that 482 American troops have been wounded and 18 service members"
Testimony LIEU, TED
United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First F...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"Okay. Now, President Trump has repeatedly stated that Iran's military was obliterated. On March 16th, President Trump stated that Iran's military was, quote, literally obliterated, end quote. How is it possible that 482 American troops have been wounded and 18 service members"
Testimony STANTON, GREG
United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First F...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"Ambassador, in March, you went on CNN to tell the American people that the war in Iran was, quote, a dominant victory, the likes of which haven't been seen in modern military history. Just last month, you doubled down on your claims that Iran's military was, quote, devastated, unquote, and its nuclear program was, quote, destroyed, unquote, in an interview on June 21st on Face the Nation. Just last month, you doubled down on your claims that Iran's military was, quote, devastated, unquote, and..."
Testimony SPEAKER_09
“The Legal Basis for Action Against Venezuelan Drug Traffickers”
house Judiciary Committee · Mar 18, 2026
"Throughout August, there was a major buildup of naval forces in the Caribbean. Sixth, on September 2nd, 2025, President Trump announced that, quote, U.S. military forces conducted a kinetic strike against a TDA boat in international waters, which was operating under the control of Nicolas Maduro. President Trump sent a letter to Congress and said the strike was justified as, quote, self-defense of the United"
Testimony OSSOFF, JON
Hearings to examine worldwide threats; to be immediately followed by a...
senate Intelligence (Select) Committee · Mar 18, 2026
"And that's the assessment of the intelligence community? The White House stated on March 1st of this year that this war was launched and was, quote, a military campaign to eliminate the imminent nuclear threat posed by the Iranian regime, end"
Testimony OSSOFF, JON
Hearings to examine a review of the President's supplemental funding r...
senate Appropriations Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"Mr. Hegseth, you're requesting roughly $68 billion for the department through this supplemental, And yesterday, your department stated publicly, quote, U.S. forces struck Iranian military command centers, maritime capabilities, missile and drone launch sites, and air defense systems to degrade Iran's ability to continue attacking commercial vessels. That was a press release from your department. Is that a broadly accurate characterization of ongoing operations? On day 14 of this conflict, Mr...."
Testimony OSSOFF, JON
Hearings to examine a review of the President's supplemental funding r...
senate Appropriations Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"On day 14 of this conflict, Mr. Secretary, day 14, nearly five months ago, you stated that Iran's military had been, quote, destroyed and, quote, made combat ineffective. That was on day 14 of the war. Was that an accurate statement? Mr. Secretary, you stated that on day 14 of this conflict, in the second week of the conflict, you stated that Iran's military had been, quote, destroyed and, quote, made combat ineffective. Was that an accurate statement? That's not what I asked you, Mr...."
Testimony OSSOFF, JON
Hearings to examine a review of the President's supplemental funding r...
senate Appropriations Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"Three weeks after you'd already said Iran's military was destroyed and combat ineffective, you said, quote, Operation Epic Fury was a historic and overwhelming victory. You said Iran's military had been rendered, quote, combat ineffective for years to come. And you stated we had, quote, achieved every single objective. Were those accurate statements? Had Iran's military been rendered, quote, combat-ineffective for years to"
Testimony OSSOFF, JON
Hearings to examine a review of the President's supplemental funding r...
senate Appropriations Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"Does that remain your prediction? So just to review, you will not answer whether your statement made on the 14th day of the war that Iran's military had been, quote, destroyed and made combat-ineffective was a truthful statement to the American people as you sit here and ask for tens of billions more for the"
Hearing Hearings to examine worldwide threats; to be immediately followed by a closed session in SH-219.
senate Intelligence (Select) Committee · Mar 18, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
OSSOFF, JON "And that's the assessment of the intelligence community? The White House stated on March 1st of this year that this war was launched and was, quote, a military campaign to eliminate the imminent nuclear threat posed by the Iranian regime, end"
Hearing Hearings to examine the posture of United States Northern Command and United States Southern Command in review of the Defense Authorization...
senate Armed Services Committee · Mar 19, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
WARREN, ELIZABETH "glad to hear it's not happening in your command. But we know that this is a problem across the department. Secretary Hegseth fired TJAGs because he thought they were, quote, roadblocks. And he installed his personal lawyer to retrain military lawyers to water down constraints. He reassigned hundreds of JAGs to work on Trump's radical immigration agenda. And last week, the secretary said he's starting a, quote, ruthless overhaul of the JAG system. Look, for decades, military lawyers have worked side by side with officers to make sure that strikes are lawful and that they minimize civilian..."
Hearing Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Bill
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 24, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
CLYBURN, JAMES E. "approval. It is reported that just this year, Secretary Hicks, Seth, has denied the promotion of more than 40 officers recommended by, and I'm quoting the article, promotion selection boards made up of senior military officers. The self-appointed Secretary of War is at war with his own military, employing"
CRS Report
The Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA): A Legal Overview
Reports · Apr 17, 2023
A plaintiff injured by a defendant’s wrongful act may file a tort lawsuit to recover money from that defendant. To name a particularly familiar example of a tort, a person who negligently causes a...
CRS Report
India-Russia Relations and Implications for U.S. Interests
Reports · Aug 24, 2022
The emergence of the U.S.-India partnership has been among the notable shifts in global major power politics in the 21st century. After decades of estrangement following India’s 1947 independence,...
Testimony OSSOFF, JON
Hearings to examine a review of the President's supplemental funding r...
senate Appropriations Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"Had Iran's military been rendered, quote, combat-ineffective for years to come? Mr. Secretary, you stated four months ago that Iran's military had been rendered, quote, combat-ineffective for years to"
Hearing “The Legal Basis for Action Against Venezuelan Drug Traffickers”
house Oversight Subcommittee · Mar 18, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_09 "Throughout August, there was a major buildup of naval forces in the Caribbean. Sixth, on September 2nd, 2025, President Trump announced that, quote, U.S. military forces conducted a kinetic strike against a TDA boat in international waters, which was operating under the control of Nicolas Maduro. President Trump sent a letter to Congress and said the strike was justified as, quote, self-defense of the United"
Hearing A New Beginning for Colombia
house Western Hemisphere Subcommittee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript
CASTRO, JOAQUIN "I look forward to your testimony, and I yield back. Thank you, Chairwoman. The President-elect campaigned on what he calls, quote, Plan Colombia 2.0, unquote, military operations against armed groups where he's seeking U.S. support. So, my question for Mr. Mendez, has the administration made any"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Bradford Pentony Wilson, of New Jersey, to be Archivist of the United States, Hal Duncan, of Texas, to be...
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jun 17, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_18 "I was investigated by the Department of Justice for a 90-second video that I produced with Senator Kelly and four others. It went to a grand jury where they tried to criminally indict me for a 90-second video that quoted the Uniform Code of Military Justice. And a grand jury unanimously said, no, that was ridiculous. This is on top of the Department of Justice going after and failing to prosecute Letitia James, Lisa Cook, James Comey, Mark Kelly and myself, a bunch of"
Hearing An oversight hearing to examine the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Jun 10, 2026 · Transcript
SLOTKIN, ELISSA "And he was asked about this on Fox News. And they said, shouldn't we ban selling of farmland, particularly around military bases? And he said, quote, you want to see the price drop? You want to see farmers lose a lot of money? Just take them out of the"
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
WARREN, ELIZABETH "Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So we need to address the serious national security risks of allowing advanced AI chips to end up in China. Last week, the New York Times reported that NVIDIA's chips have been, quote, sought by nearly every branch of the Chinese military. And China's been getting its hands on this"
Hearing Hearings to examine arms race.
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Dec 10, 2025 · Transcript
RISCH, JAMES E. "year. By doing so, he prevented a dangerous, ideologically driven Islamic autocracy from acquiring a nuclear weapon that could threaten the U.S., Israel, and others around the world. But the Iranian regime won't stop there, and we need to stay vigilant. Like his neighbor in China, Kim Jong-un has repeatedly rejected talks on denuclearization, even as he pursues a full-scale expansion of North Korean nuclear strike capabilities. More concerningly, in return for North Korea's direct support for Russia's war in Ukraine, Russia is likely providing technical expertise on advanced space and..."
Hearing Hearings to examine maritime security in Africa, focusing on assessing threats to United States commercial diplomacy and national security interests.
senate Africa and Global Health Policy Subcommittee · Dec 10, 2025 · Transcript
RISCH, JAMES E. "year. By doing so, he prevented a dangerous, ideologically driven Islamic autocracy from acquiring a nuclear weapon that could threaten the U.S., Israel, and others around the world. But the Iranian regime won't stop there, and we need to stay vigilant. Like his neighbor in China, Kim Jong-un has repeatedly rejected talks on denuclearization, even as he pursues a full-scale expansion of North Korean nuclear strike capabilities. More concerningly, in return for North Korea's direct support for Russia's war in Ukraine, Russia is likely providing technical expertise on advanced space and..."
Hearing “Deployed, Not Disqualified: Defending Servicemembers in Our Schools”
house Education and Workforce Committee · Aug 25, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_06 "Military parents report higher levels of satisfaction when they can choose their children's schools. Among survey respondents from a 2025 survey of military members, 82 percent of parents whose children attend charter schools said they were, quote, very satisfied with their child's schooling experience. Satisfaction rates were also higher among families using private schools and Department of Defense educational activity schools than traditional assigned"
Hearing Closed hearings to examine the posture of United States Special Operations Command and United States Cyber Command in review of the Defense...
senate Armed Services Committee · Apr 28, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_04 "Senator, I am aware of the article. I'm also aware that later in the article, it quotes the department's response to it as there not having been any U.S. military involvement. I'm also aware that there were no recorded or no U.S. strikes within three weeks around that"
Hearing H.R. 8800 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
house Armed Services Committee · Jun 4, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_09 "Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Secretary Lloyd Austin baked DEI criteria into nearly every aspect of our military. Mandatory equity and bias trainings, racial quotas, race-based appointments, and promotions to achieve, quote, equitable outcomes. DEI is not about unity. It's about division, not about mission readiness, but about indoctrination and"
Hearing Hearings to examine a grateful nation, focusing on maximizing veteran's success after service.
senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · Nov 5, 2025 · Transcript
BLUMENTHAL, RICHARD "And the VA's failure to pay these veterans, the Article 35 benefits on time, has real-life consequences. I'd like to enter an article from Stars and Stripes into the record, Mr. Chairman. And it says, quote, more than 75,000 students affected by VA payment delays for education benefits. I also have an article from Military Times. If there's no objection, Mr. Chairman. Quote, VA tech glitch halts GI Bill payments to thousands, advocates"
Testimony CASTRO, JOAQUIN
A New Beginning for Colombia
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"I look forward to your testimony, and I yield back. Thank you, Chairwoman. The President-elect campaigned on what he calls, quote, Plan Colombia 2.0, unquote, military operations against armed groups where he's seeking U.S. support. So, my question for Mr. Mendez, has the administration made any"
Testimony SPEAKER_18
Hearings to examine the nominations of Bradford Pentony Wilson, of New...
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jun 17, 2026
"I was investigated by the Department of Justice for a 90-second video that I produced with Senator Kelly and four others. It went to a grand jury where they tried to criminally indict me for a 90-second video that quoted the Uniform Code of Military Justice. And a grand jury unanimously said, no, that was ridiculous. This is on top of the Department of Justice going after and failing to prosecute Letitia James, Lisa Cook, James Comey, Mark Kelly and myself, a bunch of"
Testimony SLOTKIN, ELISSA
An oversight hearing to examine the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"And he was asked about this on Fox News. And they said, shouldn't we ban selling of farmland, particularly around military bases? And he said, quote, you want to see the price drop? You want to see farmers lose a lot of money? Just take them out of the"
CRS Report
Military Sexual Assault: Chronology of Activity in the 113th-114th Congresses and Related Resources
Reports · May 16, 2019
This report focuses on previous activity in Congress regarding high profile incidents of sexual assault in the military during the summer 2013 through 2016. Included are separate sections on the...
Testimony WARREN, ELIZABETH
Hearings to examine the posture of United States Northern Command and ...
senate Armed Services Committee · Mar 19, 2026
"glad to hear it's not happening in your command. But we know that this is a problem across the department. Secretary Hegseth fired TJAGs because he thought they were, quote, roadblocks. And he installed his personal lawyer to retrain military lawyers to water down constraints. He reassigned hundreds of JAGs to work on Trump's radical immigration agenda. And last week, the secretary said he's starting a, quote, ruthless overhaul of the JAG system. Look, for decades, military lawyers have worked..."
Testimony WARREN, ELIZABETH
Hearings to examine AI and the American dream, focusing on promoting i...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jun 11, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So we need to address the serious national security risks of allowing advanced AI chips to end up in China. Last week, the New York Times reported that NVIDIA's chips have been, quote, sought by nearly every branch of the Chinese military. And China's been getting its hands on this"
Testimony CLYBURN, JAMES E.
Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Bill
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"approval. It is reported that just this year, Secretary Hicks, Seth, has denied the promotion of more than 40 officers recommended by, and I'm quoting the article, promotion selection boards made up of senior military officers. The self-appointed Secretary of War is at war with his own military, employing"
Testimony RISCH, JAMES E.
Hearings to examine arms race.
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Dec 10, 2025
"year. By doing so, he prevented a dangerous, ideologically driven Islamic autocracy from acquiring a nuclear weapon that could threaten the U.S., Israel, and others around the world. But the Iranian regime won't stop there, and we need to stay vigilant. Like his neighbor in China, Kim Jong-un has repeatedly rejected talks on denuclearization, even as he pursues a full-scale expansion of North Korean nuclear strike capabilities. More concerningly, in return for North Korea's direct support for..."
Testimony RISCH, JAMES E.
Hearings to examine maritime security in Africa, focusing on assessing...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Dec 10, 2025
"year. By doing so, he prevented a dangerous, ideologically driven Islamic autocracy from acquiring a nuclear weapon that could threaten the U.S., Israel, and others around the world. But the Iranian regime won't stop there, and we need to stay vigilant. Like his neighbor in China, Kim Jong-un has repeatedly rejected talks on denuclearization, even as he pursues a full-scale expansion of North Korean nuclear strike capabilities. More concerningly, in return for North Korea's direct support for..."
CRS Report
Regular Appropriations Acts: Selected Statutory Interpretation Issues
Reports · Sep 3, 2021
The Constitution’s Appropriations Clause provides that “No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.” Congress, and not another branch of government,...
Testimony MURPHY, CHRISTOPHER
Hearings to examine a review of the President's supplemental funding r...
senate Appropriations Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"deeply skeptical of this war because they have seen this country make the same mistake over and over again in wars in the Middle East, and that is to create either unrealistic or open-ended objectives. You said in March that the United States was, quote, on plan to defeat, destroy, and disable all of Iran's meaningful military capabilities at a pace that the world has never seen before. Obviously, as we've discussed here today, that objective has not been achieved and is not going to be..."
CRS Report
Military Courts-Martial Under the Military Justice Act of 2016
Reports · Aug 28, 2020
The Supreme Court has called military justice a system of justice separate from jurisprudence in the civilian courts. Members of the Armed Forces are subject to rules, orders, proceedings, and...
Testimony SPEAKER_06
“Deployed, Not Disqualified: Defending Servicemembers in Our Schools”
house Education and Workforce Committee · Aug 25, 2026
"Military parents report higher levels of satisfaction when they can choose their children's schools. Among survey respondents from a 2025 survey of military members, 82 percent of parents whose children attend charter schools said they were, quote, very satisfied with their child's schooling experience. Satisfaction rates were also higher among families using private schools and Department of Defense educational activity schools than traditional assigned"
Testimony SPEAKER_04
Closed hearings to examine the posture of United States Special Operat...
senate Armed Services Committee · Apr 28, 2026
"Senator, I am aware of the article. I'm also aware that later in the article, it quotes the department's response to it as there not having been any U.S. military involvement. I'm also aware that there were no recorded or no U.S. strikes within three weeks around that"
Testimony BENNET, MICHAEL F.
Hearings to examine worldwide threats; to be immediately followed by a...
senate Intelligence (Select) Committee · Mar 18, 2026
"And then he said maybe we shouldn't even be here at all because we don't need it. We have a lot of oil. And he said we do not need the help of anyone. President Trump has declared we've won the war. We won it in the first hour. But then he said we're not leaving until the job is finished. He said that there is practically nothing left to bomb, but then threatened to bomb Iran again, quote, just for fun. I think words that probably have never come out of a military leader in the history of the..."
Testimony SPEAKER_09
H.R. 8800 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
house Armed Services Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Secretary Lloyd Austin baked DEI criteria into nearly every aspect of our military. Mandatory equity and bias trainings, racial quotas, race-based appointments, and promotions to achieve, quote, equitable outcomes. DEI is not about unity. It's about division, not about mission readiness, but about indoctrination and"
CRS Report
Federal Capital Offenses: An Overview of Substantive and Procedural Law
Reports · Jul 5, 2023
Murder is a federal capital offense, if committed in any of more than 50 jurisdictional settings. The Constitution defines the circumstances under which the death penalty may be considered a...
Testimony BLUMENTHAL, RICHARD
Hearings to examine a grateful nation, focusing on maximizing veteran'...
senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · Nov 5, 2025
"And the VA's failure to pay these veterans, the Article 35 benefits on time, has real-life consequences. I'd like to enter an article from Stars and Stripes into the record, Mr. Chairman. And it says, quote, more than 75,000 students affected by VA payment delays for education benefits. I also have an article from Military Times. If there's no objection, Mr. Chairman. Quote, VA tech glitch halts GI Bill payments to thousands, advocates"
Testimony MEEKS, GREGORY W.
United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First F...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"In fact, he also said that it was completely annihilated on June 19th, et cetera. But it seems as though he was not telling the truth then. And now we hear something else differently then. So that's what I'm concerned about is what the President is talking about. Because it is the President that tore up the JCPOA in his first term. And I believe that you told Fox News on June 22nd that, quote, that what we never saw with Obama or the Biden administration trying to do the JCPOA 2.0 was a..."
CRS Report
The Supreme Court’s October 2020 Term: A Review of Selected Major Rulings
Reports · Sep 14, 2021
The Supreme Court issued the last merits decision of its 2020–2021 Term on July 1, 2021. This term was also Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s first term as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. The...
Testimony CASE, ED
Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Bill
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"this department because this twisted inquisition and purge for any hint of the horror of thinking about diversity, equity, and inclusion and talking about your own personal experiences as you went through your career and giving inspiration to other Americans to join the military and to try to achieve their best is exactly what Mr. Clyburn just called it. That's exactly what it is. You I also reviewed Mr. Haig's record and I read this quote from his book. When I think about my career in uniform,..."
CRS Report
Central Asia: Background and U.S. Relations
Reports · Sep 24, 2021
Central Asia is a landlocked region that borders the Caspian Sea to the West, Russia to the north, China to the east, and Afghanistan and Iran to the south. The five Central Asian...
CRS Report
Freedom of Speech: An Overview
Reports · Sep 13, 2024
The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects “the freedom of speech,” but that protection is not absolute. The Free Speech Clause principally constrains government regulation of private...
CRS Report
Department of Defense-Minority Business Development Agency November 2024 Memorandum of Understanding
Posts · Jan 10, 2025
On November 19, 2024, the Department of Defense (DOD’s) Office of the Under Secretary for Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and the Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency...
CRS Report
Iraqi and Afghan Special Immigrant Visa Programs
Reports · Jan 15, 2025
Congress has enacted a series of legislative provisions since 2006 to enable certain Iraqi and Afghan nationals to become U.S. lawful permanent residents (LPRs). These provisions make certain Iraqis...
CRS Report
The State Secrets Privilege: National Security Information in Civil Litigation
Reports · Apr 28, 2022
Over time, the Supreme Court of the United States has developed the common law doctrine known as the “state secrets privilege,” which protects sensitive national security information from being...
CRS Report
India-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress
Report · May 4, 2026
India, home to more than one-sixth of global population, became the world’s most populous country in 2023 and the fifth-largest global economy in 2025. Many factors contribute to the “great power”...
CRS Report
Transfer of Defense Articles: U.S. Sale and Export of U.S.-Made Arms to Foreign Entities
Reports · Mar 23, 2023
An extensive set of laws, regulations, policies, and procedures govern the sale and export of U.S.-origin weapons to foreign countries (“defense articles and defense services,” officially). Congress...