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Hearing Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Bill
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 24, 2026 · Transcript · 19 transcript matches
MCCOLLUM, BETTY "D.C. The operations has not reduced violent crime in Washington as the president claims. The only thing it has reduced is the readiness of these soldiers. They've lost valuable training and exercise time that's necessary for them to be ready for the conflict with a peer adversary. Second, the bill includes $216 million for the National Guard Reduction Force. The National Guard does not need new funding to develop law enforcement capabilities that are outside the scope of its jurisdiction. That's simply not the military's job. Congress has rejected similar ideas during the previous..."
Hearing Hearings to examine a review of the President's supplemental funding request of June 24, 2026.
senate Appropriations Committee · Jul 21, 2026 · Transcript · 17 transcript matches
BALDWIN, TAMMY "The deadliest day for U.S. forces was on March 1st, when an Iranian drone struck an Army facility at Port Shuaiba, Kuwait, killing six soldiers and injuring more than 30 others, including soldiers from Wisconsin. Soldiers from the unit stationed at Port Shuaiba told reporters that the facility did not have adequate air defense capabilities. Soldiers from the unit stationed at Port Shuaiba told reporters that the facility did not have adequate air defense capabilities. These soldiers and their families believed they were sent into harm's way without the defenses they needed. Secretary Hegseth,..."
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 · 11 transcript matches
MCBRIDE, SARAH "these votes, lack thereof votes, no votes, only send a message to Vladimir Putin that we are not there. I think President Zelensky has repeatedly been in the Oval Office, not Putin. But I want to say, while you're treating Vladimir Putin with kid's gloves, you are insulting American allies, including our longstanding ally, Denmark, whose soldiers fought and died alongside U.S. soldiers. Have you gotten any positive feedback from your colleagues at the United Nations about the president's desire to seize Greenland? You haven't gotten any positive"
Hearing H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subcommittee Assignments
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 21, 2026 · Transcript · 9 transcript matches
CORREA, J. LUIS "Hundreds others have been injured. These are soldiers that take an oath to defend our country, to make the ultimate sacrifice when necessary. These soldiers need to know that we back home have their back. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. These soldiers need to know that we back home have their back. Thank you, Mr."
Hearing Memorializing our Veterans: Outreach, Upkeep, and Community Partnerships at Veterans Cemeteries
house Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee · Jun 30, 2026 · Transcript · 6 transcript matches
LUTTRELL, MORGAN "The Grand Army of the Republic's posts would hold veterans' parades and ceremonies with music, flags, and prayer decorating the graves of the fallen with flowers. In fact, the Grand Army of the Republic chose May 30 to ensure the availability of flowers in the springtime for all of our fallen soldiers. In 1868, Commander-in-Chief John A. Logan issued his General Orders No. 11 that local posts should decorate the graves of those who had fallen in defense of our nation with flowers. Decoration Day would become known as Memorial Day, but it was not through proclamation alone that the tradition..."
Hearing Confronting Haiti’s Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and the Path Ahead
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 21, 2026 · Transcript · 5 transcript matches
SPEAKER_10 "The absence of governance in Haiti has created opportunities for informal power structures to thrive through use of force, financial independence, intimidation, and terrorism. Over 20 different gang leaders deploy their foot soldiers to fight for control over Haiti's territory and dwindling resources. These gang leaders, whose forces outnumber Haitian security force personnel, dictate daily"
CRS Report
Child Soldiers Prevention Act: Security Assistance Restrictions
Resources · Oct 11, 2023
The recruitment and use of children in armed conflict is broadly viewed as a human rights problem, a form of trafficking in persons, among the worst forms of child labor, and a war crime. The United...
Testimony MCBRIDE, SARAH
United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First F...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"these votes, lack thereof votes, no votes, only send a message to Vladimir Putin that we are not there. I think President Zelensky has repeatedly been in the Oval Office, not Putin. But I want to say, while you're treating Vladimir Putin with kid's gloves, you are insulting American allies, including our longstanding ally, Denmark, whose soldiers fought and died alongside U.S. soldiers. Have you gotten any positive feedback from your colleagues at the United Nations about the president's desire..."
Testimony SPEAKER_20
United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First F...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"of the last war. As one of the soldiers who fought alongside Danish soldiers in southern Afghanistan, they're a fantastic"
Testimony MIKE GONZALEZ
“Rewriting American History: Examining the Smithsonian’s Efforts to Re...
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"Biden won the election. Oh, absolutely, yes. I think it was Lincoln who said, no soldier, no foreign soldier can't take a drink from the Mississippi. That's not what the report is focused"
Testimony BALDWIN, TAMMY
Hearings to examine a review of the President's supplemental funding r...
senate Appropriations Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"The deadliest day for U.S. forces was on March 1st, when an Iranian drone struck an Army facility at Port Shuaiba, Kuwait, killing six soldiers and injuring more than 30 others, including soldiers from Wisconsin. Soldiers from the unit stationed at Port Shuaiba told reporters that the facility did not have adequate air defense capabilities. Soldiers from the unit stationed at Port Shuaiba told reporters that the facility did not have adequate air defense capabilities. These soldiers and their..."
Testimony BALDWIN, TAMMY
Hearings to examine a review of the President's supplemental funding r...
senate Appropriations Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"Thank you. Secretary Hegseth, I traveled to Walter Reed Military Hospital and met with soldiers who were injured in that attack. What they told me confirmed what other soldiers have said publicly, that most of these soldiers injured in the attack did not receive proper medical care in Kuwait, in Germany, or during their initial days back in the U.S. What they told me confirmed what other soldiers have said publicly, that most of these soldiers injured in the attack did not receive proper..."
Testimony CAPITO, SHELLEY MOORE
Hearings to examine a review of the President's supplemental funding r...
senate Appropriations Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"I know that you've been in constant contact with Andrew and his family, and you also know that the great faith that they have in the Lord above is what's really brought them to the point where they are now. So let's keep them all in his prayer. I am interested in Senator Baldwin's question because I do have a soldier from West Virginia who is making a very similar complaint. So whatever follow-up we can do, I would like to do that. I'd also like to recognize the three most recent service..."
Testimony MCGOVERN, JAMES P.
H.R. 8646 – Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administrati...
house Rules Committee · Jun 2, 2026
"It doesn't tell me anything, end quote. Well, I'll tell you that Donald Trump's MAGA foot soldiers think of this, what Donald Trump's MAGA foot soldiers think of this pause. Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the problems convicted"
Testimony LIEUTENANT GENERAL ROBERT HARTER
Budget Hearing – National Guard and Reserve Forces
house Appropriations Committee · Apr 17, 2026
"That's my message to my active-duty teammates. Right now, nearly 9,000 Army Reserve soldiers are deployed supporting Army and Joint Force requirements both at home and around the globe to include support of Operation Epic Fury and operations on our southern border. Our soldiers are in the fight. To keep pace with emerging threats and to prepare for large-scale combat operations, or"
Testimony LIEUTENANT GENERAL ROBERT HARTER
Budget Hearing – National Guard and Reserve Forces
house Appropriations Committee · Apr 17, 2026
"And Congressman McCollum, thank you for being there, your support of Nicole and her family and our whole Army Reserve enterprise. More than 30 Army Reserve soldiers were injured in that, or wounded in that same attack. We honor their sacrifice, and it affirms our resolve to ensure every Army Reserve soldier receives counter-drone equipment and training at pace with the Army in joint force. To that end, we've dedicated nearly a third of our NGREA appropriation to counter UAS"
Testimony COTTON, TOM
Hearings to examine worldwide threats; to be immediately followed by a...
senate Intelligence (Select) Committee · Mar 18, 2026
"And I would invite everyone to join Senator Young in praying for the family and friends of that soldier and all the soldiers who have given their life in the defense of our freedom and"
Testimony ERIC EDWARDS
Hearings to examine made in America, focusing on restoring trust in ou...
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Nov 19, 2025
"should ensure that they receive long-term sustainable funding as well to support companies like ourselves, but also others who are working to bring back this industrial base, as this is not something that flow can do alone. You need multiple flows. You need multiple companies working together and really helping them raise up their posture and have the support they need going back to that centralized authority would be a critical step in the right direction specifically. And in our case, it..."
Hearing Budget Hearing – National Guard and Reserve Forces
house Defense Subcommittee · Apr 17, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
LIEUTENANT GENERAL ROBERT HARTER "That's my message to my active-duty teammates. Right now, nearly 9,000 Army Reserve soldiers are deployed supporting Army and Joint Force requirements both at home and around the globe to include support of Operation Epic Fury and operations on our southern border. Our soldiers are in the fight. To keep pace with emerging threats and to prepare for large-scale combat operations, or"
Hearing Charting a New Course: Countering China's Dominance in Global Shipbuilding
house East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
MR. BRENT SADLER "The key thing is that you want to have, it's a generational challenge, so the only way we're going to be able to stay in this game and get back into this sector is to have a comparative advantage. So we have to innovate. We have to create things like small modular nuclear reactors on commercial vessels that also serve a military purpose, and that means high-speed ships carrying supplies forward to, say, Marines and soldiers that are in the first island chain in the western Pacific. That's going to have to be the only way forward because if you only followed what we've been doing since the end..."
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 · 2 transcript matches
REED, JACK "Let me move on. I was the lead sponsor of the Military Lending Act, based on my experience as a soldier. And in February 2025, I sent you a very simple letter asking for an explanation, and I still not have had a"
Hearing States on the Frontlines of Counterintelligence
house Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
MR. MICHAEL SENA "Yes, absolutely. And, you know, our partners at DHS INA are the only branch within the executive government that has that responsibility for coordinating with state, local, tribal, and territorial partners. They are not an investigative agency. They're there to do analysis, to support intelligence, and if we lost those bodies, you know, the field, I know that they want to strengthen the field, but we need a backbone at headquarters. You can't send out a whole bunch of soldiers in the field without command and supply chain backing them up. It will fail. And I got to tell you that every place..."
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 · 2 transcript matches
SPEAKER_12 "If confirmed, I look forward to working with this committee and all members of Congress to ensure robust, independent oversight of HUD and its program participants. I've served my country as a soldier and public servant for 36 years. More than 30 of those years have been dedicated to federal law enforcement across six"
Testimony SMITH, CHRISTOPHER H.
United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First F...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"I'm almost out of time, but the U.N. has been accused credibly in many of its agencies of being profoundly antisemitic, including UNRWA, which is a child soldier factory where you teach a kid, a Palestinian youth, from his earliest days to hate Jews and to hate America, and I've read their documents. I've had hearings on the textbooks, so I'm out of time, so thank you for the work that you're doing in that realm as"
Testimony KEATING, WILLIAM R.
United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First F...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"I was a district attorney. I had my own sexual assault unit, my own sexual assault investigatory unit, prosecutorial unit. I started a child advocacy to treat children that were victims of sexual assault, and I worked with regional and federal-based task force dealing with human trafficking, particularly trafficking of children. And in Congress, I had the opportunity to travel and to hold a hearing with Ukrainian, mostly women, on the ground, risking their lives in a hot war zone, trying to..."
Testimony SPEAKER_20
United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First F...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"We need one place in the world, especially with a president who puts peace and diplomacy first, backed by military strength, but puts diplomacy first, I want one place in the world where everyone can come and talk. We don't always agree, but I can tell you as a soldier, as a veteran, if we're using words and not bullets, that's a good thing. I don't want to see UN Beijing, UN Brussels, or UN anywhere else. I want it right here in the United States of America. The second thing, burden sharing is..."
Testimony SPEAKER_20
United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First F...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"struggling under these types of oppressive circumstances around the world, and as a veteran of Afghanistan, I've seen the worst of the worst. Well, I'll, I'll hand the mic over to our reform ambassador, but I'll tell you we're trying two different things, at least in our time under President Trump's leadership. The Gang Suppression Force has an offensive mandate, unlike everything that's been tried before, so they can go after the likes of Barbecue and ESO and others that are recruiting child..."
Testimony TITUS, DINA
United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First F...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. You know, I am astounded that at a time when our soldiers are dying in the field, and our bases are being bombed throughout the region as we fight a war of choice, that you have called the president a peace president. I can't even believe"
Testimony SPEAKER_21
United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First F...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"And maybe if they had their way, he would still be alive. He would still be alive directing attacks against our allies, and also against our American soldiers. If they had their way, they would be much further along in their nuclear program, instead of being decimated in their nuclear program, as is the case"
Testimony SPEAKER_20
United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First F...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"It's also remarkable that one of his key cabinet officials is reaching out to, quote, unquote, like minded governments and trying to meet with the Iran regime in the midst of an ongoing conflict. Which, by the way, and I'll defer Ambassador Bartos, which, by the way, has ongoing investigations against American soldiers from Afghanistan. Well, we've just heard, I think, a lot of rhetoric about whether President Trump is a president of peace and that whether we work or don't work well with our..."
Testimony SPEAKER_23
United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First F...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"Ambassador Walz is absolutely right. The ICC has been weaponized by globalists to seek with one mission, and that is to take down Western democracies like the United States and to try to imprison our leaders and our soldiers. And it's the Trump"
Testimony SPEAKER_20
United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First F...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"That's where the president is. He's charged us, help make it great again, help it realize its potential. And it's an honor to have this team working in that regard. And every time we pull up in a chair behind a placard that says, United States of America on the world stage, every time as a former soldier, we are using words and not bullets. And every time we actually conclude a deal, not always easy, and not always easy to implement, that we conclude a peace agreement or a step in that..."
Testimony PETE HEGSETH
Hearings to examine a review of the President's supplemental funding r...
senate Appropriations Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"It truly is. This is $1.5 trillion budget with this supplemental being part of it is how we catch up and get ahead. And ensure in the process we're putting soldiers and sailors and airmen first, Marines first, guardians, that their pay increases, that the end strength increases that have gone up because recruiting is at historic levels are fully funded. So rather than trying to play catch up and make sure we're not losing training, we should be ahead of that curve. And that's where we think..."
Testimony MORAN, JERRY
Hearings to examine a review of the President's supplemental funding r...
senate Appropriations Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"You saw the MV-75 Cheyenne. You saw it firsthand and heard from soldiers, as I understand it, about the next generation capabilities, how they will transform the way we"
Testimony PETE HEGSETH
Hearings to examine a review of the President's supplemental funding r...
senate Appropriations Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"of divest to invest, and so you end up divesting in certain systems like the Black Hawk before the next one is online, creating gaps for actual operators, and what we're funding in this supplemental and across this budget is the ability to do both. Make sure the systems we rely on on the battlefield right now are delivered and that newer entrants that we're going to need for long-range fight to deliver, to be more survivable in contested environments which you're talking about, when I had a..."
Testimony REED, JACK
Hearings to examine a review of the President's supplemental funding r...
senate Appropriations Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"Have you advised the president that ground combat would be very expensive in the lives of our soldiers, sailors, Marines, airmen, and also could probably lead to an extended unconventional war in that area? I don't see the Iranians sort of throwing the hands up saying, you know, welcome to"
Testimony VAN HOLLEN, CHRIS
Hearings to examine a review of the President's supplemental funding r...
senate Appropriations Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"Thank you, Madam Chair. Secretary Rollins, the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center in Maryland is one of the crown jewels of agriculture research in the United States. And my question is simple. Can we find some time to get together in the coming weeks to discuss the situation there? Thank you, Madam Secretary. Let me turn to the Iran war. We recently lost three American heroes. That brings the death toll for American soldiers to 18. One is still missing. Hundreds have been injured. That's..."
Testimony BALDWIN, TAMMY
Hearings to examine a review of the President's supplemental funding r...
senate Appropriations Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"Shuaiba did not have any of the systems that would take down the one-way attack Shahad drones, and initial security assessments found that the base was not adequately protected, end quote. Soldiers at Port Shuaiba have also been quoted in news reports saying that requests for additional medical and drone defense systems were denied prior to the conflict with Iran beginning. Why were those requests denied, Secretary"
Testimony BALDWIN, TAMMY
Hearings to examine a review of the President's supplemental funding r...
senate Appropriations Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"Why were those requests denied, Secretary Hegseth? Again, Secretary Hegseth, an article from July 12th, Washington Post, also quoted a soldier saying that the unit's request for an Eagles drone defense system was denied because of lack of"
Testimony PETE HEGSETH
Hearings to examine a review of the President's supplemental funding r...
senate Appropriations Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"I will work with Admiral Cooper to make sure it's handled properly. Yes, Senator. I'm not taking issue with the characterization of individual soldiers, but I would argue that every effort was made to provide every level of medical care possible, understanding how CENTCOM"
Testimony DAN CAINE
Hearings to examine a review of the President's supplemental funding r...
senate Appropriations Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"Yes, ma'am. It will manifest itself in a few different places. Most significantly, it will be in military personnel-related matters. We'll figure out how to pay soldiers and sailors, but that would be a strain. Operations and maintenance costs, and then the ability for the department to take some of this capital and wisely invest it in future combat capability and things like AI, UAS, counter-UAS, hypersonics, and space. Yes, ma'am. I actually view this as forward-looking. As we look at the..."
Testimony PETERS, GARY C.
Hearings to examine a review of the President's supplemental funding r...
senate Appropriations Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"On March 9th, he said the war was very complete. On April 8th, he declared total and complete victory, 100 percent, no question about it. On the same day, you declared Operation Epic Fury was a historic and overwhelming victory on the battlefield, a capital-V military victory by any measure. And yet today, July 21st, we have soldiers whose remains are sadly going to be returned to their deeply grieving families tomorrow. Clearly, the war is not over"
Testimony KEVIN OUTTERSON
Hearings to examine building a resilient health care future with biote...
senate Finance Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"We depend on these amazing drugs in astonishing ways. Every hospital in your state, every soldier in the U.S. military, every mother who gets a C-section, even people my age who might be looking at knee replacement or something, all of us depend on these amazing drugs as a safety net to prevent the infection which could end our"
Testimony SARAH B. ROGERS
Hearings to examine the nominations of Sarah B. Rogers, of New York, t...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jul 30, 2026
"Russia's a little more chaotic. And a lot of Russian misinformation right now focuses on recruiting soldiers for its war as well, which China and Iran aren't focused on. China and Iran are doing a lot more anti-Semitism also. I commit to respect the professionalism and independence of international broadcasting,"
Testimony REED, JACK
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Christopher Phelan, of...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jul 23, 2026
"Mr. Johnson, the Militarily Ending Act was enacted in 2006. I was very much involved. It's very personal to me. I had the privilege of commanding soldiers in the 82nd, and it was appalling, frankly, to see young 18-year-olds who were essentially hustled out of a lot of money by slick traders. So one of the things we did is we put a 36% interest cap for military personnel. And in our meeting in my office, you said CFPB does not have the authority to supervise lenders with"
Testimony NEAL, RICHARD E.
H.R. 9772, H.R. 9771, H.R. 9721, and H.R. 9722
house Ways and Means Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"One hundred and fifty years of the best standing alliance perhaps on the earth, Canada. We have now succeeded driving them away from the space where they died with American soldiers, where they saw us and a common border that stretches for thousands of miles, to be an impeccable relationship, only to discover that that relationship is now severely"
Testimony MR. BRENT SADLER
Charting a New Course: Countering China's Dominance in Global Shipbuil...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"The key thing is that you want to have, it's a generational challenge, so the only way we're going to be able to stay in this game and get back into this sector is to have a comparative advantage. So we have to innovate. We have to create things like small modular nuclear reactors on commercial vessels that also serve a military purpose, and that means high-speed ships carrying supplies forward to, say, Marines and soldiers that are in the first island chain in the western Pacific. That's going..."
Testimony MR. BRENT SADLER
Charting a New Course: Countering China's Dominance in Global Shipbuil...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"Holding up the fuel, holding up perhaps other harbor services because it's inconvenient to the Chinese interest has an implication in the peacetime. In wartime that could be disastrous and cost lives of our soldiers, sailors and airmen. We saw this play out when the former administration was trying to move supplies for the Gaza Strip and also humanitarian relief and also supplies to the Israelis and you had pro-Hamas supporters shutting down ports in the Pacific Northwest in Washington state..."
Testimony LINDSAY GORMAN
Legislative Hearing on Protecting Communications Networks and Improvin...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"The potential is extraordinary, from humanoid robots that can diffuse explosive devices on the battlefield to those that fold laundry at home. Just as with large language models, enormous quantities of real-world data will be required to train these world models, such as videos of janitors cleaning office buildings, soldiers conducting reconnaissance missions, factory workers assessing complex, assembling complex machinery, or basketball players shooting free throws. Once developed and..."
Testimony SCHNEIDER, BRADLEY SCOTT
Building a New Regional Security Architecture: The Next Phase of the A...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"I'll read the first paragraph. IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Yael Zamir on Wednesday issued sharp condemnation of settler violence calling attacks against Palestinian civilians and soldiers in the West Bank, quote, morally and ethically unacceptable, end quote, and a major strategic impediment. But, Ambassador, I think you make an important point. It's too broad to call it settler violence. The vast majority of settlers are not involved in these attacks, but the many people that are..."
Testimony SPEAKER_10
Confronting Haiti’s Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and th...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"The absence of governance in Haiti has created opportunities for informal power structures to thrive through use of force, financial independence, intimidation, and terrorism. Over 20 different gang leaders deploy their foot soldiers to fight for control over Haiti's territory and dwindling resources. These gang leaders, whose forces outnumber Haitian security force personnel, dictate daily"
Testimony SPEAKER_20
Confronting Haiti’s Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and th...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"We've talked a lot about the MSS already. Going to one of the questions that was asked already, is it the case that these gangs are creating child soldiers? How big of a problem are child soldiers, How big of a problem are child soldiers, under-18"
Testimony SPEAKER_10
Confronting Haiti’s Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and th...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"Yes, sir. Massive, half of the gang composition is comprised of child soldiers. Yeah, that's a good question, sir. So the concept is clear, hold, build, right? So we are focusing on the highest density and concentration of gang"
Testimony CORREA, J. LUIS
H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subco...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"Hundreds others have been injured. These are soldiers that take an oath to defend our country, to make the ultimate sacrifice when necessary. These soldiers need to know that we back home have their back. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. These soldiers need to know that we back home have their back. Thank you, Mr."
Testimony CORREA, J. LUIS
H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subco...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"As you know, today, actually, very sadly, ICE is willing to go after the military families and specifically the parents who are not protected by this bill. Again, ICE is going after the parents of soldiers who are serving in our battlefield today. In my district, Santa Ana, Narciso Barranco, a hardworking, law-abiding man and father of three U.S. Marines, folks, you make movies about individuals like this. He was pepper sprayed, handcuffed, and beaten while being restrained by ICE"
Testimony CORREA, J. LUIS
H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subco...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"On the same day her father was deported, Jessica was deployed aboard the Lincoln to the Middle East amid the conflict with Iran. Folks, this is not the way to reward our soldiers. You have to make sure you let our men and women in uniform that are fighting for"
Testimony CORREA, J. LUIS
H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subco...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"What are we telling her the day you deport her father, the next day you say, please make the ultimate sacrifice for your country? We're talking about keeping this country strong, defending this nation, about soldiers who are human beings. Please. And more importantly, my friend from Texas, I'm essentially codifying with this"
Testimony NADLER, JERROLD
H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subco...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I have a very simple question. I would ask the gentleman from Texas, does he oppose supporting parents of soldiers in the manner that the gentleman's amendment would do? I'm yielding you the time to answer the"
Testimony NADLER, JERROLD
H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subco...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"It establishes the status of the spouse and the children, but not for the parents. It seems to me there is no logical reason not to establish the same status, the same rights for the parents of a soldier. I yield"
Testimony MCCLINTOCK, TOM
H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subco...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"Mr. Raskin. members of soldiers. Thank you. I yield back. Gentlemen, time has expired. Is there further spoken. Is there further discussion? Seeing none, the question is on the adoption of the amendment offered by the gentleman from California. Those in favor say aye. Aye. Those opposed say no."
Testimony HUNT, WESLEY
H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subco...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"This is not hard. I thank God every day I'm not a lawyer. I'm just a soldier. I'm just an American. I'm a father, a follower of Christ, somebody that believes in this great nation and assuring that we have safety for the future. That's literally all I care"
Testimony SCOTT, AUSTIN
"Examining Customer Protections and Market Integrity in Sports Event P...
house Agriculture Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"We saw it with the issue in Venezuela, and certainly, if members of Congress are engaged in that same activity, the consequences for them should be no less than they are for a soldier that is putting his life on the line. I want to go back to you, Mr. Mayor, because this gets to the question of the integrity of the"
Testimony LIEUTENANT GENERAL DOUGLAS SCHIESS
Hearings to examine the nomination of Lieutenant General Douglas A. Sc...
senate Armed Services Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"And as a taxpayer, I want to make sure that we're being as judicious in that as possible. I would say that the $71.1 billion that the president has asked for is exactly what we need in a couple areas in there. We talked about the threat earlier. I think that is the thing that is driving us to that. Holding our satellites at risk that then danger American soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines. Senator, I believe that's a possibility that it could start in space. But if not, definitely space would..."
Testimony REED, JACK
Hearings to examine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Semi-Annu...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"Let me move on. I was the lead sponsor of the Military Lending Act, based on my experience as a soldier. And in February 2025, I sent you a very simple letter asking for an explanation, and I still not have had a"
Testimony REED, JACK
Hearings to examine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Semi-Annu...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"You've reduced the CFPB's superintendent staff by 85%, and you've cut the number of annual exams from hundreds to only 70. You are basically abandoning the troops and the soldiers, sailors, and airmen that are being exploited by payday lenders, by all sorts of used car dealers and everything else. And to me, that's a shame, because you'll probably be the first one to stand up and say what you do for service"
Testimony DOUGLAS MASTRIANO
Hearings to examine the nominations of Donald Blome, of Illinois, to b...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"Of course, Slovakia is the number one per capita car producer in the world, and they rely upon exports for that largely to the United States, and this is causing a problem. So the point is, is we need Slovakia to get on board here to keep the pressure up on Russia. As a strategist and a professional soldier, it's incredible what Ukraine has done in turning the tide of the war, and we have a great opportunity here. Our friends in the Baltic region and in Eastern Europe are concerned any victory..."
Testimony SEWELL, TERRI A.
Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Elec...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 15, 2026
"on-the-ground monitors. This ruling is part of a larger trend, as exhibited by the recent Calais decision of this court systemically dismantling the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The existence of my district was secured through the VRA. I'm proud every day to represent the historic cities of Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, and my hometown of Selma, Alabama, but these were hard-fought gains that were secured by those foot soldiers who marched across the bridge in order for all of us to have the efforts to..."
Testimony THE HONORABLE F. WEILAND
A New Beginning for Colombia
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Another is the carnage. 173 Colombian police officers and soldiers gave their lives last year trying to protect their country and ours. The new president-elect de la Espriella has rightfully called what Colombia is facing a pandemic of insecurity. He has said that, quote, Colombia and the United States, united by friendship and the principles we"
Testimony MR. MICHAEL SENA
States on the Frontlines of Counterintelligence
house Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Yes, absolutely. And, you know, our partners at DHS INA are the only branch within the executive government that has that responsibility for coordinating with state, local, tribal, and territorial partners. They are not an investigative agency. They're there to do analysis, to support intelligence, and if we lost those bodies, you know, the field, I know that they want to strengthen the field, but we need a backbone at headquarters. You can't send out a whole bunch of soldiers in the field..."
Testimony THE HONORABLE DANIEL ALVAREZ
States on the Frontlines of Counterintelligence
house Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"But we are not even there yet. Right. So in Hillsborough County, for example, I have 1500 deputies. I have another thousand in the city of Tampa, a couple of periphery police departments. If I could get all of those folks CI trained in some sort of information, that would be key. The other part, sir, that we we look over a lot of time is is engaging our business community. So our business folks, a lot of times they'll start to get penetrations in their business and they don't have any idea. You..."
Testimony REED, JACK
Hearings to examine the nominations of Jules Hurst III, of Virginia, t...
senate Armed Services Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"I had the privilege of serving with him in the House, and then later he joined us in the Senate. He was an articulate, relentless advocate for our soldiers, sailors, Marines, airmen, and guardians. Many reasons for that. One is he himself served as an Air Force"
Testimony MR. PAUL SULLIVAN
U.S. Economic Security and Investment Abroad: Assessing Economic Secur...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"For a military career, you would know that our bridges are drawn from the old World War II Bailey Bridge. This is a 21st century modern iteration. Our soldiers are trained to build a 51-meter Acro Bridge within 24 hours by hand. It's an extraordinary technology. All these components fit within 40-foot high cubes that are distributed all around the world and installed immediately. So the rapid mobilization, the high quality, all of those"
Testimony LEGER FERNANDEZ, TERESA
H.R. 139 – Sunshine Protection Act of 2025; H.R. 8595 – National Secur...
house Rules Committee · Jul 13, 2026
"from other countries to come in and provide health care in our rural areas. Now, these are not soldiers. These are not"
Testimony SMITH, JASON
Full Committee Hearing on The Growing Business of Sports: Reviewing Fe...
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"roughly 95% of a $900 million arena, while the team's billionaire ownership put in just $50 million, all to keep a franchise that was itself poached from Seattle in 2008, when the city declined to pay up. The Chicago Bears, they are threatening to abandon Soldier Field and have floated crossing state lines into Indiana to pressure Illinois into a richer package. The Philadelphia 76ers spent two years playing Pennsylvania against a New Jersey offer to lure them to Camden, only to reverse course..."
Testimony LUTTRELL, MORGAN
Memorializing our Veterans: Outreach, Upkeep, and Community Partnershi...
house Veterans' Affairs Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"The Grand Army of the Republic's posts would hold veterans' parades and ceremonies with music, flags, and prayer decorating the graves of the fallen with flowers. In fact, the Grand Army of the Republic chose May 30 to ensure the availability of flowers in the springtime for all of our fallen soldiers. In 1868, Commander-in-Chief John A. Logan issued his General Orders No. 11 that local posts should decorate the graves of those who had fallen in defense of our nation with flowers. Decoration..."
Testimony MCGARVEY, MORGAN
Memorializing our Veterans: Outreach, Upkeep, and Community Partnershi...
house Veterans' Affairs Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"don't just serve minority citizens, nor do women service members serve only women. Both serve all Americans. Women, in fact, their veterans are the fastest-growing group of veterans. They have earned their place, their honor, their recognition. Excluding them from ceremonies and diminishing their contribution feeds a false narrative that somehow they didn't earn the same respect as their male counterparts. Black Americans have fought in every single war this country has ever been involved in,..."
Testimony SPEAKER_01
Memorializing our Veterans: Outreach, Upkeep, and Community Partnershi...
house Veterans' Affairs Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"The Office of Army Cemeteries' mission is to provide oversight and expertise for all Army cemeteries through policy, program management, inspections, training, and assistance, honoring those who laid to rest in perpetuity on Army-owned property. OAC provides management oversight for 11 Department of War cemeteries and 32 Army cemeteries, and the two Army National Military Cemeteries, which are Arlington National Cemetery and the U.S. Soldiers and Airmen's Home National Cemetery, where our team..."
Testimony SPEAKER_01
Memorializing our Veterans: Outreach, Upkeep, and Community Partnershi...
house Veterans' Affairs Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"This year, we hosted several events open to the public. Visitors had the opportunity to lay flowers to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and to attend the extended Memorial Day observance, connecting them with their tradition of military sacrifice. Looking ahead, both OAC and ANC remain engaged with the veteran population as well as"
Testimony SPEAKER_12
Hearings to examine the nominations of Christopher Phelan, of Minnesot...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"If confirmed, I look forward to working with this committee and all members of Congress to ensure robust, independent oversight of HUD and its program participants. I've served my country as a soldier and public servant for 36 years. More than 30 of those years have been dedicated to federal law enforcement across six"
Testimony SPEAKER_12
Hearings to examine the nominations of Christopher Phelan, of Minnesot...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"My law enforcement career is not limited, however, to the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General. It started as a soldier and a special agent with the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division, a role I continued in the U.S. Army Reserve. I ultimately reached the rank of Chief Warrant Officer Five, the most senior rank available to a special agent in the U.S."
Testimony MCCOLLUM, BETTY
Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Bill
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"D.C. The operations has not reduced violent crime in Washington as the president claims. The only thing it has reduced is the readiness of these soldiers. They've lost valuable training and exercise time that's necessary for them to be ready for the conflict with a peer adversary. Second, the bill includes $216 million for the National Guard Reduction Force. The National Guard does not need new funding to develop law enforcement capabilities that are outside the scope of its jurisdiction...."
Testimony DELAURO, ROSA L.
Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Bill
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"They have been asked to protect it against algae growth. This is a gross misuse of military resources, a disservice to Guard soldiers whose time and energy should be spent training, supporting legitimate operations, or responding to emergencies where their skills are sorely needed. They are committed and dedicated men and women, and we are putting them and having them to Deploying Guard soldiers for this purpose is not only unfair and, quite frankly,"
Testimony KAPTUR, MARCY
Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Bill
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"We must force Vladimir Putin to accept that his dream to restore the Russian empire is a fantasy. Further, this administration's efforts to withdraw U.S. forces from Europe are dangerous. Our nation must stand with our NATO allies and deploy the necessary assets to defend every inch of NATO soil and airwaves from Kremlin aggression. Vladimir Putin knows well the structures of Europe. A former intelligence agent in the Soviet Union, he's coveted every square inch as far west as Germany and..."
Testimony BISHOP, SANFORD D.
Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Bill
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"maintenance, health care, family support, and installation readiness, we're investing in the people and the communities that keep our national defense strong. I'm also pleased to see continued attention to military pay, tri-care and private sector care, impact aid, counseling support, the fisher houses, Red Cross, and the USO, and the other programs that support service members and their families. No defense bill should be measured only by the weapons systems it buys. It must also be measured..."
Testimony SPEAKER_01
Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Bill
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"Fort Bliss is home to the Army's premier Army and defense missile enterprise, and the soldiers of the 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command continue to face extraordinary operational demands across the globe. Ensuring that they have the equipment, inventory, and sustainment necessary to accomplish their"
Testimony MCCOLLUM, BETTY
Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Bill
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"I want to start by thanking the members of the D.C. National Guard and the other states' National Guard. We were all horrified when two members of West Virginia National Guard were shot in National Guard were shot in Washington last November, and one of those soldiers lost their life. But the department has spent over $600 million in the last fiscal year on D.C. beautification programs, and the administration is requesting another $605 million for fiscal year 2027 for these activities. Now the..."
Testimony SPEAKER_05
Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Bill
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"I rise in support of Ranking Member McCollum's amendment preventing funding for this in this bill for the deployment of the National Guard reserves for the beautification task force. Not only is it an egregious misuse of funds to spend a half a billion dollars so the National Guard can continue to pick up trash in D.C., and also, more importantly, for this subcommittee's work, it impedes our readiness and deprives our soldiers of valuable training opportunities. The brave men and women of the..."
Testimony KAPTUR, MARCY
Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Bill
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"Supporting our Ukrainian allies isn't charity. It is a strategic and rational move to support American interests, essentially freedoms interests. When our soldiers were under attack by Iranian murder drones in the Middle East, with Russia helping and supplying Iran, it was Ukraine that sent hundreds of experts to help intercept and defend our soldiers, our people. and defend our soldiers, our"
Testimony DELAURO, ROSA L.
Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Bill
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"They have proven over and over and over again that the Ukrainians deserve our support. You know, the Trump administration talks about peace through strength. The Ukrainian people have proven their strength. We should be supporting the strength of Ukraine's soldiers and citizens so that they can stand up to authoritarian aggressors like Russia, who seek to undermine peace, security, democracy, and freedom that serves U.S."
Testimony SPEAKER_11
Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Bill
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"flags on fancy tables. Well, those flags represent allies who came to our defense after the September 11th attacks. They invoked Article 5 for the first and only time in history, and our allies answered the call. Thousands served alongside American troops in Afghanistan. Many never came home. Those flags represent real soldiers, real sacrifice, and real commitments. This is the foundation of the strongest military alliance in the world. It provides military bases, intel, logistical support,..."
Testimony MCCOLLUM, BETTY
Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Bill
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"Defense Ministerial, Secretary Hagseth announced the Department of Defense would be conducting a six-month review of U.S. force posture and basing in Europe. And I want to acknowledge what the chair said that he has in this bill for Europe and for NATO. But given the administration's actions, I'm very concerned that the decisions that are being made by the Department of Defense may further damage our relationship with our NATO allies. Putin must be thrilled at what he's seen. Putin's greatest..."
Testimony ALFORD, MARK
Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Bill
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"Just a few days ago, I was alerted by community leaders and stakeholders in Missouri to reports from well-sourced information at high levels that elements within the Army were developing a proposal to relocate basic combat training missions currently conducted at Fort Leonard Wood in my district and Fort Sill in Chairman Cole's district. This proposal was reportedly structured around a series of troop movements of up to 750 soldiers at a time. The concern is not a single move, but rather the..."
Testimony ALFORD, MARK
Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Bill
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"without ever presenting Congress with the full scope, the cost, or readiness implications of the plan, basically doing an in-round around us in this committee and Congress as a whole. and Congress as a whole. According to these reports, this effort could ultimately result in the consolidation of basic combat training missions away from installations that have trained generations of American soldiers and have received substantial taxpayer investments over many decades. I want to be clear,..."
Testimony ALFORD, MARK
Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Bill
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"And it would also reduce training capacity at a time when we should be strengthening, not shrinking, our ability to train the next generation of soldiers and respond to future natural national security challenges. And that's why I raised this issue with the committee and worked with the chairman and committee staff to make sure that language preventing the relocation of basic combat training missions was included in this"
Testimony UNKNOWN
Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Bill
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"His wife, however, was told that his injuries were not serious and that they were classified. In addition to that, Master Sergeant Nicole Amor, one of the six soldiers killed, would have survived her wounds had there been a doctor, a fixed station, or more than one ambulance at the post. The soldiers, according to witnesses, instead triaged themselves with makeshift bandages, The soldiers, according to witnesses, instead triaged themselves with makeshift"
Testimony JAMES A. CROWELL IV
Hearings to examine the nominations of James Andrew Crowell IV, and St...
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jun 23, 2026
"Senator, as a sitting trial judge, there are significant restrictions with respect to how I might opine on matters of public policy. What I can tell you is I first took my oath at age 19 as a young private at Fort Benning, I've repeated that oath as a soldier multiple times, as rank increased. I've repeated that oath as a federal prosecutor in my multiple tours with the Department"
Testimony SCOTT, RICK
Hearings to examine the nominations of Juan Segura, of Virginia, to be...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jun 18, 2026
"I know the administration, and I've talked to the President, I've talked to Secretary So can you talk about how you think about this and how we're going to get to free and fair elections and a complete change in the trajectory for Venezuelans? Thank you. Mr. Hanrahan, Russia's invasion of Ukraine has now lasted longer than World War I. I think this is one of the greatest political or foreign policy blunders of recent memory. Hundreds of thousands of Russian soldiers have been killed for minimal..."
Testimony SPEAKER_04
Hearings to examine China's toll on older Americans' health, finances,...
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Jun 17, 2026
"that could be leveraged by the IC, by law enforcement to utilize AI to go on an offensive basis go out and sort of bring down some of those systems overseas. Again, that's a policy debate for you all to have with the executive branch, but there are opportunities there. I'm going to jump ahead just because this is an area that's dear to my heart. Absolutely not, sir. And it's my opinion, and I think the commission has previously had recommendations on this, but investments into China, especially..."
Testimony CRAMER, KEVIN
Hearings to examine Army force modernization in review of the Defense ...
senate Armed Services Committee · Jun 16, 2026
"and Acting Commander of the Army's Transformation and Training Command, Lieutenant General Miles Brown, for being here. Thank you both for your service and for being with us today. The goal of Army modernization is pretty straightforward, to ensure American soldiers have the most capable, survivable, and lethal equipment possible to deter conflict and, if necessary, to win on the battlefield. The character of war is changing rapidly, as we all know. We're watching it in real time. Recent..."
Hearing “Rewriting American History: Examining the Smithsonian’s Efforts to Reshape the Past”
house Delivering on Government Efficiency Subcommittee · Jul 21, 2026 · Transcript
MIKE GONZALEZ "Biden won the election. Oh, absolutely, yes. I think it was Lincoln who said, no soldier, no foreign soldier can't take a drink from the Mississippi. That's not what the report is focused"
Hearing H.R. 8646 – Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2027; H.R. 7726 – Stop Child Care...
house Rules Committee · Jun 2, 2026 · Transcript
MCGOVERN, JAMES P. "It doesn't tell me anything, end quote. Well, I'll tell you that Donald Trump's MAGA foot soldiers think of this, what Donald Trump's MAGA foot soldiers think of this pause. Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the problems convicted"
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
COTTON, TOM "And I would invite everyone to join Senator Young in praying for the family and friends of that soldier and all the soldiers who have given their life in the defense of our freedom and"
Hearing Hearings to examine made in America, focusing on restoring trust in our medicines.
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Nov 19, 2025 · Transcript
ERIC EDWARDS "should ensure that they receive long-term sustainable funding as well to support companies like ourselves, but also others who are working to bring back this industrial base, as this is not something that flow can do alone. You need multiple flows. You need multiple companies working together and really helping them raise up their posture and have the support they need going back to that centralized authority would be a critical step in the right direction specifically. And in our case, it would help us baseload our facilities, support the 1.5 million active duty soldiers, secure a supply..."
Hearing Hearings to examine building a resilient health care future with biotechnology.
senate Health Care Subcommittee · Aug 4, 2026 · Transcript
KEVIN OUTTERSON "We depend on these amazing drugs in astonishing ways. Every hospital in your state, every soldier in the U.S. military, every mother who gets a C-section, even people my age who might be looking at knee replacement or something, all of us depend on these amazing drugs as a safety net to prevent the infection which could end 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
SARAH B. ROGERS "Russia's a little more chaotic. And a lot of Russian misinformation right now focuses on recruiting soldiers for its war as well, which China and Iran aren't focused on. China and Iran are doing a lot more anti-Semitism also. I commit to respect the professionalism and independence of international broadcasting,"
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
REED, JACK "Mr. Johnson, the Militarily Ending Act was enacted in 2006. I was very much involved. It's very personal to me. I had the privilege of commanding soldiers in the 82nd, and it was appalling, frankly, to see young 18-year-olds who were essentially hustled out of a lot of money by slick traders. So one of the things we did is we put a 36% interest cap for military personnel. And in our meeting in my office, you said CFPB does not have the authority to supervise lenders with"
Hearing H.R. 9772, H.R. 9771, H.R. 9721, and H.R. 9722
house Ways and Means Committee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript
NEAL, RICHARD E. "One hundred and fifty years of the best standing alliance perhaps on the earth, Canada. We have now succeeded driving them away from the space where they died with American soldiers, where they saw us and a common border that stretches for thousands of miles, to be an impeccable relationship, only to discover that that relationship is now severely"
Hearing Legislative Hearing on Protecting Communications Networks and Improving Connectivity
house Communications and Technology Subcommittee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript
LINDSAY GORMAN "The potential is extraordinary, from humanoid robots that can diffuse explosive devices on the battlefield to those that fold laundry at home. Just as with large language models, enormous quantities of real-world data will be required to train these world models, such as videos of janitors cleaning office buildings, soldiers conducting reconnaissance missions, factory workers assessing complex, assembling complex machinery, or basketball players shooting free throws. Once developed and deployed, these systems will collect data continuously on their environments to refine their"
Hearing Building a New Regional Security Architecture: The Next Phase of the Abraham Accords
house Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript
SCHNEIDER, BRADLEY SCOTT "I'll read the first paragraph. IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Yael Zamir on Wednesday issued sharp condemnation of settler violence calling attacks against Palestinian civilians and soldiers in the West Bank, quote, morally and ethically unacceptable, end quote, and a major strategic impediment. But, Ambassador, I think you make an important point. It's too broad to call it settler violence. The vast majority of settlers are not involved in these attacks, but the many people that are involved, and they're not all settlers, are a threat to Israel's security and the prospects for"
Hearing "Examining Customer Protections and Market Integrity in Sports Event Prediction Markets"
house Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee · Jul 21, 2026 · Transcript
SCOTT, AUSTIN "We saw it with the issue in Venezuela, and certainly, if members of Congress are engaged in that same activity, the consequences for them should be no less than they are for a soldier that is putting his life on the line. I want to go back to you, Mr. Mayor, because this gets to the question of the integrity of the"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nomination of Lieutenant General Douglas A. Schiess, USSF, to be general and Chief of Space Operations.
senate Armed Services Committee · Jul 16, 2026 · Transcript
LIEUTENANT GENERAL DOUGLAS SCHIESS "And as a taxpayer, I want to make sure that we're being as judicious in that as possible. I would say that the $71.1 billion that the president has asked for is exactly what we need in a couple areas in there. We talked about the threat earlier. I think that is the thing that is driving us to that. Holding our satellites at risk that then danger American soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines. Senator, I believe that's a possibility that it could start in space. But if not, definitely space would be at the very beginning of any conflict,"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Donald Blome, of Illinois, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Near Eastern Affairs), Christopher...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jul 16, 2026 · Transcript
DOUGLAS MASTRIANO "Of course, Slovakia is the number one per capita car producer in the world, and they rely upon exports for that largely to the United States, and this is causing a problem. So the point is, is we need Slovakia to get on board here to keep the pressure up on Russia. As a strategist and a professional soldier, it's incredible what Ukraine has done in turning the tide of the war, and we have a great opportunity here. Our friends in the Baltic region and in Eastern Europe are concerned any victory for Russia will result in their decline. So a success for us in Ukraine is a success for all the..."
Hearing Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Election Observation: Best Practices and Congress’s Role”
house Elections Subcommittee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript
SEWELL, TERRI A. "on-the-ground monitors. This ruling is part of a larger trend, as exhibited by the recent Calais decision of this court systemically dismantling the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The existence of my district was secured through the VRA. I'm proud every day to represent the historic cities of Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, and my hometown of Selma, Alabama, but these were hard-fought gains that were secured by those foot soldiers who marched across the bridge in order for all of us to have the efforts to pass the John Robert Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act to ensure that every eligible American's..."
Hearing A New Beginning for Colombia
house Western Hemisphere Subcommittee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript
THE HONORABLE F. WEILAND "Another is the carnage. 173 Colombian police officers and soldiers gave their lives last year trying to protect their country and ours. The new president-elect de la Espriella has rightfully called what Colombia is facing a pandemic of insecurity. He has said that, quote, Colombia and the United States, united by friendship and the principles we"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Jules Hurst III, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary (Comptroller), Richard O'Malley, of Wisconsin, to be a...
senate Armed Services Committee · Jul 14, 2026 · Transcript
REED, JACK "I had the privilege of serving with him in the House, and then later he joined us in the Senate. He was an articulate, relentless advocate for our soldiers, sailors, Marines, airmen, and guardians. Many reasons for that. One is he himself served as an Air Force"
Hearing U.S. Economic Security and Investment Abroad: Assessing Economic Security Zones
house Oversight and Intelligence Subcommittee · Jul 14, 2026 · Transcript
MR. PAUL SULLIVAN "For a military career, you would know that our bridges are drawn from the old World War II Bailey Bridge. This is a 21st century modern iteration. Our soldiers are trained to build a 51-meter Acro Bridge within 24 hours by hand. It's an extraordinary technology. All these components fit within 40-foot high cubes that are distributed all around the world and installed immediately. So the rapid mobilization, the high quality, all of those"
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
LEGER FERNANDEZ, TERESA "from other countries to come in and provide health care in our rural areas. Now, these are not soldiers. These are not"
Hearing Full Committee Hearing on The Growing Business of Sports: Reviewing Federal Tax Policy in the Multibillion-Dollar Industry
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 30, 2026 · Transcript
SMITH, JASON "roughly 95% of a $900 million arena, while the team's billionaire ownership put in just $50 million, all to keep a franchise that was itself poached from Seattle in 2008, when the city declined to pay up. The Chicago Bears, they are threatening to abandon Soldier Field and have floated crossing state lines into Indiana to pressure Illinois into a richer package. The Philadelphia 76ers spent two years playing Pennsylvania against a New Jersey offer to lure them to Camden, only to reverse course at the last minute. The Philadelphia Eagles are doing the same situation right now. And the numbers..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of James Andrew Crowell IV, and Stuart Gordon Nash, both of the District of Columbia, each to be an Associate...
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jun 23, 2026 · Transcript
JAMES A. CROWELL IV "Senator, as a sitting trial judge, there are significant restrictions with respect to how I might opine on matters of public policy. What I can tell you is I first took my oath at age 19 as a young private at Fort Benning, I've repeated that oath as a soldier multiple times, as rank increased. I've repeated that oath as a federal prosecutor in my multiple tours with the Department"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Juan Segura, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Western Hemisphere Affairs) and to be a...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jun 18, 2026 · Transcript
SCOTT, RICK "I know the administration, and I've talked to the President, I've talked to Secretary So can you talk about how you think about this and how we're going to get to free and fair elections and a complete change in the trajectory for Venezuelans? Thank you. Mr. Hanrahan, Russia's invasion of Ukraine has now lasted longer than World War I. I think this is one of the greatest political or foreign policy blunders of recent memory. Hundreds of thousands of Russian soldiers have been killed for minimal territorial gains, while Russia's state spending is on an unsustainable path. This year's Victory..."
Hearing Hearings to examine China's toll on older Americans' health, finances, and security.
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Jun 17, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_04 "that could be leveraged by the IC, by law enforcement to utilize AI to go on an offensive basis go out and sort of bring down some of those systems overseas. Again, that's a policy debate for you all to have with the executive branch, but there are opportunities there. I'm going to jump ahead just because this is an area that's dear to my heart. Absolutely not, sir. And it's my opinion, and I think the commission has previously had recommendations on this, but investments into China, especially with dual use technology, as we just saw from the recent listing by the Department of War, you're..."
Hearing Hearings to examine Army force modernization in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2027 and the Future Years Defense Program.
senate Airland Subcommittee · Jun 16, 2026 · Transcript
CRAMER, KEVIN "and Acting Commander of the Army's Transformation and Training Command, Lieutenant General Miles Brown, for being here. Thank you both for your service and for being with us today. The goal of Army modernization is pretty straightforward, to ensure American soldiers have the most capable, survivable, and lethal equipment possible to deter conflict and, if necessary, to win on the battlefield. The character of war is changing rapidly, as we all know. We're watching it in real time. Recent conflicts have demonstrated the growing importance of unmanned and resilient communications networks. At..."
CRS Report
Defense Primer: Arlington National Cemetery
InFocus · Jun 9, 2026
Arlington National Cemetery (ANC) is a military cemetery administered by the Office of Army Cemeteries. Located in Arlington County, Virginia, the cemetery was created in 1864 during the Civil War...
CRS Report
Confederate Symbols: Relation to Federal Lands and Programs
Reports · Jul 28, 2020
Congress is considering the relationship of Confederate symbols to federal lands and programs. A number of federal agencies administer assets or fund activities in which references to the Civil War...
CRS Report
The Army’s Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV)
InFocus · Apr 27, 2026
Background The Army Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) is the replacement for the M113 family of vehicles within the Armored Brigade Combat Team [ABCT], comprising approximately 30 percent of its...
CRS Report
The U.S. Army’s Mobile Brigade Combat Team (MBCT)
InFocus · Feb 9, 2026
The Mobile Brigade Combat Team (MBCT) The U.S. Army is developing a type of formation called the Mobile Brigade Combat Team (MBCT) to enhance the mobility, flexibility, and survivability of Infantry...
CRS Report
Defense Primer: U.S. Special Operations Forces
InFocus · Nov 19, 2025
Overview U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) are those active duty and reserve component forces of the military services designated by the Secretary of Defense, who is using “Secretary of War” as a...
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Conflict Surge in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: Issues for Congress
Legal Sidebar · Jan 28, 2025
A regional conflict and humanitarian emergency are escalating in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where the M23 rebel group has reportedly taken Goma (Figure 1), eastern DRC’s largest city...
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Lying in State or Honor in the U.S. Capitol by Non-Members of Congress
Posts · Jan 15, 2025
From January 7 to January 9, 2025, President James Earl “Jimmy” Carter Jr. lay in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. On December 30, 2024, House and Senate leaders issued a joint letter to announce...
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Human Trafficking and U.S. Foreign Policy: An Introduction
Resources · Nov 16, 2023
What is human trafficking? Human trafficking (also known as trafficking in persons) refers to the subjection of men, women, or children to exploitative conditions that may be tantamount to...
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U.S. Army’s Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense (MSHORAD) System—SGT Stout
InFocus · Apr 28, 2026
Background The Army is developing a new maneuver short-range air defense system (M-SHORAD) to perform short-range air defense (SHORAD). On June 14, 2024, the Army designated the M-SHORAD the “SGT...
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Army Security Force Assistance Brigades (SFABs)
InFocus · Jan 13, 2026
What Is Security Force Assistance (SFA)? Security Force Assistance (SFA) is defined as “unified action to generate, employ, and sustain local, host-nation, or regional security forces in support of a...
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Defense Primer: Department of the Army and Army Command Structure
InFocus · Dec 8, 2025
Overview Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution stipulates, “The Congress shall have power ... to raise and support Armies ... make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval...
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Russia’s War Against Ukraine: U.S. Policy and the Role of Congress
Resources · Dec 23, 2024
On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine, which Russia first invaded in 2014 and has partially occupied for more than a decade. Russia’s effort to change...
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Mali
Resources · Dec 17, 2024
Once seen as a rising democracy in Africa, Mali has become an epicenter of conflicts and instability since 2011. A military junta seized power in 2020, Mali’s second coup in nine years. Coups in...
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Hamas: Background, Current Status, and U.S. Policy
Resources · Oct 23, 2024
Hamas (or the Islamic Resistance Movement) is a Palestinian Sunni Islamist military and sociopolitical movement, and a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization (FTO). Hamas’s primary base of...