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Supreme Court Rules That There Is No Constitutional Right to Having an Alien Spouse Admitted to the United States
Posts · Nov 5, 2024
On June 21, 2024, the Supreme Court in Department of State v. Muñoz rejected a U.S. citizen’s legal challenge to the denial of her alien husband’s application for a visa to enter the United States....
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Congressional Oversight of the State Department: Review of Selected Organizational Reform Efforts
Reports · Dec 20, 2021
Over the past several decades, Members of Congress, former and current senior State Department officials, academics and think-tank analysts, and other stakeholders have proposed numerous initiatives...
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Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: FY2024 Budget and Appropriations
Reports · Jul 16, 2024
Each year, Congress considers 12 distinct appropriations measures to fund federal programs and activities. One of these is the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPS)...
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Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: FY2023 Budget and Appropriations
Reports · Jan 23, 2023
Each year, Congress considers 12 distinct appropriations measures to fund federal programs and activities. One of these is the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPS)...
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Termination of the State Department’s Global Engagement Center
Posts · Dec 26, 2024
The legislative authority for the Department of State’s Global Engagement Center (GEC), which carries out activities to counter foreign disinformation and propaganda and coordinates related...
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U.S. Passport Services: Background and Issues for Congress
InFocus · Jan 20, 2026
Background The U.S. Department of State (DOS) defines a passport as “an internationally recognized travel document that verifies the identity and nationality of the bearer.” Congress has authorized...
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Georgia: Background and U.S. Policy
Reports · Sep 4, 2024
Georgia has been one of the United States’ closest partners among the post-Soviet states that gained their independence after the Soviet Union’s dissolution in 1991. Building on a history of...
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State Department Country Reports on Terrorism: 2001–2021
Resources · Jul 21, 2023
Overview By April 30 of each year, 22 U.S.C §2656f requires the Secretary of State to provide Congress an annual country report on terrorism. The report must contain “detailed assessments with...
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The Law of Foreign Missions and Media in U.S.-China Relations
Posts · May 20, 2021
The United States and People’s Republic of China (PRC or China) compete in a variety of legal regimes, ranging from multilateral trade bodies, to human rights law, to international maritime law in...
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Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate
Resources · Sep 7, 2023
Establishment In November 2020, then President-elect Joe Biden announced that he would appoint former Secretary of State John F. Kerry to serve in a new Cabinet-level position of Special Presidential...
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Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPS) Supplemental Funding for Ukraine: In Brief
Reports · Apr 26, 2024
In 2022, the Biden Administration submitted to Congress four emergency supplemental funding requests to address the crisis caused by Russia’s renewed invasion of Ukraine. Congress, in turn, passed...
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Department of Homeland Security Appropriations: FY2024 State of Play
Report · May 15, 2024
FY2024 marks the 21st annual appropriations cycle with a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appropriations measure. In six of the first seven years of its existence, the annual appropriations...
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Outer Limits of the U.S. Extended Continental Shelf: Background and Issues for Congress
Reports · Feb 7, 2024
Areas of the ocean within U.S. jurisdiction encompass diverse marine ecosystems and contain natural resources of economic value and national security interest. The 1982 United Nations Convention on...
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.275, to improve the provision of care and services under the Veterans Community Care Program of the Department of...
senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · Jul 30, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness Luis C.deBaca
United States Department of State · 1 hearing
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Haiti: Recent Developments and U.S. Policy
Reports · Feb 1, 2024
Haiti, located on the island of Hispaniola bordering the Dominican Republic, remains mired in interrelated political, security, and humanitarian crises. Haiti lacks an elected president and...
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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...
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.860, to modify the information about countries exporting methamphetamine that is included in the annual...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Mar 27, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Business meeting to consider the nominations of Caleb Orr, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary (Economic and Business Affairs), Kenneth Howery,...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · May 15, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Business meeting to consider the nominations of Anjani Sinha, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore, Jeffrey Bartos, of...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jul 16, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Hearings to examine S.214, to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the rate of the special pension payable to Medal of Honor...
senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · May 21, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Hearings to examine S.124, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for disciplinary procedures for supervisors and managers at the...
senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · Mar 11, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Hearings to examine S.749, to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend increased dependency and indemnity compensation paid to surviving...
senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · Apr 29, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing Business meeting to consider the nomination of Reed Rubinstein, of Maryland, to be Legal Adviser of the Department of State; to be immediately...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Apr 3, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Business meeting to consider the nominations of Warren Stephens, of Arkansas, to be Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Apr 9, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.342, to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize an individual who is awarded the Purple Heart for service...
senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · Mar 18, 2026 · Request transcript
Witness Bette Brand
United States Department of Agriculture · 1 hearing
Witness Xochitl Torres Small
United States Department of Agriculture · 1 hearing
Witness Sean Duffy
United States Department of Transportation · 3 hearings
Witness Brooke Rollins
United States Department of Agriculture · 2 hearings
Witness Robert Destro
U.S. State Department · 1 hearing
Witness Mr. John Cassara
United States Department of Treasury (Retired) · 2 hearings
Witness The Honorable Bryan Bedford
Federal Aviation Administration, United States Department of Transportation · 1 hearing
Witness The Honorable Pamela Bondi
United States Department of Justice · 1 hearing
Witness The Honorable Brandon Williams
United States Department of Energy · 1 hearing
Hearing Examining Policies to Counter China
house Financial Services Committee · Feb 25, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Mr. John Cassara, United States Department of Treasury (Retired)
Hearing "USDA's Rural Development: Delivering Vital Programs and Services to Rural America"
house Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee · Sep 18, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Bette Brand, United States Department of Agriculture
Hearing “How Leftist Nonprofit Networks Exploit Federal Tax Dollars to Advance a Radical Agenda”
house Oversight Subcommittee · Jul 15, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Luis C.deBaca, United States Department of State
Hearing "Oversight of the Department of Transportation's Policies and Programs and Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request"
house Transportation and Infrastructure Committee · Jul 16, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Sean Duffy, United States Department of Transportation
Hearing Oversight Hearing – Review of U.S. Department of Agriculture Programs
house Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee · Apr 9, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Brooke Rollins, United States Department of Agriculture
Hearing Budget Hearing – Department of Transportation
house Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee · May 21, 2026 · Request transcript
Witness: Sean Duffy, United States Department of Transportation
Hearing Converging Criminal Enterprises: Chinese Money Laundering Networks and Cartel Financing in the U.S. Financial System
house Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee · Jun 9, 2026 · Request transcript
Witness: Mr. John Cassara, United States Department of Treasury (Retired)
Hearing Budget Hearing – U.S. Department of Transportation
house Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee · May 14, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Sean Duffy, United States Department of Transportation
Hearing FY27 Budget Request for Nuclear Forces and Atomic Energy Defense Activities
house Strategic Forces Subcommittee · Apr 22, 2026 · Request transcript
Witness: The Honorable Brandon Williams, United States Department of Energy
Hearing Spread Freedom, Not Woke Values: An American Agenda for Democracy and Human Rights
house Western Hemisphere Subcommittee · May 8, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Robert Destro, U.S. State Department
Hearing "The State of American Aviation"
house Aviation Subcommittee · Dec 16, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: The Honorable Bryan Bedford, Federal Aviation Administration, United States Department of Transportation
Hearing "For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from The Honorable Brooke L. Rollins, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture"
house Agriculture Committee · Jun 11, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Brooke Rollins, United States Department of Agriculture
Hearing “Oversight of the Department of Justice”
house Judiciary Committee · Feb 11, 2026 · Request transcript
Witness: The Honorable Pamela Bondi, United States Department of Justice
Committee State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development Subcommittee
senate Standing
Committee National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Subcommittee
house Appropriations Committee