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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 · 5 transcript matches
COLLINS, SUSAN M. "Secretary Hegseth, we will begin with your testimony. Please proceed. The witness will suspend until order is restored in the committee"
CRS Report
Supreme Court October Term 2017: A Review of Selected Major Rulings
Reports · Sep 19, 2018
On October 2, 2017, the Supreme Court began one of the most notable terms in recent memory. The latest term of the Court was the first full term for Justice Neil Gorsuch, who succeeded Justice...
Testimony WYDEN, RON
Hearings to examine the President's 2026 trade policy agenda.
senate Finance Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"I look forward to today's question and answer. Ambassador, we're glad you're here, as I've said, and please proceed. Thank you very much, Mr."
Testimony COLLINS, SUSAN M.
Hearings to examine a review of the President's supplemental funding r...
senate Appropriations Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"Secretary Hegseth, we will begin with your testimony. Please proceed. The witness will suspend until order is restored in the committee"
Testimony COLLINS, SUSAN M.
Hearings to examine a review of the President's supplemental funding r...
senate Appropriations Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"I know that individuals feel very passionately, but we must have order in the hearing room so that we can proceed. We're now going to move forward with our hearing and Secretary Hegseth, please proceed. Mr. Secretary, please suspend until the order is restored in the hearing"
Testimony COLLINS, SUSAN M.
Hearings to examine a review of the President's supplemental funding r...
senate Appropriations Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"We will begin the timing clock since you've been interrupted twice. Please proceed. We will have order in the hearing"
Testimony COLLINS, SUSAN M.
Hearings to examine a review of the President's supplemental funding r...
senate Appropriations Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"We will have order in the hearing room. Mr. Secretary, please proceed. I would ask that the Capitol Police, whose professionalism I admire, remove those who are seeking to disrupt the"
Testimony COLLINS, SUSAN M.
Hearings to examine a review of the President's supplemental funding r...
senate Appropriations Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"I would ask that the Capitol Police, whose professionalism I admire, remove those who are seeking to disrupt the hearing. Please proceed. Thank you, Mr."
Testimony GRASSLEY, CHUCK
Hearings to examine genes to machines, focusing on the patent eligibil...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"I apologize, I was told you didn't want to speak. Please proceed. Thank you, Senator"
Testimony GRASSLEY, CHUCK
Hearings to examine genes to machines, focusing on the patent eligibil...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"You've all responded in the positive, and so we'll start out with Mr. Iancu. Please"
Testimony TILLIS, THOMAS
Hearings to examine genes to machines, focusing on the patent eligibil...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"Yeah. But I don't want to, I'm not here, I am here, actually, ironically. And Mr. Lee, if it does relate to the para, if it moves in, if it somehow relates to para, please proceed. Yeah, I"
Testimony GRASSLEY, CHUCK
Hearings to examine the future of social security.
senate Finance Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"And Ms. Nancy Altman is President of Social Security Works, and Chair of the Strengthen Social Security Coalition. She currently serves as a member of the Social Security Advisory Board, and has 50 years background in the area of Social Security, Medicare, private pensions, and related programs. And we'll go from the way I introduced this, so you go, Mr. Abacus, go ahead, please proceed. Thank you very much. Now, Ms."
Testimony YOUNG, TODD
Hearings to examine how technological advances are driving transportat...
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Jun 9, 2026
"Ms. Lummis, you're now recognized. Please proceed. Well, thank you, Senator"
Testimony MERKLEY, JEFF
Hearings to examine Social Security, focusing on a discussion on the f...
senate Budget Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"Eight times you've blocked it. Please proceed. Don't issue accusations that are unfounded against your"
Testimony CAPITO, SHELLEY MOORE
Hearings to examine Water Resources Development Act of 2026, focusing ...
senate Environment and Public Works Committee · Feb 25, 2026
"The 56th Chief of Engineers and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. General Graham assumed these duties after serving as the Corps' Deputy Commanding General for Civil and Emergency Operations. As Commanding General, he is responsible for over 30,000 civilian employees and 800 military personnel in more than 110 countries. General Graham, welcome, and we thank you for being here. Please proceed with your opening statement. Thank you,"
Testimony MORAN, JERRY
Hearings to examine a review of broadband deployment funding at the De...
senate Appropriations Committee · Feb 10, 2026
"Senator, or Senator, Mr. Secretary, you are recognized for your statement. Please proceed. Secretary, thank"
Testimony MORAN, JERRY
Hearings to examine veteran health and healing through adaptive sports...
senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · Feb 4, 2026
"Mr. George, you are recognized. All of you will be recognized for your testimony. Thank you. Please proceed. We appreciate that, and Mr. George, you're the highlight of my day so"
Testimony ROUNDS, MIKE
Hearings to examine the Department's cyber force generation plan and t...
senate Armed Services Committee · Jan 28, 2026
"And General Messer, thank you, welcome, appreciate your service to our country. With your statement, please proceed. Thank you, General"
Hearing Hearings to examine genes to machines, focusing on the patent eligibility debate.
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 14, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
GRASSLEY, CHUCK "I apologize, I was told you didn't want to speak. Please proceed. Thank you, Senator"
Hearing Hearings to examine the President's 2026 trade policy agenda.
senate Finance Committee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript
WYDEN, RON "I look forward to today's question and answer. Ambassador, we're glad you're here, as I've said, and please proceed. Thank you very much, Mr."
Hearing Hearings to examine the future of social security.
senate Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy Subcommittee · Jun 24, 2026 · Transcript
GRASSLEY, CHUCK "And Ms. Nancy Altman is President of Social Security Works, and Chair of the Strengthen Social Security Coalition. She currently serves as a member of the Social Security Advisory Board, and has 50 years background in the area of Social Security, Medicare, private pensions, and related programs. And we'll go from the way I introduced this, so you go, Mr. Abacus, go ahead, please proceed. Thank you very much. Now, Ms."
Hearing Hearings to examine how technological advances are driving transportation innovation.
senate Surface Transportation, Maritime, Freight, and Ports · Jun 9, 2026 · Transcript
YOUNG, TODD "Ms. Lummis, you're now recognized. Please proceed. Well, thank you, Senator"
Hearing Hearings to examine Social Security, focusing on a discussion on the facts and the path forward.
senate Budget Committee · Mar 25, 2026 · Transcript
MERKLEY, JEFF "Eight times you've blocked it. Please proceed. Don't issue accusations that are unfounded against your"
Hearing Hearings to examine Water Resources Development Act of 2026, focusing on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects, programs, and priorities.
senate Environment and Public Works Committee · Feb 25, 2026 · Transcript
CAPITO, SHELLEY MOORE "The 56th Chief of Engineers and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. General Graham assumed these duties after serving as the Corps' Deputy Commanding General for Civil and Emergency Operations. As Commanding General, he is responsible for over 30,000 civilian employees and 800 military personnel in more than 110 countries. General Graham, welcome, and we thank you for being here. Please proceed with your opening statement. Thank you,"
Hearing Hearings to examine a review of broadband deployment funding at the Department of Commerce.
senate Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee · Feb 10, 2026 · Transcript
MORAN, JERRY "Senator, or Senator, Mr. Secretary, you are recognized for your statement. Please proceed. Secretary, thank"
Hearing Hearings to examine veteran health and healing through adaptive sports.
senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · Feb 4, 2026 · Transcript
MORAN, JERRY "Mr. George, you are recognized. All of you will be recognized for your testimony. Thank you. Please proceed. We appreciate that, and Mr. George, you're the highlight of my day so"
Hearing Hearings to examine the Department's cyber force generation plan and the associated implementation plan.
senate Cybersecurity Subcommittee · Jan 28, 2026 · Transcript
ROUNDS, MIKE "And General Messer, thank you, welcome, appreciate your service to our country. With your statement, please proceed. Thank you, General"
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_10 "I invite the next panel of witnesses to please come forward and take their seats. We will proceed immediately. So do I have a new one"
Hearing An oversight hearing to examine the Colorado river basin, including post-2026 operations negotiations.
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Jun 10, 2026 · Transcript
WYDEN, RON "And the point really is, Mr. Chairman, and I'll close with this. There certainly are instances where you need active management and you ought to think it through carefully. And so often, we've tried around here to proceed in that kind of way. I've been really pleased to work with Senator Budd on prescribed fire because I think that's a big part of the future. But when people hear that the roadless rule is being wiped out, they say nobody's going in there with a scalpel. They're going in there more with, you know, a cannon or"
Hearing Funding Lapses: Analyzing Shutdown Reform
house Appropriations Committee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_20 "A gentlelady from Florida, Ms. Frankles, recognized for her questions. Thank you, gentlelady. It's my understanding, Senator Lankford, that votes have been called in the Senate and you will need to go and please go at your discretion whenever you think is appropriate is perfectly appropriate. I'm going to proceed the following way. Mr. Diaz-Balart is next up for questions. I'm going to recognize him. I have to step out myself. So when he is done with his questions, he will come and take the chair. We'll continue as long as members want to continue. We'll be running the meeting, the vice"
Hearing Oversight of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
house National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions Subcommittee · Jul 21, 2026 · Transcript
DAVIDSON, WARREN "While BSA enforcement drives financial institutions to file copious amounts of defensive SARS, there serve no meaningful law enforcement purposes. The metrics have become how many do you file as a benchmark instead of whether they're effective. So what does all this reporting achieve? Only 1 percent of laundered proceeds are ever intercepted. And it comes with real costs. The BSA compliance reportedly costs $52 billion each year. That is why I was pleased to see FinCEN release its AML Program Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in April. While it is disappointing that the rulemaking does not..."
Hearing Budget Hearing – Department of Housing and Urban Development
house Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee · May 12, 2026 · Transcript
WOMACK, STEVE "time I would recognize you for five minutes I thank the Secretary for his opening comments. We will proceed now to the questions. I will recognize myself for five minutes and remind all of my colleagues that we will enforce the five-minute rule, so please get to your questions as soon as possible so as to allow time for a reasonable response. Secretary Turner, I know you've been busy this past year implementing both an internal and external transformation with a goal of, as you often say, getting HUD's fiscal house in order. This begins, of course, with your ongoing efforts to identify risks..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Stevan Pearce, of New Mexico, to be Director of the Bureau of Land Management, Kyle Haustveit, of North...
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Feb 25, 2026 · Transcript
LEE, MIKE "Thank you to Ranking Member Heinrich and his staff and the members of the committee. On behalf of the committee, I'm pleased to congratulate each of you on your nominations and look forward to working closely with each of you as we approach the moment where your nominations can move forward and proceed to the floor. I hope every senator on the committee will continue to work with me to encourage"
Hearing Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2027 for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
senate Environment and Public Works Committee · Jun 10, 2026 · Transcript
CAPITO, SHELLEY MOORE "2027 and the implementation of current programs through the end of the year. Again, thank you for being here. Before we move forward, I will administer the oath to receive your sworn testimony. So, if you would please stand and raise your right hand and answer the following question. Do you swear that the testimony that you are about to give this committee is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God? Thank you. Let the record show that the witness answered in the affirmative, so we will now proceed. Director Nesvick, you are recognized for your opening statement...."
Testimony SPEAKER_10
Hearings to examine the nominations of Bradford Pentony Wilson, of New...
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jun 17, 2026
"I invite the next panel of witnesses to please come forward and take their seats. We will proceed immediately. So do I have a new one"
Testimony WYDEN, RON
An oversight hearing to examine the Colorado river basin, including po...
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"And the point really is, Mr. Chairman, and I'll close with this. There certainly are instances where you need active management and you ought to think it through carefully. And so often, we've tried around here to proceed in that kind of way. I've been really pleased to work with Senator Budd on prescribed fire because I think that's a big part of the future. But when people hear that the roadless rule is being wiped out, they say nobody's going in there with a scalpel. They're going in there..."
Testimony SPEAKER_20
Funding Lapses: Analyzing Shutdown Reform
house Appropriations Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"A gentlelady from Florida, Ms. Frankles, recognized for her questions. Thank you, gentlelady. It's my understanding, Senator Lankford, that votes have been called in the Senate and you will need to go and please go at your discretion whenever you think is appropriate is perfectly appropriate. I'm going to proceed the following way. Mr. Diaz-Balart is next up for questions. I'm going to recognize him. I have to step out myself. So when he is done with his questions, he will come and take the..."
CRS Report
Words Taken Down: Calling Members to Order for Disorderly Language in the House
Reports · Aug 13, 2019
Rule XVII, clause 4, of the standing rules of the House of Representatives describes a parliamentary mechanism whereby a Member may call another Member to order for the use of disorderly language....
CRS Report
Supreme Court Appointment Process: President’s Selection of a Nominee
Report · Jan 14, 2026
The appointment of a Supreme Court Justice is an event of major significance in American politics. Each appointment is of consequence because of the enormous judicial power the Supreme Court...
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Can Aliens in Immigration Proceedings Be Detained Indefinitely? High Court Rules on Statutory, but not Constitutional Authority
Posts · Apr 3, 2018
Recently, the Supreme Court in Jennings v. Rodriguez interpreted provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) as authorizing the potentially indefinite detention of certain categories of...
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Senate Select Committee on Ethics: A Brief History of Its Evolution and Jurisdiction
Reports · Jan 21, 2025
The U.S. Constitution provides each House of Congress with the sole authority to establish rules and punish and expel Members. From 1789 to 1964, the Senate dealt individually with cases of...
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Immigration Detention: A Legal Overview
Reports · Sep 16, 2019
The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) authorizes—and in some cases requires—the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain non-U.S. nationals (aliens) arrested for immigration violations...
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Qui Tam: The False Claims Act and Related Federal Statutes
Reports · Apr 26, 2021
Qui tam statutes enlist the public to sue to recover civil penalties and forfeitures from those who have defrauded the government. Qui tam rewards those who sue in the government’s name (called...
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Secret Sessions of the House and Senate: Authority, Confidentiality, and Frequency
Reports · Dec 30, 2014
Secret, or closed, sessions of the House and Senate exclude the press and the public. They may be held for matters deemed to require confidentiality and secrecy—such as national security, sensitive...
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Casework in a Congressional Office
Reports · Apr 13, 2023
In a congressional office, the term casework refers to the response or services that Members of Congress provide to constituents who request assistance. Each year, thousands of constituents turn to...
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Contingent Election of the President and Vice President by Congress: Perspectives and Contemporary Analysis
Reports · Oct 6, 2020
The 12th Amendment to the Constitution requires that presidential and vice presidential candidates gain “a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed” in order to win election. With a total...
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The MF Global Bankruptcy, Missing Customer Funds, and Proposals for Reform
Reports · Aug 1, 2013
On October 31, 2011, MF Global, a large brokerage firm registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a broker-dealer and with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as a...
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Congress’s Authority to Influence and Control Executive Branch Agencies
Reports · Mar 30, 2023
The Constitution does not establish administrative agencies or explicitly prescribe the manner by which they may be created. Even so, the Supreme Court has generally recognized that Congress has...
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Judiciary Appropriations, FY2020
Reports · May 18, 2020
Funds for the judicial branch are included annually in the Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) appropriations bill. The bill provides funding for the U.S. Supreme Court; the U.S. Court...
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Congressional Participation in Litigation: Article III and Legislative Standing
Reports · Nov 8, 2019
Houses, committees, and Members of Congress periodically seek to initiate or participate in litigation for various purposes, such as advancing their legislative objectives, challenging alleged...
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The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA): A Legal Overview
Reports · Jun 27, 2024
Originally enacted in 1966, the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) establishes a three-part system that requires federal agencies to disclose a large swath of government information to the public....
Testimony DAVIDSON, WARREN
Oversight of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
house Financial Services Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"While BSA enforcement drives financial institutions to file copious amounts of defensive SARS, there serve no meaningful law enforcement purposes. The metrics have become how many do you file as a benchmark instead of whether they're effective. So what does all this reporting achieve? Only 1 percent of laundered proceeds are ever intercepted. And it comes with real costs. The BSA compliance reportedly costs $52 billion each year. That is why I was pleased to see FinCEN release its AML Program..."
Testimony WOMACK, STEVE
Budget Hearing – Department of Housing and Urban Development
house Appropriations Committee · May 12, 2026
"time I would recognize you for five minutes I thank the Secretary for his opening comments. We will proceed now to the questions. I will recognize myself for five minutes and remind all of my colleagues that we will enforce the five-minute rule, so please get to your questions as soon as possible so as to allow time for a reasonable response. Secretary Turner, I know you've been busy this past year implementing both an internal and external transformation with a goal of, as you often say,..."
Testimony LEE, MIKE
Hearings to examine the nominations of Stevan Pearce, of New Mexico, t...
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Feb 25, 2026
"Thank you to Ranking Member Heinrich and his staff and the members of the committee. On behalf of the committee, I'm pleased to congratulate each of you on your nominations and look forward to working closely with each of you as we approach the moment where your nominations can move forward and proceed to the floor. I hope every senator on the committee will continue to work with me to encourage"
Testimony CAPITO, SHELLEY MOORE
Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal...
senate Environment and Public Works Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"2027 and the implementation of current programs through the end of the year. Again, thank you for being here. Before we move forward, I will administer the oath to receive your sworn testimony. So, if you would please stand and raise your right hand and answer the following question. Do you swear that the testimony that you are about to give this committee is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God? Thank you. Let the record show that the witness answered in the..."