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• 2026-10-30 · BERA · Serial No. 119-31 - FY26 STATE DEPARTMENT POSTURE: BUREAU OF POLITICAL AFFAIRS

  ...what diplomacy and development in the 21st Century looks like. Clearly, the world is different today than it was in the 75 years post-World War II. But we did this in a bipartisan way. And what we did after World War II was quite remarkable creating peace and stability. What we did...

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• 2026-10-30 · CASTEN · Serial No. 119-65 - REVISITING THE TREASURY-FED ACCORD

  ...ave the conversation. I want to ask some questions, get a little bit nerdy here. There are all the dynamics of 1951 and coming out of World War II and deficit spending that hopefully we will not have again. Although for those of us who were here through COVID or 2008, we know that t...

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• 2026-10-30 · CONAWAY · Serial No. 119-54 - FASTER DECISIONS, STRONGER OUTCOMES: VA'S WORK TO STREAMLINE THE DISABILITY CLAIMS BACKLOG

  ...f I did not share their stories. Last July, a constitution of mine opened a case with her dad within my office. Her dad, Vincent, a Vietnam War veteran, was terminally ill and suffering from dementia. The constituent wanted to expedite her father's case at the VA due to his illness....

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• 2026-10-30 · FOSTER · Serial No. 119-58 - OVERSIGHT OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

  ...t climate, and then getting a summary that reflects their preferences. It seems like that gets us to a better place than just these endless wars we have about what is and is not material at the level of Congress. Okay. Let us see. One of the things I have also been worried about is t...

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• 2026-10-30 · LUTTRELL · Serial No. 119-54 - FASTER DECISIONS, STRONGER OUTCOMES: VA'S WORK TO STREAMLINE THE DISABILITY CLAIMS BACKLOG

  ...ey need in a, in a timely manner. Fair enough? Where do we stand with information flow between the Department of Defense and, Department of War (DOW), Department of Defense, however you want to say it. Department of Defense, the VA Information flow from one service into the VA, and...

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• 2026-10-30 · MEEKS · Serial No. 119-31 - FY26 STATE DEPARTMENT POSTURE: BUREAU OF POLITICAL AFFAIRS

  ...der Secretary, you have been set up to fail. This Administration is asking you to do much more with much less. It is like being sent into a war zone with a water gun. You are expected to promote human rights without a Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. You are expected to...

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• 2026-10-30 · MAST · Serial No. 119-31 - FY26 STATE DEPARTMENT POSTURE: BUREAU OF POLITICAL AFFAIRS

  ...be policy was delivered by one group, altered by another, and implemented by a third, often with no clear authority or accountability. Turf wars between regional and functional bureaus slowed everything down. The Under Secretary for Political Affairs is treated as first among equals....

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• 2026-10-30 · SHERMAN · Serial No. 119-32 - BUREAU OF COUNTERTERRORISM FY26 BUDGET POSTURE

  ...n a month. We've seen the Voice of America and the Agency for Global Media gutted by this administration. The effect of that is to seed the war for public opinion and hearts and minds to some of the worst extremist terrorist groups in the world. Now the 9/11 Commission, and I was he...

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• 2026-10-30 · VARGAS · Serial No. 119-65 - REVISITING THE TREASURY-FED ACCORD

  ...we are incredibly lucky to have the witnesses that we have before us today, and I very much look forward to hearing from you. During World War II, the Federal Reserve agreed to keep interest rates low to help finance the war. In the years following the war, inflation concerns at th...

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