Valadao Remarks at Budget Hearing on John C. Stennis Center for Public Service, Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, and Congressional Office for International Leadership

The Subcommittee will come to order. The subject of today’s hearing is the Fiscal Year 2026 request for the Stennis Center for Public Service, the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, and the Congressional Office for International Leadership. I’d like to thank Ranking Member Espaillat, Committee Members, and our agency Executive Directors for being here this morning.

While our smaller agencies do not traditionally testify every budget cycle, we wanted to invite you back to provide an introduction to the work you and your teams do for the new Members of our subcommittee. The Stennis Center for Public Service, while being the oldest of the three agencies here today, continues to submit a flat funding request for $430 thousand for Fiscal Year 2026.

The Office of Congressional Workplace Rights requests $8.6 million, an increase of nearly 5.5 percent. Finally, the Congressional Office for International Leadership’s FY 2026 request is $7.2 million, a 20 percent increase. I look forward to your testimony and I now yield to the Ranking Member, Mr. Espaillat for his opening remarks.