Testimonies

Congressional Hearings

• Awareness to Action: Combating Elder Abuse & Neglect
  U.S. Senate Aging Committee July 30, 2025 - Congressional Testimony of Executive Director Nelson Bunn
  
  
• Beyond the Smash and Grab: Criminal Networks and Organized Theft
  Senate Judiciary Committee July 15, 2025 - Congressional Testimony of Summer Stephan 
  
  

• The Fifth Anniversary of the Landmark First Step Act
  Senate Judiciary Committee January 17, 2024 - Congressional Testimony of J. Charles Smith III

• From Festive Cheer to Retail Fear: Addressing Organized Retail Crime
  House Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence Hearing Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023 - Congressional Testimony of Summer Stephan

• The Rise of Organized Retail Crime and the Threat to Public Safety
  House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance June 13, 2023 - Congressional Testimony of John J. Flynn

• An Epidemic within a Pandemic: Understanding Substance Use and Misuse in America
  House Committee on Energy & Commerce Hearing April 14, 2021 - Congressional Testimony of Mark Vargo

• Protecting Innocence in a Digital World
  Senate Committee on the Judiciary Hearing July 9, 2019 - Congressional Testimony of Duffie Stone

• Smartphone Encryption and Public Safety
  Committee on the Judiciary Hearing December 10, 2018 - Congressional Testimony of Cyrus R. Vance, Jr.

• VAWA Reauthorization
  Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing March 21, 2018 - Congressional Testimony of Tracy M. Prior

• Protecting Young Athletes from Sexual Abuse
  Senate Committee on the Judiciary Hearing March 28, 2017 - Congressional Testimony of Eric L. Olsen

• Deadly Synthetic Drugs: The Need to Stay Ahead of the Poison Peddlers
  Committee on the Judiciary Hearing June 7, 2016 - Congressional Testimony of Joseph D. Coronato

• The Encryption Tightrope: Balancing Americans’ Security and Privacy
  House Judiciary Committee Hearing March 1, 2016 - Congressional Testimony of Cyrus R. Vance, Jr.

• Geolocation Technology & Privacy, Virginia's Legislative Reaction to United States v. Jones
  House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Hearing March 2016 - Congressional Testimony of Michael R. Doucette

• Body Worn Camera
  Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing May 19, 2015 - Congressional Testimony of Peter A. Weir

• Encryption Technology and Potential U.S. Policy Responses
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Information Technology April 29, 2015 - Congressional Testimony of Daniel F. Conley

• Federal Asset Forfeiture Uses and Reforms
  Committee on the Judiciary Hearing February 11, 2015 - Congressional Testimony of Keith Henderson

• Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee Outreach
  Senate Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee Hearing May 16, 2008 - Remarks of Michael O. Freeman

Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Comments

• CJ Organizations Comments on the Inmate Financial Responsibility Program - March 13, 2023
  Federal Register

• NDAA Comments on Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirements - February 14, 2023
  Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (U.S. Department of Treasury)

• NDAA Comments on Prohibition on Inclusion of Adverse Information in Consumer Reporting in Cases of Human Trafficking - May 6, 2022
  Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection

• NDAA Comments on Amendments to Federal Rule of Evidence 702 (Forensic Sciences) - February 15, 2022
  Judicial Conference Advisory Committee

• NDAA Comments on NPRM Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirements - February 7, 2022
  U.S. Department of Treasury

• NDAA Comments on Financial Crimes Enforcement Network - May 5, 2021U.S. Department of Treasury