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The National Security Institute regularly engages with Congress, supporting members and their staffs, as well as executive branch officials, on critical national security topics ranging from technology and innovation policy issues to a diverse spectrum of global security challenges.
NSI and our robust network of experts provide actionable policy recommendations and insightful nonpartisan policy analysis to various government stakeholders in a variety of ways. Learn more about us below.
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Our Experts & Staff
NSI has a bipartisan group of over 250 experts who bring decades of experience from public service, including from a wide range of counterterrorism, defense, and intelligence agencies, as well as those who have held senior positions across Congress, private industry, and the technology community. NSI’s experts are available and excited to share their insights with the policymaking community.
See our full list of experts here.
Featured Experts
If you are interested in learning more about our Congressional engagement or connecting with one of our experts, please reach out to our team:
Alex Tokie, Program Associate atokie@gmu.edu
Kelly Crowley, Senior Policy Coordinator kcrowle@gmu.edu
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Recent Congressional Testimony
January 30, 2024
Leon Panetta
House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party: Authoritarian Alignment: The CCP’s Support for America’s Adversaries
January 30, 2024
Thomas P. Freddo
House Financial Services Committee’s Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Fiscal Institutions – Better Investment Barriers: Strengthening CCP Sanctions and Exploring Alternatives to Bureaucratic Regimes
January 18, 2024
Jamil Jaffer
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs – National Security Challenges: Outpacing China in Emerging Technology
January 17, 2024
Diane Rinaldo
House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Communication and Technology: Leveraging American Communication Leadership with Open Radio Access Networks
November 29, 2023
Jamil Jaffer
U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability: Safeguarding the Federal Software Supply Chain
October 24, 2023
Megan Brown
U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation – Communications, Media and Broadband Subcommittee: Protecting Americans from Robocalls
See all previous Congressional testimony from NSI experts here.