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Sessions: Uncovering Mistakes in COVID-19 Pandemic Programs to Protect Taxpayer Funds in the Future
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) opened today’s subcommittee hearing on “Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Go Viral: Inspectors General on Curing the Disease” by emphasizing the Oversight Committee’s work to root out waste, fraud, and abuse within federal pandemic relief programs.
What They’re Saying: Support for Bill to Protect Speech from Government Censorship
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
To protect Americans’ First Amendment right to free speech from government censorship, Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) has introduced the Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act (H.R. 140) with cosponsors Chairs Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash).
Wenstrup: Knowing the Origin of COVID-19 is Fundamental to Helping Predict and Prevent Future Pandemics
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) opened today’s hearing on “Investigating the Origins of COVID-19” by emphasizing how knowing the origin of the virus is essential to helping predict and prevent future pandemics, protecting health and national security, and preparing the United States for the future.
Grothman: Force Multipliers Critical to Disrupting Criminal Organizations & Protecting Our Border
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs Chairman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) opened today’s subcommittee hearing by stressing the critical role force multipliers like canines and enhanced technology play in assisting U.S. Customs and Border Protection in stopping criminal activity at the U.S. southern border. Subcommittee Chairman Grothman highlighted how CBP seized enough fentanyl in FY 2022 to kill over three billion people and emphasized the importance of leveraging force multiplier technology to prevent deadly drugs from coming across the border. He concluded his remarks by thanking the witnesses for appearing before the subcommittee to provide testimony about technologies and resources utilized to make our nation safe at the border, ports of entry, and between ports of entry.
Comer: We Must Protect Americans from Censorship
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) delivered remarks on the House floor in support of his bill, Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act (H.R. 140).
Comer Applauds Senate Passage of Resolution Blocking D.C. Council’s Pro-Criminal Law
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) applauded bipartisan Senate passage of a joint resolution (H. J. Res. 26) blocking the D.C. Council’s Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022, which would lower penalties for a number of violent criminal offenses, from going into effect.
Mace Delivers Opening Statement Written by ChatGPT at AI Hearing
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation Chairwoman Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) opened today’s subcommittee hearing by noting the importance of embracing practical applications of artificial intelligence while balancing the impacts AI may have on society.
Fallon: Depleting the SPR and Biden Admin’s Attack on American Energy Poses National Security Risks
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Pat Fallon (R-Texas) opened today’s subcommittee hearing to examine how the Biden Administration’s decision to deplete the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to historic lows and attack on American-Made energy poses national security risks.
COVID Origins Hearing Wrap Up: Facts, Science, Evidence Point to a Wuhan Lab Leak
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic held a hearing on “Investigating the Origins of COVID-19” to gather facts about the origination of the virus that has claimed nearly seven million lives globally.
Investment and Deployment of Force Multipliers Disrupts Transnational Criminal Organizations and Keeps Americans Safe
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
The Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs held a hearing today titled “Force Multipliers: Examining the Need for Additional Resources to Disrupt Transnational Crime at the Border and Beyond.
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By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is calling on White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients to answer whether White House staff suppressed the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) from issuing a public statement regarding President Biden’s mishandling of classified information.
Hearing Wrap Up: President Biden Damaged America’s Oil Security by Depleting the SPR
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs held a hearing titled “Burning the Midnight Oil: Why Depleting the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is Not a Solution to America’s Energy Problem, Part 1.
Comer Demands Transcribed Interview with Treasury Department Official
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today is blasting the Department of Treasury for refusing to provide an official to testify at this week’s hearing on “The Biden Family Investigation
Comer & Sessions Open Probe into Department of Defense After Failing GAO Audit for Fifth Time
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) are probing the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) for its failure to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse after the department failed its fifth consecutive audit in November.
Senator Murray on President Biden’s Proposed Investments to Tackle the Child Care Crisis: “Huge for Families”
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement on President Biden’s plan to tackle the child care crisis in his fiscal year 2024 budget request.
Senator Murray Statement on the President’s Budget Request
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement on the President’s fiscal year 2024 budget request
Senators Murray and Collins Respond to President’s Budget: Full Steam Ahead on Appropriations Process
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Susan Collins (R-ME), Chair and Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee respectively, issued the following statement in response to the release of the President’s fiscal year 2024 budget proposal:
Barrasso: We Must Reestablish the United States as the Global Leader in Nuclear Energy
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), delivered opening remarks at a full committee hearing to examine the nuclear fuel cycle.
Senate & House Committee Leaders Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Ban Russian Uranium Imports
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Jim Risch (R-ID), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Chris Coons (D-DE), and Roger Marshall (R-KS) introduced bipartisan legislation to ban imports of Russian uranium.
Manchin Announces $1.27M Contract Award to Plug Abandoned Gas Well at New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced that a $1.27 million contract has been awarded to a Morgantown, West Virginia-based contractor to plug one abandoned gas well at New River Gorge National Park and Preserve—America’s newest national park—and two abandoned oil and gas wells at Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Peninsula, Ohio.