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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.
Manchin Applauds Willow Project Reapproval
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, applauded the Administration’s decision to reapprove the Willow Project in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve.
ICYMI — Manchin: The Biden Admin panders to climate activists. I won't support their nominees.
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
The Houston Chronicle published an op-ed from Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
Manchin, Committee Convene to Examine the Nuclear Fuel Life Cycle
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to examine the nuclear fuel life cycle. During the hearing, Chairman Joe Manchin (D-WV) discussed the need to reduce the United States’ and our allies’ dependence on Russian nuclear fuel and the significant investments the U.S. is making in advanced nuclear reactors and other technologies that will help strengthen energy security and independence.
Manchin Responds to Podesta Comments on the Role of Chinese Companies in US Energy Expansion
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the below statement following comments made by White House senior adviser John Podesta that Chinese companies will be “big players” in growing domestic energy production using the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the Chips and Science Act.
ICYMI: Manchin Joins Bipartisan, Bicameral Coalition to Investigate Korean War Memorial Inaccuracies
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Ranking Member John Barrasso (R-WY), joined House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-AR) and Ranking Member Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), and House Committee on Armed Services Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL) and Senate Committee on Armed Services Ranking Member Roger Wicker (R-MS) in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Secretary Lloyd Austin, seeking answers regarding the hundreds of inaccuracies on the Korean War Memorial's recently-unveiled Wall of Remembrance.
Manchin Statement on Interior’s Unprecedented Delay on Five-Year Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing Plan
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement on the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) unprecedented delay in releasing a five-year leasing plan.