Washington U.S. senator pushes funding for clean energy
By Laurie A. Luebbert | Jun 2, 2023
As the country struggles to find a balance between spending and creating more debt, national politicians are contending with arguments over how much funding to allot for a variety of services.
King asks hearing witnesses if continuing resolution would 'be a problem' for Space Force ambitions
By Laurie A. Luebbert | Jun 1, 2023
As the U.S. Department of Defense continues jockeying for funding for the next fiscal year, one of the hot-button topics involves how a continuing resolution would affect not just the U.S. Space Force (USSF), but U.S. defense in general.
McCaul: 'The malign actions of the Chinese Communist Party pose a clear and present danger'
By Laurie A. Luebbert | May 25, 2023
The U.S. seeks to take an active role in protecting Taiwan specifically and the Indo-Pacific generally and one approach is through the AUKUS pact, a trilateral agreement between Australia, the United Kingdom and the U.S.
Murray: 'We need to make sure that we invest in America across the board'
By Laurie A. Luebbert | May 17, 2023
A free and open Indo-Pacific region is a central objective of U.S. foreign policy, which is reflected in President Joe Biden’s Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) budget which calls for major expenditures in the region.
CSIS panelists discuss China's views on how it would withstand economic sanctions
By Laurie A. Luebbert | May 16, 2023
China's evaluation of the effects economic sanctions have had on Russia and its own strategies should it be the target of broad-based sanctions was discussed recently by experts on the subject.
Sanders: Americans 'are sick and tired of paying outrageously high prices' for prescription drugs
By Laurie A. Luebbert | May 15, 2023
When it comes to the cost of prescription drugs in America, almost everyone agrees that prices are high. What they don’t agree on is why, and a three-hour congressional hearing did little to definitively answer that question.
Johnson: Renewables 'can and should be part of our energy mix, but not the only part'
By Laurie A. Luebbert | Apr 27, 2023
When it comes to green energy, politicians across the spectrum agree renewables have some good qualities, but the point of contention seems to be how much of a push the government should be making to move in that direction.
Porter on opioid crisis: 'This is a five-alarm fire, but the fire has been burning for years'
By Laurie A. Luebbert | Apr 27, 2023
Most Americans recognize fentanyl as a driving force behind the increasing number of opioid deaths in this country, but no one has yet come up with a viable way to stop this attack on public health.
China Aid Association president at hearing on China: 'This is the darkest, the worst time, for human rights in China since the revolution'
By Laurie A. Luebbert | Apr 25, 2023
The list of political prisoners in China is long, but one of the more notable cases involves Gao Zhisheng, which was the focus of a congressional hearing Thursday.
Miller-Meeks at Washington, D.C., hearing: 'We expect better of the VA medical care system'
By Laurie A. Luebbert | Apr 21, 2023
While the Veterans Affairs' medical system has some shining success stories across the nation, congressional representatives have heard about serious shortcomings that raise a warning flag.
Young: 'No silver bullet' answer exists in combatting China's economic coercion
By Laurie A. Luebbert | Mar 28, 2023
When it comes to China’s use of economic coercion to influence global affairs, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) recommends a two-pronged approach of resilience and relief to counter it. As a corollary, the CSIS suggests avoiding retaliation.
Congress opens hearings on depletion of SPR, 'an extremely valuable asset'
By Laurie A. Luebbert | Mar 10, 2023
After gasoline prices started soaring last year, President Joe Biden called for the release of millions of barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) as a way to ease Americans’ pain at the pump.
China's theft of U.S. intellectual property poses 'existential threat' to America
By Laurie A. Luebbert | Mar 9, 2023
Congress is making inroads into the mammoth task of trying to determine how much of a threat Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) theft of intellectual property is and what the nation can do to mitigate the problem.
Dawson: Nguyen sentenced for 'operating one of the largest marriage fraud conspiracies in U.S. history'
By Laurie A. Luebbert | Nov 6, 2022
An investigation by Homeland Security Investigations Houston resulted in a 10 year prison sentence for the leader of one of the largest marriage fraud conspiracies in American history.
Kildee: 'Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is delivering for mid-Michigan by improving our water infrastructure'
By Laurie A. Luebbert | Oct 30, 2022
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is allocating $212 million for Michigan to help the state make critical infrastructure improvements that will help deliver safe drinking water in communities.
Magnus: Agencies will cooperate to 'create a more fair, orderly and safe process' for migrants
By Laurie A. Luebbert | Oct 30, 2022
The collapse of authoritarian regimes in countries such as Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela spurred an increase of migrants trying to enter the United States at the southern border last month.
Regan: HFC-reduction proposal is 'reinforcing U.S. leadership in the global fight against climate change'
By Laurie A. Luebbert | Oct 29, 2022
As part of President Joe Biden’s commitment to fight climate change, the Environmental Protection Agency recently announced the next step in an effort to reduce how many hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) are released across the nation.
Maloney: 'It would be an understatement to describe Kraft’s conduct as grotesque'
By Laurie A. Luebbert | Oct 29, 2022
A Michigan man was sentenced to more than 15 years for distributing child pornography just months after someone from the public phoned in a tip.
Jaddou: 'USCIS is listening to the public it serves' with updates to disability exceptions form
By Laurie A. Luebbert | Oct 28, 2022
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency recently revealed updates to its disability exceptions form.
Sheehan: Environmental assessment to 'prevent damage to equipment and existing mine infrastructure' at Lila Canyon Mine
By Laurie A. Luebbert | Oct 28, 2022
Emery County Coal Resources Inc. will be working on new approaches to put out the Lila Canyon Mine underground fire near Price, Utah, to help stave off prospective energy outages that the first might cause.
