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Charles Boustany, president of the Association of Former Members of Congress (FMC), engaged in a panel discussion titled "50 Years After President Nixon’s Trip: The Meaning and Durability of the One China Policy" in April.
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On May 4, the U.S. Senate held a hearing with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to discuss the recently announced Department of Homeland Security Disinformation Governance Board.
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U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo testified before the Senate Commerce Committee April 27 about the president's 2023 Commerce budget.
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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) is calling on federal agencies to cut ties with McKinsey & Co., a New York City-based management consulting firm, in light of media reports that it was quietly working with opioid manufacturers while at the same under contract with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s drug approval agency.
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Miami, FL — U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) released a statement following reports that McKinsey & Company “repeatedly allowed employees who served pharmaceutical companies, including opioid makers, to also consult for the F.D.A., the drug industry’s primary government regulator.”
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Washington, D.C. — U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), and Chris Coons (D-DE) sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging him to prioritize renewing the Compacts of Free Association (COFA).
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The Senate unanimously passed legislation March 4 to give universities control over Confucius Institutes that host them over concerns the organization suppresses free speech on American college campuses.
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The brief argues that Congress did not give OSHA the authority to impose a vaccine mandate and urges SCOTUS to stay the mandate.
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In a show of bipartisan support for officially condemning forced labor in the Xinjiang region of China, the U. S Senate confirmed three nominees to diplomatic positions considered vital to enforcing the crackdown on the Chinese government.
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The U.S. Senate has confirmed former Associate Deputy Attorney General Matthew Axelrod as the next assistant secretary of commerce for Export Enforcement at the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), where he will oversee the federal officers who investigate illegal exports.
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President Joe Biden's nominee for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has drawn criticism for comments he has made about the U.S. Senate and the Electoral College.
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The Biden Administration’s vaccine mandate for private employers took a hit Dec. 8 when the Senate voted it should be overturned.
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The U.S. Senate has confirmed President Joe Biden’s nominee Erik Adrian Hooks as FEMA's deputy administrator.
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The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee is scheduled to meet Thursday, Dec. 2, to consider two U.S. Department of Labor nominees
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On Nov. 4 on the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, delivered remarks on the need to strengthen vetting procedures for Afghan evacuee arrivals into the United States
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U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, applauded a decision from President Biden to activate the Public Assistance Program in Wayne and Ionia counties so the municipalities can receive additional funding from grants to ensure that residents can recover from heavy rainfall and flooding across in late June.
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U.S. Senator Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) praised the U.S. House of Representatives passage of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that will bring around $6 billion to West Virginia for infrastructure investments over the next five years.
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The U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to examine the potential range of uses for civilian nuclear energy