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News from May 2022


Secretary Blinken’s Call with Omani Foreign Minister Al-Busaidi

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke yesterday with Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi.


Secretary Blinken’s Call with Jordanian Foreign Minister Safadi

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi yesterday


Delivery of Humanitarian Assistance in Tigray

The United States welcomes the arrival today of a truck convoy carrying over 1,700 metric tons of life-saving humanitarian assistance in Tigray.


Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Call with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Mori

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman spoke today with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Mori Takeo


Opening Remarks by Secretary Antony J. Blinken Before the House Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs

Thank you very much, Chairwoman Lee. It’s great to see you. Ranking Member Rogers, Ranking Member Granger, thank you for being here today as well. It’s very good to be with you, and I’m really grateful for this opportunity to speak to you about the administration’s proposed budget for the State Department.


On the Occasion of the Panchen Lama’s 33rd Birthday

Today marks the 33rd birthday of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama, who remains missing since PRC authorities abducted him as a six-year-old child on May 17, 1995.


Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Busby and Deputy Assistant Secretary Waters’ Roundtable with Hong Kong Activists

Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Scott Busby and Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Rick Waters hosted a roundtable with five Hong Kong activists and experts today to underscore U.S.


Pallone Opening Remarks at DOE Budget Hearing with Secretary Granholm

Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Energy Subcommittee hearing titled, “The Fiscal Year 2023 DOE Budget:”


Leader Rodgers Says Biden is Acting Like an Authoritarian Dictator to Control Speech

House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) responded to the Biden Administration’s effort to establish a ‘Disinformation Governance Board’ at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and urged Democrats to abandon their censorship mission.


Rodgers & Upton Call on DOE Secretary Granholm to Secure America’s Nuclear Energy

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine exposes the risks of weakening American energy security.


Energy And Natural Resources Committee Advances Manchin And Barrasso’s Historic Outdoor Recreation Bill

Bipartisan America’s Outdoor Recreation Act would strengthen our nation’s growing outdoor recreation economy while providing economic boosts to local communities


NNSA announces exercise of terms for Sandia National Laboratories management and operating contract

The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration announced today it has exercised Option Terms 1 through 5 of National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia’s management and operating contract for Sandia National Laboratories.


LM Grows Solar Power Use to 136 Active Systems

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) has been using renewable solar energy to manage and maintain some of its sites as long as the office has existed.


FERC Assesses Civil Penalty for Hydro License Violation

FERC today ordered Ampersand Cranberry Lake Hydro, LLC to pay a $600,000 civil penalty for violating its hydroelectric license by failing to retain possession of all property for the Cranberry Lake Project located in St. Lawrence County, New York, covered by the license.


Pallone Opening Remarks at DOE Budget Hearing with Secretary Granholm

Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Energy Subcommittee hearing titled, “The Fiscal Year 2023 DOE Budget:”


Rodgers, Banks, & Wenstrup Lead QALY Ban to Affirm Every Person’s Life has Value

RSC Chairman Jim Banks said: “Republicans belong to the party of life.


Guthrie: “I Am Increasingly Concerned that HHS Has Lost its Way Since President Biden Took Office.”

Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) delivered remarks at today’s Health Subcommittee hearing with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra on HHS’s Fiscal Year 2023 budget.



EPA Issues Emergency Fuel Waiver for E15 Sales

As part of President Biden’s commitment to providing Americans relief from market supply issues created by Putin’s unprovoked war in Ukraine, today the U.S.


EPA Announces Winners of its Annual Campus RainWorks Challenge

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the winners of its tenth annual Campus RainWorks Challenge, a national competition that engages college students in the design of on-campus green infrastructure solutions to address stormwater pollution.