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Readout: Meeks Meets With Filipino Secretary of Foreign Affairs Theresa Lazaro
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release:
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READOUT: Meeks Meets with Filipino Secretary of Foreign Affairs Theresa Lazaro
September 22, 2026
New York City -- Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, met with Filipino Secretary of Foreign Affairs Theresa Lazaro on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly High Level Week.
The Ranking Member underscored strong bipartisan support for the U.S.-Philippines alliance in Congress and the United
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release:
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READOUT: Meeks Meets with Filipino Secretary of Foreign Affairs Theresa Lazaro
September 22, 2026
New York City -- Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, met with Filipino Secretary of Foreign Affairs Theresa Lazaro on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly High Level Week.
The Ranking Member underscored strong bipartisan support for the U.S.-Philippines alliance in Congress and the UnitedStates' commitment to the Mutual Defense Treaty with the Philippines in the South China Sea.
The leaders discussed impacts of the war in Iran, as well as the economic and trade relationship between the United States and the Philippines.
The Ranking Member thanked the Foreign Minister for the Philippines' effective chairmanship of ASEAN and its continued cooperation with U.S. allies and partners in the region.
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Original text here: https://democrats-foreignaffairs.house.gov/press-releases?ID=72286D03-8228-437D-868D-EAA9E71D07C6
Neal Statement on Trump's Latest Health Care Sabotage
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release:
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Neal Statement on Trump's Latest Health Care Sabotage
September 22, 2026
WASHINGTON, DC-- Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Trump Administration announced plans to strip hundreds of thousands of enrollees from the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace:
"Republicans have already created the worst health care crisis ever, but every decision by the Trump Administration
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release:
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Neal Statement on Trump's Latest Health Care Sabotage
September 22, 2026
WASHINGTON, DC-- Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Trump Administration announced plans to strip hundreds of thousands of enrollees from the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace:
"Republicans have already created the worst health care crisis ever, but every decision by the Trump Administrationis designed to keep making it worse. As if making coverage harder to access through skyrocketing premiums and more red tape wasn't painful enough, they're doubling down to take it away entirely.
"People don't stop getting sick when Republicans rip coverage from them. More people will avoid care for as long as possible, show up in emergency rooms, and go into medical debt. That's an outcome that only strains the system further and raises costs for everyone. It's clear that the president is perfectly comfortable with that, so long as those at the top can keep cashing in."
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Original text here: https://democrats-waysandmeans.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/neal-statement-trumps-latest-health-care-sabotage
House Science, Space & Technology Ranking Member Lofgren Urges Removal of Wielicki as Leader of Climate Research Office
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-California, ranking member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the following news release:
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September 22, 2026
Ranking Member Lofgren Urges Removal of Wielicki as Leader of Climate Research Office
(Washington, DC) - Yesterday, Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) sent a letter to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy's (OSTP) Director, Michael Kratsios, urging him to remove Dr. Matthew Wielicki from his position as leader of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). The USGCRP was established by
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-California, ranking member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the following news release:
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September 22, 2026
Ranking Member Lofgren Urges Removal of Wielicki as Leader of Climate Research Office
(Washington, DC) - Yesterday, Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) sent a letter to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy's (OSTP) Director, Michael Kratsios, urging him to remove Dr. Matthew Wielicki from his position as leader of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). The USGCRP was established bylaw in 1990 to develop and coordinate a comprehensive research program to address climate change. Dr. Wielicki is a climate science denier who has built a career around belittling scientists' calls to action on climate despite his own lack of training in the field.
"For the last 20 months, the Trump Administration has systematically attacked our nation's scientific enterprise, handing the keys to discovery and innovation to our greatest adversaries," Ranking Member Lofgren wrote in her letter. "Climate science has been one of its most relentless targets. But it now appears that erasing the Federal Government's support for climate science is not enough for this Administration, and that climate science is to be weaponized against the American people as well. Earlier this summer, press reports indicated that the White House had appointed Dr. Matthew Wielicki to lead the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). The Office of Science and Technology Policy's (OSTP) decision to select a leader of USGCRP who has demonstrated an aggressive unwillingness to collaborate with other scientists is unacceptable. In addition, the law governing the USGCRP requires that its members be permanent employees of certain federal agencies or departments, which Dr. Wielicki is not. Therefore, his appointment appears to violate the law. I urge you to remove Dr. Wielicki from his position and appoint a leader who has the technical expertise, scientific credibility, and legally required qualifications to do the job in a manner worthy of the Government of the United States."
Ms. Lofgren details the importance of the USGCRP's work and how the Trump administration's targeting of the Program, rooted in climate denialism, puts Americans in danger and is a massive waste of taxpayer dollars:
"Last April, carrying out changes proposed by now-Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought in Project 2025, the Trump Administration dismantled the USGCRP. Federal employees were removed from the program and sent back to their home agencies. Government contracts that would have supported the sixth NCA were abruptly canceled without any valid basis. Authors for the sixth NCA, who had been selected based on their scientific expertise and merit, were summarily dismissed. This sudden move laid years of effort and taxpayer dollars to waste. To be clear, USGCRP was not targeted because it was a failure, but rather because it was a success. The program achieved its congressional mandate and became a global leader in understanding the impacts of climate change for human society."
The letter can be found here (https://democrats-science.house.gov/imo/media/doc/SST%20RM%20Lofgren%20-%20Letter%20to%20Director%20Kratsios%20-%20US%20GCRP%20Leadership.pdf) and below.
Dear Director Kratsios,
For the last 20 months, the Trump Administration has systematically attacked our nation's scientific enterprise, handing the keys to discovery and innovation to our greatest adversaries. Climate science has been one of its most relentless targets. But it now appears that erasing the Federal Government's support for climate science is not enough for this Administration, and that climate science is to be weaponized against the American people as well. Earlier this summer, press reports indicated that the White House had appointed Dr. Matthew Wielicki to lead the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). The Office of Science and Technology Policy's (OSTP) decision to select a leader of USGCRP who has demonstrated an aggressive unwillingness to collaborate with other scientists is unacceptable. In addition, the law governing the USGCRP requires that its members be permanent employees of certain federal agencies or departments, which Dr. Wielicki is not. Therefore, his appointment appears to violate the law. I urge you to remove Dr. Wielicki from his position and appoint a leader who has the technical expertise, scientific credibility, and legally required qualifications to do the job in a manner worthy of the Government of the United States.
The need for a robust national climate program was well established even before Congress created the USGCRP. In 1988, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly identified climate change as an urgent issue and resolved to negotiate a framework to combat it. In 2025, nearly 40 years later, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine published a consensus study report that concluded, "[T]he evidence for current and future harm to human health and welfare created by human-caused greenhouse gases is beyond scientific dispute." In the decades between those warnings to policymakers, global greenhouse gas emissions increased by more than 40%. Also in that time, Congress enacted the Global Change Research Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-606) to establish the USGCRP.
Congress intended the USGCRP to "provide for the development and coordination of a comprehensive and integrated United States research program which will assist the Nation and the world to understand, assess, predict, and respond to human-induced and natural processes of global change." During its long history, the program accomplished just that. Over 35 years, the USGCRP conducted five analyses of the best available climate science and published these as authoritative National Climate Assessments (NCA). In the NCAs, USGCRP affirmed the general scientific consensus that climate change could lead to disastrous economic and social consequences. For instance, in the most recent Fifth NCA, scientists wrote, "Even if greenhouse gas emissions fall substantially, the impacts of climate change will continue to intensify over the next decade...and all U.S. regions are already experiencing increasingly harmful impacts."
Sadly, but not surprisingly, the rigorous and high-quality climate science overseen by the USGCRP made it a target of the Trump Administration. Last April, carrying out changes proposed by now-Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Russell Vought in Project 2025, the Trump Administration dismantled the USGCRP. Federal employees were removed from the program and sent back to their home agencies. Government contracts that would have supported the sixth NCA were abruptly canceled without any valid basis. Authors for the sixth NCA, who had been selected based on their scientific expertise and merit, were summarily dismissed. This sudden move laid years of effort and taxpayer dollars to waste.
To be clear, USGCRP was not targeted because it was a failure, but rather because it was a success. The program achieved its congressional mandate and became a global leader in understanding the impacts of climate change for human society. By contrast, the Trump Administration shutting down the USGCRP puts American lives and livelihoods at risk. The alarming conclusions within the NCAs and other consensus studies are not conjecture; the evidence is all around us. Between 1980 and March 2026, the U.S. sustained 431 billion-dollar disasters, with a total cost exceeding $3.1 trillion dollars. Hindering communication between scientists and policymakers has put U.S. communities on a back foot as they wrestle with how to confront the climate-related problems they now encounter daily: failed infrastructure, losses in jobs, family homes and histories destroyed by intense fires, floods, storms, and more.
Unsatisfied with the mere destruction of the USGCRP, it appears the Administration now has further designs to twist the program into a distorted mirror image of itself. Press reports in July indicated that the White House sought to revive and weaponize the USGCRP by appointing Dr. Wielicki to lead the program. Dr. Wielicki is both scientifically and legally unqualified for the job. He has built his post-academic career around belittling scientists' calls to action on climate as "irrational" fears. He has made this assertion in spite of his own lack of training in climate science, which is perhaps why he has no legitimate history of scholarly debates on the matter via any platform except social media. Dr. Wielicki has used his X account to broadcast his view that climate change is an imaginary problem. As host of his podcast, Dr. Wielicki disparaged young people, scientists, scientific data, and government agencies alike, all while purposefully misunderstanding basic tenets of the scientific process. He has made uninformed arguments such as, "There is just no evidence for anything like a tipping point, particularly at 420 ppm of CO2, which is incredibly low over the last 550 million years. This is just completely unscientific garbage." He has defended the ostensible benefits of climate change with nonsensical arguments about the risks of a new ice age. He is fundamentally unserious as a climate researcher. Yet you ask the public to believe that you are merely elevating alternative scientific viewpoints. The scientific authors of the climate reports named above have argued that there is, in fact, an avalanche of evidence behind decades-long discussions around the possible effects of carbon dioxide levels. I can only surmise that, by appointing Dr. Wielicki, your plan is to promote the Trump Administration's politically preferred narrative by summarily removing scientific expertise from the USGCRP while benefitting from its hard-earned reputation when you slap its name on whatever product it churns out.
In addition to his scientific shortcomings, Dr. Wielicki is legally ineligible to lead the USGCRP. 15 U.S.C. Sec. 2932 establishes a committee that implements the USGCRP. The statute states that members of the committee shall be high ranking officials from each of the 14 specified federal agencies and departments, and be chaired by a member who "shall be a representative of an agency that contributes substantially, in terms of scientific research capability and budget, to the [USGCRP]." It adds that the committee shall receive support from an executive secretary, who "...shall be a permanent employee of one of the agencies or departments represented on the committee, and shall remain in the employ of such agency or department." Public records indicate that you have appointed Dr. Wielicki as the "Director" of the USGCRP, but he is ineligible to lead or support the program because he was not a federal employee at the time of his appointment and does not appear to be currently employed by a member agency or department. Congress wrote this statute to ensure that scientific expertise would always guide the work of the USGCRP. You must follow the law.
Since June 2025, OSTP has promoted so-called "Gold Standard Science" as "the highest standards of scientific integrity." It has claimed that Gold Standard Science will enable Federal decision-makers to use "the most credible, reliable, and impartial scientific evidence available." A reasonable person would conclude that the consensus reports named above, each of which incorporated technical expertise from hundreds if not thousands of scientists, were well aligned with the tenets of OSTP's Gold Standard Science. But this example of real Gold Standard Science was inconvenient for the Trump Administration and its anti-climate science agenda. Instead, OSTP has selected a fringe ideologue without the proper background, expertise, and legal qualifications to lead America's premier climate science program. It is wrong, it is offensive, and it makes a mockery of what Congress intended when it created the USGCRP more than 35 years ago.
I intend to monitor the activities of the USGCRP closely in the months to come. In order to facilitate the Science Committee's oversight of the USGCRP, please provide answers to the following questions related to Dr. Wielicki's appointment no later than 5:00 PM on Tuesday, October 13th, 2026:
1. Under what authority is Dr. Matthew Wielicki serving in relation to the USGCRP?
a. By what process was Dr. Wielicki appointed?
b. Please provide copies of the following:
i. Documentation of the Chair's selection;
ii. Documentation of Committee discussions and approval of Dr. Wielicki's appointment; and
iii. A copy of Dr. Wielicki's current SF-50 Notification of Personnel Action.
2. What role did OSTP play in the appointment of Dr. Wielicki to the USGCRP?
3. What role, if any, did the White House, independent of OSTP, play in the appointment of Dr. Wielicki to the USGCRP?
4. What role, if any, did OMB and/or its Director, Russell Vought, play in the appointment of Dr. Wielicki to the USGCRP?
In addition, please respond to the following questions about the general operating status of the USGCRP by the date requested above:
5. In July 2025, USGCRP's website, globalclimate.gov, was taken down and remains unavailable.
a. Please provide a list of current USGCRP Committee members and documentation of USGCRP Committee meetings held since May 1st, 2026.
b. What is the current staff level of the USGCRP office, including civil servants, political appointees, contractors, and agency detailees?
6. Does USGCRP intend to publish the sixth NCA?
a. If yes, what process does USGCRP and any involved external parties intend to follow to draft, review, and disseminate the report? Please provide detailed guidance as it is available.
b. If yes, what criteria and process will USGCRP and any involved external parties use to determine whether specific pieces of data, studies, and other forms of scientific or technical evidence qualify as meeting the conditions of "Gold Standard Science"?
c. If yes, when does USGCRP intend to issue the final version of its report?
7. Who made the decision to dismiss the hundreds of authors for the sixth NCA in 2025? Did OSTP participate in that decision?
8. Who directed NASA to issue stop-work orders and/or terminate the contracts relating to the management of the USGCRP? Did OSTP participate in that decision?
9. Did Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) representatives have any involvement in the stop-work orders or termination of the USGCRP support contracts or the dismissal of the authors of the sixth NCA?
Pursuant to Rule X of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology "shall review and study on a continuing basis laws, programs, and Government activities relating to nonmilitary research and development." The Committee possesses jurisdiction over environmental research and development. If you have any questions regarding this letter, please contact Josh Schneider with the Committee's Minority staff at (202) 225-6375. Thank you for your attention to this important matter.
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Original text here: https://democrats-science.house.gov/news/press-releases/ranking-member-lofgren-urges-removal-of-wielicki-as-leader-of-climate-research-office
GPO: New Mexico Supreme Court Law Library Named the Best in the Nation
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Government Publishing Office issued the following news release:
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New Mexico Supreme Court Law Library Named the Best in the Nation
WASHINGTON -The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) has named the New Mexico Supreme Court Law Library in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the 2026 Federal Depository Library of the Year. The library was selected for its exceptional commitment to providing free public access to Government information, preserving its collection, and serving communities throughout New Mexico.
"The New Mexico Supreme Court Law Library demonstrates the
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Government Publishing Office issued the following news release:
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New Mexico Supreme Court Law Library Named the Best in the Nation
WASHINGTON -The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) has named the New Mexico Supreme Court Law Library in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the 2026 Federal Depository Library of the Year. The library was selected for its exceptional commitment to providing free public access to Government information, preserving its collection, and serving communities throughout New Mexico.
"The New Mexico Supreme Court Law Library demonstrates thevital role Federal Depository Libraries play in connecting people with Government information," said GPO Director Hugh Nathanial Halpern. "Its commitment to preserving both print and digital resources helps ensure that people can access the information they need, regardless of their access to technology. GPO is proud to recognize the library and its dedicated staff for their outstanding service."
"The Supreme Court Law Library preserves, promotes and provides access to public records and legal information, and has carried out that mission since it was established as New Mexico's Territorial Library in 1851," said New Mexico State Law Librarian and Depository Coordinator Stephanie Wilson. "The library responds to all requests from people who walk in, call, mail and email for help with legal research, court forms, document delivery and other information. We greatly appreciate the recognition of the library's work by the U.S. Government Publishing Office."
The New Mexico Supreme Court Law Library has served the Judiciary, Government, legal community, and public throughout New Mexico for more than 175 years. The library places a particular emphasis on preserving print Government information because some communities it serves have limited access to technology. It maintains key legal resources, including the Code of Federal Regulations, United States Code, and United States Reports, and rarely weeds its collection to support long-term access and preservation.
The library recently completed an item-level inventory of more than 11,900 items in its Federal Depository Library collection and is adding depository resources to its online catalog to make them more discoverable.
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About GPO
GPO is the Federal Government's resource for publishing trusted information for the Federal Government to the American people. The GPO is responsible for producing and distributing information products and services for all three branches of the Federal Government, including U.S. passports for the Department of State and the official publications of Congress, the White House, and other Federal agencies in digital and print formats. GPO provides permanent public access to Federal Government information at no charge through www.GovInfo.gov and partnerships with approximately 1,100 libraries nationwide participating in the Federal Depository Library Program. For more information, please visit www.gpo.gov.
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Original text here: https://www.gpo.gov/who-we-are/news-media/news-and-press-releases/new-mexico-supreme-court-law-library-named-the-best-in-the-nation
E&C Democratic Leaders Demand Answers From Energy Secretary Wright After He Lied to Committee About Grant Cancellations
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (TNSida) -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release:
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E&C Democratic Leaders Demand Answers from Energy Secretary Wright After He Lied to Committee About Grant Cancellations
September 22, 2026
Court Filings Reveal DOE's Political Motives in Grant Cancellations, Contradicting Wright's Testimony to the Committee in April
E&C Democrats call it "a calculated effort to mislead the Committee and the American people about DOE's willingness to carry out President Trump's partisan revenge"
WASHINGTON,
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (TNSida) -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release:
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E&C Democratic Leaders Demand Answers from Energy Secretary Wright After He Lied to Committee About Grant Cancellations
September 22, 2026
Court Filings Reveal DOE's Political Motives in Grant Cancellations, Contradicting Wright's Testimony to the Committee in April
E&C Democrats call it "a calculated effort to mislead the Committee and the American people about DOE's willingness to carry out President Trump's partisan revenge"
WASHINGTON,D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Democratic leaders are demanding answers from Secretary of Energy Chris Wright after the Department of Energy (DOE) admitted it has been targeting grant cancellations toward states that did not vote for Donald Trump in the 2024 election. DOE's admission in federal court reveals that Secretary Wright lied to the Committee at an April hearing, during which he falsely testified that politics played no role in grant cancellations and that DOE was not using grant decisions to punish Americans who did not vote for President Trump.
The letter was sent by Full Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Energy Subcommittee Ranking Member Kathy Castor (D-FL), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY).
"In letters, hearings, and questions for the record, we have asked you and DOE employees to explain and justify DOE cancelling grants to states that did not support Donald Trump in the 2024 election. In response, you and DOE employees repeatedly stated that politics played no role in the cancellation of grants and claimed that the suspension or termination of grants was based on a rigorous internal process," the three Committee leaders wrote to Secretary Wright. "But now DOE representatives have said the exact opposite in court, finally admitting that DOE grants were terminated purely for partisan reasons."
In April, Secretary Wright testified to the Committee that, under his leadership, DOE had not cancelled any grants based on how a state voted in 2024 election. However, just one month later, DOE admitted that a "primary reason" for the cancellation of certain grants was "whether the grantee was located in a 'Blue State.'" DOE then went even further in another case, stipulating that the termination of certain DOE grants "was based solely on the political identity of the grant recipient's state."
These admissions directly contradict representations made by DOE to the Committee on at least three occasions: April correspondence from DOE to the Committee; April testimony from Secretary Wright before the Committee; and July DOE responses to Questions for the Record.
"Each instance is concerning on its own," Pallone, Castor, and Clarke wrote. "Taken together, they show a calculated effort to mislead the Committee and the American people about your agency's willingness to carry out President Trump's partisan revenge, harming businesses, and driving up energy prices in the process."
In directly addressing Wright's misleading testimony, they continued:
"Your testimony before the Committee was false. You claimed that DOE's decisions regarding grants did not involve politics. But your decision to terminate grants on the basis of their connection to Blue States unambiguously involved politics and the decision to make those terminations was--in the words of multiple DOE employees--a DOE decision, regardless of any request or recommendation from OMB."
The three Democratic Committee leaders are demanding detailed answers and documents pertaining to the DOE's coordinated efforts to deceive Congress, in addition to a briefing to address the agency's false representations and inappropriate politicization of federal funding.
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INFODOC: https://democrats-energycommerce.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-energycommerce.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2026.09.22.doe_.letter-re-sec-wright-false-testimony.oi_.eng_.pdf
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Original text here: https://democrats-energycommerce.house.gov/media/press-releases/ec-democratic-leaders-demand-answers-energy-secretary-wright-after-he-lied
Ahead of Xi Visit, Warren Presses Trump to Confirm Nvidia CEO Will Not Be at the Negotiating Table
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (TNSida) -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release:
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September 22, 2026
Ahead of Xi Visit, Warren Presses Trump to Confirm Nvidia CEO Will Not Be at the Negotiating Table
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, wrote to President Donald Trump, requesting confirmation that NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang will not be at the negotiating table with Xi Jinping, President of the
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (TNSida) -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release:
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September 22, 2026
Ahead of Xi Visit, Warren Presses Trump to Confirm Nvidia CEO Will Not Be at the Negotiating Table
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, wrote to President Donald Trump, requesting confirmation that NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang will not be at the negotiating table with Xi Jinping, President of thePeople's Republic of China, arrives in the United States for a state visit later this week. Leaders in the AI industry are now acknowledging that their technologies could threaten the safety and security of the American people and others around the world, but their suggestions on what to do about it are transparently self-serving. Last week, Mr. Huang stated in an interview, "We don't need any new laws. We don't need new regulations."
Warren's request comes in light of President Trump's decisions to prioritize the interests of the AI industry over those of the American people. In recent days, Trump has dismissed the apparent risks of AI as a "hoax," rejecting calls for commonsense safety guardrails and decrying them as a "sick conspiracy." The Trump administration has also greenlit the export of chips to China, empowering the country's efforts to develop advanced AI and simultaneously jeopardizing America's national security.
"I write with significant concern about the risk that you will double down on your dangerous approach to artificial intelligence (AI) in your upcoming talks with Xi Jinping, the President of the People's Republic of China," wrote Ranking Member Warren. "I ask you to confirm that NVIDIA billionaire CEO Jensen Huang will not be at the negotiating table when you meet with President Xi next week and, instead, to use your upcoming talks to insist that China impose restrictions to prevent the most dangerous uses of advanced AI."
The Ranking Member's letter underscores the need to prevent Mr. Huang from influencing AI safety regulations, especially in negotiations with China's President Xi.
"Experts in your own Administration and officials across the political spectrum have rung the alarm about the danger your lax approach to export controls poses to the American people," continued the Ranking Member. "But you seem to have brushed them aside after Mr. Huang and NVIDIA made a concerted effort to curry favor with you - donating $1 million to your inauguration, contributing to your gold-encrusted ballroom, and attending a $1 million-per-plate dinner at Mar-a-Lago."
"The American people deserve to hear Mr. Huang answer hard questions - from both sides - about the role he has played in undermining our national security. He has refused to testify in public and under oath, but we will call him before Congress next year," Ranking Member Warren concluded.
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INFODOC: https://www.banking.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/20260922lettertotrumprexivisit.pdf
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Original text here: https://www.banking.senate.gov/newsroom/minority/ahead-of-xi-visit-warren-presses-trump-to-confirm-nvidia-ceo-will-not-be-at-the-negotiating-table
