WASHINGTON, April 2 (TNSRep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R47060) on April 1, 2022, entitled "No Surprises Act's Independent Dispute Resolution Process and Related Litigation" by legislative attorney Peter G. Berris: * * * Overview of Federal Hate Crime Laws Incidents such as the fatal shootings at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina in 2015, the killing of a counter-protester at the 2017 "Unite the Right Rally" in  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on March 10, 2022, on the use of energy as a tool and a weapon: * * * We're here today to talk about energy, and how it can be used as a tool or a weapon. Vladimir Putin's unlawful invasion of Ukraine is the latest - and most extreme - example of his willingness to use European dependence on Russian energy exports as lever  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following opening statement at a March 17, 2022, confirmation hearing: * * * The Committee meets today to consider the pending nomination of Dr. Kathryn Huff to be the Assistant Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Energy. Dr. Huff has been with the Department of Energy since last May, serving as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy. In that ca  more