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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving South Carolina Newsletter for Friday April 05, 2024 ( 6 items )  

Chairs Rodgers and Duncan Announce Hearing on Improving Spent Nuclear Fuel Management
WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Rep. Jeff Duncan, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Subcommittee Chair Jeff Duncan (R-SC) announced a hearing today titled "American Nuclear Energy Expansion: Spent Fuel Policy and Innovation." "Improving the management of spent nuclear fuel is important as we work to unleash American nuclear energy. A critical piece of this is making sure the  more

Chairs Rodgers and Duncan Question IEA on Shift Away from Energy Security Mission Towards a Liberal Climate Agenda
WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Rep. Jeff Duncan, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Subcommittee Chair Jeff Duncan (R-SC) sent letters to Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Fatih Birol regarding IEA's shift away from its core energy security mission towards radical climate policy advocacy.  more

Following Release of Additional Iran Sanctions Waivers, Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Scott Leads Republicans in Demanding Transparency From Biden Administration
WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: In response to the Biden administration's recent decision to release yet another Iran sanctions waiver, potentially worth billions of dollars, Ranking Member Tim Scott (R-S.C.) is continuing to lead efforts to hold the administration accountable and demand transparency for the American people on U.S. enabled payments to Iran, the   more

Graham and Britt Urge Senate Leadership to Schedule Classified Briefing on Terror Threats To U.S.
WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and Katie Britt (R-Alabama) today sent a letter to Majority Leader U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-New York) and Minority Leader U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) requesting a classified, all-member briefing on the increasing threats to the homeland from radical Islamic terror groups, including ISIS-K, an offshoot of ISIS that exists primarily in Afgh  more

House Committee Joins Senate Judiciary GOP In Investigating Rutgers Center That Promotes Terrorist Sympathizers, Anti-Semitism
WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce has joined the Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans in investigating Rutgers University and its Center for Security, Race and Rights (CSRR) due to its connections to anti-Semitic and pro-terrorism activity. House Education and Workforce has been probing anti-Semitism on college campuses across the   more

RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES: STEVE BENJAMIN JOINS CLYBURN PODCAST APRIL EPISODE
WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Rep. James E. Clyburn, D-South Carolina, issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: Today, U.S. Congressman James E. Clyburn (SC-06) released the newest edition of the Clyburn Chronicles podcast featuring Steve Benjamin, former mayor of Columbia, South Carolina, current Senior Advisor to the President, and Director of the Office of Public Engagement in the Biden Administration. Benjamin began by explaining the importance of the Office of Public Engagement, which  more