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Full committee hearing. FHWA’s FY 2025 Budget requests $62.8 billion, of which $800 million is to support the RAISE and Mega Programs under the Office of the Secretary of Transportation. When added to the $9.5 billion in advance appropriations contained in the IIJA, this will result in a total of $72.3 billion.
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“Climate change is not a tragedy, it’s a crime.” Could this increasingly common refrain among climate activists be more than just a slogan?
Years of reporting show that fossil fuel companies knew of their contributions to climate change and funded multimillion-dollar disinformation campaigns to block responses that would curb their dangerous conduct—conduct that is today causing massive harms and deaths across the country.
Could these acts constitute homicide or other criminal violations? Should Big Oil be prosecuted? Join legal experts, scientists, and former prosecutors for a panel discussion on this new theory of climate accountability, hosted by Public Citizen, Union of Concerned Scientists, and Fair and Just Prosecution, and moderated by Bill McKibben. UCS accountability campaign director Kathy Mulvey is among the participants.
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On Tuesday, June 4, 2024, at 2:00 p.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold an oversight hearing titled “Biden’s Border Crisis: Examining Efforts to Combat International Criminal Cartels & Stop Illegal Drug Trafficking Targeting Indian Country.”
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The purpose of the hearing is to examine the President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 budget request for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and related issues within the Science Committee’s jurisdiction. This hearing will be an opportunity for Members to discuss their priorities related to the agency’s mission.
The President’s FY25 budget request for NOAA is $6.56 billion, a $241 million increase from the FY24 appropriated amount.
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On Tuesday, June 4, 2024, at 10:30 a.m., in room 1334 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources will hold a legislative hearing on the following bills:
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The Department of Energy’s 2023 Critical Materials List, unlike the USGS CML, contains copper, electrical steel, fluorine, silicon, and silicon carbide. H.R. 8446 would ensure that the materials on the DOE list would also appear on the USGS CML.
By requiring DOI to consult with HHS, H.R. 6395 will ensure that medical uses of minerals such as uranium (used in the production of molybdenum-99 and technetium-99m), copper, gold, lithium, titanium, silver, and platinum, and the ramifications that any supply disruption could have on the healthcare economy are considered when evaluating CML designations.
H.R. 8450 would direct the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, to reevaluate potash, phosphate, and materials necessary for fertilizer for designation as critical minerals. This bill also requires DOI to publish a report to Congress explaining why these minerals do or do not meet the necessary CML requirements and to update the CML within 60 days should USGS find that any mineral meets the criteria.
On Tuesday, June 4, 2024, at 10:15 a.m., in Room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Subcommittee on Federal Lands will hold an oversight hearing titled “Examining the President’s FY 2025 Budget Request for the U.S. Forest Service.” The USFS’s FY 2025 budget requests $8.9 billion in discretionary funding (including roughly $2.4 billion for the Wildfire Suppression Operations Reserve Fund), which reflects a $658 million increase over FY 2024 enacted levels.
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On Tuesday, June 4, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. (ET) in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building, the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security will hold a hearing titled “Powering AI: Examining America’s Energy and Technology Future.” The hearing will examine the economic, energy, regulatory, and geopolitical considerations of electricity demand growth, including from increasing data center and artificial intelligence (AI) usage.
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