Explainer: What is the Uyghur Policy Act and who supports the bill?

by Lily Ogburn | Feb 28, 2024 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON – The Uyghur Policy Act is one of Congress’s newest efforts aimed at fighting China’s oppression of the Uyghur people. The bill has passed in the House of Representatives, and activists are urging the Senate to act quickly on the legislation.  What is the...

House Republicans advance bill to reverse Biden’s pause on liquefied natural gas approvals

by Clare Zhang | Feb 14, 2024 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON — The House Rules Committee on Tuesday advanced a bill to take away the Department of Energy’s authority over liquefied natural gas permits, effectively reversing the Biden administration’s pause on permit approvals that began last month. During the...

Lawmakers push State Department nominee to crack down on human rights abuse if appointed

by Lily Ogburn | Feb 8, 2024 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – Lawmakers in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee urged Dafna Hochman Rand, presidential nominee for Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, to crack down on accountability for human rights violations in both adversarial and...

Funding fallout: the consequences of not funding Ukraine

by Ellie Skelly | Feb 1, 2024 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — For weeks Republican lawmakers insisted that any funding for Ukraine must be met with a stricter border policy.  Now, with a supplemental security bill within reach, some Republicans are backing away from a deal following former president Donald Trump’s...

Pompeo and Panetta urge bipartisan action to deter China from collaborating with U.S. adversaries

by Lily Ogburn | Jan 30, 2024 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON – Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta warned lawmakers on Tuesday that China is increasingly collaborating with nations hostile to the United States and urged lawmakers to provide more support to help Taiwan...