Friday Policy Wine Down - April 29, 2022
A snapshot of the past week in cyber, trade, and environmental policy news.
04/29/2022 | Silverado Policy Accelerator
Here’s what caught our eye this week:
KEY ADMINISTRATION ACTIONS
White House:
- FACT SHEET: White House Calls on Congress to Provide Additional Support for Ukraine
- FACT SHEET: President Biden’s Comprehensive Proposal to Hold Russian Oligarchs and Elites Accountable
- President Biden Announces Nominee for Ambassador to Ukraine
Office of the United States Trade Representative:
- Readout of Ambassador Katherine Tai’s Meeting with World Trade Organization Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
- USTR Releases 2022 Special 301 Report on Intellectual Property Protection and Enforcement
Department of Justice:
Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency:
Department of State:
CONGRESSIONAL ACTION
House Homeland Security Committee:
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee:
- Upcoming Hearing: Resources and Authorities Needed to Protect and Secure the Homeland
House Foreign Affairs Committee:
- Hearing: The State Department’s Foreign Policy Priorities and the FY23 Budget Request
- Hearing: Fostering American Competitiveness in Global Climate Action
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations:
House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology:
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:
- Senate Vote Marks Official Start to Conference on Competition and Innovation Legislation
- Cantwell, Raimondo Stress National Urgency to Pass USICA, Address U.S. Chips Crisis
- Hearing: Department of Commerce Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Priorities
SILVERADO NEWS
TRADE & INDUSTRIAL SECURITY: Upcoming: Silverado Executive Director Sarah Stewart speaks at event on Semiconductors, Supply Chains, and Industrial Policy
GEOPOLITICS: Silverado Co-Chair Dmitri Alperovitch comments in the Washington Post’s “Mystery fires at sensitive facilities compound Russia’s war challenge”
GEOPOLITICS: Silverado Co-Chair Dmitri Alperovitch comments in WAMU’s “How does Ukraine keep intercepting Russian military communications?”
GEOPOLITICS: Podcast: Silverado Co-Chair Dmitri Alperovitch speaks on the “Fight for Donbas: Analysis of the war in Ukraine”
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