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:

• FACT SHEET: Administration Legislative Proposals in Support of Kleptocracy Asset Recovery

Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency:

• CISA, FBI, NSA, and International Partners Warn Organizations of Top Routinely Exploited Cyber Vulnerabilities

Department of State:

• Secretary Blinken and Secretary Austin’s Travel to Ukraine

CONGRESSIONAL ACTION

House Homeland Security Committee:

• Hearing: A Review of the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Request for the Department of Homeland Security

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: 

• Chairman Menendez Introduces Economic Statecraft for the Twenty-First Century Act

House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology:

• Hearing: Now or Never: The Urgent Need for Ambitious Climate Action

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”