SILVERADO NEWS

GENERAL: Silverado’s Co-Founders Maureen Hinman and Dmitri Alperovitch are named 2022 Tech Titans by Washingtonian Magazine

GEOPOLITICS: Silverado’s Co-Founder and Executive Chairman Dmitri Alperovitch hosts a new episode "Geopolitics Decanted," "Inside the West's Economic War Against Russia: Analysis of the war in Ukraine"

Here’s what caught our eye this week:

KEY ADMINISTRATION ACTIONS

White House: 

• Joint Statement Between the United States and the European Commission on European Energy Security
• Quad Joint Leaders’ Statement
• FACT SHEET: Quad Leaders’ Tokyo Summit 2022
• Statement on Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity
• FACT SHEET: In Asia, President Biden and a Dozen Indo-Pacific Partners Launch the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity
• FACT SHEET: U.S.-Japan Climate Partnership
• FACT SHEET: The U.S.-Japan Competitiveness and Resilience (CoRe Partnership)

Department of Commerce:

• U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai Host First Ministerial Meeting with Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity Partners
• Statement from Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo on the Launch of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework

Office of the United States Trade Representative:

• Remarks by Ambassador Katherine Tai During an On-the-Record Press Call on the Launch of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework

Department of Energy:

• DOE Announces $38 Million to Launch Decarbonization Initiative at National Laboratories

Department of State:

• Speech Delivered by Secretary Blinken: The Administration’s Approach to the People’s Republic of China

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission:

• SEC Proposes to Enhance Disclosures by Certain Investment Advisers and Investment Companies About ESG Investment Practices

CONGRESSIONAL ACTION

Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee:

• Peters, Romney, Burr & Hagerty Bipartisan Bill to Ensure Appropriate Use and Recycling of Federal Electric Vehicle Batteries Advances in Senate
• Peters, Portman, Stabenow Bipartisan Legislation to Strengthen U.S. Supply Chains & Economic Security Advances in the Senate
• Peters Releases New Report on Rise of Ransomware Attacks and How Cryptocurrencies Facilitate Cybercrimes

Senate Committee on Foreign Relations:

• Hearing: The JCPOA Negotiations and United States’ Policy on Iran Moving Forward
• Hearing: Ninth Summit of Americas

House Armed Services Committee:

• Upcoming Markup: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023