Here’s what caught our eye this week:

KEY ADMINISTRATION ACTIONS

White House:

• Joint Readout of Quad Leaders Call
• Fact Sheet: The United States Continues to Impose Costs on Russia and Belarus for Putin’s War of Choice
• Remarks by President Biden in State of Union Address

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative:

• USTR Releases Fiscal Year 2022-2026 Strategic Plan
• USTR Releases 2022 President’s Trade Policy Agenda and 2021 Annual Report

Department of Commerce:

• Commerce Imposes Sweeping Export Restrictions on Belarus for Enabling Russia’s Further Invasion of Ukraine

Department of Homeland Security:

• Secretary Mayorkas Designates Ukraine for Temporary Protected Status for 18 Months
• Joint Statement of Intent Between the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Israel National Cyber Directorate

Department of Treasury:

• Treasury Sanctions Russians Bankrolling Putin and Russia-Backed Influence Actors
• Remarks by Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen at the Climate Transition: Federal Policy and State and Local Government Best Practices Roundtable

Department of Justice:

• Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Announces Launch of Task Force KleptoCapture

Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency:

• CISA and FBI Publish Advisory to Protect Organizations From Destructive Malware Used in Ukraine

Department of Energy:

• DOE Announces Pledges from 90+ Organizations to Slash Emissions by 50% Within Decade

Department of State:

• Targeting Russian Elites, Disinformation Outlets, and Defense Enterprises
• Joint Statement on Arctic Council Cooperation Following Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
• The Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a UN Cybercrime Convention
• U.S. Actions to Address Plastic Pollution
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report

CONGRESSIONAL ACTION

House Energy and Commerce Committee

• E&C Announces Energy Hearing On Deploying Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Nationwide

House Science, Space, and Technology Committee

• Chairwomen Johnson And Sherrill Call For Action After IPCC Report Release

House Select Committee on Intelligence

• Upcoming Hearing: World Wide Threats

House Foreign Affairs Committee:

• House Overwhelmingly Passes Chair Meeks, Rep. Spartz Ukraine Resolution
• Briefing: Developing an Indo-Pacific Economic Framework

Senate Foreign Relations Committee:

• Joint Statement from Senators Menendez, Sullivan, Whitehouse on the UN Environment Assembly’s establishment of committee to tackle global plastic pollution
• Risch on Ukraine: Time is short, we must act now

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

• Senate Passes Peters and Portman Landmark Legislative Package to Strengthen Public and Private Sector Cybersecurity

Senate Finance Committee

• Wyden Introduces “No Most Favored Nation Trading with Russia Act” In Response to Putin’s Unprovoked Invasion of Ukraine

INTERNATIONAL ACTION

World Trade Organization

• DDG Ellard discusses WTO reform, challenges facing global trade

United Nations

• Historic day in the campaign to beat plastics pollution: Nations Commit to develop a legally binding agreement
• IPCC adaptation report ‘a damning indictment of failed global leadership on climate’

SILVERADO NEWS

• STATECRAFT: MSNBC: Putin’s choice: ‘crank up repression’ or ‘get toppled’ by a ‘palace coup,’ says Dmitri Alperovitch