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Bills expected on the Floor of the House this week:HR 4250: PRESS Act – SUPPORTProtect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying ActUnder this law, federal entities would not be able to compel journalists to disclose protected information except in very limited circumstances.Call Your Representative: ask them to vote YES on HR 4250Bipartisan sponsors hereHR 3058: Recruiting Families Using Data Act of 2023 – SUPPORTThis bill requires state child welfare services to implement a "family partnership plan" which would improve foster care placement stability, increase rates of kinship placements (placement of children with family members), and align the composition of foster and adoptive families with the needs of children in or entering foster care.Call Your Representative: ask them to vote YES on HR 803Bipartisan sponsors hereBUDGETWe expect a bipartisan budget deal to come up this week or next.While this deal will not include funding for things like the war in Ukraine, passing it would help avert a partial government shutdown.Call Your Representative: ask them to SUPPORT a bipartisan budget dealSenate Hearings Scheduled:BudgetHearings to examine closing corporate loopholes that reward offshoring jobs and profits.Tune in at 10am ET, Wednesday, January 17, 2024 (or watch after!)Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsHearings to examine addressing long COVID, focusing on advancing research and improving patient care.Tune in at 10am ET, Thursday, January 18, 2024 (or watch after!)Banking, Housing, and Urban AffairsAn oversight hearing on A.I. and the future of journalism.Hearings to examine national security challenges, focusing on outpacing China in emerging technology.Tune in at 10am ET, Thursday, January 18, 2024 (or watch after!)Environment and Public WorksBusiness meeting to consider:S.1863, (PROVE IT Act of 2023) to require the Secretary of Energy to conduct a study and submit a report on the greenhouse gas emissions intensity of certain products produced in the United States and in certain foreign countries.S.2781, (Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act of 2023) to promote remediation of abandoned hardrock mines.Tune in at 10:30am ET, Thursday, January 18, 2024 (or watch after!)
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