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Partisan divide on drug shortages unresolved after hearing - Roll Call

The debate over how to address drug shortages threatens the reauthorization of a key pandemic preparedness law expiring Sept. 30.

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GOP readies fight against new fuel economy standards - Roll Call

Congressional Republicans say the Transportation Department’s proposed mileage standards will add to the cost of buying a car.

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House committee questions legality of Fauci, NIH appointments - Roll Call

The allegations mark an escalation in GOP attacks on Anthony Fauci, former head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

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House to Hold FCC Oversight Hearing on June 21

FCC chair and commissioners will testify before the Communications and Technology Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee

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Once cushioned from lawmaker scrutiny, hospitals see a shift - Roll Call

The shift follows the COVID-19 pandemic, when Congress poured $178 billion into helping hospitals offset financial losses and care for more patients.

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House Tees Up New FCC Auction Authority Bill

Latest stopgap measure is among a host of bills to help close the digital divide

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Gigi Sohn To Head Municipal Broadband Advocacy Group

Former FCC nominee joins American Association for Public Broadband as executive director

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GOP Legislators Grill FCC’s Rosenworcel on Standard General-Tegna Hearing Designation

Lawmakers question motive and fairness of move

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Legislative themes emerge on upcoming pandemic reauthorization

WASHINGTON — The broad outlines of an upcoming debate over a pandemic preparedness reauthorization bill are beginning to emerge as regulators, policymakers and industry groups take stock of lessons learned from COVID-19.

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Legislative themes emerge on upcoming pandemic reauthorization - Roll Call

A reauthorization of the pandemic preparedness law will give Congress a chance to revisit its handling of COVID-19.

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TikTok Rivals Thrive As Washington Turns Up Heat Over Safety Concerns

Snap stock jumped Thursday as Washington lawmakers held an all-day hearing about the safety of TikTok, a competitor of Snap.

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Key takeaways: TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testifies to US Congress

TikTok executive seeks to push back on legislators’ claims that the Chinese-based app poses a national security threat.

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Capitol Hill Chews Out TikTok CEO Shou Chew

Hearing features calls for bans of short-form video site

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TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew faces off with US legislators in hearing

Bipartisan support to ban the app has grown over concerns of Chinese government influence, spread of ‘harmful content’.

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TikTok hearing: CEO Shou Zi Chew testifies before US Congress amid looming ban – as it happened

App’s future in doubt as Biden administration threatens to ban it entirely in the country – follow all the latest

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Lawmakers reject CEO's assurance TikTok is autonomous from China - Roll Call

House lawmakers voiced disbelief Thursday as TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew tried to reassure them the app has no link to China's ruling party.

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TikTok CEO to face skeptical lawmakers in testimony Thursday - Roll Call

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will have a tough task persuading lawmakers to soften their stance to the app at a Thursday hearing.

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House GOP Prepares Latest Smackdown of Big Tech

Republican-led hearing notice talks of administration ‘collusion’

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Critics say Big Tech uses trade deals to avoid data privacy laws

WASHINGTON — Tech companies are using international trade agreements to conceal software codes behind artificial intelligence programs as well as circumvent U.S. legislation that could curb the industry’s freewheeling use of consumer data, according to lawmakers and advocacy groups.

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Critics say Big Tech uses trade deals to avoid data privacy laws - Roll Call

Some Democrats and advocacy groups say Big Tech companies are using international trade deals to circumvent data privacy laws.

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Republicans greet call for expanded EPA staffing with skepticism - Roll Call

The White House proposal to expand the EPA's staffing after years of decline was greeted with immediate pushback from Republicans.

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FCC spectrum auction authority lapses amid questions on military need - Roll Call

Two senators' effort to buy time to study the military need for radio spectrum resulted in the FCC losing authority to conduct auctions.

Tribune News Service

Even Biden’s ‘unity’ agenda could be tough going

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden, understanding he will have to juggle differing priorities from a divided Congress, made just a handful of new requests to lawmakers in his State of the Union address.

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Even Biden's 'unity' agenda could be tough going - Roll Call

Even Biden's 'unity' agenda he laid out in his State of the Union speech could be tough going with Republicans.

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Lawmakers stumble on data privacy as another tech CEO to testify

WASHINGTON — House lawmakers are set to meet next month with the CEO of TikTok at a hearing to probe whether one of the most popular apps in the world shares Americans’ data with China and whether it harms young children, the latest face-off between members of Congress and the…

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