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#subcommittee β€” Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #subcommittee, aggregated by home.social.

  1. It's time to save #whales again
    July 22, House #NaturalResources #subcommittee, GOP Rep. #NickBegich (AK) introduced draft legislation that would scale back #MarineMammal Protection Act. Among other things, it would limit ability of #US gov to take action against β€œincidental take,” killing of whales, #dolphins and #seals by sonic blasts from #oil exploration, ship and boat strikes or by drowning as accidental catch (#bycatch) in #fishing gear.
    latimes.com/opinion/story/2025
    archive.ph/b9Ye1

  2. The #House on #Tuesday approved a #GOPresolution to create a select subcommittee that Republicans say will launch a far-reaching examination of the agencies and people that investigated #DonaldTrump and that #Democrats describe as an #unprecedented breach of protocol on #criminal probes and national security matters.

    The #subcommittee, approved on a party-line 221-211 vote, will be empowered to investigate any federal agency.

    Gift 🎁 article: wapo.st/3IXpATF