Rally to Save the Civil Service

Come out and show your support for federal union employees who are standing up to Trump’s attack on public institutions.

Join AFGE President Kelley, key lawmakers, dynamic labor leaders and fellow union and coalition family members as we come together and rally to safeguard the civil service and preserve the rights of workers.

Wear blue and gold.

Time: 12 pm - 1 pm

Location: Upper Senate Park, Constitution Ave. and Delaware Ave. NW, outside of the Russell Senate Office Building

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Press inquiries: (202) 639-6419.

American Federation of Government Employees
Russell
02/11/2025 at 12:00PM

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Promoting Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling

On Tuesday, February 11, 2025, at 10:15 a.m., in Room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources will hold an oversight hearing titled “Restoring Energy Dominance: The Path to Unleashing American Offshore Energy.”

House Natural Resources Committee
   Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee
1324 Longworth

02/11/2025 at 10:15AM

Business Meeting to Consider Pending Authorizing Expenditures and Subcommittee Assignments

A business meeting of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources will be held on Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 10:00 am in room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.

The purpose of the business meeting is to consider the matters on the attached agenda and short list. These are:

  • an Original Resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources for the 119th Congress; and
  • adoption of assignments of members of the Committee to subcommittees.
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
366 Dirksen

02/11/2025 at 10:00AM

Mexico-U.S. Water Treaty Obligations for the Rio Grande

The House National Security and Department of State Appropriations Subcommittee (formerly State-Foreign Operations) will hold a hearing entitled “Mexico’s Water Treaty Violations and the Impact on Americans,” to discuss frustrations with the 1944 Water Treaty, under which the United States and Mexico share water from the Rio Grande and Colorado River.

“The panel will focus on Mexico’s looming shortfall on deliveries of flows from the Rio Grande to Texas farmers, which total more than 1.3 million acre-feet ahead of an October deadline.”

Witnesses:

  • Rep. Monica De La Cruz (R-Texas)
  • Jed Murray, Director of Government Relations, Texas International Produce Association *. Dale Murden, Grower and President, Texas Citrus Mutual
  • Jennifer Cervantes Washington Representative, Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers

E&E News: House appropriators dig into US-Mexico water spat

House Appropriations Committee
   National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Subcommittee
2359 Rayburn

02/11/2025 at 10:00AM

Examining the Economic Crisis in Farm Country

Full Committee on Agriculture hearing.

RE: “Examining the Economic Crisis in Farm Country”

Witnesses:

  • Dr. John Newton, Executive Head, Terrain, Washington, D.C.
  • Alisha Schwertner, Owner, Eric and Alisha Schwertner Farms, Miles, TX
  • Ryan Talley, Partner, Talley Farms, Arroyo Grande, CA on behalf of the Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance
  • Rodney M. Weinzierl, Owner, Weinzierl Farms, Stanford, IL
House Agriculture Committee
1300 Longworth

02/11/2025 at 10:00AM

Regulatory and Administrative Law Reform

The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust will hold a hearing on Tuesday, February 11, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. ET. The hearing is entitled “Reining in the Administrative State: Regulatory and Administrative Law Reform.”

Witnesses

  • Rick Smith, CEO, Axon Enterprise
  • Magatte Wade, libertarian
  • Dr. Patrick McLaughlin, Research Fellow, Hoover Institution
House Judiciary Committee
   the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee
2141 Rayburn

02/11/2025 at 10:00AM

Clean Water Act Permitting and Project Delivery

This is a hearing of the subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Witnesses:

  • Robert D. Singletary, Executive Director, Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality
  • Shawn M. LaTourette, Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
  • Noah Hanners, Executive Vice President, Nucor Corporation, on behalf of the National Association of Manufacturers
  • Buddy Hasten, President and Chief Executive Officer, Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation, on behalf of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
   Water Resources and the Environment Subcommittee
2167 Rayburn

02/11/2025 at 10:00AM

Fight Trump and the Oil Oligarchs: The Climate Fightback Begins

Trump is on a mission to ‘Drill Baby Drill’ and forging an unholy alliance of Big Oil and Big Tech to ravage our planet. But, we are not powerless. Our climate coalition is joining forces to mount an opposition that can work to stop the worst of the Oil Oligarchs’ agenda.

Join our LIVE Climate Forum this Monday to strategize with climate leaders from Our Revolution, Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, Zero Hour, and the new End Polluter Handouts Coalition. The virtual forum kicks off at 8:30pm ET / 5:30 PT Monday, Feb. 10th.

With leaders from:

  • Zero Hour
  • Greenpeace
  • Friends of the Earth
  • End Polluter Handouts Coalition

RSVP

Our Revolution
02/10/2025 at 08:30PM

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Stop Elon’s Billionaire Grift: Hands off the CFPB

Join Indivisible, Progressive Change Institute, MoveOn, Americans for Financial Reform, and CFPB Union NTEU 335 to Rally at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with Senator Elizabeth Warren and Congresswoman Maxine Waters to fight back against Elon Musk’s attempt to kill it. The people rely on this agency to protect against corporate exploitation and bank fraud. Musk is trying to eliminate it, but we’re ready to unite and fight back.

Elon Musk and Donald Trump are attempting to kill this essential agency that protects Americans from fraud and exploitation at the hands of banks and corporations. Regular people rely on CFPB every day to protect their money and their livelihoods—and Elon Musk is trying to eliminate it.

Over the weekend, the acting head of the CFPB demanded all investigations within the bureau stop, and shut down headquarters for the next week. Now, Democrats in Congress, including Senator Elizabeth Warren and Congresswoman Maxine Waters, are going to demand answers and advocate for their constituents. United, we will tell the American people why this fight matters and how it will impact their lives.

While Trump has handed over the keys to the federal government to a billionaire saboteur, we will stand with the people and fight back. CFPB has saved the people over $21 billion in compensation, canceled debts, and consumer relief, benefitting over 205 million Americans. When Elon Musk talks about “saving money” by eliminating CFPB, he really means taking money from US.

Musk has shown us he wants to slash Meals on Wheels, shutter preschools, end school lunches for kids in need, while advancing his business interests and helping Trump push more tax cuts for billionaires and allies like him. CFPB is more important than ever in the midst of a billionaire takeover. Join us on Monday afternoon from 4:15 pm to 6 pm for a rally at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to tell Elon: It’s our CFPB, not his.

A core principle behind this event is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values.

CFPB Building
1700 G St NW

Indivisible
MoveOn
District of Columbia
02/10/2025 at 04:15PM

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H.R. 77 – Midnight Rules Relief Act

The Committee on Rules will meet Monday, February 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM ET in H-313, The Capitol on the following measure:

  • H.R. 77 – Midnight Rules Relief Act, to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for en bloc consideration in resolutions of disapproval for “midnight rules.” Introduced by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.)
House Rules Committee
H-313 Capitol

02/10/2025 at 04:00PM