Mark your
calendars: Mi’kmaq
grandmothers to visit DC on Thursday, June 20 from Nova Scotia. Come
hear their stories of protecting sacred indigenous land from the false
claims and reckless pipeline plans of Washington Gas’s parent company,
AltaGas, in Canada.
Cheryl and April Maloney, who led the Mi’kmaq campaign, will tell their
story with words, photos, and video. They’ll describe their “spiritual”
campaign that began with the building of a sacred fire near the gas
company’s proposed pipeline operation, invoking the spirit and guidance
of their ancestors. For nearly ten years, these heroic leaders fought –
and won – a bruising pipeline fight against AltaGas.
Along the way, they encountered the kind of false claims, greed, and
fossil fuel expansion efforts that Washington Gas now demonstrates
almost daily across DC, Maryland and Northern Virginia.
WHAT: Indigenous Grandmothers vs. AltaGas,
Washington Gas’ Parent Company — A Cautionary Tale for Washington, DC!
WHERE: Foundry United Methodist Church, 1500
16th St NW, Washington, DC 20036
WHEN: Thursday, June 20, 6:30 PM-8:00 PM.
Doors open at 6:00 PM.
WHAT ELSE: This event is
FREE and drinks will be provided.
The purpose of this
hearing
is to receive testimony on the following bills:
S. 2944, to enable the people of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to
determine the political status of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and
for other purposes (Wicker);
S. 3231, to enable the people of Puerto Rico to choose a permanent,
nonterritorial, fully self-governing political status for Puerto Rico
and to provide for a transition to and the implementation of that
permanent, nonterritorial, fully self-governing political status, and
for other purposes (Heinrich).
On Thursday, June 13, 2024, at 11 a.m., in room 1334 Longworth House
Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on
Oversight and Investigations will hold an oversight
hearing
titled “Destroying America’s Best Idea: Biden’s Border Crisis,
Desecrating National Park Lands and Damaging Communities.”
The hearing was originally scheduled to begin at 10:15 am, but was
rescheduled to allow Republicans to attend a breakfast meeting with
Donald Trump.
Witnesses:
Jaime Williams, Assemblymember, 59th District, New York State Assembly
Paul King, President, Belle Harbor Property Owners Association, Belle
Harbor, NY
Elizabeth Morrissey, President, Madison Marine Park Homecrest Civic
Association, Brooklyn, NY
Amy Fischer, Director of Refugee and Migrant Rights, Amnesty
International USA, Washington, DC [Minority
Witness]
Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee
hearing
on securing our critical materials supply chains and reducing our
dependence on foreign adversaries, like China.
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee
