Friday Policy Wine Down - February 25, 2022
A snapshot of the past week in cyber, trade, and environmental policy news.
02/25/2022 | Silverado Policy Accelerator
Here’s what caught our eye this week:
KEY ADMINISTRATION ACTIONS
White House:
- Remarks by President Biden on Russia’s Unprovoked and Unjustified Attack on Ukraine
- The Biden-Harris Plan to Revitalize American Manufacturing and Secure Critical Supply Chains in 2022
- Fact Sheet: Securing a Made in America Supply Chain for Critical Materials
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative:
Department of Commerce:
- Commerce Implements Sweeping Restrictions on Exports to Russia in Response to Further Invasion of Ukraine
- Joint Statement by Secretaries Raimondo and Mayorkas on Assessment of the Critical Supply Chains Supporting the Information and Communications Technology Industry
Department of Homeland Security:
Department of Defense:
Department of Treasury
- U.S. Treasury Announces Unprecedented & Expansive Sanctions Against Russia, Imposing Swift and Severe Economic Costs
- U.S. Treasury Targets Belarusian Support for Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Department of Justice
Export-Import Bank of the United States:
Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency:
Department of Energy:
- DOE Releases First-Ever Comprehensive Strategy to Secure America’s Clean Energy Supply Chain
- DOE Announces $150 Million to Reduce Climate Impacts of Energy Technologies and Manufacturing
Department of State:
- Department of State Presence in Ukraine
- Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry “Implementation Plus: Global Climate Action in 2022”
CONGRESSIONAL ACTION
House Ways and Means Committee:
House Committee on Homeland Security:
House Select Committee on Intelligence:
House Foreign Affairs Committee:
Senate Foreign Relations Committee:
- Chairman Menendez Statement on Latest Round of Russia Sanctions
- Risch: Putin is a Madman - the NYET Act Must be Taken Up and Passed
INTERNATIONAL ACTION
SILVERADO NEWS
- TRADE & INDUSTRIAL SECURITY: How Congress Can Ensure CHIPS Act Funding Advances National Security by Silverado’s Executive Director Sarah Stewart and CNAS's Emily Kilcrease in Lawfare
- TRADE & INDUSTRIAL SECURITY: Silverado Event Recap: “2022 Export Enforcement Priorities”
- STATECRAFT: Dmitri Alperovitch on the risks of escalation in The Economist
- ECO²SEC: "Counting Carbon" by Silverado’s Junior Economist and Policy Analyst Meagan Reid for the Silverado blog
- GENERAL: Celebrating Silverado Policy Accelerator’s First Year
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