Congressional reporter George Cahlink has nearly two decades of experience covering Capitol Hill and federal agencies. Most recently, he spent 10 years at CQ Roll Call in several editing and writing positions. He also covered the Defense Department as a staff writer for Government Executive magazine, a job that included stints as an embedded reporter in the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan and Kosovo. He got his start in journalism at the Eagle Times and Argus Champion newspapers in New Hampshire. He has won national and regional reporting awards for his work and is a graduate of Saint Joseph's University.
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, the new top Republican on the Energy and Commerce Committee, is signaling a potentially more bipartisan and less ideological push on energy and environmental issues.
Appalachian, coal-country Republican Reps. David McKinley of West Virginia and Morgan Griffith of Virginia today secured powerful ranking member slots on subcommittees that write environmental policy and have investigative clout.
Democrats embraced President Biden's call for environmental action in his inaugural address yesterday but also know challenges loom in turning that vision into law.
President-elect Joe Biden hopes to move fast once he's sworn in tomorrow on his legislative agenda and getting his nominees in place. But a narrowly divided Senate and the continuing fallout from the Capitol riots could complicate his push.
The lineup of top House Republican appropriators won't be changing for the 117th Congress.