U.S. Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, made a statement on Thursday to open the committee's hearing on Afghanistan. "Fourteen years ago, America's longest war began," Thornberry said. Read More »

Vets4Energy, a U.S. military veterans group advocating for energy policies to sustain the country's national security, met Oct. 1 with dozens of legislators to promote Senate action to lift the ban on U.S crude oil exports. The group stressed the significance of sound energy policies to boost national security in meetings with 50 U.S. Senators and dozens of House members. Read More »

The U.S. House is set to vote on the oil-export-ban repeal bill, H.R. 702, introduced by U.S. Rep. Joe Barton, (R-TX), by the end of this week. Despite opposition from both the Obama administration and congressional Democrats, the bill has the support of House GOP Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), who is  seen as the leading candidate to replace departing Speaker John Boehner (R-OH). Read More »

The final report of the U.S. Homeland Security Committee’s bipartisan Foreign Fighter Task Force was released late last week at a press conference. Read More »

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh C. Johnson announced the creation of the Office for Community Partnerships, which will be dedicated to countering violent extremism through community partnerships. Part of the Department of Homeland Security, the office will build relationships and promote trust in local U.S. communities as they seek to undercut terrorist narratives. Read More »

Members of Vets 4 Energy will lobby Congress about what energy independence means Read More »

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently proposed a cleanup plan for the Allied Paper Landfill in Kalamazoo, Michigan, part of the Allied Paper/Portage Creek/Kalamazoo River Superfund site. Read More »

The Pew Charitable Trusts (PCT) will host top officials from the Department of Defense (DOD) on Monday for a discussion on energy concerns relating to national security. Read More »

An Army veteran -- and the father of a current U.S. military member -- urged natural gas industry leaders recently to continue their efforts to free the nation from the entanglements of imported energy, not only for commercial gain, but also to save American lives. Read More »

In a unanimous bipartisan vote, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security has passed H.R. 2899 -- which is called the “Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Act of 2015” -- a bill that was introduced by Rep. Michael McCaul, who said he believes the U.S. faces mounting threats of violent extremism and that the government is doing too little to counter. Read More »

The Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) of the Department of Homeland Security has completed a successful demonstration of a new nuclear forensics program designed to better identify perpetrators of nuclear attacks. Read More »

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced Monday it was expanding the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office’s Securing the Cities program to Houston and Chicago. The program seeks to reduce the risk of deploying a radiological or nuclear weapon.  Read More »

House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) has released the committee’s monthly Terror Threat Snapshot for September, showing an uptick in jihadist terrorist activity in the U.S. The Homeland Security Committee provides these monthly updates on potential threats to the U.S. from ISIS and other Islamist terrorist groups. Read More »

The House Subcommittee on Energy and Power is meeting on Thursday to consider H.R. 702, which would lift the 40-year-old ban on U.S. crude oil exports. The purpose of the bill would be “to adapt to changing crude oil market conditions,” namely that the U.S. is producing far more natural gas and crude oil than when the export ban went into effect. Read More »

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently selected the University of Texas at San Antonio to house the Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations (ISAO) Standards Organization, which will "create standards to assist in the widespread establishment of ISAOs" to boost cybersecurity, DHS said. Read More »

The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) is opposing President Barack Obama’s much-touted Clean Power Plan, which aims to reduce carbon emissions from America’s power plants. Read More »

The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) is opposing President Barack Obama’s much-touted Clean Power Plan, which aims to reduce carbon emissions from America’s power plants. Read More »

Nicolas Loris points to California's "failed" green energy policies as why a different approach is needed. Read More »

America's Natural Gas Alliance, among other industry groups, recently came out against the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed new regulations to decrease the amount of methane released in oil and natural gas production. Read More »

U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, recently asked the State Department to release statements from other federal agencies concerning their views on the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. Read More »