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'This Is The Most Extraordinary Thing I Have Ever Seen': Hawley, Biden Nom Have Unbelievable Clash

  Photo credit: Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0,  via Flickr At today's Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) clashed with Colleen Shogan, nominee to be Archivist of the United States, and National Archives and Records Administration. On February 28, 2023, Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) clashed with Colleen Shogan, nominee to be Archivist of the United States and National Archives and Records Administration, at a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing. The heated exchange centered around Shogan's past public statements on social media and her refusal to provide a full accounting of her public posts. During the hearing, Hawley questioned Shogan about her previous statements on Twitter, which he characterized as "pretty grossly partisan and...offensive." He asked her to provide a full accounting of her public posts on Twitter, to which Shogan responded that her personal Twitter account consisted of posts about her mystery novels, events at the W

'Don't Play That Game With Me': Senator Josh Hawley Snaps At Biden Official

Photo credit: Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0,  via Flickr At today's Senate Energy Committee, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) pressed Dr. Andrew Light, Assistant Secretary at the Office of International Affairs at the Department of Energy, over Biden Administration energy policy.   In this exchange, Senator Josh Hawley questions Dr. Andrew Light, Assistant Secretary at the Office of International Affairs at the Department of Energy, about the Biden Administration's energy policy.  Hawley expresses concern that the administration is prioritizing climate objectives over energy abundance and independence, and accuses them of making the United States more dependent on foreign sources of energy. Light responds by emphasizing the importance of energy diversification for energy security, but also notes that the United States is producing record amounts of oil and natural gas and encouraging U.S. oil producers to increase production.  Hawley also questions Light about China's role in the glo