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Season One Wrap-Up [Audio]

From COVID-19 and civil unrest to climate change, the election and beyond, In the Public Interest explores the legal and policy challenges capturing the public interest. WilmerHale law firm Partners John Walsh and Brendan...more

Weekly COVID-19 Oversight & Enforcement Report - June 2021 #2

On June 22, the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis held a hearing titled “U.S. Economy On The Path To Strong Recovery.” Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testified regarding the Fed’s emergency pandemic...more

Weekly COVID-19 Oversight & Enforcement Report - June 2021

The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis continues its investigation into PPP fraud. On May 27, the Select Subcommittee turned its focus to FinTech firms and partner banks implicated in Department of Justice...more

Weekly COVID-19 Oversight & Enforcement Report - May 2021 #4

On May 26, SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman began a series of hearings on the Hill that will continue through May 28. On May 26, she testified before the House Committee on Small Business in a hearing titled “An...more

Weekly COVID-19 Oversight & Enforcement Report - May 2021 #3

House Education and Labor Committee Chair Robert C. Scott (D-VA) issued a statement on May 18 criticizing the Biden Administration’s decision to use “the honor system” to report coronavirus vaccination status. He said, “One...more

Weekly COVID-19 Oversight & Enforcement Report - May 2021 #2

As part of its ongoing investigation into the Federal Reserve’s administration of pandemic relief lending programs, House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Chair James E. Clyburn sent a letter to Fed Chair Jerome...more

Weekly COVID-19 Oversight & Enforcement Report - May 2021

The Congressional Oversight Commission released its 12th report on April 30. The report focuses on a $700 million loan to trucking company Yellow Corporation (formerly known as YRC Worldwide) under the CARES Act loan program...more

Weekly COVID-19 Oversight & Enforcement Report - April #4

Pressure is increasing on the Biden Administration to release the delayed Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) to protect workers from COVID-related risks. On April 26, Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Rashida Tlaib...more

Weekly COVID-19 Oversight & Enforcement Report - April 2021 #3

On April 21, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Aviation Safety, Operations and Innovation held a hearing entitled “Prepare for Takeoff: America’s Safe Return to Air Travel.” The...more

Weekly COVID-19 Oversight & Enforcement Report - April 2021 #2

The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis released documents showing President Trump’s political appointees discussing their efforts to exert influence over the CDC’s COVID-19 guidelines and reports to more...more

Weekly COVID-19 Oversight & Enforcement Report - April 2021

As part of its ongoing investigation into pandemic-related government contracts entered into by the Trump Administration, the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis released documents that offer a real-time look...more

New York Legalizes Marijuana - Where Is the US Headed?

It’s been an eventful week for the marijuana industry. After years of false starts, New York legalized the use of recreational marijuana on March 31 - just hours later, New Mexico legislators passed a bill to do the same....more

The Biden Administration: What to Expect From a Changing US-Mexico Relationship

With President Donald Trump’s departure from office and the inauguration of President Joe Biden comes the prospect of major shifts in the relationship between the United States and Mexico. President Biden has taken immediate...more

Weekly COVID-19 Oversight & Enforcement Report - March 2021 #4

As part of an ongoing investigation into a “failed” $35 million contract to provide six million N95 masks to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Chair James Clyburn...more

Weekly COVID-19 Oversight & Enforcement Report - March 2021 #3

On March 15, the SBA Office of the Inspector General published a report identifying $692 million in duplicate PPP loans. This confirmed earlier findings made by the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis in...more

Weekly COVID-19 Oversight & Enforcement Report - March 2021 #2

Republican leaders urged their House Democrat counterparts to hold a joint hearing regarding the undercounting of COVID-19 deaths in New York nursing homes. The letter was signed by Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Cathy...more

Weekly COVID-19 Oversight & Enforcement Report - March 2021

The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis launched an investigation into One Medical’s COVID-19 vaccine-distribution practices. In a letter, Subcommittee Chair James Clyburn (D-SC) highlighted the need for...more

Weekly COVID-19 Oversight & Enforcement Report - February 2021 #4

On February 19, the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis held a video briefing on ensuring equity in coronavirus vaccinations. In a press release, the Subcommittee identified the following takeaways from the...more

Weekly COVID-19 Oversight & Enforcement Report - February 2021 #3

On her first day as Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) said she would ask the FTC to look into N95 mask fraud, including 1.9 million counterfeits shipped to...more

Weekly COVID-19 Oversight & Enforcement Report - February 2021 #2

The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis sent letters to the White House and the Department of Health and Human Services summarizing initial results of the panel’s investigation into the previous administration’s...more

Weekly COVID-19 Oversight & Enforcement Report - February 2021

House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Chair James Clyburn (D-SC) released a statement following a new report from the Government Accountability Office on the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The report...more

Weekly COVID-19 Oversight & Enforcement Report - January 2021 #3

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said the House is planning to bring a coronavirus relief bill to a vote the first week of February. On the Senate side, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said he aims to secure passage of the...more

Weekly COVID-19 Oversight & Enforcement Report - January 2021 #2

President Biden will seek quick Senate approval of his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, the American Rescue Plan. The package includes more than $400 billion to combat the pandemic directly, including money to...more

COVID-19: Anticipated Biden Administration Initiatives

With the Biden Administration set to take over, COVID-19 priorities are expected to change. To assist with identifying and anticipating the Administration’s priorities, we outline below the Administration’s key initiatives....more

Weekly COVID-19 Oversight & Enforcement Report - January 2021

Congress has been focused this past week on the aftermath of the January 6 attack on the Capitol, and the 232-197 vote to impeach President Trump for a second time, on a charge of “incitement of insurrection.” Meanwhile,...more

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