Leasing Procedures News Today

jacqui heinrich starts us off tonight from 1600 pennsylvania avenue. hi, jacqui. >> hey, gillian, good evening to you. u.s. officials revealed today that the u.s. has not formally requested a phone call with chinese president xi jinping despite president biden saying yesterday that they expected to be talking soon. were learning that theyre hoping that secretary of state antony blinken will first be able to smooth things over and make contact with his chinese counterpart at the munich ...

Waters pending an environmental review. >> were going to start to properly manage lands and waterways. >> in april of last year, the interior department finished the review and announced reformed leasing procedures. royalty rates for the portion from oil and gas sales that companies pay to the government rose from 12.5% to 18.75. a 50% increase. the land nominated for drilling by the oil and gas industry was reduced by 80%. >> we all pay 50% more for 80% less. i think this is them trying to thre...

Pricey drum sticks and picture frames are not going over well here in d.c here is florida republican john micah. >> i know this sounds almost unbelievable, but to have this kind of waste reported when were one way running trillions of dollars of deficit makes absolutely everyones blood boil. >> gsa officials say theyre concerned and turned the matter over to their inspector general to launch an investigation as soon as they discovered it. >> shep: we reported they will be leasing space in the ne...