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House committees hear emergency order backlash bills The Associated Press Modified: 3/1/2021 8:34:09 PM CONCORD — Two House committees heard testimony Monday on a batch of bills born out of the backlash against Republican Gov. Chris Sununu’s actions during the coronavirus pandemic. Sununu first declared a state of emergency on March 13, and has renewed the declaration every three weeks since then. During that time, he also has issued more than 80 emergency orders. The committees held public hearings on 10 bills related to the governor’s authority in both areas. Under current law, a sta...

SolarWinds hearing announced by House committees On Feb. 26, execs from Microsoft, SolarWinds and FireEye will testify on the role of private companies in preventing and investigating cyberattacks. Listen - 01:54 Two House committees are holding a hearing on the SolarWinds attack. James Martin/CNET The US House committees on homeland security and on oversight and reform will host a hearing on the SolarWinds hack this week, they announced Monday. The hearing on Feb. 26 will see SolarWinds CEO Sudhakar ...

"The United States belongs at the forefront of this struggle – speaking out and standing strong for our most dearly held values," the memo read.

MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO Members of the House of Representatives’ committees on government reorganization and higher and technical education agreed to approve the consolidated bill seeking the creation of a Department of Technical Education and Skills Development. Nine bills containing the proposal were filed in the Lower Chamber. The measure, if passed into law, would repeal the Republic Act No. 7796, the law which created the TESDA in 1994. Baguio City Rep. Mark Go, who chairs the higher education committee and whose bill would be the working draft for the measure, said “elevating” ...

MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO In a privilege speech, Deputy Speaker Henry Oaminal (NUP, Misamis Occidental) chided Deputy Speaker Rodante Marcoleta (SAGIP Partylist) for allegedly “lawyering” for a Ozamis City family that have blocked the implementation of a housing project jointly initiated by the city government and the Department of Public Workss. Oaminal’s Monday tirade was his retaliation to Marcoleta’s call last week to have him investigated by the Committee on Ethics for alleged involvement in an illegal demolition in his district last year. In his privilege speech last week, Marc...