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ben hulac
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ben hulac
@benhulac
reporter 📰 // @bhulac.bsky.social // roaming the halls of Congress for @NJSpotlightNews // hulacb(at)njspotlightnews(dot)org // born @ 355.68 ppm
- I'm a reporter who covers New Jersey's delegation to Congress. Almost daily, I am on Capitol Hill, interviewing New Jersey lawmakers for the public. Despite many attempts, Tom Kean has never spoken with me. This video I took yesterday shows how things typically go.
00:00 - NEWS: A federal court in D.C. tonight invalidated a Biden administration decision to offer 80 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas leasing, saying the administration did not consider climate impacts.
- My name is Ben Hulac, and I cover New Jersey's members of Congress. Every single member, Republican or Democrat, talks with me. Except for @CongressmanKean. Lawmakers deny information to the public when they don't talk with the press. @NJSpotlightNews
00:00 - The House voted 229-191 to reinstate an Obama-era regulation on methane emissions. 12 Republicans voted for the resolution, which passed the Senate in April and heads now to Biden's desk.
- For a decade, I have covered Congress and federal news. I have interviewed hundreds of members of Congress. Today, I write about the people elected to serve New Jersey in Washington. None of them have every treated me like a ghost -- until @CongressmanKean. @NJSpotlightNews
00:00 - Joe Biden today on climate, disasters: "The past few days of Hurricane Ida and the wildfires in the West and the unprecedented flash floods in New York and New Jersey is yet another reminder that these extreme storms and the climate crisis are here."
- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a bulwark of conservatism and lobbying heft, comes out in support of the rejoining the Paris climate agreement. #climate #Inauguration2021
- Thank you to reporters with big readership like @chrislhayes, @JakeSherman & @JohnJHarwood for sharing my video. Julie's description, below, is perfect. I try to explain to New Jerseyans what their lawmakers are up to in Washington. All my articles are at @NJSpotlightNews.ICYMI — worth understanding that this local reporter is representing you, he is asking questions of your elected officials and holding them accountable on behalf of you -/ the voter, constituent, resident, mother, father — everyone who lives in this guy’s district.
- Justice KAGAN with a memorable quote in her dissent in WV v. EPA, a case with massive climate implications: “Whatever else this Court may know about, it does not have a clue about how to address climate change. And let’s say the obvious: The stakes here are high.”
- Absolutely no idea, John. I have approached him 6-7 times in recent months and gotten absolutely no response. This was the first time I decided to film.
- NEWS: Pres. Trump minutes ago rescinded an Obama-era executive order on protecting oceans, coasts & Great Lakes.
- We have an answer! "I do have a long-standing policy that when we’re on government property...I don’t do hallway interviews.” Politicians fake phone calls. Other hide behind aides. The government-land-so-I'm-off-limits is a new one to me. source:I'm a reporter who covers New Jersey's delegation to Congress. Almost daily, I am on Capitol Hill, interviewing New Jersey lawmakers for the public. Despite many attempts, Tom Kean has never spoken with me. This video I took yesterday shows how things typically go.00:00roi-nj.comTom Kean Jr.: On SALT, transportation – and his relationship with media | ROI-NJU.S. Representative Tom Kean Jr., (R-7th District) under fire recently for his limited interactions with the media, discussed a variety of issues – including his efforts to benefit New Jersey and...
- The Senate just unanimously confirmed former Florida senator Bill Nelson to lead NASA.
