WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resource released the following testimony by Andrew Thaler, founder and CEO of Blackbeard Biologic - Science and Environmental Advisors, St. Michaels, Maryland, from a Jan. 22, 2026, hearing entitled "Deep Dive: Examining the Regulatory and Statutory Barriers to Deep Sea Mining": * * * Mr. Chairman, Madam Ranking Member, and Members, good afternoon and thank you for inviting me to speak today. My name is Andrew Thaler. I am a deep sea ecologist with more tha more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Coast Guard, Maritime and Fisheries, issued the following news release on Jan. 30, 2026: * * * Sen. Sullivan Chairs Subcommittee Hearing with Coast Guard Commandant Historic investment secured in WFTCA will fund icebreakers * Yesterday, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), chair of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries, convened a hearing examining the Coast Guard's presence in  more PR