After months of consideration, the DEA has proposed to reschedule marijuana from a Schedule I controlled substance to Schedule III under The Controlled Substances Act.

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Did you know? Today, the #Treasury and #IRS issued final regulations governing the transfer of clean energy #tax credits.

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The House Subcom on Economic Growth, Energy Policy & Regulatory Affairs heard from Assistant Sec Crabtree on the Biden Admin's LNG pause. Crabtree expects the pause to be lifted by Q1 2025. Rs concerned that this is not a pause but a stop to gather support during an election year

Great to be with the Latin America Center for their G20 side event w/Brazil’s Minister of Finance Fernando Haddad for a conversation on sustainable and climate financing, with the G20 Brazilian Presidency, the Institute for Climate and Society (iCS), and the Wilson Center's Brazil Institute

Thanks to the Wilson Center Canada Institute and Christopher Sands for holding such an informative event featuring Federal Reserve
Chair Jerome Powell, Former Canadian Minister of Finance Bill Morneau, and Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem.

The Sen Banking Subcom on Housing, Transportation & Community Development held a hearing on the challenges facing U.S. #housing stock. Chair Tina Smith stated that full Committee Chair Sherrod Brown is very eager to move forward with a set of housing bills.

Today, ACG Analytics' Director of Macro Policy Chris Czerwinski and a delegation of investors met with Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret'd), the Honorable Mark Phillips in Georgetown, Guyana to discuss the potential threat from Venezuela and the future of petroleum development.

Although estimations of the likelihood of aid to both #Ukraine and #Israel have gone up and down, they must be downgraded after yesterday’s House drama showed exactly how precarious Speaker Johnson’s position is.

Today American Enterprise Institute hosted panelists to discuss where #AI innovation in the medical sector is headed. During the panel, a discussion focused on the #ethics of billing patients for services rendered by technology.

Yesterday, the #FTC hosted an event focusing on a coordinated government approach to competition. Panelists highlighted the positive impacts of President Biden's EO regarding #competitionpolicy and agreed that a coordinated approach has been extremely beneficial and informative

The #FTC implemented a rule on government and business impersonation that would also prohibit the use of #AI to impersonate individuals. The FTC pointed to concerns about AI-generated deepfakes as the reason behind these actions.

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We're attending tomorrow's Atlantic Council event

Looking to learn more ahead of the July 28 election as Maduro tightens restrictions on opposition participation in the face of the Barbados Agreement and Biden sanctions re-imposition on April 18

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Today, CSIS held an event on #DOD #AI capabilities. Discussions highlighted the Global Information Dominance Experiment which started as an accelerant to move DOD to modernize data capabilities and was designed to help realize decision advantage for DOD against competitors.

Congratulations Lawrence McDonald on your new book!

Today's House Oversight Subcom hearing revealed that despite opposition to the Biden Admin #AI regulation EO, it seems unlikely that House Republicans will move against it or seek to implement new regulations in the upcoming weeks as their focus remains on the deficit.

Today the House Subcom on Capital Markets held a hearing to discuss growing concerns of #SEC overreach and politicization by Chairman Gensler. Rs emphasized the vast number of rules released, many which they argued are outside of the SEC’s scope, such as the climate disclosure.