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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

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ben hulac
@benhulac
Jan 25, 2025
not here much anymore over at the other place email me at hulacb(at)njspotlightlightnews(dot)org
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ben hulac
@benhulac
Sep 25, 2024
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.
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ben hulac
@benhulac
Jan 28, 2022
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.
ben hulac
@benhulac
Sep 25, 2024
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
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ben hulac
@benhulac
Jun 25, 2021
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.
ben hulac
@benhulac
Sep 25, 2024
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
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ben hulac
@benhulac
Sep 2, 2021
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."
ben hulac
@benhulac
Jan 20, 2021
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
ben hulac
@benhulac
Sep 27, 2024
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.
julie k. brown
@jkbjournalist
Sep 26, 2024
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.
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ben hulac
@benhulac
Jun 30, 2022
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.”
ben hulac
@benhulac
Sep 25, 2024
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.
John Harwood
@JohnJHarwood
Sep 25, 2024
Replying to @benhulac
why doesn't he?
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ben hulac
@benhulac
Jun 19, 2018
NEWS: Pres. Trump minutes ago rescinded an Obama-era executive order on protecting oceans, coasts & Great Lakes.
ben hulac
@benhulac
Oct 8, 2024
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: roi-nj.com/2024/10/07/pol…
ben hulac
@benhulac
Sep 25, 2024
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.
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ben hulac
@benhulac
Apr 29, 2021
The Senate just unanimously confirmed former Florida senator Bill Nelson to lead NASA.