Republicans to grill top Biden officials over actions targeting key hydro dams

A top House panel is set to grill federal officials, including the chief of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, over a secretive agreement targeting hydro dams.

Republicans are holding the hearing to examine the Biden administration's actions targeting four federally operated dams located on Washington's Snake River, which winds through Idaho and Washington before feeding into the Columbia River and Pacific Ocean. It comes a month after the White House entered into a legal settlement with eco groups and tribes to study breaching, potentially paving the way for future breaching. Thomas Catenacci is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.

"What’s worse is that despite my repeated calls for transparency, the White House actively and deliberately left out the voices of those who depend on the river system most. Dozens of stakeholders and utility companies practically begged to be heard in this process … only to be turned away, shut out, and ignored," Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., will say during her opening remarks, which were shared in advance with Fox News Digital.