Washington, D.C. - The Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee will hold two subcommittee hearings next week.       

The energy subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, July 27 at 3:00 p.m. in SD-366 to receive testimony on recent progress in hydrogen and fuel cell research sponsored by the Department of Energy and by private industry. 

Invited Witnesses Include:

Panel 1

Mr. Doug Faulkner

Acting Assistant Secretary

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Department of Energy

Panel 2

Mr. Jeremy Bentham

Chief Executive Officer

Shell Hydrogen B.V.

Dr. Larry Burns

Vice President

General Motors

Mr. Dennis Campbell

President and Chief Operating Officer

Ballard Power Systems

The national parks subcommittee will hold a hearing on Thursday, July 28 at 10:00 a.m. to receive testimony on the following bills: S. 584 and H.R. 432, bills to require the Secretary of the Interior to allow the continued occupancy and use of certain land and improvements within Rocky Mountain National Park; S. 652, a bill to provide financial assistance for the rehabilitation of the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the development of an exhibit to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin; S. 958, a bill to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Star-Spangled Banner Trail in the States of Maryland and Virginia and the District of Columbia as a National Historic Trail; S. 1154, a bill to extend the Acadia National Park Advisory Commission, to provide improved visitor services at the park; S. 1166, a bill to extend the authorization of the Kalaupapa National Historical Park Advisory Commission; and S. 1346, a bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of maritime sites in the State of Michigan.

Invited Witnesses Include:

Panel 1

Mr. Steve Martin

Deputy Director                       

National Park Service

Panel 2

Dr. Ralph Eshelman

Lusby, Maryland

Dr. Steve Belko

Manager

Michigan Lighthouse Project

Oxford, Michigan

Dr. Dennis Wint

President and CEO

The Franklin Institute

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Mrs. Betty Dick

Grand Lake, Colorado

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