Committee Calendar (9 hearings)
January 23, 2007
03:13 PM
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Business Meeting
WHEN: Wednesday, Jan. 24 at 9:45 a.m.
WHAT: Organizational Business Meeting
WHERE: Dirksen 366
WHY: To adopt a funding resolution and rules and to ratify subcommittee assignments.
EIA Hearing
WHEN: Wednesday, Jan. 24 at 9:45 a.m.
WHAT: Full committee hearing
WHERE: Dirksen 366
WHY: To receive testimony on the Energy Information Administration’s analysis of draft global warming legislation.
Witnesses
Howard K. Gruenspecht, Ph.D. Anne E. Smith, Ph.D.
Deputy Administrator Vice President
Energy Information Administration CRA International
Mr. Jason Grumet Mr. Jeff Sterba
Executive Director Chairman, President and CEO
National Commission on Energy Policy PNM Resources (Albuquerque, NM)
Daniel A. Lashof, Ph.D.
Science Director, Climate Center
Natural Resources Defense Council
OCS Hearing
WHEN: Thursday, Jan. 25 at 9:30 a.m.
WHAT: Full committee hearing
WHERE: Dirksen 366
WHY: To receive testimony on oil and gas resources on the Outer Continental Shelf and areas available for leasing in the Gulf of Mexico.
Witnesses
The Hon. C. Stephen Allred Mr. J. Larry Nichols
Assistant Secretary Chairman and CEO
Department of the Interior Devon Energy
Commissioner Lisa P. Jackson Mr. Athen Manuel
Department of Environmental Protection Director of Lands Protection
State of New Jersey Sierra Club
Mr. Paul Siegele The Hon. Majorie McKeithen
Vice President – Deepwater Assistant Secretary for Mineral Resources
Chevron Corporation State of Louisiana
Vice President – Deepwater Assistant Secretary for Mineral Resources
Chevron Corporation State of Louisiana
Wildfire Suppression
WHEN: Tuesday, Jan. 30 at 10:00 a.m.
WHAT: Full committee hearing
WHERE: Dirksen 366
WHY: To consider the status of Federal land management agencies’ efforts to contain the costs of their wildfire suppression activities and to consider recent independent reviews of and recommendations for those efforts.
Witnesses
The Hon. Dirk Kempthorne (or designee) The Hon. Mark Rey
Secretary Undersecretary for Environment & Natural Resources
U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Department of Agriculture
The Hon. Phyllis K. Fong Ms. Robin Nazzaro
Inspector General Director, Natural Resources and Environment
U.S. Department of Agriculture Government Accountability Office
Mr. James Caswell Dr. Bruce McDowell
Co-chair -- Panel on Fire Suppression Costs Fellow
Wildland Fire Leadership Council National Academy of Public Administration
Mr. Kirk Rowdabaugh
Arizona State Forester
(for the Western Governors Association)
Fuel Efficiency Technologies
WHEN: Tuesday, Jan. 30 at 2:30 p.m.
WHAT: Full committee hearing
WHERE: Dirksen 366
WHY: To receive testimony on transportation sector fuel economy, including challenges to and incentives for increased oil savings.
Witnesses
Ms. Betty Lowery Mr. William Logue
Vice President for Public Policy Executive Vice President
General Motors Corporation FedEx Express
Detroit, MI Memphis, TN
Mr. John German Dr. Walter S. McManus
Manager, Environmental & Energy Analysis President, Automotive Analysis Division
Product Regulator Office Transportation Research Institute
American Honda Motor Co. University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI Ann Arbor, MI
Dr. Menahem Anderman Dr. David Greene
President National Transportation Research Center
Advanced Automotive Batteries Oak Ridge National laboratory
Oregon House, CA Knoxville, TN
DOE Budget
WHEN: Wednesday, Feb. 7 at 9:30 a.m.
WHAT: Full committee hearing
WHERE: Dirksen 366
WHY: To consider the President’s proposed budget for FY 2008 for the U.S. Department of Energy
Invited Witness
The Hon. Samuel W. Bodman
Secretary
U.S. Department of Energy
Northern Mariana Islands
WHEN: Thursday, Feb. 8 at 9:30 a.m.
WHAT: Full committee hearing
WHERE: Dirksen 366
WHY: To hear testimony on labor, immigration, law enforcement and economic conditions in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Witnesses
The Hon. Dirk Kempthorne (invited) The Hon. Benigno R. Fitial
Secretary of the Interior Governor
U.S. Department of the Interior Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas
The Hon. Pedro Tenorio The Hon. David M. Walker (invited)
Resident Representative Comptroller General
Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas General Accounting Office
Ambassador Hadyn Williams Mr. Herman Q. Guerrero
Covenant Negotiator Covenant Negotiator
San Francisco, CA Tigard, OR
Ms. Lauri Ogumoro Mr. Juan T. Guerrero
Karidat President
(a local social services NGO) Saipan Chamber of Commerce
Saipan, MP Saipan, MP
Stern Review
WHEN: Tuesday, Feb. 13 at 10:00 a.m.
WHAT: Full committee hearing
WHERE: Hart 216
WHY: To receive testimony on the Stern Review of the Economics of Climate Change, examining the economic impacts of climate change and stabilizing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
Witnesses
Sir Nicholas Stern Other witnesses TBD
Advisor to the U.K. Government
On Climate Policy and Development
DOI Budget
WHEN: Thursday, Feb. 15 at 9:30 a.m.
WHAT: Full committee hearing
WHERE: Dirksen 366
WHY: To consider the President’s proposed budget for FY 2008 for the Department of the Interior.
Invited Witness
The Hon. Dirk Kempthorne
Secretary
U.S. Department of the Interior
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