Full Committee Hearing: To Receive Testimony on Current Legislation Affecting The Republic of the Marshall Islands (Hearing Room SD-366)
September 25, 2007
10:00 AM
SD-366 Energy Committee Hearing Room
The purposes of this hearing is to receive testimony on S. 1756, a bill to provide supplemental ex gratia compensation to the Republic of the Marshall Islands for impacts of the nuclear testing program of the United States, and for other purposes; and to receive testimony on the implementation of the Compact of Free Association between the United States and the Marshall Islands.
Witness Panel 1
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Mr. Tom Bussanich
Director of Budget, Office of Insular AffairsU.S. Department of Interior -
The Honorable Witten T. Philippo
Minister-in-Assistance-to-the-PresidentRepublic of the Marshall Islands -
Mr. David B. Gootnick
Director, International Affairs and TradeGovernment Accountability Office -
Mr. Jonathan Weisgall
Legal Counsel for the People of BikiniTestifying on the behalf of the Peoples of Bikini, Enewetak, Rongelap and Utrik