Full Committee Hearing to Receive Testimony on the Potential for Oil and Gas Exploration in the 1002 Area
November 2, 2017
09:30 AM
366 Dirksen Senate Office Building
The full committee hearing will be held on Thursday, November 2, 2017, at 9:30 a.m. EDT in Room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.
The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on the potential for oil and gas exploration and development in the non-wilderness portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, known as the “1002 Area” or Coastal Plain, to raise sufficient revenue pursuant to the Senate reconciliation instructions included in H. Con. Res. 71.
The hearing will be webcast live on the committee’s website, and an archived video will be available shortly after the hearing is complete. Witness testimony will be available on the website at the start of the hearing.
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Opening Remarks
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski
ChairmanSenate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources -
Sen. Maria Cantwell
Ranking MemberSenate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Witness Panel 1
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The Honorable Dan Sullivan
United States Senator -
The Honorable Don Young
United States Congressman -
The Honorable Bill Walker
GovernorState of Alaska
Witness Panel 2
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The Honorable Byron Mallott
Lieutenant GovernorState of Alaska -
Mr. Greg Sheehan
Principal Deputy Director, Fish & Wildlife ServiceU.S. Department of the Interior -
Mr. Samuel Alexander
Tribal MemberGwichyaa Zhee Gwich’in Tribal Government -
Mr. Matthew Rexford
Tribal AdministratorNative Village of Kaktovik
Witness Panel 3
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Mr. Aaron Schutt
President and CEODoyon, Ltd. -
Ms. Lois Epstein PE
Arctic Program DirectorThe Wilderness Society -
Mr. Richard Glenn
Executive Vice President, Land & Natural ResourcesArctic Slope Regional Corporation -
Mr. Pat Pourchot
Former Special Assistant to the Secretaryof the Interior for Alaska Affairs, Anchorage -
Dr. Matthew Cronin
Biologist and Former Research ProfessorAnimal Genetics, University of Alaska Fairbanks
