Climate Change and the Agriculture Sector
Witnesses
- Debbie Lyons-Blythe, Blythe Family Farms, White City , KS
- Dr. Frank Mitloehner, Professor, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis
- Matthew Rezac, Rezac Farms, Weston , NE
- Thomas J. Vilsack, President And CEO, U.S. Dairy Export Council
U.S. Department of the Interior Budget and Policy Priorities for FY 2020
Witness:
- David Bernhardt, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior
Wildfire Resilient Communities
Witnesses:
- Dr. Ray Rasker, Executive Director, Headwater Economics, Bozeman, Montana
- Dr. Steve Quarles, University of California Cooperative Extension Advisor Emeritus and Chief Scientist (retired), Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety
- Marko Bey, Executive Director, Lomakatsi Restoration Project, Ashland, Oregon
- Patti Hirami, Acting Deputy Chief for State and Private Forestry, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Brian Veerkamp, District 3 Supervisor, El Dorado County, Placerville, CA
Nomination of David Bernhardt to be Secretary of Interior, and other nominations
The purpose of the business meeting is to consider the following nominations:
- David Bernhardt to be Secretary of the Interior
- Susan Combs to be Assistant Secretary of the Interior (Policy, Management and Budget)
- Aimee Kathryn Mikolajek Jorjani to be Chair of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
Budget: Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
Witnesses
- Scott Angelle, Director, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
- Dr. Walter Cruickshank, Acting Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
- Dr. Brian Steed, Acting Director, Bureau of Land Management