Review of the FY2020 Budget Request for the Environmental Protection Agency
Hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2020 funding request and budget justification for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Member Statements- Senator Lisa Murkowski (Republican – Alaska)
- Andrew Wheeler, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency
- Holly Greaves, Chief Financial Officer, Environmental Protection Agency
Lessons From Across the Nation: State and Local Action to Combat Climate Change
The Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, April 2, at 10 a.m. in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building on how state and local leaders are responding to the climate crisis in the wake of President Trump’s intent to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement.
Witnesses
Panel I- Jay Inslee, Governor, State of Washington
- Steve Benjamin, Mayor, Columbia, South Carolina
- Jackie Biskupski, Mayor, Salt Lake City, Utah
- James Brainard, Mayor, Carmel, Indiana
- Daniel C. Camp III, Chairman, Beaver County Board of Commissioners, Beaver County, Pennsylvania
- Jerry F. Morales, Mayor, Midland, Texas
The Application of Environmental, Social, and Governance Principles in Investing and the Role of Asset Managers, Proxy Advisors, and Other Intermediaries
Member statements
- Chairman Mike Crapo (R – ID)
- Ranking Member Sherrod Brown (D – OH)
- Phil Gramm, hedge fund advisor and lobbyist
- James R. Copland, Senior Fellow And Director Of Legal Policy, Manhattan Institute
- John Streur, President And Chief Executive Officer, Calvert Research and Management
The President's FY 2020 Budget Request for DOE
Opening Remarks
- Sen. Joe Manchin, Ranking Member
- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Chairman
- Rick Perry, Secretary of Energy
How Climate Change Threatens U.S. National Security
Witnesses
- Sherri Goodman, Former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Environmental Security
- Vice Admiral Dennis V. McGinn (Ret.) , Former Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations and Environment
- Paul Weisenfeld, Executive Vice President, International Development, RTI International, Former Assistant to the Administrator for the Bureau for Food Security, U.S. Agency for International Development
- Barry Worthington, Executive Director, United States Energy Association
Protecting Coastal Communities from Offshore Drilling
On Tuesday, April 2, at 10:00 a.m., in Room 1334 of the Longworth House Office Building, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources will hold a legislative hearing titled, “Protecting Coastal Communities from Offshore Drilling,” including discussion on:
- H.R. 1941 (Rep. Cunningham): To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior including in any leasing program certain planning areas, and for other purposes. “Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act”
- H.R. 205 (Rep. Rooney): To amend the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 to permanently extend the moratorium on leasing in certain areas of the Gulf of Mexico. “Protecting and Securing Florida’s Coastline Act”
- H.R. 1149 (Rep. Van Drew): To prohibit the Department of the Interior from issuing certain geological and geophysical exploration permits under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, and for other purposes. “Atlantic Coastal Economies Protection Act”
Witness List
Panel I- Rep. Joe Cunningham, South Carolina, 1st District
- Rep. Jeff Van Drew, New Jersey, 2nd District
- Rep. Francis Rooney, Florida, 19th District
Panel II
- Jimmy Carroll, Mayor, Isle of Palms, SC
- Vipe Desai, Founding Member, Business Alliance for Protecting the Pacific Coast, Owner, HDX Mix, Huntington Beach, CA
- David Yates, Executive Director & CEO, Clearwater Marine Aquarium, Clearwater, FL
- Sharon Hewitt, Senator, Louisiana State Senate, District – 1, Baton Rouge, LA
Pipeline Safety: Reviewing the Status of Mandates and Examining Additional Safety Needs
WITNESS LIST
Member Panel- Lori Trahan, U.S. House of Representatives
- Seth Moulton, U.S. House of Representatives
- Howard “Skip” R. Elliott, Administrator, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA)
- Jennifer Homendy, Member, National Transportation Safety Board
Panel II
- Carl Weimer, Executive Director, Pipeline Safety Trust
- Andrew Black, President and CEO, Association of Oil Pipe Lines
- Dan Eggleston, EFO, CFO, CMO, President and Chairman of the Board, International Association of Fire Chiefs
- Richard Kuprewicz, President, Accufacts Inc.
- Robin Rorick, Vice President, Midstream and Industry Operations, American Petroleum Institute
- Elgie Holstein, Sr. Director for Strategic Planning, Environmental Defense Fund
Budget: Environmental Protection Agency
Witnesses
- Holly Greaves, Chief Financial Officer, Environmental Protection Agency
- Andrew Wheeler, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency