Assessing Natural Resource Damages Resulting from the BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster
Witnesses
Panel 1- Cynthia Dohner, Regional Director, Southeast Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Tony Penn, Deputy Chief, Assessment and Restoration Division, Office of Response and Restoration, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Dr. Eva J. Pell, Under Secretary for Science, Smithsonian Institution
- Dr. Robert B. Spies, President, Applied Marine Sciences; Former Chief Scientist, Exxon Valdez Trustee Council
- Stanley Senner, Conservation Science Director, Ocean Conservancy
- Dr. Erik Rifkin, Interim Executive Director, National Aquarium Conservation Center
- John F. Young, Jr., Chairman, Jefferson Parish Council
Exxon Valdez to Deepwater Horizon: Protecting Victims of Major Oil Spills
Witnesses
Panel I- Mark Begich, United States Senator, State of Alaska
- Brian O’Neill, Partner, Faegre & Benson LLP
- Joe Banta, Project Manager, Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council
- Thomas G. McInerney, Lt. Gen. USAF (Ret)
Climate Change Finance: Providing Assistance for Vulnerable Countries
Witnesses
Panel I- Lael Brainard, Under Secretary for International Affairs, U.S. Department of the Treasury
- Jonathan Pershing, Ph.D., Deputy Special Envoy for Climate Change, U.S. Department of State
- Rear Admiral David W. Titley, Oceanographer and Navigator of the Navy, U.S. Department of the Navy
- Maura O’Neill, Ph.D., Senior Counselor to the Administrator and Chief Innovation Officer, U.S. Agency for International Development
- Nancy E. Soderberg, President, Connect U.S. Fund (Former Alternate Representative to the United Nations)
- Elliot Diringer, Vice President, International Strategies, Pew Center on Global Climate Change
- Reed E. Hundt, CEO, Coalition for Green Capital (Former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission)
- Redmond Clark, Ph.D., Chairman and CEO, CBL Industrial Services
Budget Implications of Closing Yucca Mountain
Witnesses
Panel I- Kristina M. Johnson, Ph.D., Under Secretary, Department of Energy
- Scott Blake Harris, General Counsel, Department of Energy
- Michael F. Hertz, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, Civil Division
- David A. Wright, Vice Chairman, Public Service Commission of South Carolina
The BP Oil Spill and Gulf Coast Tourism: Assessing the Impact
The hearing will explore both the damages suffered by the tourism industry in the Gulf region and the process by which the independent Gulf Coast Claims Facility will evaluate tourism-related claims.
Witnesses- Kenneth Feinberg, Administrator, Gulf Coast Claims Facility
- Roger Dow, President and Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Travel Association
- Rip Daniels, Chief Executive Officer/Manager, WJZD-FM; Vice President, Mississippi Gulf Coast Tourism Commission
- Herb Malone, President and Chief Executive Officer, Alabama Gulf Coast Convention and Visitors Bureau
- Keith Overton, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Tradewinds Resort; Chairman, Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association
- Ralph O. Brennan, President, Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group, LLC
Recovery Act: Progress Report for Transportation Infrastructure Investments
The hearing addressed implementation efforts in transportation programs under the Committee’s jurisdiction, including highways, bridges, public transportation, rail, and aviation.
The Deepwater Drilling Moratorium: A Second Economic Disaster for Small Businesses?
Panel 1
- Don Briggs, President, Louisiana Oil and Gas Association
- Dr. Joseph R. Mason, Chair of Banking, E.J. Ourso School of Business Louisiana State University
- Ethan Treese, Vice President, Federal Government Solutions Dun and Bradstree
- Leslie Bertucci, Owner, R&D Enterprises
- Troy Lillie, Former Refinery Employee, Exxon Mobil
- Kimberly Nastasi, CEO, Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce
- Charlotte Randolph, President, Lafourche Parish (Louisiana)