Misuse of Taxpayer Dollars and Corporate Welfare in the Oil and Gas Industry

House Natural Resources Committee
   Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee

05/19/2021 at 01:00PM

On Wednesday, May 19, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern time, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, led by Chair Katie Porter (D-Calif.), will hold a virtual, fully remote oversight hearing on taxpayer benefits given to the oil and gas industry, what economic gains the public does or does not get in exchange for those benefits, and the accuracy of industry claims about job creation and job retention.

Witnesses:

  • Laura Zachary, Co-Director, Apogee Economics & Policy
  • Michael Patrick Smith, Author and former oil field worker
  • Tim Stretton, Policy Analyst, Project on Government Oversight

Republican witness

  • Alex Epstein, Center for Industrial Progress

The following people were invited to testify, but declined:

  • Richard E. Muncrief, President and CEO Devon Energy Corporation
  • William R. Thomas, Chairman and CEO, EOG Resources, Inc.
  • Darren W. Woods, Chairman and CEO, ExxonMobil Corporation
  • Kathleen Sgamma, President, Western Energy Alliance
  • Tripp Parks, Vice President of Government Affairs, Western Energy Alliance