Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen

Full committee hearing.

Witness:

  • Janet L. Yellen, United States Secretary of the Treasury
House Ways and Means Committee
1100 Longworth

04/30/2024 at 10:00AM

An Overview of the Budget Proposal for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for Fiscal Year 2025

Full committee hearing on the $25.38 billion request for NASA.

Hearing charter

Witness:

  • Bill Nelson, Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

This request proposes $2.4 billion to fund Earth science and observations that enhance our understanding of the Earth system and continues efforts to make data more accessible and useful to a wide range of stakeholders, including scientists and policymakers. This request also includes over $500 million in Aeronautics to improve aircraft efficiency and reduce the climate impact of aviation.

House Science, Space, and Technology Committee
2318 Rayburn

04/30/2024 at 10:00AM

Legislation on Mining Leases, Logging, Alaska Oil Driling, and Delisting Gray Wolves

Rules Committee Hearing on H.R. 3397, 6285, 3195, 2925, 615, 764, 6090.

Related Legislation

  • H.R. 3397 – [Western Economic Security Today Act of 2024]
  • H.R. 6285 – Alaska’s Right to Produce Act of 2023, to reinstate oil and gas leases in the Arctic Refuge
  • H.R. 3195 – Superior National Forest Restoration Act, to reinstate the Twin Metals mine
  • H.R. 2925 – Mining Regulatory Clarity Act of 2024, to overturn the Ninth Circuit’s Rosemont decision protecting sacred sites from mine waste, allowing mine operations to use, occupy, and conduct operations (including construction of roads and other mining infrastructure activity) on public land regardless of whether a mineral deposit has been discovered on the land so long as the claimant makes timely payments of required claims maintenance fee
  • H.R. 615 – Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2023, to bar the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture from prohibiting or regulating the use of lead ammunition or tackle on federal land or water
  • H.R. 764 – Trust the Science Act, to delist the gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act
  • H.R. 6090 – Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023
House Rules Committee
H-313 Capitol

04/29/2024 at 04:00PM

Oversight of the Challenges and Opportunities Facing U.S. Energy Production

Subcommittee field hearing entitled “Drilling Down: Oversight of the Challenges and Opportunities Facing U.S. Energy Production”.

At The Nature & Retreat Center at Oak Point Park, 5901 Los Rios Boulevard, Plano, Texas 75074.

Witnesses:

  • Tim Tarpley, President, Energy Workforce & Technology Council
  • Ron Gusek, President, Liberty Energy
  • Bill desRosiers, Manager of External Affairs, Coterra Energy
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
   Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Subcommittee

04/23/2024 at 10:00AM

Earth Day Grassroots Call

On Earth Day, please join the Biden for President Campaign for an Earth Day Grassroots Call featuring Gina McCarthy, former Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Representative Ayanna Pressley, and Senator Brian Schatz.

Biden for President Campaign
04/22/2024 at 04:15PM

Field Hearing on Management of Utah's Public Lands

On Monday, April 22, 2024, at 12:00 p.m. (MDT), the Subcommittee on Federal Lands will hold an oversight field hearing titled “Empowering Local Voices and Stopping Federal Overreach to Improve the Management of Utah’s Public Lands.” The hearing will examine the variety of challenges facing local, Western communities surrounded by significant footprints of federal land.

This hearing will be held at The Rock Bowl, 5665 West Clubhouse Drive, Hurricane, Utah.

Hearing memo

Witnesses:

  • Adam Snow, Commissioner, Washington County, St. George, Utah
  • Eric Clarke, County Attorney, Washington County, St. George, Utah
  • Carlos Braceras, Executive Director, Utah Department of Transportation, Taylorsville, Utah
  • Zachary Renstrom, General Manager, Washington County Water Conservancy District, St. George, Utah
  • Darcy Stewart, President and CEO, SunRiver St. George Development, LLC., St. George, Utah
House Natural Resources Committee
   Federal Lands Subcommittee

04/22/2024 at 02:00PM

For People For Planet Rally and March

On the 80th anniversary of the World Bank and IMF, people from around the world are coming together to say that it’s time to put people and planet first and decolonize and decarbonize our global economy.

While finance ministers from around the world meet inside the World Bank, we will be on the streets, joining forces with allies from the Global South to amplify calls for an end to fossil fuel finance, debt cancellation, and climate justice.

JOIN US!

FOR PEOPLE FOR PLANET

RALLY AND MARCH

MEET AT 12 NOON ON FRIDAY, APRIL 19

For People For Planet
District of Columbia
04/19/2024 at 12:00PM

Direct Action: End Financial Colonialism

Tell IMF & World Bank: 80 years of financial colonialism is enough! On Friday, April 19th, the Debt for Climate movement is mobilizing around the world to demand debt cancellation for the Global South during the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington, DC. Support the fight for global economic & climate justice; join our direct action bringing our message straight to the delegates going into one of the most central sessions of the IMF & World Bank meetings.

Meet us at 7:30 am on Friday, April 19th at 1700 K St NW, Washington, DC 20006.

Email: [email protected]

Debt for Climate
For People For Planet
District of Columbia
04/19/2024 at 07:30AM

Oversight of the Biden Administration’s Pause on Liquified Natural Gas Exports

Subcommittee hearing entitled “Oversight of the Biden Administration’s Pause on Liquified Natural Gas Exports”. This hearing will examine all aspects of the pause on new permits of LNG to non-Free Trade Agreement countries, which affects American companies’ ability to secure necessary permits, construction, and capitalization of new LNG projects.

Hearing memo

Witness:

  • Brad Crabtree, Assistant Secretary, Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, U.S. Department of Energy
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
   Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Subcommittee
2154 Rayburn

04/18/2024 at 09:00AM