Hill Heat

Witness

• Dr. John P. Holdren, Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy

Witnesses

• Thomas J. Donohue, President and CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
• Richard L. Trumka, President, AFL-CIO

Leo Gerard, international president of United Steelworkers

• Paul Cicio, president of the Industrial Energy Consumers of America
• John Danner, president and CEO of Northern Power Systems
• David Montgomery, Vice president of Charles River Associates
• Kate Gordon, vice president of energy policy for the Center for American Progress

The hearing will examine how and whether federal regulatory agencies are conducting the type of economic analysis necessary for policymakers to understand how regulations affect employers’ ability to retain workers and hire new ones, and avoid unnecessary cost burdens.

Witnesses Dr. Donald F. Boesch, National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling Terry D. Garcia, National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling Admiral Thad Allen, Ret., national incident commander for the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

House Natural Resources ranking Democrat Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., and Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore. hold a news conference to announce the “Ending Big Oil Tax Subsidies (EBOTS) Act.”

Contact: Eben Burnham-Snyder, 202-225-6065 (Markey) or Derek Schlickeisen, 202-225-0820 (Blumenauer)

The Natural Resources Defense Council holds a conference call briefing, beginning at 11 a.m., to discuss and release a survey on data that show strong public opposition to “dismantling the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) updates to clean-up standards for carbon, smog and other pollution” proposed by House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton, R-Mich.

Patricipants

• Peter Altman, climate campaign director of the Natural Resources Defense Council
• Tom Jensen, director of Public Policy Polling

Contact: Leslie Anderson, 703-276-3256, [email protected]

Call-in, 800-860-2442; ask for the “EPA/Energy and Commerce Committee member surveys” news event. A streaming audio replay of the news event will be available at 4 p.m. February 10 online: http://www.nrdc.org

Witnesses

• Richard Newell, administrator of the Energy Information Administration
• Gary Mar, minister-counselor of the Province of Alberta, Canada; Chris John, president of the Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Assoc.
• Chris Busch, director of policy and program at the Apollo Alliance
• John Hofmeister, founder and CEO of Citizens for Affordable Energy
• Adam Sieminski, chief energy economist at Deutsche Bank AG

The hearing will discuss draft legislation, authored by Chairman Upton and Subcommittee Chairman Whitfield, that would prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from implementing a “cap-and-trade national energy tax” through regulations under the Clean Air Act.

Witnesses

• Lisa Jackson, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency
• Greg Abbott, Attorney General, State of Texas
• Harry C. Alford, President & CEO, National Black Chamber of Commerce
• Lonnie N. Carter, President and CEO, Santee Cooper
• Steve Cousins, Vice President, Lions Oil Company
• Peter S. Glaser, Partner, Troutman Sanders LLP
• Fred T. Harnack, General Manager, Environmental Affairs, US Steel Corporation
• Philip Nelson, President, Illinois Farm Bureau
• James Pearce, Director of Manufacturing, FMC Corporation
• Steve Rowlan, General Manager, Environmental Affairs, Nucor Corporation
• Dr. Margo Thorning, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, American Council for Capital Formation