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On Tuesday the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming and the Committee on Foreign Affairs will host the Prime Minister of Sweden, Fredrik Reinfeldt, to discuss energy policy, his country’s efforts to eliminate its dependence on fossil fuels by 2020 and Sweden’s growing concerns over global warming.

Following the hearing, Select Committee Chairman Edward Markey (D-MA) and Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Lantos (D-CA) will hold a press availability with the Prime Minister.

The Honorable Eileen Claussen President Pew Center on Global Climate Change (Former Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs)

David John Jhirad, Ph.D. Vice President for Science and Research World Resources Institute

W. David Montgomery, Ph.D. Vice President CRA International

The House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, led by Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), will hold a legislative hearing on the following bills:

• H.R. 1239 (Hastings): To amend the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act of 1998 to provide additional staff and oversight of funds to carry out the Act, and for other purposes. (National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2007)
• H.R. 1388 (Sarbanes): To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Star-Spangled Banner Trail in the state of Maryland and Virginia and the District of Columbia as a National Historic Trail. (Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Act)
• H.R. 1483 (Regula): To amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to extend the authorization for certain national heritage areas, and for other purposes.
• H.R. 1528 (Olver): To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the New England National Scenic Trail, and for other purposes. (New England National Scenic Trial Designation Act)

Witnesses:

Panel 1

• John W. Olver (MA-01) (H.R. 1528)
• Alcee L. Hastings (FL-23) (H.R. 1239)
• Michael N. Castle (DE-At Large) (H.R. 1239)
• Christopher S. Murphy (CT-05) (H.R. 1528)
• Ralph S. Regula (OH-16) (H.R. 1483)

Panel 2 (H.R. 1239, H.R. 1388, H.R. 1483, H.R. 1528)

• Chris Jarvi, Associate Director for Partnerships and Visitor Experience, National Park Service

Panel 3

• Robert Stanton (H.R. 1239), Former Director, National Park Service
• Bill Pencek (H.R. 1388), Director, Baltimore Heritage Area
• Daniel M. Rice (H.R. 1483), President & Chief Executive Officer, Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition
• Kristina Rasmussen (H.R. 1483), Senior Government Affairs Manager,National Taxpayers Union
• Adam Moore (H.R. 1528), Executive Director, Connecticut Forest and Park Association
• Cinda Jones (H.R. 1528), The Cowls Companies, North Amherst, MA

Mary E. Peters – secretary of Transportation Stephen L. Johnson – administrator, EPA Lurita Doan – administrator, General Services Administration John Paul Woodley – assistant secretary of the Army for civil works Stephen T. Ayers – acting architect of the Capitol