House Energy and Commerce Committee
Energy and Power Subcommittee
2123 Rayburn
09/02/2011 at 10:00AM
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