House Natural Resources Committee
Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee
1324 Longworth
01/21/2026 at 02:00PM
On Wednesday, January 21, 2026, at 2:00 p.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold an oversight hearing titled “America First: U.S. Leadership & National Security in International Conservation.”
Witnesses:
Panel I (Administration Witness)
- Justin Shirley, Principal Deputy Director, USFWS, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
Panel II (Outside Expert Witnesses)
- Arturo Tomas Benavides, Title, Dallas Safari Club, Laredo, TX
- Dr. R. Evan Ellis, Senior Non-Resident Associate, Center for Strategic and International Studies, U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, PA
- Dr. Eric Kingma, Executive Director, Hawaii Longline Association, Honolulu, HI
- Ed Newcomer, USFWS Special Agent (Retired), Gardena, CA (Minority witness)