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On Tuesday, June 13, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building, the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security will hold a hearing entitled “Oversight of FERC: Adhering To A Mission Of Affordable And Reliable Energy For America.” The hearing will examine the work of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) “to ensure affordable, reliable electricity and natural gas service throughout the country, as well as its adherence to its core mission of ensuring just and reasonable rates for energy services.”

Hearing memo

Witnesses:

• Willie Phillips, Chairman, FERC (Democrat)
• James Danly, Commissioner, FERC (Republican)
• Mark Christie, Commissioner, FERC (Republican)
• Allison Clements, Commissioner, FERC (Democrat)

Republican letters to FERC:

• April 26, 2023 letter sent to FERC Commissioners demanding they “return the agency to its core mission to help deliver abundant, reliable, and affordable energy for Americans”
• March 17, 2023 letter to FERC requesting information on “how they plan to incorporate guidance from the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) in a way that does not jeopardize American energy security”
• March 3, 2023 letter sent to FERC Commissioners urging them to “stop prioritizing the left’s political agenda over making energy more reliable”

Full committee markup of H.R. 4004, H.R. 3936, H.R. 3937, H.R. 3938

H.R. 4004, the United States-Taiwan Initiative on the 21st-Century Trade First Agreement Implementation Act

• Amendment in the Nature of the Substitute to H.R. 4004, the “United States-Taiwan Initiative on the 21st-Century Trade First Agreement Implementation Act”
• H.R. 3936, the “Tax Cuts for Working Families Act”
• Amendment in the Nature of the Substitute to H.R. 3936, the “Tax Cuts for Working Families Act”
• JCT Description of the Amendment in the Nature of the Substitute to H.R. 3936, the “Tax Cuts for Working Families Act”

H.R. 3937, the Small Business Jobs Act

• H.R. 3937, the “Small Business Jobs Act”
• Amendment in the Nature of the Substitute to H.R. 3937, the “Small Business Jobs Act”
• JCT Description of the Amendment in the Nature of the Substitute to H.R. 3937, the “Small Business Jobs Act”

H.R. 3938, the Build It in America Act

• H.R. 3938, the “Build It in America Act”
• Amendment in the Nature of the Substitute to H.R. 3938, the “Build It in America Act”
• JCT Description of the Amendment in the Nature of the Substitute to H.R. 3938, the “Build It in America Act”

H.R. 3938 repeals the petroleum Superfund tax, clean electricity production credit, clean electricity investment credit, credit for previously-owned clean vehicles, and credit for qualified commercial clean vehicles; and reduces and restricts clean vehicle credit.

Subcommittee hearing

Chair Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.)

Witnesses:

• Debra Nesbitt, Chair, National Rural Lenders Association, Wilmington, NC
• Jessica Bowman, Executive Director, Plant Based Products Council, Washington, D.C.
• Joshua Winslow, Chief Executive Officer and General Manager, Brunswick Electric Membership Corporation, on behalf of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Shallotte, NC
• Matthew Holmes, Chief Executive Officer, National Rural Water Association, Duncan, OK
• Olga Morales-Pate, Chief Executive Officer, Rural Community Assistance Partnership, Washington, D.C.
• Cornelius Blanding, Board Member, National Cooperative Business Association, CLUSA International, East Point, GA

The Committee on Rules will meet Monday, June 12, 2023 at 4:00 PM ET in H-313, The Capitol on the following measures:

• H.J. Res. 44 – Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Justice and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives relating to “Factoring Criteria for Firearms With Attached ‘Stabilizing Braces’”
• H.R. 277 – REINS Act of 2023 [Rule Markup Only]
• H.R. 288 – Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2023 [Rule Markup Only]
• H.R. 1615 – Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act [Rule Markup Only]
• H.R. 1640 – Save Our Stoves Act [Rule Markup Only]

President Biden faced fierce opposition when he approved the Willow oil drilling project. He has done it again with the Mountain Valley Pipeline as part of the debt ceiling deal. Join us in front of the White House to demand Biden stop the MVP.

By backing Manchin’s Dirty Deal, the Biden administration has signaled they are willing to sacrifice Appalachians for their own political gain. For over a century, Appalachia has been deemed a sacrifice zone. The fossil fuel industry has destroyed our home and our wellbeing. We will not let the Mountain Valley Pipeline add to this legacy. We will stop MVP and secure a better, more just future for our home.

This is Biden’s pipeline. He can stop MVP just like he stopped Keystone XL. He can reclaim his climate legacy by stopping all new fossil fuel projects.

The MVP is one of many fossil fuel projects Biden could stop. This action sets off a stampede of distributed actions across the country June 8 – 11th with thousands of people calling on President Biden to stop all new fossil fuel projects.

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The purpose of this hearing is to examine the Federal response to escalating wildfires and to evaluate reforms to land management and wildland firefighter recruitment and retention.

The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement will hold a hearing on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. ET. The hearing, “The Border Crisis: Is the Law Being Faithfully Executed?,” will examine the Department of Homeland Security’s policies that, according to the Republican majority, “violate the law and encourage illegal immigration.”

Witnesses:

• Chad Wolf, former Acting Secretary, Department of Homeland Security; Executive Director and Chief Strategy Officer, America First Policy Institute
• Joseph Edlow, former Acting Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services; Managing Member, Edlow Group
• Steven Bradbury, Bush torture official, Distinguished Fellow, Heritage Foundation

Hearing on the horticulture title of the Farm Bill.

Witnesses:

• Chris Alonzo, Owner/Operator, Pietro Farms, Kennett Square, PA
• Nicholas Carter, Owner, Mud Creek Farm; Co-Founder, Market Wagon, Indianapolis, IN
• Charles A. Wingard, Vice President, Field Operations, Walter P. Rawl and Sons, Pelion, SC
• Dr. Margaret Leigh Worthington, Associate Professor, Horticulture, University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture
• Diana Kobus, Executive Director, PCO Certified Organic, Spring Mills, PA

Hearing of the Committee on the Budget to consider: “Cultivating Stewardship: Examining the Changing Agricultural Landscape”

Witnesses:

• Brandon Willis, Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Economics, Utah State University
• Martin Larsen, Larsen Family Farm & Byron Area Farmers Group
• Brent Johnson, President, Iowa Farm Bureau
• Bryan Sievers, Chief Operating Officer Of Sievers Family Farms & Director of Government Relations, Roeslein Alternative Energy

Full committee hearing on ecosystem restoration projects of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Witnesses:

• Eric Eikenberg, Chief Executive Officer, the Everglades Foundation
• Tricia Balluff, Environmental Programs Coordinator, Water, Wildlife & NEPA, Office of Environmental Programs, City of Phoenix
• Lorianne Riggin, Director of Environmental Programs, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources