S.J. Res. 11 – Providing
for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United
States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection
Agency relating to “Control of Air Pollution From New Motor Vehicles:
Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle Standards”
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natural-gas pipeline company TC Energy.
A new world energy order is emerging and America’s place in it is at a
critical juncture.
Join POLITICO for its first-ever energy
summit to explore how the
U.S. is positioning itself in a complicated energy future.
While the Biden administration pushes forward on the energy transition,
global energy demand and prices along with geopolitical pressures
continue to complicate what is already a tricky political path toward
clean energy. What are the most viable policy and regulatory solutions
available in Washington to advance the clean energy agenda?
Throughout the day, we will also explore any progress made on the ground
with the infrastructure and climate packages intended to move the U.S.
to a renewable energy economy through electric vehicle adoption, a Just
Transition to support oil and gas workers moving into green sector jobs
and Biden’s environmental justice proposals.
We will also dig into clean energy technologies and innovation,
including wind energy, solar power, nuclear, and battery technologies,
the electrification of the transportation sector, while acknowledging
the larger political forces that will shape any policy wins. Finally,
we’ll explore the latest developments in Washington in the battle to
implement and enforce ESG standards to combat
climate change.
The Schuyler
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This program will also be available to watch on our virtual event
platform provided the week of the event.
A light lunch will be served upon arrival, and a cocktail reception with
light hors d’oeuvres will follow the program.
AGENDA
11:30 AM
Doors Open & Lunch
12:00 PM
Welcome Remarks
Sudeep Reddy, Senior Managing Editor, POLITICO
12:25 PM
Executive Conversation
François Poirier, President and Chief Executive Officer, TC
Energy
Goli Sheikholeslami, Chief Executive Officer, POLITICO Media Group
12:45 PM
Regional Partnerships for Energy Security and Climate Action
Sharon Burke, Founder and President, Ecospherics & Former
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy
Christopher Sands, Director, Canada Institute, Wilson Center
Moderated by: Manuel Quiñones, Daily Editor, E&E News
1:10 PM
A Conversation with Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, New Mexico
Moderated by: Gloria Gonzalez, Deputy Energy Editor, POLITICO
1:30 PM
Innovating Our Way to Lower Emissions
John Delaney, Founder & CEO, Forbright
Bank, Former U.S. Representative
Melanie Nakagawa, Chief Sustainability Officer, Microsoft
Jigar Shah, Director, Loan Programs Office, U.S. Department of
Energy
A
hearing
to examine the following ambassadorial nominees.
Nominees:
Jennifer M. Adams, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign
Service, Class of Career Minister, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of
Cabo Verde
Heather Roach Variava, of Iowa, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign
Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Lao
People’s Democratic Republic
Julie Turner, of Maryland, to be Special Envoy on North Korean Human
Rights Issues, with the rank of Ambassador
Matthew D. Murray, of Maryland, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign
Service, Class of Counselor, for the rank of Ambassador during his
tenure of service as United States Senior Official for the
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
Jennifer L. Johnson, of New York, a Career Member of the Senior
Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to
the Federated States of Micronesia
The government of Cape Verde is seeking developers to build four solar
plants
across four islands in the archipelagic nation.
Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs
Chairman Pat Fallon (R-Texas) will hold a
hearing
titled “Driving Bad Policy: Examining EPA’s
Tailpipe Emissions Rules and the Realities of a Rapid Electric Vehicle
Transition.” The subcommittee hearing will examine the Environmental
Protection Agency’s (EPA) new proposed vehicle emissions standards
rules.
Witnesses:
Steve Bradbury, Heritage Foundation
Doug Kantor, General Counsel, National Association of Convenience
Stores
“The Biden Administration’s pursuit of radical Green New Deal policies
has continued in the form of the EPA’s new
vehicle emissions standards rules. The impact this would have on
American consumers cannot be overstated. This is the largest attempt at
green regulation of U.S. cars, trucks, and locomotives that we’ve ever
seen and could require that 67 percent of all new cars sold are EVs by
2032. The EPA has even declined to appear
before the subcommittee to defend the Biden Administration’s policies on
this issue. A shift of this magnitude towards the progressive utopia of
exclusively electric vehicles could have untold national security
implications as well as trigger nationwide blackouts if fossil fuel
power plants are taken offline before the grid is stabilized. As long as
the Biden Administration continues pursuing radical green regulations
that will drive up costs on American consumers and create turmoil in the
U.S. energy sector, Committee Republicans will swiftly push back and
exercise forceful oversight,” said Subcommittee Chairman Fallon.
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Subcommittee
This is a
hearing
on FEMA’s strategic
plan,
of the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and
Emergency Management, chaired by Scott Perry (R-Pa.), ranking member
Dina Titus (D-Nev.).
Witness list:
Erik Hooks, Deputy Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA), U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Chris Currie, Director, Homeland Security and Justice, U.S. Government
Accountability Office (GAO)
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee
H.Con.Res.
34
(Rep. Stauber), Expressing disapproval of the withdrawal by the
Secretary of the Interior of approximately 225,504 acres of National
Forest System lands in Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties,
Minnesota, from disposition under the United States mineral and
geothermal leasing laws;
H.R.
200
(Rep. Rosendale), “Forest Information Reform Act” or the “FIR Act”
(Amendments to H.R. 200 must be drafted to the amendment in the nature
of a substitute, which will be circulated on Monday, May 15), to
reverse the Cottonwood decision requiring the U.S. Forest Service to
reinitiate Endangered Species Act consultation on completed forest
plans when a new species is listed, when critical habitat is
designated, or when new information is brought forward.
H.R. 1586 (Rep. LaMalfa), “Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter
Safety Act of 2023” (Amendments to H.R. 1586 must be drafted to the
amendment in the nature of a
substitute);
H.R. 3195 (Rep. Stauber), “Superior National Forest Restoration Act”
(Amendments to H.R. 3195 must be drafted to the amendment in the
nature of a
substitute).
Testimony
from Forest Watch on the Save Our Sequoias [sic] Act: “Prescribed fire
can be used successfully in giant sequoia groves without the need for
mechanical tree removal beforehand, rendering the Save Our Sequoias Act
misguided and unnecessary.”
Bills expected to move by unanimous consent:
H.R. 359 (Rep. Gonzalez-Colon), “Fort San Gerónimo Preservation Act”;
H.R. 663 (Rep. Gallego), “Native American Child Protection Act”;
H.R. 886 (Rep. Bonamici), “Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act”
