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The Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries will hold an oversight hearing on “Benefits and Access: The Necessity for Multiple Use of Water Resources” on Wednesday, March 8, at 2:00 p.m. EST in 1324 Longworth House Office Building.

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Witnesses:

• Scott Corwin, Executive Director, Northwest Public Power Association, Vancouver, WA
• Martha Guyas, Southeast Fisheries Policy Director, American Sportfishing Association, Tallahassee, Florida
• Dan Keppen, Executive Director, Family Farm Alliance, Klamath Falls, Oregon

Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Rep. Pat Fallon (R-Texas) will hold a subcommittee hearing titled “Burning the Midnight Oil: Why Depleting the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is Not a Solution to America’s Energy Problem, Part I” to examine the Biden Administration’s drawdowns of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) and investigate the policy decisions responsible for energy price spikes and supply shortages.

“The Biden Administration’s day-one war on American-made energy has sent gas prices skyrocketing for American families. In a failed attempt to curb inflation, the Biden Administration chose to diminish our emergency crude stockpiles more than all other administrations combined,” said Subcommittee Chairman Fallon. “The Oversight Committee will bring transparency to the Biden Administration’s decision to draw down our Strategic Petroleum Reserve and find real solutions to unleash American-made energy and lower gas prices for the long term.”

Witnesses:

• Alex Epstein, President, Center for Industrial Progress
• Dr. Ilia Bouchouev, Managing Partner Pentathlon Investments, LLC, former President of Koch Global Partners and global head of derivatives at Koch Supply & Trading

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The Subcommittee on Federal Lands will hold an oversight hearing on “Promoting Conservation with a Purpose on America’s Federal Lands and Forests” on Wednesday, March 8, at 10:15 a.m. EST in 1324 Longworth House Office Building.

Republicans will argue: “Preservationist policies that lock up our nation’s abundant resources will only exacerbate the historically devastating wildfire and drought crisis, rural economic decline, and the loss of access and enjoyment to large parts of our federal lands. “

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Witnesses:

• Joel Ferry, Executive Director, Utah Department of Natural Resources
• John Espy, Commissioner, Board of Carbon County Commissioners, Rawlins, Wyoming
• Phil Rigdon, Vice President, Intertribal Timber Council, Toppenish, Washington
• John D. Leshy, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, UC Law San Francisco

There will be a hearing of the Committee on the Budget on the economic costs of wildfires.

Witnesses:

• Veronica Serna, Mora County Commissioner, District 1, New Mexico
• David Burt, Founder And Chief Executive Officer, DeltaTerra Capital
• Michael Wara, J.D., Ph.D., Director, Climate and Energy Policy Program and Senior Research Scholar, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
• Dr. Morgan Varner, Director Of Research And Senior Scientist, Tall Timbers
• Nick Loris, Vice President Of Public Policy, C3 Solutions (Republican witnesse)

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Witness:

• Rostin Behnam, Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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This is a hearing of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Opening remarks, as prepared, of Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Chairman David Rouzer (R-NC)

Witness List:

• Garrett Hawkins, President, Missouri Farm Bureau
• Alicia Huey, Chairman, National Association of Home Builders
• Mark Williams, Environmental Manager, Luck Companies, on behalf of National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association
• Susan Parker Bodine, Partner, Earth & Water Law LLC
• Dave Owen, Professor of Law and Faculty Director of Scholarly Publications, UC College of the Law

Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee Chairman Troy Nehls (R-TX) announced that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing focused on pipeline safety and the implementation of the Protecting Our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety (PIPES) Act of 2020. The Committee intends to reauthorize the federal pipeline safety program this year.

PIPES Act overview

Witnesses:

• Tristan Brown, Deputy Administrator, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA)
• Andrew Black, President and CEO, Liquid Energy Pipeline Association (LEPA)
• Kenneth W. Grubb, Chief Operating Officer – Gas Pipelines, Kinder Morgan, Inc.
• Bill Caram, Executive Director, Pipeline Safety Trust