Full committee
hearing
on the fiscal consequences of climate change on infrastructure.
Witnesses:
John Bel Edwards, Governor, Louisiana
Susan F. Tierney, Ph.D., Senior Advisor, Analysis Group
Dr. Jesse M. Keenan, Favrot II Associate Professor Of Sustainable Real
Estate And Urban Planning, Tulane University
Linda Apsey, President And CEO, ITC Holdings
Corp., Ford Foundation Board of Trustees
Alexander Herrgott, President And CEO, The
Permitting Institute
ITC Holdings Corp. is the largest independent
electricity transmission company in the United States. Through its
regulated operating subsidiaries ITCTransmission, Michigan Electric
Transmission Company, ITC Midwest and
ITC Great Plains,
ITC owns and operates high-voltage
transmission infrastructure in Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois,
Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma, and in development in Wisconsin.
The purpose of this
hearing
is to examine opportunities for Congress to reform the process for
permitting electric transmission lines, pipelines, and energy production
on federal lands.
Witnesses:
Panel I
Antonio P. Smyth, Executive Vice President – Grid Solutions &
Government Affairs, American Electric Power
Jason M. Stanek, Former Chairman, Maryland Public Service Commission
Chad A. Teply, Senior Vice President – Transmission & Gulf of Mexico,
Williams
Panel II
Erik G. Milito, President, National Ocean Industries Association
Pete Obermueller, President, Petroleum Association of Wyoming
Kelly Speakes-Backman, Executive Vice President – Public Affairs,
Invenergy
Learn how that same pipeline corporation is
STILL trying to punish those who dared speak
out against it – and how this “SLAPP” lawsuit affects
YOUR right to protest.
Join Greenpeace USA and the Protect the
Protest coalition for a town hall on protecting activists from abusive
lawsuits. Learn about
the frivolous lawsuit filed against Greenpeace
USA by Energy Transfer, the company behind the
Dakota Access pipeline, for allegedly orchestrating the entire
resistance movement at Standing Rock.
It isn’t just Greenpeace USA’s future that’s
at stake, this is an existential threat to the social justice movement
writ large. These lawsuits are attempts to intimidate any organization
or individual who dares to speak out against bad corporate practices
that threaten the environment, people’s livelihoods or human rights.
Join the movement to protect the right to dissent. Register
here for the first
WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED: Virtual Town Hall on
Protecting Our Right to Protest and Dissent
When:
July 25, 2023 – 5 pm PST / 7 pm CT / 8 pm
EST
Speakers:
Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-Md.)
Greenpeace USA Deputy General Counsel, Deepa
Padmanabha
Senior Policy Advisor, EarthRights International/Protect the Protest
Coalition, Kirk Herbertson
Ben and Jerry’s Activism Manager, Chris Miller E* sther Calhoun,
Founder and former president, Black Belt Citizens Fighting for Health
and Justice
Cosponsors:
Protect the Protest coalition
Center for Biological Diversity
Physicians for Social Responsibility – Pennsylvania
Join the Green New Deal Network and our allies this Tuesday, July 25th
for a rally and happy
hour
event with Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.)! We’ll be convening at Metrobar
DC from 6pm–9pm to discuss the importance of union, environmental, and
racial justice organizers uniting to overpower corporate greed.
If you’re interested in joining us, be sure to
RSVP
here!
The Committee on Rules will meet Tuesday, July 25, 2023 at 3:00
PM ET in H-313, The Capitol on the following
measures:
H.R. 4366 – Military
Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2024
S.J. Res 9 – A joint
resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of
title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to “Endangered and
Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Lesser Prairie-Chicken; Threatened
Status with Section 4(d) Rule for the Northern Distinct Population
Segment and Endangered Status for the Southern Distinct Population
Segment”.
S.J. Res. 24 – A joint
resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of
title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to “Endangered and
Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Northern
Long-Eared Bat”.
On Friday, July 21, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. (MST), the Committee on Natural
Resources, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold an
oversight field
hearing
titled “Securing Supply Chains: Access to Critical Minerals in the
American Southwest.” The hearing will examine the mineral reserves of
the American Southwest, including the local and national costs benefits
of mining in the region, ranging from national security to economics.
This hearing will be held in the Goodyear Recreation Center, at the City
of Goodyear Recreation Campus, 420 S. Estrella Parkway, Goodyear, AZ.
Full committee
meeting
to mark up the Fiscal Year 2024 Energy and Water Development, State and
Foreign Operations, Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development
Appropriations Acts.
Markup of the “Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2024”
Markup of the “State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
Appropriations Act, 2024”
Markup of the “Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024.”
U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Chair of the Subcommittee on
Oceans, Fisheries, Climate Change and Manufacturing, will convene a
subcommittee
hearing
titled “Budget Oversight of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration” on Thursday, July 20, 2023, at 9:30 a.m. ET.
Witnesses:
Dr. Richard W. Spinrad, Ph.D., Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans
and Atmosphere and the NOAA Administrator
Rear Admiral Nancy Hann, Director of the
NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation
Operations and Director of the NOAA
Commissioned Officer Corps
Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Oceans, Fisheries, Climate Change and Manufacturing Subcommittee
On Thursday, July 20, 2023, at 9:00 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House
Office Building, the Subcommittee on Federal Lands will hold a
legislative hearing on the following bills:
Discussion draft of H.R.
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(Rep. Kiggans), “Military and Veterans in Parks (MVP) Act”;
H.R.
1786
(Rep. Levin), “GROW Act”, to establish a pilot program to employ
veterans in federal jobs that relate to conservation, resource
management, and environmental protection;
H.R.
1829
(Rep. Crane), To require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the
Pleasant Valley Ranger District Administrative Site to Gila County,
Arizona; and
H.R.
2468
(Rep. Owens), “Mountain View Corridor Completion Act”, to convey to
the State of Utah certain Federal land under the administrative
jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management within the boundaries of
Camp Williams, Utah for a highway project.
Jacqueline Emanuel, Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System,
U.S. Forest Service, Washington, D.C. [Discussion Draft of the
MVP Act, H.R. 1829]
Frank Lands, Deputy Director for Operations, National Park Service,
Washington, D.C. [Discussion Draft of the
MVP Act, H.R. 1786, H.R. 2468]
Panel III (Outside Experts):
Woody Cline, Supervisor, Gila County, Arizona [H.R. 1829]
Lisa Wilson, Deputy Director of Engineering and Operations, Utah
Department of Transportation, Salt Lake City, Utah [H.R. 2468]
Marc Berejka, Divisional Vice President, Community Advocacy & Impact,
REI, Kent, Washington [Discussion Draft of
the MVP Act]
Jeremy Villanueva, Government Affairs Associate Director, Wounded
Warrior Project, Washington, D.C. [Discussion Draft of the
MVP Act and H.R. 1786] [Minority Witness]
