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H.R. 3068 (Rep. Keating), To establish an offshore wind career training grant program, and for other purposes. “Offshore Wind Jobs and Opportunities Act”

Witnesses:

• Katharine Hayhoe, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Political Science; and Director of the Climate Science Center, Texas Tech University
• Solomon Hsiang, Ph.D., Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley
• J. Alfredo Gómez, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, U.S. Government Accountability Office
• Oren Cass, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute

Panel 1

• William D. Magwood, Director-General, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency
• Chris Levesque, Chief Executive Officer, TerraPower
• Bob Perciasepe, President, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions

Opening Remarks

• Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Chairman, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
• Sen. Joe Manchin, Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

Witness Panel 1

• Dr. George Crabtree, Director, Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR), Argonne National Laboratory
• Mitch Davidson, CEO, US Brookfield Renewable
• Ben Fowke, Chairman of the Board, President & Chief Executive Officer, Xcel Energy Inc.
• Kiran Kumaraswamy, VP, Market Applications Fluence
• Andrew Ott, President and CEO, PJM Interconnection LLC

Opening Statement:

• Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)

Witnesses:

• Sir Robert Watson, Past Chair, Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
• Dr. Kate Brauman, Coordinating Lead Author, IPBES Global Assessment; Lead Scientist, Global Water Initiative, University of Minnesota, Institute on the Environment
• Dr. James Porter, Josiah Meigs Professor of Ecology, Emeritus, Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia
• Jeff Goodwin, Conservation Stewardship Lead & Agricultural Consultant, Noble Research Institute
• Dr. Steven Monfort, Director of the Smithsonian National Zoo and Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute

Witnesses

• Rachel Cleetus, Policy Director, Climate and Energy Program, Union of Concerned Scientists
• Noah Diffenbaugh, Senior Fellow, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
• Matt Russell, Executive Director, Iowa Interfaith Power and Light