Wildfire Resilient Communities

Witnesses:

  • Dr. Ray Rasker, Executive Director, Headwater Economics, Bozeman, Montana
  • Dr. Steve Quarles, University of California Cooperative Extension Advisor Emeritus and Chief Scientist (retired), Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety
  • Marko Bey, Executive Director, Lomakatsi Restoration Project, Ashland, Oregon
  • Patti Hirami, Acting Deputy Chief for State and Private Forestry, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
  • Brian Veerkamp, District 3 Supervisor, El Dorado County, Placerville, CA
House Natural Resources Committee
   National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Subcommittee
1324 Longworth

05/09/2019 at 10:00AM

Nomination of David Bernhardt to be Secretary of Interior, and other nominations

The purpose of the business meeting is to consider the following nominations:

  • David Bernhardt to be Secretary of the Interior
  • Susan Combs to be Assistant Secretary of the Interior (Policy, Management and Budget)
  • Aimee Kathryn Mikolajek Jorjani to be Chair of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
366 Dirksen

04/04/2019 at 10:00AM

Generation Climate: Young Leaders Urge Climate Action Now

The House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis will hold its first hearing on Thursday, April 4th. In contrast to a typical Congressional hearing, the committee will hear from young leaders who are urging policymakers to take climate action now and finally address the climate crisis.

Witnesses

  • Aji Piper, Plaintiff, Juliana v. United States
  • Chris J. Suggs, Student and activist, Kinston, NC
  • Melody Zhang, Climate Justice Campaign Coordinator, Sojourners, Co-Chair, Young Evangelicals for Climate Action
  • Lindsay Cooper, Policy Analyst, Office of the Governor of Louisiana, Office of Coastal Activities
House Climate Crisis Committee
2318 Rayburn

04/04/2019 at 09:00AM