Hill Heat

Witnesses

Panel I

• Mark Begich, United States Senator, State of Alaska

Panel II

• Brian O’Neill, Partner, Faegre & Benson LLP
• Joe Banta, Project Manager, Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council
• Thomas G. McInerney, Lt. Gen. USAF (Ret)

Witnesses

Panel I

• Lael Brainard, Under Secretary for International Affairs, U.S. Department of the Treasury
• Jonathan Pershing, Ph.D., Deputy Special Envoy for Climate Change, U.S. Department of State
• Rear Admiral David W. Titley, Oceanographer and Navigator of the Navy, U.S. Department of the Navy
• Maura O’Neill, Ph.D., Senior Counselor to the Administrator and Chief Innovation Officer, U.S. Agency for International Development

Panel II

• Nancy E. Soderberg, President, Connect U.S. Fund (Former Alternate Representative to the United Nations)
• Elliot Diringer, Vice President, International Strategies, Pew Center on Global Climate Change
• Reed E. Hundt, CEO, Coalition for Green Capital (Former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission)
• Redmond Clark, Ph.D., Chairman and CEO, CBL Industrial Services

Witnesses

Panel I

• Kristina M. Johnson, Ph.D., Under Secretary, Department of Energy
• Scott Blake Harris, General Counsel, Department of Energy
• Michael F. Hertz, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, Civil Division

Panel II

• David A. Wright, Vice Chairman, Public Service Commission of South Carolina

The hearing will explore both the damages suffered by the tourism industry in the Gulf region and the process by which the independent Gulf Coast Claims Facility will evaluate tourism-related claims.

Witnesses

• Kenneth Feinberg, Administrator, Gulf Coast Claims Facility
• Roger Dow, President and Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Travel Association
• Rip Daniels, Chief Executive Officer/Manager, WJZD-FM; Vice President, Mississippi Gulf Coast Tourism Commission
• Herb Malone, President and Chief Executive Officer, Alabama Gulf Coast Convention and Visitors Bureau
• Keith Overton, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Tradewinds Resort; Chairman, Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association
• Ralph O. Brennan, President, Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group, LLC

The hearing addressed implementation efforts in transportation programs under the Committee’s jurisdiction, including highways, bridges, public transportation, rail, and aviation.

Panel 1

• Don Briggs, President, Louisiana Oil and Gas Association
• Dr. Joseph R. Mason, Chair of Banking, E.J. Ourso School of Business Louisiana State University
• Ethan Treese, Vice President, Federal Government Solutions Dun and Bradstree

Panel 2

• Leslie Bertucci, Owner, R&D Enterprises
• Troy Lillie, Former Refinery Employee, Exxon Mobil
• Kimberly Nastasi, CEO, Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce
• Charlotte Randolph, President, Lafourche Parish (Louisiana)

H.R. 3534 (Rahall): To provide greater efficiencies, transparency, returns, and accountability in the administration of Federal mineral and energy resources by consolidating administration of various Federal energy minerals management and leasing programs into one entity to be known as the Office of Federal Energy and Minerals Leasing of the Department of the Interior, and for other purposes. “Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009”