Hill Heat

Subcommittee hearing.

Full committee markup of The Fix Our Forests Act (H.R. 8790). The legislation, co-sponsored by Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and Scott Peters (D-Calif.), expedites logging approvals in the name of wildfire prevention.

Original cosponsors include Representatives Tony Cardenas (D-CA-29), John Curtis (R-UT-3), Ami Bera (D-CA-6), Pete Stauber (R-MN-8), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19), Tom McClintock (R-CA-5), Jim Costa (D-CA-21), Tom Tiffany (R-WI-7), John Duarte (R-CA-13), and James Moylan (R-GU).

The Fix Our Forests Act is supported by logging giant Rayonier and logging industry representatives American Forests, the American Forest Resource Council, the American Loggers Council, the Arkansas Forestry Association, Associated California Loggers, the Forest Landowners Association, the Forest Resources Association, and the Hardwood Federation; by Edison Electric Institute; by the corporate-backed Bipartisan Policy Center; by the hard-right Property and Environment Research Center (PERC); by the conservative conservation organizations the Evangelical Environmental Network, the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, the American Conservation Coalition Action, the National Wild Turkey Federation, the Boone and Crockett Club, the Dallas Safari Club; by the Silicon Valley forest-advocacy group MegaFire Action; by the National Congress of American Indians and Potlach Deltic; and by the National Association of Counties.

The Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce of the Committee on Energy and Commerce will hold a hearing on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, at 10 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “The Fiscal Year 2025 Department of Commerce Budget.”

The hearing will focus on technology and manufacturing (including AI and the blockchain), travel and tourism.

Hearing memo

Witness:

• Gina Raimondo, Secretary, Department of Commerce

The purpose of this hearing is to examine the Department of Energy’s (DOE) fiscal year 2025 (FY25) budget request to Congress and the impact this proposed funding could have on civilian research, development, demonstration, and commercial application programs at the Department.

Hearing charter

Witness

• David M. Turk, Deputy Secretary, Department of Energy

The DOE FY2025 budget request includes $33.5B for defense and $17.9B for non-defense. The Office of Science budget request is $8.6B.

We will be protesting at one of the world’s largest insurers of new oil and gas projects. Join us as we take disruptive direct action , demanding that these companies stop insuring new oil and gas projects. Without insurance, there would be no gas expansion, we are demanding they stop providing insurance for these racist projects.

Meet at Library Stairs at Bryant Park, 476 5th Ave, New York, NY 10018

Subcommittee hearing.

The Committee on Rules will meet Tuesday, June 25, 2024 at 2:00 PM ET in H-313, The Capitol on the following measures:

• H.R. 8752 – Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2025
• H.R. 8771 – Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2025
• H.R. 8774 – Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2025

Mark your calendars: Mi’kmaq grandmothers to visit DC on Thursday, June 20 from Nova Scotia. Come hear their stories of protecting sacred indigenous land from the false claims and reckless pipeline plans of Washington Gas’s parent company, AltaGas, in Canada.

Cheryl and April Maloney, who led the Mi’kmaq campaign, will tell their story with words, photos, and video. They’ll describe their “spiritual” campaign that began with the building of a sacred fire near the gas company’s proposed pipeline operation, invoking the spirit and guidance of their ancestors. For nearly ten years, these heroic leaders fought – and won – a bruising pipeline fight against AltaGas.

Along the way, they encountered the kind of false claims, greed, and fossil fuel expansion efforts that Washington Gas now demonstrates almost daily across DC, Maryland and Northern Virginia.

WHAT: Indigenous Grandmothers vs. AltaGas, Washington Gas’ Parent Company — A Cautionary Tale for Washington, DC!

WHERE: Foundry United Methodist Church, 1500 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20036

WHEN: Thursday, June 20, 6:30 PM-8:00 PM. Doors open at 6:00 PM.

WHAT ELSE: This event is FREE and drinks will be provided.

RSVP

Full committee hearing.

Witness:

• Lonnie G. Bunch III, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution

The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on the following bills:

• S. 2944, to enable the people of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to determine the political status of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and for other purposes (Wicker);
• S. 3231, to enable the people of Puerto Rico to choose a permanent, nonterritorial, fully self-governing political status for Puerto Rico and to provide for a transition to and the implementation of that permanent, nonterritorial, fully self-governing political status, and for other purposes (Heinrich).

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, Chair