On September 10, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. in Room 2128 of the Rayburn House
Office Building, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
(Subcommittee) of the Committee on Financial Services will hold a
hearing
entitled “The Fall of ESG: Scrutinizing the
Failed Use of Environmental, Social, & Governance Standards and the
Influence of Proxy Advisors.”
This hearing will examine the trends of Environmental, Social, and
Governance (ESG) initiatives and the influence of proxy advisory firms
on America’s capital markets. The Subcommittee will review “why
companies and investment firms are turning away from
ESG activism and the activist influence of
proxy advisory firms.”
On Tuesday, September 10, 2024, at 10:30 a.m., in room 1334 Longworth
House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee
on Oversight and Investigations will hold the previously postponed July
31, 2024, oversight hearing titled “The Fish and Wildlife Service Gone
Wild: Examining Operation Long Tail Liberation.”
Subcommittee field
hearing
to examine California’s water supply, including the challenges faced
through federal regulations, and connection to our nation’s food
security.
This hearing will be held at the Hotel Mission De Oro in the Ponce de
Leon Room, 13070 S Highway 33 Santa Nella, CA.
Dozens of people will come to Washington D.C. on September 19, 2024 to
protest and interrupt the monthly FERC
commissioners’ meeting. We want to bring so much joyous rebellion to the
FERC meeting they simply cannot continue to
expand fossil fuel infrastructure!
We will replace their bureaucratic jargon with truth and song! We will
force them to face up to what their actions do to communities, to our
planet, to the lives of their own children!
On Friday, August 2, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. (CDT), the Committee on Natural
Resources will hold an oversight
hearing
titled “Rigs to Restoration: Examining Gulf Coast Restoration through
Energy Production and Permitting.” The hearing will examine Louisiana’s
experience in coastal restoration, including the barriers encountered
through the permitting process and the shared relationship between
energy production and environmental protection.
This hearing will be held at Nicholls State University, 906 E 1st St.,
Thibodaux, Louisiana.
Witnesses and Testimony
Meg
Bankston,
Executive Director, Parishes Advocating for Coastal Endurance
Kyle
Graham,
Former Executive Director, Coastal Protection and Restoration
Authority
Michael
Hecht,
President & CEO, Greater New Orleans, Inc.
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on
Commerce, Science and Transportation, will convene a full committee
executive
session on
Wednesday, July 31, 2024, at 10 a.m. EDT to
consider the following legislation and nominations: The following
actions were taken during the Executive Session.
Nomination of Chad M. Cary to be Director of the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps (NOAA Corps) and
Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) (PN1580)
The full committee is meeting to conduct a
hearing
entitled, “Long-Term Economic Benefits and Impacts from Federal
Infrastructure and Public Transportation Investment.”
Witnesses:
Christopher
Coes,
Acting Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, United States
Department of Transportation
Michael
Knisley,
Executive Secretary-Treasurer, Ohio State Building and Construction
Trades Council
Dr. R. Richard
Geddes,
Founding Director, Cornell Program in Infrastructure Policy
Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
