Misuse of Taxpayer Dollars and Corporate Welfare in the Oil and Gas Industry
On Wednesday, May 19, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern time, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, led by Chair Katie Porter (D-Calif.), will hold a virtual, fully remote oversight hearing on taxpayer benefits given to the oil and gas industry, what economic gains the public does or does not get in exchange for those benefits, and the accuracy of industry claims about job creation and job retention.
Witnesses:- Laura Zachary, Co-Director, Apogee Economics & Policy
- Michael Patrick Smith, Author and former oil field worker
- Tim Stretton, Policy Analyst, Project on Government Oversight
- Alex Epstein, Center for Industrial Progress
- Richard E. Muncrief, President and CEO Devon Energy Corporation
- William R. Thomas, Chairman and CEO, EOG Resources, Inc.
- Darren W. Woods, Chairman and CEO, ExxonMobil Corporation
- Kathleen Sgamma, President, Western Energy Alliance
- Tripp Parks, Vice President of Government Affairs, Western Energy Alliance
Accelerating Discovery: the Future of Scientific Computing at the Department of Energy
Witnesses
- Dr. J. Stephen Binkley, Acting Director, Office of Science, Department of Energy
- Dr. Georgia Tourassi, Director, National Center for Computational Sciences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Dr. Karen Willcox, Director, Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin
- Dr. Christopher Monroe, Co-Founder and Chief Scientist, IonQ, Inc.
- Dr. Seny Kamara, Associate Professor, Brown University
The Fiscal Year 2022 DOE Budget
Witness
- Jennifer M. Granholm, Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy
Global Climate Finance
Witnesses
- Mathew Haarsager, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Development Finance and Policy, Department of the Treasury
- Jeffrey Haeni, Acting Director for Center for Environment, Energy, and Infrastructure, Bureau for Development, Democracy, and Innovation, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
- Jake Levine, Chief Climate Officer, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)
- Leo Martinez-Diaz, Senior Advisor to Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, Department of State
Examining Biodiversity Loss: Drivers, Impacts, and Potential Solutions
Witnesses:
- Dr. Leah Gerber, Founding Director of the Center for Biodiversity Outcomes and Professor of Conservation Science at Arizona State University
- Edmund “Ed” Sullivan, Executive Officer of the Santa Clara Valley Habitat Agency
- Andy Treharne, Senior Director, Executive Affairs, Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation
- John E. Schmidt, Board of Directors, Partnerscapes
Rethinking Disaster Recovery and Resiliency, Part 2: Protecting Communities and Accelerating Assistance
Witnesses
- Arthur Jemison, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary For Community Planning And Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development
- John Pendleton, Director, Financial Markets And Community Investment Government Accountability Office
NASA’s Earth Science and Climate Change Activities: Current Roles and Future Opportunities
Witnesses
- Dr. Karen M. St. Germain, Division Director, Earth Sciences Division, Science Mission Directorate, NASA
- Dr. Gavin Schmidt, Senior Climate Advisor (Acting) and Director of Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NASA
- Riley Duren, Research Scientist, Office of Research, Innovation, and Impact, University of Arizona; Chief Executive Officer, Carbon Mapper, Inc.
- Robbie Schingler, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Planet
Promises and Perils: The Potential of Automobile Technologies
Witnesses
- Jason Levine, Executive Director, Center for Auto Safety
- Greg Regan, President, Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO
- Ragunathan Rajkumar, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University