The tour will begin with a rally in the park, then visit the shadowy petrostate lobby shops that have made the United States into a petrostate–a country where oil, gas, and coal use every trick in the book to delay the inevitable transition to cheap, clean, abundant solar energy. The Petrostate Tour will visit the five dirtiest tools of the petrostate:
American Gas Association
Interstate Natural Gas Association of America
American Petroleum Institute
Venture Global LNG, Inc.
The Maritime Administration of the Department of Transportation
Lower Senate Park, 200 New Jersey Ave NW
Following a brief kick-off rally, we will march less than a mile to the first three stops. For stops #4 and #5, we will board a double-decker Sun Bus. We will end with a pizza lunch and an open discussion about how to continue our campaign against the Petrostate.
On Thursday, September 18, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Federal Lands will hold a legislative hearing on the following bills:
H.R. 309 (Rep. Nehls), “National Law Enforcement Officers Remembrance, Support and Community Outreach Act”
H. R. 2196 (Rep. Hudson), To provide for an extension of the legislative authority of the National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs.
H. R. 4284 (Rep. Leger Fernandez), “Small Cemetery Conveyance Act”
H. R. 4386 (Rep. Walberg), To amend the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to allow two motorcycles to entrance with one America the Beautiful interagency pass.
H. R. 4467 (Rep. Thompson of MS), “Vicksburg National Military Park Boundary Modification Act”, to transfer the welcome center to the State of Mississippi and the Friends of Vicksburg National Park
H. R. 5131 (Rep. Begich), “Public Lands Military Readiness Act of 2025”.
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U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a nominations hearing for nominees of the National Transportation Safety Board, the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and the Department of Commerce at 10:00 AM EST on Wednesday, September 17, 2025. The hearing will immediately follow an executive session to reconsider the nomination of Dr. Neil Jacobs, of North Carolina, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere (NOAA Administrator). Jacobs was previously reported to the full Senate on a bipartisan basis by voice vote. However, possible changes in Senate floor procedure around nominations necessitates a roll call vote.
Nominees:
Michael Graham, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board
Ethan Klein, of New Jersey, to be an Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy
Joyce Meyer, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs to oversee the Census Bureau
Klein served as a technology policy adviser for OSTP for most of Trump’s first term. “After 2021, he served as a nuclear nonproliferation and international safeguards fellow with funding from the National Nuclear Security Administration and completed a PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in nuclear science and engineering.” Klein is also nominated to be U.S. Chief Technology Officer.
Meyer served as the White House’s deputy director of legislative affairs during Trump’s first term, and was a long-time staffer of the former Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.). She would oversee the U.S. Census Bureau.
Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
On Wednesday, September 17, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources will meet to consider:
H.R. 2306 (Rep. Moolenaar), “The Adams Memorial-Great American Heroes Act”
H.R. 2815 (Rep. Begich), “Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act of 2025”
H.R. 2916 (Rep. Stefanik), To authorize, ratify, and confirm the Agreement of Settlement and Compromise to Resolve the Akwesasne Mohawk Land Claim in the State of New York, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3692 (Rep. Moulton), To reauthorize the Young Fishermen’s Development Act.
H.R. 3872 (Rep. Fallon), To amend the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands to make that Act applicable to hardrock minerals.
H.R. 4090 (Rep. Stauber), To codify certain provisions of certain Executive Orders relating to domestic mining and hardrock mineral resources, and for other purposes. (amendment in the nature of a substitute)
H.R. 4256 (Rep. Min), “Digital Coast Reauthorization Act of 2025”
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene an executive session to reconsider the nomination of Dr. Neil Jacobs, of North Carolina, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere (NOAA Administrator). Jacobs was previously reported to the full Senate on a bipartisan basis by voice vote. However, possible changes in Senate floor procedure around nominations necessitates a roll call vote. The executive session will be immediately followed by a nominations hearing.
Nominee:
Dr. Neil Jacobs, of North Carolina, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere (NOAA Administrator)
The vote was cancelled for lack of a quorum.
Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
10:30 AM:
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight Subcommittee Examining the Use and Regulation of Chemicals
