Madelyn Creedon, Research Professor George Washington University
Elliott School of International Affairs
Rose Gottemoeller, Steven C. Hazy Lecturer, Stanford University
Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Center for
International Security and Cooperation
Eric S. Edelman, Counselor, Center for Strategic and Budgetary
Assessments Director, United States Institute of Peace
Join the Stop the Money Pipeline coalition on Friday,
September 16 at 2 pm ET/11 am PT for a global online
event
to kick off a month of action in defense of forests.
Speakers, including Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, activist and former UN
Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and Maria Luisa
Mendonça of the Network for Human Rights and Social Justice in Brazil,
will share why forests are critical to climate justice, what Indigenous
and frontline communities are doing to stop deforestation, and how you
can join the fight to hold Wall Street and corporations accountable.
THE COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING,
AND URBAN AFFAIRS will meet in
OPEN SESSION, HYBRID
FORMAT to conduct a
hearing
entitled, “Oversight of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.”
Witness:
Gary Gensler, Chair, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
At the
hearing,
members will hear from witnesses on the current status of
FEMA’s recovery efforts in Puerto Rico and the
U.S. Virgin Islands five years after Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
Chair of the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and
Emergency Management Dina Titus (D-Nev.)
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee
The full Committee, led by Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.), will hold a
markup
on the following Resolutions of Inquiry:
H.Res.1247
(Graves) Of inquiry directing the Secretary of the Interior to
transmit certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to
the 2023-2028 five-year program for offshore oil and gas leasing.
H.Res.1248
(Herrell) Of inquiry directing the Secretary of the Interior to
transmit certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to
the compliance with the obligations of the Mineral Leasing Act.
H.Res.1251
(Stauber) Of inquiry directing the Secretary of Agriculture to
transmit certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to
the mineral withdrawal within the Superior National Forest.
H.Res.1252
(Stauber) Of inquiry directing the Secretary of the Interior to
transmit certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to
the mineral withdrawal within the Superior National Forest.
H.Res.1253
(Westerman) Of inquiry directing the Secretary of the Interior to
transmit certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to
the actions of the Department of the Interior’s Departmental Ethics
Office.
On Thursday, September 15, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. ET, Rep. Carolyn B.
Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and
Rep. Ro Khanna, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Environment,
will hold a
hearing
to examine Exxon, Chevron, BP, and Shell’s record-breaking profits,
discuss the adequacy of their climate pledges, and hear firsthand
accounts from survivors of climate change-induced severe weather events.
In 2021, Exxon’s net profits were more than $23 billion, Chevron
reported profits of $15.6 billion, BP netted its highest profits in
eight years at $12.8 billion, and Shell brought in $21.1 billion. The
fossil fuel industry’s profits have only increased in the wake of the
Russian invasion of Ukraine. In the past quarter, since the start of the
Ukraine War, five major oil companies raked in $55 billion.
Despite reaping record profits, these companies have not taken the steps
that scientists say are needed to prevent the worst climate impacts.
Instead, they continue their greenwashing campaign by publicly
supporting the Paris Agreement and claiming to be working towards a
net-zero future, while issuing incomplete and misleading climate pledges
and making inadequate investments in unproven energy sources and
technologies.
At the same time, the climate crisis is growing more severe, with record
heat waves, droughts, flooding, and other extreme weather harming
Americans and people around the world.
The hearing is part of the Committee’s investigation into the fossil
fuel industry’s long-running campaign to spread disinformation about
climate change and greenwash its role in causing global warming.
At the Committee’s earlier hearing in October 2021, fossil fuel
executives finally admitted under oath that burning fossil fuels
contributes to climate change, which is an existential threat to our
planet—but they refused to stop spending money to block climate action.
Earlier this year, the Committee invited five board members from Exxon,
Chevron, Shell, and BP to testify at a hearing about the companies’
climate pledges. They failed to appear. The Committee once again invited
the board members to testify, but they once again declined to appear on
the date requested.
Witnesses
Panel 1
Kara Boyd, Baskerville, Virginia
Thomas Joseph, Hoopa Valley Tribe, California
Roishetta Ozane, Sulphur, Louisiana
Mary Cromer, Whitesburg, Kentucky
Panel 2
Isabella M. Weber, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Economics, University
of Massachusetts Amherst
Raya Salter, Esq., Founder and Executive Director, Energy Justice Law
and Policy Center, Member, New York State Climate Action Council
J. Mijin Cha, Ph.D., J.D., Associate Professor of Urban and
Environmental Policy, Occidental College, Fellow, Cornell University
Worker Institute
H.R.
8446,
Global Food Security Reauthorization Act of 2022
H.R.
2374,
Peace and Tolerance in Palestinian Education Act
H. Res.
1240,
Requesting the President, and directing the Secretary of State, to
transmit to the House of Representatives copies of all documents in
their possession referring or relating to certain aspects of the
United States withdrawal from Afghanistan.
H. Res.
1266,
Requesting the President to transmit certain documents to the House of
Representatives relating to any initiative or negotiations regarding
Iran’s nuclear program.
H. Res. -, Reaffirming the importance of diplomacy and
development in United States–African Union relations, promoting
strategic partnerships and shared objectives between the United States
and the African Union, and expressing strong support for the
successful implementation of the African Continental Free Trade
Agreement.
On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 1:00 p.m ET, in room 1324 Longworth
House Office Building and via Cisco WebEx, the Subcommittee for
Indigenous Peoples of the United States (SCIP) will hold a hybrid
legislative
hearing
on the following bills:
H.R.
6032(Rep.
Jared Huffman, D-CA), To take certain Federal lands located in
Siskiyou County, California, and Humboldt County, California, into
trust for the benefit of the Karuk Tribe, and for other purposes.
Katimiîn and Ameekyáaraam Sacred Lands Act.
H.R.
6964(Rep.
Marilyn Strickland, D-WA), To authorize leases of up to 99 years for
lands held in trust for the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis
Reservation.
H.R.
7581[Discussion
Draft ANS to H.R. 7581 – attached] (Rep. Jared Huffman, D-CA), To
recognize tribal cooperation in the environmental review of proposed
actions affecting the revised Yurok Reservation, and for other
purposes. Yurok Lands Act of 2022.
H.R.
8115(Rep.
Doug LaMalfa, R-CA), To amend the Recreation and Public Purposes Act
to authorize sales and leases of certain Federal land to federally
recognized Indian Tribes, and for other purposes. Recreation and
Public Purposes Tribal Parity Act.
H.R.
8286(Rep.
Derek Kilmer, D-WA), To take certain Federal land in the State of
Washington into trust for the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, and for other
purposes.
H.R.
8380(Rep.
Jesús G. “Chuy” García, D-IL), To provide for the settlement of
claims relating to the Shab-eh-nay Band Reservation in Illinois, and
for other purposes. Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Shab-eh-nay Band
Reservation Settlement Act of 2022.
H.R.
8387(Rep.
Dan Newhouse, R-WA), To amend the Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act
to provide for advancements in public safety services to Indian
communities, and for other purposes. Parity for Tribal Law
Enforcement Act.
Witnesses
Panel I: Congressional Panel
Rep. Jesús G. “Chuy” GarcÃa, Illinois, 4th District
Rep. Derek Kilmer, Washington, 6th District
Rep. Jared Huffman, California, 2nd District
Rep. Marilyn Strickland, Washington, 10th District
Panel II: Tribal Leader Panel
Russell Attebery (H.R. 6032), Chairman, Karuk Tribe
Harry Pickernell, Sr. (H.R. 6964), Chairman, Confederated Tribes of
the Chehalis Reservation
Joe James (H.R. 7581), Chairman, Yurok Tribe
Frances Charles (H.R. 8286), Chairwoman, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe
Joseph Rupnick (H.R. 8380), Chairman, Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
Arain Hart (H.R. 8115), Chairman, Susanville Indian Rancheria
Jarred-Michael Erickson (H.R. 8387), Chairman, Confederated Tribes of
the Colville Reservation
House Natural Resources Committee
Indigenous Peoples of the United States Subcommittee
Join the Stop the Money Pipeline coalition on Friday,
September 16 at 2 pm ET/11 am PT for a