Ready to make a difference in climate policy? But not sure where to
start? We have you covered. The Environmental and Energy Study Institute
(EESI) invites you to join us for our start-of-the-new Congress briefing
series, Climate Camp . We will go over the basics of the legislative
process, highlighting key areas and opportunities for climate mitigation
and adaptation policy.
Our second session in
EESI’s Congressional Climate Camp series will
explore the public’s interest in seeing continued federal attention on
climate change. Forty-six percent of people in the United States say
they have personally experienced the impacts of climate change and 55
percent of people say that climate change should be a high or very high
priority for Congress and the administration, according to the Yale
Program on Climate Change Communication. Panelists will explore the
latest analyses of public opinion on climate change across sectors and
geography and explain why it matters for the 118th Congress.
The business
meeting
will be held on Thursday, February 9, 2023, at 10:00 am, immediately
preceding the previously scheduled
hearing in Room
366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C.
The purpose of the business meeting is to consider the following:
Agenda Item 1: An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the
Committee for the 118th Congress.
Agenda Item 2: Committee rule change for the 118th Congress.
The Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment of the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure (Chair David Rouzer, R-N.C.) will hold
a
hearing
titled “Stakeholder Perspectives on the Impacts of the Biden
Administration’s Waters of the United States (WOTUS) Rule” on Wednesday,
February 8, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. ET, in Room 2167 of the Rayburn House
Office Building.
Witnesses:
Garrett Hawkins, President, Missouri Farm Bureau
Alicia Huey, Chairman, National Association of Home Builders
Mark Williams, Environmental Manager, Luck Companies, On Behalf of
National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association
Susan Parker Bodine, Partner, Earth & Water Law
LLC
Dave Owen, Professor of Law and Faculty Director of Scholarly
Publications, UC College of the Law, San Francisco
On Wednesday, February 8, 2023, at 10:00 a.m., in Room 1324 Longworth
House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources will hold an
oversight
hearing
titled “Unleashing America’s Energy and Mineral Potential”.
The Energy Information Administration predicts a 50 percent increase in
global energy consumption by
2050, with
petroleum and other liquid fuels remaining the largest energy source,
and natural gas consumption increases expected as well.
Witnesses:
Panel I
Kathleen Sgamma, President, Western Energy Alliance, Denver, CO
Erik Milito, President, National Ocean Industries Association,
Washington, DC
JC Sandberg, Chief Advocacy Officer, American Clean Power, Washington,
DC
Dana Johnson, Senior Director of Strategy and Federal Policy,
WE ACT for Environmental Justice
Panel II
Brian Somers, President, Utah Mining Association, Salt Lake City, UT
Michael Holloman II, Commercial Director and Member of the Board, U.S.
Strategic Metals, St. Louis, MO
Matthew Adams, Vice President and Senior Tax Counsel, Navajo
Transitional Energy Company (NTEC), Broomfield, CO
Reno Franklin, Chairman, Kashia Band of Pomo Indians & Member,
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, Santa Rosa, CA
Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson, Chairman of the House Committee on
Agriculture, announced the Committee Organizational Meeting for the
118th Congress.
A
meeting
to consider organizational matters of the Committee on Agriculture for
the 118th Congress and the Oversight Plan for the Committee on
Agriculture for the 118th Congress.
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on
Commerce, Science and Transportation, will convene an Executive
Session on
Thursday, February 2, 2023, at 10 a.m. ET to consider the following:
Agenda:
Rules Governing the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and
Transportation
Budget Resolution for the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and
Transportation
Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee