On Thursday, March 9, 2023, at 10:00 AM ET,
the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, led by
Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito
(R-W.Va.), will hold a full committee
hearing
on addressing the environmental and public health threats from the
Norfolk Southern train derailment and chemical release in East
Palestine, Ohio.
Witnesses
Panel I
Sherrod Brown, United States Senator, The State of Ohio
JD Vance, United States Senator, The State of Ohio
Bob Casey, United States Senator, The State of Pennsylvania
Panel II
Alan Shaw, President and CEO, Norfolk
Southern Corporation
Debra Shore, Regional Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency,, Region V
Anne Vogel, Director, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Richard Harrison, Executive Director and Chief Engineer, Ohio River
Valley Water Sanitation Commission
Eric Brewer, Director and Chief of Hazardous Materials Response,
Beaver County Department of Emergency Services
The Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries will hold an
oversight
hearing
on “Benefits and Access: The Necessity for Multiple Use of Water
Resources” on Wednesday, March 8, at 2:00 p.m.
EST in 1324 Longworth House Office Building.
Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs
Chairman Rep. Pat Fallon (R-Texas) will hold a subcommittee
hearing
titled “Burning the Midnight Oil: Why Depleting the Strategic Petroleum
Reserve is Not a Solution to America’s Energy Problem, Part I” to
examine the Biden Administration’s drawdowns of the Strategic Petroleum
Reserve (SPR) and investigate the policy decisions responsible for
energy price spikes and supply shortages.
“The Biden Administration’s day-one war on American-made energy has sent
gas prices skyrocketing for American families. In a failed attempt to
curb inflation, the Biden Administration chose to diminish our emergency
crude stockpiles more than all other administrations combined,” said
Subcommittee Chairman Fallon. “The Oversight Committee will bring
transparency to the Biden Administration’s decision to draw down our
Strategic Petroleum Reserve and find real solutions to unleash
American-made energy and lower gas prices for the long term.”
Witnesses:
Alex Epstein, President, Center for Industrial Progress
Dr. Ilia Bouchouev, Managing Partner Pentathlon Investments,
LLC, former President of Koch Global
Partners and global head of derivatives at Koch Supply & Trading
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Subcommittee
The Subcommittee on Federal Lands will hold an oversight
hearing
on “Promoting Conservation with a Purpose on America’s Federal Lands and
Forests” on Wednesday, March 8, at 10:15 a.m.
EST in 1324 Longworth House Office Building.
Republicans will argue: “Preservationist policies that lock up our
nation’s abundant resources will only exacerbate the historically
devastating wildfire and drought crisis, rural economic decline, and the
loss of access and enjoyment to large parts of our federal lands. “