Hill Heat

MacMahon Student Center, Saint Peter’s University, 47 Glenwood Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey

Opening Statement

• Chairman Donald Payne (D-NJ)

Witnesses

• Major Louis V. Bucchere, Commanding Officer, Emergency Management Section, New Jersey State Police
• Kelly Boyd, Access and Functional Needs Planner, Preparedness Bureau/Emergency Management Section, New Jersey Office of Emergency Management
• Elizabeth Curda, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security, Government Accountability Office
• Marcie Roth, Chief Executive Officer Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies
• Dorian Herrell, Director, Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, City of Newark
• Luke Koppisch, Deputy Director, Alliance Center for Independence
• Laurence Flint, MD, New Jersey Chapter Representative American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Disaster Preparedness Committee

07/23/2019 at 10:00AM

Houston Community College, West Loop Campus Auditorium

Opening Statements

• Rep. Lizzie Fletcher
• Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson

Witnesses

• Dr. Louis W. Uccellini, Assistant Administrator for Weather Services, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) And Director, National Weather Service (NWS)
• Dr. Hanadi Rifai, PE, John and Rebecca Moores Professor; Director, Environmental Engineering Graduate Program; Associate Dean Research and Facilities, Director of Hurricane Resilience Research Institute (HuRRI), University of Houston
• Emily Grover-Kopec, Director of Insurance Practice, One Concern, Inc.
• Jim Blackburn, Co-Director, Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters (SSPEED) Center; Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University

07/22/2019 at 03:00PM

Wheeling Village Hall – 2 Community Blvd, Wheeling, IL, 60090

Environmental reviews protect communities by studying in advance the social, environmental, and economic harms that could result from a construction project. Understanding the potential harms gives the public and government officials the ability to make informed decision-making prior to construction and the opportunity to plan for mitigation. Unfortunately, environmental reviews are skipped for expediency, such as the Foxconn development in Wisconsin which has the potential to exacerbate flooding in the Des Plaines River watershed. After severe flooding in 2017, businesses in Lake County, Illinois utilized SBA’s disaster loans to rebuild and recover. With projections of more severe future flooding, the SBA disaster loan program could face further unnecessary strain. As Congress considers adapting the program to face additional challenges related to increasing disasters, it is important to understand how compliance with required environmental reviews can ensure the longevity of the SBA disaster program.

Witnesses

• Mike Warner, Executive Director, Lake County Stormwater Management Commission, Libertyville, IL
• Howard Learner, Executive Director, Environmental Law & Policy Center, Chicago, IL
• John Durning, Owner, Pizzeria Deville, Libertyville, IL Testimony
• Dr. Louis Woo , Special Assistant to the Chairman and CEO of Foxconn, Fewi Development Corporation

07/19/2019 at 10:30AM

Opening Statements

• Chair Conor Lamb (D-PA) of the Subcommittee on Energy
• Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)

Witnesses:

• Karen Evans, Assistant Secretary, Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response, U.S. Department of Energy

* Juan Torres, Co-Chair, Grid Modernization Lab Consortium and Associate Laboratory Director, Energy Systems Integration, National Renewable Energy Laboratory * Kelly Speakes-Backman, Chief Executive Officer, Energy Storage Association * Katherine Hamilton, Chair, 38 North Solutions and Executive Director, Advanced Energy Management Alliance

07/17/2019 at 02:00PM

On Wednesday, July 17, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. in Hearing Room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources is scheduled to hold a markup and consider the following bills:

• H.R. 1373 (Rep. Grijalva), To protect, for current and future generations, the watershed, ecosystem, and cultural heritage of the Grand Canyon region in the State of Arizona, and for other purposes. “Grand Canyon Centennial Protection Act.” Amendments to H.R. 1373 must be drafted to the amendment in the nature of a substitute, attached to this notice.
• H.R. 2181 (Rep. Luján), To provide for the withdrawal and protection of certain Federal land in the State of New Mexico. “Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2019.”
• H.R. 3405 (Rep. Grijalva), To direct the Secretary of the Interior to revise the Final List of Critical Minerals, and for other purposes. “Removing Uranium from the Critical Minerals List Act.” Amendments to H.R. 3405 must be drafted to the amendment in the nature of a substitute, attached to this notice.

07/17/2019 at 10:00AM

Opening Statements

• Chairwoman Haley Stevens (D-MI) of the Subcommittee on Research and Technology
• Chairwoman Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) of the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight
• Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)
• Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY)

Witnesses:

• John Neumann, Managing Director, Science, Technology Assessment, and Analytics, U.S. Government Accountability Office
• Michael Halpern, Deputy Director, Center for Science & Democracy, Union of Concerned Scientists
• Joel Clement, Arctic Initiative Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
• Minority witness: Roger Pielke Jr., Director, Sports Governance Center, Professor, Environmental Studies Program, University of Colorado

07/17/2019 at 10:00AM

• H.R. 1315, the “Blue Collar to Green Collar Jobs Development Act of 2019”, was favorably reported, amended, to the House by a voice vote.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Rush in the Nature of a Substitute was agreed to by a voice vote.
• H.R. 2665, the “Smart Energy and Water Efficiency Act”, was favorably reported, as amended, to the House by a voice vote.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Griffith was agreed to by a voice vote.
• H.R. 2044, the “Smart Building Acceleration Act”, was favorably reported, as amended, to the House by a voice vote.
• H.R. 359, the “Enhancing Grid Security through Public-Private Partnerships Act”, was favorably reported, as amended, to the House by a voice vote.
• H.R. 360, the “Cyber Sense Act of 2019”, was favorably reported, as amended, to the House by a voice vote.
• H.R. 362, the “Energy Emergency Leadership Act”, was favorably reported, as amended, to the House by a voice vote.
• H.R. 370, the “Pipeline and LNG Facility Cybersecurity Preparedness Act”, was favorably reported, as amended, to the House by a voice vote.
• H.R. 2088, a bill to amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to reauthorize the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program, and for other purposes, was favorably reported, as amended, to the House by a voice vote.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Buschon was defeated by a voice vote.

• H.R. 2041, the “Weatherization Enhancement and Local Energy Efficiency Investment and Accountability Act”, was favorably reported, as amended, to the House by a voice vote.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Tonko was agreed to by a voice vote.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Rush was agreed to by a voice vote.

• H.R. 2119, a bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize grants for improving the energy efficiency of public buildings, and for other purposes, was favorably reported, as amended, to the House by a voice vote.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Kelly was agreed to by a voice vote.
• H.R. 3432, the “Safer Pipelines Act of 2019” was not considered in markup.

07/17/2019 at 09:30AM

Witnesses

• David J. Hayes, Executive Director, State Energy & Environmental Impact Center, Former Deputy Secretary of the Interior (1999-2001; 2009-2013)
• Jamie Williams, President, The Wilderness Society
• Nicolas Loris, Deputy Director, Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies and Herbert and Joyce Morgan Research Fellow, Institute for Economic Freedom, The Heritage Foundation
• Seth Shonkoff, PhD, MPH, Executive Director, PSE Healthy Energy, Visiting Scholar, UC Berkeley

07/16/2019 at 02:00PM

Opening Statements

• Chairwoman Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) of the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight
• Chair Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX) of the Subcommittee on Environment
• Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)

Witnesses

• J. Alfredo Gomez, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, U.S. Government Accountability Office
• Dr. Thomas A. Burke, PhD, MPH, Jacob I. and Irene B. Fabrikant Professor and Chair in Health Risk and Society, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
• Dr. Deborah Swackhamer, Professor Emerita, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
• Dr. Jonathan Samet, MD, MS, Dean, Colorado School of Public Health

07/16/2019 at 02:00PM

Cleaning up heavy duty transportation is a critical climate solution and can help advance climate justice by improving air quality in frontline communities.

Opening Statement

• Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL)

Witnesses

• Ryan Popple (@rcpopple), President and CEO of Proterra, Inc. (@Proterra_Inc), a company that manufactures zero-emission battery-electric buses. Popple is a U.S. Army veteran and previously worked for Tesla Motors.
• Angelo Logan (@angeloseanlogan), Campaign Director of the Moving Forward Network (@The_MFN). Logan is the co-founder of East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice and has worked with several coalitions focused on protecting public health and advancing environmental justice.
• Michelle Romero (@michelledreams2), National Director for Green for All (@GreenForAll). Romero leads Green for All’s work to create an inclusive green economy and shift resources from polluters to communities suffering from pollution.
• Tony Satterthwaite, President, Distribution Business at Cummins, Inc. (@Cummins). Cummins is a Fortune 500 engine manufacturing company and its distribution business employs more than 16,000 people globally.

07/16/2019 at 10:00AM