Hearings and Votes Archive
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The American Energy Initiative: A Focus on Legislative Responses to Rising Gasoline Prices
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 - 9:30am
Background Documents and Information:
Discussion Draft, The Gasoline Regulations Act of 2012
Discussion Draft, The Strategic Energy Production Act of 2012
Opening Statements:
Witnesses:
Panel I:
Honorable Gina McCarthy
- Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Witness Testimony
Robert Abbey
- Director
- Bureau of Land Management
- U.S. Department of the Interior
- Witness Testimony
Christopher A. Smith
- Deputy Assistant Secretary of Oil and Natural Gas
- Office of Fossil Energy
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Witness Testimony (Truth in Testimony)
Panel II:
James Burkhard
- Managing Director - Global Oil Group
- IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates
- Witness Testimony
Jackson Coleman
- Managing Partner and General Counsel
- EnergyNorthAmerica, LLC
- Witness Testimony (Truth in Testimony)
Matthew L. Smorch
- Vice President - Strategy
- CountryMark Cooperative, LLC
- Witness Testimony (Truth in Testimony)
Robert Meyers
- Senior Counsel
- Crowell & Moring
- Witness Testimony (Truth in Testimony)
Niger Innis
- Co-Chairman of Affordable Power Alliance and
- National Spokesman for Congress on Racial Equality
- Witness Testimony
Dr. Joseph Romm
- Senior Fellow
- Center for American Progress
- Witness Testimony (Truth in Testimony)
Dr. George R. Schink
- Managing Director and Principal
- Navigant Economics
- On Behalf of: The Emissions Control Technology Association
- Witness Testimony (Truth in Testimony)
Congress: