The Subcommittee on Energy and Environment will hold a hearing titled, "The Climate Crisis: National Security, Public Health, and Economic Threats" on Thursday, February 12, 2009, in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building.

A summary of the hearing with accompanying documents is available.

The following witnesses are invited to testify:

• Gen. Gordon Sullivan (Ret.), President and Chief Operating Officer, Association of the United States Army
• Mr. James Woolsey, VantagePoint Venture Partners, former Director, Central Intelligence Agency
• Dr. Kristie Ebi, Lead Author, Public Health Chapter of the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report
• Dr. Frank Ackerman, Stockholm Environment Institute U.S. Center, Tufts University
• Professor Daniel Schrag, Harvard University
• Dr. Patrick Michaels, Cato Institute