Hearing on "EPA's Enforcement Program: Taking the Environmental Cop Off the Beat"
The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Energy and Commerce held a hearing on Tuesday, February 26, 2019, at 10:30 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, "EPA's Enforcement Program: Taking the Environmental Cop Off the Beat."
Livestream
Key Documents
Memorandum from Chairman Pallone to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Opening Statement of Chairman Pallone as prepared for delivery
Opening Statement of Subcommittee Chair DeGette as prepared for delivery
Witnesses
Panel I
The Honorable Susan Bodine
Assistant Administrator
Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Panel II
Bruce Buckheit, JD, MS
Analyst and Consultant
Former Director
Air Enforcement Division, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Bakeyah Nelson, PhD
Executive Director
Air Alliance Houston
Eric Schaeffer, JD
Executive Director
Environmental Integrity Project
Chris Sellers, PhD, MD
Professor of History
Director, Center for the Study of Inequality and Social Justice
Stony Brook University
Jay Shimshak, PhD
Associate Professor of Public Policy and Economics
Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy
University of Virginia
The Honorable Ronald J. Tenpas, JD
Partner
Vinson & Elkins LLP
Former Assistant Attorney General
Environment and Natural Resources Division
U.S. Department of Justice