Washington D.C. — Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Subcommittee Chair Jeff Duncan (R-SC) are holding a hearing tomorrow at 10:00 AM to expose President Biden’s collusion with extreme environmental activists to tear down the Lower Snake River Dams.

Here are three things you should know:

1. The dams are vital to the Pacific Northwest’s and the country’s way of life.

• Dams in the Columbia Snake River system provide more than one third of all the hydropower capacity in the United States. In Washinton State, hydropower accounts for 70 percent of the electricity consumed. 
• The dams helped transform Eastern Washington into one of the most productive agricultural regions in the world. Farmers irrigate their fields using water that is controlled because of the Snake River dams and also use the river system to ship their products around the world. Over $3 billion worth of cargo is shipped on the Columbia Snake River System every year, including 40 percent of America’s wheat. 

2. Breaching the dams is not good for the environment. 

• The Lower Snake River Dams provide clean, renewable, reliable, and affordable energy that powers people’s homes and businesses. Removal of the dams will reduce hydropower production and make America more reliant on the world’s biggest polluter—China. 

3. Despite the importance of the dams, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) has led closed-door negotiations to breach the Lower Snake River Dams. 

• CEQ has ignored the concerns of people living in the Pacific Northwest. This process, which was supposed to be open and transparent, has instead consisted of an undisclosed number of backdoor meetings between a select group of organizations and individuals.  
• This small group is attempting to dictate decisions for the entire region—decisions that will significantly impact electricity rates, transportation, grid reliability, food and energy security, and the future of river-dependent communities.