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| Wed, Mar 10, 2010 9:30 AM. Hearings to examine new directions in global health. [This event matched these trackers: Upcoming Congressional Committee Meetings ] |
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Committee Meeting Notice: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
| Wed, Mar 17, 2010 10:00 AM. Hearings to examine the lessons and implications of the Christmas day attack, focusing on intelligence reform and interagency integration. [This event matched these trackers: Upcoming Congressional Committee Meetings ] |
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Committee Meeting Notice: Senate Armed Services -- Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee
| Wed, Mar 10, 2010 10:00 AM. Hearings to examine U.S. government efforts to counter violent extremism. [This event matched these trackers: Upcoming Congressional Committee Meetings ] |
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Committee Meeting Notice: Senate Appropriations -- Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
| Thu, Mar 11, 2010 2:00 PM. Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2011 for military construction for the Department of Defense. [This event matched these trackers: Upcoming Congressional Committee Meetings ] |
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Committee Meeting Notice: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
| Wed, Mar 10, 2010 12:00 AM. Business meeting to consider the nominations of Patrick K. Nakamura, of Alabama, to be a Member of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, Gwendolyn E. Boyd, of Maryland, and Peggy Goldwater-Clay, of California, both to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation, and Sharon L. Browne, of California, Charles Norman Wiltse Keckler, of Virginia, and Victor B. Maddox, of Kentucky, all to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation, and Gary Blumenthal, of Massachusetts, Chester Alonzo Finn, of New York, Sara A. Gelser, of Oregon, Ari Ne'eman, of Maryland, Dongwoo Joseph Pak, of California, Carol Jean Reynolds, of Colorado, Fernando Torres-Gill, of California, and Jonathan M. Young, of Maryland, all to be a Member of the National Council on Disability. [This event matched these trackers: Upcoming Congressional Committee Meetings ] |
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Committee Meeting Notice: Senate Armed Services
| Tue, Mar 09, 2010 9:00 AM. Hearings to examine U.S. European Command, U.S. Africa Command, and U.S. Joint Forces Command in review of the Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2011 and the Future Years Defense Program; with the possibility of a closed session in SR-222 following the open session. [This event matched these trackers: Upcoming Congressional Committee Meetings ] |
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Committee Meeting Notice: Senate Appropriations -- Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
| Tue, Mar 09, 2010 10:00 AM. Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2011 for the Food and Drug Administration. [This event matched these trackers: Upcoming Congressional Committee Meetings ] |
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Committee Meeting Notice: Senate Judiciary
| Thu, Mar 11, 2010 10:00 AM. Business meeting to consider S.1789, to restore fairness to Federal cocaine sentencing, S.2772, to establish a criminal justice reinvestment grant program to help States and local jurisdictions reduce spending on corrections, control growth in the prison and jail populations, and increase public safety, S.1624, to amend title 11 of the United States Code, to provide protection for medical debt homeowners, to restore bankruptcy protections for individuals experiencing economic distress as caregivers to ill, injured, or disabled family members, and to exempt from means testing debtors whose financial problems were caused by serious medical problems, S.1765, to amend the Hate Crime Statistics Act to include crimes against the homeless, S.148, to restore the rule that agreements between manufacturers and retailers, distributors, or wholesalers to set the minimum price below which the manufacturer's product or service cannot be sold violates the Sherman Act, and the nominations of Jane E. Magnus-Stinson, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana, Josephine Staton Tucker, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California, Mark A. Goldsmith, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, Brian Anthony Jackson, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Louisiana, Elizabeth Erny Foote, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, Marc T. Treadwell, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia, and Kelvin Corneilius Washington, to be United States Marshal for the District of South Carolina, and Christopher Tobias Hoye, to be United States Marshal for the District of Nevada, both of the Department of Justice. S. 148 : Discount Pricing Consumer Protection Act S. 1789 : Fair Sentencing Act of 2009 S. 2772 : Criminal Justice Reinvestment Act of 2009 S. 1624 : Medical Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2009 S. 1765 : Hate Crimes Against the Homeless Statistics Act of 2009 [This event matched these trackers: Upcoming Congressional Committee Meetings ] |
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Committee Meeting Notice: Senate Finance
| Tue, Mar 09, 2010 9:30 AM. Hearings to examine United States preference programs, focusing on options for reform. [This event matched these trackers: Upcoming Congressional Committee Meetings ] |
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Committee Meeting Notice: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
| Tue, Mar 09, 2010 2:30 PM. Hearings to examine Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) reauthorization, focusing on K-12 education for economic success. [This event matched these trackers: Upcoming Congressional Committee Meetings ] |
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Committee Meeting Notice: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
| Thu, Mar 11, 2010 10:00 AM. Hearings to examine consumers, competition, and consolidation in the video and broadband market. [This event matched these trackers: Upcoming Congressional Committee Meetings ] |
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Committee Meeting Notice: House Appropriations
| Wed, Mar 10, 2010 10:00 AM. Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Food and Drug Administration [This event matched these trackers: Upcoming Congressional Committee Meetings ] |
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Committee Meeting Notice: House Foreign Affairs
| Wed, Mar 10, 2010 2:00 PM. Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, hearing on U.S. Policy Toward the Americas in 2010 and Beyond [This event matched these trackers: Upcoming Congressional Committee Meetings ] |
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Committee Meeting Notice: House Armed Services
| Wed, Mar 10, 2010 10:00 AM. Full Committee, on Fiscal Year 2011 National Defense Authorization Budget Requests from U.S. European Command, U.S. Africa Command, and U.S. Joint Forces Command [This event matched these trackers: Upcoming Congressional Committee Meetings ] |
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Committee Meeting Notice: House Appropriations
| Wed, Mar 10, 2010 10:00 AM. Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, on Economic Development Administration [This event matched these trackers: Upcoming Congressional Committee Meetings ] |
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Green Jobs and Economy subcommittee
Boxer Opening Statement: "The Importance of Transportation Investments to the National Economy and Jobs"
Markey: With China and India on Board, No Excuse for U.S. Carbon Inaction
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Chairman Ed Markey, 202-225-4012
WASHINGTON (March 9, 2010) – Following today’s announcement that China and India have signed onto the Copenhagen Accord, Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), co-author of the Waxman-Markey clean energy and climate bill that provided the Obama administration with emission reduction targets, issued the following statement:
“Now that China and India have joined the process, there is no longer any excuse for U.S. inaction on establishing a national plan to create clean energy jobs and cut carbon pollution.
“The House has passed the Waxman-Markey bill. The Obama administration has provided leadership. It is now up to the U.S. Senate to continue this process, and I am encouraged by their progress.
“This is the most complicated political transaction in the history of the world, and we are getting closer every day to completing it.”
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Hearing 3/10: Clean Energy Jobs and Consumer Savings from the Recovery Act
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act invested in projects that create clean energy jobs while helping families save money on their energy bills. These investments in renewable energy, efficiency, weatherization and new technology development have established robust American energy industries, such as advanced battery technology to power cars and trucks.
On Wednesday, Chairman Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming will explore some of the clean energy results from the Recovery Act, and discuss how an American-made clean energy future can continue.
For more information on the Clean Energy items in the Recovery Act, please click here.
WHAT: Select Committee Hearing, “The Clean Energy Recovery: Creating Jobs, Building New Industries and Saving Money.”
WHERE: 2141 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C., and online.
WHEN: Wednesday, March 10, 2010, at 9:30 a.m.
WITNESS LIST:
Lisa Patt-McDaniel, Director, Ohio Department of Development
Bryan Ashley, Chief Marketing Officer, Suniva Inc.
Paul Gaynor, Chief Executive Officer, First Wind Holdings LLC
Mary Ann Wright, Vice President and Managing Director, Business Accelerator Project, Johnson Controls, Inc.
Brian M. Johnson, Federal Affairs Manager, Americans for Tax Reform & Executive Director, Alliance for Worker Freedom
Markey: Clear Need for Clean Energy Jobs
Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), co-author of the Waxman-Markey clean energy jobs bill, today released the following statement in response to President Obama’s remarks on clean energy jobs:
“If we want to put more Americans to work in clean energy jobs, then Congress must continue its work to pass a clean energy strategy for America.
“Independent studies have shown that a clean energy bill like Waxman-Markey could create nearly 2 million clean energy jobs. With global competition for clean energy technologies heating up, now is the time for us to demand clean energy jobs that will be Made in America and Stay in America.
“The Senate is working on their own version of clean energy jobs legislation. Congress will continue to work so more Americans will have work.”
Markey: NEPA Update Takes Bedrock Law, Looks Skyward at Heat-Trapping Emissions
In response to the Obama administration’s Council on Environmental Quality updating the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to include review of climate change impacts from projects that emit sizeable quantities of heat-trapping emissions, Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of twin climate and energy panels, issued the following statement:
"This action updates one of our nation’s bedrock laws to look skyward at the heat-trapping emissions that are endangering our planet.
"Our actions are altering the planet’s climate and this update to the law reflects this immutable fact.aEUREUR
"This is yet another signal of President Obama’s commitment to establishing a comprehensive climate and energy strategy that will create jobs while cutting pollution."
Markey Welcomes Obama Call for Passing Comprehensive Clean Energy & Climate Legislation
Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming and chair of the Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment, which has jurisdiction over the Department of Energy and Nuclear Regulatory Commission, issued the following statement following President Obama’s announcement of $8 billion in funding for the nuclear loan guarantee program:
“President Obama continues to look to the energy sector as the vehicle for driving job creation.” said Rep. Markey, adding, “The President made it clear that passing comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation, like the House passed Waxman-Markey clean energy bill, is critical to American leadership in developing new technologies and industries to compete with China, India and other nations.”
The United States has not built a new nuclear power plant in three decades, due to huge cost overruns, safety concerns, and waste disposal problems that made nuclear power economically uncompetitive -- leading investors to shun nuclear power due to its high risks and poor financial performance. Recognizing the ongoing financial challenges facing the nuclear industry, the Waxman-Markey legislation included a Clean Energy Bank to help provide financing support for new reactors, as well as other non-carbon energy sources such as wind, solar, and efficiency. In recognition, the Nuclear Energy Institute supported the Waxman-Markey legislation’s key provisions when the bill was debated on the House floor last June.
Chairman Markey also noted that in today's nuclear loan guarantee announcement, President Obama reiterated the need to address the issue of how to safely dispose of the dangerous radioactive waste generated by nuclear power, as well as the need to ensure that the nuclear industry is held to the highest and strictest safety standards.
“While nuclear energy will play a competitive role in a low carbon economy, the issues of waste disposal and the inherent uncertainties in putting taxpayer dollars on the line for a nuclear power plant design that hasn’t yet been deemed to be safe to the public must be dealt with.” Markey said. “The process needs to be closely monitored to ensure public safety so that public dollars are responsibly provided only when the reactor is truly safe and shovel-ready.”
In letters exchanged with Department of Energy Secretary Stephen Chu, Markey has been advocating for public safety, financial protection for tax payers regarding the loans guarantees, while pointing out design flaw issues. Those letters can be found here.
POSTPONED Hearing 2/11: Clearing the Smoke - Black Carbon Pollution
Black carbon is a particle pollutant -- a component of soot and smoke -- that is emitted during the burning of fossil fuels and biomass. Finding solutions that reduce black carbon pollution is an important step in the fight against climate change.
The Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming will hold a hearing entitled: “Clearing the Smoke: Understanding the Impacts of Black Carbon Pollution.”
WHAT: Select Committee hearing on Understanding the Impacts of Black Carbon Pollution
WHEN: TBA
WHERE: 2175 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington DC, Capital Complex and on the web at globalwarming.house.gov
WHO: Witnesses to be announced
Markey: President Showing aEURoeGroundedaEUR? Commitment to Clean Energy Development
Today the Obama administration announced several new rules, reports and initiatives that signal the president’s continued commitment to developing home-grown American clean energy. President Obama announced new rules on meeting the renewable fuels requirement from the 2007 energy bill, a proposed rule on biomass assistance for farmers and energy producers, a strategic report on commercialization of biofuels, and the creation of a new interagency task force on carbon capture programs.
Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, and co-author of the 2007 energy bill and the House-passed Waxman-Markey climate and energy bill, issued the following statement:
“Whether it’s biofuels that come out of the ground, or carbon emissions that we pipe underground, the president is showing that he is committed to the creation of a home-grown, American clean energy economy.
“We can create biofuels that come from plants or waste, but don’t take food off our plates. We should be running our cars and trucks on home-grown biofuels, not Middle East fossil fuels. The Obama administration is committed to making this a reality.
“Carbon capture and storage is another necessary technology America must develop if we are to deal with our dual challenges of energy and economic security. China and India are building coal plants at an increasing clip, and if America does not create the technology to capture and dispose of carbon emissions, they will.
“Now is the time for a ‘grounded’ energy and climate policy that takes the plants, the wind, the sun, and the other American resources that surround us everyday and turns it into home-grown clean energy jobs. Today the Obama administration is showing they believe in this ‘grounded’ energy policy.”