Upcoming hearings. Kerry and otherwise

[TayTay]

Okay, Senator Kerry has said that on or around June 2nd, the Global Warming Act will come to the floor of the US Senate for debate. This bill is 5 years (or more) in the making and is the first significant piece of legislation to seriously deal with the problem of climate change.

There have been hearings going on about this topic since the beginning of the 110th Congress.

Another significant hearing (not with Sen. Kerry, but still significant.)


Full Committee Oversight Hearing: To receive testimony on Energy and Related Economic Effects of Global Climate Change Legislation (SD-366)
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
10:00 AM


http://energy.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.Hearing&Hearing_ID=e4189e08-a755-e064-6d2a-4acdad9a890e

The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on Energy and Related Economic Effects of Global Climate Change Legislation.

Witnesses

Panel 1
Mr. Brent Yacobucci , Congressional Research Service
Dr. Larry Parker , Congressional Research Service
Dr. Howard Gruenspecht , Deputy Administrator, Energy Information Administration
Dr. Brian McLean , U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Dr. Peter Orszag , Congressional Budget Office

[TayTay]

1. Sen. Kerry chairs a hearing on Pakistan in SFRC on 5/20/08

PAKISTAN’S FATA CHALLENGE:
SECURING ONE OF THE WORLD’S
MOST DANGEROUS AREAS

HEARING
before the

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Time: 2:45 p.m. or after the Business Meeting
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Presiding: Senator Kerry

http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2008/hrg080520pp.html

Panel 1:
+The Honorable John D. Negroponte
Deputy Secretary of State
Department of State
Washington, DC

Panel 2:
+Mr. Gene Dodaro
Acting Comptroller General
Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC

[TayTay]

2. Finance Committee: Trade enforcement 5/22/08

S. 1919, the Trade Enforcement Act of 2007

More on this bill here: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s110-1919&tab=summary

May 22, 2008, at 10:00 a.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building

http://finance.senate.gov/sitepages/hearing052208.htm

Member Statements:
Max Baucus, MT
Charles Grassley, IA

Witness Statements:

A witness list will be provided at a later date.

[TayTay]

5. More info on this SFRC hearing

There is some background on what this hearing is about at these links:

http://www.usaid.gov/pk/mission/news/fata.htm">USAID website Pakistan

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shuja-nawaz/rethinking-the-war-in-pak_b_91407.html">Shuja Nawaz, Pakistani Author

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/taliban/pakistan/fair.html">PBS Frontline info on Pakistan

[wisteria]

3. Thanks for the updates Tay! n/t

[Muttocracy]

4. ditto! nt