WASHINGTON (April 22, 2009) - Chairman Henry A. Waxman of the Energy and Commerce Committee and Chairman Edward J. Markey of the Energy and Environment Subcommittee held the second day of the legislative hearings on the discussion draft of "The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009." Rep. Markey's Opening Statement at second hearing.
The Hearing consisted of testimony and questions from the following panels:
Panel 1: Administration Views on "The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009" Legislation
The Honorable Lisa Jackson, Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
The Honorable Stephen Chu, Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy
The Honorable Ray LaHood, Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation
Testimony of Lisa Jackson
Testimony of Steven Chu
Testimony of Ray LaHood
Video of Secretary of Energy Chu's testimony:
Panel 2: United States Climate Action Partnership Views on "The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009" Legislation
Charles Holliday, Jr., Chairman, DuPont
Red Cavaney, Senior Vice President, Government and Public Affairs, ConocoPhillips
Jim Rogers, Chairman, President, and CEO, Duke Energy Corp.
Frances Beinecke, President, Natural Resources Defense Council
Meg McDonald, Director, Global Issues, Alcoa Inc.
David Crane, President and CEO, NRG Energy, Inc.
Testimony of Charles Holliday, Jr.
Testimony of Red Cavaney
Testimony of Jim Rogers
Testimony of Frances Beinecke
Testimony of Meg McDonald
Testimony of David Crane
Panel 3: Additional Views on the "The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009"
Paul Cicio, President, Industrial Energy Consumers of America
Myron Ebell, Competititve Enterprise Institute
David Kreutzer, The Heritage Foundation
Dr. Steven Hayward, American Eneterprise Institute
The Honorable John Fetterman, Mayor, Braddock, Pennsylvania
Kevin Knobloch, President, Union of Concerned Scientists
Dr. Nathaniel Keohane, Director of Economic Policy and Analysis, Environmental Defense Fund
Video of the testimony of John Fetterman, mayor of the Pennsylvania steel working town of Braddock:
Testimony of Paul Cicio
Testimony of Myron Ebell
Testimony of David Kreutzer
Testimony of Steven Hayward
Testimony of John Fetterman
Testimony of Kevin Knobloch
Testimony of Nathaniel Keohane
Panel 4: Green Jobs and Economic Benefits
Denise Bode, CEO, American Wind Energy Association
Kate Gordon, Co-Director, Apollo Alliance
David Manning, Vice President, External Affairs, National Grid
Frank Ackerman, Senior Economist, Stockholm Environment Institute, U.S. Center, Tufts University
Yvette Pena, Director of Legislation and Intergovernmental Affairs, Blue Green Alliance
Testimony of Kate Gordon
Testimony of David Manning
Testimony of Frank Ackerman
Testimony of Dave Foster, presented by Yvette Pena
Archived Video in WMV format:
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April 23, 2009 - Waxman-Markey American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, Day 3
