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Week of May 23 – 27 On Wednesday, May 25, the Public Lands and Forests subcommittee will consider the following five bills: S. 233, the North Fork Watershed Protection…
Opening Statement of Chairman Bingaman “Thank you all for coming to testify today to give us your thoughts on two important bills, S. 734 and S. 948; these bills…
Oil and Gas “Today we continue the Committee’s work on domestic oil and gas production and the safety and environmental protection that are essential elements of responsible production. In…
Week of May 16 – 20 On Tuesday, May 17, the full committee will receive testimony on the following four bills related to oil and gas development:…
Opening Statement “I’d like to welcome everyone here today and thank the witnesses for testifying. Our hearing this morning is on two bills, S. 699 and S. 757. …
Bingaman Advances Two Key Energy Priorities Chairman Bingaman has introduced two bills to address important areas of our nation’s energy policy: S. 916, the Oil and Gas Facilitation…
Opening Statement – May 10, 2011 Drilling Down on New Technologies “This morning’s hearing focuses on new developments in technologies for the exploration and production of oil and natural…
Another Energy Committee Info Hub: Twitter. The Democratic Staff of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources invites you to follow us on Twitter, @SenateEnergy. Chairman…
Week of May 9-13 On Tuesday, May 10, the full committee will hear testimony on new developments in upstream oil and gas technologies. Witnesses will include Dr. Thomas Davis,…
Opening Statement – May 5, 2011 Cyber Security in the Electric Sector “Good Morning. Today’s hearing is devoted to cyber security in the electric sector. “The safety…
Clean Energy Deployment Administration Opening Statement “Thank you for coming here today to participate in this hearing to establish a Clean Energy Deployment Administration (CEDA). This legislation has…
Week of May 2 – 6 u On Tuesday, May 3, the full committee will receive testimony on the proposal for a Clean Energy Deployment Administration as contained…
Bingaman’s Reaction to Dramatic Budget Cuts at the EIA “Deep programmatic cuts have been announced at the Energy Information Administration, as a result of the overall agreement…
Opening Statement Good morning and welcome to today’s hearing. The hearing will focus on two related subjects. First, we will hear about the serious drought conditions that are…
Week of April 25 – 29 On Wednesday, April 27, the full committee will hold a field hearing in Santa Fe, NM, to receive testimony on current…
MEDIA CONTACTS: Rosemarie Calabro (Bingaman): 202.224.5039 Megan Hermann (Murkowski): 202.224.7875 April 15, 2011 Discussion Draft of Electric Sector Cyber Security Bill Posted to Website; Hearing Planned for Early…
Today’s Business Meeting Committee Reports One Nomination, Three Bills In a mark-up today, Senate Energy Committee ordered reported, on a unanimous voice vote, the nomination of Dr. Peter Lyons…
Opening Statement – April 7, 2011 Biofuel Programs and Biofuel Infrastructure “Thank you all for coming today to discuss biofuels, and biofuel infrastructure issues. It is important that…
Hearing on S. 629, S. 630 and the Energy-Water Integration Act (Title I, Subtitle D of S. 1462 from 111th Congress) “Good morning and welcome to today’s hearing. Today…
Bingaman on POTUS Outline for America’s Energy Security “The President’s plan to reduce America’s reliance on imported oil is ambitious, but achievable. It’s a great priority for our country,…
Week of March 28 – April 1 On Tuesday, March 29, the full committee will meet to gather information on recent events at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi reactor…
MEDIA CONTACTS: Rosemarie Calabro (Bingaman)(202.224.5039) Megan Hermann (Murkowski)(202.224.7875) Bingaman and Murkowski Release CES White Paper March 21, 2011 Today, Chairman Bingaman and Ranking Member Murkowski released…
Because of the spring recess, the Committee has no official business scheduled. Go-To Guy. If you haven’t done so already, check out what Chairman Bingaman said this week…
Opening Statement – March 17, 2011 Clean Energy: Retaining Our Competitive Advantage “Today’s hearing is to gain insights into the investment environment here in the U.S. as well…
“I wanted to take these few minutes to discuss high oil and gasoline prices. I think when we get to our respective states this next week we’re going to find…