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“News that BP and ConocoPhillips are teaming up to build a natural gas pipeline in Alaska is a positive and important development. Bringing the vast reserves of natural gas that…
On Tuesday, April 8, the Subcommittee on Water and Power will receive testimony on: S.2259/H.R. 813, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Prado Basin Natural…
“I want to begin by thanking the witnesses for joining us today. Today’s hearing will be about an issue we have been debating in Congress for a number of years…
Senate Energy Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman today took to task the Interior Department and Department of Homeland Security for waiving nearly 40 Federal laws in order to speed construction of…
Tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. in Dirksen 366, Senate ENR will drill into an issue that Congress has puzzled over for years: how speculation in financial energy markets is contributing to…
On Tuesday, April 1, the full committee will consider S. 2593, a bill to establish a program within the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior to carry out…
On Wednesday, March 26, the Subcommittee on Energy will hold a field hearing on the challenges associated with rapid deployment of large-scale carbon capture and storage technologies. Witnesses include Tim…
“Welcome to today’s oversight hearing on the two subjects relating to reform of the Mining Law of 1872: abandoned mine lands and uranium mining. Both of these topics are important…
On Wednesday, March 12, the full committee will examine “Hardrock Mining: Issues Relating to Abandoned Mine Lands and Uranium Mining.” Witnesses include Robin Nazzaro, director, Natural Resources and Environment, Government…
Sen. Bingaman today told U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab that Senate legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by establishing a cap-and-trade system must not disadvantage American businesses — and that,…
Sens. Russ Feingold (D-WI), Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) and Sam Brownback (R-KS) are working together to protect consumers of electric utilities from harmful business transactions and to ensure fair competition between…
In a short business meeting tonight off the Senate floor, the Energy Committee, by a unanimous voice vote, reported the nomination of J. Gregory Copeland to be General…
Experts have called the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) a historic achievement by Congress. With reviews like that, it’s easy to see why Chairman Bingaman, who played…
· On Tuesday, March 4, the full committee will receive testimony from Guy Caruso on the Energy Information Administration’s revised Annual Energy Outlook. (Dirksen 366 at 10:00 a.m.) · …
“Thank you for being here today to discuss a critical aspect of our nation’s energy security: oil inventories and, in particular, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). “I am…
On Tuesday, Feb. 26, the full committee will examine U.S. oil inventory policies, including the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Invited witnesses include Frank Rusco, acting director, Natural Resources and Environment, Government…
The Government Accountability Office has issued a report detailing major problems with the Administration’s plans to outsource Forest Service jobs. The initiative, called “competitive sourcing,” seeks to use private contractors…
"Today’s record-setting close for oil illustrates our energy vulnerabilities. Right now, we depend on everything going right, and when there is a refinery outage or the threat of cutbacks abroad,…
“This morning we are reviewing the President’s proposed budget for the Department of the Interior. I’d like to welcome Secretary Kempthorne to the committee, and look forward to hearing…
On Wednesday, Feb. 13, the full committee will welcome Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne at an oversight hearing on the President’s proposed FY 2009 budget for the U.S. Department of the…
“Thank you all for coming today to discuss the Renewable Fuel Standard included in the Energy Independence and Security Act, which was signed into law on Dec. 19, 2007. This…
”Today’s hearing will examine the President’s budget proposal for the Department of Energy for fiscal year 2009. I would like to welcome our witness, Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman. …
Today, Sens. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) and Pete Domenici (R-NM), chair and ranking member of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Wayne Allard (R-CO), chair…
Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) welcomed increases in a number of Department of Energy (DOE) programs in the President’s Budget Request for FY 2009 today, while questioning other omissions that diminished…
On Wednesday, Feb. 6, the full committee will welcome Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman at an oversight hearing on the President’s proposed FY 2009 budget for the U.S. Department of Energy. …