Bingaman Joins Lawmakers in Urging Home-Energy Assistance in Stimulus
Last week, 35 Senators made a bipartisan appeal to leadership to add $3.62 billion for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) to the economic stimulus package. The increase would fully fund the program at $5.1 billion in FY08 and provide an additional $500 million in contingency funds. Growing energy costs and cold weather have […]
The Week Ahead (Jan. 28 – Feb. 1)
On Wednesday, Jan. 30, the full committee will mark-up 44 public lands bills pertaining to national parks, forests, heritage areas, reclamation projects and so on. (Dirksen 366 at 11:30 a.m.) On Thursday, Jan. 31, the full committee will consider carbon capture, transportation and sequestration and receive testimony on two related bills: S. 2323, to provide […]
Domenici Lays Out Priorities For Hardrock Mining Reform
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today laid out his priorities for reforming the Mining Law of 1872 at an oversight hearing on hardrock mining. While the House of Representatives has already passed legislation that would change the Mining Law, […]
Hearing on Mining Law of 1872
OPENING STATEMENT Jan. 24, 2008 “Welcome to today’s hearing regarding reform of the Mining Law of 1872. We will hear from two panels – one will focus on surface management issues associated with hardrock mining, and the other will address the topic of royalties. Witnesses from the Administration are here to provide technical information. […]
Domenici Statement on Renewable Energy Tax Credits in Economic Stimulus Package
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and former chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, today released the following statement regarding the inclusion of renewable energy tax credit extensions in the proposed comprehensive economic stimulus package: “Over the last several years, it is apparent […]
The Week Ahead (Jan. 22-25)
On Thursday, Jan. 24, the full committee will receive testimony on the Reform of the Mining Law of 1872. Witnesses include Henri Bisson, deputy director, Bureau of Land Management; Micheal Dombeck, representing Trout Unlimited; William Cobb, representing National Mining Association; Alan Bernholtz, mayor, Crested Butte, CO; Randy Wanamaker, executive director, BBC Human Resources Development […]
Key Findings from EIA and EPA on the Bingaman-Specter ‘Low Carbon Economy Act of 2007’
The Energy Information Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency have each recently released detailed analyses of the Bingaman-Specter greenhouse gas cap-and-trade legislation (S. 1766). The legislation would establish a mandatory emission trading program to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. The analyses, requested by Bingaman and Specter, reached similar conclusions about impacts the bill would have […]
Committee Web Catches the Mouse
Senate Energy Committee’s website has been judged one of the best on Capitol Hill. In an evaluation of all 618 Senate and House personal office, committee and leadership websites, the Congressional Management Foundation (CMF) awarded our website a 2007 Gold Mouse. The CMF is a nonprofit, nonpartisan management consulting organization which has tracked the […]
Bingaman on Record Oil Prices
Chairman Jeff Bingaman on Oil Reaching Record High January 2, 2008 “As we begin 2008, this is a sobering reminder of the critical importance of bolstering our nation’s energy security. In some respects, our nation’s vulnerabilities in this area are a matter of geology – the United States has only about 3 percent […]
Early Action Assured on Public Lands Bills
Chairman Bingaman is delighted that an agreement was reached last night to allow early action next year on the National Forests, Parks, Public Land and Reclamation Project Authorization Act of 2007 (S. 2483) – a bipartisan collection of nearly 60 individual bills under the jurisdiction of the Committee on Energy & Natural Resources. All of […]