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Nominations to the Department of Transportation, the Department of Commerce, and the Executive Office of the President S. HRG. 111–418 NOMINATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, AND THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION APRIL 21, 2009 Printed for the use of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation ( U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 52–165 PDF WASHINGTON : 2010 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2104 Mail: Stop IDCC, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate Nov 24 2008 13:04 May 18, 2010 Jkt 052165 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 S:\WPSHR\GPO\DOCS\52165.TXT SCOM1 PsN: JACKIE SENATE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER IV, West Virginia, Chairman DANIEL K. INOUYE, Hawaii KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON, Texas, Ranking JOHN F. KERRY, Massachusetts OLYMPIA J. SNOWE, Maine BYRON L. DORGAN, North Dakota JOHN ENSIGN, Nevada BARBARA BOXER, California JIM DEMINT, South Carolina BILL NELSON, Florida JOHN THUNE, South Dakota MARIA CANTWELL, Washington ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi FRANK R. LAUTENBERG, New Jersey JOHNNY ISAKSON, Georgia MARK PRYOR, Arkansas DAVID VITTER, Louisiana CLAIRE MCCASKILL, Missouri SAM BROWNBACK, Kansas AMY KLOBUCHAR, Minnesota MEL MARTINEZ, Florida TOM UDALL, New Mexico MIKE JOHANNS, Nebraska MARK WARNER, Virginia MARK BEGICH, Alaska ELLEN L. DONESKI, Chief of Staff JAMES REID, Deputy Chief of Staff BRUCE H. ANDREWS, General Counsel CHRISTINE D. KURTH, Republican Staff Director and General Counsel PAUL NAGLE, Republican Chief Counsel (II) VerDate Nov 24 2008 13:04 May 18, 2010 Jkt 052165 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 S:\WPSHR\GPO\DOCS\52165.TXT SCOM1 PsN: JACKIE C O N T E N T S Page Hearing held on April 21, 2009 .............................................................................. 1 Statement of Senator Inouye .................................................................................. 1 Prepared statement of Hon. John D. Rockefeller IV submitted by Hon. Daniel K. Inouye ........................................................................................... 2 Statement of Senator Hutchison ............................................................................ 3 Statement of Senator Kerry .................................................................................... 5 Statement of Senator Dorgan ................................................................................. 41 Prepared statement of Hon. Ellen O. Tauscher, U.S. Representative from California, Tenth District, submitted by Hon. Byron L. Dorgan .............. 63 Statement of Senator Warner ................................................................................. 49 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 49 Statement of Senator Johanns ............................................................................... 52 Statement of Senator Begich .................................................................................. 53 Statement of Senator Lautenberg .......................................................................... 55 Statement of Senator Klobuchar ............................................................................ 56 Statement of Senator Thune ................................................................................... 58 Statement of Senator Cantwell .............................................................................. 90 WITNESSES Hon. Richard Durbin, U.S. Senator from Illinois .................................................. 6 Peter H. Appel, Administrator-Designate, Research and Innovative Tech- nology Administration, Department of Transportation .................................... 8 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 10 Biographical information ................................................................................. 10 Hon. Joseph C. Szabo, Administrator-Designate, Federal Railroad Administra- tion, Department of Transportation ................................................................... 17 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 18 Biographical information ................................................................................. 20 Dana G. Gresham, Assistant Secretary-Designate of Transportation for Gov- ernmental Affairs, Department of Transportation ............................................ 26 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 27 Biographical information ................................................................................. 28 Robert S. Rivkin, General Counsel-Designate, Department of Transportation .. 32 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 34 Biographical information ................................................................................. 34 Roy W. Kienitz, Under Secretary-Designate, Department of Transportation .... 41 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 42 Biographical information ................................................................................. 43 April Boyd, Assistant Secretary-Designate, Office of Legislative and Intergov- ernmental Affairs, Department of Commerce .................................................... 64 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 65 Biographical information ................................................................................. 66 Letter, dated February 20, 2009, from April S. Boyd to Barbara S. Fredericks, Assistant General Counsel for Administration, U.S. Depart- ment of Commerce ........................................................................................ 72 Cameron F. Kerry, General Counsel-Designate, Department of Commerce ...... 73 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 75 Biographical information ................................................................................. 76 Sherburne B. Abbott, Associate Director-Designate of Environment, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President .............. 90 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 92 Biographical information ................................................................................. 94 (III) VerDate Nov 24 2008 13:04 May 18, 2010 Jkt 052165 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 S:\WPSHR\GPO\DOCS\52165.TXT SCOM1 PsN: JACKIE IV Page APPENDIX Response to written questions submitted to Peter H. Appel by: Hon. John D. Rockefeller IV ............................................................................ 109 Hon. Mark Begich ............................................................................................. 111 Response to written questions submitted to Joseph C. Szabo by: Hon. John D. Rockefeller IV ............................................................................ 111 Hon. Byron L. Dorgan ...................................................................................... 113 Hon. John Kerry ............................................................................................... 114 Hon. Frank R. Lautenberg ............................................................................... 114 Hon. Mark Begich ............................................................................................. 115 Hon. Tom Udall ................................................................................................ 115 Hon. Sam Brownback ....................................................................................... 116 Response to written questions submitted by Hon. John D. Rockefeller IV to Dana G. Gresham ............................................................................................ 117 Response to written questions submitted to Robert S. Rivkin by: Hon. John D. Rockefeller IV ............................................................................ 118 Hon. Frank R. Lautenberg ............................................................................... 119 Response to written questions submitted to Roy W. Kienitz by: Hon. John D. Rockefeller IV ............................................................................ 119 Hon. Byron L. Dorgan ...................................................................................... 120 Hon. Tom Udall ................................................................................................ 121 Hon. John Thune .............................................................................................. 122 Hon. David Vitter ............................................................................................. 123 Response to written questions submitted by Hon. John D. Rockefeller IV to Cameron F. Kerry ............................................................................................ 124 Response to written questions submitted to Sherburne B. Abbott by: Hon. John D. Rockefeller IV ...........................................................................
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