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CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS HELD IN RESPONSE TO THE GULF OIL SPILL – 2010

Date and Title of Hearing Committee, Witnesses About the Hearing Subcommittee 7/15/10 Senate Committee on • Dr. Larry Robinson NOAA, Assistant The hearing was held to determine what is Hearing on “Use of Dispersants Appropriations, Secretary of Commerce, Oceans and known, the impact that dispersants are in Response to the Oil Spill” Commerce, Subcommittee Atmosphere, National Oceanic and having on people, amrine life and on Justice, Science, and Atmospheric Administration communities, do we need to know more. Related Agencies • Ms. Lisa Jackson, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency 6/30/10 House Committee on • Mr. David J. Hayes, Deputy Secretary, The hearing focused on the discussion Hearing on “Legislation to Energy and Commerce, Department of the Interior draft entitled the “Blowout Preventer Act Respond to the BP Oil Spill and Subcommittee on Energy • Mr. John Martinez, Consulting Production of 2010” (H.R. 5626) which was released to Prevent Future Oil Well and Environment Engineer, Production Associates on Friday, June 26, 2010. Blowouts” link • Mr. Elgie Holstein, Senior Director for Strategic Planning, Environmental Defense Fund 6/30/10 House Committee on • The Honorable , Secretary U.S. Hearing on the “Discussion Draft, Hearing On “Discussion Draft, Natural Resources Department of the Interior Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute Amendment In The Nature Of • The Honorable , Director to H.R. 3534, dated June 22, 2010.” This A Substitute To H.R. 3534, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, legislation focuses on safety, increased Dated June 22, 2010.” link Regulation, and Enforcement (BOE) policing and revenue management of U.S. Department of the Interior • Ms. Janis Searles Jones, Vice President for offshore drilling operations, and seeks to Programs, Ocean Conservancy establish a Gulf of Mexico Restoration • Dr. David E. Dismukes, Associate Executive Program to provide long-term effort to Director & Director of Policy Analysis Center address impacts on the environment and for Energy Studies, Louisiana State University local communities, among other issues.

6/30/10 Senate Committee on • No Witnesses The Committee on Environment and Full Committee Business Environment and Public Public Works will hold a Business Meeting link Works Meeting to consider the following items: • S. 3305, Big Oil Bailout Prevention Liability Act of 2010 • S. 3515,

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Department of the Interior Research and Technologies for Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act of 2010 • S. 1311, Gulf of Mexico Restoration and Protection Act, and other items.

6/30/10 Senate Committee on • Mrs. Shelley Anderson, Midfield, Texas Hearing to assess whether maritime law Hearing on “Deepwater Commerce, Science, and • Mrs. Natalie Roshto, Liberty, Mississippi needs to be updated, and assess whether Horizon Tragedy: Holding Transportation, • Dr. Tom Galligan, President and Professor parties responsible for causing the harm Responsible Parties Subcommittee on Surface of Humanities, Colby-Sawyer College are being held accountable. Accountable” link Transportation and • Mr. Fred McCallister, Vice President, Allegiance Capitol Corporation Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security

6/24/10 House Committee on • Dr. William W. Walker, Chair, Gulf of The hearing examined whether current Hearing on “State Planning for Natural Resources, Mexico Alliance planning efforts and requirements under Offshore Energy Development: Subcommittee On Insular • Ms. Kristen Fletcher, Executive Director, the law are sufficient to ensure a Standards for Preparedness” Affairs, Oceans And Coastal States Organization coordinated and effective response to link Wildlife Oversight • Mr. Manly Barton, Supervisor, District 1 future spills. Jackson County Board of Supervisors, Pascagoula, MS • Mr. Matt Menashes, Executive Director National Estuarine Research Reserve Association • Dr. Dennis Takahashi-Kelso, Executive Vice President, The Ocean Conservancy 6/23/10 House Committee on • Mr. James Pappas, Vice President, Technical The hearing was called to discuss Hearing on “Deepwater Drilling Science and Technology, Programs, Research Partnership to Secure technologies, standards, and practices to Technology, Research, and Subcommittee on Energy Energy for America ensure safer deepwater and ultra- Development” link and Environment • Dr. Benton Baugh, President, Radoil, Inc. deepwater drilling. • Mr. Erik Milito, Group Director, Upstream and Industry Operations, American Petroleum Institute • Mr. Greg McCormack, Director, Petroleum Extension Service, University of Texas at Austin

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6/23/10 Senate Committee on • The Honorable Ken Salazar, Secretary U.S. The hearing was held to discuss the Hearing on MMS Appropriations Department of the Interior reorganization of the Mineral Reorganization • The Honorable Michael Bromwich, Director Management Service and future directions link Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Regulation, and Enforcement (BOE) Management, Regulation and

Enforcement. 6/17/10 House Committee on • , Chief Executive Officer, BP The hearing examined what caused the Hearing on “The Role of BP in Energy and Commerce, PLC explosion on the the Deepwater Horizon Subcommittee on drilling rig and the oil spill that continues Explosion and Oil Spill” link Oversight and to spread across the Gulf of Mexico. Investigations 6/17/10 House Committee on • The Honorable Bob Abbey, Acting Director, The hearing assessed the Minerals Hearing On “The Deepwater Natural Resources, Minerals Management Service, U.S. Management Service’s regulations and Horizon Incident: Are The Subcommittee On Energy Department of the Interior organizational structure. Minerals Management Service And Mineral Resources • Ms. Mary Kendall, Acting Inspector Regulations Doing The Job?” Oversight General, U.S. Department of the Interior • Mr. Frank Rusco, Director, Natural link Resources and Environment, U.S. Government Accountability Office • Mr. Kenneth Abbott, Former Contractor, BP Atlantis • Mr. Christopher Mann, Senior Officer, Pew Environment Group • Mr. Alan Spackman, Vice President, Offshore Technical & Regulatory Affairs, International Association of Drilling Contractors • Mr. Erik Milito, Group Director, Upstream and Industry Operations, American Petroleum Institute • Ms. Danielle Brian, Executive Director, Project on Government Oversight • Mr. Steve Maley, Operations Manager Badger Oil Corporation 6/16/10 House Committee on • Dr. John Howard, Director, National The hearing examined how the Hearing on “HHS Actions to Energy and Commerce, Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Department of Health and Human Identify and Address Health Subcommittee on Health Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Services (HHS) is responding to the

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Effects of the BP Oil Spill” link • Mr. Mike Taylor, Deputy Commissioner for public health risks associated with the Foods, Food and Drug Administration Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. • Dr. Lisa Kaplowitz, Deputy Assistant, Secretary for Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response • Dr. Aubrey Miller, Senior Medical Advisor, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health

6/15/10 Senate Committee on • Dr. Lisa Kaplowitz, Deputy Assistant, The hearing was held assess how the oil Hearing on “Evaluating the Health, Education, Labor, Secretary for Policy, Office of the Assistant spill affects public health and discuss the Health Impacts of the Gulf of and Pensions Secretary for Preparedness and Response medical efforts in response to the Mexico Oil Spill” link • Dr. John Howard, Director, National Deepwater oil spill disaster. Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • Dr. Aubrey Miller, Senior Medical Advisor, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health • Mr. Mike Taylor, Deputy Commissioner for Foods, Food and Drug Administration

6/15/10 House Committee on • Mr. David Kennedy, Acting Assistant The hearing investigated both what is Hearing On “Ocean Science Natural Resources, Administrator, National Ocean Service known and what is not known about the And Data Limits In A Time Of Subcommittee On Insular National Oceanic and Atmospheric environment to guide the oil spill Crisis: Do NOAA And The Affairs, Oceans And Administration response and recovery activities in the Fish And Wildlife Service Wildlife Oversight • The Honorable Marcia McNutt, Director Gulf of Mexico. U.S. Geological Survey (FWS) Have The Resources To • Dr. Jonathan A. Coddington, Associate Respond?” link Director for Research and Collections, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution • Dr. Merv Fingas, Committee on Oil in the Sea, National Research Council • Dr. Chris Reddy, Associate Scientist, Director, Coastal Ocean Institute, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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• Dr. Robert H. Weisberg, Professor, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida • Ms. Valerie Ann Lee, President, Environment International Ltd. • Dr. Denise J. Reed, Interim Director, Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences, Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New Orleans • Dr. Christopher D'Elia, Professor and Dean School of the Coast and Environment, Louisiana State University 6/15/10 House Committee on • Rex Tillerson, Chairman and Chief, The hearing heard testimony from top Hearing on “Drilling Down on Energy and Commerce, Executive Officer, ExxonMobil executives of the five largest oil America’s Energy Future: Subcommittee on Energy • John Watson, Chairman and Chief Executive companies regarding the impacts of the Safety, Security, and Clean and Environment Officer, Chevron Corporation nation’s dependence on oil, the safety of Energy” link • James Mulva, Chairman and Chief drilling operations and the ongoing oil Executive Officer, ConocoPhillips • Lamar McKay, President and Chairman, BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and actions to America, Inc. develop and promote the use of renewable • Marvin Odum, President, Shell Oil and alternative energy sources to reduce Company dependence on oil.

6/10/10 Senate Committee on • Jordan Barab , Deputy Assistant Secretary of The hearing was held to review safety Subcommittee Hearing on Health, Education, Labor Labor for Occupational Safety and Health management practices in industry, “Production over Protections: A and Pensions, • Kim Nibarger , Health and Safety Specialist, prompted by the BP oil spill. Review of Process Safety Subcommittee on United Steelworkers Management in the Oil and Gas Employment and • Randall Sawyer , Director, Hazardous Materials Programs, Contra Costa County, Industry” link Workplace Safety Martinez, CA • Charles Drevna , President, National Petrochemical & Refiners Association 6/10/10 House Committee on • Dr. Chris Reddy, Associate Scientist, The hearing examined some of the Hearing on “The BP Oil Spill: Energy and Commerce, Department of Marine and Geochemistry, potential impacts to humans and the Human Exposure and Subcommittee on Energy Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution environment that are associated with the Environmental Fate” link and Environment • Dr. Edward J. Trapido, Associate Dean for spill. Research, Professor and Wendell Gauthier

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Chair of Cancer Epidemiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, School of Public Health • Dr. Gina Solomon, Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Board; Senior Scientist, National Resources Defense Council; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California San Francisco; Associate Director, University of California San Francisco Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit 6/10/10 House Committee on • Mr. David Westerholm, Director The hearing explores some of the short- Hearing on “Our Natural Natural Resources, Office of Response and Restoration, National and long-term impacts of the oil spill on Resources At Risk: The Short Subcommittee On Insular Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration trust resources, tribal resources, protected And Long Term Impacts Of Affairs, Oceans And • Ms. Jane Lyder Deputy Assistant Secretary fish and wildlife habitat and other natural The Deepwater Horizon Oil Wildlife Oversight for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Department areas. of the Interior Spill” link • Robert J. Barham, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries • Dr. Timothy J. Ragen, Executive Director Marine Mammal Commission • Ms. Brenda Dardar Robichaux, Principal Chief, United Houma Nation • Aaron Viles, Campaign Director Gulf Restoration Network • Dr. Michael Fry, Director for Conservation Advocacy, American Bird Conservancy • Dr. Carys Mitchelmore, Associate Professor University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory • David Cresson, Executive Director and CEO Coastal Conservation Association Louisiana • John Williams, Executive Director Southern Shrimp Alliance • Ryan Lambert, Cajun Fishing Adventures • Joanne McDonough, Nature Tourism Specialist, Gulf Shore Convention and

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Visitors Bureau • Anne Rolfes, Executive Director, Louisiana Bucket Brigade • Mike Voisin, CEO, Motivatit Seafoods

6/09/10 Senate Committee on • Mr. DT Minich, CDME Executive Director, The hearing heard from fishermen, Hearing on “S.3305, The Big Environment and Public St. Petersburg/Clearwater Area Convention & tourism officials, and legal experts about Oil Bailout Prevention Liability Works Visitors Bureau the economic damages caused by the oil Act of 2010” link • Mr. Mike Frenette, Captain, Venice Charter spill and the need to pass legislation to Fishing ensure that the people whose jobs and • Mr. RJ Kopchak, Cordova District Fishermen United and Prince William Sound livelihoods are impacted are made whole Science Center again. • Mr. Kenneth M. Murchison, Professor Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University • Mr. Barry M. Hartman, Partner, K&L Gates • Mr. Ron Baron, Executive Vice President Willis Global Energy, Willis of Texas, Inc. 6/09/10 House Committee on • Mr. Douglas Helton, Incident Operations The hearing evaluated the scientific and Hearing titled “Deluge of Oil Science and Technology, Coordinator, Office of Response and technological tools needed to effectively Highlights Research and Subcommittee on Energy Restoration, National Ocean Service at NOAA remove the oil from the water and cleanup Technology Needs for Effective and Environment • Dr. Albert Venosa, Director, Land our ocean, marshes, and shorelines. Cleanup of Oil Spills” link Remediation and Pollution Control Division, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development (ORD) at EPA • Captain Anthony Lloyd, Chief, Office of Incident Management and Preparedness, U.S. Coast Guard • Ms. Sharon Buffington, Chief, Engineering and Research Branch, Offshore Energy Minerals Management, Minerals Management Service • Dr. Samantha Joye, Professor of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia • Dr. Nancy Kinner, University of New Hampshire Co-Director, Coastal Response

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Research Center (CRRC) • Dr. Jeffrey Short, Pacific Science Director, Oceana • Dr. Richard Haut, Senior Research Scientist Houston Advanced Research Center • Mr. Kevin Costner, Partner, Ocean Therapy Solutions 6/07/10 House Committee on • Mrs. Natalie Roshto The hearing examined the impact of the Field Hearing on “Local Impact Energy and Commerce, • Mrs. Courtney Kemp oil spill at the Deepwater Horizon drilling of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Subcommittee on • Dr. Moby Solangi, President and Executive rig site on the Gulf region. This hearing Spill” link Oversight and Director, Institute of Marine Mammal was held in Chalmette, Louisiana. Investigations Services • Mr. Kelby Linn, Owner, ACP Real Estate, Inc., and Vice President, Dauphin Island Chamber of Commerce • Mr. Clarence Duplessis, Commercial Fisherman • Wilma Subra, President, Subra Company 5/27/10 Senate Small Business and • Admiral , National Incident The hearing was held to assess the Hearing on “Impact of the Entrepreneurship Commander and Former Commandant, U.S. impacts of the oil spill on businesses, Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Committee Coast Guard individual and families along the Gulf. Small Businesses” link • James Rivera, Associate Administrator, Office of Disaster Assistance, U.S. Small Business Administrations • Carmen Sunda, Director, Greater New Orleans Region, Louisiana Small Business Development Centers • Mike Voisin, Owner, Motivatit Seafoods, Inc. • , Vice President for Resources, BP America 5/27/10 House Committee on • The Honorable Lisa Jackson, Administrator The hearing examined the ongoing Hearing on “Combating the BP Energy and Commerce, of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency response to the oil spill at the Deepwater Oil Spill” link Subcommittee on Energy • The Honorable Larry Robinson, Assistant Horizon drilling rig site, which is now and Environment Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and spreading across the Gulf of Mexico. Atmosphere at NOAA • The Honorable David J. Hayes, Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Interior

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• The Honorable Jo-Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) • Rear Admiral James Watson, United States Coast Guard, Deputy, Unified Area Command. 5/27/10 House Committee on • Representative John Garamendi, CA-10 The hearing evaluated the implications of Hearing On The “Outer Natural Resources Member of Congress the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon Continental Shelf Oil And Gas • Mr. Lamar McKay, Chairman and President, rig, for Congress, industry and the Strategy And Implications Of BP America, Inc economy. The Deepwater Horizon Rig • Mr. Steven L. Newman, President and CEO, Ltd. Explosion” link • Mr. Randall Luthi, President, National Ocean Industries Association • Mr. Jack N. Gerard, President and CEO, American Petroleum Institute • Dr. Michael Hirshfield, Senior Vice President for North America and Chief Scientist, Oceana • Dr. Michelle Michot Foss, Head of the Center for Energy Economics and Chief Energy Economist, University of Texas 5/26/10 House Committee on • The Honorable Ken Salazar, Secretary The hearing evaluated the implications of Hearing on the “Outer Natural Resources U.S. Department of the Interior the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon Continental Shelf Oil and Gas • Ms. Mary L. Kendall, Acting Inspector rig with the Department of the Interior, Strategy and Implications of the General, U.S. Department of the Interior the U.S. Coast Guard, NOAA and the Deepwater Horizon Rig • Rear Admiral James Watson, Deputy MMS. Unified Area Commander on the Deepwater Explosion” link Horizon Fire and MC 252 Oil Spill, U.S. Coast Guard • Dr. Jane Lubchenco, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce • Ms. S. Elizabeth Birnbaum, Director Minerals Management Service, U. S. Department of the Interior 5/19/10 House Transportation and • Mr. Lamar McKay, President, BP The hearing examined the circumstances

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Hearing on “Deepwater Infrastructure Committee • Mr. Steven Newman, President and CEO, surrounding the spill of crude oil from the Horizon: Oil Spill Prevention Hearing Transocean Ltd. well site in the Gulf of Mexico. Among and Response Measures, and • Ms. Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator, other issues, the Committee will examine Natural Resource Impacts” Environmental Protection Agency the Coast Guard’s work with the Minerals • Dr. Jane Lubchenco, Under Secretary of Management Service (MMS) and other Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator, National Oceanic and Federal agencies to implement regulations Atmospheric Administration governing the management of offshore oil • S. Elizabeth Birnbaum, Director, Minerals production facilities. Management Service • RADML Brian Salerno, Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety, Security, and Stewardship, U.S. Coast Guard • Dr. Sylvia Earle, Explorer-in-Residence, National Geographic Society • Mr. Larry Schweiger, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Wildlife Federation • Mr. Pete Gerica, Gerica Seafood, New Orleans, LA • Dr. Carys L. Mitchelmore, Associate Professor, Univeristy of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory • Dr. Nancy E. Kinner, Co-Director, Coastal Response Research Center, Univeristy of New Hampshire 5/18/10 Senate Committee on • Admiral Thad Allen, Commandant, United A hearing to learn more about why BP, Hearing on “Response Efforts Commerce, Science and States Coast Guard Transocean and federal regulators were to the Gulf Coast Oil Spill” link Transportation, • The Honorable Jane Lubchenco, unprepared for the accident. Subcommittee on Oceans, Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Atmospheric Administration • Mr. Lamar McKay, Chairman and President, Coast Guard BP America Inc., • Mr. Steven Newman, President and CEO, Transocean Ltd. • Dr. Deborah French McCay, Principal Applied Science Associates, Inc.

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5/18/10 Senate Committee on • The Honorable Lisa Jackson, Administrator, The hearing gathered witnesses from the Hearing entitled: “Federal Environment and Public United States Environmental Protection EPA, DOI, the Coast Guard, and other Response to the Recent Oil Works Agency federal entities to discuss current response Spill in the Gulf of Mexico.” • The Honorable Ken Salazar, Secretary, activities to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. link United States Department of the Interior • The Honorable Nancy Helen Sutley, Chair, Council on Environmental Quality • Rear Admiral Peter V. Neffenger, Deputy National Incident Commander for the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response, United States Coast Guard • The Honorable Jo-Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) • The Honorable John R. Fernandez, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development, Economic Development Administration 5/17/10 Senate Committee on • The Honorable Janet A. Napolitano, The hearing was held to assess the private Hearing on the “Gulf Coast Homeland Security and Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland and public sector response to the oil spill. Catastrophe: Assessing the Governmental Affairs Security Nation’s Response to the • Rear Admiral Peter V. Neffenger, Deputy Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill” National Incident Commander, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Homeland Security • Lamar McKay, Chairman and President, BP America, Inc. 5/12/10 House Committee on • Lamar McKay, President and Chairman of The hearing examined what caused the Hearing on "Inquiry into the Energy and Commerce, BP America, Inc. explosion on the Deepwater Horizon Deepwater Horizon Gulf Coast Subcommittee on • Mr. Steve Newman, President and Chief drilling rig and the oil spill now spreading Oil Spill" link Oversight and Executive Officer, Transocean Ltd. across the Gulf, in order to help prevent Investigations • Mr. Timothy Probert, President, Global future incidents and inform the direction Business Lines, and Chief Health, Safety, and Environmental Officer, of our national energy policy. • Mr. Jack Moore, President and Chief Executive Officer, Cameron

5/11/10 Senate Committee on • Ms. Nancy Stoner, Deputy Assistant The hearing examined EPA’s work to Joint hearing entitled, "EPA’s Environment and Public Administrator, Office of Water, United States monitor and reduce environmental risks to

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Role in Protecting Ocean Works, Subcommittee on Environmental Protection Agency our marine and coastal ecosystems. Health" link Oversight and • Mr. Jim Jones, Deputy Assistant Subcommittee on Water Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and and Wildlife Pollution Prevention, United States Environmental Protection Agency • Dr. Roger Payne, Founder and President, Ocean Alliance • Dr. Carys Mitchelmore, Associate Professor University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory • Mr. Sam Waterston, Board of Directors, Oceana • Dr. John T. Everett, President Ocean Associates, Inc. 5/11/10 Committee on • Mr. Lamar McKay, Chairman and President The hearing examined issues surrounding Hearing entitled: "Economic Environment and Public BP America the oil spill in the Gulf, including the and Environmental Impacts of Works • Mr. Steven L. Newman, President and CEO impact on the economy and the the Recent Oil Spill in the Gulf Transocean Ltd. environment. The committee heard from of Mexico” link • Mr. Tim Probert, President, Global Business several corporations involved in the spill, Lines, and Chief Health, Safety and Environmental Officer, Halliburton including BP, Halliburton and • Dr. Steve Bortone, Executive Director Transocean; experts on the impacts to Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council local economies, fisheries and tourism, as • Mr. Keith Overton, Chairman of the Board, well as wildlife and natural resources; and Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association Senators from the coastal states. and Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, TradeWinds Island Resorts • Dr. Eric May, Distinguished Research Scientist, Living Marine Resources, Cooperative Science Center, Department of Natural Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore • Ms. Meg Caldwell, Director, Environmental and Natural Resources Law & Policy Program; Executive Director, Center for Ocean Solutions, Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University

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• Lieutenant General Thomas G. McInerney United States Air Force (Ret.) 4/28/10 Committee on Energy and • The Honorable Lisa Jackson, Administrator, The hearing examined the impact of oil Hearing on “Clean Energy Commerce, Subcommittee Environmental Protection Agency dependence on our economy and national Policies That Reduce Our on Energy and • Fred Smith, Chairman, President, and Chief security, and how recent Environmental Dependence on Oil” link Environment Executive Officer, FedEx Corporation Protection Agency regulation and future • Jason Wolf, Vice President of North policies can reduce that dependence. America, Better Place • Robert Diamond, Former Lieutenant, U.S. Navy, Security Fellow, Truman National Security Project • Charles T. Drevna, President, National Petrochemical and Refiners Association