The House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, led by Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), and Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, led by Del. Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D-GU), will hold a joint oversight field hearing on "Walls and Waivers: Expedited Construction of the Southern Border Wall and the Collateral Impacts on Communities and the Environment."

Subject:
House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands
House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans
Joint Oversight Field Hearing on "Walls and Waivers: Expedited Construction of the Southern Border Wall and the Collateral Impacts on Communities and the Environment"

When:
Monday, April 28, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. (CST)

Where:
Lecture Hall
Science, Engineering and Technology Building (SET-B)
University of Texas-Brownsville

Witnesses:

Panel I

Rick Schultz, National Borderland Coordinator, Department of the Interior

Ronald D. Vitiello, Chief Patrol Agent, Rio Grande Valley Sector, Office of Border Patrol, United States Customs and Border Patrol, United States Department of Homeland Security

The Honorable Chad Foster, Mayor, City of Eagle Pass, Texas

Ned Norris Jr., Chairman, Tohono O'odham Nation

Juliet V. Garcia, Ph.D, President, University of Texas at Brownsville and Southmost College

Panel 2

The Most Rev. Raymundo J. Pena, Bishop of Brownsville

Betty Perez, Local private land owner

Rosemary Jenks, Director, Government Relations, NumbersUSA

Joan Neuhaus Schaan, Executive Director, Houston-Harris County Regional Homeland Security Advisory Council

Panel 3

John McClung, President and CEO, Texas Produce Association

Ken Merritt, Private Citizen
Laura Peterson, Senior Policy Advisor, Taxpayers for Common Sense

Zack Taylor, Supervisory Border Patrol Agent (Retired)