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Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies

2007 EVENTS

06/07/07
Full Committee Meeting
Interior and the Environment Markup – FY 2008 Appropriations
10:00 AM, 2359 Rayburn House Office Building

04/26/07
Hearing - Interior and Environment Subcommittee
Norman D. Dicks (D-WA), Chair
Climate Change
9:30 AM, B-308 Rayburn House Office Building

04/24/07
Hearing - Interior and Environment Subcommittee
Norman D. Dicks (D-WA), Chair
Panel 1: Woodrow Wilson Center, Kennedy Center
Michael M. Kaiser, Director, Kennedy Center
Panel 2: Lee H. Hamilton, Director, Woodrow Wilson Center
9:30 AM, B-308 Rayburn House Office Building

04/19/07
Hearing - Interior and Environment Subcommittee
Norman D. Dicks (D-WA), Chair
Panel 1: Public Witnesses
Panel 2: Members of Congress
9:30 AM, 1:30 PM, B-308 Rayburn House Office Building

04/18/07
Hearing - Interior and Environment Subcommittee
Norman D. Dicks (D-WA), Chair
Public Witnesses, Native Americans
9:30 AM, 1:30 PM, B-308 Rayburn House Office Building

04/17/07
Hearing - Interior and Environment Subcommittee
Norman D. Dicks (D-WA), Chair
Indian Health Service
Dr. Charles Grim, Director
9:30 AM, B-308 Rayburn House Office Building

03/29/07
Hearing - Interior and the Environment Subcommittee
Norman D. Dicks (D-WA), Chair
Panel 1: Bureau of Indian Affairs
Jim Cason, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Indian Affairs
Panel 2: Office of the Special Trustee
Ross Swimmer, Special Trustee for American Indians
3:00 PM, B-308 Rayburn House Office Building

03/28/07
Hearing - Interior and the Environment Subcommittee
Norman D. Dicks (D-WA), Chair
Panel 1: Dale Hall, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Panel 2: Nikolao Pula, Director, Office of Insular Affairs, Department of Interior
Panel 3: R. Thomas Weimer, Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget, Department of Interior
Panel 4: David Bernhardt, Solicitor, Department of Interior
9:30 AM, B-308 Rayburn House Office Building

03/27/07
Hearing - Interior and Environment Subcommittee
Norman D. Dicks (D-WA), Chair
National Park Service
Mary Bomar, Director
9:30 AM, B-308 Rayburn House Office Building

03/22/07
Hearing - Interior and Environment Subcommittee
Norman D. Dicks (D-WA), Chair
Panel 1: Minerals Management Service
R.M. "Johnnie" Burton, Director, Minerals Management Service
Panel 2: Office of Surface Mining
Brent T. Wahlquist, Acting Director, Office of Surface Mining
9:30 AM, B-308 Rayburn House Office Building

03/21/07
Hearing - Interior and Environment Subcommittee
Norman D. Dicks (D-WA), Chair
Panel 1: Holocaust Museum
Sara J. Bloomfield, Executive Director, Holocaust Museum
Panel 2: National Gallery of Art
Panel 3: Commission of Fine Arts
Earl A. Powell, III, Director, National Gallery of Art, Commission of Fine Arts
Panel 4: National Capital Planning Commission
Patricia E. Gallagher, Executive Director, National Capital Planning Commission
Panel 5: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
John M. Fowler, Executive Director, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
9:30 AM, B-308 Rayburn House Office Building

03/20/07
Hearing - Interior and Environment Subcommittee
Norman D. Dicks (D-WA), Chair
Panel 1: National Endowment for the Humanities
Bruce Cole, Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities
Panel 2: National Endowment for the Arts
Dana Gioia, Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts
9:30 AM, B-308 Rayburn House Office Building

03/14/07
Hearing - Interior and the Environment Subcommittee
Norman D. Dicks (D-WA), Chair
Bureau of Land Management
James M. Hughes, Acting Director, Bureau of Land Management
9:30 AM, B-308 Rayburn House Office Building

03/13/07
Hearing - Interior and the Environment Subcommittee
Norman D. Dicks (D-WA), Chair
Panel 1, 1:30 PM
Social and Economic Status of Native Americans
Joe Kalt, Harvard University Native Americans Program
Panel 2, 2:00 PM
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Office of the Special Trustee
Jim Cason, Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs
1:30 PM, 2:00 PM, B-308 Rayburn House Office Building

03/13/07
Hearing - Interior and the Environment Subcommittee
Norman D. Dicks (D-WA), Chair
Creativity and the Arts
Wynton Marsalis, Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center
Dr. Sheila C. Johnson, co-founder of BET, CEO, arts philanthropist
James Raisbeck, CEO of Raisbeck Engineering
Mayor David Cicilline, Providence, Rhode Island
Chris Klein, actor Election, American Pie
Robert L. Lynch, Americans for the Arts, president and CEO
10:30 AM, B-308 Rayburn House Office Building

03/09/07
Hearing - Interior and Environment Subcommittee
Norman D. Dicks (D-WA), Chair
U.S. Geological Survey
Mark D. Myers, Director
9:30 AM, B-308, The Capitol

03/08/07
Hearing - Interior and the Environment Subcommittee
Norman D. Dicks (D-WA), Chair
Department of Interior
Hon. Dirk Kempthorne, Secretary
9:30 AM, B-308 Rayburn House Office Building

03/02/07
Hearing - Interior and Environment Subcommittee
Norman D. Dicks (D-WA), Chair
Panel 1: Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
Dr. Julie Gerberding, Administrator, Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry
Dr. Howard Frumkin, Director, Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry
Panel 2: Chemical Safety Board
Carolyn W. Merritt, Chair, Chemical Safety Board
Panel 3: National Institute on Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Dr. David Schwartz, MD, Director, NIEHS
9:30 AM, B-308 Rayburn House Office Building

02/28/07
Hearing - Interior and Environment Subcommittee
Norman D. Dicks (D-WA), Chair
Environmental Protection Agency
Stephen Johnson, Administrator
9:00 AM, B-308 Rayburn House Office Building

02/27/07
Hearing - Interior and Environment Subcommittee
Norman D. Dicks (D-WA), Chair
Preserving Open Space, Bio-diversity and Recreation for the Next Generation
Past Successes and Future Challenges for Water and Air quality and Water Infrastructure
PANEL 1: Richard Louv, Author of “Last Child in the Woods”, Bruce Stein, Chief Scientist, NatureServe, Steven McCormick, CEO, The Nature Conservancy
PANEL 2: Daniel Greenbaum, Health Effects Institute
Tracy Mehan, Former EPA Assistant Administrator for Water, Water Quality
Jeanette Ann Brown, P.E., American Society of Engineers
9:30 AM, 10:45 AM, B-308 Rayburn House Office Building

02/16/07
Hearing - Interior and Environment Subcommittee
Norman D. Dicks (D-WA), Chair
Forest Service: State and Private Forestry and Research
Abigail R. Kimbell, Chief, U.S. Forest Service
9:00 AM, B-308 Rayburn House Office Building

02/13/07
Hearing - Interior and Environment Subcommittee
Norman D. Dicks (D-WA), Chair
Overview of National Forest Service
Mark E. Rey, USDA Under Secretary, U.S Forest Service
Abigail R. Kimbell, Chief, U.S. Forest Service
10:00 AM, B-308 Rayburn House Office Building