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)