The House Natural Resources Committee, led by Chairman Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), will hold an oversight hearing on the "Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Strategy and Implications of the Deepwater Horizon Rig Explosion."




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Subject:
House Natural Resources Committee
Full Committee Oversight Hearing on the "Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Strategy and Implications of the Deepwater Horizon Rig Explosion"

When:
Wednesday, May 26, 2010, at 10:00 a.m.

Where:
Room 1324 Longworth House Office Building

Witnesses:

Panel 1

The Honorable Ken Salazar
Secretary
U.S. Department of the Interior

Panel 2

Ms. Mary L. Kendall
Acting Inspector General
U.S. Department of the Interior

Panel 3

Rear Admiral James Watson
Deputy Unified Area Commander on the Deepwater 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

Opening Statement:
Chairman Nick J. Rahall