Hearing: "EPA's Enforcement Program: Taking the Environmental Cop Off the Beat"

Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Committee on Energy and Commerce)

Tuesday, February 26, 2019 (10:30 AM - 12:30 PM)

2322 RHOB
Washington, D.C.

Witnesses

Panel one

The Honorable Susan Parker Bodine
Assistant Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance

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  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 03/22/2019 at 05:06 PM
  • Questions for the Record [PDF] Added 07/19/2019 at 12:58 PM
  • Questions for the Record Response [PDF] Added 07/19/2019 at 12:58 PM

Panel two

Mr. Bruce C. Buckheit JD, MS
Former Director, U.S. Environmental Proteciton Agency, Air Enforcement Division, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, on behalf of himself

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  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 03/22/2019 at 05:06 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 08/15/2019 at 12:02 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 08/15/2019 at 12:02 PM

Dr. Bakeyah S. Nelson PhD
Executive Director, Air Alliance Houston

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  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 03/22/2019 at 05:06 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 08/15/2019 at 12:02 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 08/15/2019 at 12:02 PM

Mr. Eric Schaeffer JD
Executive Director, Environmental Integrity Project

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  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 03/22/2019 at 05:06 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 08/15/2019 at 12:02 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 08/15/2019 at 12:02 PM

Dr. Chris Seller PhD, MD
Professor of History and Director, Stony Brook University, Center for the Study of Inequality and Social Justice

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  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 03/22/2019 at 05:06 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 08/15/2019 at 12:02 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 08/15/2019 at 12:02 PM

Dr. Jay P. Shimshak PhD
Associate Professor of Public Policy and Economics, University of Virginia, Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy

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  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 03/22/2019 at 05:06 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 08/15/2019 at 12:02 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 08/15/2019 at 12:02 PM

The Honorable Ronald J. Tenpas JD
Former Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division

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  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 03/22/2019 at 05:06 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 08/15/2019 at 12:02 PM
  • Questions for the Record [PDF] Added 07/19/2019 at 12:58 PM
  • Questions for the Record Response [PDF] Added 07/19/2019 at 12:58 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 08/15/2019 at 12:02 PM

Support Documents

  • Hearing Notice [PDF]
  • Briefing Memo [PDF] Added 05/28/2019 at 04:48 PM
  • Document for the Record - Rep. DeGette - Report from EPA [PDF] Added 07/19/2019 at 01:20 PM
  • Document for the Record - Rep. Mullin - Letter from State Senator Unruh [PDF] Added 07/19/2019 at 01:20 PM

Member Statements

  • Opening Statement - Full Committee Chairman Pallone [PDF] Added 05/28/2019 at 05:19 PM
  • Opening Statement - Full Committee Ranking Member Walden [PDF] Added 05/28/2019 at 05:19 PM
  • Opening Statement - Subcommittee Chair DeGette [PDF] Added 05/28/2019 at 05:19 PM
  • Opening Statement - Subcommittee Ranking Member Guthrie [PDF] Added 05/28/2019 at 05:19 PM

Hearing Record

  • Preliminary Transcript [PDF] Added 03/22/2019 at 05:06 PM

First Published: February 19, 2019 at 03:36 PM
Last Updated: February 11, 2020 at 10:54 AM


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