Hearing:
Oversight hearing titled “Deep Dive: Examining the Regulatory and Statutory Barriers to Deep Sea Mining.”
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources (Committee on Natural Resources)
Thursday, January 22, 2026 (2:00 PM)
Meeting was rescheduled to the time and date listed above.
1334 LHOB
Washington, D.C.
Witnesses
Mr. Gerard Barron
Chairman & CEO, The Metals Company & The Metals Company USA, Raleigh, NC
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- Support Document Barron
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- Disclosure Barron
[PDF]
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01/22/2026 at 04:55 PM
- Bio Barron
[PDF]
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01/22/2026 at 04:55 PM
- Testimony Barron
[PDF]
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01/22/2026 at 04:55 PM
Mr. Oliver Gunasekara
Co-Founder & CEO, Impossible Metals Inc., San Jose, CA
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01/22/2026 at 04:55 PM
- Testimony Gunasekara
[PDF]
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01/22/2026 at 04:55 PM
- Disclosure Gunasekara
[PDF]
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01/22/2026 at 04:55 PM
- Bio Gunasekara
[PDF]
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01/22/2026 at 04:55 PM
Mr. Erik Milito
President, National Ocean Industries Association, Washington, D.C.
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01/22/2026 at 04:55 PM
- Testimony Milito
[PDF]
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01/22/2026 at 04:55 PM
- Disclosure Milito
[PDF]
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01/22/2026 at 04:55 PM
- CV Milito
[PDF]
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01/22/2026 at 04:55 PM
Dr. Andrew Thaler
Founder & CEO, Blackbeard Biologic: Science and Environmental Advisors, Saint Michaels, MD
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01/22/2026 at 04:55 PM
- Testimony Thaler
[PDF]
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01/22/2026 at 04:55 PM
- Disclosure Thaler
[PDF]
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01/22/2026 at 04:55 PM
- CV Thaler
[PDF]
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01/22/2026 at 04:55 PM
Support Documents
- Hearing Notice
[PDF]
- Postponement Notice
[PDF]
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01/16/2026 at 09:04 AM
- Hearing Memo
[PDF]
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01/19/2026 at 10:03 AM
- Rep. Moylan FTR Letter to BOEM - Imposition of Deep Sea Mining on US Pacific Territories
[PDF]
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02/02/2026 at 05:09 PM
- Rep. Moylan FTR Letter to BOEM - Unified Position Regarding Docket No. BOEM-2025-0351
[PDF]
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02/02/2026 at 05:09 PM
- Rep. Moylan FTR Mayors' Council of Guam Resolution
[PDF]
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02/02/2026 at 05:09 PM
- Rep. Moylan FTR Res. No. 132-38 (COR) Transmittal
[PDF]
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02/02/2026 at 05:09 PM
- Rep. Radewagen FTR BOEM Seabed Mining Comments
[PDF]
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02/02/2026 at 05:09 PM
- Rep. Dexter FTR New York Times Article - A Look at What Lives Where Deep Sea Mining Would Happen
[PDF]
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02/04/2026 at 05:09 PM
- Rep. Grijalva FTR Right to Democracy Testimony
[PDF]
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02/04/2026 at 05:09 PM
- QFR Responses Barron
[PDF]
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02/12/2026 at 05:36 PM
- QFR Responses Thaler
[PDF]
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02/12/2026 at 05:36 PM
- QFR Responses Milito
[PDF]
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02/12/2026 at 05:36 PM
- QFR Responses Gunasekara
[PDF]
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02/12/2026 at 05:36 PM
First Published:
January 14, 2026 at 09:55 AM
Last Updated:
March 4, 2026 at 11:38 AM