This week both the House and Senate will be in Washington,
but the hearing schedule looks pretty light as Congress marches on towards its
summer break. Only two hearings of potential specific interest to readers of
this blog; both in the Senate.
PHMSA Nomination
The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
will be holding a
nomination hearing on Tuesday to look at Marie Therese Dominguez who has
been nominated to be the next Administrator of the DOT’s Pipeline and Hazardous
Material Safety Administration.
EMP and Solar Storms
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Committee will be holding a
hearing on Tuesday to look at “Protecting
the Electric Grid from the Potential Threats of Solar Storms and
Electromagnetic Pulse”. The witness list includes:
∙ R. James Woolsey, Foundation for
Defense of Democracies
∙ Joseph H. McClelland, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
∙ Richard L. Garwin, PhD, IBM
Thomas J. Watson Research Center
∙ Christopher P. Currie, GAO
∙ Bridgette L. Bourge, National Rural Electric
Cooperative Association
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