Congress to Investigate Energy Department Intimidation

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Some Oklahoma congressmen will be focusing on energy issues as they take part in U.S. House Committee hearings to be held this week.

Rep. Markwayne Mullin, a member of both the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade and the Subcommittee on Energy and Power will take part in a Thursday joint hearing. It will examine the Corporate Average Fuel Economy Program and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Stands for motor vehicles.

The hearing will be Sept. 22 ant  9 a.m. Oklahoma time.

Two subcommittees will hold a Sept. 21 hearing into misconduct and intimidation of scientists by senior officials at the Department of Energy. The Subcommittee on Energy of the full Science, Space and Technology Committee will hold the hearing in conjunction with a House Oversight Subcommittee. The hearing will begin at 9 a.m. Oklahoma time.