Washington, D.C. – The Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Thurs., Feb. 7, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time in Longworth 1324 on climate change and ocean health. A full witness list is available below.

As with all Committee hearings, the event is open to press and the public.

Thursday’s hearing is the second in a monthlong series of Committee hearings on climate change impacts in our jurisdiction.

Witness List

Majority Witnesses

  • Dr. Deborah Bronk, President and CEO, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, Maine
  • Carol Browner, Former Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
  • Beth Casoni, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association, Scituate, Mass.
  • Angela Chalk, Executive Director of Healthy Community Services, New Orleans, La.
  • Queen Quet Marquetta L. Goodwine, Chieftess and Head-of-State of the Gullah/Geechee Nation, St. Helena Island, S.C.

Minority Witnesses

  • Dr. David R. Legates, Professor of Climatology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
  • Dr. Kevin Dayaratna, Senior Statistician and Research Programmer, Institute for Economic Freedom, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C.
  • Oklahoma congressman Kevin Hern is a member of the full committee but not of the subcommittee.