Gulf Restoration: A Progress Report Three Years after the Deepwater Horizon Disaster

USCG Gulf Oil Spill ResponseWASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation will hold a hearing on Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 10:30 a.m. titled, “Gulf Restoration: A Progress Report Three Years after the Deepwater Horizon Disaster.” This hearing will be chaired by Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) and Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) will serve as ranking member. It will examine the progress and challenges thus far in restoring the Gulf of Mexico’s ecosystem and coastal communities following the disastrous 2010 explosion and subsequent oil spill.    

GULF RESTORATION: A PROGRESS REPORT THREE YEARS AFTER THE DEEPWATER HORIZON DISASTER
Full Committee Hearing
Date: Thursday, June 6, 2013 
Hearing Start Time: 10:30 a.m.
Location: 253 Russell Senate Office Building

 

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Majority Statement

  • Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV

    Chairman
    U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

Testimony

  • Ms. Lois Schiffer

    General Counsel
    National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
  • The Honorable Rachel Jacobsen

    Acting Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks
    Department of the Interior
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  • Mr. Jeff Trandahl

    Executive Director
    National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
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Witness Panel 2

  • Ms. Trudy Fisher

    Executive Director
    Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
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  • The Honorable George Neugent

    Mayor
    Monroe County, Florida
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  • Mr. Eric Draper

    State Director
    Florida Audubon
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  • Dr. Stephen Polasky

    Fesler-Lampert Professor of Environmental Economics
    University of Minnesota