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Hearing on Dick Cheney's Role in Klamath River Fish Kill Takes Place Today!

by Dan Bacher
Today the House Natural Resources Committee will be conducting a hearing regarding the political influence of the Bush administration on agency science and decision making. The hearing will focus on the role that Dick Cheney played in Department of Interior decisions leading to the Klamath River Fish Kill of 2002, but Cheney is not expected to attend. If you want to watch the hearing yourself, go to the Committee's website at:http://www.house.gov/resources
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Committee on Natural Resources
1324 Longworth House Office Building
July 31, 2007
10:00 a.m.

Agenda

Oversight Hearing on "Crisis of Confidence: The Political Influence of the Bush Administration on Agency Science and Decision-Making."

Witnesses


Panel I
The Honorable Mike Thompson, D-CA

The Honorable Greg Walden, R-OR

The Honorable John T. Doolittle, R-CA

The Honorable Wally Herger, R-CA


Panel II
Mary Kendall
Deputy Inspector General
U.S. Department of the Interior

John M. Seeba
Assistant Inspector General for Auditing
U.S. Department of Commerce


Panel III
H. Dale Hall
Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
U.S. Department of the Interior

Accompanied by:
Steve Thompson, Manager, California/Nevada Operations Office
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

and

(continued)

Robert W. Johnson, Commissioner
Bureau of Reclamation

William Hogarth
Assistant Administrator, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
U.S. Department of Commerce

Accompanied by:
Rod McInnis
Acting Regional Administrator, National Marine Fisheries Service Southwest Region


Panel IV
William M. Lewis, Jr.
Former Chairman of the National Academies of Sciences Committee on Endangered and Threatened Fishes in the Klamath River Basin

Mike Kelly
Former USFWS and NOAA Fisheries Biologist
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