Wednesday, March 22, 2023, 10:00 AM EST
Senate- Agriculture, Budget and Appropriations, Energy, Financial Services, Transportation
Hearing: Senate Budget Committee
Topic: Climate Change Changing Insurance Markets
Witnesses:
Benjamin Keys , Professor of real estate in the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School
Judith Curry , President and co-founder of the Climate Forecast Applications Network and professor emeritus and former chair of the Georgia Institute of Technology's School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Nancy Watkins , Principal consulting actuary for Milliman
Jerry Theodorou , Director for finance, insurance, and trade at the R Street Institute
Eric Anderson , President of Aon
Wednesday, March 22, 2023, 10:00 am EST Senate- Agriculture Budget and Appropriations Energy Hearing: Senate Appropriations Committee
Topic: Forest Service Budget; “A Review of the FY2024 President’s Budget for the U.S. Forest Service” Witnesses:
U.S. Forest Service Chief Randy Moore
Wednesday, March 22, 2023, 2:30 pm EST
Senate Indian Affairs Committee
Topic: Farm Bill- Native Priorities “Roundtable- Native Priorities for the 2023 Farm Bill Reauthorization”
Witnesses:
The Honorable Richard Chalyee Éesh Peterson President Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, Juneau, AK
Ms. Mahina Paishon-Duarte Co-FounderʻĀina Aloha Economic Futures, Honolulu, HI
Ms. Kelsey Scott
Director of Programs Intertribal Agriculture Council, Gettysburg, SD
Mr. Ryan Lankford Chairman Montana State FSA Committee and Island Mountain Development Group, Chinook, MT
Mr. Vincent Cowboy Chief Operations Officer Navajo Agricultural Products Industry, Farmington, NM
Mr. Trenton Kissee Director Agriculture and Natural Resources for Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Claremore, OK
Ms. Mary Greene Trottier President National Association of Food Distribution Programs on Indian Reservations, Fort Totten, ND
Mr. Dustin Schmidt Producer Rosebud Sioux Tribe, White River, SD
Thursday, March 23, 2023, 9:30 am EST
Hearing: House Appropriations Committee Topic: Forest Service Budget “FY2024 Request for the United States Forest Service” Witnesses:
Randy Moore, Chief of the U.S. Forest Service
Mark Lichtenstein, National budget director for the U.S. Forest Service
Thursday, March 23, 2023, 10:00 am EST
Hearing: House Appropriations Committee, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
Topic: Member Day
Witnesses: Members of Congress
Thursday, March 23, 2023, 10:00 am EST
Hearing: House Agriculture Committee Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee
Topic: USDA Research Programs Implementation “A Review of Title VII: USDA Implementation of Research Programs”
Witnesses: Not Listed
Thursday, March 23, 2023, 2:00 pm EST
Hearing: House Natural Resources Committee Federal Lands Subcommittee
Topic: Pending Legislative “The House Natural Resources Federal Lands Subcommittee holds a hearing on H.R. 200 (118), the "Forest Information Reform Act"; H.R. 1473 (118), the "Targeting and Offsetting Existing Illegal Contaminants Act"; H.R. 1567 (118), the "Accurately Counting Risk Elimination Solutions Act"; and H.R. 1586 (118), the "Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2023."
Witnesses: Not Listed
Monday, April 3, 2023, 1-2:50 p.m., PT
Tribal Consultation: Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs; General Services Administration, (GSA).
Topic: GSA is consulting with Tribal governments about their interests and concerns surrounding GSA's support of Tribes with a focus on three agency initiatives: Tribes and Tribal Organizations—Guide To Using GSA Solutions; Implementation of the Indian Energy Purchase Preference at Federal Facilities; and Electric Vehicle (EV) Initiative for Tribal Nations.