Committee on Science
SHERWOOD BOEHLERT, CHAIRMAN
Ralph M. Hall, Texas, Ranking Democrat
www.house.gov/science
May 14, 2001
Press Contacts:
Bill Steponkus ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Jeff Donald ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
(202)225-4275
TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2001
SUBCOMMITTEE ON SPACE AND AERONAUTICS - Hearing
The Aerospace Industrial Base
WHEN: 4:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.
WHERE: 2318 Rayburn House Office Building (WEBCAST)
WITNESS LIST:
Mr. John Douglass, Aerospace Industries Association
Mr. Tom Moorman, Booz, Allen & Hamilton
Ms. Gayle White, National Defense Industrial Association
Ms. Heidi Wood, Morgan Stanley
The hearing will look at current trends in the aerospace industry and the
ability of U.S. industry to competitively maintain its leadership position
in aerospace. The U.S. aerospace industry is in danger of losing its
leadership role due to a combination of factors: a shrinking workforce
trained in math, science, and engineering; loss of market share to European
competition and unfair foreign trade practices; declining government and
commercial investment in aerospace research and development; and U.S.
export controls. The National Defense Authorization Act of 2001
establishes a Commission on the Future of the U.S. Aerospace Industry in
order to address these issues to the President and Congress. The Committee
looks forward to working with the Administration and industry to solve
these problems and maintain U.S. leadership in aerospace.
THURSDAY, MAY 17, 2001
SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT, TECHNOLOGY, AND STANDARDS - Hearing
Science and Technology at the Environmental Protection Agency: The FY 2002
Budget Request
WHEN: 9:30 A.M. - 11:30 A.M.
WHERE: 2325 Rayburn House Office Building
WITNESS LIST:
Mr. Henry Longest, Acting Assistant Administrator for the Office of
Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Dr. W. Randall Seeker, member of the EPA Science Advisory Board's Research
Strategies Advisory Committee
Ron Hammerschmidt, Director of the Kansas Division of Environment, Kansas
Department of Health and the Environment, and Vice President of
Environmental Council of the States (ECOS)
The Hearing will focus on the Administration's budget request for the
Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Research and Development
(ORD). The Committee intends to examine whether the budget for ORD, the
research arm of the EPA, is adequate to meet the Agency's goal of basing
its efforts to protect human health and the environment on sound science.
SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY - Hearing
Department of Energy Office of Science -- Issues and Opportunities
WHEN: 10:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M.
WHERE: 2318 Rayburn House Office Building (WEBCAST)
WITNESS LIST:
Panel One
Professor Frederick J. Gilman, Chair, High Energy Physics Advisory Panel,
Department of Physics,
Carnegie Mellon University
Dr. T. James Symons, Chair, DOE/NSF Nuclear Science Advisory Committee,
Nuclear Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Dr. Geraldine L. Richmond, Chair, Chair, Basic Energy Sciences Advisory
Committee, Department of Chemistry,University of Oregon
Dr. Keith O. Hodgson, Chair, Biological and Environmental Research Advisory
Committee, Director, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Department
of Chemistry, Stanford University
Professor Richard D. Hazeltine, Chair, Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory
Committee, University of Texas at Austin, Institute for Fusion Studies
Dr. Margaret H. Wright, Chair, Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory
Committee, Bell Laboratories/Lucent Technologies
Panel Two
Dr. Robert C. Richardson, Vice Provost for Research, Cornell University
Dr. Charles V. Shank, Director, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Professor James F. Drake, Institute for Plasma Research, University of
Maryland
The purpose of the hearing is to examine the current status of the
Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science programs, future
opportunities, and major issues that confront the Office. With a current
year budget of $3.155 billion, DOE's Office of Science is the largest
Federal funder of scientific facilities and the physical sciences (physics,
chemistry, etc,) and plays a major role supporting other scientific fields,
including life sciences, mathematics, computation, engineering, and
environmental sciences.
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Jeff Donald
Deputy Communications Director
House Science Committee
2320 Rayburn
Washington, DC 20515
