US Sen Comm Hearing on Mineral Security&Related Legislationhttps://www.energy.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings-and-business-meetings?ID=559FE490-CA2A-4A56-9C30-F5ED5B0C7780 John Evans LAC President will be at thiis meeting on may 14th 10am A Live and archive webcast will be available.Those Bills are big (: 909 The hearing will be held on Tuesday, May 14, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. EDT in Room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.
The purpose of the hearing is to examine the importance of and path to achieving mineral security and to receive testimony on the following bills:
- S. 1052, the Rare Earth Element Advanced Coal Technologies Act; and
- S. 1317, the American Mineral Security Act.
The hearing will be webcast live on the committee’s website, and an archived video will be available shortly after the hearing concludes. Witness testimony will be available on the website at the start of the hearing.
Opening Remarks
Witness Panel 1
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The Honorable Joe Balash
Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management
U.S. Department of the Interior
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Dr. David Solan
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Renewable Power
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
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Mr. Jonathan Evans
President and COO
Lithium Americas
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Dr. John Warner
Chairman, National Alliance for Advanced Transportation Batteries
Chief Customer Officer, American Battery Solutions
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Dr. Paul Ziemkiewicz
Director
West Virginia Water Research Institute, West Virginia University