MEDIA ADVISORY - Senate and Congressional Western Caucuses Hearing Announcement: "The Western Economy–Perspectives of Job Creators in the West"
Washington, DC,
April 19, 2012
WASHINGTON, DC—Tuesday, April 24, 2012, SenateWestern Caucus Chairman John Barrasso (R-WY), Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Steve Pearce (R-NM), and Members of the Senate and Congressional Western Caucuses will hold a bicameral hearing entitled “The Western Economy—Perspectives of Job Creators in the West.”
Tuesday, April 24, 2012, SenateWestern Caucus Chairman John Barrasso (R-WY), Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Steve Pearce (R-NM), and Members of the Senate and Congressional Western Caucuses will hold a bicameral hearing entitled “The Western Economy—Perspectives of Job Creators in the West.” Members will hear testimony from western business leaders on the specific challenges they face creating jobs in the West. Witnesses will discuss the growing amount of Washington red-tape that is limiting American energy and mineral production and threatening to push investment and job creation out of the West.
Confirmed Witnesses Panel 1 – Jim Pearce, Manufacturing Director, FMC Corporation Geoff Simon, Director of Government Relations, MDU Resources Dave Lock, Senior Manager of Government Relations, Tri-State Pat Rogers, Director of Environment and Permitting, General Moly Greg Schaefer, Vice President for External Affairs, Arch Coal Panel 2 – Tim Wigley, Executive Director, Western Energy Alliance |
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