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The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing to examine climate change and the energy sector. Witnesses included Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti (D), Xcel Energy CEO Ben …

Public and private sector officials testified at a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on infrastructure response and recovery efforts in the wake of a series of deadly hurricanes…

Representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) testified a hearing on the management of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) progr…

Frank Rusco talked about his office’s report that highlights concerns about how the federal government collects revenues from oil and gas companies drilling on federal lands. In 2012, compan…

Frank Rusco talked about the report on the Energy Department’s loan-guarantee program. He responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. According to the findings in the report,…

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a hearing on the recovery efforts from BP’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico Oil, the Obama administration’s response. Witnesses focus…

Witnesses testified about rising oil and gasoline prices, energy production, and U.S. energy policy. Among the issues they addressed were the use of federal lands for oil exploration and pro…

A Government Accountability Office auditor, the Interior Department’s inspector general, the president of Louisiana’s Lafourche Parish, and the executive director of the Project on Governmen…

Witnesses testified about the adequacy of the Minerals Management Service’s regulations for offshore oil and gas operations in light of the Deepwater Horizon explosion. Additionally Kenneth …

Franklin Rusco talked about the role of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in energy security. Topics included current supplies and the current effort to add more crude oil, where the supplies …

Witnesses testified about the economic impact of rising international oil prices, the administration of the strategic petroleum oil reserve, and proposals to suspend purchases of oil for the…