June 17, 2003. Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water hearing.
The Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water held a legislative hearing to receive testimony on S.525, the National Aquatic Invasive Species Act of 2003, a bill to reauthorize the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act.
Tuesday, June 17, 2003
SD-406 (Hearing Room)
9:30 am
Opening Statements: Sen. Michael D. Crapo, of Idaho.
Sen. James M. Inhofe, of Oklahoma.
Sen. John W. Warner, of Virginia.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, of Alaska.
Sen. George V. Voinovich, of Ohio.
Sen. Wayne Allard, of Colorado.
Sen. James M. Jeffords, of Vermont.
Witnesses: Sen. Carl Levin, of Michigan.
Barry Hill
Director, Interior Issues
Office of Environment and Natural Resources
U.S. General Accounting Office
Lori Williams
Executive Director
National Invasive Species Council
Joseph J. Angelo
Director of Standards
U.S. Coast Guard
Matthew Hogan
Deputy Director
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Timothy R.E. Keeney
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere
U.S. National Ocean and Atmospheric Agency
G. Tracy Mehan
Assistant Administrator for Water
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Jim Beers
Science Advisor
The American Land Rights Association
Sebastian Hargrove
Government Relations Associate
The Nature Conservancy of Idaho
Michael Hauser
Aquatic Nuisance Species Specialist
Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
James Weakley
President
Lake Carriers' Association
Statements submitted for the record: Hon. Susan Collins, of Maine.
Tom Sherman
Aquacide
Kathy Metcalf
Director, Maritime Affairs
Chamber of Shipping of America
Nicole Paquette
Animal Protection Institute
