WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), along with the Committee’s Democratic members, on Tuesday will kick off “Trading Views: Real Debates on Key Issues in TPP " with a session focusing on the environment. The session will be the first in a series of intensive, in-depth forums on the key issues in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement, and will include testimony and Q&A from expert witnesses. The Committee’s Democratic trade staff have prepared an issue analysis paper [PDF here] that will be distributed at the hearing.
WHAT: “Trading Views: Real Debates on Key Issues in TPP" hearing on the environment
WITNESSES:
Dr. Joshua Meltzer, Senior Fellow in Global Economy and Development, Brookings Institution
Alexander von Bismarck, Executive Director, Environmental Investigation Agency
Ilana Solomon, Responsible Trade Program Director, Sierra Club
Dr. Rashid Sumaila, Professor, Fisheries Economics Unit of the University of British Columbia
WHEN: 2:00-4:00pm on Tuesday, November 17th
WHERE: Room HVC 210 in the Capitol Visitor’s Center
Oral testimony at this hearing will be from the invited witnesses only. However, any individual or organization may submit a written statement for consideration by the Committee’s Democratic Members.
Details for Submission of Written Comments:
To submit a submission, please email wandmdem.submissions@mail.house.gov
ATTACH your submission as a Word document, in compliance with the formatting requirements listed below, by the close of business on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015.
Formatting Requirements:
1. Include the topic of the hearing or forum in the subject line of the email (i.e. “Testimony for environment hearing").
2. All submissions and supplementary materials must be submitted in a single document via email, provided in Word format and must not exceed a total of 10 pages.
3. All submissions must include a list of all clients, persons and/or organizations on whose behalf the witness appears. The name, company, address, telephone, and fax numbers of each witness must be included in the body of the email. Please exclude any personal identifiable information in the attached submission.
4. Failure to follow the formatting requirements may result in the exclusion of a submission.
