US House of Reps: Select Committee Energy Independence and Global Warming: UPDATE: Select Committee to Hold Hearing on Fraudulent Letters Sent to Congress
UPDATE: Select Committee to Hold Hearing on Fraudulent Letters Sent to Congress
PLEASE NOTE: This hearing was originally scheduled for October 15. It has been rescheduled to Thursday, October 29 at 9:30 AM
Chairman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming announced today announced the witnesses and location for the investigative hearing into the fraudulent letters sent to Congress on clean energy and climate legislation. The Select Committee has now discovered more than a dozen fraudulent letters were sent to several members of Congress as part of a campaign run by the firm, Bonner & Associates, and contracted by the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity. This campaign was designed to influence members of Congress on the House-passed Waxman-Markey climate and energy bill.
The hearing will feature some of the central figures in the controversy, including victims of the fraud. The fraudulent letters were staged to appear as if they were sent by groups representing senior citizens, minorities and veterans.
WHAT: Select Committee hearing: ìFraudulent Letters Opposing Clean Energy Legislation.î
WHEN: Thursday, October 29, 2009, 9:30 AM
WHERE: 1100 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC and online at globalwarming.house.gov
WHO:
Mr. Jack Bonner, Bonner & Associates
Mr. Steve Miller, President and CEO, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity
Ms. Lisa M. Maatz, Director of Public Policy and Government Relations, American Association of University Women
Mr. Hilary O. Shelton, Director and Senior Vice President for Advocacy and Policy, NAACP Washington Bureau
Chairman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming announced today announced the witnesses and location for the investigative hearing into the fraudulent letters sent to Congress on clean energy and climate legislation. The Select Committee has now discovered more than a dozen fraudulent letters were sent to several members of Congress as part of a campaign run by the firm, Bonner & Associates, and contracted by the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity. This campaign was designed to influence members of Congress on the House-passed Waxman-Markey climate and energy bill.
The hearing will feature some of the central figures in the controversy, including victims of the fraud. The fraudulent letters were staged to appear as if they were sent by groups representing senior citizens, minorities and veterans.
WHAT: Select Committee hearing: ìFraudulent Letters Opposing Clean Energy Legislation.î
WHEN: Thursday, October 29, 2009, 9:30 AM
WHERE: 1100 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC and online at globalwarming.house.gov
WHO:
Mr. Jack Bonner, Bonner & Associates
Mr. Steve Miller, President and CEO, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity
Ms. Lisa M. Maatz, Director of Public Policy and Government Relations, American Association of University Women
Mr. Hilary O. Shelton, Director and Senior Vice President for Advocacy and Policy, NAACP Washington Bureau