Official Statements

Before the Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Minerals, budget oversight hearing to "Examine the Spending Priorities and the Missions of the U.S. Geological Survey and the President's FY 2012 Budget Proposal"

Before the House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Energy and Minerals, on H.R. 1314, the Resource Assessment of Rare Earths Act of 2011

Before the House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight hearing on "The Federal Perspective on a National Critical Minerals Strategy"

STATEMENT OF JAMES L. COLEMAN, TASK LEADER, MARCELLUS SHALE GAS RESOURCE ASSESSMENT, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES, NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Before the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs Oversight Hearing on Efforts to Control and Eradicate Giant Salvinia

Before the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology hearing on "Impacts of the LightSquared Network on Federal Science Activities"

Statement of David P. Russ,Regional Executive for the Northeast, U.S. Geological Survey Department of the Interior, Before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Water and Power, Subcommittee To Examine Shale Gas Production and Water Resources in the Eastern United States, October 20, 2011

Before the House Committee on Natural Resources on "Harnessing American Resources to Create Jobs and Address Rising Gasoline Prices: Domestic Resources and Economic Impacts"Before the House Committee on Natural Resources on "Harnessing American Resources to Create Jobs and Address Rising Gasoline Prices: Domestic Resources and Economic Impacts"

Before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy, on S. 383, the Critical Minerals and Materials Promotion Act of 2011

Before the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture and House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment "Reducing the Regulatory Burden Posed by the Case 'National Cotton Council v. EPA."

Statement for the Record, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior before the House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Water and Power, Statement on H.R. 200, the Inland Empire Perchlorate Ground Water Plume Assessment Act of 2011, September 14, 2011

Before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests on S. 566, to provide for the establishment of the National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System.