President Barack Obama's Proposed Oil and Gas Taxes Attacked at Senate Hearing

摘要

The U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure held a hearing Sept. 10 on oil and gas provisions in the White House's fiscal year 2010 budget proposal. The hearing, originally scheduled for May 19, heard from the following witnesses: 1. Alan Krueger, Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Washington, D.C. 2. Stephen P. A. Brown, Nonresident Fellow, Resources for the Future, Arlington, Texas. 3. Calvin H. Johnson, Professor of Law, University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas. 4. Larry Nichols, Chairman, American Petroleum Institute, Oklahoma City, Okla. 5. Kevin Book, Managing Director, ClearView Energy Partners LLC, Washington, DC. 6. Henry Kleemeier, Chairman, Independent Petroleum Association of America, Tulsa, Okla.