Tuesday June 16: DODD CONVENES HEARING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
WASHINGTON, D.C. – With reports this morning that the average price of gasoline in America has risen to $2.66, and in Connecticut alone prices are up 30 cents since last month, Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, will convene a hearing entitled “Greener Communities, Greater Opportunities: New Ideas for Sustainable Development and Economic Growth” tomorrow.
Each year Americans spend billions of hours stuck in traffic, wasting billions of gallons of gasoline. Earlier this year, Dodd sent a letter to President Obama urging him to establish a White House Office of Sustainable Development to coordinate housing, transportation, energy, and environmental policies.
The Committee will discuss how such a comprehensive approach to development could best address a number of serious problems facing the nation – the costs of traffic congestion, a lack of affordable housing, and the threat of climate change.
Tuesday’s hearing will be webcast live at http://banking.senate.gov
WHO: Chairman Chris Dodd and Members of the Senate Banking Committee
Ray LaHood, Secretary, U.S. Dept. of Transportation
Shaun Donovan, Secretary, U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
Lisa Jackson, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency
WHEN: Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 9:30 A.M.
WHERE: Live webcast at http://banking.senate.gov, from 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
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