Bud's Offshore Energy (BOE)

The House Oversight Committee has requested that executives from Exxon, Shell, Chevron, BP, and testify on October 28th.

“We are deeply concerned that the fossil fuel industry has reaped massive profits for decades while contributing to climate change that is devastating American communities, costing taxpayers billions of dollars and ravaging the natural world,” Oversight Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., and Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., wrote in a letter to oil executives.

House Oversight Committee

Expect moral outrage, sloganeering, and finger pointing (the Washington salute). A link for viewing the hearing will be posted at the committee website.