SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISHERIES, WILDLIFE AND OCEANS
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
10:00 a.m.

LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:

• H.R. 1497 (Blumenauer): To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to extend its protections to plants illegally harvested outside of the United States, and for other purposes. (Legal Timber Protection Act) 

WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:

Panel I

The Honorable Earl Blumenauer, (OR-3)
Member of Congress

Panel II

Eileen Sobeck
Deputy Assistant Attorney General
Environment and Natural Resources Division
Department of Justice

Ann Wrobleski
Vice President
Public Affairs
International Paper Company
* On behalf of American Forest & Paper Association

Victor C. Barringer II
President
CEO
Coastal Lumber Company
* On behalf of Hardwood Federation

Alexander von Bismarck
Executive Director
Environmental Investigation Agency

Craig S. Forester
Vice President
General Manager
Rex Lumber Company
* On behalf of International Wood Products Association