The hearing was held on Tuesday, July 23, 2019, from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. EDT in Room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.
The purpose of the hearing was to examine the United States’ interests in the Freely Associated States.
The hearing was webcast live on the committee’s website, and an archived video was available shortly after the hearing concluded. Witness testimony was available on the website at the start of the hearing.
Video of the hearing below begins at the 25:25 minute mark (click play and slide the position in the progress bar on the bottom ahead to that point):
Opening Remarks
- Sen. Lisa Murkowski
Chairman
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
07.23.19 - Freely Associated States Hearing - Murkowski's Opening Statement (as Delivered).pdf (314.9 KBs) - Sen. Joe Manchin
Ranking Member
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Witness Panel 1
- The Honorable Douglas Domenech
Assistant Secretary, Insular and International Affairs
U.S. Department of the Interior
Domenech Testimony 7-23-19 SENR Cmte Hrg.pdf (196.2 KBs) - The Honorable Randall Schriver
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs
U.S. Department of Defense
Schriver Testimony 7-23-19 SENR Cmte Hrg.pdf (47.7 KBs) - Ms. Sandra Oudkirk
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Islands
Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Oudkirk Testimony 7-23-19 SENR Cmte Hrg.pdf (282.2 KBs) - Dr. David Gootnick
Director of International Affairs and Trade
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Gootnick Testimony 7-23-19 SENR Cmte Hrg.pdf (720.6 KBs)
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