Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will not testify at a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on the Keystone XL pipeline next week.
Instead, Kerri-Ann Jones, assistant secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs and the point person at the department on the proposed pipeline, will testify on behalf of the department at the committee's hearing next Wednesday morning.
Continue ReadingA State Department spokeswoman said earlier Thursday that the department and committee were in talks to discuss "what is appropriate so they get the full picture."
The hearing will be the first since Wednesday's decision by President Barack Obama to reject TransCanada's proposed pipeline in light of the need to find an alternative route for the 1,700-mile pipeline in Nebraska. The hearing will in part focus on legislation from Rep. Lee Terry (R-Neb.) to put FERC in charge of the pipeline instead of the White House and State Department. Republicans have criticized the move to delay a presidential permit for the pipeline on politics surrounding Obama's reelection effort and view the quasi-independent FERC as being friendlier to industry.
This article first appeared on POLITICO Pro at 6:34 p.m. on January 19, 2012.
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