House to hit EPA, TSA in hearings next week

House Republicans have planned several hearings next week that will probe the effectiveness and need for various Environmental Protection Agency rules, and will also hold a hearing that tweaks the much-maligned Transportation Security Administration.

A House Energy and Commerce subcommittee holds hearings Thursday and Friday on EPA standards for particulate matter, and the EPA's greenhouse gas regulations. The House Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing Wednesday on how "Federal Resource Agencies are Driving up Electricity Costs."

And the House Science, Space and Technology Committee will hold a hearing Thursday to examine EPA regulations that affect the U.S. economy.

Details on these and other hearings follow:

House Energy and Commerce

Subcommittee on Energy and Power:

June 28, "The American Energy Initiative: A Focus on the New Proposal to Tighten National Standards for Fine Particulate Matter"
10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn House Office Building

Subcommittee on Energy and Power:

June 29, "The American Energy Initiative: A Focus on EPA's Greenhouse Gas Regulations," Gina McCarthy of EPA testifies
9 a.m., 2123 Rayburn House Office Building

House Financial Services

Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Technology:

June 28, "Fractional Reserve Banking and the Federal Reserve: The Economic Consequences of High-Powered Money"
2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn House Office Building

House Natural Resources

June 27, "Mandatory Conditioning Requirements on Hydropower: How Federal Resource Agencies are Driving Up Electricity Costs and Decreasing the Original Green Energy"
10 a.m., 1324 Longworth House Office Building

House Science, Space and Technology

June 28, "Strengthening the Scientific Backbone of the EPA: An Examination of Agency Practices and Foundation for Regulations Affecting the American Economy"
10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn House Office Building

House Small Business

June 27, Regulatory Flexibility Act Compliance: Is EPA Failing Small Business?"
1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn House Office Building

House Transportation and Infrastructure

June 28, "A Review of the Delays and Problems Associated with TSA's Transportation Worker Identification Credential"
10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn House Office Building

House Ways and Means

June 28, "Tax Reform and Tax Treatment of Capital Gains," joint hearing with Senate Finance
10 a.m., 210 Capitol Visitor Center