Senate committees to examine wildfires, nuclear safety, rail security next week

By Josiah Ryan - 06/10/11 03:21 PM ET

Senate committees will swing back into work on Tuesday and pursue an agenda focused on threats on the home front from both terrorism and acts of God.
As wildfires sweep across the Southwest United States, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources will weigh the state of preparedness of the nation's wildfire management programs.
The Environment and Public Works Committee will hold a discussion led by Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) that continues to examine how lessons learned from the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan can be used to make America's nuclear industry more secure.
Details on next week’s featured Senate committee hearings follow:
Senate Energy and Natural Resources
June 14, "Hearings to examine wildfire management programs of the federal land management agencies"
10 a.m., 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building


Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation
June 14, "Hearings to examine emerging threats to rail security"
2:30 p.m., 253 Russell Senate Office Building


Senate Environment and Public Works
June 15,  “Hearings to examine the Clean Air Act and public health”
10 a.m., 406 Dirksen Senate Office Building
June 16:  "A hearing to examine the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's preliminary results of the nuclear safety review in the United States following the emergency at Fukushima Daiichi power plant in Japan."
10 a.m., 406 Dirksen Senate Office Building