MEDIA ADVISORY for Nov. 2: Record Shell and ExxonMobil 3Q Net Profits Reveal Oil Tax Breaks and Subsidies are Wasteful
Press Release Date: November 2, 2011
Location: Washington, D.C.
Contact:
Anna Baxter | email: abaxter@oceana.org
Anna Baxter
WHAT: Capitol Hill press conference to make the case for ending tax breaks for oil and gas companies
WHEN: Wednesday, November 2, 12 noon to 1 p.m.
WHO: Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI), Chair of Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior and Environment
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA)
Rep. Bill Keating (D-MA)
Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ)
Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA)
Rep. James Moran (D-VA)
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
Rep. Reid Ribble (R-WI)
Andrew Sharpless, CEO, Oceana, an international
ocean conservation group
Debbie Sease, National Campaign Director, Sierra Club
WHERE:
Upper Senate Park, known as “the Senate Swamp”
200 New Jersey Avenue, adjacent to the Russell Senate
Office Building. Union Station metro station is closest.
For map, visit: http://wikimapia.org/6041424/Upper-Senate-Park