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Lawmakers and Experts to Examine Energy Options for Obama and Congress, on Tuesday, January 13, 2009, From 8:30 - 10:00 A.M., at The National Press Club, in Washington, D.C.

Senator Sessions, Congressman Gordon, Daniel Yergin Among Panelists to Weigh National Energy Policy and Climate Change Priorities

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following event is taking place on behalf of U.S. News & World Report:

EVENT TOPIC: "Energy and Climate Change in the Obama Administration and 111th Congress"

DESCRIPTION: U.S. News & World Report's National Issues Briefing will look at the policies and decisions President-elect Obama and the 111th Congress will consider in response to America's energy and climate-change challenges. The Briefing will examine how lawmakers will address volatile energy prices and economic challenges while encouraging efficiency and conservation and developing long-term policy initiatives and incentives around key components of the national energy debate: proposals to cap greenhouse gas emissions, expansion of domestic drilling, natural gas policy, biofuels, nuclear power, and the development of alternative and renewable fuels and cleaner technologies.

WELCOME: Cal Dooley, President and Chief Executive Officer, American Chemistry Council

MODERATOR: Brian Kelly, Editor, U.S. News & World Report

PANEL: Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Member, Subcommittee on Energy (Energy & Natural Resources)

Representative Bart Gordon (D-TN), Chairman, Committee on Science and Technology

Daniel Yergin, Chairman, Cambridge Energy Research Associates

other lawmakers / experts to be announced as confirmed

DATE: TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2009

TIME: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. (open to media with RSVP; complimentary breakfast begins at 8:00 a.m.; panel discussion at 8:30 - 10:00 a.m.; Q&A opportunity)

PLACE: The National Press Club

529 14th Street, N.W. (13th Floor, Ballroom), Washington, D.C. 20045

SOURCE U.S. News & World Report

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