ENERGY STATISTICS

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON

PRIORITIES AND ECONOMY IN GOVERNMENT

OF THE

JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES

NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS

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JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

(Created pursuant to sec. 5(a) of Public Law 304, 79th Cong.)
WRIGHT PATMAN, Texas, Chairman

WILLIAM PROXMIRE, Wisconsin, Vice Chairman

LESLIE J. BANDER GEORGE D. Krumbhaar, Jr. (Counsel) WALTER B. LAESSIG (Counsel)

CONTENTS

WITNESSES AND STATEMENTS

MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1974

Proxmire, Hon. William, chairman of the Subcommittee on Priorities and

Economy in Government: Opening statement...

Simon, Hon. William E., Deputy Secretary of the Treasury and Adminis-

trator, Federal Energy Office, accompanied by John Sawhill, Deputy

Administrator; William Walker, General Counsel; Gerald Parsky,

Executive Assistant; Eric Zausner, Assistant Administrator for Data

Analysis; and Charles Owens, Price Regulation.......

Nader, Ralph, consumer advocate....

AFTERNOON SESSION

Freeman, David, Ford Foundation energy policy project.

Darmstadter, Joel, Resources for the Future..

Allvine, Fred, energy consultant..........

MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1974

Proxmire, Hon. William, chairman of the Subcommittee on Priorities and

Economy in Government: Opening statement_-_

Nelson, Hon. Gaylord, a U.S. Senator from the State of Wisconsin, accom-

panied by Raymond D. Watts, counsel, Select Committee on Small

Business_

Rigg, Hon. John B., Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of the In-

terior, accompanied by V. E. McKelvey, Director, U.S. Geological

Survey; John D. Morgan, Jr., Acting Director, Bureau of Mines; Bill

Elliott, Division of Fossil Fuels, Bureau of Mines; and Robert Rioux,

Conservation Division, U.S. Geological Survey_

Shiskin, Hon. Julius, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Depart-

ment of Labor, accompanied by Janet Norwood, Deputy Commissioner

for Data Analysis; and Margaret Stotz, Chief, Wholesale Price Division_

Hodges, John E., director of statistics, American Petroleum Institute_-_.

SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD

Carey, Hon. Hugh L.:

Report on-

MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1974

"Mandatory Oil Import Control Program, Its Impact on the

Domestic Minerals Industry and National Security," together

with dissenting and separate views, Committee on Interior and

Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, committee print

No. 11, 90th Congress, second session, dated August 1968---

"The Oil Import Question," together with dissenting and separate
views, Subcommittee on Mines and Mining, Committee on
Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, com-
mittee print No. 1, 91st Congress, second session, dated August
1970..