{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://chrissmith.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=397704", "<span class=\"kicker\">Hearing Set for Fri. Nov. 14 @ 12 noon...</span>Smith to Hold Hearing on Increasing Electricity in Africa", "2014-11-12", "2014", "2014-11", "Republican", "House", "NJ", "Christopher Smith", "S000522", "chrissmith.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Hearing Set for Fri. Nov. 14 @ 12 noon...Smith to Hold Hearing on Increasing Electricity in Africa \r\n   \r\n    \r\n      State Dept., USAID, and Dept. of Energy to Testify \r\n      \r\n  \r\n    \r\n      f \r\n      t \r\n      #\r\n      e\r\n      \r\n      \r\n    \r\n    \r\n      \r\n        Washington,\r\n        Nov 12, 2014\r\n      \r\n       \r\n    \r\n  \r\n  \r\n  \r\n  \r\n  \r\n  \r\n  \r\n    \r\n      \r\n      \r\n      The U.S. State Department, U.S. Energy Department and U.S. Agency for International Development and other witnesses will testify at a hearing to be held by the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee\u2019s Africa Subcommittee, Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Smith scheduled the congressional hearing, entitled \u201cThe Future of Energy in Africa,\u201d for Friday.\r\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Who: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Smith, chair of the Africa and global health subcommittee, other Members of the panel, and: \r\n \r\n    \r\n    Dr. Robert F. Ichord, Jr., Ph.D., Deputy Assistant Secretary Bureau of Energy Resources, U.S. Department of State\r\n    \r\n    \r\n    The Honorable Eric G. Postel, Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau for Africa at the U.S. Agency for International Development\r\n    \r\n    \r\n    Jonathan Elkind, Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of International Affairs, U.S. Department of Energy\r\n    \r\n    \r\n    Walker A. Williams, President and Chief Executive Officer of Leadership Africa USA\r\n    \r\n    \r\n    Dianne R. Sutherland, Owner and Publisher, Petroleum Africa Magazine\u00a0\r\n    When: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Friday, Nov. 14 from noon to 3 p.m.\r\n    Where: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2172 (first floor)\r\n    \u00a0\r\n    \u201cAccording to the International Energy Agency, sub-Saharan Africa is rich in energy resources, but very poor in energy supply,\u201d said Smith (NJ-04), chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee\u2019s Africa Subcommittee. \u00a0\u201cOur hearing will look at how the Electrify Africa Act and the Administration\u2019s Power Africa program can supplement private energy projects to help bring electric power to more people in Africa, lifting standards of living across the continent.\u00a0 A more prosperous Africa means better trading partners.\u201d\r\n    ###\r\n    \r\n \r\n    \r\n  \r\n  \r\n  \r\n    \r\n      f \r\n      t \r\n      #\r\n      e", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["http://chrissmith.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=397704"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8157859556376934, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}