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	Andrew Robart Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation 701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 720 Washington, DC 20004 (202) 434-4818 Fax: (202) 347-4015 andrew.robart@swpc.siemens.com

Venue Wednesday, July 9, 2003 Room B-338 Rayburn House Office Bldg. Washington, DC

Agenda 11:30 -- Social Hour 12:30 – Lunch and Presentation by Rep. Jim Matheson 2:00 – Adjourn

Reservations RSVP Hotline: (202) 586-2907 anita.bedrosian@hq.doe.gov P.O. Box 44789 Washington, DC 20026

“Coals Challenges and Opportunities in Energy Development in the West”

The Honorable Jim Matheson
U.S. House of Representatives
(D-Utah, 2nd District)

The Washington Coal Club is pleased to announce its July 9, 2003 meeting will feature the Club’s 2003 sponsor – The Honorable Jim Matheson (D-Utah, 2nd District).

In January 2003, Jim Matheson was sworn in for a second term representing Utah’s Second Congressional District, which comprises the eastern half of Salt Lake City County, as well as 14 eastern and southern Utah counties. It also includes the most populous southern Utah city – St. George.

A member of the House Transportation Committee, Matheson sits on the subcommittees that oversee highways and transit and aviation. He is also a member of the House Financial Services Committee, which covers banking, real estate, insurance, housing and the securities market. Matheson also serves on the House Science Committee, which covers federal funding of research and development and NASA.

Matheson’s colleagues selected him to serve as the liaison with Republicans in the 2000 freshman class. During his time in Washington, Matheson has championed bipartisanship, looking to “research across the aisle” for common sense solutions to issues. The Deseret News said, “Matheson isn’t the first member from the 2nd District to be more independent than their parties may like.” The Salt Lake Tribune said, “He is a voice for constituents, not simply a party mouthpiece, and has the proven ability to be a player in the national arena.”

Matheson serves as co-chair of the Blue Dog Budget Task Force. The Blue Dogs are a group of 36 fiscally conservative House Democrats.

Congressman Matheson, 43 is a sixth-generation Utahn who was born and raised in Salt Lake City. Jim, his sister and his two brothers all attended Salt Lake City public schools. He received his B.A. in Government from Harvard University and his MBA from UCLA.
Before his election to Congress in November 2000, Jim worked in the energy industry for 13 years for several local companies and in his own firm. His wife, Amy, is a pediatrician and they have a 4-year old son, Will.

Andy Robart
President (2003)

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