Areas of Expertise:

Energy Legislative Assistant and Press Secretary for Rep. Roscoe Bartlett -- I develop and execute legislative and communications strategies to advance changes in federal policies to promote domestic, renewable, sustainable sources of energy. Congressman Bartlett represents the Sixth District of Maryland in the U.S. Congress. He is the chairman of the Air and Land Forces Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee and a senior member of the Energy and Environment Subcommittee of the Science, Space and Technology Committee. He is also a member of the Small Business Committee. I am his staff liaison in his capacity as a co-chairman of the House Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus; Defense Energy Security Caucus as well as the Peak Oil Caucus.

My twitter handle is @salions.

Recent Comments by Lisa Wright

• "In case you missed it, this is a summary from reports by Federal News Radio and Business Wire of important facts about a NEW RFP for distributed gener"
  Encouraging Grid Security with Distributed Generation
• " President Obama on May 24, 2011 issued a memorandum on "Federal Fleet Performance" that is complementary to HR 1687, the Open Fuel Standard A"
  H.R. 1687 – the Open Fuel Standard Act of 2011
• " Reps. John Shimkus (R-IL), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD) and Steve Israel (D-NY) explained why they joined together to introduce"
  H.R. 1687 – the Open Fuel Standard Act of 2011
• " America's national security and our economy would improve if we enact laws in 2010 that will reduce the dependence of U.S. transportation upo"
  Discussion Catalyst: Overview–The Need for Policy
• " Electrification of transportation could displace oil, diversify energy inputs and reduce GHG. Fleet purchases by the federal government would"
  Discussion Catalyst: Moving Away from Oil–The Transportation Sector
• " Conservation is the cheapest and fastest way to reduce oil use. The blizzards that have paralyzed transportation in the DC-Baltimore corridor"
  Discussion Catalyst: Conservation and Fuel Efficiency
• "1. Is an energy literate public unnecessary, helpful, crucial, or even possibly hurtful, to the end of a more efficient and relatively"
  Discussion Catalyst: Policy Principles
• "Whatever happens to legislative bills in the bushes, Congress should approve a number of bipartisan bills at hand H.R. 2600, H.R. 4399"
  Discussion Catalyst: Important Policies (Oil)
• " Biofuels could contribute much more to displacing oil and reducing GHG if Congress harmonizes multiple conflicting definitions and standards "
  Discussion Catalyst: The Ethanol Market
• "With regard to Keystone, it sounds like a trick question, but it's not. Should you buy a strategic commodity from a neighbor and frien"
  Discussion Catalyst: Drilling for More Oil and Gas