David Hayes
Partner, Latham & Watkins
David Hayes is a partner in Latham & Watkins’ Washington, D.C., office, where his practice focuses on environmental and natural resources matters. He was the Deputy Secretary of the Interior during the second term of the Clinton Administration. He has served in a variety of leadership positions in the environmental law field, including Chairman of the Board of the Environmental Law Institute, a nonprofit research and publication center. The following is from April 23, 2001, testimony before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee at a hearing to consider national energy policy with respect to development of domestic oil and…