Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne will testify at a House Natural Resources Committee hearing on Thursday.

The hearing will address three Office of the Inspector General at the Interior Department that uncovered extremely close relationships between government regulators and oil companies. Inspector General Earl E. Devaney also will testify.

The hearing will take place at 10am in Room 1324 of the Longworth House Office Building.

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