Rouse, J

<h1>Profile: James Rouse</h1>

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<h2>James Rouse was a participant or observer in the following events:</h2>

<h2><a href="http://www.historycommons.org/context.jsp?item=amid0201rouselay#amid0201rouselay" title="View in context">Mid-February, 2001: Exxon, Enron Executives Meet with Cheney Energy Task Force</a></h2>

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<p><span class="tmlnImg" style=" float: left; width: 180px;"><span class="caption">Exxon logo. <em>[Source: Goodlogo (.com)]</em></span></span>One of the first officials to meet with Vice President Cheney’s energy task force (the National Energy Policy Development Group—see <a href="http://www.historycommons.org/item.jsp?item=a0501energyplan" onmouseover="return OL('May 16, 2001: Vice President Cheney’s Energy Plan Foresees Government Helping US Companies Expand into New Markets')" onmouseout="return nd()">May 16, 2001</a>) is James Rouse, the vice president of ExxonMobil and a large financial donor to the Bush-Cheney presidential campaign. Several days later, Kenneth Lay, the CEO of Enron, meets with the group. It will not be his last meeting (see <a href="http://www.historycommons.org/item.jsp?item=a041701cheneylay" onmouseover="return OL('April 17, 2001 and After: Enron CEO Meets with Cheney, Recommends that No Price Caps be Adopted')" onmouseout="return nd()">April 17, 2001 and After</a>). The names of the various officials, executives, lobbyists, and representatives who meet with the task force will not be released until 2007 (see <a href="http://www.historycommons.org/item.jsp?item=a071807nepdgparticipants" onmouseover="return OL('July 18, 2007: White House Reveals Participants in Cheney Energy Task Force Meetings')" onmouseout="return nd()">July 18, 2007</a>). <cite>[<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/17/AR2007071701987.html?hpid=topnews" target="_blank" onmouseover="return OL('Michael Abramowitz and Steven Mufson, “Papers Detail Industry\'s Role in Cheney\'s Energy Report,” <em>Washington Post</em>, 18 July 2007.')" onmouseout="return nd()">Washington Post, 7/18/2007</a>]</cite></p>

<p><b>Entity Tags:</b> <a href="http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=national_energy_policy_development_group_1">National Energy Policy Development Group</a>, <a href="http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=enron">Enron Corporation</a>, <a href="http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=james_rouse_1">James Rouse</a>, <a href="http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=exxonmobil">ExxonMobil</a>, <a href="http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=richard%28_dick%29_cheney">Richard (“Dick”) Cheney</a>, <a href="http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=kenneth_lay">Kenneth Lay</a>

<b>Timeline Tags:</b> <a href="http://www.historycommons.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=the_bush_administration_s_environmental_record">US Environmental Record</a></p>

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<h2><a href="http://www.historycommons.org/context.jsp?item=a111605energyceoslie#a111605energyceoslie" title="View in context">November 16, 2005: Energy CEOs Lied to Congress about Meeting with Cheney Task Force, White House Document Proves</a></h2>

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<p>A White House document shows that oil company executives lied in recent Senate hearings when they denied meeting with Vice President Cheney’s energy task force (the National Energy Policy Development Group—see <a href="http://www.historycommons.org/item.jsp?item=a0501energyplan" onmouseover="return OL('May 16, 2001: Vice President Cheney’s Energy Plan Foresees Government Helping US Companies Expand into New Markets')" onmouseout="return nd()">May 16, 2001</a>) in 2001. The document, obtained by the Washington Post, shows that officials from ExxonMobil, Conoco (before it merged with Phillips), Shell Oil, and British Petroleum met with the task force (see <a href="http://www.historycommons.org/item.jsp?item=a032201bpcheney" onmouseover="return OL('March 22, 2001: British Petroleum, Other Oil, Gas, and Mining Officials Meet with Cheney’s Energy Task Force')" onmouseout="return nd()">March 22, 2001</a>). </p>

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Last week, the CEOs of ExxonMobil, Chevron, and ConocoPhillips denied participating in the task force’s deliberations. Shell Oil’s CEO said his company did not participate “to my knowledge,” and the chief of BP America said he did not know. Though Chevron is not named in the White House document, that firm and others “gave detailed energy policy recommendations” to the task force, according to the Government Accountability Office. <b>Cheney also met separately with John Browne, BP’s chief executive,</b> in a meeting not included in the document. Environmentalists have long stated that they were almost entirely shut out of the deliberations, while corporate interests were heavily represented (see <a href="http://www.historycommons.org/item.jsp?item=a040401environnepdg" onmouseover="return OL('April 4, 2001: Environmentalists Allowed to Meet with Cheney’s Energy Task Force')" onmouseout="return nd()">April 4, 2001</a>). </p>

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The Supreme Court ruled in 2004 that the government could keep the records of the task force secret (see <a href="http://www.historycommons.org/item.jsp?item=a062404usscremand" onmouseover="return OL('June 24, 2004: Supreme Court Sends Cheney Energy Task Force Case Back to Appeals Court')" onmouseout="return nd()">June 24, 2004</a>). <b>Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ</b>) says, “The White House went to great lengths to keep these meetings secret, and now oil executives may be lying to Congress about their role in the Cheney task force.” Since the oil executives were not under oath—a decision by Senate Commerce Committee chairman Ted Stevens (R-AK) protested by committee Democrats—they cannot be charged with perjury. However, they can be fined or imprisoned for up to five years for making “any materially false, fictitious or fraudulent statement or representation” to Congress. </p>

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After the Washington Post releases the document, former Conoco manager Alan Huffman confirms, “We met [with the task force] in the Executive Office Building, if I remember correctly.” A ConocoPhillips spokesman says that CEO James Mulva had been unaware of the meetings when he testified at the hearing. ExxonMobil says it stands by CEO Lee Raymond’s denials;<span style=" color: #ED1C24;"> </span><b><span style=" color: #ED1C24;">James Rouse</span>, an Exxon official named in the document (see </b><a href="http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=james_rouse_1#amid0201rouselay" onmouseover="return OL('Mid-February, 2001: Exxon, Enron Executives Meet with Cheney Energy Task Force')" onmouseout="return nd()"><b>Mid-February, 2001</b></a><b>), denies meeting with the task force, calling the document “inaccurate</b>.” <cite>[<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/15/AR2005111501842_pf.html" target="_blank" onmouseover="return OL('Dana Milbank and Justin Blum, “Document Says Oil Chiefs Met With Cheney Task Force,” <em>Washington Post</em>, 16 November 2005.')" onmouseout="return nd()">Washington Post, 11/16/2005</a>]</cite>

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<p><b>Entity Tags:</b> <a href="http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=frank_r.lautenberg_1">Frank R. Lautenberg</a>, <a href="http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=ted_stevens">Ted Stevens</a>, <a href="http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=chevron">Chevron</a>, <a href="http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=bp">British Petroleum</a>, <a href="http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=alan_huffman_1">Alan Huffman</a>, <a href="http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=exxonmobil">ExxonMobil</a>, <a href="http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=royal_dutch/shell">Royal Dutch/Shell</a>, <a href="http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=supreme_court">US Supreme Court</a>, <a href="http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=national_energy_policy_development_group_1">National Energy Policy Development Group</a>, <a href="http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=general_accounting_office">Government Accountability Office</a>, <a href="http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=james_mulva_1">James Mulva</a>, <a href="http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=conocophillips">ConocoPhillips</a>, <a href="http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=john_browne_1">John Browne</a>, <a href="http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=lee_raymond_1">Lee Raymond</a>, <a href="http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=richard%28_dick_%29_cheney">Richard (“Dick”) Cheney</a>, <a href="http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=james_rouse_1">James Rouse</a>

<b>Timeline Tags:</b> <a href="http://www.historycommons.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=the_bush_administration_s_environmental_record">US Environmental Record</a></p>

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