On June 16, 2009, Lisa Jackson, then-Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Shaun Donovan, then-Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; and Ray LaHood, then-Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation, testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hearing on "Greener Communities, Greater Opportunities: New Ideas for Sustainable Development and Economic Growth." This hearing announced the formation of the Partnership for Sustainable Communities.

• Administrator Lisa Jackson's Testimony of June 16, 2009 (PDF)(13 pp, 110 K)
• HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan's testimony of June 16, 2009 (PDF)(9 pp, 89 K)
• DOT Secretary Ray LaHood's testimony of June 16, 2009 (PDF)(10 pp, 100 K)