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Kevin M. Kolevar is Vice President, Government Affairs and Public Policy at the Dow Chemical Company. He joined Dow Chemical in 2009 after serving as the Assistant Secretary for Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability within the United States Department of Energy. He was confirmed to the position in August 2007. He had led the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability since its creation in February 2005. Kolevar served as chief of staff to the Deputy Secretary of Energy Kyle McSlarrow from January 2003 to January 2005. He also worked as a senior policy advisor to the Secretary of Energy on security and technology issues. While working at the Department of Energy, he was chair of the Department of Energy National Security Working Group. He also served as an advisor to the U.S.-Canada Task Force investigating the 2003 blackout. Prior joining the Department of Energy, he spent over ten years serving as a member of United States Senate staff in the offices of Senators Spencer Abraham and Connie Mack III. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan. On behalf of the Secretary of Energy, Kolevar coordinated energy response efforts with the energy industry and other federal agencies after Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma. His office collected, analyzed, and disseminated vital information to all involved in the response and restoration efforts and served in a coordinating role for the energy sector.[2] Kolevar made the announcement that the Department of Energy would invest nearly $20 million for plug-in hybrid vehicle research. In collaboration with the United States Advanced Battery Consortium, five projects were given $17.2 million in funding and awards for plug-in hybrid vehicle battery development projects. $2 million was given to the University of Michigan to coordinate the study.[3] Kolevar said that the Bush administration's interest in plug-in hybrid vehicles came about as a result of rising oil prices. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Kolevar Harry Mason Reid (/riːd/; born December 2, 1939) is an American politician, and senior United States Senator from Nevada, having served since 1987. A member of the Democratic Party, he has served as the Senate Minority Leader since January 2015, and has previously served as Majority Leader, Minority Whip, and Majority Whip. Previously, Reid was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Nevada's 1st congressional district, and served in Nevada local and state government as city attorney of Henderson, a state legislator, the 25th Lieutenant Governor, and chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission. Reid recently completed his full term in the 113th United States Congress, becoming one of only three Senators to serve at least eight years as Majority Leader (along with Alben W. Barkley and Mike Mansfield). Reid's current term ends in January 2017, and he has stated that he will not seek re-election in 2016. Senator Reid formally announced on March 27, 2015 that he will retire at the end of his current term on January 3, 2017, saying that his recent injuries and subsequent recovery had nothing to do with his decision. Reid currently serves as the United States Senate Minority Leader, after Republicans won the majority control of the Senate in the 2014 midterm elections. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid