Volume 163, No. 99 covering the 1st Session of the 115th Congress (2017 - 2018) was published by the Congressional Record.
The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.
“COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 2017-06-13” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D636-D637 on June 12, 2017.
More than half of the Agency's employees are engineers, scientists and protection specialists. The Climate Reality Project, a global climate activist organization, accused Agency leadership in the last five years of undermining its main mission.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,
JUNE 13, 2017
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2018 for the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-192.
Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2018 for the Department of Agriculture, 10:30 a.m., SD-124.
Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2018 for the Department of State, 2:30 p.m., SD-192.
Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the Department of Defense budget posture in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2018 and the Future Years Defense Program, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
Subcommittee on SeaPower, to hold hearings to examine Navy and Marine Corps aviation programs in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2018 and the Future Years Defense Program, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2018 and revenue proposals, 10 a.m., SD-608.
Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Kristine L. Svinicki, of Virginia, Annie Caputo, of Virginia, and David Wright, of South Carolina, each to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and Susan Parker Bodine, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, 10 a.m., SD-406.
Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2018 for the Department of State, 10 a.m., SD-419.
Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy, to hold hearings to examine state-sponsored cyberspace threats, focusing on recent incidents and United States policy response, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold hearings to examine the cost of prescription drugs, focusing on how the drug delivery system affects what patients pay, 10 a.m., SD-430.
Committee on Indian Affairs: business meeting to consider S. 772, to amend the PROTECT Act to make Indian tribes eligible for AMBER Alert grants, and S. 825, to provide for the conveyance of certain property to the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium located in Sitka, Alaska; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine S. 1250, to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to improve the recruitment and retention of employees in the Indian Health Service, restore accountability in the Indian Health Service, improve health services, S. 1275, to improve the housing conditions and promote useful land uses within tribal communities, and an original bill entitled, ``HUD/VA Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing'', 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold hearings to examine certain intelligence matters relating to the 2016 United States election, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
House
Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry, hearing entitled ``Small Watershed Infrastructure: Continuing the Mission, Building upon Success'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, budget hearing on Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 10 a.m., 2008 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, budget hearing on the Department of Justice, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, hearing entitled ``Promoting Security in Wireless Technology'', 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, hearing entitled ``Disrupter Series: Update on IOT Opportunities and Challenges'', 10:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa, hearing entitled ``Challenges and Opportunities for the U.S.-Saudi Relationship'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, hearing entitled ``Examining the Supreme Court's TC Heartland Decision'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, hearing entitled ``Lawsuit Abuse and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act'', 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Information Technology; and Subcommittee on Government Operations, joint hearing entitled ``The Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) Scorecard 4.0'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
Committee on Rules, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 1215, the
``Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017'', 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
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