Volume 161, No. 62 covering the 1st Session of the 114th Congress (2015 - 2016) 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.
“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D453-D454 on April 28, 2015.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
U.S. SECURITY POLICY IN EUROPE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine United States security policy in Europe, after receiving testimony from Admiral James G. Stavridis, USN (Ret.), Tufts University Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Boston, Massachusetts; and Ian J. Brzezinski, Atlantic Council Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, and Stephen Sestanovich, Council on Foreign Relations, both of Washington, D.C.
INSURANCE INDUSTRY AND INSURANCE REGULATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the state of the insurance industry and insurance regulation, including S. 1086, to establish an insurance policy advisory committee on international capital standards, after receiving testimony from S. Roy Woodall, Jr., Independent Member, Financial Stability Oversight Council, and Michael McRaith, Director, Federal Insurance Office, both of the Department of the Treasury; Mark E. Van Der Weide, Deputy Director, Division of Banking Supervision and Regulation, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; and Kevin M. McCarty, Florida Office of Insurance Regulation Commissioner, Tallahassee, on behalf of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
U.S. COAST GUARD RESOURCES AND PRIORITIES
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard concluded a hearing to examine the resources and priorities of the U.S. Coast Guard, after receiving testimony from Admiral Paul F. Zukunft, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security.
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security concluded a hearing to examine Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization, focusing on aviation safety and general aviation, after receiving testimony from Margaret Gilligan, Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation; Christopher A. Hart, Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board; Faye Malarkey Black, Regional Airline Association, Washington, D.C.; Mark Baker, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, Frederick, Maryland; and Chesley B. Sullenberger III, Danville, California.
ADMINISTRATION'S QUADRENNIAL ENERGY REVIEW
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the Administration's Quadrennial Energy Review, after receiving testimony from Ernest J. Moniz, Secretary of Energy.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 697, to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to reauthorize and modernize that Act, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 544, to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from proposing, finalizing, or disseminating regulations or assessments based upon science that is not transparent or reproducible, with an amendment; and
General Services Administration resolutions.
AUDIT AND APPEALS ISSUES IN MEDICARE
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine creating a more efficient and level playing field, focusing on audit and appeals issues in Medicare, after receiving testimony from Nancy J. Griswold, Chief Administrative Law Judge, Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals, Department of Health and Human Services; Sandy Coston, Diversified Service Options, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida; and Thomas Naughton, MAXIMUS Federal Services, Inc., Reston, Virginia.
JUDICIAL REVIEW IN THE FEDERAL REGULATORY PROCESS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management concluded a hearing to examine the proper role of judicial review in the federal regulatory process, after receiving testimony from Ronald M. Levin, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri; and Andrew M. Grossman, Cato Institute, Washington, D.C.
FUTURE OF MEDICAL INNOVATION FOR PATIENTS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the future of medical innovation for patients, after receiving testimony from Roderic I. Pettigrew, Director, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, and Christopher P. Austin, Director, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, both of the National Institutes of Health, and Janet Woodcock, Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, and Jeffrey Shuren, Director, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, both of the Food and Drug Administration, all of the Department of Health and Human Services.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to examine the Department of Homeland Security, after receiving testimony from Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed sessions to receive briefings on certain intelligence matters from officials of the intelligence community.
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