Volume 155, No. 81 covering the 1st Session of the 111th Congress (2009 - 2010) 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” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D622-D623 on June 2, 2009.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5911-S5984
Measures Introduced: Five bills and three resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 1161-1165, and S. Res. 164-166.
Page S5943
Measures Passed:
Great Smoky Mountains National Park 75th Anniversary: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 137, recognizing and commending the people of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the park, and the resolution was then agreed to.
Pages S5980-81
End of Communist Rule in Poland 20th Anniversary: Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 139, commemorating the 20th anniversary of the end of communist rule in Poland, and the resolution was then agreed to.
Page S5981
Bread for the World 35th Anniversary: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 157, recognizing Bread for the World, on the 35th anniversary of its founding, for its faithful advocacy on behalf of poor and hungry people in our country and around the world, and the resolution was then agreed to.
Pages S5981-82
Printing Authorization: Senate agreed to S. Res. 166, to authorize the printing of a collection of the rules of the committees of the Senate.
Page S5982
Year of the Military Family: Senate agreed to S. Res. 165, to encourage recognition of 2009 as the ``Year of the Military Family''.
Pages S5982-83
Measures Considered:
Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act:
Senate resumed consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 1256, to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products, to amend title 5, United States Code, to make certain modifications in the Thrift Savings Plan, the Civil Service Retirement System, and the Federal Employees' Retirement System.
Pages S5918-22, S5922-41
During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the following action: By 84 yeas to 11 nays (Vote No. 203), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill.
Page S5918
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill at approximately 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, June 3, 2009, and that all time during any adjournment, recess, or period of morning business count post-cloture.
Page S5983
Excessive Pay Capped Deduction Act--Referral Agreement: A unanimous-
consent agreement was reached providing that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be discharged from further consideration of S. 1007, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny a deduction for excessive compensation of any employee of an employer, and the bill then be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Page S5983
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
Regina McCarthy, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Pages S5917-18, S5984
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
Daniel Ginsberg, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force.
Louis B. Susman, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Page S5984
Executive Communications:
Pages S5942-43
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S5943-45
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S5945-51
Additional Statements:
Pages S5941-42
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S5951-67 Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
Page S5967
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Page S5967
Text of H.R. 2346 as Previously Passed:
Pages S5967-80
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--203)
Page S5918
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:15 p.m., until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 3, 2009. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S5983-84.)
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