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Congressional Record publishes “ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” on June 21

Volume 167, No. 107 covering the 1st Session of the 117th Congress (2021 - 2022) 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.

“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Senate section on pages S4656-S4657 on June 21.

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:

ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS

S. 535

At the request of Ms. Ernst, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Marshall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 535, a bill to authorize the location of a memorial on the National Mall to commemorate and honor the members of the Armed Forces that served on active duty in support of the Global War on Terrorism, and for other purposes.

S. 544

At the request of Ms. Ernst, the names of the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) were added as cosponsors of S. 544, a bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to designate one week each year as ``Buddy Check Week'' for the purpose of outreach and education concerning peer wellness checks for veterans, and for other purposes.

S. 923

At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 923, a bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a consumer recycling education and outreach grant program, and for other purposes.

S. 1061

At the request of Mr. Portman, the names of the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Hagerty) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Lankford) were added as cosponsors of S. 1061, a bill to encourage the normalization of relations with Israel, and for other purposes.

S. 1220

At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from New Jersey

(Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1220, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to recognize and honor the service of individuals who served in the United States Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II, and for other purposes.

S. 1280

At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from New York

(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1280, a bill to improve the reproductive assistance provided by the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to certain members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and their spouses or partners, and for other purposes.

S. 1360

At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Michigan

(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1360, a bill to amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 and the Head Start Act to promote child care and early learning, and for other purposes.

S. 1574

At the request of Mr. Scott of South Carolina, the name of the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1574, a bill to codify a statutory definition for long-term care pharmacies.

S. 1792

At the request of Mrs. Fischer, the name of the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1792, a bill to establish certain requirements for the small refineries exemption of the renewable fuels provisions under the Clean Air Act, and for other purposes.

S. 1917

At the request of Mr. Peters, the names of the Senator from Nevada

(Ms. Rosen) and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy) were added as cosponsors of S. 1917, a bill to establish a K-12 education cybersecurity initiative, and for other purposes.

S. 1927

At the request of Mrs. Murray, the names of the Senator from Virginia

(Mr. Kaine), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Lujan), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) were added as cosponsors of S. 1927, a bill to amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act.

S. 1947

At the request of Mr. Sullivan, the name of the Senator from Nevada

(Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1947, a bill to authorize the position of Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Travel and Tourism, to statutorily establish the United States Travel and Tourism Advisory Board, and for other purposes.

S. 2084

At the request of Mr. Scott of Florida, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2084, a bill to terminate the order requiring persons to wear masks while on conveyances and at transportation hubs.

S. 2091

At the request of Ms. Sinema, the names of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kelly) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) were added as cosponsors of S. 2091, a bill to amend the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to increase appropriations to Restaurant Revitalization Fund, and for other purposes.

S. 2123

At the request of Mr. Portman, the names of the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Rosen) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters) were added as cosponsors of S. 2123, a bill to establish the Federal Clearinghouse on Safety and Security Best Practices for Faith-Based Organizations and Houses of Worship, and for other purposes.

S. 2125

At the request of Mr. Murphy, the names of the Senator from Oregon

(Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from California (Mr. Padilla) were added as cosponsors of S. 2125, a bill to divert Federal funding away from supporting the presence of police in schools and toward evidence-based and trauma informed services that address the needs of marginalized students and improve academic outcomes, and for other purposes.

S. RES. 107

At the request of Mr. Hagerty, the name of the Senator from Hawaii

(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 107, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate relating to the 10th anniversary of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

S. RES. 280

At the request of Mr. Scott of Florida, the name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 280, a resolution supporting a stable Colombia and opposing any threat to democracy in Colombia

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 107