Volume 167, No. 68 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.
“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D374 on April 20.
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
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded a hearing to examine Defense Health Program, after receiving testimony from Terry Adirim, Acting Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs, Lieutenant General R. Scott Dingle, Surgeon General of the Army, Rear Admiral Bruce L. Gillingham, Surgeon General of the Navy, and Lieutenant General Dorothy A. Hogg, Surgeon General of the Air Force, all of the Department of Defense.
AMERICAN JOBS PLAN
Committee on Appropriations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the American Jobs Plan, focusing on infrastructure, climate change, and investing in our nation's future, after receiving testimony from Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of Transportation; Michael Regan, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; Gina Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce; and Marcia Fudge, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed hearings to examine United States Strategic Command and United States Space Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2022 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Admiral Charles A. Richard, USN, Commander, United States Strategic Command, and General James H. Dickinson, USA, Commander, United States Space Command, both of the Department of Defense.
INVESTING IN RURAL COMMUNITIES
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine investing in rural communities, after receiving testimony from Wyoming State Senator Affie Ellis, Jackson Hole; William J. Bynum, HOPE, Jackson, Mississippi; Stacy Mitchell, Institute for Local Self-Reliance, Washington, D.C.; Marcia Erickson, GROW South Dakota, Sisseton; and Kathleen Sgamma, Western Energy Alliance, Denver, Colorado.
FTC AUTHORITY TO PROTECT CONSUMERS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded a hearing to examine strengthening the Federal Trade Commission's authority to protect consumers, after receiving testimony from Noah Joshua Phillips, Rohit Chopra, and Christine S. Wilson, each a Commissioner, and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, Acting Commissioner, all of the Federal Trade Commission.
TAX CODE DISPARITIES
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine combatting inequality, focusing on the tax code and racial, ethnic, and gender disparities, after receiving testimony from Dorothy A. Brown, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; Mihir A. Desai, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Himalaya Rao-Potlapally, Black Founders Matter Fund, Salem, Oregon; and Shay Hawkins, Opportunity Funds Association, Washington, D.C.
COVID-19 RECOVERY
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine COVID-19 recovery, focusing on supporting workers and modernizing the workforce through quality education, training, and employment opportunities, after receiving testimony from Deniece Thomas, Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Nashville; Maria K. Flynn, Jobs For the Future, Boston, Massachusetts; Scott Ralls, Wake Technical Community College, Raleigh, North Carolina; and Alejandro Mendoza, Optimax Systems, Ontario, New York.
VOTING RIGHTS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine voting rights, after receiving testimony from Senator Warnock; Representative Owens; Bill Gardner, New Hampshire Secretary of State, Concord; Georgia Representative Jan Jones, Milton; Stacey Y. Abrams, Fair Fight Action, and Carol Anderson, Emory University, both of Atlanta, Georgia; and Sherrilyn Ifill, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., Washington, D.C.
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