Volume 161, No. 133 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 D976-D978 on Sept. 16, 2015.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FDA EFFORTS TO ENSURE FOOD SUPPLY SAFETY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine the Food and Drug Administration's efforts to ensure the safety of the food supply and protect American consumers, after receiving testimony from Stephen Ostroff, Commissioner, Michael Taylor, Deputy Commissioner for Foods and Veterinary Medicine, and Bill Tootle, Director, Office of Budget, all of the Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
U.S. MILITARY OPERATIONS TO COUNTER ISIL
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine United States military operations to counter the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, after receiving testimony from Christine E. Wormuth, Under Secretary for Policy, and General Lloyd J. Austin III, USA, Commander, Central Command, both of the Department of Defense.
GOLD KING MINE SPILL OVERSIGHT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to examine the cause, response, and impacts of EPA's Gold King Mine spill, after receiving testimony from Senators Gardner, Bennet, Udall, and Heinrich; and Gina McCarthy, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency.
U.S. ROLE AND STRATEGY IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the United States role and strategy in the Middle East, focusing on Syria, Iraq, and the fight against ISIS, after receiving testimony from Kimberly Kagan, Institute for the Study of War, Brian Katulis, Center for American Progress, and Michael Bowers, Mercy Corps, all of Washington, D.C.
REGULATORY REFORM PROPOSALS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine regulatory reform proposals, including S. 708, to establish an independent advisory committee to review certain regulations, S. 1607, to affirm the authority of the President to require independent regulatory agencies to comply with regulatory analysis requirements applicable to executive agencies, S. 1817, to improve the effectiveness of major rules in accomplishing their regulatory objectives by promoting retrospective review, S. 1818, to amend title 5, United States Code, to reform the rule making process of agencies, and S. 1820, to require agencies to publish an advance notice of proposed rule making for major rules, after receiving testimony from Susan E. Dudley, George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center, Washington, D.C.; and Sidney A. Shapiro, Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on behalf of the Center for Progressive Reform.
HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine achieving the promise of health information technology, focusing on improving care through patient access to their records, after receiving testimony from Raj M. Ratwani, MedStar Health National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare, Washington, D.C.; Kathy Giusti, Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, Norwalk, Connecticut; and Eric Dishman, Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, Oregon.
GOLD KING MINE DISASTER IMPACTS ON INDIAN COUNTRY
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine EPA's Gold King Mine disaster, focusing on the harmful impacts to Indian country, after receiving testimony from Gina McCarthy, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; Russell Begaye, Window Rock, Arizona, and Gilbert Harrison, Sr., Gadii'ahi Chapter, New Mexico, both of the Navajo Nation; James M. Olguin, Southern Ute Indian Tribe, Ignacio, Colorado; Douglas Holtz-Eakin, American Action Forum, Washington, D.C.; and David C. Weindorf, Texas Tech University Department of Plant and Soil Science, Lubbock.
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS PRIVACY ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine reforming the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, including S. 356, to improve the provisions relating to the privacy of electronic communications, after receiving testimony from Elana Tyrangiel, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice; Andrew Ceresney, Director, Division of Enforcement, Securities and Exchange Commission; Daniel Salsburg, Chief Counsel, Office of Technology, Research and Investigation, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission; Richard Littlehale, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Nashville; Richard Salgado, Google Inc., Mountain View, California; and Chris Calabrese, Center for Democracy and Technology, and Victoria Espinel, BSA The Software Alliance, both of Washington, D.C.
VETERANS HEALTH AND BENEFITS LEGISLATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine S. 290, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the accountability of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 563, to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the Physician Ambassadors Helping Veterans program to seek to employ physicians at the Department of Veterans Affairs on a without compensation basis in practice areas and specialties with staffing shortages and long appointment waiting times, S. 564, to amend title 38, United States Code, to include licensed hearing aid specialists as eligible for appointment in the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 1450, to amend title 38, United States Code, to allow the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to modify the hours of employment of physicians and physician assistants employed on a full-
time basis by the Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 1451, to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to adjudicate and pay survivor's benefits without requiring the filing of a formal claim, S. 1460, to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the Yellow Ribbon G.I. Education Enhancement Program to cover recipients of the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry scholarship, S. 1693, to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for reimbursement for emergency medical treatment to certain veterans that were unable to receive care from the Department of Veterans Affairs in the 24-month period preceding the furnishing of such emergency treatment, S. 1856, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for suspension and removal of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs for performance or misconduct that is a threat to public health or safety and to improve accountability of employees of the Department, S. 1938, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the approval of certain programs of education for purposes of educational assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs, after receiving testimony from Thomas Lynch, Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health Clinical Operations, Veterans Health Administration; Joseph W. Wescott II, National Association of State Approving Agencies, Raleigh, North Carolina; Roscoe G. Butler, The American Legion, and Aleks Morosky, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, both of Washington, D.C.; and Donald F. Kettl, University of Maryland School of Public Policy, Annapolis.
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