Volume 166, No. 131 covering the 2nd Session of the 116th Congress (2019 - 2020) 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.
“House of Representatives” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D654-D655 on July 24, 2020.
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:
House of Representatives
Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 25 public bills, H.R. 7743, 7768-7791; and 4 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 105-106; and H. Res. 1065-
1066, were introduced.
Pages H3857-58
Additional Cosponsors:
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Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
H.R. 7575, to provide for improvements to the rivers and harbors of the United States, to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, and for other purposes, with an amendment
(H. Rept. 116-460, Part 1).
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Moment of Silence: The House observed a moment of silence in memory of Officer Jacob J. Chestnut and Detective John M. Gibson of the United States Capitol Police who were killed in the line of duty defending the Capitol on July 24, 1998.
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Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2021: The House passed H.R. 7608, making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, by a yea-and-nay vote of 224 yeas to 189 nays, Roll No. 166. Consideration began yesterday, July 23rd.
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Rejected the Granger motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Appropriations with instructions to report the same back to the House forthwith with an amendment, by a yea-and-nay vote of 183 yeas to 228 nays with one answering ``present'', Roll No. 165.
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Agreed to:
Tonko amendment (No. 67 printed in H. Rept. 116-459) that was debated on July 23rd that prohibits funds from being used by the EPA to finalize, implement, or enforce the proposed rule, ``Review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter'' published in the Federal Register by the Environmental Protection Agency on April 30, 2020, which fails to protect, within an adequate margin of safety, communities of color from harmful air pollution during a global public health pandemic, where those communities are experiencing a disproportionately high death rate made worse by decades of exposure to toxic pollution (by a yea-and-nay vote of 233 yeas to 176 nays, Roll No. 163).
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Rejected:
Allen amendment (No. 62 printed in H. Rept. 116-459) that was debated on July 23rd that sought to reduce spending in Division C by 5% (by a yea-and-nay vote of 117 yeas to 292 nays, Roll No. 162); and
Pages H3844-45
Smith (MO) amendment (No. 102 printed in H. Rept. 116-459) that was debated on July 23rd that sought to reduce funding for the EPA Environmental programs and management to match the President's FY 21 budget request (by a yea-and-nay vote of 155 yeas to 256 nays, Roll No. 164).
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Agreed that the Clerk be authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, spelling, and cross-references and to make such other technical and conforming changes as may be necessary to accurately reflect the actions of the House.
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H. Res. 1060, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7608) was agreed to yesterday, July 23rd.
Permitting the remains of the Honorable John Lewis, late a Representative from the State of Georgia, to lie in state in the rotunda of the Capitol: The House agreed to H. Con. Res. 105, permitting the remains of the Honorable John Lewis, late a Representative from the State of Georgia, to lie in state in the rotunda of the Capitol.
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Directing the Architect of the Capitol to transfer the catafalque situated in the Exhibition Hall of the Capitol Visitor Center to the rotunda of the Capitol for use in connection with services conducted for the Honorable John Lewis, late a Representative from the State of Georgia: The House agreed to H. Con. Res. 106, directing the Architect of the Capitol to transfer the catafalque situated in the Exhibition Hall of the Capitol Visitor Center to the rotunda of the Capitol for use in connection with services conducted for the Honorable John Lewis, late a Representative from the State of Georgia.
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Quorum Calls--Votes: Five yea-and-nay votes developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H3844-45, H3845-46, H3846, H3847-48, and H3848.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 2:47 p.m.
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