Volume 148, No. 2 covering the 2nd Session of the 107th Congress (2001 - 2002) 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 D11-D12 on Jan. 24, 2002.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
CLONING RESEARCH
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education held hearings to examine funding issues surrounding cloning research, focusing on the clarification of how stem cell research, or therapeutic cloning, differs from human reproductive cloning, and the ethical and public-policy issues related to both, after receiving testimony from Irving L. Weissman, Stanford University Medical School, Stanford, California, on behalf of the National Academies Panel on Scientific and Medical Aspects of Human Cloning; Rudolf Jaenisch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Whitehead Institute, Cambridge; and Brent Blackwelder, Friends of the Earth, and Maria Michejda, Georgetown University Immunology Center and New York University School of Medicine, both of Washington, D.C.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
U.S. ECONOMY
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine the state of the economy, focusing on cyclical adjustments made in 2001, characterized by reductions in business investment, liquidations in business inventories, and economic difficulties with U.S. trading partners, after receiving testimony from Alan Greespan, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of James R. Mahoney, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Gregg, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
CORPORATE AVERAGE FUEL ECONOMY STANDARDS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held hearings to examine the national security, safety, technological, and employment implications of increasing the Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards, receiving testimony from Stuart E. Eizenstat, Covington & Burling, former Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, Joan B. Claybrook, Public Citizen, J. Andrew Hoerner, Center for a Sustainable Economy, John German, American Honda Motor Corporation, Inc., and Gregory Dana, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, all of Washington, D.C.; Adrian K. Lund, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Arlington, Virginia; Marc Ross, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; and Allen Schaeffer, Diesel Technology Forum, Herndon, Virginia.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
FUTURE OF TRANSPORTATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings to examine the future of transportation in the United States, focusing on lessons learned from the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) and perspectives on reauthorization from the federal, state, and local level, after receiving testimony from Norman Y. Mineta, Secretary of Transportation; Ray Scheppach, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the National Governors Association; Mayor Peter Clavelle, Burlington, Vermont, on behalf of the National League of Cities; Mayor Brent Coles, Boise, Idaho, on behalf of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, and Commissioner Chris Hart, Hillsborough County, Florida, on behalf of the National Association of Counties.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Linda Morrison Combs, of North Carolina, to be Chief Financial Officer, J. Paul Gilman, of Virginia, to be Assistant Administrator, Office of Research and Development, and Morris X. Winn, of Texas, to be Assistant Administrator, Administration and Resources Management, all of the Environmental Protection Agency, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
ENRON COLLAPSE
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine certain issues surrounding the collapse of Enron Corporation, focusing on its impact on financial and energy markets, corporate accounting standards and disclosure of corporate information, and pension investment aspects, after receiving testimony from Arthur Levitt, Jr., former Chairman, and Lynn E. Turner, former Chief Accountant, both of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; Bruce B. Henning, Energy and Environmental Analysis, Inc., Arlington, Virginia; John H. Langbein, Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut; and Frank Partnoy, University of San Diego School of Law, San Diego, California.
EARLY EDUCATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded hearings to examine the quality of early childhood learning programs, focusing on the importance of early childhood cognitive development, after receiving testimony from First Lady Laura Bush.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Michael J. Melloy, of Iowa, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, Robert E. Blackburn, to be United States District Judge for the District of Colorado, James E. Gritzner, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa, Cindy K. Jorgenson, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona, Richard J. Leon, of Maryland, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, and Jay C. Zainey, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Melloy and Mr. Gritzner were introduced by Senators Grassley and Harkin and Representative Leach, Mr. Blackburn was introduced by Senators Campbell and Allard, Ms. Jorgenson was introduced by Senator Kyl, Mr. Leon was introduced by Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, and Mr. Zainey was introduced by Senators Breaux and Landrieu, and Representative Townsend.
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