Volume 147, No. 24 covering the 1st 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 D141-D143 on Feb. 27, 2001.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education concluded hearings to examine muscular dystrophy research funding levels, after receiving testimony from Audrey S. Penn, Acting Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services; Lee Sweeney, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Department of Physiology, Philadelphia, and Patricia Furlong, Middletown, Ohio, both on behalf of the Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy; Leon Charash, Woodbury, New York, Christopher J. Rosa, City University of New York Queens College Office of Special Services for Students with Disabilities, New York, Jerry Lewis, Los Angeles, California, and Benjamin Cumbo, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, all on behalf of the Muscular Dystrophy Association; and Donovan Decker, Huron, South Dakota.
ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development concluded hearings on activities of the Army Corps of Engineers, including the Civil Works Program, water resources planning, and the Upper Mississippi and Illinois navigation study, after receiving testimony from Lt. Gen. Robert B. Flowers, USA, Commander/
Chief of Engineers, Army Corps of Engineers.
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Paul D. Wolfowitz, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of Defense, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Warner and Levin, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
COMMITTEE BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee ordered favorably reported an original resolution (S. Res. 30), requesting $2,880,615 for operating expenses for the period from March 1, 2001 through September 30, 2001,
$5,112,126 for operating expenses for the period from October 1, 2001 through September 30, 2002, and $2,187,120 for operating expenses for the period from October 1, 2002 through February 28, 2003.
BROWNFIELDS REVITALIZATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Control, and Risk Assessment concluded hearings on S. 350, to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to promote the cleanup and reuse of brownfields, to provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, to enhance State response programs, after receiving testimony from Christine Todd Whitman, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; Mayor J. Christian Bollwage, Elizabeth, New Jersey, on behalf of the United States Conference of Mayors; Mayor Myrtle Walker, East Palo Alto, California, on behalf of the National Association of Local Government Environmental Professionals; Philip J. O'Brien, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, Concord; Mike Ford, Mike Ford Agency, Clark, New Jersey, on behalf of the National Association of Realtors; Alan Front, The Trust for Public Land, John G. Arlington, American Insurance Association, and Grant Cope, United States Public Interest Research Group, all of Washington, D.C.; Robert D. Fox, Manko, Gold and Katcher, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania; and Deeohn Ferris, Global Environmental Resources, Inc., Finesville, New Jersey.
U.S. TRADE POLICY
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine United States trade policy, focusing on principal trade policy challenges and opportunities, the importance of maintaining America's leadership role in building and sustaining the international trading system, and rebuilding free trade consensus, receiving testimony from David L. Aaron, former Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, William M. Daley, former Secretary of Commerce, and Carla A. Hills, Hills and Company, former United States Trade Representative, all of Washington, D.C.; and Robert D. Hormants, Goldman Sacs International, New York, New York.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
NATO ALLIANCE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on European Affairs concluded hearings to examine issues which have bearing on the state of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Alliance, including the transitions occurring in the Balkans and Southeast Europe, NATO enlargement, ballistic missile defense, and the European Union Rapid Reaction Force, after receiving testimony from Gen. Wesley K. Clark, USA (Ret.), former Supreme Allied Commander Europe; Jeffrey Gedmin, American Enterprise Institute/New Atlantic Initiative, and Ronald D. Asmus, Council on Foreign Relations, both of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Sean O'Keefe, of New York, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Stevens and Representative Walsh, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee resumed markup of an original bill to amend title 11, United States Code, relating to bankruptcy reform, but did not complete action thereon and will continue tomorrow.
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Special Committee on Aging: Committee ordered favorably reported an original resolution requesting $1,240,422 for operating expenses for the period from March 1, 2001 through September 30, 2001, $2,199,621 for operating expenses for the period from October 1, 2001 through September 30, 2002, and $940,522 for operating expenses for the period from October 1, 2002 through February 28, 2003.
Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 107th Congress.
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