Volume 151, No. 49 covering the 1st Session of the 109th Congress (2005 - 2006) 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 D384-D386 on April 21, 2005.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: OMB
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury, The Judiciary, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2006, after receiving testimony in behalf of funds for the respective activities of Joshua B. Bolten, Director, Office of Management and Budget.
METHAMPHETAMINE ABUSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine methamphetamine abuse, focusing on behavioral and health effects of the drug, and prevention and treatment strategies, after receiving testimony from Charles G. Curie, Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and Nora D. Volkow, Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, both of the Department of Health and Human Services; Vicki Sickels, Iowa Lutheran Hospital, Des Moines; and Richard E. Steinberg, WestCare Foundation, Inc., Sylva, North Carolina.
Nominations:
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of Lieutenant General Michael V. Hayden, United States Air Force, for appointment to the grade of general.
Prior to this action, committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Kenneth J. Krieg, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, who was introduced by Senator Sununu; and Lieutenant General Michael V. Hayden (listed above), who was introduced by Senators Roberts and Collins, after each nominee testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
DOD HEALTH CARE COSTS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded a hearing to examine present and future costs of Department of Defense health care, and national health care trends in the civilian sector, after receiving testimony from Senator Coburn; David S.C. Chu, Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness, and William Winkenwerder, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs, both of the Department of Defense; David Blumenthal, Massachusetts General Hospital Institute for Health Policy, and Harvard Medical School, Boston; Robert S. Galvin, General Electric Company, Stamford, Connecticut; and Susan D. Hosek, Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, California.
HOUSING GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED ENTERPRISES
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine proposals to improve the regulation of Housing Government-Sponsored Enterprises, focusing on proposed policies to improve the balance of federal costs and benefits from the operations of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Banks, after receiving testimony from Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Director, Congressional Budget Office; David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, Government Accountability Office; Armando Falcon, Jr., Director, Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, Department of Housing and Urban Development; and Ronald A. Rosenfeld, Chairman, Federal Housing Finance Board.
HUD: BUDGET
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation concluded a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2006 for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, after receiving testimony from Alphonso Jackson, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
BUDGET PROCESS REFORM
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine structural deficits and federal budget process reform, focusing on the United States economy, procedural restraints on budget-making mechanisms, the aging U.S. population, and medical care costs, after receiving testimony from Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
AMTRAK REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine concluded a hearing to examine the proposed reauthorization of Amtrak, focusing on intercity passenger rail service reform, after receiving testimony from Jeffrey A. Rosen, General Counsel, and Kenneth M. Mead, Inspector General, both of the Department of Transportation; and David M. Laney and David L. Gunn, both of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak).
NOMINATION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Robert J. Portman, of Ohio, to be United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators DeWine, Voinovich, and Bunning, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
DEVELOPMENT BANK ANTI-CORRUPTION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine anti-corruption strategies of the African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank and European Bank on Reconstruction and Development, focusing on corporate culture and environment that features enhanced corporate governance, internal controls and compliance that promotes good governance in its countries of operation, after receiving testimony from Paul W. Speltz, Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines; Mark Sullivan, III, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, London, United Kingdom; Hemantha Withanage, Center for Environmental Justice, and Sri Lankan Working Group on Trade and International Financial Institutions, Colombo, Sri Lanka; and Ted Devine, Government Accountability Project, Washington, D.C.
FEDERAL WORKFORCE FLEXIBILITIES
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia concluded an oversight hearing to examine governmentwide workforce flexibilities available to federal agencies including the implementation, use by agencies, and training and education related to using the new flexibilities, after receiving testimony from Marta Brito Perez, Associate Director for Human Capital Leadership and Merit System Accountability, Office of Personnel Management; Eileen R. Larence, Director, Strategic Issues, Government Accountability Office; Jeffery K. Nulf, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Administration; Evelyn M. White, Acting Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Administration and Management; Rafael DeLeon, Director, Office of Human Resources, Environmental Protection Agency; and Vicki A. Novak, Assistant Administrator for Human Capital Management and Chief Human Capital Officer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
PRESIDENT'S MANAGEMENT AGENDA
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and International Security concluded a hearing to examine the President's Management Agenda, including Federal financial performance, best practices, and program accountability, after receiving testimony from David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, Government Accountability Office; and Clay Johnson, III, Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget.
EARLY EDUCATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: On Wednesday, April 20, 2005, Subcommittee on Education and Early Childhood Development held a hearing to examine the Federal role to improve the effectiveness and coordination of early childhood education programs, including the Head Start program, the Child Care and Development Fund
(CCDF), and increasing food security and reducing hunger, receiving testimony from Wade F. Horn, Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Children and Families; Raymond Simon, Assistant Secretary of Education for Elementary and Secondary Education; and Kate Coler, Deputy Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services.
Hearing recessed subject to the call.
SMALL BUSINESS HEALTH FAIRNESS ACT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine easing costs and expanding access relating to small businesses and health insurance, focusing on S. 406, to amend title I of the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974 to improve access and choice for entrepreneurs with small businesses with respect to medical care for their employees, after receiving testimony from Sandy Praeger, Commissioner of Insurance, Topeka, Kansas, on behalf of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners; Mitchell Blake, Ward & Blake Architects, Jackson, Wyoming, on behalf of the National Federation of Independent Business; Joseph E. Rossmann, Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., Arlington, Virginia, on behalf of the Association Health Plan Coalition; Karen Ignagni, America's Health Insurance Plans, Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 378, to make it a criminal act to willfully use a weapon with the intent to cause death or serious bodily injury to any person while on board a passenger vessel, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 629, to amend chapter 97 of title 18, United States Code, relating to protecting against attacks on railroads and other mass transportation systems, with an amendment;
S. 339, to reaffirm the authority of States to regulate certain hunting and fishing activities; and
The nominations of Priscilla Richman Owen, of Texas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, and Janice R. Brown, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community.
Committee recessed subject to call.
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