Volume 148, No. 126 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 D1012-D1013 on Oct. 1, 2002.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded hearings to examine the government's role in promoting the future of the telecommunications industry and broadband deployment, after receiving testimony from Reed E. Hundt, former Chairman, Federal Communications Commission, and Peter W. Huber, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, and Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, and Evans, both of Washington, D.C.; Michael J. Price, Evercore Partners, New York, New York; Lawrence Lessig, Stanford Unversity Law School, Stanford, California; and Craig J. Mundie, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington.
SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings to examine environmental standards for schools including school siting in relation to toxic waste sites and green building codes, focusing on environmental and energy concerns relevant to school properties, and environmental hazards in schools, after receiving testimony from E. Ramona Trovato, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Environmental Information, Environmental Protection Agency; Claire L. Barnett, Healthy Schools Network, Inc., Albany, New York, on behalf of the Coalition for Healthier Schools; Alex Wilson, BuildingGreen, Inc., Brattleboro, Vermont, on behalf of the U.S. Green Building Council and the Sustainable Buildings Industry Council; and Lois M. Gibbs, Center for Health Environment and Justice, Falls Church, Virginia.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Gene B. Christy, of Texas, to be Ambassador to Brunei Darussalam, David L. Lyon, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Fiji, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Nauru, the Kingdom of Tonga, and Tuvalu, Charles Aaron Ray, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia, and Grover Joseph Rees, of Louisiana, to be Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of East Timor, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Ray was introduced by Senator Hutchison and Representative Lantos, and Mr. Rees was introduced by Representatives Hyde and Lantos.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 2743, to approve the settlement of the water rights claims of the Zuni Indian Tribe in Apache County, Arizona, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 2799, to provide for the use of and distribution of certain funds awarded to the Gila River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, with amendments;
S. 2989, to protect certain lands held in fee by the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians from condemnation until a final decision is made by the Secretary of the Interior regarding a pending fee to trust application for that land;
S. Res. 321, commemorating the 30th Anniversary of the Founding of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC); and
The nominations of Philip N. Hogen, of South Dakota, to be Chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission, and Quanah Crossland Stamps, of Virginia, to be Commissioner of the Administration for Native Americans, Department of Health and Human Services.
FEDERALISM JURISPRUDENCE
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine recent Supreme Court jurisprudence on federalism issues,, after receiving testimony from John T. Noonan, Jr. Judge, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, San Francisco, California; and Marci A. Hamilton, Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York, New York.
HAITIAN ASYLUM SEEKERS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration concluded hearings to examine the policy of the Department of Justice regarding detention and treatment of Haitian asylum seekers, after receiving testimony from Bishop Thomas G. Wenski, on behalf of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Migration, Cheryl Little, Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center, and Marie J. Ocean, all of Miami, Florida; Stephen C. Johnson, Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C.; and Dina Paul Parks, National Coalition for Haitian Rights, New York, New York.
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