Volume 152, No. 108 covering the 2nd 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 D914-D915 on Sept. 6, 2006.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
STEM CELL RESEARCH
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine recent controversies in stem cell research, after receiving testimony from James F. Battey, Chairman, National Institutes of Health Stem Cell Task Force; Robert Lanza, Advanced Cell Technology, Inc., Worcester, Massachusetts; Ronald M. Green, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire; and Kevin Eggan, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
ARMY FIELD MANUAL ON INTERROGATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing regarding the Army Field Manual on Interrogation from Stephen A. Cambone, Under Secretary for Intelligence, Lieutenant General John F. Kimmons, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-2, Office of the Chief of Staff of the Army, and Cully Stimson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Detainee Affairs, all of the Department of Defense.
STOCK OPTIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine Federal accounting and regulation of stock options backdating, after receiving testimony from Christopher Cox, Chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; Mark W. Olson, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, Washington, D.C.; Erik Lie, University of Iowa Henry B. Tippie College of Business, Iowa City; Lynn E. Turner, Glass, Lewis and Co. LLC, San Francisco, California; Kurt N. Schacht, CFA Centre for Financial Market Integrity, Charlottesville, North Carolina; and Russell Read, California Public Employees' Retirement System, Sacramento.
FEDERAL RENEWABLE FUELS PROGRAM
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to examine the implementation of the federal renewable fuels programs, after receiving testimony from William Wehrum, Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation, Environmental Protection Agency; Alexander Karsner, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; and Keith Collins, Chief Economist, Department of Agriculture.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine current issues regarding executive compensation, including backdating of stock options, and tax treatment of executive compensation, retirement and benefits, after receiving testimony from Paul J. McNulty, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice; Mark Everson, Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury; Linda Thomsen, Director, Division of Enforcement, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; Nell Minow, The Corporate Library, Portland, Maine; Lucian A. Bebchuk, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Charles M. Elson, University of Delaware Lerner College of Business and Economics, Newark; and Steven Balsam, Temple University Fox School of Business, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
GROUP HEALTH CARE
Committee on the Judiciary:Committee concluded a hearing to examine competition in group health care, focusing on enforcement actions and competition advocacy to protect and promote competition in health care markets, after receiving testimony from Senator Coburn; J. Bruce McDonald, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice; David P. Wales, Deputy Director, Bureau of Competition, Federal Trade Commission; Mark A. Piasio, Pennsylvania Medical Society, Harrisburg; Edward L. Langston, American Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois; Stephanie W. Kanwit, America's Health Insurance Plans, Washington, D.C.; and David A. Hyman, University of Illinois Epstein Program in Health Law and Policy, Champaign.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Kent A. Jordan, of Delaware, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, who was introduced by Senators Biden and Carper and Representative Castle; Marcia Morales Howard, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, who was introduced by Senator Martinez; John Alfred Jarvey, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa, who was introduced by Senators Harkin and Grassley; and Sara Elizabeth Lioi, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, who was introduced by Senators DeWine and Voinovich, after each nominee testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of the intelligence community.
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