Volume 155, No. 56 covering the 1st Session of the 111th Congress (2009 - 2010) 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 D403-D404 on April 2, 2009.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FHA ROLE IN ADDRESSING HOUSING CRISIS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine the role of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) in addressing the housing crisis, after receiving testimony from Shaun Donovan, Secretary, Kenneth M. Donohue, Inspector General, both of the Department of Housing and Urban Development; J. Lennox Scott, John L. Scott Real Estate, Bellevue, Washington, on behalf of the National Association of REALTORS; and Mia Vermillion, Lakewood, Washington.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 454, to improve the organization and procedures of the Department of Defense for the acquisition of major weapon systems, with an amendment.
NOMINATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Regina McCarthy, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation, of the Environmental Protection Agency, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Dodd, testified and answered questions in her own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Kathleen Sebelius, of Kansas, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, after the nominee, who was introduced by former Senator Robert J. Dole and Senator Roberts, testified and answered questions in her own behalf.
RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT SPENDING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine recovery and reinvestment spending, after receiving testimony from Robert Nabors II, Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget; and Earl E. Devaney, Chairman, Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board.
TRIBAL BILLS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine S. 313, to resolve water rights claims of the White Mountain Apache Tribe in the State of Arizona, S. 443, to transfer certain land to the United States to be held in trust for the Hoh Indian Tribe, to place land into trust for the Hoh Indian Tribe, S. 633, to establish a program for tribal colleges and universities within the Department of Health and Human Services and to amend the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to authorize the provision of grants and cooperative agreements to tribal colleges and universities, and H.R. 326, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to take lands in Yuma County, Arizona, into trust as part of the reservation of the Cocopah Tribe of Arizona, after receiving testimony from Ronnie Lupe, White Mountain Apache Tribe, Whiteriver, Arizona; Jonette Reyes, Hoh Indian Tribe, Forks, Washington; Paul Soto, Cocopah Indian Tribe, Somerton, Arizona; and Linda D. Taylor, College of Menominee Nation, Keshena, Wisconsin.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 515, to amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for patent reform, with amendments.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of W. Scott Gould, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
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