Volume 165, No. 54 covering the 1st Session of the 116th Congress (2019 - 2020) 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 D316-D317 on March 28, 2019.
More than half of the Agency's employees are engineers, scientists and protection specialists. The Climate Reality Project, a global climate activist organization, accused Agency leadership in the last five years of undermining its main mission.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: COAST GUARD
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Homeland Security concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2020 for the Coast Guard, after receiving testimony from Admiral Karl Schultz, Commandant, Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2020 for the Department of Education, after receiving testimony from Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education.
APPROPRIATIONS: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2020 for the Food and Drug Administration, after receiving testimony from Scott Gottlieb, Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine Department of Energy's atomic energy defense programs in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2020 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Rick Perry, Secretary, and Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty, Under Secretary for Nuclear Security, and Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration, both of the Department of Energy.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Budget: Committee ordered favorably reported the original concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2020.
NOMINATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of David Bernhardt, of Virginia, to be Secretary of the Interior, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Gardner, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
PFAS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the Federal response to the risks associated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), after receiving testimony from David P. Ross, Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, Environmental Protection Agency; Maureen Sullivan, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Environment; and Patrick N. Breysse, Director, National Center for Environmental Health and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Linda S. Birnbaum, Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and National Toxicology Program, National Institutes of Health, both of the Department of Health and Human Services.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Wing Chau, to be United States Marshal for the District of Rhode Island, and Ramona L. Dohman, to be United States Marshal for the District of Minnesota.
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