Volume 165, No. 36 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” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D191-D192 on Feb. 27, 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:
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1497-S1553
Measures Introduced: Nineteen bills and five resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 573-591, and S. Res. 80-84.
Pages S1539-40
Measures Passed:
Authorizing Expenditures by Committees of the Senate: Senate agreed to S. Res. 70, authorizing expenditures by committees of the Senate for the periods March 1, 2019 through September 30, 2019, October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020, and October 1, 2020 through February 28, 2021.
Page S1519
Enrollment Correction: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 21, directing the Secretary of the Senate to make a correction in the enrollment of the bill S. 47.
Page S1519
University of Nebraska-Lincoln 150th Anniversary: Senate agreed to S. Res. 82, recognizing the 150th anniversary of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Page S1527
American Heart Month and National Wear Red Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 83, designating February 2019 as ``American Heart Month'' and February 1, 2019, as ``National Wear Red Day''.
Page S1546
Black History Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 84, celebrating Black History Month.
Page S1546
Wheeler Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the nomination of Andrew Wheeler, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Pages S1509-34
During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the following action:
By 52 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. EX. 32), Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the nomination.
Page S1510
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that notwithstanding the provisions of Rule XXII, all post-cloture time on the nomination of Andrew Wheeler be considered expired at 12:30 p.m., on Thursday, February 28, 2019; with the time between 12 noon and 12:30 p.m., equally divided in the usual form; that the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of John L. Ryder, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority, be withdrawn, and that following disposition of the nomination of Andrew Wheeler, Senate resume consideration of the nomination of John L. Ryder, with the time until 1:45 p.m., equally divided between the two Leaders, or their designees, and that at 1:45 p.m., Senate vote on confirmation of the nomination of John L. Ryder, with no intervening action or debate.
Page S1534
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the nomination, post-cloture, at approximately 10 a.m., on Thursday, February 28, 2019.
Page S1546
Steff Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the nomination of Ian Paul Steff, of Indiana, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service, be referred jointly to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.
Page S1534
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
By 83 yeas to 15 nays (Vote No. EX. 31), Michael J. Desmond, of California, to be Chief Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service and an Assistant General Counsel in the Department of the Treasury.
Pages S1497-S1509, S1553
Messages from the House:
Page S1538
Measures Referred:
Page S1538
Executive Communications:
Pages S1538-39
Executive Reports of Committees:
Page S1539
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S1540-41
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S1541-45
Additional Statements:
Page S1538
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Pages S1545-46
Privileges of the Floor:
Page S1546 Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--32)
Pages S1509-10
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Thursday, February 28, 2019. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1546.)
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