Volume 161, No. 100 covering the 1st Session of the 114th Congress (2015 - 2016) 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 D738 on June 22, 2015.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Monday, June 22, 2015
Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4333-S4522
Measures Introduced: Three bills and two resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 1640-1642, S. Res. 207, and S. Con. Res. 18.
Pages S4345-46
Measures Reported:
S. 544, to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from proposing, finalizing, or disseminating regulations or assessments based upon science that is not transparent or reproducible, with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 114-69)
Page S4345
Measures Passed:
Veteran's I.D. Card Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 91, to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to issue, upon request, veteran identification cards to certain veterans, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:
Pages S4521-22
McConnell (for Blumenthal) Amendment No. 2076, in the nature of a substitute.
Page S4521
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
By 81 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. EX. 217), Peter V. Neffenger, of Ohio, to be an Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security.
Pages S4338-41, S4522
Daniel R. Elliott III, of Ohio, to be a Member of the Surface Transportation Board for a term expiring December 31, 2018.
Pages S4338-41, S4522
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
Julie Furuta-Toy, of Wyoming, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea.
7 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
3 Army nominations in the rank of general.
2 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
Routine lists in the Air Force and Army.
Page S4522
Messages from the House:
Page S4343
Measures Read the First Time:
Pages S4343, S4522
Executive Communications:
Pages S4343-45
Petitions and Memorials:
Page S4345
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S4346-47
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S4347-48
Additional Statements:
Pages S4342-43
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S4348-58
Privileges of the Floor:
Page S4358
Text of H.R. 1735 as Previously Passed:
Pages S4358-S4521
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--217)
Page S4341
Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 6:38 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 23, 2015. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4522.)
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