“Senate Committee Meetings” published by the Congressional Record on Nov. 5, 2013

Volume 159, No. 156 covering the 1st Session of the 113th Congress (2013 - 2014) 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 D1051-D1052 on Nov. 5, 2013.

The publication is reproduced in full below:

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet)

WILDFIRES

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry and Natural Resources concluded a hearing to examine wildfires, after receiving testimony from Jim Hubbard, Deputy Chief, State and Private Forestry, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Davey Pitcher, Wolf Creek Ski Area, Pagosa Springs, Colorado; Christopher Topik, The Nature Conservancy, Washington, D.C.; Tom Troxel, Intermountain Forest Association, Rapid City, South Dakota, on behalf of the Federal Forest Resource Coalition; and Sallie Clark, El Paso County Commissioner, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

HOUSING FINANCE REFORM

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine housing finance reform, focusing on protecting small lender access to the secondary mortgage market, including S. 1217, to provide secondary mortgage market reform, after receiving testimony from Richard Swanson, Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines, Des Moines, Iowa, on behalf of the Council of Federal Home Loan Banks; William A. Loving, Pendleton Community Bank, Franklin, West Virginia, on behalf of the Independent Community Bankers of America; Bill Hampel, Credit Union National Association, Lorton, Virginia; Bill Cosgrove, Union Home Mortgage Corp., Madina, Ohio, on behalf of the Mortgage Bankers Association; John Harwell, Apple Federal Credit Union, Fairfax, Virginia, on behalf of the National Association of Federal Credit Unions; and Jeff Plagge, Northwest Financial Corp., Spirit Lake, Iowa, on behalf of the American Bankers Association.

METHANE EMISSIONS FROM OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Oversight concluded a hearing to examine methane emissions from oil and gas operations, after receiving testimony from Sarah Dunham, Director, Office of Atmospheric Programs, Environmental Protection Agency; David Allen, University of Texas at Austin Cockrell School of Engineering; Mark K. Boling, Southwestern Energy Company, Houston, Texas; Vignesh Gowrishankar, Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, New York; Darren Smith, Devon Energy Corporation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and Dan Hill, Texas A&M University, College Station.

CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

(Treaty Doc. 112-7), after receiving testimony from Senators Ayotte and Kirk; Representative Duckworth; Tom Ridge, former Secretary of Homeland Security, and National Organization on Disability, Chevy Chase, Maryland; Dick Thornburgh, former Attorney General of the United States, and Susan Yoshihara, Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute, both of Washington, D.C.; Timothy Meyer, University of Georgia School of Law, Athens; and Michael Farris, Patrick Henry College, Purcellville, Virginia.

ONLINE FEDERAL HEALTH INSURANCE MARKETPLACE

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the online Federal health insurance marketplace, focusing on enrollment challenges and the path forward, after receiving testimony from Marilyn Tavenner, Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services.

AMERICANS ACCESS TO JUSTICE

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Bankruptcy and the Courts concluded a hearing to examine if limiting the scope of civil discovery will diminish accountability and leave Americans without access to justice, after receiving testimony from Arthur R. Miller, New York University School of Law, and Sherrilyn Ifill, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., both of New York, New York; and Andrew Pincus, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C.

BUSINESS MEETING

Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported an original bill entitled, ``Intelligence Authorization Act''.

SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 159, No. 156