Volume 148, No. 38 covering the 2nd Session of the 107th Congress (2001 - 2002) 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 D307-D308 on April 10, 2002.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Appropriations: Committee held hearings to examine homeland security funding issues, focusing on federal funding support of state and local government security efforts, receiving testimony from Georgia Governor Roy E. Barnes, Atlanta, Michigan Governor John Engler, East Lansing, and Washington Governor Gary Locke, Olympia, all on behalf of the National Governors Association; Mayor Martin O'Malley, Baltimore, Maryland, on behalf of the United States Conference of Mayors; Mayor Michael Guido, Dearborn, Michigan, on behalf of the National League of Cities; Javier Gonzales, Santa Fe County Commission, Santa Fe, New Mexico, on behalf of the National Association of Counties; Stephen Gale, University of Pennsylvania Political Science Department, Philadelphia; and Ashton B. Carter, Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for the Department of Defense, focusing on technology for combating terrorism and weapons of mass destruction, after receiving testimony from Ronald M. Sega, Director, Defense Research and Engineering, Dale Klein, Assistant to the Secretary for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense Programs, and Stephen Younger, Director, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, all of the Department of Defense; John H. Marburger III, Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy; and Robert E. Waldron, Assistant Deputy Administrator for Nonproliferation Research and Engineering, National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for the Department of Defense, focusing on the Department of Energy's Environmental Management program and the National Nuclear Security Administration's Defense Program and other weapons activities, after receiving testimony from Jessie H. Roberson, Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management, and Everet H. Beckner, Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, and Ralph E. Erickson, Acting Associate Administrator for Facilities and Operations, both of the National Nuclear Security Administration, all of the Department of Energy.
SUPERFUND
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics, Risks, and Waste Management concluded hearings to examine the current status of the Superfund Program, focusing on Superfund site cleanups including changes in projected sites, impact on communities, and shifts in the funding composition, after receiving testimony from Senator Nelson (FL); Marianne Lamont Horinko, Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, Environmental Protection Agency; Norma Lopez-Reid, City Council of Montebello, Montebello, California; Robert Spiegel, Edison Wetlands Association, Inc., Edison, New Jersey; Grant Cope, U.S. Public Interest Research Group, and Michael W. Steinberg, Morgan, Lewis, and Bockius, on behalf of the Superfund Settlements Project, both of Washington, D.C.; and Kenneth Cornell, AIG Environmental, New York, New York.
WELFARE REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee resumed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program, created by the Welfare Reform Law of 1996, focusing on proposed work requirement modifications, income and support for low-income working families, ongoing program performance standards, and increasing and improving the focus of State governments as reform implementers, receiving testimony from Cynthia M. Fagnoni, Managing Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security Issues, General Accounting Office; Michigan Governor John Engler, East Lansing, and Vermont Governor Howard Dean, Montpelier, both on behalf of the National Governors Association; Lawrence M. Mead, New York University, New York, New York; Arlene McNamee, Catholic Social Services, Fall River, Massachusetts, on behalf of Catholic Charities USA; Steve Savner, Center for Law and Social Policy, Washington, D.C.; and Wendy Ardagna, Save-A-Lot, Ltd., Lindenhurst, Illinois, on behalf of the Welfare to Work Partnership.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES ACT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the Institute of Museum and Library Services Act, after receiving testimony from Robert S. Martin, Director, Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities; David Macksam, Cranston Public Library, Cranston, Rhode Island; and Joseph R. Phillips, Maine State Museum, Augusta, on behalf of the American Association of Museums.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community.
Committee will meet again on Wednesday, April 17.
LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine long-term health care, focusing on eligibility, consumer protection and enrollment, and trends in employer and individual market policies, after receiving testimony from Frank D. Titus, Assistant Director for Long-Term Care, and Acting Associate Director for Retirement and Insurance, Office of Personnel Management; Bertram Scott, TIAA-CREF Life Insurance Company, New York, New York; Frolly Boyd, Aetna Life Insurance, Inc., Hartford, Connecticut, on behalf of the Americans for Long-Term Care Security; and Paul E. Forte, Long Term Care Partners, LLC, Charleston, Massachusetts.
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