Volume 163, No. 155 covering the 1st Session of the 115th Congress (2017 - 2018) 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 Extensions of Remarks section on pages E1281-E1282 on Sept. 27, 2017.
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:
SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate of February 4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled and any cancellations or changes in the meetings as they occur.
As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
Meetings scheduled for Thursday, September 28, 2017 may be found in the Daily Digest of today's Record.
MEETINGS SCHEDULED
OCTOBER 39:30 a.m.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
To hold hearings to examine the nomination of John
Marshall Mitnick, of Virginia, to be General Counsel,
Department of Homeland Security.
SD-34210 a.m.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
To hold hearings to examine Wells Fargo one year later.
SD-538
Committee on Finance
To hold hearings to examine international tax reform.
SD-215
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
To hold hearings to examine the Every Student Succeeds
Act, focusing on unleashing State innovation.
SD-430
Committee on the Judiciary
To hold an oversight hearing to examine the
Administration's decision to end Deferred Action for
Childhood Arrivals.
SH-216
Joint Economic Committee
To hold hearings to examine tax reform and entrepreneurship.
LHOB-110010:30 a.m.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
To hold hearings to examine the status of energy storage technologies, reviewing today's technologies, and understanding innovation in tomorrow's technologies.
SD-3662:30 p.m.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Energy
To hold hearings to examine S. 186, to amend the Federal
Power Act to provide that any inacation by the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission that allows a rate change to go into effect shall be treated as an order by the
Commission for purposes of rehearing and court review,
S. 1059, to extend the authorization of the Uranium
Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 relating to the disposal site in Mesa County, Colorado, S. 1337, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to make certain strategic energy infrastructure projects eligible for certain loan guarantees, S. 1457, to amend the Energy
Policy Act of 2005 to direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out demonstration projects relating to advanced nuclear reactor technologies to support domestic energy needs, S. 1799, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to facilitate the commercialization of energy and related technologies developed at Department of Energy facilities with promising commercial potential, and S.
1860 and H.R. 1109, bills to amend section 203 of the
Federal Power Act.
SD-366
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
To hold hearings to examine combating kleptocracy with incorporation transparency.
SD-562
OCTOBER 410 a.m.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
To hold hearings to examine the Equifax cybersecurity breach.
SD-538
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
SH-216
Committee on Environment and Public Works
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Michael
Dourson, of Ohio, to be Assistant Administrator for
Toxic Substances, and Matthew Z. Leopold, of Florida,
David Ross, of Wisconsin, and William L. Wehrum, of
Delaware, each to to be an Assistant Administrator, all of the Environmental Protection Agency, and Jeffery
Martin Baran, of Virginia, to be a Member of the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
SD-406
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Business meeting to consider S. 146, to strengthen accountability for deployment of border security technology at the Department of Homeland Security, S.
1847, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to ensure that the needs of children are considered in homeland security, trafficking, and disaster recovery planning, S. 1281, to establish a bug bounty pilot program within the Department of Homeland Security, S.
1769, to require a new or updated Federal website that is intended for use by the public to be mobile friendly, S. 1305, to provide U.S. Customs and Border
Protection with adequate flexibility in its employment authorities, S. 1791, to amend the Act of August 25,
1958, commonly known as the ``Former Presidents Act of
1958'', with respect to the monetary allowance payable to a former President, S. 708, to improve the ability of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to interdict fentanyl, other synthetic opioids, and other narcotics and psychoactive substances that are illegally imported into the United States, H.R. 3210, to require the
Director of the National Background Investigations
Bureau to submit a report on the backlog of personnel security clearance investigations, H.R. 70, to amend the Federal Advisory Committee Act to increase the transparency of Federal advisory committees, an original bill entitled, ``TSA LEAP Pay Reform Act of
2017'', an original bill entitled, ``Direct Hire of
Students and Recent Graduates Act of 2017'', an original bill entitled, ``Temporary and Term
Appointments Act of 2017'', an original bill entitled,
``Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment Adjustment Act of 2017'', an original bill entitled, ``FITARA
Enhancement Act of 2017'', an original bill entitled,
``Reporting Efficiently to Proper Officials in Response to Terrorism Act of 2017'', an original bill entitled,
``Whistleblower Protection Coordination Act'', and the nomination of John Marshall Mitnick, of Virginia, to be
General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security.
SD-342
Committee on the Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Stephanos
Bibas, of Pennsylvania, to be United States Circuit
Judge for the Third Circuit, Liles Clifton Burke, to be
United States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, Michael Joseph Juneau, to be United States
District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana,
A. Marvin Quattlebaum, Jr., to be United States
District Judge for the District of South Carolina,
Tilman Eugene Self III, to be United States District
Judge for the Middle District of Georgia, and John C.
Demers, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney
General, Department of Justice.
SD-2262:30 p.m.
Committee on Indian Affairs
To hold an oversight hearing to examine Indian gaming, focusing on new issues and opportunities for success in the next 30 years.
SH-216
Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law
To hold hearings to examine Equifax, focusing on continuing to monitor data-broker cybersecurity.
SD-226
Committee on Veterans' Affairs
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Melissa
Sue Glynn, of the District of Columbia, to be an
Assistant Secretary (Enterprise Integration), Cheryl L.
Mason, of Virginia, to be Chairman of the Board of
Veterans' Appeals, and Randy Reeves, of Mississippi, to be Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs, all of the
Department of Veterans Affairs.
SR-4183 p.m.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Cheryl
Marie Stanton, of South Carolina, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, and David G. Zatezalo, of West Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Mine
Safety and Health, both of the Department of Labor, and
Peter B. Robb, of Vermont, to be General Counsel of the National Labor Relations
Board.
SD-430
OCTOBER 510 a.m.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
To hold hearings to examine the Federal response to the opioid crisis.
SD-430
OCTOBER 1810 a.m.
Committee on the Judiciary
To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Department of
Justice.
SH-216
OCTOBER 259:30 a.m.
Committee on Armed Services
Subcommittee on SeaPower
To receive a closed briefing on the major threats facing naval forces and the Navy's current and planned capabilities to meet those threats.
SVC-217
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