Volume 155, No. 86 covering the 1st Session of the 111th Congress (2009 - 2010) 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 D670-D671 on June 10, 2009.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Mercedes Marquez, of California, to be Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Community Planning and Development, and Herbert M. Allison, Jr., of Connecticut, to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability.
DOMESTIC AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the state of the domestic automobile industry, focusing on the impact of federal assistance, after receiving testimony from Ron Bloom, Senior Advisor at the Department of Treasury; and Edward Montgomery, Director for Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers.
AVIATION SAFETY AND COMMERCIAL AIR CARRIERS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security concluded a hearing to examine aviation safety, focusing on the Federal Aviation Administration's role in the oversight of commercial air carriers, after receiving testimony from Randolph Babbitt, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, and Calvin L. Scovel III, Inspector General, both of the Department of Transportation; Mark V. Rosenker, Acting Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board; and John O'Brien, Flight Safety Foundation, Alexandria, Virginia.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Peter Silva Silva, of California, to be Assistant Administrator for Water, and Stephen Alan Owens, of Arizona, to be Assistant Administrator for Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances, both of the Environmental Protection Agency, and Victor M. Mendez, of Arizona, to be Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Kurt M. Campbell, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Reed, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Tara Jeanne O'Toole, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary for Science and Technology, Department of Homeland Security, and Jeffrey D. Zients, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget, who was introduced by Senator Bennet, after the nominees testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
U.S. EMBASSY IN KABUL
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight concluded a hearing to examine allegations of waste, fraud, and abuse in security contracts at the United States Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, after receiving testimony from William H. Moser, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Logistics Management, Bureau of Administration; and Samuel Brinkley, Wackenhut Services, Inc., Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Howard K. Koh, of Massachusetts, to be Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, Martha J. Kanter, of California, to be Under Secretary of Education, Jane Oates, of New Jersey, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training Administration, and Laurie I. Mikva, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation.
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the Violence Against Women Act, after receiving testimony from Catherine Pierce, Acting Director, Office of Violence Against Women, Department of Justice; Karen Tronsgard-Scott, Vermont Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, Montpelier; Ann Burke, Lindsay Ann Burke Memorial Fund, Saunderstown, Rhode Island; Collene Campbell, former Mayor, San Juan Capistrano, California, on behalf of Force 100; Sally Wolfgang Wells, Office of the Maricopa County Attorney, Phoenix, Arizona; and Gabrielle Union, Beverly Hills, California.
NOMINATION
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of John J. Sullivan, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Federal Election Commission, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Schumer, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
VA CONSTRUCTION PROCESS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to examine the Department of Veterans Affairs' construction process, after receiving testimony from Donald H. Orndoff, Director, Office of Construction and Facilities Management, Department of Veterans Affairs; David Wise, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, Government Accountability Office; Dennis M. Cullinan, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Kansas City, Missouri; and J. David Cox, American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C.
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