Volume 164, No. 148 covering the 2nd 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.
“House Committee Meetings” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D987-D988 on Sept. 6, 2018.
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:
Committee Meetings
PERFLUORINATED CHEMICALS IN THE ENVIRONMENT: AN UPDATE ON THE RESPONSE TO CONTAMINATION AND CHALLENGES PRESENTED
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Environment held a hearing entitled ``Perfluorinated Chemicals in the Environment: An Update on the Response to Contamination and Challenges Presented''. Testimony was heard from Peter Grevatt, Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, Environmental Protection Agency; Maureen Sullivan, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Environment, Department of Defense; and public witnesses.
EXAMINING FEDERAL EFFORTS TO ENSURE QUALITY OF CARE AND RESIDENT SAFETY IN NURSING HOMES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing entitled ``Examining Federal Efforts to Ensure Quality of Care and Resident Safety in Nursing Homes''. Testimony was heard from John Dicken, Director, Health Care, Government Accountability Office; Ruth Ann Dorrill, Regional Inspector General, Office of Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services; and Kate Goodrich, Director, Center for Clinical Standards and Quality, and Chief Medical Officer, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy held a markup on H.R. 6511, the ``Strategic Petroleum Reserve Reform Act''. H.R. 6511 was forwarded to the full Committee, without amendment.
A FAILURE TO ACT: HOW A DECADE WITHOUT GSE REFORM HAS ONCE AGAIN PUT TAXPAYERS AT RISK
Committee on Financial Services: Full Committee held a hearing entitled
``A Failure to Act: How a Decade without GSE Reform Has Once Again Put Taxpayers at Risk''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
TACKLING FENTANYL: THE CHINA CONNECTION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations held a hearing entitled ``Tackling Fentanyl: The China Connection''. Testimony was heard from Kirsten D. Madison, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Department of State; Paul E. Knierim, Deputy Chief of Operations, Office of Global Enforcement, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice; Joseph D. Coronato, Prosecutor, Prosecutor's Office, Ocean County, New Jersey; and public witnesses.
U.S. POLICY TOWARD CUBA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere held a hearing entitled ``U.S. Policy Toward Cuba''. Testimony was heard from Kenneth H. Merten, Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Department of State; Peter Bodde, Coordinator, Health Incidents Response Task Force, Department of State; Charles Rosenfarb, M.D., Medical Director, Bureau of Medical Services, Department of State; Todd Brown, Assistant Director for Countermeasures, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Department of State; and Brian M. Mazanec, Acting Director, International Affairs and Trade, Government Accountability Office.
UNDERSTANDING CYBERSECURITY THREATS TO AMERICA'S AVIATION SECTOR
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection; and Subcommittee on Transportation and Protective Security held a joint hearing entitled ``Understanding Cybersecurity Threats to America's Aviation Sector''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
Committee on the Judiciary: Full Committee held a markup on H.R. 5468, the ``Permitting Litigation Efficiency Act of 2018''. H.R. 5468 was ordered reported, as amended.
LEGISLATIVE MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Federal Lands held a hearing on H.R. 5706, the ``World War II Pacific Sites Establishment Act''; H.R. 6108, the ``Preserving America's Battlefields Act''; H.R. 6118, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to annually designate at least one city in the United States as an ``American World War II Heritage City'', and for other purposes; H.R. 6365, the ``Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo Land Claims Act of 2018''; and H.R. 6682, the
``Protection and Transparency for Adjacent Landowners Act''. Testimony was heard from Representative Hanabusa, Pearce, Rouzer, Jody B. Hice of Georgia, and Tipton.
PERMITTING: FINDING A PATH FORWARD
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Affairs; and Subcommittee on the Interior, Energy and Environment held a joint hearing entitled ``Permitting: Finding a Path Forward''. Testimony was heard from Frank Rusco, Director, Natural Resources and Environment Issues, Government Accountability Office; and public witnesses.
EVALUATING FEDERAL DISASTER RESPONSE AND RECOVERY EFFORTS
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Full Committee held a hearing entitled ``Evaluating Federal Disaster Response and Recovery Efforts''. Testimony was heard from William B. Long, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency; Major General Scott A. Spellmon, Deputy Commanding General for Civil and Emergency Operations, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; and a public witness.
AIRSPACE INTEGRATION OF NEW AIRCRAFT
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Aviation held a hearing entitled ``Airspace Integration of New Aircraft''. Testimony was heard from Shelley Yak, Director, Federal Aviation Administration Technical Center; and public witnesses.
A REVIEW OF VA'S SPECIALLY ADAPTIVE HOUSING GRANT PROGRAMS (SAH)
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity held a hearing entitled ``A Review of VA's Specially Adaptive Housing Grant Programs (SAH)''. Testimony was heard from Jeffrey London, Director, Loan Guaranty Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; and public witnesses.
Joint Meetings
TAX CUTS AND JOBS ACT
Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the positive economic growth effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, after receiving testimony from Scott Hodge, Tax Foundation, and William C. Dunkelberg, National Federation of Independent Business, both of Washington, D.C.; John Hinderaker, Center of the American Experiment, Golden Valley, Minnesota; and Benjamin Harris, Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management, Evanston, Illinois.
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