Volume 156, No. 129 covering the 2nd 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 D994-D996 on Sept. 23, 2010.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
EPA REGULATION ON AGRICULTURE
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to examine the impact of EPA regulation on agriculture, after receiving testimony from Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; Rich Hillman, Arkansas Farm Bureau, Carlisle; Jay Vroom, CropLife America, Washington, D.C.; and Jere White, Kansas Corn Growers Association, Barnett, on behalf of the Kansas Grain Sorghum Producers.
FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the Federal Housing Administration, focusing on current conditions and future challenges, after receiving testimony from David H. Stevens, Assistant Secretary for Housing, and Commissioner, Federal Housing Administration, Department of Housing and Urban Development; and Matthew J. Scire, Director, Financial Markets and Community Investment, Government Accountability Office.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Budget: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of Jacob J. Lew, of New York, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
NATIONWIDE PUBLIC SAFETY NETWORK
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the need for a nationwide public safety network, including S. 3756, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide public safety providers an additional 10 megahertz of spectrum to support a national, interoperable wireless broadband network and authorize the Federal Communications Commission to hold incentive auctions to provide funding to support such a network, after receiving testimony from James Arden Barnett, Jr., Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, Federal Communications Commission; Mayor Annise D. Parker, Houston, Texas; Robert L. Davis, San Jose Police Department Chief, San Jose, California, on behalf of the Major Cities Chiefs Association (MCC); Steve McClure, West Virginia Emergency Medical Services, Ripley; Jeffrey D. Johnson, International Association of Fire Chiefs, Salem, Oregon; and Kenneth J. Zdunek, Roberson and Associates, LLC, Chicago, Illinois.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the Department of Energy's Loan Guarantee Program and its effectiveness in spurring the near-term deployment of clean energy technology, after receiving testimony from Jonathan Silver, Executive Director, Loan Programs Office, Department of Energy; Timothy Newell, U.S. Renewables Group, Santa Monica, California; Jens Meyerhoff, First Solar, Tempe, Arizona; Michael D. Scott, Miller Buckfire & Co., LLC, New York, New York; and Marvin S. Fertel, Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), Washington, D.C.
TAX REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine tax reform, focusing on lessons from the Tax Reform Act of 1986, after receiving testimony from former Democratic Leader of the House of Representatives Dick Gephardt; former Representative William R. Archer, Jr.; John E. Chapoton, Brown Advisory, Washington, D.C.; and Randall D. Weiss, Conference Board, New York, New York.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Cameron Munter, of California, to be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Department of State, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
WATER AND SECURITY CHALLENGES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs concluded a hearing to examine challenges to water and security in Southeast Asia, after receiving testimony from Joseph Yun, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Richard P. Cronin, Stimson Center, and Dekila Chungyalpa, World Wildlife Fund, both of Washington; and Aviva Imhof, International Rivers, Berkeley, California.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 3751, to amend the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
The nominations of Subra Suresh, of Massachusetts, to be Director of the National Science Foundation, Mary Minow, of California, to be a Member of the National Museum and Library Services Board, Julie Reisken, of Colorado, Joseph Pietrzyk, of Ohio, and Harry Korrell III, of Washington, all to be a Member of the Legal Services Corporation Board, and Pamela Young-Holmes, of Wisconsin, to be a member of the National Council on Disabilities.
Also, Committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on Children and Families: Senators Dodd (Chair), Bingaman, Murray, Reed, Sanders, Casey, Hagan, Merkley, Bennet, Alexander, Gregg, McCain, Hatch, Murkowski, Coburn, and Roberts.
Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety: Senators Murray
(Chair), Dodd, Mikulski, Hagan, Merkley, Franken, Bennet, Goodwin, Isakson, Gregg, Burr, McCain, Hatch, and Murkowski.
Subcommittee on Retirement and Aging: Senators Mikulski (Chair), Bingaman, Reed, Sanders, Casey, Franken, Goodwin, Burr, Gregg, Alexander, Isakson, and Coburn.
Senators Harkin and Enzi are ex-officio members of the subcommittees.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 3767, to establish appropriate criminal penalties for certain knowing violations relating to food that is misbranded or adulterated, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
The nominations of Kathleen M. O'Malley, of Ohio, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit, Beryl Alaine Howell, and Robert Leon Wilkins, both to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, Edward Milton Chen, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, Louis B. Butler, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin, John J. McConnell, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the District of Rhode Island, Goodwin Liu, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, and William C. Killian, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Robert E. O'Neill, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, Albert Najera, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of California, William Claud Sibert, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Missouri, Myron Martin Sutton, to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of Indiana, David Mark Singer, to be United States Marshal for the Central District of California, Steven Clayton Stafford, to be United States Marshal for the Southern District of California, and Jeffrey Thomas Holt, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of Tennessee, all of the Department of Justice.
VETERANS' AFFAIRS DISABILITY COMPENSATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to examine Veterans' Affairs disability compensation, focusing on presumptive disability decision-making, after receiving testimony from Eric K. Shinseki, Secretary, and Anthony J. Principi, former Secretary, St. Michaels, Maryland, both of the Department of Veterans Affairs; Linda Birnbaum, Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and Director, National Toxicology Program, and Diane Bild, Associate Director for Prevention and Population Sciences, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, both of the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services; and Jonathan M. Samet, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Washington, D.C.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community.
Committee recessed subject to the call.
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