Volume 166, No. 93 covering the 2nd Session of the 116th Congress (2019 - 2020) 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.
“CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D416-D417 on May 18, 2020.
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:
CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD
Week of May 19 through May 22, 2020
Senate Chamber
On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of Scott H. Rash, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona, post-cloture, and vote on confirmation of the nomination at 11:45 a.m.
At 2:30 p.m., Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of James E. Trainor III, of Texas, to be a Member of the Federal Election Commission. If cloture is invoked on the nomination, Senate will vote on confirmation of the nomination at 4:30 p.m.
During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared legislative and executive business.
Senate Committees
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: May 19, to hold hearings to examine the quarterly CARES Act report to Congress, 10 a.m., WEBEX.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: May 20, business meeting to consider S. 2894, to establish a National Shipper Advisory Committee, S. 2904, to direct the Director of the National Science Foundation to support research on the outputs that may be generated by generative adversarial networks, otherwise known as deepfakes, and other comparable techniques that may be developed in the future, S. 3681, to require a joint task force on the operation of air travel during and after COVID-19 pandemic, S. 3704, to amend the Scientific and Advanced-Technology Act of 1992 to further support advanced technological manufacturing, S. 3712, to require the Secretary of Commerce to establish national cybersecurity grand challenges, S. 3717, to require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to submit to Congress a plan for the modernization of the information technology systems of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, S. 3728, to require the Secretary of Transportation to support the efforts of State and local governments to provide for priority testing of essential critical infrastructure workers with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), S. 3729, to provide relief for the recipients of financial assistance awards from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, an original bill entitled, ``Registered Traveler Act of 2020'', an original bill entitled ``Bioeconomy Research and Development Act of 2020'', and the nominations of Neil Jacobs, of North Carolina, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, Finch Fulton, of Alabama, and Diana Furchtgott-Roth, of Maryland, both to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation, John Chase Johnson, of Oklahoma, to be Inspector General, Federal Communications Commission, Joseph Ryan Gruters, of Florida, Leon A. Westmoreland, of Georgia, and Rick A. Dearborn, of Oklahoma, each to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors, and routine lists in the Coast Guard, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: May 20, to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Mark Wesley Menezes, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy, 2:30 p.m., SD-106.
Committee on Environment and Public Works: May 19, Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Beth Harwell, of Tennessee, and Brian Noland, of Tennessee, both to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority, and Katherine A. Crytzer, of Tennessee, to be Inspector General of the Tennessee Valley Authority, 3 p.m., SD-106.
May 20, Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to examine the Environmental Protection Agency, 10 a.m., SD-106.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: May 20, business meeting to consider a motion to issue a subpoena to Blue Star Strategies as described in Schedule A, and the nomination of Brian D. Miller, of Virginia, to be Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery, 11:30 a.m., SR-325.
Committee on the Judiciary: May 20, to hold hearings to examine pending nominations, 2:30 p.m., SD-G50.
May 21, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 685, to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 relative to the powers of the Department of Justice Inspector General, the nomination of Justin Reed Walker, of Kentucky, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, and an authorization for subpoenas relating to the Crossfire Hurricane investigation, 10 a.m., SD-106.
Select Committee on Intelligence: May 19, closed business meeting to consider pending intelligence matters, 9:30 a.m., SVC-217.
Special Committee on Aging: May 21, to hold hearings to examine caring for seniors amid the COVID-19 crisis, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
House Committees
Committee on Education and Labor, May 20, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing entitled ``Examining the Federal Government's Actions to Protect Workers from COVID-19'', 10:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
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