Volume 155, No. 157 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 D1235 on Oct. 27, 2009.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DAIRY PRICES
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on Domestic and Foreign Marketing, Inspection, and Plant and Animal Health, with the Subcommittee on Production, Income Protection and Price Support, concluded a joint hearing to examine low dairy prices, focusing on exploring avenues for federal action, after receiving testimony from Russell C. Redding, Pennsylvania Acting Secretary of Agriculture, Harrisburg; Eric Ooms, New York Farm Bureau, Old Chatham; Paul Toft, Associated Milk Producers Inc., Rice Lake, Wisconsin; Ray Souza, Western United Dairymen, Turlock, California; Doug Nuttelman, Nuttelman Dairy, Stromsburg, Nebraska; Edward W. Gallagher, Dairylea Cooperative Inc., Syracuse, New York; Paul Kruse, Blue Bell Creameries, L.P., Brenham, Texas, on behalf of the International Dairy Foods Association; and Lucas S. Sjostrom, Holstein Association USA, Brattleboro, Vermont.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Christine H. Fox, of Virginia, to be Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, and Gladys Commons, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of the Navy, both of the Department of Defense, and 891 nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to examine the broadband stimulus programs in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, focusing on the steps taken to address challenges, and the remaining risks in evaluating applications and awarding funds and overseeing funded projects, after receiving testimony from Lawrence E. Strickling, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, National Telecommunications and Information Administration; Jonathan Adelstein, Administrator, Rural Utilities Service, USDA Rural Development, Rural Utilities Service, Department of Agriculture; and Mark L. Goldstein, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, Government Accountability Office.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Anne S. Ferro, of Maryland, to be Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Cynthia L. Quarterman, of Georgia, to be Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, both of the Department of Transportation, Erroll G. Southers, of California, to be Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Transportation Security Administration, Patrick Gallagher, of Maryland, to be Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce, Elizabeth M. Robinson, of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, and Paul K. Martin, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, both of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and a promotion list in the Coast Guard.
CLEAN ENERGY JOBS AND AMERICAN POWER ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee held a hearing to examine S. 1733, to create clean energy jobs, promote energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy, receiving testimony from Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy; Ray LaHood, Secretary of Transportation; Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior; Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; and Jon Wellinghoff, Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community.
Committee recessed subject to call.
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