Volume 163, No. 116 covering the 1st 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.
“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Senate section on pages S3920-S3922 on July 11, 2017.
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:
ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 200
At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 200, a bill to prohibit the conduct of a first-use nuclear strike absent a declaration of war by Congress.
S. 253
At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 253, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps.
S. 266
At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Arkansas
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 266, a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Anwar Sadat in recognition of his heroic achievements and courageous contributions to peace in the Middle East.
S. 372
At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds) was added as a cosponsor of S. 372, a bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to ensure that merchandise arriving through the mail shall be subject to review by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and to require the provision of advance electronic information on shipments of mail to U.S. Customs and Border Protection and for other purposes.
S. 617
At the request of Mr. Murphy, the name of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 617, a bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the Farmington River and Salmon Brook in the State of Connecticut as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes.
S. 756
At the request of Mr. Sullivan, the names of the Senator from Ohio
(Mr. Portman), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen), the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) were added as cosponsors of S. 756, a bill to reauthorize and amend the Marine Debris Act to promote international action to reduce marine debris, and for other purposes.
S. 839
At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Alabama
(Mr. Strange) was added as a cosponsor of S. 839, a bill to allow for judicial review of any final rule addressing national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants for brick and structural clay products or for clay ceramics manufacturing before requiring compliance with such rule.
S. 845
At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the names of the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) were added as cosponsors of S. 845, a bill to protect sensitive community locations from harmful immigration enforcement action, and for other purposes.
S. 872
At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 872, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make permanent the extension of the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and the increased payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program.
S. 910
At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from Maryland
(Mr. Van Hollen) and the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) were added as cosponsors of S. 910, a bill to prohibit discrimination against individuals with disabilities who need long-term services and supports, and for other purposes.
S. 985
At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Delaware
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 985, a bill to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from revising the approved oil and gas leasing program for fiscal years 2017 through 2022.
S. 1015
At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1015, a bill to require the Federal Communications Commission to study the feasibility of designating a simple, easy-to-remember dialing code to be used for a national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system.
S. 1122
At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Oregon
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1122, a bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to clarify when the time period for the issuance of citations under such Act begins and to require a rule to clarify that an employer's duty to make and maintain accurate records of work-related injuries and illnesses is an ongoing obligation.
S. 1132
At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the name of the Senator from Louisiana
(Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1132, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make permanent the removal of the rental cap for durable medical equipment under the Medicare program with respect to speech generating devices.
S. 1151
At the request of Mrs. Ernst, the name of the Senator from Florida
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1151, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a nonrefundable credit for working family caregivers.
S. 1182
At the request of Mr. Young, the names of the Senator from Kansas
(Mr. Roberts), the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Hassan), the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Kennedy) were added as cosponsors of S. 1182, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint commemorative coins in recognition of the 100th anniversary of The American Legion.
S. 1274
At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Arkansas
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1274, a bill to direct the President to establish an interagency mechanism to coordinate United States development programs and private sector investment activities, and for other purposes.
S. 1276
At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1276, a bill to require the Attorney General to make a determination as to whether cannabidiol should be a controlled substance and listed in a schedule under the Controlled Substances Act and to expand research on the potential medical benefits of cannabidiol and other marihuana components.
S. 1292
At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1292, a bill to amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to monitor and combat anti-
Semitism globally, and for other purposes.
S. 1348
At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Montana
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1348, a bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to require drug manufacturers to publicly justify unnecessary price increases.
S. 1403
At the request of Mr. McCain, the names of the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) were added as cosponsors of S. 1403, a bill to amend the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 to establish the 21st Century Conservation Service Corps to place youth and veterans in national service positions to conserve, restore, and enhance the great outdoors of the United States, and for other purposes.
S. 1414
At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin
(Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1414, a bill to state the policy of the United States on the minimum number of available battle force ships.
S. 1462
At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the names of the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added as cosponsors of S. 1462, a bill to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to improve cost sharing subsidies.
S. 1474
At the request of Ms. Duckworth, the names of the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken) were added as cosponsors of S. 1474, a bill to prohibit the use of fiscal year 2018 funds for the closure, consolidation, or elimination of certain offices of the Environmental Protection Agency.
S. 1520
At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1520, a bill to expand recreational fishing opportunities through enhanced marine fishery conservation and management, and for other purposes.
S. CON. RES. 21
At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 21, a concurrent resolution urging the Government of the People's Republic of China to unconditionally release Liu Xiaobo, together with his wife Liu Xia, to allow them to freely meet with friends, family, and counsel and seek medical treatment wherever they desire.
S. RES. 75
At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Maryland
(Mr. Van Hollen) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 75, a resolution recognizing the 100th anniversary of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the largest organization of food and nutrition professionals in the world.
S. RES. 154
At the request of Mrs. Ernst, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 154, a resolution promoting awareness of motorcycle profiling and encouraging collaboration and communication with the motorcycle community and law enforcement officials to prevent instances of profiling.
S. RES. 214
At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 214, a resolution designating June 19, 2017, as ``Juneteenth Independence Day'' in recognition of June 19, 1865, the date on which slavery legally came to an end in the United States.
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