Volume 155, No. 100 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 D790-D791 on July 7, 2009.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Jonathan Steven Adelstein, of South Dakota, to be Administrator, Rural Utilities Service, who was introduced by Senators Johnson and Thune, Kevin W. Concannon, of Maine, to be Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, who was introduced by Representative Pingree, and Evan J. Segal, of Pennsylvania, to be Chief Financial Officer, who was introduced by Senator Casey, all of the Department of Agriculture, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the following bills:
S. 1406, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for fiscal year 2010, with amendments; and
S. 1407, making appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies for fiscal year 2010, with amendments.
MILITARY COMMISSIONS AND TRIALS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine legal issues regarding military commissions and the trial of detainees for violations of the law of war, after receiving testimony from Jeh C. Johnson, General Counsel, Vice Admiral Bruce E. MacDonald, USN, Judge Advocate General, and Rear Admiral John D. Hutson, USN (Ret.), former Judge Advocate General, both of the United States Navy, and Major General John D. Altenburg, Jr., USA (Ret.), former Appointing Authority for Military Commissions, all of the Department of Defense; David S. Kris, Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division, Department of Justice; and Daniel Marcus, American University Washington College, Washington, DC.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION CLIMATE POLICY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation and Community Development concluded a hearing to examine public transportation, focusing on a core climate solution, after receiving testimony from Ernest Tollerson, Director, New York State Metropolitan Transportation Authority Policy and Media Relations, New York; Michael A. Replogle, Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, and Randal O'Toole, CATO Institute, both of Washington, D.C.; Clinton J. Andrews, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick; and Mayor Christopher Cabaldon, West Sacramento, California.
UNITED STATES COAST GUARD
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard concluded an oversight hearing to examine the United States Coast Guard, after receiving testimony from Admiral Thad W. Allen, Commandant, United States Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security; and Stephen Caldwell, Director, Homeland Security and Justice Issues, Government Accountability Office.
CLEAN ENERGY
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a hearing to examine legislative tools used to move America toward a clean energy economy and reducing global warming pollution, after receiving testimony from Thomas Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture; Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy; Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; Kenneth L. Salazar, Secretary of the Interior; Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, Jackson; Mayor John Fetterman, Braddock, Pennsylvania; David G. Hawkins, Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington, DC.; and Rich Wells, The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Colin Fulton, to be General Counsel, and Paul Anastas, to be Assistant Administrator for the Office of Research and Development, both of the Environmental Protection Agency.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Timothy J. Roemer, of Indiana, to be Ambassador to India, who was introduced by Senator Lugar, Richard J. Schmierer, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman, and Gordon Gray, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Tunisia, all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Laurie Susan Fulton, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Denmark, who was introduced by Senators Johnson and Warner, Louis B. Susman, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, who was introduced by Senators Kerry, Durbin, and McCaskill, Charles H. Rivkin, of California, to be Ambassador to France, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to Monaco, who was introduced by Senator Kerry and Representative Waxman, and Mark Henry Gitenstein, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to Romania, who was introduced by Senators Dodd and Kaufman, all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
STRENGTHENING U.S.-PAKISTAN RELATIONS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security concluded a hearing to examine the strengthening of United States-Pakistan relations, after receiving testimony from Paul W. Jones, Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Department of State; Lisa Curtis, Heritage Foundation, Nicholas Schmidle, New America Foundation, Shuja Nawaz, Atlantic Council of the United States, and Nathaniel C. Fisk, Center for a New American Security, all of Washington, DC.; and Rolf Mowatt-
Larssen, Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee continued consideration of Affordable Health Choices Act, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again on Wednesday, July 8, 2009.
BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights concluded a hearing to examine the Bowl Championship Series, focusing on its compliance with Antitrust Law, after receiving testimony from Michael Young, University of Utah, Salt Lake City; Barry J. Brett, Troutman Sanders LLP, New York, New York; Harvey S. Perlman, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; and William Monts III, Hogan and Hartson LLP, Washington, DC.
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