Volume 152, No. 13 covering the of the 109th Congress (2005 - 2006) 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 D60-D62 on Feb. 7, 2006.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the defense authorization request for fiscal year 2007 and the future years defense program, after receiving testimony from Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense; General Peter Pace, USMC, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; and General Peter J. Schoomaker, USA, Chief of Staff, United States Army.
IRAQ CONTRACTING ISSUES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support concluded a hearing to examine contracting issues in Iraq in review of the defense authorization request for fiscal year 2007 and the future years defense program, after receiving testimony from Claude M. Bolton, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology; Major General Ronald L. Johnson, USA, Deputy Chief of Engineers and Deputy Commanding General, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; and Stuart W. Bowen, Jr., Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction.
2007 BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the President's fiscal year 2007 budget proposal, after receiving testimony from Joshua B. Bolten, Director, Office of Management and Budget.
INTERNET NEUTRALITY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held a hearing to examine proposals for government regulation of the Internet, focusing on concentrations in broadband access, and efforts to protect network neutrality, receiving testimony from Vinton G. Cerf, Google, Herndon, Virginia; Walter B. McCormick, Jr., United States Telecom Association, Kyle McSlarrow, National Cable and Telecommunications Association, Earl W. Comstock, COMPTEL, Kyle Dixon, Progress and Freedom Foundation, Gary R. Bachula, Internet2, and J. Gregory Sidak, Georgetown University Law Center, all of Washington, D.C.; Jeffrey A. Citron, Vonage Holdings Corporation, Edison, New Jersey; and Lawrence Lessig, Stanford Law School, Stanford, California.
Hearing recessed subject to the call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Robert C. Cresanti, of Texas, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology, who was introduced by Senator Bennett, and Tyler D. Duvall, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary, Nicole R. Nason, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and David C. Sanborn, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Maritime Administration, who were introduced by Senator Allen, Thomas J. Barrett, of Alaska, to be Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, who was introduced by Senator Murkowski, and Roger Shane Karr, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary, all of the Department of Transportation, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
2007 BUDGET
Committee on Finance: Committee held a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2007, receiving testimony from John W. Snow, Secretary of the Treasury.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
NATO
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine common defense to common security relating to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), focusing on the evolution of the NATO alliance and its operations in Afghanistan, and other regions outside the alliance's borders, after receiving testimony from General James L. Jones, Jr., USMC, Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers Europe Mons, Belgium.
CONFERENCE SPENDING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and International Security held a hearing to examine Federal agencies and conference spending, focusing on the nature, extent, and benefits of their participation in events for mission-related purposes, and accountability for the use of Federal funds, receiving testimony from Charles Johnson, Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Budget, Technology and Finance; Sid Kaplan, Acting Chief Financial Officer, Department of State; James M. Martin, Acting Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development; Michael W.S. Ryan, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Environmental Protection Agency; Scott H. Evertz, former Director, White House Office of National AIDS Policy.
Hearing recessed subject to the call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Timothy C. Batten, Sr., to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, Thomas E. Johnston, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia, who was introduced by Senator Rockefeller and Representative Capito, Leo Maury Gordon, of New Jersey, to be a Judge of the United States Court of International Trade, and Aida M. Delgado-Colon, to be United States District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico, who was introduced by Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner Luis G. Fortuno, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
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