Volume 157, No. 16 covering the 1st Session of the 112th Congress (2011 - 2012) 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 D72-D73 on Feb. 3, 2011.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARD IRAQ
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine United States policy toward Iraq, after receiving testimony from James F. Jeffrey, United States Ambassador to Iraq, Department of State; and General Lloyd Austin, Commander, United States Forces, Iraq, Department of Defense.
UNITED STATES ECONOMIC RECOVERY
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine challenges for the United States economic recovery, after receiving testimony from Mark Zandi, Moody's Analytics, West Chester, Pennsylvania; Till von Wachter, Columbia University, New York, New York; and Raymond C. Scheppach, National Governors Association, and Chris Edwards, Cato Institute, both of Washington, D.C.
ENERGY AND OIL MARKET OUTLOOK
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the energy and oil market outlook for the 112th Congress, after receiving testimony from Richard Newell, Administrator, Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy; Richard H. Jones, International Energy Agency, Paris, France; Roger Diwan, PFC Energy, Washington, D.C.; and James Burkhard, Cambridge Energy Research Associates, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
U.S. CHEMICAL SAFETY LAWS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health concluded a hearing to examine assessing the effectiveness of United States chemical safety laws, after receiving testimony from Steve Owens, Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, Environmental Protection Agency; Kelly Semrau, S. C. Johnson and Son, Inc., Racine, Wisconsin; Steven J. Goldberg, BASF Corporation, Florham Park, New Jersey; Frances Beinecke, Natural Resource Defense Council, New York, New York; and Cal Dooley, American Chemistry Council, and Lynn R. Goldman, George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, both of Washington, D.C.
AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the status of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, focusing on if declining balance raises concerns over ability to meet future demands, after receiving testimony from Gerald Dillingham, Director, Physical Infrastructure, Government Accountability Office.
SIMPLIFYING SECURITY FOR RETIREMENT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine simplifying security, focusing on encouraging better retirement decisions, after receiving testimony from Jean Chatzky, NBC Today, New York, New York; Lori Lucas, Callan Associates, Washington, D.C.; Julie Agnew, The College of William and Mary Mason School of Business, Williamsburg, Virginia; and Jeffrey R. Brown, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Business, Champaign, Illinois.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 23, to amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for patent reform, with amendments; and
The nominations of James E. Graves, Jr., of Mississippi, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, Amy Totenberg, and Steve C. Jones, both to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, James Emanuel Boasberg, and Amy Berman Jackson, both to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, Paul Kinloch Holmes III, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, Anthony J. Battaglia, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of California, Edward J. Davila, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, Diana Saldana, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, Max Oliver Cogburn, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina, and Marco A. Hernandez, to be United States District Judge for the District of Oregon.
NOMINATION
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Stephanie O'Sullivan, of Virginia, to be Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, after the nominee testified and answered questions in her own behalf.
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