Volume 163, No. 27 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.
“Senate” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D160 on Feb. 15, 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:
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1165-S1221
Measures Introduced: Twenty-six bills and two resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 379-404, S.J. Res. 22, and S. Res. 61.
Pages S1217-18
Measures Passed:
Social Security Administration Rule Relating to Implementation of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act: By 57 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 66), Senate passed H.J. Res. 40, providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Social Security Administration relating to Implementation of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007.
Pages S1167-69
Mulvaney Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the nomination of Mick Mulvaney, of South Carolina, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
Pages S1170-75, S1175-S1216
During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the following action:
By 52 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. 67), Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the nomination.
Pages S1169-70
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the nomination at approximately 10 a.m., on Thursday, February 16, 2017, under the previous order.
Page S1202
Mulvaney/Pruitt Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing that following Leader remarks on Thursday, February 16, 2017, there be 10 minutes of debate, equally divided, prior to a vote on confirmation of the nomination of Mick Mulvaney, of South Carolina, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget; followed by up to 10 minutes of debate, equally divided, prior to a vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Scott Pruitt, of Oklahoma, to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and if cloture is invoked, post-cloture time be counted as if invoked at 7 a.m., on Thursday, February 16, 2017.
Page S1202
Messages from the House:
Page S1217
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S1218-19
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S1219-21
Additional Statements:
Page S1217
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Page S1221
Privileges of the Floor:
Page S1221
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--67)
Pages S1169, S1170
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 9:16 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Thursday, February 16, 2017. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1210.)
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