Volume 154, No. 69 covering the 2nd Session of the 110th Congress (2007 - 2008) 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 D513-D514 on April 29, 2008.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel met in closed session and approved for full committee consideration, those provisions which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2009.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower met in closed session and approved for full committee consideration, those provisions which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2009.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support met in closed session and approved for full committee consideration, those provisions which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2009.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities met in closed session and approved for full committee consideration, those provisions which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2009.
SUBPRIME HOME LENDING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Interstate Commerce, Trade, and Tourism concluded a hearing to examine improving consumer protections in subprime home lending, after receiving testimony from Lydia B. Parnes, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission; Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, Hartford; Kathleen E. Keest, Center for Responsible Lending, Durham, North Carolina; and Ira J. Rheingold, National Association of Consumer Advocates, and Bill Himpler, American Financial Services Association, both of Washington, D.C.
EPA'S TOXIC CHEMICAL POLICIES
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to examine the Environmental Protection Agency's toxic chemical policies, focusing on current Toxic Substances Control Act implementation and risk assessment issues, after receiving testimony from Jim Gulliford, Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, Environmental Protection Agency; John B. Stephenson, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, Government Accountability Office; Linda C. Giudice, University of California, San Francisco, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences; Annette Gellert, WELL Network, Tiburon, California; V.M. DeLisi, Fanwood Chemical, Inc., Fanwood, New Jersey, on behalf of the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association; Laura M. Plunkett, Integrative Biostrategies, LLC, Houston, Texas; and Lynn R. Goldman, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
REAL ID ACT
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia concluded a hearing to examine the REAL ID Act
(Public Law 109-13) and the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, focusing on its implementation, including S. 717, to repeal title II of the REAL ID Act of 2005, to restore section 7212 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, which provides States additional regulatory flexibility and funding authorization to more rapidly produce tamper-and counterfeit-resistant driver's licenses, and to protect privacy and civil liberties by providing interested stakeholders on a negotiated rulemaking with guidance to achieve improved 21st century licenses to improve national security, after receiving testimony from Stewart Baker, Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Policy; Derwood K. Staeben, Senior Advisor, Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Department of State; State Representative Donna Stone, Delaware General Assembly, Dover, on behalf of the National Conference of State Legislatures; and David Quam, National Governors Association, Caroline Fredrickson, American Civil Liberties Union, Roger J. Dow, Travel Industry Association of America (TIA), Sophia Cope, Center for Democracy and Technology, and Angelo I. Amador, United States Chamber of Commerce, and Americans for Better Borders Coalition (ABB), all of Washington, D.C.
WORKPLACE SAFETY
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, focusing on penalties related to workplace safety, after receiving testimony from Peg Seminario, AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C.; David M. Uhlmann, University of Michigan Law School Environmental Law and Policy Program, Ann Arbor; Ron Hayes, FIGHT Project, Fairhope, Alabama; George Jenson, Jenson Fire Protection, Ellicott City, Maryland; and Donald Coit Smith, Temple, Texas.
RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine living on the street, focusing on finding solutions to protect runaway and homeless youth, including the Runaway, Homeless, and Missing Children Protection Act (P.L. 108-96), after receiving testimony from Mark Redmond and Michael Hutchins, both of Spectrum Youth and Family Services, Burlington, Vermont; Victoria A. Wagner, National Network for Youth, Washington, D.C.; Jerome Kilbane, Covenant House, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and Djimon Hounsou, Los Angeles, California.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to consider pending intelligence matters.
Committee recessed subject to the call.
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