Volume 163, No. 142 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.
“Highlights + Senate” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D911-D912 on Sept. 5, 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:
Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Daily Digest
HIGHLIGHTS
See Resume of Congressional Activity.
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4917-S4969
Measures Introduced: Four bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1761-
1764.
Page S4939
Measures Reported:
Reported on Friday, August 18, during the adjournment:
S. 1761, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System.
Reported on Tuesday, September 5:
S. 772, to amend the PROTECT Act to make Indian tribes eligible for AMBER Alert grants. (S. Rept. No. 115-147)
Page S4938
Measures Passed:
Bankruptcy Judgeship Act: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. 1107, to amend title 28, United States Code, to authorize the appointment of additional bankruptcy judges, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:
Page S4956
McConnell (for Grassley) Amendment No. 787, in the nature of a substitute.
Page S4956
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
By 94 yeas to 2 nays (Vote No. EX. 188), Timothy J. Kelly, of the District of Columbia, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia.
Pages S4923, S4969
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
Gregory Ibach, of Nebraska, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs.
William Northey, of Iowa, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services.
Stephen Alexander Vaden, of Tennessee, to be General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture.
Robert Behler, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, Department of Defense.
Thomas B. Modly, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of the Navy.
Dean L. Winslow, of Delaware, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense.
Mark L. Greenblatt, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, Export-
Import Bank.
Robert J. Jackson, Jr., of New York, to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 5, 2019.
Suzanne Israel Tufts, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
James Bridenstine, of Oklahoma, to be Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Timothy Gallaudet, of California, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere.
Bruce J. Walker, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy
(Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability).
Steven E. Winberg, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Fossil Energy).
Jeffery Martin Baran, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the term of five years expiring June 30, 2023.
Matthew Z. Leopold, of Florida, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
David Ross, of Wisconsin, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Larry Edward Andre, Jr., of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Djibouti.
Thomas L. Carter, of South Carolina, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization.
Michael T. Evanoff, of Arkansas, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Diplomatic Security).
Nina Maria Fite, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Angola.
Daniel L. Foote, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Zambia.
Richard Grenell, of California, to be Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany.
Kenneth Ian Juster, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of India.
W. Robert Kohorst, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Croatia.
Barbara Lee, of Florida, to be Representative of the United States of America to the Seventy-second Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
Edward Masso, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic Estonia.
Edward T. McMullen, Jr., of South Carolina, to be Ambassador to the Swiss Confederation, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Principality of Liechtenstein.
Jennifer Gillian Newstead, of New York, to be Legal Adviser of the Department of State.
David Dale Reimer, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Mauritius, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Seychelles.
Christopher Smith, of New Jersey, to be Representative of the United States of America to the Seventy-second Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
Eric P. Whitaker, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Niger.
Cheryl Marie Stanton, of South Carolina, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor.
David G. Zatezalo, of West Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health.
Frederick M. Nutt, of Virginia, to be Controller, Office of Federal Financial Management, Office of Management and Budget.
James Thomas Abbott, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority for a term of five years expiring July 1, 2020.
Colleen Kiko, of North Dakota, to be a Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority for a term of five years expiring July 29, 2022.
Emily Webster Murphy, of Missouri, to be Administrator of General Services.
Margaret Weichert, of Georgia, to be Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget.
Christopher R. Sharpley, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Central Intelligence Agency.
John C. Demers, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General.
Andrei Iancu, of California, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Adam I. Klein, of the District of Columbia, to be Chairman and Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board for the remainder of the term expiring January 29, 2018.
Adam I. Klein, of the District of Columbia, to be Chairman and Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board for a term expiring January 29, 2024.
Tom Marino, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of National Drug Control Policy.
Jonathan F. Mitchell, of Washington, to be Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States for the term of five years.
Cheryl L. Mason, of Virginia, to be Chairman of the Board of Veterans' Appeals for a term of six years.
60 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
8 Army nominations in the rank of general.
Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Foreign Service, Marine Corps, and Navy.
Pages S4958-69
Messages from the House:
Page S4929
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
Pages S4917, S4929
Enrolled Bills Presented:
Page S4929
Executive Reports of Committees:
Page S4938
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S4939-41
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S4941-42
Additional Statements:
Pages S4927-29
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S4942-46
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--188)
Page S4923
Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 6:47 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, September 6, 2017. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4956.)
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