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“MEMORIALS” published by Congressional Record on March 22, 2017

Volume 163, No. 50 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.

“MEMORIALS” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H2349 on March 22, 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:

MEMORIALS

Under clause 3 of rule XII, memorials were presented and referred as follows:

11. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Arizona, relative to House Concurrent Memorial 2005, urging the United States Environmental Protection Agency to extend the comment period for and revise Docket Number EPA-HQ-SFUND-2015-0781; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

12. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of South Dakota, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 1014, expressing the strongest support for, and unity with, the State of Israel and recognizing Jerusalem, as Israel's undivided capital; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

13. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Arizona, relative to House Memorial 2001, urging the United States Congress to repeal the Affordable Care Act's Health Insurance Tax; which was referred jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce.

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 163, No. 50