Volume 167, No. 103 covering the 1st Session of the 117th Congress (2021 - 2022) 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 D634-D635 on June 14.
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:
Monday, June 14, 2021
Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4503-S4522
Measures Introduced: Nine bills and two resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 2039-2047, S.J. Res. 20, and S. Res. 268.
Page S4518
Measures Reported:
S. 658, to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to work with cybersecurity consortia for training. (S. Rept. No. 117-24)
S. 1251, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a program to reduce barriers to entry for farmers, ranchers, and private forest landowners in certain voluntary markets.
S. 1301, to provide for the publication by the Secretary of Health and Human Services of physical activity recommendations for Americans.
S. 1662, to increase funding for the Reagan-Udall Foundation for the Food and Drug Administration and for the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health.
Pages S4517-18
Measures Passed:
Condemning Recent Rise in Anitsemitic Violence and Harassment: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 252, unequivocally condemning the recent rise in antisemitic violence and harassment targeting Jewish Americans, and standing in solidarity with those affected by antisemitism, and the resolution was then agreed to
Pages S4513-14
Fox Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the nomination of Radhika Fox, of California, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Page S4504
A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of the nomination of Kiran Arjandas Ahuja, of Massachusetts, to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management.
Page S4504
Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the following action:
Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to consider the nomination.
Page S4504
Griggsby Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the nomination of Lydia Kay Griggsby, of Maryland, to be United States District Judge for the District of Maryland.
Page S4505
A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of the nomination of Radhika Fox, of California, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Page S4505
Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the following action:
Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session.
Pages S4504-05
Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to consider the nomination.
Page S4505
Kahn Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the nomination of Lina M. Khan, of New York, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner.
Page S4512
During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the following action:
By 72 yeas to 25 nays (Vote No. EX. 232), Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the nomination.
Page S4512
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the nomination, post-cloture, at approximately 10 a.m., on Tuesday, June 15, 2021; that all post-cloture time expire at 11:30 a.m.; that if cloture is invoked on the nomination of Kiran Arjandas Ahuja, of Massachusetts, to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management, all post-cloture time expire at 2:30 p.m.
Page S4522
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
By 53 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. EX. 231), Ketanji Brown Jackson, of the District of Columbia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Pages S4511-12, S4522
Michal Ilana Freedhoff, of Maryland, to be Assistant Administrator for Toxic Substances of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Pages S4514, S4522 Petitions and Memorials:
Page S4517
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S4518-19
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S4519-22
Additional Statements:
Page S4517
Privileges of the Floor:
Page S4522
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--232)
Pages S4511, S4512
Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 7:28 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4522.)
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