Volume 157, No. 103 covering the 1st Session of the 112th Congress (2011 - 2012) 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 D762-D763 on July 12, 2011.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
INVESTOR PROTECTION AFTER THE FINANCIAL CRISIS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine enhanced investor protection after the financial crisis, after receiving testimony from Lynn E. Turner, former Chief Accountant, and Harvey L. Pitt, former Chairman, both of the Securities and Exchange Commission; David Massey, North American Securities Administration Association, Inc., Wilmington, North Carolina; Lynnette Kelly Hotchkiss, Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, Alexandria, Virginia; Paul S. Atkins, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C.; Barbara Roper, Consumer Federation of America, Pueblo, Colorado; and Anne Simpson, California Public Employees' Retirement System, Sacramento.
GEOTHERMAL AND SOLAR ENERGY BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a hearing to examine S. 1160, to improve the administration of the Department of Energy, S. 1108, to provide local communities with tools to make solar permitting more efficient, and S. 1142, to promote the mapping and development of the United States geothermal resources by establishing a direct loan program for high risk geothermal exploration wells, to amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to improve geothermal energy technology and demonstrate the use of geothermal energy in large scale thermal applications, after receiving testimony from Steven G. Chalk, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy for Renewable Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; Douglas A. Dougherty, The Geothermal Exchange Organization, Springfield, Illinois; and Holly Gordon, SunRun Inc., San Francisco, California.
SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT'S UNREGULATED DRINKING WATER CONTAMINANTS PROGRAM OVERSIGHT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to examine the Environmental Protection Agency's implementation of the Safe Drinking Water Act's Unregulated Drinking Water Contaminants Program, after receiving testimony from David C. Trimble, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, Government Accountability Office; Robert Perciasepe, Deputy Administrator, and Jeffrey K. Griffiths, Chair, Drinking Water Committee, Science Advisory Board, both of the Environmental Protection Agency; Lynn Goldman, George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, on behalf of the American Public Health Association, Joseph A. Cotruvo, Joseph Cotruvo and Associates, and Steven R. Patierno, George Washington University Cancer Institute, all of Washington, D.C.; and Anthony Araiza, West Valley Water District, Rialto, California.
NEW TECHNOLOGY AND PRIVATE SECTOR BUSINESS PRACTICES
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security concluded a hearing to examine if new technology and private sector business practices can cut waste and fraud in Medicare and Medicaid, focusing on additional actions needed to support program integrity efforts at centers for Medicare and Medicaid, after receiving testimony from Peter Budetti, Deputy Administrator, and Director, Center for Program Integrity, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and Lewis Morris, Chief Counsel, Office of Inspector General, both of the Department of Health and Human Services; Joel C. Willemssen, Managing Director, Information Technology, Government Accountability Office; and Louis Saccoccio, National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association (NHCAA), Boston, Massachusetts.
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On page D763, July 12, 2011 the following language appears: NEW TECHNOLOGY AND PRIVATE SECTOR BUSINESS PRACTICES Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: . . . Medicade, . . . Boston, Massachusetts.
The online Record has been corrected to read: NEW TECHNOLOGY AND PRIVATE SECTOR BUSINESS PRACTICESCommittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: . . . Medicaid, . . . Boston, Massachusetts.
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PENSIONS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine pensions, focusing on building a strong middle class and strong economy, after receiving testimony from Diane Oakley, National Institute on Retirement Security, and David Marchick,
Carlyle Group, both of Washington, D.C.; Christopher T. Stephen,
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Arlington, Virginia; and Edmond P. Bertheaud, Jr., DuPont Company, Wilmington, Delaware, on behalf of the American Benefits Council.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community.
Committee recessed subject to the call.
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