Volume 161, No. 165 covering the 1st Session of the 114th Congress (2015 - 2016) 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 D1192-D1193 on Nov. 5, 2015.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
WILDFIRES
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded a hearing to examine wildfire, focusing on stakeholder perspectives on budgetary impacts and threats to natural resources on Federal, state, and private lands, after receiving testimony from Daniel R. Dessecker, Ruffed Grouse Society/American Woodcock Society, Rice Lake, Wisconsin; William R. Dougan, National Federation of Federal Employees, Washington, D.C.; Ken Stewart, Georgia Institute of Technology Renewable Bioproducts Institute, Marietta, Georgia, on behalf of the American Forest Foundation; Chris Treese, Colorado River Water Conservation District, Glenwood Springs, on behalf of the National Water Resources Association; and Chris Wood, Trout Unlimited, Arlington, Virginia.
ROLES AND MISSIONS OF THE ARMED FORCES
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine revisiting the roles and missions of the armed forces, after receiving testimony from Lieutenant General David A. Deptula, USAF (Ret.), the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, Arlington, Virgnia; Robert Martinage, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, and Michael O'Hanlon, The Future of Land Warfare, both of Washington, D.C.; and Bryan McGrath, Hudson Institute Center for American Seapower, Easton, Maryland.
RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF EXISTING REGULATIONS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management concluded a hearing to examine agency progress in retrospective review of existing regulations, after receiving testimony from Elizabeth Klein, Associate Deputy Secretary of the Interior; Bill Nickerson, Acting Director, Office of Regulatory Policy and Management, Environmental Protection Agency; Megan J. Uzzell, Associate Deputy Secretary of Labor; and Christopher Zehren, Deputy Director, Office of Budget and Program Analysis, Department of Agriculture.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa, Leonard Terry Strand, of South Dakota, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Iowa, Julien Xavier Neals, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, Gary Richard Brown, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, and Mark A. Young, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California.
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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