Volume 163, No. 200 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 D1295-D1296 on Dec. 7, 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:
Thursday, December 7, 2017
Daily Digest
HIGHLIGHTS
Senate passed H.J. Res. 123, Further Continuing Appropriations
Act.
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7897-S7935
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and seven resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 2204-2213, S.J. Res. 50, and S. Res. 350-355.
Pages S7929-30
Measures Reported:
S. Res. 150, recognizing threats to freedom of the press and expression around the world and reaffirming freedom of the press as a priority in efforts of the United States Government to promote democracy and good governance.
S. 1901, to require global economic and political pressure to support diplomatic denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, including through the imposition of sanctions with respect to the Government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and any enablers of the activities of that Government, and to reauthorize the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Page S7929
Measures Passed:
Further Continuing Appropriations Act: By 81 yeas to 14 nays (Vote No. 311), Senate passed H.J. Res. 123, making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2018.
Pages S7923-25
State of Mississippi Bicentennial: Senate agreed to S. Res. 351, recognizing the bicentennial of the State of Mississippi on December 10, 2017.
Page S7935
National Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 352, designating the week of December 9, 2017, as ``National Nurse-
Managed Health Clinic Week''.
Page S7935
Wreaths Across America Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 353, designating December 16, 2017, as ``Wreaths Across America Day''.
Page S7935
House Messages:
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Pursuant to the order of Wednesday, December 6, 2017, on H.R. 1, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, the Chair was authorized to appoint the following conferees on the part of the Senate: Senators Hatch, Enzi, Murkowski, Cornyn, Thune, Portman, Scott, Toomey, Wyden, Sanders, Murray, Cantwell, Stabenow, Menendez, and Carper.
Page S7925
Grasz Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the nomination of Leonard Steven Grasz, of Nebraska, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit.
Page S7925
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, and pursuant to the unanimous-consent agreement of Thursday, December 7, 2017, a vote on cloture will occur at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, December 11, 2017.
Page S7925
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 S7925
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at approximately 4 p.m., on Monday, December 11, 2017, Senate resume consideration of the nomination.
Page S7935
Willett Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the nomination of Don R. Willett, of Texas, to be a Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Page S7925
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 Leonard Steven Grasz, of Nebraska, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit.
Page S7925
Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the following action:
Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session.
Page S7925
Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to consider the nomination.
Page S7925
Ho Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the nomination of James C. Ho, of Texas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit.
Pages S7925-26
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 Don R. Willett, of Texas, to be a Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Page S7926
Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the following action:
Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session.
Page S7925
Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to consider the nomination.
Page S7926
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that notwithstanding the provisions of Rule XXII, the cloture motions filed during today's session ripen at 5:30 p.m., on Monday, December 11, 2017.
Page S7926
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
By 61 yeas to 38 nays (Vote No. EX. 310), Joseph Balash, of Alaska, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
Pages S7905-09, S7935
Susan Parker Bodine, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Pages S7909, S7935
Messages from the House:
Page S7927
Measures Referred:
Page S7927
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
Page S7927
Executive Communications:
Pages S7927-28
Petitions and Memorials:
Page S7929
Executive Reports of Committees:
Page S7929
Additional Cosponsors:
Page S7930
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S7930-34
Additional Statements:
Pages S7926-27
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Pages S7934-35
Privileges of the Floor:
Page S7935
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--311)
Pages S7909, S7925
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:21 p.m., until 4 p.m. on Monday, December 11, 2017. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7935.)
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