Volume 165, No. 173 covering the 1st Session of the 116th Congress (2019 - 2020) 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.
“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Senate section on pages S6334-S6336 on Oct. 31, 2019.
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:
ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 206
At the request of Mr. Tester, the names of the Senator from Arizona
(Ms. Sinema) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) were added as cosponsors of S. 206, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the female telephone operators of the Army Signal Corps, known as the
``Hello Girls''.
S. 283
At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Arizona
(Ms. Sinema) was added as a cosponsor of S. 283, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to, and utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits under part B of the Medicare program by establishing a minimum payment amount under such part for bone mass measurement.
S. 377
At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 377, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate prices of prescription drugs furnished under part D of the Medicare program.
S. 386
At the request of Mr. Lee, the name of the Senator from Connecticut
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 386, a bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants, to increase the per-country numerical limitation for family-sponsored immigrants, and for other purposes.
S. 457
At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 457, a bill to require that $1 coins issued during 2019 honor President George H.W. Bush and to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to issue bullion coins during 2019 in honor of Barbara Bush.
S. 500
At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Indiana
(Mr. Young) was added as a cosponsor of S. 500, a bill to amend title 54, United States Code, to establish, fund, and provide for the use of amounts in a National Park Service Legacy Restoration Fund to address the maintenance backlog of the National Park Service, and for other purposes.
S. 560
At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the names of the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-
Smith) were added as cosponsors of S. 560, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide coverage for treatment of a congenital anomaly or birth defect.
S. 878
At the request of Mr. Cotton, the name of the Senator from Missouri
(Mr. Hawley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 878, a bill to foster security in Taiwan, and for other purposes.
S. 880
At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith) and the Senator from California (Ms. Harris) were added as cosponsors of S. 880, a bill to provide outreach and reporting on comprehensive Alzheimer's disease care planning services furnished under the Medicare program.
S. 1007
At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Louisiana
(Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1007, a bill to amend the Horse Protection Act to designate additional unlawful acts under the Act, strengthen penalties for violations of the Act, improve Department of Agriculture enforcement of the Act, and for other purposes.
S. 1123
At the request of Mr. Coons, the names of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) were added as cosponsors of S. 1123, a bill to transfer and limit Executive Branch authority to suspend or restrict the entry of a class of aliens.
S. 1218
At the request of Mr. Van Hollen, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1218, a bill to require the review of the service of certain members of the Armed Forces during World War I to determine if such members should be awarded the Medal of Honor, to authorize the award of the Medal of Honor based on the results of the review, and for other purposes.
S. 1235
At the request of Mrs. Blackburn, the names of the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) were added as cosponsors of S. 1235, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, giving women in the United States the right to vote.
S. 1257
At the request of Mr. Cramer, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1257, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts to include rollovers for charitable life-income plans for charitable purposes.
S. 1294
At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1294, a bill to require Federal agencies with jurisdiction over broadband deployment to enter into an interagency agreement related to certain types of funding for broadband deployment.
S. 1590
At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1590, a bill to amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to authorize rewards for thwarting wildlife trafficking linked to transnational organized crime, and for other purposes.
S. 1601
At the request of Mr. Wicker, the names of the Senator from Arizona
(Ms. McSally), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were added as cosponsors of S. 1601, a bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue a rule requiring all new passenger motor vehicles to be equipped with a child safety alert system, and for other purposes.
S. 1657
At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Indiana
(Mr. Braun) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were added as cosponsors of S. 1657, a bill to provide assistance to combat the escalating burden of Lyme disease and other tick and vector-borne diseases and disorders.
S. 1703
At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Nevada
(Ms. Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1703, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes.
S. 1757
At the request of Ms. Ernst, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1757, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the United States Army Rangers Veterans of World War II in recognition of their extraordinary service during World War II.
S. 1781
At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1781, a bill to authorize appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal years 2020 through 2022 to provide assistance to El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras through bilateral compacts to increase protection of women and children in their homes and communities and reduce female homicides, domestic violence, and sexual assault.
S. 1782
At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Nevada
(Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1782, a bill to add suicide prevention resources to school identification cards.
S. 1812
At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from California (Ms. Harris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1812, a bill to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct research on wildfire smoke, and for other purposes.
S. 1813
At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from California (Ms. Harris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1813, a bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide wildfire smoke mitigation assistance to States and units of local government, and for other purposes.
S. 1814
At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from California (Ms. Harris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1814, a bill to authorize the President to declare a smoke emergency, and for other purposes.
S. 1815
At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from California (Ms. Harris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1815, a bill to establish an occupational safety and health standard to protect farmworkers from wildfire smoke, and for other purposes.
S. 1838
At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Arizona
(Ms. McSally) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1838, a bill to amend the Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992, and for other purposes.
S. 2026
At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Montana
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2026, a bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to reauthorize the farm to school program, and for other purposes.
S. 2179
At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2179, a bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to provide social service agencies with the resources to provide services to meet the urgent needs of Holocaust survivors to age in place with dignity, comfort, security, and quality of life.
S. 2246
At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2246, a bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide equal coverage of in vitro specific IgE tests and percutaneous tests for allergies under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and for other purposes.
S. 2248
At the request of Mr. Scott of South Carolina, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2248, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to redesignate and expand the Troops-to-Teachers Program, and for other purposes.
S. 2254
At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from New York
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2254, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create a Pension Rehabilitation Trust Fund, to establish a Pension Rehabilitation Administration within the Department of the Treasury to make loans to multiemployer defined benefit plans, and for other purposes.
S. 2491
At the request of Mr. Udall, the name of the Senator from Delaware
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2491, a bill to terminate certain rules issued by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce relating to endangered and threatened species, and for other purposes.
S. 2570
At the request of Ms. Sinema, the name of the Senator from Montana
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2570, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Greg LeMond in recognition of his service to the United States as an athlete, activist, role model, and community leader.
S. 2603
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2603, a bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to end the immigrant visa backlog, and for other purposes.
S. 2641
At the request of Mr. Risch, the names of the Senator from Michigan
(Mr. Peters) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) were added as cosponsors of S. 2641, a bill to promote United States national security and prevent the resurgence of ISIS, and for other purposes.
S. 2671
At the request of Ms. Duckworth, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 2671, a bill to build safer, thriving communities, and save lives by investing in effective violence reduction initiatives.
At the request of Mr. Casey, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 2671, supra.
S. 2680
At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Mississippi
(Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2680, a bill to impose sanctions with respect to foreign support for Palestinian terrorism, and for other purposes.
S. 2690
At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma
(Mr. Lankford) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2690, a bill to reduce mass violence, strengthen mental health collaboration in communities, improve school safety, and for other purposes.
S. 2695
At the request of Mr. Roberts, the names of the Senator from Iowa
(Mr. Grassley) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran) were added as cosponsors of S. 2695, a bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide for the defense of United States agriculture and food through the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, and for other purposes.
S. 2710
At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Maryland
(Mr. Van Hollen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2710, a bill to prohibit the commercial export of covered munitions items to the Hong Kong Police Force.
S. 2722
At the request of Ms. Ernst, the name of the Senator from Montana
(Mr. Daines) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2722, a bill to prohibit agencies from using Federal funds for publicity or propaganda purposes, and for other purposes.
S. 2740
At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Indiana
(Mr. Braun) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2740, a bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to clarify the regulatory framework with respect to certain nonprescription drugs that are marketed without an approved new drug application, and for other purposes.
S. RES. 150
At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. Romney) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 150, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that it is the policy of the United States to commemorate the Armenian Genocide through official recognition and remembrance.
S. RES. 376
At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 376, a resolution emphasizing the importance of a career, nonpartisan Foreign Service of the United States.
AMENDMENT NO. 1005
At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1005 proposed to H.R. 3055, a bill making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 1088
At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from California
(Ms. Harris) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1088 proposed to H.R. 3055, a bill making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 1099
At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the names of the Senator from Michigan
(Mr. Peters) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1099 proposed to H.R. 3055, a bill making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 1114
At the request of Mr. Heinrich, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1114 proposed to H.R. 3055, a bill making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 1122
At the request of Mr. Heinrich, the name of the Senator from Alaska
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1122 intended to be proposed to H.R. 3055, a bill making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 1130
At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1130 proposed to H.R. 3055, a bill making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 1135
At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from California (Ms. Harris) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1135 intended to be proposed to H.R. 3055, a bill making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 1163
At the request of Ms. McSally, the name of the Senator from Michigan
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1163 proposed to H.R. 3055, a bill making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 1182
At the request of Mr. Peters, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1182 proposed to H.R. 3055, a bill making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 1193
At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1193 proposed to H.R. 3055, a bill making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 1223
At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Michigan
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1223 proposed to H.R. 3055, a bill making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.
____________________
Alerts Sign-up