Volume 163, No. 122 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.
“Senate” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D802-D803 on July 19, 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:
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4061-S4086
Measures Introduced: Fourteen bills and four resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 1578-1591, and S. Res. 221-224.
Pages S4081-82
Appointments:
Board of Visitors of the U.S. Air Force Academy: The Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 9355(a), appointed the following Senator to the Board of Visitors of the U.S. Air Force Academy: Senator Daines (Committee on Appropriations).
Pages S4085-86
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from the President of the United States:
Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the continuation of the national emergency with respect to significant transnational criminal organizations that was established in Executive Order 13581 on July 24, 2011; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-13)
Page S4081
Bush Nomination--Agreement: Senate continued consideration of the nomination of John Kenneth Bush, of Kentucky, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit.
Pages S4061-77
During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the following action:
By 51 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. 163), Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the nomination.
Page S4064
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that all time during morning business, recess, adjournment, and Leader remarks count post-cloture on the nomination.
Page S4086
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the nomination, post-cloture, at approximately 10 a.m., on Thursday, July 20, 2017; that all post-cloture time on the nomination expire at 12:15 p.m.; and that notwithstanding the provisions of Rule XXII, the vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of David Bernhardt, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior occur at 1:45 p.m.
Page S4086
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
Stephen Censky, of Missouri, to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture.
Joseph Kernan, of Florida, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence.
Guy B. Roberts, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense.
Hester Maria Peirce, of Ohio, to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission for a term expiring June 5, 2020.
Michael Dourson, of Ohio, to be Assistant Administrator for Toxic Substances of the Environmental Protection Agency.
John J. Bartrum, of Indiana, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Peter Henry Barlerin, of Colorado, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cameroon.
Daniel J. Kaniewski, of Minnesota, to be Deputy Administrator for National Preparedness, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
Kurt G. Alme, of Montana, to be United States Attorney for the District of Montana for the term of four years.
Annemarie Carney Axon, of Alabama, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama.
Liles Clifton Burke, of Alabama, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama.
Donald Q. Cochran, Jr., of Tennessee, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee for the term of four years.
Russell M. Coleman, of Kentucky, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky for the term of four years.
Peter E. Deegan, Jr., of Iowa, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa for the term of four years.
J. Cody Hiland, of Arkansas, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas for the term of four years.
Marc Krickbaum, of Iowa, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa for the term of four years.
Brian J. Kuester, of Oklahoma, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma for the term of four years.
R. Trent Shores, of Oklahoma, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma for the term of four years.
Page S4086
Nominations Withdrawn: Senate received notification of withdrawal of the following nominations:
James Clinger, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for a term of six years, which was sent to the Senate on June 19, 2017.
James Clinger, of Pennsylvania, to be Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for a term of five years, which was sent to the Senate on June 19, 2017.
Page S4086
Messages from the House:
Page S4081
Measures Referred:
Page S4081
Executive Reports of Committees:
Page S4081
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S4082-83
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S4083-85
Additional Statements:
Page S4080
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Page S4085
Privileges of the Floor:
Page S4085
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--163)
Page S4064
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 5:32 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 20, 2017. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4086.)
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