Volume 167, No. 65 covering the 1st Session of the 117th Congress (2021 - 2022) 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 S1982-S1984 on April 15.
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. 56
At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 56, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants for training and support services for families and caregivers of people living with Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia.
S. 65
At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Georgia
(Mr. Warnock) was added as a cosponsor of S. 65, a bill to ensure that goods made with forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China do not enter the United States market, and for other purposes.
S. 70
At the request of Ms. Hassan, the name of the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 70, a bill to amend title 32, United States Code, to authorize cybersecurity operations and missions to protect critical infrastructure by members of the National Guard in connection with training or other duty.
S. 101
At the request of Mr. Markey, the names of the Senator from California (Mr. Padilla) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) were added as cosponsors of S. 101, a bill to establish the Environmental Justice Mapping Committee, and for other purposes.
S. 145
At the request of Mr. Daines, the names of the Senator from Minnesota
(Ms. Smith) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Marshall) were added as cosponsors of S. 145, a bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to repeal the requirement that the United States Postal Service prepay future retirement benefits, and for other purposes.
S. 172
At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Arizona
(Mr. Kelly) was added as a cosponsor of S. 172, a bill to authorize the National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes.
S. 248
At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Warnock) was added as a cosponsor of S. 248, a bill to provide paid family and medical leave benefits to certain individuals, and for other purposes.
S. 282
At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Montana
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 282, a bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness.
S. 289
At the request of Mr. Markey, the names of the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Rosen), the Senator from Maryland
(Mr. Van Hollen) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) were added as cosponsors of S. 289, a bill to authorize appropriations for offsetting the costs related to reductions in research productivity resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.
S. 331
At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from Kansas
(Mr. Marshall), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added as cosponsors of S. 331, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the age requirement with respect to eligibility for qualified ABLE programs.
S. 360
At the request of Mrs. Capito, the names of the Senator from Indiana
(Mr. Braun) and the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kelly) were added as cosponsors of S. 360, a bill to amend title 51, United States Code, to modify the national space grant college and fellowship program, and for other purposes.
S. 385
At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from New Mexico
(Mr. Lujan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 385, a bill to improve the full-service community school program, and for other purposes.
S. 420
At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Maine
(Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 420, a bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, and for other purposes.
S. 452
At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Missouri
(Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of S. 452, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Willie O'Ree, in recognition of his extraordinary contributions and commitment to hockey, inclusion, and recreational opportunity.
S. 454
At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 454, a bill to provide health care and benefits to veterans who were exposed to toxic substances while serving as members of the Armed Forces at Karshi Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan, and for other purposes.
S. 464
At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Maine
(Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 464, a bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol, and for other purposes.
S. 501
At the request of Mr. Daines, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 501, a bill to prohibit earmarks.
S. 586
At the request of Mrs. Capito, the names of the Senator from Montana
(Mr. Tester) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis) were added as cosponsors of S. 586, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to combat the opioid crisis by promoting access to non-opioid treatments in the hospital outpatient setting.
S. 621
At the request of Mr. Cotton, the name of the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 621, a bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to add membership in a significant transnational criminal organization to the list of grounds of inadmissibility and to prohibit the provision of material support or resources to such organizations.
S. 692
At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Washington
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 692, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the female telephone operators of the Army Signal Corps, known as the ``Hello Girls''.
S. 773
At the request of Mr. Thune, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma
(Mr. Inhofe) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith) were added as cosponsors of S. 773, a bill to enable certain hospitals that were participating in or applied for the drug discount program under section 340B of the Public Health Service Act prior to the COVID-19 public health emergency to temporarily maintain eligibility for such program, and for other purposes.
S. 784
At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from New York
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 784, a bill to amend the Social Security Act to establish a new employment, training, and supportive services program for unemployed and underemployed individuals, including individuals with barriers to employment and those who are unemployed or underemployed as a result of COVID-19, and for other purposes.
S. 800
At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from Nebraska
(Mrs. Fischer) and the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul) were added as cosponsors of S. 800, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit nurse practitioners and physician assistants to satisfy the documentation requirement under the Medicare program for coverage of certain shoes for individuals with diabetes.
S. 810
At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 810, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the list of diseases associated with exposure to certain herbicide agents for which there is a presumption of service connection for veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam to include hypertension, and for other purposes.
S. 828
At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the names of the Senator from Maine
(Ms. Collins), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the Senator from Maine (Mr. King) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) were added as cosponsors of S. 828, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services under part B of the Medicare program, and for other purposes.
S. 910
At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Lujan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 910, a bill to create protections for financial institutions that provide financial services to cannabis-related legitimate businesses and service providers for such businesses, and for other purposes.
S. 937
At the request of Ms. Hirono, the names of the Senator from Georgia
(Mr. Ossoff) and the Senator from Maine (Mr. King) were added as cosponsors of S. 937, a bill to facilitate the expedited review of COVID-19 hate crimes, and for other purposes.
S. 966
At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from New Mexico
(Mr. Lujan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 966, a bill to require the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to establish a Climate Change Education Program, and for other purposes.
S. 976
At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 976, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans, and for other purposes.
S. 978
At the request of Ms. Smith, the names of the Senator from New Mexico
(Mr. Lujan) and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso) were added as cosponsors of S. 978, a bill to provide for the adjustment or modification by the Secretary of Agriculture of loans for critical rural utility service providers, and for other purposes.
S. 986
At the request of Ms. Smith, the names of the Senator from Colorado
(Mr. Hickenlooper) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) were added as cosponsors of S. 986, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a 5-year extension of the carbon oxide sequestration credit, and for other purposes.
S. 1020
At the request of Ms. Duckworth, the names of the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) were added as cosponsors of S. 1020, a bill to ensure due process protections of individuals in the United States against unlawful detention based solely on a protected characteristic.
S. 1042
At the request of Mr. Warnock, the name of the Senator from Minnesota
(Ms. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1042, a bill to prevent maternal mortality and serve maternal morbidity among Black pregnant and postpartum individuals and other underserved populations, to provide training in respectful maternity care, to reduce and prevent bias, racism, and discrimination in maternity care settings, and for other purposes.
S. 1050
At the request of Mr. Cotton, the name of the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1050, a bill to enact as law certain regulations relating to the taking of double-
crested cormorants.
S. 1072
At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Ms. Duckworth) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1072, a bill to provide incentives for agricultural producers to carry out climate stewardship practices, to provide for increased reforestation across the United States, to establish the Coastal and Estuary Resilience Grant Program, and for other purposes.
S. 1106
At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Ms. Duckworth) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1106, a bill to prohibit the sale of shark fins, and for other purposes.
S.J. RES. 1
At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from Maine
(Ms. Collins) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) were added as cosponsors of S.J. Res. 1, a joint resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.
S.J. RES. 14
At the request of Mr. Heinrich, the name of the Senator from Michigan
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 14, a joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to ``Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources Review''.
S. RES. 37
At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Oregon
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 37, a resolution expressing solidarity with the San Isidro Movement in Cuba, condemning escalated attacks against artistic freedoms in Cuba, and calling for the repeal of laws that violate freedom of expression and the immediate release of arbitrarily detained artists, journalists, and activists.
S. RES. 46
At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from Hawaii
(Ms. Hirono) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 46, a resolution calling on the President of the United States to take executive action to broadly cancel Federal student loan debt.
S. RES. 72
At the request of Mr. Cotton, the name of the Senator from Nebraska
(Mrs. Fischer) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 72, a resolution opposing the lifting of sanctions imposed with respect to Iran without addressing the full scope of Iran's malign activities, including its nuclear program, ballistic and cruise missile capabilities, weapons proliferation, support for terrorism, hostage-taking, gross human rights violations, and other destabilizing activities.
S. RES. 116
At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Florida
(Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 116, a resolution commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs operation and remembering the members of Brigada de Asalto 2506 (Assault Brigade 2506).
S. RES. 133
At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 133, a resolution condemning all forms of anti-Asian sentiment as related to COVID-19.
S. RES. 140
At the request of Mr. Warnock, the name of the Senator from Michigan
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 140, a resolution condemning the horrific shootings in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 16, 2021, and reaffirming the commitment of the Senate to combating hate, bigotry, and violence against the Asian-American and Pacific Islander community.
AMENDMENT NO. 1412
At the request of Mrs. Blackburn, the name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1412 intended to be proposed to S. 937, a bill to facilitate the expedited review of COVID-19 hate crimes, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 1437
At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Texas
(Mr. Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1437 intended to be proposed to S. 937, a bill to facilitate the expedited review of COVID-19 hate crimes, and for other purposes
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