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 U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Senate section on pages S6111-S6112 on Aug. 9.
The Department is primarily focused on food nutrition, with assistance programs making up 80 percent of its budget. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, said the Department implements too many regulations and restrictions and impedes the economy.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 186
At the request of Mr. Young, the name of the Senator from Minnesota
(Ms. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 186, a bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to award grants to develop, administer, and evaluate early childhood education apprenticeships, and for other purposes.
S. 1073
At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1073, a bill to rescind each Medal of Honor awarded for acts at Wounded Knee Creek on December 29, 1890, and for other purposes.
S. 1079
At the request of Mr. Heinrich, the name of the Senator from New York
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1079, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the troops from the United States and the Philippines who defended Bataan and Corregidor, in recognition of their personal sacrifice and service during World War II.
S. 1220
At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from New Mexico
(Mr. Lujan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1220, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to recognize and honor the service of individuals who served in the United States Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II, and for other purposes.
S. 1584
At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1584, a bill to create a 2020 Census Federal Advisory Committee on Transparency and Standards.
S. 1813
At the request of Mr. Coons, the names of the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Marshall) were added as cosponsors of S. 1813, a bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to support research on, and expanded access to, investigational drugs for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and for other purposes.
S. 2023
At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2023, a bill to provide loan forgiveness for certain borrowers of Department of Agriculture direct farm loans, and for other purposes.
S. 2040
At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from New Jersey
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2040, a bill to prohibit consumer reporting agencies from furnishing a consumer report containing any adverse item of information about a consumer if the consumer is a victim of trafficking, and for other purposes.
S. 2125
At the request of Mr. Murphy, the name of the Senator from New Jersey
(Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2125, a bill to divert Federal funding away from supporting the presence of police in schools and toward evidence-based and trauma informed services that address the needs of marginalized students and improve academic outcomes, and for other purposes.
S. 2221
At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Missouri
(Mr. Hawley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2221, a bill to restrict executive agencies from acting in contravention of Executive Order 13950, and for other purposes.
S. 2233
At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the names of the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added as cosponsors of S. 2233, a bill to establish a grant program for shuttered minor league baseball clubs, and for other purposes.
S. 2276
At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Maine
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2276, a bill to support empowerment, economic security, and educational opportunities for adolescent girls around the world, and for other purposes.
S. 2305
At the request of Mr. Ossoff, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2305, a bill to enhance cybersecurity education.
S. 2346
At the request of Mr. Cotton, the name of the Senator from Alabama
(Mr. Tuberville) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2346, a bill to codify Executive Order 13950 (relating to combating race and sex stereotyping), and for other purposes.
S. 2393
At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2393, a bill to clarify that a state has the sole authority to regulate hydraulic fracturing on Federal land within the boundaries of the State.
S. 2394
At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2394, a bill to achieve domestic energy independence by empowering States to control the development and production of all forms of energy on all available Federal land.
S. 2439
At the request of Mr. Peters, the name of the Senator from Nevada
(Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2439, a bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for the responsibility of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to maintain capabilities to identify threats to industrial control systems, and for other purposes.
S. 2479
At the request of Mr. Risch, the name of the Senator from Mississippi
(Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2479, a bill to withhold United States contributions to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), and for other purposes.
S. 2493
At the request of Mr. Bennet, the names of the Senator from Minnesota
(Ms. Smith), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added as cosponsors of S. 2493, a bill to extend the deadline for eligible health care providers to use certain funds received from the COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund, and for other purposes.
S. 2520
At the request of Mr. Peters, the name of the Senator from Nevada
(Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2520, a bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for engagements with State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, and for other purposes.
S. 2552
At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2552, a bill to promote long-term economic recovery and job creation in underserved communities by providing for investment in catalytic local predevelopment projects for resilient climate infrastructure innovation and to provide assistance to support State and local project development, and for other purposes.
S. 2660
At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Georgia
(Mr. Ossoff) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2660, a bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to authorize grants for toxic substances remediation in schools, to reauthorize healthy high-performance schools, and for other purposes.
S. RES. 334
At the request of Ms. Warren, the names of the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Lujan), the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from Minnesota
(Ms. Smith) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 334, a resolution memorializing those impacted by and lost to the COVID-19 virus
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