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 in the Daily Digest section section on pages D584-D587 on May 25.
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, May 25, 2022
Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2675-S2711
Measures Introduced: Thirteen bills were introduced, as follows: S. 4301-4313.
Page S2708
Measures Reported:
S. 1687, to amend section 21 of the Small Business Act to require cyber certification for small business development center counselors, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
S. 3564, to amend the Small Business Act to codify the Boots to Business Program, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
S. 3595, to amend the Small Business Act to require the Small Business and Agriculture Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman to create a centralized website for compliance guides.
S. 3906, to improve certain programs of the Small Business Administration to better assist small business customers in accessing broadband technology, with amendments.
Page S2707
Measures Passed:
Benjamin A. Gilman Post Office Building: Senate passed H.R. 767, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 40 Fulton Street in Middletown, New York, as the ``Benjamin A. Gilman Post Office Building''.
Page S2679
Tuskegee Airman Lieutenant Colonel Robert J. Friend Memorial Post Office Building: Senate passed H.R. 1170, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1 League in Irvine, California, as the ``Tuskegee Airman Lieutenant Colonel Robert J. Friend Memorial Post Office Building''.
Page S2679
Patsy Cline Post Office: Senate passed H.R. 1444, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 132 North Loudoun Street, Suite 1 in Winchester, Virginia, as the ``Patsy Cline Post Office''.
Page S2679
Captain Robert C. Harmon and Private John R. Peirson Post Office Building: Senate passed S. 2932, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 430 South Knowles Avenue in New Richmond, Wisconsin, as the ``Captain Robert C. Harmon and Private John R. Peirson Post Office Building''.
Page S2679
Ron Wright Post Office Building: Senate passed S. 3825, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3903 Melear Drive in Arlington, Texas, as the ``Ron Wright Post Office Building''.
Page S2679
Gary James Fletcher Post Office Building: Senate passed S. 3826, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1304 4th Avenue in Canyon, Texas, as the ``Gary James Fletcher Post Office Building''.
Page S2679
Arturo L. Ibleto Post Office Building: Senate passed H.R. 735, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 502 East Cotati Avenue in Cotati, California, as the ``Arturo L. Ibleto Post Office Building''.
Page S2679
Technical Sergeant Marshal Roberts Post Office Building: Senate passed H.R. 1298, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1233 North Cedar Street in Owasso, Oklahoma, as the
``Technical Sergeant Marshal Roberts Post Office Building''.
Page S2679
D. Edwina Stephens Post Office: Senate passed H.R. 2324, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2800 South Adams Street in Tallahassee, Florida, as the ``D. Edwina Stephens Post Office''.
Page S2679
Jeremy L. Ridlen Post Office: Senate passed H.R. 3579, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 East Main Street in Maroa, Illinois, as the ``Jeremy L. Ridlen Post Office''.
Page S2679
Corporal Jeffrey Robert Standfest Post Office Building: Senate passed H.R. 3613, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 202 Trumbull Street in Saint Clair, Michigan, as the
``Corporal Jeffrey Robert Standfest Post Office Building''.
Page S2679
Petty Officer 1st Class Charles Jackson French Post Office: Senate passed H.R. 4168, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6223 Maple Street, in Omaha, Nebraska, as the ``Petty Officer 1st Class Charles Jackson French Post Office''.
Pages S2679-80
Free Trade Agreement with the United Kingdom and European Union: Committee on Finance was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 134, expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should work with the Government of the United Kingdom to conclude negotiations for a comprehensive trade agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom that the President should work with the President of the European Commission to conclude negotiations for a comprehensive trade agreement between the United States and the European Union, and the resolution was then agreed to, after agreeing to the following amendments proposed thereto:
Pages S2698-99
Schumer (for Lee) Amendment No. 5045, in the nature of a substitute.
Page S2698
Schumer (for Lee) Amendment No. 5046, to amend the preamble.
Page S2699
Schumer (for Lee) Amendment No. 5047, to amend the title.
Page S2699
Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at approximately 10 a.m., on Thursday, May 26, 2022, Senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 350, to authorize dedicated domestic terrorism offices within the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to analyze and monitor domestic terrorist activity and require the Federal Government to take steps to prevent domestic terrorism, and vote on the motion to invoke cloture thereon at 11:30 a.m.; that if cloture is not invoked on the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 350, Senate resume consideration of S.J. Res. 46, providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security relating to ``Procedures for Credible Fear Screening and Consideration of Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and CAT Protection Claims by Asylum Officers'', and vote on passage thereon; and that following disposition of S.J. Res. 46, Senate resume consideration of the nomination of Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat, of New Jersey, to be Director General of the Foreign Service, Department of State, and vote on confirmation thereon at 1:45 p.m.
Page S2711
Executive Reports of Committees: Senate received the following executive report of a committee:
Report to accompany Amendment to Montreal Protocol (``Kigali Amendment'') (Treaty Doc. 117-1) (Ex. Rept. 117-2).
Pages S2707-08
Gomez Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the nomination of Lisa M. Gomez, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor.
Page S2696
During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the following action:
By 47 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. EX. 206), Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the nomination.
Page S2696
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that all post-
cloture time be considered expired on the nominations of Lisa M. Gomez, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor, Chavonda J. Jacobs-Young, of Georgia, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics, and Amy Loyd, of New Mexico, to be Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult Education, Department of Education, and Senate vote on confirmation of the nominations at a time to be determined by the Majority Leader, or his designee, following consultation with the Republican Leader.
Page S2696
Jacobs-Young Nomination: Senate resumed consideration of the nomination of Chavonda J. Jacobs-Young, of Georgia, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics.
Pages S2696-98
During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the following action:
By 89 yeas to 3 nays (Vote No. EX. 207), Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the nomination.
Page S2696
Wainstein Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Kenneth L. Wainstein, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, Department of Homeland Security, be withdrawn; and that Senate vote on confirmation of the nomination at a time to be determined by the Majority Leader, or his designee, in consultation with the Republican Leader.
Page S2696
Loyd Nomination: Senate resumed consideration of the nomination of Amy Loyd, of New Mexico, to be Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult Education, Department of Education.
Page S2698
During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the following action:
By 54 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. EX. 208), Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the nomination.
Page S2698 Harper, Bagenstos, Huie, Baker, and Hartley Nominations--agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the motions to invoke cloture on the nominations of Todd M. Harper, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National Credit Union Administration Board, Samuel R. Bagenstos, of Michigan, to be General Counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert Steven Huie, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of California, Shalanda H. Baker, of Texas, to be Director of the Office of Minority Economic Impact, Department of Energy, and Jane Hartley, of New York, to be Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, be withdrawn; and that Senate vote on confirmation of the nominations at a time to be determined by the Majority Leader, or his designee, following consultation with the Republican Leader.
Page S2698
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
By 51 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. EX. 200), Evelyn Padin, of New Jersey, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey.
Pages S2680-81
By 48 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. EX. 201), Charlotte N. Sweeney, of Colorado, to be United States District Judge for the District of Colorado.
Page 2681
By 49 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. EX. 203), Sandra L. Thompson, of Maryland, to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency for a term of five years.
Pages S2678, S2681-85
During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the following action:
By 48 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. EX. 202), Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the nomination.
Page S2681
By 51 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. EX. 205), Henry Christopher Frey, of North Carolina, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Pages S2686-96
During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the following action:
By 51 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. EX. 204), Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the nomination.
Pages S2685-86
Jane Hartley, of New York, to be Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Page S2699
By 48 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. EX. 209), Cathy Ann Harris, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Merit Systems Protection Board for the term of seven years expiring March 1, 2028.
Page S2700
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
Rachel Bloomekatz, of Ohio, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit.
Thomas E. Brown, of Georgia, to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of Georgia for the term of four years.
Stephen D. Lynn, of Georgia, to be United States Marshal for the Middle District of Georgia for the term of four years.
Doris L. Pryor, of Indiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit.
Florence Y. Pan, of the District of Columbia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Roy W. Minter, Jr., of Georgia, to be United States Marshal for the Southern District of Georgia for the term of four years.
Brian A. Kyes, of Massachusetts, to be United States Marshal for the District of Massachusetts for the term of four years.
25 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
Page S2711
Measures Referred:
Page S2706
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
Pages S2677, S2706
Executive Communications:
Pages S2706-07
Executive Reports of Committees:
Page S2707
Notice of a Tie Vote Under S. Res. 27:
Page S2703
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S2708-09
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Page S2709
Additional Statements:
Pages S2704-06
Amendments Submitted:
Page S2710
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Pages S2710-11
Privileges of the Floor:
Page S2711
Record Votes: Ten record votes were taken today. (Total--209)
Pages S2680-81, S2685-86, S2695-96, S2698, S2700
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 10:17 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Thursday, May 26, 2022. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S2711.)
[[Page D587]]
