“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” published by the Congressional Record in the Senate section on June 9

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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” published by the Congressional Record in the Senate section on June 9

Volume 168, No. 99 covering the 2nd 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 in the Senate section section on pages S2893-S2895 on June 9.

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. 346

At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Nevada

(Ms. Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. 346, a bill to end preventable maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity in the United States and close disparities in maternal health outcomes, and for other purposes.

S. 1116

At the request of Mr. Carper, the names of the Senator from Oregon

(Mr. Merkley) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) were added as cosponsors of S. 1116, a bill to amend chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, to create a presumption that a disability or death of a Federal employee in fire protection activities caused by any of certain diseases is the result of the performance of such employees duty, and for other purposes.

S. 1167

At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from California (Mr. Padilla) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1167, a bill to eliminate subsidies for fossil-fuel production.

S. 1302

At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Illinois

(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1302, a bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.

S. 1428

At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Arizona

(Mr. Kelly) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1428, a bill to prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market, and to prohibit biological product manufacturers from compensating biosimilar and interchangeable companies to delay the entry of biosimilar biological products and interchangeable biological products.

S. 1625

At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Arizona

(Ms. Sinema) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1625, a bill to authorize notaries public to perform, and to establish minimum standards for, electronic notarizations and remote notarizations that occur in or affect interstate commerce, to require any Federal court to recognize notarizations performed by a notarial officer of any State, to require any State to recognize notarizations performed by a notarial officer of any other State when the notarization was performed under or relates to a public Act, record, or judicial proceeding of the notarial officer's State or when the notarization occurs in or affects interstate commerce, and for other purposes.

S. 1692

At the request of Mrs. Capito, the names of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) and the Senator from Maine (Mr. King) were added as cosponsors of S. 1692, a bill to provide better care and outcomes for Americans living with Alzheimer's disease and related to dementias and their caregivers, while accelerating progress toward prevention strategies, disease modifying treatments, and, ultimately, a cure.

S. 2964

At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from Vermont

(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2964, a bill to clarify the status of the North Country, Ice Age, and New England National Scenic Trails as units of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

S. 3357

At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Virginia

(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3357, a bill to substantially restrict the use of animal testing for cosmetics.

S. 3603

At the request of Mrs. Blackburn, the name of the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Braun) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3603, a bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to improve the ability of veterans to access medical care in medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs and in the community by providing veterans the ability to choose health care providers.

S. 3607

At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3607, a bill to award a Congressional gold medal, collectively, to the First Rhode Island Regiment, in recognition of their dedicated service during the Revolutionary War.

S. 3711

At the request of Mr. Braun, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3711, a bill to ensure that no cost reduction or cash refund is due under certain transportation cost-

reimbursement contracts on the basis of the forgiveness of certain covered loans, and for other purposes.

S. 3741

At the request of Mr. Heinrich, the name of the Senator from Texas

(Mr. Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3741, a bill to prohibit the use of Federal funds for the private interim storage of spent nuclear fuel, and for other purposes.

S. 3797

At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3797, a bill to amend title V of the Social Security Act to support stillbirth prevention and research, and for other purposes.

S. 3956

At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Maine

(Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3956, a bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a grant program to improve the effectiveness of education and outreach on

``Do Not Flush'' labeling, and to require the Federal Trade Commission, in consultation with the Administrator, to issue regulations requiring certain products to have ``Do Not Flush'' labeling, and for other purposes.

S. 4102

At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott) were added as cosponsors of S. 4102, a bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to update the resource limit for supplemental security income eligibility.

S. 4217

At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Nevada

(Ms. Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4217, a bill to ensure transparent and competitive transportation fuel markets in order to protect consumers from unwarranted price increases.

S. 4272

At the request of Ms. Duckworth, the name of the Senator from Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4272, a bill to improve promotion practices in the National Guard, and for other purposes.

S. 4278

At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Hawaii

(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4278, a bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the purchase of certain firearms by individuals under 21 years of age, and for other purposes.

S. 4290

At the request of Mrs. Blackburn, the name of the Senator from Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4290, a bill to impose certain requirements relating to the renegotiation or reentry into the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or other agreement relating to Iran's nuclear program, and for other purposes.

S. 4316

At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from New Jersey

(Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4316, a bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to update and clarify its rule on substances generally recognized as safe and to establish within the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition of the Food and Drug Administration the Office of Food Chemical Safety Reassessment, and for other purposes.

S. 4331

At the request of Ms. Duckworth, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4331, a bill to require a plan on emergency military assistance to Taiwan and other support to Taiwan's defensive capabilities, and for other purposes.

S. 4364

At the request of Mr. Marshall, the name of the Senator from Wyoming

(Ms. Lummis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4364, a bill to prohibit contracting with persons that have business operations with the Government of the Russian Federation or the Russian energy sector, and for other purposes.

S. RES. 664

At the request of Ms. Duckworth, the name of the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 664, a resolution expressing opposition to the criminalization of essential healthcare, including the full range of sexual and reproductive healthcare such as abortion, gender-affirming care, and contraceptive care, and disapproving of the criminalization of pregnancy outcomes.

AMENDMENT NO. 5048

At the request of Mr. Lee, the names of the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Tuberville) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Lankford) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 5048 intended to be proposed to H.R. 3967, a bill to improve health care and benefits for veterans exposed to toxic substances, and for other purposes.

AMENDMENT NO. 5061

At the request of Ms. Lummis, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma

(Mr. Lankford) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 5061 intended to be proposed to H.R. 3967, a bill to improve health care and benefits for veterans exposed to toxic substances, and for other purposes.

AMENDMENT NO. 5072

At the request of Ms. Ernst, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma

(Mr. Lankford) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 5072 intended to be proposed to H.R. 3967, a bill to improve health care and benefits for veterans exposed to toxic substances, and for other purposes.

AMENDMENT NO. 5075

At the request of Mrs. Blackburn, the names of the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Tuberville), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis), the Senator from Montana

(Mr. Daines) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 5075 intended to be proposed to H.R. 3967, a bill to improve health care and benefits for veterans exposed to toxic substances, and for other purposes.

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 168, No. 99