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“CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the in the Daily Digest section section on pages D935-D937 on Sept. 6.
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:
CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD
Week of September 7 through September 9, 2022
Senate Chamber
On Wednesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of John Z. Lee, of Illinois, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, post-cloture, and vote on confirmation thereon at 2:15 p.m.
Following disposition of the nomination of John Z. Lee, Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Andre B. Mathis, of Tennessee, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit.
During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared legislative and executive business.
Senate Committees
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: September 7, to receive a briefing on the experience of workers and consumers with newer consumer financial products and the impact on the dignity of work, 10:30 a.m., VTC.
September 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine current issues in insurance, 10 a.m., SD-538.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: September 7, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of David Michael Capozzi, of Maryland, Anthony Rosario Coscia, of New Jersey, Christopher Koos, of Illinois, Samuel E. Lathem, of Delaware, and Robin Lee Wiessmann, of Pennsylvania, each to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors, and Robert E. Primus, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Surface Transportation Board, 10 a.m., SR-253.
Committee on Environment and Public Works: September 7, to hold hearings to examine S. 2736, to exclude vehicles to be used solely for competition from certain provisions of the Clean Air Act, S. 1475, to amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the issuance of permits under title V of that Act for certain emissions from agricultural production, S. 2661, to amend the Clean Air Act to establish a grant program for supporting local communities in detecting, preparing for, communicating about, or mitigating the environmental and public health impacts of wildfire smoke, and S. 2421, to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct research on wildfire smoke, 10 a.m., SD-406.
September 7, Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of William J. Renick, of Mississippi, Adam Wade White, of Kentucky, and Joe H. Ritch, of Alabama, each to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority, 2:30 p.m., SD-406.
Committee on Finance: September 7, business meeting to consider the nomination of Douglas J. McKalip, of the District of Columbia, to be Chief Agricultural Negotiator, Office of the United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, 10 a.m., SD-215.
Committee on the Judiciary: September 7, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Cindy K. Chung, of Pennsylvania, and Tamika R. Montgomery-Reeves, of Delaware, both to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, and Kelley Brisbon Hodge, John Frank Murphy, Mia Roberts Perez, and Kai N. Scott, each to be a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 10 a.m., SD-226.
September 7, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, to hold an oversight hearing to examine the United States Copyright Office, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
September 8, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 4524, to limit the judicial enforceability of predispute nondisclosure and nondisparagement contract clauses relating to disputes involving sexual assault and sexual harassment, S. 673, to provide a temporary safe harbor for publishers of online content to collectively negotiate with dominant online platforms regarding the terms on which content may be distributed, and the nominations of Dana M. Douglas, of Louisiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, Bradley N. Garcia, of Maryland, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, Frances Kay Behm, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, Jerry W. Blackwell, to be United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota, Anne M. Nardacci, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of New York, Richard E. DiZinno, of the District of Columbia, and Travis LeBlanc, of Maryland, both to be a Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, and Brian A. Kyes, to be United States Marshal for the District of Massachusetts, and Stephen D. Lynn, to be United States Marshal for the Middle District of Georgia, both of the Department of Justice, 9 a.m., SH-216.
Select Committee on Intelligence: September 7, to receive a closed briefing to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SVC-
217.
House Committees
Committee on Education and Labor, September 8, Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services, hearing entitled ``An Ounce of Prevention: Investments in Juvenile Justice Programs'', 12 p.m., Zoom.
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