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“COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 2023-03-01” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the in the Daily Digest section section on pages D170-D171 on Feb. 28.
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.
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COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,
MARCH 1, 2023
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: business meeting to consider the nomination of Margo Schlanger, of Michigan, to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, Time to be announced, Room to be announced.
Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 2023 Farm Bill, focusing on conservation and forestry programs, 10 a.m., SR-328A.
Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings to examine climate change and the economic risks to coastal communities, 10 a.m., SD-
608.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Phillip A. Washington, of Illinois, to be Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, 10 a.m., SR-253.
Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Joseph Goffman, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, 10 a.m., SD-406.
Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Vivek Hallegere Murthy, of Florida, to be Representative on the Executive Board of the World Health Organization, Kathleen A. FitzGibbon, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Niger, Eric W. Kneedler, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Rwanda, Pamela M. Tremont, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Zimbabwe, and Richard Mills, Jr., of Georgia, to be Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, all of the Department of State, and other pending nominations, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
Committee on the Judiciary: to hold an oversight hearing to examine the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SH-216.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold a joint hearing with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative presentation of the American Legion and multiple veterans service organizations, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
House
Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs, oversight hearing on the United Nations, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce, hearing entitled ``Promoting U.S. Innovation and Individual Liberty through a National Standard for Data Privacy'', 8:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, continue markup on H.R. 1093, to direct the Secretary of State to submit to Congress a report on implementation of the advanced capabilities pillar of the trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States; legislation to amend the Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020 to require periodic reviews and updated reports relating to the Department of State's Taiwan Guidelines; legislation to require the development of a strategy to eliminate the availability to foreign adversaries of goods and technologies capable of supporting undersea cables, and for other purposes; legislation to provide for the authorization of appropriations for the Countering the People's Republic of China Malign Influence Fund, and for other purposes; H.R. 1107, to direct the Secretary of State to take certain actions with respect to the labeling of the People's Republic of China as a developing country; legislation to combat forced organ harvesting and trafficking in persons for purposes of the removal of organs, and for other purposes; H. Res. 90, demanding that the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Communist Party of China immediately release Mark Swidan; H.R. 1151, to hold the People's Republic of China accountable for the violation of United States airspace and sovereignty with its high-altitude surveillance balloon; H.R. 406, to provide for the treatment of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations as an international organization for purposes of the International Organizations Immunities Act, and for other purposes; H.R. 1149, to establish certain reporting and other requirements relating to telecommunications equipment and services produced or provided by certain entities, and for other purposes; and H.R. 1153, to provide a clarification of non-applicability for regulation and prohibition relating to sensitive personal data under International Emergency Economic Powers Act, and for other purposes, 9 a.m., HVC-210.
Committee on House Administration, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Part 2: Committee Funding for the 118th Congress'', 9 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance, hearing entitled ``The Fentanyl Crisis in America: Inaction is No Longer an Option'', 9 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs, hearing entitled ``Unlocking Indian Country's Economic Potential'', 9 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
Joint Meetings
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to hold a joint hearing with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative presentation of the American Legion and multiple veterans service organizations, 10 a.m., SD-G50.