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 Committee Meetings” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the in the Daily Digest section section on pages D175-D176 on March 1.
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:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
2023 FARM BILL
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 2023 Farm Bill, focusing on conservation and forestry programs, after receiving testimony from Terry J. Cosby, Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Zach Ducheneaux, Administrator, Farm Service Agency, and Angela Coleman, Associate Chief, Forest Service, all of the Department of Agriculture.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of Margo Schlanger, of Michigan, to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture.
CLIMATE CHANGE
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine climate change and the economic risks to coastal communities, after receiving testimony from Sean Becketti, Elliott Bay Analytics, Alexandria, Virginia; Matthew Eby, First Street Foundation, New York, New York; Kate Michaud, Town of Warren, Rhode Island; Jessica Weinkle, University of North Carolina, Wilmington; and Marlo Lewis, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C.
NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Phillip A. Washington, of Illinois, to be Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Bennet and Hickenlooper, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Joseph Goffman, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing 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, who was introduced by Senator Casey, 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, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
DOJ OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to examine the Department of Justice, after receiving testimony from Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, Department of Justice.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of the intelligence community.
