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 Patrick J. Leahy was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D196-D197 on March 4.
Of the 100 senators in 117th Congress, 24 percent were women, and 76 percent were men, according to the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Senators' salaries are historically higher than the median US income.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Colin Hackett Kahl, of California, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM, WORKERS, AND THE RACIAL WEALTH GAP
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine how the financial system hurts workers and widens the racial wealth gap, after receiving testimony from Abbye Atkinson, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law; Darrick Hamilton, The New School and the Institute on Race and Political Economy, New York, New York; and Glenn Cartman Loury, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of Debra Anne Haaland, of New Mexico, to be Secretary of the Interior.
Also, Committee announced the following subcommittee assignments for the 117th Congress:
Subcommittee on Energy: Senators Hirono (Chair), Wyden, Sanders, Heinrich, King, Cortez Masto, Hickenlooper, Hoeven, Risch, Murkowski, Lankford, Cassidy, Hyde-Smith, and Marshall.
Subcommittee on National Parks: Senators King (Chair), Sanders, Heinrich, Hirono, Kelly, Daines, Lee, Murkowski, Hoeven, and Lankford.
Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining: Senators Cortez Masto (Chair), Wyden, Heinrich, Hirono, King, Kelly, Hickenlooper, Lee, Risch, Daines, Murkowski, Lankford, Cassidy, and Hyde-Smith.
Subcommittee on Water and Power: Senators Wyden (Chair), Sanders, Cortez Masto, Kelly, Hickenlooper, Hyde-Smith, Risch, Lee, Hoeven, and Marshall.
Senators Manchin and Barrasso are ex officio members of each subcommittee.
NOMINATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of David Turk, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Van Hollen and former Senator Conrad, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Shalanda D. Young, of Louisiana, to be Deputy Director, who was introduced by Senators Leahy and Cassidy, and Jason Scott Miller, of Maryland, to be Deputy Director for Management, who was introduced by Representative Stevens, both of the Office of Management and Budget, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
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