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“COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 2020-09-10” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Justice was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D772-D773 on Sept. 9, 2020.
The Department is one of the oldest in the US, focused primarily on law enforcement and the federal prison system. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, detailed wasteful expenses such as $16 muffins at conferences and board meetings.
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COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider the nominations of J. Philip Calabrese, and James Ray Knepp II, both to be a United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, Aileen Mercedes Cannon, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, Toby Crouse, to be United States District Judge for the District of Kansas, and Michael Jay Newman, of Ohio, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio, 10 a.m., SR-325.
House
Committee on the Budget, Full Committee, hearing entitled
``Machines, Artificial Intelligence, and the Workforce: Recovering and Readying Our Economy for the Future'', 1 p.m., Webex.
Committee on Education and Labor, Full Committee, business meeting to approve new subcommittee assignments and a subcommittee Ranking Member, 11:30 a.m., Webex.
Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services, hearing entitled
``On the Basis of Sex: Examining the Administration's Attacks on Gender-Based Protections'', 12:30 p.m., Webex.
Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled
``The Need for Financial Aid to America's States and Territories During the Pandemic: Supporting First Responders, Assisting Schools in Their Efforts to Safely Educate, and Preventing Mass Layoffs'', 12 p.m., Webex.
Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, Energy, and the Environment, hearing entitled ``Protecting Democracy During COVID-19 in Europe and Eurasia and the Democratic Awakening in Belarus'', 11 a.m., Webex.
Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States, hearing entitled ``Examining the Bureau of Indian Education's School Reopening Guidance During the COVID-19 Pandemic'', 3 p.m., Webex.
Committee on Oversight and Reform, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Providing the Census Bureau with the Time to Produce a Complete and Accurate Census'', 11 a.m., 2154 Rayburn and Webex.
Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture, Trade, and Entrepreneurship, hearing entitled ``Kick Starting Entrepreneurship and Main Street Economic Recovery'', 1 p.m., Webex.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Full Committee, business meeting to Reauthorize the Women Veterans' Task Force, 10 a.m., HVC-210 and Webex.
Full Committee, hearing on hearing on H.R. 7541, the ``VA Zero Suicide Demonstration Project''; H.R. 7504, the ``VA Clinical TEAM Culture Act of 2020''; H.R. 7784, the ``VA Police Improvement and Accountability Act''; H.R. 7879, the ``VA Telehealth Expansion Act''; H.R. 7747, the ``VA Solid Start Reporting Act''; H.R. 7888, the ``REACH VET Reporting Act''; H.R. 7964, the ``Peer Support for Veteran Families Act''; H.R. 3450, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from transmitting certain information to the Department of Justice for use by the national instant criminal background check system; H.R. 3788, the ``VA Child Care Protection Act of 2019''; H.R. 3826, the ``Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act''; H.R. 6092, the ``Veteran's Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Act''; H.R. 7469, the ``Modernizing Veterans' Healthcare Eligibility Act''; H.R. 8005, the ``Veterans Access to Online Treatment Act''; H.R. 8033, the ``Access to Suicide Prevention Coordinators Act''; H.R. 8084, the ``Lethal Means Safety Training Act''; H.R. 8068, the
``American Indian and Alaska Native Veterans Mental Health Act''; H.R. 8149, the ``VA Precision Medicine Act''; H.R. 8148, the ``VA Data Analytics and Technology Assistance Act''; H.R. 8108, the ``VA Serious Mental Illness Act''; H.R. 8144, the ``VA Mental Health Staffing Improvement Act''; H.R. 8145, the ``VA Mental Health Counseling Act''; H.R. 8130, the ``VA Peer Specialists Act''; H.R. 8107, the ``VA Emergency Department Safety Planning Act''; H.R. 8147, the ``TREAT Act''; legislation on the Veterans' ACCESS Act; legislation on the Veterans Comprehensive Prevention, Access to Care, and Treatment Act of 2020; legislation on the Ensuring Veterans' Smooth Transition Act; legislation on the VA Research Technology Act; legislation on the VA High Altitude and Suicide Research Act; legislation on the VA Expanded Care Hours Act; and legislation on the Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2020, 10:05 a.m., HVC-210 and Webex.
Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing entitled ``The Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act: Considerations for Renewal'', 2 p.m., Webex.
