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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D1047-D1048 on Oct. 5, 2011.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FEDERAL BUDGET DEFICIT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic Policy concluded a hearing to examine perspectives on the economic implications of the Federal budget deficit, after receiving testimony from Maya MacGuineas, New America Foundation Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, and Douglas Holtz-Eakin, American Action Forum, both of Washington, D.C.; and Roger C. Altman, Evercore Partners, New York, New York.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Susan Denise Page, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Republic of South Sudan, Adrienne S. O'Neal, of Michigan, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cape Verde, Mary Beth Leonard, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Mali, and Mark Francis Brzezinski, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Sweden, all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Ernest Mitchell, Jr., of California, to be Administrator of the United States Fire Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
FOOD SERVICE MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight concluded a hearing to examine food service management contracts, focusing on if contractors are overcharging the government, after receiving testimony from Phyllis K. Fong, Inspector General, Office of Inspector General, Department of Agriculture; John F. Carroll, State of New York Assistant Attorney General, New York; and Charles Tiefer, University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, Maryland.
THE ROLE OF JUDGES UNDER THE CONSTITUTION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine considering the role of judges under the Constitution of the United States, after receiving testimony from Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, and Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, both of The Supreme Court of the United States.
