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“SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E1169 on Aug. 22, 2018.
The Department is primarily focused on food nutrition, with assistance programs making up 80 percent of its budget. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, said the Department implements too many regulations and restrictions and impedes the economy.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate of February 4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled and any cancellations or changes in the meetings as they occur.
As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
Meetings scheduled for Thursday, August 23, 2018 may be found in the Daily Digest of today's Record.
MEETINGS SCHEDULED
AUGUST 282:30 p.m.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast
Guard
To hold hearings to examine harmful algal blooms, focusing on the impact on our nation's waters.
SR-253
Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on the Constitution
To hold hearings to examine threats to religious liberty around the world.
SD-226
AUGUST 2910 a.m.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
SD-G50
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Food and Drug
Administration, focusing on leveraging cutting-edge science and protecting public health.
SD-430
SEPTEMBER 59:30 a.m.
Conferees
Meeting of conferees on H.R. 2, to provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2023.
SR-32510 a.m.
Committee on Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine the value of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance.
SD-419
