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“SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Labor was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E12 on Jan. 8, 2018.
The Department provides billions in unemployment insurance, which peaked around 2011 though spending had declined before the pandemic. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, claimed the Department funds "ineffective and duplicative services" and overregulates the workplace.
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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 Tuesday, January 9, 2018 may be found in the Daily Digest of today's Record.
MEETINGS SCHEDULED
JANUARY 10
10 a.m.
Committee on Environment and Public Works
To hold hearings to examine America's water infrastructure needs and challenges.
SD-406
Committee on the Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Kurt D.
Engelhardt, of Louisiana, to be United States Circuit
Judge for the Fifth Circuit, Barry W. Ashe, to be
United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Howard C. Nielson, Jr., to be United
States District Judge for the District of Utah, and
James R. Sweeney II, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana.
SD-226
JANUARY 11
Time to be announced
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Mitchell
Zais, of South Carolina, to be Deputy Secretary,
Kenneth L. Marcus, of Virginia, to be Assistant
Secretary for Civil Rights, and James Blew, of
California, to be Assistant Secretary for Planning,
Evaluation, and Policy Development, all of the
Department of Education, Patrick Pizzella, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary, Scott A. Mugno, of
Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary, Cheryl
Marie Stanton, of South Carolina, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, and William Beach, of
Kansas, to be Commissioner of Labor Statistics, all of
Department of Labor, and Brett Giroir, of Texas, to be
Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public
Health Service, and to be an Assistant Secretary of
Health and Human Services.
TBA10 a.m.
Committee on Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine United States policy in Syria post-ISIS.
SD-419
Committee on the Judiciary
Business meeting to consider S. 2152, to amend title 18,
United States Code, to provide for assistance for victims of child pornography, and the nominations of
Stuart Kyle Duncan, of Louisiana, to be United States
Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, David Ryan Stras, of Minnesota, to be United States Circuit Judge for the
Eighth Circuit, Fernando Rodriguez, Jr., to be United
States District Judge for the Southern District of
Texas, Elizabeth L. Branch, of Georgia, to be United
States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit,
Annemarie Carney Axon, to be United States District
Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, R. Stan
Baker, to be United States District Judge for the
Southern District of Georgia, Jeffrey Uhlman
Beaverstock, to be United States District Judge for the
Southern District of Alabama, Liles Clifton Burke, to be United States District Judge for the Northern
District of Alabama, Thomas Alvin Farr, to be United
States District Judge for the Eastern District of North
Carolina, Charles Barnes Goodwin, to be United States
District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma,
Michael Joseph Juneau, to be United States District
Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, Matthew J.
Kacsmaryk, to be United States District Judge for the
Northern District of Texas, Emily Coody Marks, to be
United States District Judge for the Middle District of
Alabama, Terry Fitzgerald Moorer, to be United States
District Judge for the Southern District of Alabama,
Mark Saalfield Norris, Sr., to be United States
District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee,
William M. Ray II, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, Eli Jeremy
Richardson, to be United States District Judge for the
Middle District of Tennessee, Holly Lou Teeter, to be
United States District Judge for the District of
Kansas, and Brian Allen Benczkowski, of Virginia,
Jeffrey Bossert Clark, of Virginia, and Eric S.
Dreiband, of Maryland, each to be an Assistant Attorney
General, Joseph D. Brown, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, Matthew D. Krueger, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, Norman Euell Arflack, to be United States
Marshal for the Eastern District of Kentucky, and Ted
G. Kamatchus, to be United States Marshal for the
Southern District of Iowa, all of the Department of
Justice.
SD-2262 p.m.
Select Committee on Intelligence
To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters.
SH-219
JANUARY 1610 a.m.
Committee on the Judiciary
To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Department of
Homeland Security.
SH-216
JANUARY 17
2:30 p.m.
Committee on Indian Affairs
To hold an oversight hearing to examine breaking new ground in agribusiness opportunities in Indian Country.
SD-628
