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“NOMINATIONS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Labor was published in the Senate section on pages S5452 on Sept. 11, 2019.
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.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
NOMINATIONS
Executive nomination received by the Senate:
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
EUGENE SCALIA, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE SECRETARY OF LABOR, VICE R. ALEXANDER ACOSTA, RESIGNED.
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