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“SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Labor was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E1620 on Nov. 29, 2017.
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 Thursday, November 30, 2017 may be found in the Daily Digest of today's Record.
MEETINGS SCHEDULED
DECEMBER 510 a.m.
Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
To hold hearings to examine addressing the opioid crisis in America, focusing on prevention, treatment, and recovery.
SD-124
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Timothy R.
Petty, of Indiana, to be an Assistant Secretary of the
Interior, and Linda Capuano, of Texas, to be
Administrator of the Energy Information Administration,
Department of Energy.
SD-366
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Kenneth L.
Marcus, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for
Civil Rights, and Johnny Collett, of Kentucky, to be
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services, both of the Department of
Education, and Scott A. Mugno, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary, and William Beach, of Kansas, to be Commissioner of Labor Statistics, both of the
Department of Labor.
SD-4302:30 p.m.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Energy
To hold hearings to examine S. 1336, to amend the Energy
Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize hydroelectric production incentives and hydroelectric efficiency improvement incentives, S. 1455, to amend the United
States Energy Storage Competitiveness Act of 2007 to direct the Secretary of Energy to establish new goals for the Department of Energy relating to energy storage and to carry out certain demonstration projects relating to energy storage, S. 1563, to authorize the
Office of Fossil Energy to develop advanced separation technologies for the extraction and recovery of rare earth elements and minerals from coal and coal byproducts, S. 1851, to require the Secretary of Energy to establish an energy storage research program, demonstration and deployment program, and technical assistance and grant program, S. 1876, to direct the
Secretary of Energy to establish a program to advance energy storage deployment by reducing the cost of energy storage through research, development, and demonstration, S. 1981, to amend the Natural Gas Act to expedite approval of exports of small volumes of natural gas, and S. 2030, to deem the compliance date for amended energy conservation standards for ceiling light kits to be January 21, 2020.
SD-366
Committee on Foreign Relations
Business meeting to consider S. Res. 150, recognizing threats to freedom of the press and expression around the world and reaffirming freedom of the press as a priority in efforts of the United States Government to promote democracy and good governance, S. Res. 139, condemning the Government of Iran's state-sponsored persecution of its Baha'i minority and its continued violation of the International Covenants on Human
Rights, and the nominations of Eric M. Ueland, of
Oregon, to be an Under Secretary (Management), and
James Randolph Evans, of Georgia, to be Ambassador to
Luxembourg, both of the Department of State; to be immediately followed by a hearing in SD-419 to examine the President, Congress, and shared authority over the international accords.
S-116
DECEMBER 610 a.m.
Committee on Environment and Public Works
To hold hearings to examine the nomination of R. D.
James, of Missouri, to be an Assistant Secretary of the
Army, Department of Defense.
SD-406
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
To hold hearings to examine adapting to defend the
Homeland against the evolving international terrorist threat.
SD-342
Committee on the Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine firearm accessory regulation and enforcing Federal and state reporting to the
National Instant Criminal Background Check System
(NICS).
SD-2262:30 p.m.
Committee on Environment and Public Works
Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Management, and Regulatory
Oversight
To hold hearings to examine challenges facing Superfund and waste cleanup efforts following natural disasters.
SD-406
Committee on Indian Affairs
To hold hearings to examine S. 664, to approve the settlement of the water rights claims of the Navajo in
Utah, to authorize construction of projects in connection therewith, and S. 1770, to approve the settlement of water rights claims of the Hualapai Tribe and certain allottees in the State of Arizona, to authorize construction of a water project relating to those water rights claims.
SD-628
DECEMBER 710 a.m.
Committee on Armed Services
To hold hearings to examine Department of Defense acquisition reform efforts.
SD-G50
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
To hold hearings to examine implementation of the 21st
Century Cures Act, focusing on progress and the path forward for medical innovation.
SD-430
DECEMBER 132:30 p.m.
Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer
Rights
To hold hearings to examine the consumer welfare standard in antitrust.
SD-226
