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“SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Labor was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E1649-E1650 on Dec. 4, 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.
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 Tuesday, December 5, 2017 may be found in the Daily Digest of today's Record.
MEETINGS SCHEDULED
DECEMBER 69:30 a.m.
Special Committee on Aging
To hold hearings to examine America's aging workforce, focusing on opportunities and challenges.
SD-562
10 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-226
2:30 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 Foreign Relations
Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and
Counterterrorism
To hold hearings to examine beyond ISIS, focusing on countering terrorism, radicalization, and promoting stability in North Africa.
SD-419
Committee on Indian Affairs
Business meeting to consider S. 1870, to amend the
Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to secure urgent resources vital to Indian victims of crime; to be immediately followed by a hearing 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 7Time 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, and
James Blew, of California, to be Assistant Secretary for Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development, both of the Department of Education, Kate S. O'Scannlain, of
Maryland, to be Solicitor, and Preston Rutledge, of the
District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary, both of the Department of Labor, and other pending nominations.
TBA
10 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
Committee on the Judiciary
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Leonard
Steven Grasz, of Nebraska, to be United States Circuit
Judge for the Eighth Circuit, James C. Ho, of Texas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit,
Don R. Willett, of Texas, to be a Circuit Judge, United
States Court of Appeals for the
Fifth Circuit, Terry A. Doughty, to be United States
District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana,
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, Claria
Horn Boom, to be United States District Judge for the
Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky, John W.
Broomes, to be United States District Judge for the
District of Kansas, Rebecca Grady Jennings, to be
United States District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky, and Robert Earl Wier, to be United States
District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky.
SD-226
2 p.m.
Select Committee on Intelligence
To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters.
SH-219
DECEMBER 1210 a.m.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
To hold hearings to examine the cost of prescription drugs, focusing on an examination of the National
Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report
``Making Medicines Affordable: A National Imperative''.
SD-430
DECEMBER 1310 a.m.
Committee on Armed Services
Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
To receive a closed briefing on Department of Defense global counterterrorism operations.
SVC-217
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
To hold hearings to examine implementation of the 21st
Century Cures Act, focusing on responding to mental health needs.
SD-430
2:30 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
