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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Commerce was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D567 on May 15, 2009.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Robert M. Groves, of Michigan, to be Director of the Census, Department of Commerce, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
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