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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D186-D187 on Feb. 25, 2020.
The Department is primarily focused on food nutrition, with assistance programs making up 80 percent of its budget. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, said the Department implements too many regulations and restrictions and impedes the economy.
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Homeland Security concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2021 for the Department of Homeland Security, after receiving testimony from Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2021 for the Department of Health and Human Services, after receiving testimony from Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine United States European Command and United States Transportation Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2021 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from General Tod D. Wolters, USAF, Commander, United States European Command/North Atlantic Treaty Organization Supreme Allied Commander Europe, and General Stephen R. Lyons, USA, Commander, United States Transportation Command, both of the Department of Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee received a closed briefing on United States European Command and United States Transportation Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2021 and the Future Years Defense Program from General Tod D. Wolters, USAF, Commander, United States European Command/North Atlantic Treaty Organization Supreme Allied Commander Europe, and General Stephen R. Lyons, USA, Commander, United States Transportation Command, both of the Department of Defense.
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine surface transportation reauthorization, focusing on public transportation stakeholders' perspectives, including S. 436, to amend title 49, United States Code, to require the development of public transportation operations safety risk reduction programs, and S. 1553, to repeal the debt ceiling, after receiving testimony from Paul P. Skoutelas, American Public Transportation Association, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Patrick K. McKenna, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, St. Louis, Missouri; Scott Bogren, Community Transportation Association of America, Germantown, Maryland; and Ed Mortimer, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Larry I. Willis, Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, both of Washington, D.C.
FOREST SERVICE BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2021 for the Forest Service, after receiving testimony from Victoria Christiansen, Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture.
NORTH KOREA POLICY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy concluded a hearing to examine North Korea policy one year after Hanoi, after receiving testimony from Robert R. King, and Sue Mi Terry, both of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Bruce Klingner, The Heritage Foundation, all of Washington, D.C.
UNIVERSAL INJUNCTIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine rule by district judge, focusing on the challenges of universal injunctions, after receiving testimony from Loren L. AliKhan, Solicitor General of the District of Columbia, and Jesse Panuccio, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, both of Washington, D.C.; Samuel L. Bray, Notre Dame Law School, Notre Dame, Indiana; Mila Sohoni, University of San Diego School of Law, San Diego, California; and Nicholas Bagley, University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of the intelligence community.
