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“SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Justice was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E37-E38 on Jan. 9, 2017.
The Department is one of the oldest in the US, focused primarily on law enforcement and the federal prison system. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, detailed wasteful expenses such as $16 muffins at conferences and board meetings.
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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 Tuesday, January 10, 2017 may be found in the Daily Digest of today's Record.
MEETINGS SCHEDULED
JANUARY 119 a.m.
Committee on Foreign Relations
Business meeting to consider protocol to the North
Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the Accession of Montenegro
(Treaty Doc. 114-12); to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine the nomination of Rex Wayne
Tillerson, of Texas, to be Secretary of State.
SD-1069:30 a.m.
Committee on the Judiciary
To continue hearings to examine the nomination of Jeff
Sessions, of Alabama, to be Attorney General,
Department of Justice.
SR-32510 a.m.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Betsy
DeVos, of Michigan, to be Secretary of Education.
SD-43010:15 a.m.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Elaine L.
Chao, to be Secretary of Transportation.
SR-253
JANUARY 12
9:30 a.m.
Committee on Armed Services
To hold hearings to examine the nomination of James N.
Mattis, to be Secretary of Defense; to be immediately followed by a business meeting to consider legislation to provide for an exception to a limitation against appointment of persons as Secretary of Defense within seven years of relief from active duty as a regular commissioned officer of the Armed Forces.
SD-G5010 a.m.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Benjamin
Carson, of Michigan, to be Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development.
SD-538
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Wilbur L.
Ross, Jr., to be Secretary of Commerce.
SR-253
Committee on Foreign Relations
To continue hearings to examine the nomination of Rex
Wayne Tillerson, of Texas, to be Secretary of State.
SD-106
Select Committee on Intelligence
To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Mike
Pompeo, of Kansas, to be Director of the Central
Intelligence Agency.
SH-2161 p.m.
Select Committee on Intelligence
To hold closed hearings to examine the nomination of Mike
Pompeo, of Kansas, to be Director of the Central
Intelligence Agency.
SH-219
