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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Commerce was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D1163 on Nov. 13, 2018.
The Department includes the Census Bureau, which is used to determine many factors about American life. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, said the Department is involved in misguided foreign trade policies and is home to many unneeded programs.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Steven Dillingham, of Virginia, to be Director of the Census, Department of Commerce, and Michael Kubayanda, of Ohio, to be a Commissioner of the Postal Regulatory Commission.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Paul B. Matey, of New Jersey, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, Jean-Paul Boulee, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, James David Cain, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, who was introduced by Senator Cassidy, Damon Ray Leichty, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Indiana, and J. Nicholas Ranjan, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
BIG BANK BANKRUPTCY
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine big bank bankruptcy, focusing on ten years after Lehman Brothers, after receiving testimony from Donald S. Bernstein, Davis Polk and Wardwell LLP, and Stephen E. Hessler, Kirkland and Ellis LLP, both of New York, New York; and Mark J. Roe, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
