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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D398-D399 on April 11, 2019.
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.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2020 for the Department of Agriculture, after receiving testimony from Sonny Perdue, Secretary, and Robert Johansson, Chief Economist, and Erica Navarro, Budget Officer, all of the Department of Agriculture.
APPROPRIATIONS: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
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 2020 for the National Institutes of Health, after receiving testimony from Francis S. Collins, Director, Douglas Lowy, Acting Director, National Cancer Institute, Griffin P. Rodgers, Director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Anthony Fauci, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Jon Lorsch, Director, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, Richard J. Hodes, Director, National Institute on Aging, Nora Volkow, Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse, all of the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services.
SPACE FORCE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the proposal to establish a United States Space Force, after receiving testimony from Patrick M. Shanahan, Acting Secretary, Heather A. Wilson, Secretary of the Air Force, General Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., USMC, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and General John E. Hyten, USAF, Commander, United States Strategic Command, all of the Department of Defense.
ILLEGAL ROBOCALLS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet concluded a hearing to examine illegal robocalls, after receiving testimony from Doug Peterson, Nebraska Attorney General, Lincoln; and Kevin Rupy, USTelecom--The Broadband Association, and Margot Freeman Saunders, National Consumer Law Center, Washington, D.C.
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a hearing to examine opportunities for energy innovation and other potential solutions to help address global climate change, after receiving testimony from Robert Bryce, Manhattan Institute, and David B. Sandalow, Columbia Center on Global Energy Policy, both of New York, New York; Sarah Ladislaw, Center for Strategic and International Studies Energy and National Security Program, Washington, D.C.; Arun Majumdar, Stanford University Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford, California; and Abraham Silverman, NRG Energy, Inc., Princeton, New Jersey.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Kate Marie Byrnes, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of North Macedonia, Edward F. Crawford, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to Ireland, who was introduced by Senators Brown and Portman, and David Michael Satterfield, of Missouri, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey, all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
