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“SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Labor was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E1539-E1540 on Nov. 8, 2017.
The Department provides billions in unemployment insurance, which peaked around 2011 though spending had declined before the pandemic. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, claimed the Department funds "ineffective and duplicative services" and overregulates the workplace.
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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 Thursday, November 9, 2017 may be found in the Daily Digest of today's Record.
MEETINGS SCHEDULED
NOVEMBER 149:30 a.m.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
To hold an oversight hearing to examine hurricane recovery efforts in Puerto Rico and the United States
Virgin Islands.
SD-36610 a.m.
Committee on Armed Services
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Anthony
Kurta, of Montana, to be a Principal Deputy Under
Secretary, and James E. McPherson, of Virginia, to be
General Counsel of the Department of the Army, both of the Department of Defense, and Gregory E. Maggs, of
Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of
Appeals for the Armed Forces.
SD-G50
Committee on Environment and Public Works
Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety
To hold hearings to examine S. 1857, to establish a compliance deadline of May 15, 2023, for Step 2 emissions standards for new residential wood heaters, new residential hydronic heaters, and forced-air furnaces, S. 203, to reaffirm that the Environmental
Protection Agency may not regulate vehicles used solely for competition, S. 839, to allow for judicial review of any final rule addressing national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants for brick and structural clay products or for clay ceramics manufacturing before requiring compliance with such rule, and S. 1934, to prevent catastrophic failure or shutdown of remote diesel power engines due to emission control devices.
SD-406
Committee on Foreign Relations
Business meeting to consider S. 1928, to establish a review of United States multilateral aid, and the nomination of Eric M. Ueland, of Oregon, to be an Under
Secretary of State (Management); to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine the authority to order the use of nuclear weapons.
SD-419
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
To hold hearings to examine gene editing technology, focusing on innovation and impact.
SD-430
Committee on the Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine firearm accessory regulation and enforcing Federal and state reporting to the
National Instant Criminal Background Check System
(NICS).
SD-2262:30 p.m.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety,
Insurance, and Data Security
To hold hearings to examine technology in agriculture, focusing on data-driven farming.
SR-253
Committee on Foreign Relations
Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International
Cybersecurity Policy
To hold hearings to examine American leadership in the
Asia-Pacific, focusing on the view from Beijing.
SD-419
NOVEMBER 159 a.m.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Business meeting to consider, pursuant to H. Con. Res.
71, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal
Year 2018, reconciliation legislation to authorize the
Secretary of the Interior to establish and administer a competitive oil and gas program in the non-wilderness portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, known as the ``1002 Area'' or Coastal Plain.
SD-3669:30 a.m.
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
To hold hearings to examine the victims of Turkey's failing rule of law.
SD-12410 a.m.
Committee on Environment and Public Works
To hold hearings to examine promoting American leadership in reducing air emissions through innovation.
SD-406
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
To hold hearings to examine encouraging healthy communities, focusing on perspective from the Surgeon
General.
SD-430
Committee on the Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of James C.
Ho, of Texas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the
Fifth Circuit, Don R. Willett, of Texas, to be a
Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the
Fifth Circuit, Claria Horn Boom, to be United States
District Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of
Kentucky, John W. Broomes, to be United States District
Judge for the District of Kansas, Rebecca Grady
Jennings, to be United States District Judge for the
Western District of Kentucky, and Robert Earl Wier, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern
District of Kentucky.
SD-2262 p.m.
Committee on Foreign Relations
Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime,
Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global
Women's Issues
To hold hearings to examine attacks on United States diplomats in Cuba, focusing on response and oversight.
SD-4192:30 p.m.
Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
To hold hearings to examine Department of Veterans
Affairs efforts to prevent and combat opioid overmedication.
SD-124
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Mitchell
Zais, of South Carolina, to be Deputy Secretary, James
Blew, of California, to be Assistant Secretary for
Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development, and
Timothy Kelly, of Michigan, to be Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult Education, all of the
Department of Education, and Kate S. O'Scannlain, of
Maryland, to be Solicitor, and Preston Rutledge, of the
District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary, both of the Department of Labor.
SD-430
Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer
Rights
To hold hearings to examine the consumer welfare standard in antitrust.
SD-226
NOVEMBER 1610 a.m.
Committee on Armed Services
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of John C.
Rood, of Arizona, to be Under Secretary for Policy, and
Randall G. Schriver, of Virginia, to be an Assistant
Secretary, both of the Department of Defense.
SD-G50
Committee on Foreign Relations
To receive a closed briefing on new counterterrorism guidance.
SVC-217
