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“Senate” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Labor was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D359-D360 on March 29, 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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Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2055-S2118
Measures Introduced: Twenty bills and two resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 755-774, and S. Res. 102-103.
Pages S2098-99
Measures Reported:
Special Report entitled ``Report of the Select Committee on Intelligence United States Senate Covering the Period January 6, 2015 to January 2, 2017''. (S. Rept. No. 115-13)
Page S2098
Measures Passed:
National Asbestos Awareness Week: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 98, designating the first week of April 2017 as ``National Asbestos Awareness Week'', and the resolution was then agreed to.
Page S2115
Vietnam Veterans Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 103, designating March 29, 2017, as ``Vietnam Veterans Day''.
Pages S2103-14, S2115
Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act: Senate passed H.R. 353, to improve the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's weather research through a focused program of investment on affordable and attainable advances in observational, computing, and modeling capabilities to support substantial improvement in weather forecasting and prediction of high impact weather events, to expand commercial opportunities for the provision of weather data, after agreeing to the following amendments proposed thereto:
Pages S2115-16
McConnell (for Thune) Amendment No. 204, in the nature of a substitute.
Page S2116
McConnell (for Cantwell) Amendment No. 205 (to the language proposed by Amendment No. 204), to authorize and strengthen the tsunami detection, forecast, warning, research, and mitigation program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Page S2116
Measures Considered:
Savings Arrangements Established by Qualified State Political Subdivisions for Non-Governmental Employees Rule--Agreement: Senate began consideration of H.J. Res. 67, disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to savings arrangements established by qualified State political subdivisions for non-governmental employees, after agreeing to the motion to proceed to consideration of the joint resolution.
Pages S2055-96
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the joint resolution at approximately 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, March 30, 2017, with all debate time being expired; and that Senate vote on passage of the joint resolution with no intervening action or debate.
Page S2116
Appointments:
Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress: The Chair announced, on behalf of the Majority Leader, pursuant to Public Law 101-509, the reappointment of the following individual to serve as a member of the Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress: Deborah Skaggs Speth, of Kentucky.
Page S2115
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from the President of the United States:
Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the continuation of the national emergency with respect to significant malicious cyber-enabled activities that was declared in Executive Order 13694 on April 1, 2015; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-4)
Pages S2096-97
Messages from the House:
Page S2097
Executive Communications:
Pages S2097-98
Petitions and Memorials:
Page S2098
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S2099-S2100
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S2100-04
Additional Statements:
Page S2096
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S2104-14
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Pages S2114-15
Privileges of the Floor:
Page S2115 Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:10 p.m., until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 30, 2017. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S2116.)
