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“COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 2017-09-14” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Justice was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D977 on Sept. 13, 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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COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,
SEPTEMBER 14, 2017
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold hearings to examine nutrition programs, focusing on perspectives for the 2018 Farm Bill, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, 10 a.m., SD-538.
Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine individual tax reform, 10 a.m., SD-215.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold hearings to examine stabilizing premiums and helping individuals in the individual insurance market for 2018, focusing on health care stakeholders, 10 a.m., SD-430.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold hearings to examine Federal Communication Commission's Lifeline Program, focusing on a case study of government waste and mismanagement, 10:15 a.m., SD-342.
Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 1766, to reauthorize the SAFER Act of 2013, and the nominations of Ralph R. Erickson, of North Dakota, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, Donald C. Coggins, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, Dabney Langhorne Friedrich, of California, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, Stephen S. Schwartz, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, J. Cody Hiland, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Joshua J. Minkler, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, Byung J. Pak, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, and Brian Allen Benczkowski, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
House
Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Powering America: Defining Reliability in a Transforming Electricity Industry'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Supporting Tomorrow's Health Providers: Examining Workforce Programs Under the Public Health Service Act'', 10:15 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Health and Technology, hearing entitled ``Tech Talks: How SBA Entrepreneurial Development Programs Have Evolved with Technology'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
Joint Meetings
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings to examine the scourge of Russian disinformation, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.
