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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Justice was published in the in the Daily Digest section section on page D944 on Sept. 8.
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
(Committees not listed did not meet)
ISSUES IN INSURANCE
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine current issues in insurance, including S. 4110, to amend the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to include the State insurance commissioner as a voting member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council, S. 2432, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income amounts received from State-based catastrophe loss mitigation programs, S. 910, to create protections for financial institutions that provide financial services to cannabis-
related legitimate businesses and service providers for such businesses, and S. 3022, to subject certain private funds to joint and several liability with respect to the liabilities of firms acquired and controlled by those funds, after receiving testimony from Steven E. Seitz, Director, Federal Insurance Office, Department of the Treasury; and Kathleen A. Birrane, Maryland Insurance Commissioner, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Richard E. DiZinno, of the District of Columbia, and Travis LeBlanc, of Maryland, both to be a Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, and Brian A. Kyes, to be United States Marshal for the District of Massachusetts, and Stephen D. Lynn, to be United States Marshal for the Middle District of Georgia, both of the Department of Justice.
