[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 174 (Wednesday, December 2, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1263-D1264]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
COMBATING GLOBAL HUNGER
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine agriculture's role in combating global hunger, 
after receiving testimony from Krysta Harden, Deputy Secretary of 
Agriculture; D. Wade Ellis, Bunge North America Milling, St. Louis, 
Missouri; Richard Leach, World Food Program USA, Washington, D.C., on 
behalf of the United Nations World Food Program; and Arlene Mitchell, 
Global Child Nutrition Foundation, Seattle, Washington.
DEFENSE PERSONNEL REFORM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
Department of Defense personnel reform and strengthening the all-
volunteer force,

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after receiving testimony from David S. C. Chu, Institute for Defense 
Analysis; Bernard Rostker, RAND Corporation; Robert F. Hale, Booz Allen 
Hamilton; and Admiral Gary Roughhead, USN (Ret.), Hoover Institution.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of G. Kathleen Hill, of Colorado, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Malta, Eric Seth Rubin, of New York, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of Bulgaria, Kyle R. Scott, of Arizona, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia, and David McKean, of 
Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to Luxembourg, who was introduced by 
Senator Markey, all of the Department of State, and Carlos J. Torres, 
of Virginia, to be Deputy Director of the Peace Corps, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
JOINT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION OVERSIGHT
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee received a closed briefing on 
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action oversight, focusing on the 
International Atomic Energy Agency's report on the possible military 
dimensions of the Iranian nuclear program from Stephen D. Mull, Lead 
Coordinator for Iran Nuclear Implementation, Department of State; and 
Kevin Veal, Director of Nuclear Safeguards and Security, Department of 
Energy.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 
1879, to improve processes in the Department of the Interior, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
TRIBAL LAW AND ORDER ACT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine the Tribal Law and Order Act (TLOA), focusing on whether the 
justice systems in Indian country have improved, after receiving 
testimony from Lawrence S. Roberts, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; Mirtha 
Beadle, Director, Office of Tribal Affairs and Policy, Substance Abuse 
and Mental Health Services Administration, Department of Health and 
Human Services; Tracy Toulou, Director, Office of Tribal Justice, 
Department of Justice; and Glen G. Gobin, the Tulalip Tribes, Tulalip, 
Washington.
TRADE SECRET THEFT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
protecting trade secrets, focusing on the impact of trade secret theft 
on American competitiveness and potential solutions to remedy this 
harm, including S. 1890, to amend chapter 90 of title 18, United States 
Code, to provide Federal jurisdiction for the theft of trade secrets, 
after receiving testimony from Karen Cochran, E. I. du Pont de Nemours 
and Company, Wilmington, Delaware; Thomas R. Beall, Corning 
Incorporated, Corning, New York; Sharon K. Sandeen, Hamline University 
School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota; and James Pooley, Menlo Park, 
California.
IMMIGRATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to 
examine the Administration's alien removal policies, after receiving 
testimony from Sarah R. Saldana, Director, Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security; Jessica M. Vaughan, 
Center for Immigration Studies, and Marc R. Rosenblum, Migration Policy 
Institute, both of Washington, D.C.; and Jonathan F. Thompson, National 
Sheriffs' Association, Alexandria, Virginia.
CONSOLIDATING VETERANS CARE PROGRAMS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine consolidating non-Department of Veterans Affairs care programs, 
after receiving testimony from Sloan Gibson, Deputy Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs; and Roscoe G. Butler, The American Legion, Darin 
Selnick, Concerned Veterans for America, Bill Rausch, Iraq and 
Afghanistan Veterans of America, and Raymond C. Kelley, Veterans of 
Foreign Wars of the United States, all of Washington, D.C.