[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 175 (Thursday, December 3, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1275]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SUPPORTING THE WARFIGHTER
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
supporting the warfighter of today and tomorrow, after receiving 
testimony from Michael B. Donley, former Secretary of the Air Force, 
Lieutenant General Michael T. Flynn, USA (Ret.), former Director, 
Defense Intelligence Agency, and General James L. Jones, USMC (Ret.), 
former National Security Advisor to the President, Supreme Allied 
Commander, Europe, and Commander, United States European Command, and 
32nd Commandant of the Marine Corps, all of the Department of Defense.
ALASKA NATIONAL INTEREST LANDS CONSERVATION ACT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine implementation of the Alaska National 
Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980, including perspectives on the 
Act's impacts in Alaska and suggestions for improvements to the Act, 
after receiving testimony from Alaska Governor Bill Walker, Juneau; 
Alaska State Senator John Coghill, Fairbanks, on behalf of the 
Citizens' Advisory Commission on Federal Areas in Alaska; Anna M. 
Seidman, Safari Club International, Washington, D.C.; and Rod Arno, 
Alaska Outdoor Council, Valerie Brown, Trustees for Alaska, Joshua M. 
Kindred, Alaska Oil and Gas Association, and J.P. Tangen, all of 
Anchorage, Alaska.
U.S. ROLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee received a closed briefing on 
the United States role in the Middle East from Madeleine K. Albright, 
former Secretary of State, and Stephen J. Hadley, former National 
Security Advisor, both of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Robert A. Salerno, 
and Darlene Michele Soltys, both to be an Associate Judge of the 
Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of fifteen 
years, and Carol Waller Pope, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority for a term of five 
years expiring July 1, 2019 (Reappointment), after the nominees, who 
were introduced by Representative Norton, testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.