[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 179 (Thursday, December 10, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1306-D1307]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
INCREASING EFFECTIVENESS OF MILITARY OPERATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
increasing effectiveness of military operations, after receiving 
testimony from General Norton A. Schwartz, USAF (Ret.), former Chief of 
Staff of the Air Force, Business Executives for National Security, 
McLean, Virginia; Admiral James G. Stavridis, USN (Ret.), former 
Commander of European Command and Southern Command, Tufts University 
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Medford, Massachusetts; and 
Christopher J. Lamb, National Defense University Institute for National 
Strategic Studies.
TERRORISM AND GLOBAL OIL MARKETS OVERSIGHT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine terrorism and global oil markets, after 
receiving testimony from Keith Crane, RAND Corporation, Arlington, 
Virginia; and Peter E. Harrell, Center for a New American Security, 
Sara Vakhshouri, Atlantic Council, and Jamie Webster, IHS, all of 
Washington, D.C.
INDEPENDENT SOUTH SUDAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine independent South Sudan, focusing on a failure of leadership, 
after receiving testimony from Donald Booth, Special Envoy for Sudan 
and South Sudan, Department of State; Bob Leavitt, Deputy Assistant 
Administrator, Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian 
Assistance, Agency for International Development; and Princeton N. 
Lyman, United States Institute of Peace, Adotei Akwei, Amnesty 
International USA, and John Prendergast, Enough Project, all of 
Washington, D.C.

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GAO AND OIG RECOMMENDATIONS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management concluded a hearing to 
examine the importance of following through on GAO and OIG 
recommendations, including how implementing recommendations can achieve 
financial benefits and strengthen government performance, after 
receiving testimony from Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General of the 
United States, Government Accountability Office; Michael E. Horowitz, 
Chair, Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, 
and Inspector General, Department of Justice; and Jim H. Crumpacker, 
Director, Departmental GAO-OIG Liaison Office, Department of Homeland 
Security.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S.1318, to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for 
protection of maritime navigation and prevention of nuclear terrorism, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nominations of Dana J. Boente, to be United States Attorney for 
the Eastern District of Virginia for the term of four years, Robert 
Lloyd Capers, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of 
New York for the term of four years, John P. Fishwick, Jr., to be 
United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia for the 
term of four years, and Emily Gray Rice, to be United States Attorney 
for the District of New Hampshire for the term of four years, all of 
the Department of Justice.