[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 108 (Wednesday, July 6, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D747-D748]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
CORRUPTION
Committee on Foreign Relations: On Thursday, June 30, 2016, Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine corruption, focusing on violent 
extremism, kleptocracy, and the dangers of failing governance, after 
receiving testimony from Gayle E. Smith, Administrator, United States 
Agency for International Development; Tom Malinowski, Assistant 
Secretary of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; and 
Carl Gershman, National Endowment for Democracy, and Sarah Chayes, 
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Democracy and Rule of Law 
Program, both of Washington, D.C.
AGENCY REGULATORY GUIDANCE
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: On Thursday, 
June 30, 2016, Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal 
Management concluded a hearing to examine the use of agency regulatory 
guidance, after receiving testimony from Clyde Wayne Crews, Jr., 
Competitive Enterprise Institute, Paul R. Noe, American Forest and 
Paper Association and American Wood Council, and Amit Narang, Public 
Citizen, all of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported the nomination of Andrew Mayock, of 
Illinois, to be Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management 
and Budget.
ISIS ONLINE
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations concluded a hearing to examine ISIS 
online, focusing on countering terrorist radicalization and recruitment

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on the internet and social media, after receiving testimony from 
Michael Steinbach, Executive Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, Department of Justice; George Selim, Director, Office 
for Community Partnerships, Department of Homeland Security; Meagen M. 
LaGraffe, Chief of Staff, Global Engagement Center, Department of 
State; and Peter Bergen, New America, and Alberto M. Fernandez, Middle 
East Media Research Institute, both of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: On Thursday, June 30, 2016, Committee 
ordered favorably reported the nomination of Carole Schwartz Rendon, of 
Ohio, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
DHS OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: On Thursday, June 30, 2016, Committee 
concluded an oversight hearing to examine the Department of Homeland 
Security, after receiving testimony from Jeh Charles Johnson, Secretary 
of Homeland Security.
SMALL BUSINESS FLOOD INSURANCE RATES
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: On Thursday, June 30, 
2016, Committee concluded a hearing to examine small business survival 
amidst flood insurance rate increases, including S. 1679, to amend the 
Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 to require that certain buildings 
and personal property be covered by flood insurance, after receiving 
testimony from Roy Wright, Deputy Associate Administrator, Federal 
Insurance and Mitigation Administration, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, Department of Homeland Security; Kevin Robles, Domain Homes, 
Tampa, Florida; Ceil Strauss, Association of State Floodplain Managers, 
St. Paul, Minnesota; David McKey, National Association of Realtors, 
Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and Randy Noel, Reve Inc., New Orleans, 
Louisiana, on behalf of the National Association of Home Builders.