[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 172 (Thursday, December 1, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1084]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
FORCE MANAGEMENT LEVELS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN; READINESS AND 
STRATEGIC CONSIDERATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``Force Management Levels in 
Iraq and Afghanistan; Readiness and Strategic Considerations''. 
Testimony was heard from Cary B. Russell, Director, Military Operations 
and Warfighter Support, Government Accountability Office; General 
Carter Ham, U.S. Army (Retired); and Lieutenant General Jim Dubik, U.S. 
Army (Retired).
EXAMINING SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND GENDER DISCRIMINATION AT THE U.S. 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Full Committee held a 
hearing entitled ``Examining Sexual Harassment and Gender 
Discrimination at the U.S. Department of Agriculture''. Testimony was 
heard from the following Department of Agriculture officials: Joe 
Leonard, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights; Lenise Lago, Deputy 
Chief, Business Operations, U.S. Forest Service; and Denise Rice, Fire 
Prevention Technician, Region 5 Eldorado National Forest, U.S. Forest 
Service; and a public witness.
RESTORING THE POWER OF THE PURSE: LEGISLATIVE OPTIONS
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on 
Government Operations; and Subcommittee on Health Care, Benefits and 
Administrative Rules, held a joint hearing entitled ``Restoring the 
Power of the Purse: Legislative Options''. Testimony was heard from 
Heather Krause, Acting Director, Strategic Issues, Government 
Accountability Office; and public witnesses.
BUSINESS MEETING
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Full Committee held a 
business meeting to consider an access request. The request for access 
was granted. The committee also adopted its Activity Report for the 
114th Congress. This meeting was closed.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.