Mr. SYNAR. . . . Mr. Murden, the subcommittee staff noted, when reviewing your OCONUS vouchers, that your wife often accompanies you to other meetings, although you never submit her commercial travel costs for reimbursement. How do you handle reimbursement for lodging when double rates are higher than single rates? Mr. MURDEN. What I do, Mr. Chairman, and gentlemen, is I ask for the single rate of the hotel and then mark on there what the single rate versus what the double rate was. Mr. SYNAR. I want to commend you for that. That is a procedure which shows that you understand the need to do that, and I think that is something to be commended for. (1987 Hearing, p. 182.) NO EVIDENCE OF FRAUD We applaud the committee for specifically stating in the report that: The subcommittee's investigation did not disclose any instances of fraud. (Report, p. 10.) The Committee on Government Operations plays a critical role in helping to identify and eliminate waste, abuse, and fraud in government spending. To ensure that the committee's reports and recommendations continue to be received by Congress and the public as objective and impartial, it is absolutely imperative that the reports do not contain allegations or inferences that cannot be fully substantiated by the evidence. CONCLUSION As already stated, we believe that, in whole, the report's findings, conclusions, and recommendations are justified. We regret that there was little opportunity to work with majority members in the writing of the report, though appreciate the good-faith effort that was made in the final hours to address our concerns with the report. Nevertheless, we believe that the additional views outlined above are important to the complete and fair understanding of the issues relating to foreign travel by the U.S. Army Corps of Engi neers. O WILLIAM F. CLINGER, Jr. FRANK HORTON. AL MCCANDLESS. LARRY E. CRAIG. HOWARD C. NIELSON. JOSEPH J. DIOGUARDI. JIM LIGHTFOOT. BEAU BOULTER. DONALD E. "Buz" LUKENS. AMO HOUGHTON. JON L. KYL. JAMES M. INHOFE. DECEMBER 13, 1988.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 29-006 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1988 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Hon. JIM WRIGHT, DEAR MR. SPEAKER: I am pleased to transmit the enclosed Progress Report of the Select Committee on Hunger, which informs the House of Representatives of the Committee's activities during the 100th Congress, in the areas of domestic and international hunger and malnutrition. Sincerely, (III) MICKEY LELAND, Chairman. |