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Hearing Schedule for the Week of April 4, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The following is the hearing schedule for the Senate Committee on Appropriations for the week of April 4, 2016.

TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 2016


FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT SUBCOMMITTEE (John Boozman, Chairman)

Hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2017 budget request and funding justification for the Federal Communications Commission

10:30 a.m., Room 138, Dirksen Senate Office Building

Witnesses:

The Honorable Tom Wheeler
Chairman
Federal Communications Commission

The Honorable Ajit Pai
Commissioner
Federal Communications Commission


AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE (Jerry Moran, Chairman)

Hearing to review opportunities and benefits for military veterans in agriculture

2:30 p.m., Room 192, Dirksen Senate Office Building

Witnesses:

Mr. Lanon Baccam
Military Veterans Agriculture Liaison
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Mr. Gary LaGrange*
President
Soldier Agricultural Vocation Education
Manhattan, Kan.

Ms. Alison Perry
Executive Director
Central Oregon Veterans Ranch
Bend, Ore.

Mr. Paul Kanning
Owner and Operator
Tom Tilda Farm
Flaxville, Mont.

* Accompanied by:

Mr. John Ulrick
Chief Warrant Officer 4
United States Army

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2016


INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE (Lisa Murkowski, Chairman)

Hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2017 budget request and funding justification for the U.S. Forest Service

10:00 a.m., Room 124, Dirksen Senate Office Building

Witness:

Mr. Tom Tidwell
Chief
U.S. Forest Service

Accompanied by:

Mr. Tony Dixon
Director of Strategic Planning, Budget, and Accountability
U.S. Forest Service


HOMELAND SECURITY SUBCOMMITTEE (John Hoeven, Chairman)

Hearing to examine research and development efforts at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

2:30 p.m., Room 138, Dirksen Senate Office Building

Witnesses:

The Honorable Reginald Brothers
Undersecretary
Science and Technology

Dr. Kathryn Brinsfield
Director
Office of Health Affairs

Dr. Huban Gowadia
Director
Domestic Nuclear Detection Office

THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2016


LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE (Roy Blunt, Chairman)

Hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2017 budget request and funding justification for the National Institutes of Health

10:00 a.m., Room 138, Dirksen Senate Office Building

Witness:

Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D.
Director
National Institutes of Health

Accompanied by:

Douglas Lowy, M.D.
Acting Director
National Cancer Institute

Walter Koroshetz, M.D.
Director
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Richard Hodes, M.D.
Director
National Institute on Aging

Christopher Austin, M.D.
Director
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences

Nora Volkow, M.D.
Director
National Institute on Drug Abuse


MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE (Mark Kirk, Chairman)

Hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2017 Department of Defense budget request and funding justification for Military Construction and Family Housing

10:30 a.m., Room 124, Dirksen Senate Office Building

Witnesses:

Mr. Peter J. Potochney
Performing the Duties of Assistant Secretary of Defense (Energy, Installations and Environment)
Office of the Secretary of Defense

The Honorable Katherine Hammack
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations, Energy and Environment)
Department of the Army

Mr. Steven R. Iselin
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy, Installations and Environment)
Department of the Navy

The Honorable Miranda A. A. Ballentine
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Installations, Environment and Energy)
Department of the Air Force

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