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ADVISORY: Senate Committee on Appropriations Hearing Schedule for the Week of March 9, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The following is the hearing schedule for the Senate Committee on Appropriations for the week of March 9, 2015.
TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 2015
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE (Mark Kirk, Chairman)
Hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2016 and Fiscal Year 2017 funding request and budget justification for the Veterans Health Administration
2:30 p.m., Room 124, Dirksen Senate Office Building
Witnesses:
Carolyn M. Clancy, MD
Interim Under Secretary for Health
Veterans Health Administration
Accompanied By:
James Tuchschmidt, MD
Acting Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Health
Veterans Health Administration
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH SUBCOMMITTEE (Shelley Moore Capito, Chairman)
Hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2016 funding request and budget justification for the Congressional Budget Office and Comptroller General of the United States
3:00 p.m., Room 138, Dirksen Senate Office Building
Witnesses:
Dr. Douglas Elmendorf
Director
Congressional Budget Office
The Honorable Gene Dodaro
Comptroller General
Government Accountability Office
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2015
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE (Lamar Alexander, Chairman)
Hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2016 funding request and budget justification for the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration
9:00 a.m., Room 138, Dirksen Senate Office Building
Witnesses:
Lieutenant General Frank G. Klotz, USAF (Ret.)
Under Secretary for Nuclear Security
Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration
Dr. Donald Cook
Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs
National Nuclear Security Administration
Anne Harrington
Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation
National Nuclear Security Administration
Admiral John Richardson, United States Navy
Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Deputy Administrator for Office of Naval Reactors
National Nuclear Security Administration
INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE (Lisa Murkowski, Chairman)
Hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2016 funding request and budget justification for the U.S. Indian Health Service
10:00 a.m., Room 124, Dirksen Senate Office Building
Witnesses:
Dr. Yvette Roubideaux
Senior Advisor to the Secretary for American Indians and Alaska Natives
Robert G. McSwain
Acting Director of the Indian Health Service
TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE (Susan Collins, Chairman)
Hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2016 funding request and budget justification for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
10:00 a.m., Room 562, Dirksen Senate Office Building
Witnesses:
The Honorable Julian Castro
Secretary
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
DEFENSE SUBCOMMITTEE (Thad Cochran, Chairman)
Hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2016 funding request and budget justification for the U.S. Army
10:30 a.m., Room 192, Dirksen Senate Office Building
Witnesses:
The Honorable John McHugh
Secretary of the Army
General Raymond T. Odierno
Chief of Staff
United States Army
STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS SUBCOMMITTEE (Lindsey Graham, Chairman)
Hearing on “Protecting Religious Freedom Abroad”
2:00 p.m., Room 124, Dirksen Senate Office Building
Witnesses:
The Honorable David N. Saperstein
Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom
U.S. Department of State
Bishop Oscar Cantu
Chairman
Committee on International Justice and Peace of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
Tony Perkins
President
Family Research Council
Jay Sekulow
Chief Counsel
American Center for Law and Justice
THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2015
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH SUBCOMMITTEE (Shelley Moore Capito, Chairman)
Hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2016 funding request and budget justification for the Secretary of the Senate, the Senate Sergeant at Arms, and the U.S. Capitol Police
9:45 a.m., Room 124, Dirksen Senate Office Building
Witnesses:
The Honorable Julie E. Adams
Secretary
United States Senate
The Honorable Frank Larkin
Sergeant at Arms
United States Senate
The Honorable Kim Dine
Chief
U.S. Capitol Police
NOTE: This hearing was originally scheduled for March 5
AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE (Jerry Moran, Chairman)
Hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2016 funding request and budget justification for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
10:00 a.m., Room 138, Dirksen Senate Office Building
Witness:
Dr. Margaret Hamburg
Commissioner
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Jay Tyler
Chief Financial Officer
Food and Drug Administration
Norris Cochran
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget
Department of Health and Human Services
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE (Richard Shelby, Chairman)
Hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2016 funding requests and budget justifications for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Marshals Service, Drug Enforcement Administration, and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
10:00 a.m., Room 192, Dirksen Senate Office Building
Witnesses:
The Honorable James B. Comey
Director
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Honorable Stacia A. Hylton
Director
U.S. Marshals Service
The Honorable Michele M. Leonhart
Administrator
Drug Enforcement Administration
The Honorable B. Todd Jones
Director
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
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