Updated Hearing Schedule for the Week of May 1, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The following is the hearing schedule for the Senate Committee on Appropriations for the week of May 1, 2017. (NOTE: Additional witnesses listed for May 2 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs hearing.)
TUESDAY, MAY 2, 2017
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE (Jerry Moran, Chairman)
Hearing titled “U.S. European Command: Theater Assessment and European Reassurance Initiative (ERI) Progress”
2:30 p.m., Room 124, Dirksen Senate Office Building
Witness:
General Curtis M. Scaparrotti, U.S. Army
Commander, U.S. European Command
NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
NOTE: The Subcommittee will meet in unclassified session at 2:30pm. After opening statements and initial questions, the unclassified portion of the hearing will conclude. Immediately following, the Subcommittee will reconvene in classified session in the Capitol Visitor Center SVC-217. The classified portion of the hearing will be limited to Members and staff with TS/SCI clearance only.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 2017
DEFENSE SUBCOMMITTEE (Thad Cochran, Chairman)
Hearing titled “A review of Defense Innovation and Research Funding”
10:30 a.m., Room 192, Dirksen Senate Office Building
Witnesses:
The Honorable Robert O. Work
Deputy Secretary
U.S. Department of Defense
Dr. William B. Roper, Jr.
Director
Strategic Capabilities Office
U.S. Department of Defense
Dr. Steven H. Walker
Acting Director
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
THURSDAY, MAY 4, 2017
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE (Jerry Moran, Chairman)
Hearing titled “Telemedicine in the VA: Leveraging Technology to Increase Access, Improve Health Outcomes, and Lower Costs”
10:30 a.m., Room 124, Dirksen Senate Office Building
Witnesses:
Dr. Kevin Galpin, M.D.
Executive Director, Telehealth Services
Veterans Health Administration
Mr. Bill James
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Enterprise Program Management Office
Office of Information and Technology
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Michael P. Adcock
Executive Director, Center for Telehealth
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, Mississippi
Thandiwe Nelson-Brooks, MPH, RN
Facility Telehealth Coordinator
VA Pacific Islands Health Care System
Veterans Health Administration
Honolulu, Hawaii
Norman Okamura, Ph.D.
Faculty Specialist and Principal Investigator
Pacific Basin Telehealth Resource Center
Honolulu, Hawaii
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