03.20.15

REVISED ADVISORY: Senate Appropriations Schedule for the Week of March 23, 2015

 
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The following is the hearing schedule for the Senate Committee on Appropriations for the week of March 23, 2015.  (Please note several changes:  Time change for Energy and Water Development Subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, March 25; Postponement of the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee hearing on Thursday, March 26; and Room change for the State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs hearing on Thursday, March 26.)
 
TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2015
 
 
FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT SUBCOMMITTEE (John Boozman, Chairman)
 
Hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2016 funding request and budget justification for the Judiciary
 
10:30 a.m., Room 138, Dirksen Senate Office Building
 
Witnesses:
 
The Honorable Julia Smith Gibbons
United States Court of Appeals
 
James C. Duff
Director
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
 
 
 
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 2015
 
 
DEFENSE SUBCOMMITTEE (Thad Cochran, Chairman)
 
Hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2016 funding request and budget justification for the Defense Health Program
 
9:00 a.m., Room 192, Dirksen Senate Office Building
 
Witnesses:
 
Lieutenant General Patricia Horoho
Surgeon General of the Army
 
Vice Admiral Matthew Nathan
Surgeon General of the Navy
 
Lieutenant General Thomas Travis
Surgeon General of the Air Force
 
Chris Miller
Program Executive Officer of the Defense Health Management Systems
 
 
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE (Lamar Alexander, Chairman)
 
Hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2016 funding request and budget justification for the U.S. Department of Energy
 
2:30 p.m. (formerly 3:00 p.m.), Room 124, Dirksen Senate Office Building
 
Witnesses:
 
Dr. Ernest J. Moniz
Secretary
U.S. Department of Energy
 
Dr. Franklin Orr
Under Secretary for Science and Energy
U.S. Department of Energy
 
 
 
THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2015
 
 
LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE (Roy Blunt, Chairman)
 
Hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2016 funding request and budget justification for the Department of Labor
 
10:00 a.m., Room 138, Dirksen Senate Office Building
 
Witness:
 
            The Honorable Thomas Perez
            Secretary
            U.S. Department of Labor
 
 
STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS (Lindsey Graham, Chairman)
 
Hearing on “Diplomacy, Development, and National Security”
 
10:00 a.m., Room 192 (formerly Room 124), Dirksen Senate Office Building
 
Witnesses:
 
Ben Affleck
Actor, Filmmaker and Founder, Eastern Congo Initiative
 
Scott Ford
Chief Executive Officer
Westrock Group, LLC. and Former Chief Executive Officer, Alltel Corporation
 
Bill Gates
Co-Chair
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
 
John Megrue
Chairman
Apax Partners U.S. and Chairman of Born Free Africa
 
Admiral James Stavridis, USN (Ret.)
Supreme Allied Commander at NATO, 2009-2013, and
     Co-Chair, U.S. Global Leadership Coalition National Security Advisory Council
 
 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE (Mark Kirk, Chairman)
 
Hearing to review the FY 2016 military construction and military family housing budget request for select Combatant Commanders and select Defense Agencies
 
Hearing postponed until Thursday, April 16, 2015, at (time TBD), Room 124, Dirksen Senate Office Building
 
Witnesses:
 
Brigadier General John E. O’Neill IV, U.S. Army
Director for Logistics, Engineering and Security Cooperation (J4)
U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM)
 
General Joseph L. Votel, U.S. Army (invited)
Commander
U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)
 
Brigadier General Kenneth E. Todarov, U.S. Air Force
Deputy Director
Missile Defense Agency (MDA)
 
Mr. Joseph B. Marshall, Jr., SES
Director, Business Support Directorate
Defense Health Agency (DHA)
 
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