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Senate Appropriations Schedule for the Week of May 4, 2015

 
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The following is the hearing schedule for the Senate Committee on Appropriations for the week of May 4, 2015.
 
 
TUESDAY, MAY 5, 2015
 
 
FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT SUBCOMMITTEE (John Boozman, Chairman)
 
Hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2016 funding request and budget justification for the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission
 
10:30 a.m., Room 138, Dirksen Senate Office Building
 
Witnesses:
 
The Honorable Mary Jo White
Chairwoman
Securities and Exchange Commission
 
The Honorable Tim Massad
Chairman
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
 
 
 
WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 2015
 
 
STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS SUBCOMMITTEE (Lindsey Graham, Chairman)
 
Hearing on Global Health Programs
 
10:00 a.m., Room 124, Dirksen Senate Office Building
 
Witnesses:
 
Ambassador-at-Large Deborah L. Birx, M.D.
Coordinator of the United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS and
Special Representative for Global Health Diplomacy
U.S. Department of State
 
Dr. Mark Dybul
Executive Director
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria
 
Sir Elton John
Founder
Elton John AIDS Foundation
 
Dr. Rick Warren
Pastor
Saddleback Church
 
 
DEFENSE SUBCOMMITTEE (Thad Cochran, Chairman)
 
Hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2016 funding request and budget justification for the U.S. Department of Defense
 
10:30 a.m., Room 192, Dirksen Senate Office Building
 
Witnesses:
 
The Honorable Ashton B. Carter
Secretary
U.S. Department of Defense
 
General Martin E. Dempsey, U.S. Army
Chairman
Joint Chiefs of Staff
 
 
 
THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2015
 
 
LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND RELATED AGENCIES (Roy Blunt, Chairman)
 
Hearing on Rural Health
 
10:00 a.m., Room 124, Dirksen Senate Office Building
 
Witnesses:
 
Panel I
 
Mr. Sean Cavanaugh
Deputy Administrator and Director of the Center for Medicare
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
 
Mr. Tom Morris
Associate Administrator
Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
Health Resources and Services Administration
 
Panel II
 
Mr. Tim Wolters
Director of Reimbursement
Citizens Memorial Hospital
Bolivar, Mo., and
Reimbursement Specialist
Lake Regional Health System
Osage Beach, Mo.
 
Dr. Kristi Henderson
Chief Telehealth & Innovation Officer
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, Miss.
 
Ms. Julie Petersen
Chief Executive Officer
PMH Medical Center
Prosser, Wash.
 
Mr. George Stover
Chief Executive Officer
Rice County Hospital District 1
Lyons, Kan.
 
 
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE (Richard Shelby, Chairman)
 
Hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2016 funding request and budget justification for the U.S. Department of Justice
 
10:30 a.m., Room 192, Dirksen Senate Office Building
 
Witness:
 
The Honorable Loretta E. Lynch
Attorney General
U.S. Department of Justice
 
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