04.17.15
Senate Committee on Appropriations Schedule for the Week of April 20, 2015 (Revised)
MEDIA ADVISORY
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 20, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The following is the hearing schedule for the Senate Committee on Appropriations for the week of April 20, 2015.
Please note, the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing originally scheduled for April 23, 2015 has been postponed until further notice. Additional information will be posted on the Senate Appropriations Committee website as it becomes available.
TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 2015
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE (Mark Kirk, Chairman)
Hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2016 and Fiscal Year 2017 funding request and budget justification for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
2:30 p.m., Room 124, Dirksen Senate Office Building
Witness:
The Honorable Robert A. McDonald
Secretary
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Accompanied By:
Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D.
Interim Under Secretary for Health
Veterans Health Administration
Mr. Danny Pummill
Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Benefits
Veterans Benefits Administration
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2015
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 Transportation
CHANGED TO 9:30 A.M., Room 138, Dirksen Senate Office Building
Witness:
The Honorable Anthony Foxx
Secretary
U.S. Department of Transportation
DEFENSE SUBCOMMITTEE (Thad Cochran, Chairman)
Hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2016 budget request and funding justification for Defense Innovation and Research
NEW TIME: 11:15 a.m., Room 192, Dirksen Senate Office Building
Witnesses:
Mr. Frank Kendall
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition Technology and Logistics
Mr. Alan Shaffer
Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Development, Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense
Dr. Steven Walker
Director
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
HOMELAND SECURITY SUBCOMMITTEE (John Hoeven, Chairman)
Hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2016 funding request and budget justification for the Federal Emergency Management Agency
NEW TIME: 4:00 p.m., Room 138, Dirksen Senate Office Building
Witness:
The Honorable Craig Fugate
Administrator
Federal Emergency Management Agency
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE (Lamar Alexander, Chairman)
Hearing on “The United States without Nuclear Power”
3:00 p.m., Room 192, Dirksen Senate Office Building
Witnesses:
Mr. John Kotek
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
Office of Nuclear Energy
U.S. Department of Energy
Mr. Alexander Flint
Senior Vice President, Governmental Affairs
Nuclear Energy Institute
Dr. John Hamre
President and CEO, the Pritzker Chair, and Director
The Brzezinski Institute on Geostrategy
Center for Strategic International Studies
THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2015
LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE (Roy Blunt, Chairman)
Hearing to review the fiscal year 2016 funding request and budget justification for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
10:00 a.m., Room 124, Dirksen Senate Office Building
Witness:
The Honorable Sylvia Burwell
Secretary
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
POSTPONED: MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE (Mark Kirk, Chairman)
Hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2016 Department of Defense budget request for military construction and military family housing programs
10:30 a.m., Room 138, Dirksen Senate Office Building
Witnesses:
The Honorable Mike McCord
Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer
Office of the Secretary of Defense
U.S. Department of Defense
Mr. John Conger
Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment
Office of the Secretary of Defense
U.S. Department of Defense
The Honorable Robert M. Scher
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities
Office of the Secretary of Defense
U.S. Department of Defense
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