04.24.15

Senate Committee on Appropriations Schedule for the Week of April 27, 2015

 
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The following is the hearing schedule for the Senate Committee on Appropriations for the week of April 27, 2015.
 
 
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 2015
 
 
DEFENSE SUBCOMMITTEE (Thad Cochran, Chairman)
 
Hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2016 funding request and budget justification for the United States National Guard and Reserve
 
9:00 a.m., Room 192, Dirksen Senate Office Building
 
Witnesses:
 
General Frank J. Grass
Chief of the National Guard
 
Lieutenant General Stanley E. Clarke III
Director of the Air National Guard
 
Major General Timothy J. Kadavy
Director of the Army National Guard
 
Lieutenant General Jeffrey W. Talley
Chief of the Army Reserve
 
Vice Admiral Robin R. Braun
Chief of the Navy Reserve
 
Lieutenant General James Jackson
Chief of the Air Force Reserve
 
Lieutenant General Richard P. Mills
Commander, Marine Forces Reserve
 
 
TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE (Susan Collins, Chairman)
 
Hearing to review U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development efforts to prevent and end youth homelessness
 
9:15 a.m., Room 138, Dirksen Senate Office Building
 
Witnesses:
 
Cyndi Lauper
True Colors Fund Co-Founder
Grammy, Emmy, and Tony Award-Winning Artist
 
Deborah Shore
Chairman, National Network for Youth and
Executive Director and Founder, Sasha Bruce Youthwork
 
Jennifer Ho
Senior Advisor for Housing and Services to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
 
Brittany Dixon
Former Homeless Youth
Education Technician, Auburn, Maine
 
 
HOMELAND SECURITY SUBCOMMITTEE (John Hoeven, Chairman)
 
Hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2016 funding request and budget justification for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
 
2:00 p.m., Room 138, Dirksen Senate Office Building
 
Witness:
 
The Honorable Jeh Johnson
Secretary
Department of Homeland Security
 
 
INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE (Lisa Murkowski, Chairman)
 
Hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2016 funding request and budget justification for the Environmental Protection Agency
 
2:30 p.m., Room 124, Dirksen Senate Office Building
 
Witnesses:
 
The Honorable Gina McCarthy
Administrator
Environmental Protection Agency
 
David Bloom
Acting Chief Financial Officer
Environmental Protection Agency
 
 
 
THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2015
 
 
LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND RELATED AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE (Roy Blunt, Chairman)
 
Hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2016 funding request and budget justification for the National Institutes of Health
 
10:00 a.m., Room 124, Dirksen Senate Office Building
 
Witnesses:
 
Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D.
Director
National Institutes of Health
 
Accompanied By:
 
Anthony Fauci, M.D.
Director
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
 
Douglas Lowy, M.D.
Acting Director
National Cancer Institute
 
Gary Gibbons, M.D.
Director
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
 
Jon Lorsch, Ph.D.
Director
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
 
Tom Insel, M.D.
Director
National Institute of Mental Health
 
 
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