Appropriations Committee Schedule for the Week of May 19, 2014
***Please note the updated times highlighted below.
MONDAY, MAY 19, 2014
Defense Subcommittee (Chairman Durbin)
Time and Location: 9:30 a.m. CDT, at the Phoenix Military Academy, 145 S. Campbell Ave, Chicago, IL
Agenda: Immigrant Enlistment: A Force Multiplier for the U.S. Armed Forces
Witnesses: Panel I
The Honorable Luis Gutierrez
4th District of Illinois
United Stated House of Representatives
The Honorable Bill Foster
11th District of Illinois
United Stated House of Representatives
Panel II
The Honorable Jessica Wright
Acting Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness
U.S. Department of Defense
Panel III
Colonel (Ret.) Kevin Kelley
Director of Military Instruction
Chicago Public Schools
Chicago, IL
Sergeant Oscar Vazquez
U.S. Army
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska
Mario Rodriguez
Cadet Command Sergeant Major
Phoenix Military Academy
Chicago, IL
Jessica Calderon
Cadet Captain
Phoenix Military Academy
Chicago, IL
Gregory Chen
Director for Advocacy
American Immigration Lawyers Association
Washington, DC
TUESDAY, MAY 20, 2014
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee (Chairman Johnson)*
Time and Location: 11:00 a.m., in Room SD-124 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building
Agenda: Markup of the FY15 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill
Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA Subcommittee (Chairman Pryor)*
Time and Location: 3:00 p.m., in Room SD-192 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building
Agenda: Markup of the FY15 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations bill
WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2014
Defense Subcommittee (Chairman Durbin)
Time and Location: 10:00 a.m., in Room SD-192 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building
Agenda: Energy Security and Research
Witnesses: Edward Thomas Morehouse, Jr.
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
Operational Energy Plans and Programs OUSD (AT&L)
Department of Defense
Dennis McGinn
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Energy, Installations & Environment
U.S. Navy
Daniel Y. Chiu, PhD
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy OUSD (Policy)
Department of Defense
Brig Gen Kenneth Lewis
Director of Trans-Regional Policy and Partnership Strategy
Joint Staff (J5)
Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee (Chairman Udall)
Time and Location: 1:45 p.m., in Room SD-138 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building
Agenda: A review of the President’s Fiscal Year 2015 funding request and budget justification for the U.S. Small Business Administration and the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
Witnesses: The Honorable Maria Contreras-Sweet
Administrator
U.S. Small Business Administration
Amias Gerety
Acting Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions
U.S. Department of the Treasury
THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2014
Full Committee (Chairwoman Mikulski)*
Time and Location: 10:30 a.m., in Room SD-106 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building
Agenda: Adoption of the FY 2015 302(b) Allocations; and Markup of the FY 2015 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies; and Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bills
* Please note: Still photography and videography are permitted prior to the markup being called to order. Live audio of the markup will stream at www.appropriations.senate.gov.
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