04.20.17

Updated: Hearing Schedule for the Week of April 24, 2017

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The following is the hearing schedule for the Senate Committee on Appropriations for the week of April 24, 2017.  (Please note:  The advisory now includes a Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee hearing on preventing veteran suicides.)

TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 2017


STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS SUBCOMMITTEE (Lindsey Graham, Chairman)

Hearing titled “United States Assistance for Egypt”

2:15 p.m., Room 124, Dirksen Senate Office Building

Witnesses:

The Honorable Elliott Abrams
Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies
Council on Foreign Relations

Dr. Michele Dunne
Director and Senior Fellow, Middle East Program
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

The Honorable Tom Malinowski
Former Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
U.S. Department of State

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 2017


DEFENSE SUBCOMMITTEE (Thad Cochran, Chairman)

Hearing to review National Guard and Reserve programs and readiness

10:30 a.m., Room 192, Dirksen Senate Office Building

Witnesses:

General Joseph L. Lengyel
Chief of the National Guard Bureau

Lieutenant General Charles D. Luckey
Chief of the Army Reserve

Lieutenant General Maryanne Miller  
Chief of the Air Force Reserve

Vice Admiral Luke M. McCollum
Chief of the Navy Reserve

Lieutenant General Rex C. McMillian
Commander of Marine Corps Forces Reserve


THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2017


MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE (Jerry Moran, Chairman)

Hearing titled “Preventing Veteran Suicide”

10:30 a.m., Room 124, Dirksen Senate Office Building

Witnesses:

Dr. Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D.
Deputy Undersecretary for Health for Organizational Excellence
Veterans Health Administration

Dr. Harold S. Kudler, M.D.
Chief Consultant for Mental Health Services
Veterans Health Administration

Stephanie A. Davis, Ph.D.
Suicide Prevention Coordinator and Staff Psychologist
VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System
Veterans Health Administration

Melissa D. Jarboe
Chief Executive Officer
Military Veteran Project
Topeka, Kansas

The Honorable Michael L. Missal
Inspector General
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Rajeev Ramchand, Ph.D.
Senior Behavioral Scientist
Rand Corporation
Arlington, Virginia

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