WASHINGTON, D.C. - The following is the hearing schedule for the Senate Committee on Appropriations for the week of April 4, 2016.
TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 2016
FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT SUBCOMMITTEE(John Boozman, Chairman)
Hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2017 budget request and funding justification for the Federal Communications Commission
10:30 a.m., Room 138, Dirksen Senate Office Building
Witnesses:
The Honorable Tom Wheeler
Chairman
Federal Communications Commission
The Honorable Ajit Pai
Commissioner
Federal Communications Commission
AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE(Jerry Moran, Chairman)
Hearing to review opportunities and benefits for military veterans in agriculture
2:30 p.m., Room 192, Dirksen Senate Office Building
Witnesses:
Mr. Lanon Baccam
Military Veterans Agriculture Liaison
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Mr. Gary LaGrange
President
Soldier Agricultural Vocation Education
Manhattan, Kan.
Ms. Alison Perry
Executive Director
Central Oregon Veterans Ranch
Bend, Ore.
Mr. Paul Kanning
Owner and Operator
Tom Tilda Farm
Flaxville, Mont.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2016
INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE(Lisa Murkowski, Chairman)
Hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2017 budget request and funding justification for the U.S. Forest Service
10:00 a.m., Room 124, Dirksen Senate Office Building
Witness:
Mr. Tom Tidwell
Chief
U.S. Forest Service
Accompanied by:
Mr. Tony Dixon
Director of Strategic Planning, Budget, and Accountability
U.S. Forest Service
HOMELAND SECURITY SUBCOMMITTEE(John Hoeven, Chairman)
Hearing to examine research and development efforts at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
2:30 p.m., Room 138, Dirksen Senate Office Building
Witnesses:
The Honorable Reginald Brothers
Undersecretary
Science and Technology
Dr. Kathryn Brinsfield
Director
Office of Health Affairs
Dr. Huban Gowadia
Director
Domestic Nuclear Detection Office
THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2016
LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE(Roy Blunt, Chairman)
Hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2017 budget request and funding justification for the National Institutes of Health
10:00 a.m., Room 138, Dirksen Senate Office Building
Witness:
Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D.
Director
National Institutes of Health
Accompanied by:
Douglas Lowy, M.D.
Acting Director
National Cancer Institute
Walter Koroshetz, M.D.
Director
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Richard Hodes, M.D.
Director
National Institute on Aging
Christopher Austin, M.D.
Director
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Nora Volkow, M.D.
Director
National Institute on Drug Abuse
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE(Mark Kirk, Chairman)
Hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2017 Department of Defense budget request and funding justification for Military Construction and Family Housing
10:30 a.m., Room 124, Dirksen Senate Office Building
Witnesses:
Mr. Peter J. Potochney
Performing the Duties of Assistant Secretary of Defense (Energy, Installations and Environment)
Office of the Secretary of Defense
The Honorable Katherine Hammack
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations, Energy and Environment)
Department of the Army
Mr. Steven R. Iselin
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy, Installations and Environment)
Department of the Navy
The Honorable Miranda A. A. Ballentine
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Installations, Environment and Energy)
Department of the Air Force
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