Budget Hearing – Fiscal Year 2024 Request for the Department of Transportation

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Witness:

  • Pete Buttigieg, Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation

Includes

  • FAA ($19.8 billion): $4.2 million to enhance sustainability by reducing the agency’s environmental footprint at FAA-owned facilities and $11.2 million to support climate goals through the analysis and testing of alternative fuels
  • Federal Highway Administration ($60.8 billion): $1.8 billion for the Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation (PROTECT) program, which aims to make transportation infrastructure more resilient to future weather events and other natural disasters, and $60.0 million in unobligated balances to fund the Active Transportation Infrastructure Investment Program, which would provide competitive grants for the construction of active transportation networks, including sidewalks, bikeways, and pedestrian and bicycle trails
  • Federal Transit Administration ($17 billion): $2.9 billion for Capital Investment Grants (CIG), along with $1.6 billion in advance appropriations from BIL, which will provide a significant investment in the construction of major capital projects and new and expanded transit service to many local communities, $14.0 billion for Transit Formula Grants, which provide critical funding to public transportation systems across the U.S. through existing formula grant programs
  • Federal Railroad Administration ($4.8 billion)
  • Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration ($387.3 million)
House Appropriations Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
   Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
2359 Rayburn

04/20/2023 at 10:00AM

Budget Hearing – Fiscal Year 2024 Request for Air Force and Space Force Military Construction and Family Housing

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Witnesses:

  • Dr. Ravi I. Chaudhary, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Energy, Installations, and Environment, Department of the Air Force
  • Brigadier General Brian S. Hartless, Air Force Director of Civil Engineers, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection, United States Air Force
  • Bruce E. Hollywood, Associate Chief Operations Officer, Office of the Chief Operations Officer, United States Space Force

Budget request of $3.2 billion for Air Force construction, $292 million for Air Force Reserve construction, and $179 million for Air National Guard construction

House Appropriations Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
   Defense Subcommittee
2362-B Rayburn

04/20/2023 at 09:00AM

Military construction, energy, installations, environmental, and base closure programs in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2024 and the future years defense program

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Witnesses:

  • Brendan M. Owens, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment
  • Rachel L. Jacobson, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy, and Environment
  • Meredith A. Berger, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations, and Environment
  • Ravi I. Chaudhary, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Energy, Installations, and Environment
  • Elizabeth A. Field, Director of Defense Capabilities and Management, Government Accountability Office
Senate Armed Services Committee
   Readiness and Management Support Subcommittee
232A Russell

04/19/2023 at 02:30PM

The President's Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Request for Military Construction and Family Housing

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Chair Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

Witnesses:

Witnesses Panel I

  • Brendan Owens, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment, Department of Defense
  • Vice Admiral Ricky Williamson, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Fleet Readiness and Logistics, United States Navy
  • Lieutenant General Edward Banta, Deputy Commandant, Installations & Logistics, United States Marine Corps

Panel II

  • Lieutenant General Kevin Vereen, Deputy Chief of Staff, United States Army
  • Lieutenant General Tom Miller, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Engineering, and Force Protection, United States Air Force
  • Bruce Hollywood, Associate Chief Operations Officer, United States Space Force
Senate Appropriations Committee
   Defense Subcommittee
124 Dirksen

04/19/2023 at 10:30AM

The President's Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Request for the U.S. Agency for International Development

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Chair Chris Coons (D-Del.)

Witness:

  • Samantha Power, Administrator, United States Agency for International Development

Budget request for USAID: $2.3 billion

  • $1.9 billion for operating expenses, including $183 million for the Global Development Partnership Initiative
  • $0.3 billion for the USAID Capital Investment Fund
Senate Appropriations Committee
   State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee
138 Dirksen

04/19/2023 at 10:00AM

Budget & Oversight Hearing – Fiscal Year 2024 Request For The Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, Administration For Strategic Preparedness And Response, And National Institute Of Health

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Witnesses

  • Dawn O’Connell, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response
  • Dr. Lawrence Tabak D.D.S, Ph.D, Performing the Duties of the Director, National Institutes for Health
  • Dr. Rochelle Walensky M.D, M.P.H, Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Budget request of $51.1 billion for National Institutes of Health, including $938 million for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Budget request of $4.3 billion for the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, including $130 million for the National Disaster Medical System

Budget request of $11.6 billion for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including $88.6 million for vector-borne diseases and $421 million for environmental health, which includes $21 million for the Building Resilience Against Climate Effects (BRACE) Cooperative Agreement

House Appropriations Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
   Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
2358-C Rayburn

04/19/2023 at 10:00AM

Using Fear of China to Attack Renewable Energy Tax Incentives

Hearing on the “U.S. Tax Code Subsidizing Green Corporate Handouts and the Chinese Communist Party.”

Chair Jason Smith (R-Mo.)

The hearing’s argument is aligned with the Rupert Murdoch-owned Fox News and the Wall Street Journal.

Witnesses:

  • Daniel Turner, Executive Director, Power The Future
  • Drew Horn, CEO, GreenMet
  • Kenny Stein, Policy Director, Institute for Energy Research
  • Vance Ginn, Senior Fellow, Americans for Tax Reform
  • Ben Beachy, Vice President of Manufacturing and Industrial Policy, BlueGreen Alliance
House Ways and Means Committee
1100 Longworth

04/19/2023 at 10:00AM