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AP WASHINGTON DAYBOOK, Wednesday, April 2
CONGRESS-HOUSE
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10 a.m. APPROPRIATIONS — Commerce, Justice, Science subcommittee hearing on Panel 1 DEA FY 2015 Budget Request, DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart. Panel 2: State of Research on Drug Abuse in American Nora D. Volkow, M.D., Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Location: H-309, The Capitol.
10 a.m. APPROPRIATIONS — Budget hearing - Department of Agriculture Marketing and Regulatory Programs. Witnesses: Ed Avalos, Under Secretary Marketing and Regulatory Programs; Kevin Shea, Administrator Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; Anne Alonzo, Administrator Agriculture Marketing Service; Larry Mitchell, Administrator Grain Inspection Packers and Stockyards Administration; Mr. Michael Young, Budget Officer
Location: 2362-A Rayburn
10 a.m. APPROPRIATIONS — Budget Hearing - Department of Treasury. Witness: The Honorable Jacob Lew, Secretary Department of the Treasury.
Location: 2359 Rayburn
10 a.m. APPROPRIATIONS — Budget Hearing - Department of Energy. Witness: The Honorable Ernest Moniz, Secretary Department of Energy
Location: 2362-B Rayburn
10 a.m. APPROPRIATIONS — Budget hearing - United States Customs and Border Protection. Witness: R. Gil Kerlikowske, Commissioner United States Customs and Border Protection.
Location: 2358-A Rayburn
10 a.m. ARMED SERVICES — Committee hearing: The Fiscal Year 2015 National Defense Authorization Budget Requests from U.S. European Command, U.S. Forces Korea, and U.S. Strategic Command. Witnesses: General Philip M. Breedlove, USAF Commander, U.S. European Command; Admiral Cecil D. Haney, USN Commander, U.S. Strategic Command; General Curtis M. Scaparrotti, USA Commander, U.S. Forces Korea
Location: 2118 Rayburn
10 a.m. COMMITTEE ON INTELIGENCE — The Benghazi Talking Points and Michael J. Morells Role in Shaping the Administrations Narrative. http://intelligence.house.gov/hearing/benghazi-talking-points-and-michael-j-morell%E2%80%99s-role-shaping-administration%E2%80%99s-narrative
Location: TBA.
10 a.m. ENERGY AND COMMERCE — Subcommittee on Energy and Power hearing: The Fiscal Year 2015 EPA Budget. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy and Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz will appear.
Location: 2123 Rayburn
10 a.m. FINANCIAL SERVICES — Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing "Allegations of Discrimination and Retaliation within the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau".
Location: 2128 Rayburn
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10 a.m. HOMELAND SECURITY — Committee hearing: "Taking Down the Cartels: Examining United States - Mexico Cooperation." http://homeland.house.gov/hearing/hearing-taking-down-cartels-examining-united-states-mexico-cooperation
Location: 311 Canon
10 a.m. TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE — Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment hearing: The President's Fiscal Year 2015 Budget: Administration Priorities for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Location: 2167 Rayburn
10 a.m. VETERANS AFFAIRS — Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations, "VA & Human Tissue: Poor Practice and Lack of Tracking Endangers Veterans."
Location: 334 Cannon.
10:30 a.m. APPROPRIATIONS — Budget Hearing - Department of Labor. Witness: The Honorable Thomas E. Perez, Secretary Department of Labor.
Location: 2358-C Rayburn
10:30 a.m. APPROPRIATIONS — Budget hearing - Request for the United Nations and International Organizations. Witness: Samantha Power, United States Ambassador to the United Nations.
Location: H-140 Capitol
10:30 a.m. ENERGY AND COMMERCE — Subcommittee on Communications and Technology hearing: Ensuring the Security, Stability, Resilience, and Freedom of the Global Internet.
Location: 2322 Rayburn
1 p.m. SMALL BUSINESS — Full committee hearing - &8203;Bitcoin: Examining the Benefits and Risks for Small Business. Witnesses: Jerry Brito, Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center, George Mason University; Adam White, Director of Business Development and Sales, Coinbase; Mark Williams, Executive-in-Residence, Master Lecturer, Boston University School of Management.
Location: 2360 Rayburn
1:30 p.m. APPROPRIATIONS — Budget Hearing - Defense Health Program. Witnesses: Dr. Jonathan Woodson, Assistant Secretary of Defense Health Affairs; Lieutenant General Patricia D. Horoho, Surgeon General United States Army; Vice Admiral Matthew L. Nathan, Surgeon General United States Navy; Lieutenant General Dr. Thomas W. Travis, Surgeon General, United States Air Force.
Location: 2359 Rayburn
1:30 p.m. APPROPRIATIONS — Budget hearing - United States Forest Service. Witness: Tom Tidwell, Chief United States Forest Service.
Location: B-308 Rayburn
2 p.m. APPROPRIATIONS — Committee hearing: Oversight Hearing - Public Housing. Witness: The Honorable Shaun Donovan, Secretary Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Location: 2358-A Rayburn
2 p.m. ARMED SERVICES — Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces hearing: Fiscal Year 2015 Ground Force Modernization Programs. Witnesses: Lieutenant General James O. Barclay III, USA Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army, G8, Department of the Army; Tom Dee Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Expeditionary Programs and Logistics Management, Department of the Navy; Lieutenant General Glenn M. Walters, USMC Deputy Commandant for Programs and Resources, Department of the Navy; Major General Michael E. Williamson, USA Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology), Department of the Army;
Location: 2212 Rayburn
2 p.m. ARMED SERVICES — Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, "Fiscal Year 2015 Ground Force Modernization Programs."
Location: 2212 Rayburn.
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2 p.m. FOREIGN AFFAIRS — Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade hearing: The Crude Truth: Evaluating U.S. Energy Trade Policy. Witnesses: Panel I: Lisa Murkowski, United States Senate. Panel II: Michael Jennings, Chief Executive Officer and President, HollyFrontier Corporation; Erik Milito, Director, Upstream and Industry Operations, American Petroleum Institute; Kenneth B. Medlock III, Ph.D., Senior Director, Center for Energy Studies, James A Baker III Institute for Public Policy; Deborah Gordon, Senior Associate, Energy and Climate Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Location: 2172 Rayburn
2 p.m. TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE — Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, entitled "Examining Issues for Hazardous Materials Reauthorization". Speakers: Cynthia Quarterman, Administrator, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; William F. Downey, Executive Vice President and Chief Security Officer, Kenan Advantage Group, Inc.; on behalf of the American Trucking Association; Thomas E. Schick, Senior Director, Regulatory and Technical Affairs, American Chemistry Council; Stephen Pelkey, Chairman, Transportation Committee, American Pyrotechnics Association; Kevin O'Connor, Assistant to the General President, International Association of Fire Fighters. http://transport.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=374285
Location: 2167 Rayburn.
2 p.m. WAYS AND MEANS — Subcommittee on Human Resources hearing on the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program.
Location: 1100 Longworth
2:30 p.m. JUDICIARY — Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet hearing: Preservation and Reuse of Copyrighted Works.
Location: 2141 Rayburn
3:30 p.m. ARMED SERVICES — Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces hearing: Air Force Projection Forces Aviation Programs and Capabilities related to the 2015 Presidents Budget Request. Witnesses: Major General James J. Jones, USAF Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans and Requirements; Dr. William A. LaPlante, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition; Major General John F. Thompson, USAF Air Force Program Executive Officer for Tankers, Tanker Directorate, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center.
Location: 2118 Rayburn
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