Senate Appropriations Committee Hearing Schedule – Week of April 3, 2006
Tuesday, April 4
2:00 p.m. – The Full Senate Appropriations Committee will meet in room 106 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building for a mark-up of the 2006 Supplemental Appropriations Bill
Wednesday, April 5
10:30 a.m. – The Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch will meet in room 138 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The program includes a review of the Fiscal Year 2007 Budget for Sergeant at Arms, U.S. Capitol Police, and Capitol Guide Service.
Witnesses:
Panel I:
William Pickle, Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate
Panel II:
Wilson Livingood, Chairman, Capitol Police Board and Capitol Guide Service
William Pickle, Member, Capitol Police Board and Capitol Guide Service
Alan Hantman, Member, Capitol Police Board and Capitol Guide Service
Christopher McGaffin, Acting Chief, U.S. Capitol Police
2:00 p.m. – The Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science will meet in room 192 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building for an overview of the President’s Fiscal Year 2007 Budget Request for the Department of Justice.
Witnesses:
Panel I:
The Honorable Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General
Panel II:
Director Robert Mueller, Federal Bureau of Investigations
Administrator Karen Tandy, Drug Enforcement Administration
Director Carl J. Truscott, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Director John Clark, United States Marshals Service
2:30 p.m. – The Subcommittee on Energy and Water will meet in room 124 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building for an overview of the Fiscal Year 2007 Corps of Engineers budget requests.
Witnesses:
The Honorable John Paul Woodley, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)
Lieutenant General Carl A. Strock, Chief of Engineers
Thursday, April 6
9:30 a.m. – The Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury, the Judiciary, and HUD will meet in room 138 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building for an overview of the Fiscal Year 2007 Budget Request for the Department of the Treasury.
Witnesses:
Panel I:
The Honorable John Snow, Secretary, Department of the Treasury
Panel II:
Mr. Stuart Levey, Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, Department of the Treasury
accompanied by Ms. Janice B. Gardner, Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, Department of the Treasury
9:30 a.m. – The Subcommittee on the Interior will meet in room 124 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building for an overview of the Fiscal Year 2007 Budget Request for the Environmental Protection Agency.
Witnesses:
Stephen L. Johnson, Administrator, EPA
Marcus Peacock, Deputy Administrator, EPA
10:30 a.m. – The Subcommittee on Homeland Security will meet in room 192 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to review of The United States Coast Guard's Role in Border and Maritime Security.
Witness:
Vice Admiral Thad Allen, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
1:30 p.m. – The Subcommittee on the District of Columbia will meet in room 138 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to discuss healthcare in the District of Columbia.
Witnesses:
Panel I –
Ms. Brenda Donald-Walker, Deputy Mayor, Children, Youth, Families and Elders
Mr. Randall Bovbjerg, Principal Research Associate, The Urban Institute
Ms. Sharon Baskerville, Executive Director, DC Primary Care Association
Ms. Maria Gomez, President and CEO, Mary's Center for Maternal and Childcare
Panel II –
Mr. Lawrence Mirel, Former Commissioner of Insurance, Securities and Banking for the District of Columbia
Mr. Edmund Haislmaier, Research Fellow, Center for Health Policy Studies, The Heritage Foundation
Mr. Daniel Perrin, President, HSA Coalition
2:00 p.m. – The Subcommittee on Energy and Water will meet in room 192 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building for an overview of the Fiscal Year 2007 budget requests for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).
Witness:
Ambassador Linton F. Brooks Under Secretary for Nuclear Security and Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration
