Obama Cabinet heads to the House to talk budget
Several members of President Obama’s Cabinet will testify before the House next week, to defend Obama’s 2015 budget request.
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew testifies Wednesday at the House Budget Committee on the administration’s budget and revenue estimates.
{mosads}Secretary of State John Kerry will appear twice — once at a Wednesday Appropriations Committee hearing, and again Thursday at the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
The Appropriations Committee will also hear from Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Tuesday, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx on Wednesday, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Thursday, and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Friday.
Finally, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius meets the House Ways and Means Committee Wednesday to discuss her budget.
Details on these and other crucial hearings next week follow:
House Appropriations Committee
March 11, Department of Homeland Security budget, Secretary Jeh Johnson testifies
4 p.m., 2359 Rayburn House Office Building
March 12, Department of State budget, Secretary John Kerry testifies
10:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn House Office Building
March 12, Department of Transportation budget, Secretary Anthony Foxx testifies
2 p.m., 2358-A Rayburn House Office Building
March 13, Defense Department budget, Secretary Chuck Hagel testifies
10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn House Office Building
March 14, Department of Agriculture budget, Secretary Tom Vilsack testifies
10 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn House Office Building
House Armed Services
March 12, “Fiscal Year 2015 National Defense Authorization Budget Request from the Department of the Navy”
10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn House Office Building
March 14, “Fiscal Year 2015 National Defense Authorization Budget Request from the Department of the Air Force”
9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn House Office Building
House Budget
March 12, “The President’s Fiscal Year 2015 Revenue and Economic Policy Proposals,” Treasury Secretary Jack Lew testifies
2 p.m., 210 Cannon House Office Building
House Education & the Workforce
March 12, “Raising the Bar: The Role of Charter Schools in K-12 Education”
10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn House Office Building
House Foreign Affairs
March 13, “Advancing U.S. Interests Abroad: The FY 2015 Foreign Affairs Budget,” Secretary of State John Kerry testifies
1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn House Office Building
House Judiciary Committee
March 12, “Exploring Alternative Solutions on the Internet Sales Tax Issue”
10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn House Office Building
House Small Business
March 12, “The Rise of 3D Printing: Opportunities for Entrepreneurs”
1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn House Office Building
House Transportation
March 12, “Oversight of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Implementation of MAP-21 and Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Request for Surface Transportation”
10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn House Office Building
House Ways & Means
March 12, “The President’s Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Proposal with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius”
10 a.m., 1100 Longworth House Office Building
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