Secret Service director to testify before Congress next week

Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy will testify before Congress next week just days after a report that two agents crashed into a White House fence and may have run over a suspicious package.

Clancy was already scheduled to testify on the Secret Service’s budget before the House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday at 10 a.m. 

{mosads}But lawmakers are likely to grill Clancy about the Secret Service’s culture during his testimony.

Another major hearing this week will be Thursday in the House Foreign Affairs Committee about the Iran nuclear negotiations. International negotiators are trying to reach an agreement before the end of March.

Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken is among the witnesses slated to testify before the panel.

Details on these and other hearings are below:

House Agriculture Committee
March 18, “The Importance of Trade to U.S. Agriculture”
10 a.m., 1300 Longworth

House Appropriations Committee
March 17, “United States Secret Service Budget”
10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn

House Education and the Workforce Committee
March 18, “Strengthening America’s Higher Education System”
10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn

House Foreign Affairs Committee
March 17, “The FY 2016 Budget Request: Assessing U.S. Foreign Assistance Effectiveness”
10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn

House Foreign Affairs Committee
March 18, “Iran and Hezbollah in the Western Hemisphere”
10:15 a.m., 2172 Rayburn

House Foreign Affairs Committee
March 19, “Negotiations with Iran: Blocking or Paving Tehran’s Path to Nuclear Weapons?”
8:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn

House Homeland Security Committee
March 17, “Combating Terrorist Travel: Does the Visa Waiver Program Keep Our Nation Safe?”
10 a.m., 311 Cannon

House Homeland Security Committee
March 18, “Unmanned Aerial System Threats: Exploring Security Implications and Mitigation Technologies”
10 a.m., 311 Cannon

House Homeland Security Committee
March 19, “Agents of Opportunity: Responding to the Threat of Chemical Terrorism”
9:30 a.m., 311 Cannon

House Oversight Committee
March 17, “FCC: Process and Transparency”
10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn

House Oversight Committee
March 19, “A Review of the Department of Homeland Security’s Policies and Procedures for the Apprehension, Detention, and Release of Non-Citizens Unlawfully Present in the United States-Part II”
9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn

House Veterans’ Affairs Committee
March 16, “The Power of Legislative Inquiry – Improving the VA by Improving Transparency” 
7:30 p.m., 334 Cannon