Appropriations
FY 2015 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Bill
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew testified on his department’s fiscal year 2015 budget request. He said he was not happy with the budget deficit but that the priority should be on strengthening t…
886 viewsTom Wheeler and Ajit Pai testified about the fiscal year 2015 budget request for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). FCC Chair Wheeler conveyed his commitment to keeping the Interne…
699 viewsMary Jo White testified on the proposed fiscal year 2015 budget for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). She said her agency’s budget request boosts funding in critical areas polici…
582 viewsFBI Director James Comey testified on his agency’s fiscal year 2015 budget request. He also talked about FBI reforms since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, pointing to cyber crim…
1,264 viewsAgriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack testified on his department’s fiscal year 2015 budget request and priorities. Topics included the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), subsidie…
1,307 viewsMichael Botticelli testified on his Office of National Drug Control Policy agency’s $25.4 billion fiscal year budget request. Director Botticelli also spoke about his office’s efforts on dru…
702 viewsChief Kim Dine testified on the Capitol Police fiscal year budget 2015 request. The proposal sought $291 million for salaries, $23 million for overtime, and $64 million for safety expenses.
1,697 viewsAttorney General Eric Holder testified on the Justice Department’s fiscal year 2015 budget request, which totaled $27.4 billion, including $25.3 billion for federal programs and $2.1 billion…
1,100 viewsU.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power testified on the fiscal year 2015 budget request for the U.N. and international organizations. She covered a range of subjects, including…
5,038 viewsSecurity policy experts testified on FBI reform efforts since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. In the first panel, FBI Director James Comey cited cyber crime and homegrown terror…
514 viewsEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy testified on her agency’s fiscal year 2015 budget request. She defended the EPA’s proposed rule under the Clean Water Act th…
956 viewsInternal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen and two other IRS officials testified at an oversight hearing of the agency. Topics included the IRS fiscal year 2015 budget and the 2013 …
2,551 viewsThe House Appropriations Committee voted on a bill funding the Department of State in fiscal year 2014. It fully funded President Obama’s budget request for embassy security, but cut many ot…
263 viewsDanny Werfel and and J. Russell George testified about revelations that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) had applied additional scrutiny to groups applying for tax-exempt status that had t…
383 viewsAir Force officials testified on their branch’s fiscal year 2014 budget request.
420 viewsMary Jo White testified on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) fiscal year 2014 budget request.
274 viewsMichael Huerta testified on the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) fiscal year 2014 budget request. Many of the questions he answered focused on the impact of sequestration budget cuts …
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