Michael 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 on the air traffic control system and recent furloughs imposed by the FAA.

Representative Rick Larsen (D-WA) talked about the effects of sequestration on airline schedules. He responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Sequestration budget cuts had resulted employee furloughs and flight delays.

During a portion of the day's debate on the floor of the U.S. Senate topics included a proposed online sales tax and budget cuts due to the sequester.

Admiral Robert Papp and Kathryn Sullivan testified on their fiscal year 2014 budget requests for the respective agencies, the U.S. Coast Guard and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Both talked about the impact of sequestration budget on readiness and the ability to perform important missions of their agencies.

Senators Jerry Moran (R-KS) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) spoke to reporters about Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) sequestration budget cuts. They urged the FAA to postpone the closure of air traffic control towers and the furlough of its employees for two months.

Anthony Costello talked about tax breaks for oil and gas companies, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Topics included tax break eliminations in President Obama's fiscal year 2014 budget, the history of the these tax breaks, the impact of eliminating them, and how much revenue would be raised if they were repealed.

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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano testified about the department's fiscal year 2014 budget request. Topics included a number of security-related incidents within the previous week including the Boston Marathon bombing, an explosiion at a fertilizer plant in Texas, and the discovery of tainted letters sent to the president and two members of Congress. Other issues ...included immigration, border security, disaster relief, and the impact of sequestration. During questioning she refuted a number of false stories in the news about the Boston Marathon bombing investigation, including a report that a so-called "person of interest" was scheduled for deportation. Show SummaryShow Full Text

Attorney General Eric Holder testified before the House Appropriations Committee on his department's fiscal year 2014 budget. He also fielded questions from lawmakers on legislation restricting guns along with additional topics.

Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) talked about issues facing the Senate including gun legislation, immigration reform, and the president's 2014 budget. She also talked about her transition to the Senate, and responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.

Nancy Calo read news headlines from C-SPAN Radio at the end of the program.
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Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew testified about the president's fiscal year 2014 revenue and economic policy proposals. In his remarks he called on Congress to increase the federal debt limit by following month's deadline, and avoid the "political brinkmanship" that occurred in 2011.