Hill Heat

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Witnesses:

• Dr. Ravi I. Chaudhary, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Energy, Installations, and Environment, Department of the Air Force
• Brigadier General Brian S. Hartless, Air Force Director of Civil Engineers, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection, United States Air Force
• Bruce E. Hollywood, Associate Chief Operations Officer, Office of the Chief Operations Officer, United States Space Force

Budget request of $3.2 billion for Air Force construction, $292 million for Air Force Reserve construction, and $179 million for Air National Guard construction

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Witnesses:

• Brendan M. Owens, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment
• Rachel L. Jacobson, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy, and Environment
• Meredith A. Berger, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations, and Environment
• Ravi I. Chaudhary, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Energy, Installations, and Environment
• Elizabeth A. Field, Director of Defense Capabilities and Management, Government Accountability Office

• Budget request for military construction: $16.7 billion
• Base realignment and closure plan
• Energy Resilience and Conservation Investment Program budget request: $634 million

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Witness:

• Bill Nelson, Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration FY2024 budget request is $27.2 billion, including $2.5 billion for earth science.

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Chair Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

Witnesses:

Witnesses Panel I

• Brendan Owens, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment, Department of Defense
• Vice Admiral Ricky Williamson, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Fleet Readiness and Logistics, United States Navy
• Lieutenant General Edward Banta, Deputy Commandant, Installations & Logistics, United States Marine Corps

Panel II

• Lieutenant General Kevin Vereen, Deputy Chief of Staff, United States Army
• Lieutenant General Tom Miller, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Engineering, and Force Protection, United States Air Force
• Bruce Hollywood, Associate Chief Operations Officer, United States Space Force

• Budget justification: $16.7 billion

Hearing on the Department of the Army Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Request.

Witnesses:

• Christine E. Wormuth, Secretary of the Army, U.S. Army
• General James C. McConville, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army

The FY2024 Army budget request is $185.5 billion, of which $1.4 billion (0.7%) is climate-related.

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Chair Chris Coons (D-Del.)

Witness:

• Samantha Power, Administrator, United States Agency for International Development

Budget request for USAID: $2.3 billion

• $1.9 billion for operating expenses, including $183 million for the Global Development Partnership Initiative
• $0.3 billion for the USAID Capital Investment Fund

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Witnesses

• Dawn O’Connell, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response
• Dr. Lawrence Tabak D.D.S, Ph.D, Performing the Duties of the Director, National Institutes for Health
• Dr. Rochelle Walensky M.D, M.P.H, Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Budget request of $51.1 billion for National Institutes of Health, including $938 million for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Budget request of $4.3 billion for the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, including $130 million for the National Disaster Medical System

Budget request of $11.6 billion for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including $88.6 million for vector-borne diseases and $421 million for environmental health, which includes $21 million for the Building Resilience Against Climate Effects (BRACE) Cooperative Agreement

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• Budget request: $1 billion

Hearing on the “U.S. Tax Code Subsidizing Green Corporate Handouts and the Chinese Communist Party.”

Chair Jason Smith (R-Mo.)

The hearing’s argument is aligned with the Rupert Murdoch-owned Fox News and the Wall Street Journal.

Witnesses:

• Daniel Turner, Executive Director, Power The Future
• Drew Horn, CEO, GreenMet
• Kenny Stein, Policy Director, Institute for Energy Research
• Vance Ginn, Senior Fellow, Americans for Tax Reform
• Ben Beachy, Vice President of Manufacturing and Industrial Policy, BlueGreen Alliance

Hearing for the purpose of receiving testimony from The Honorable Michael Regan, Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Chair GT Thompson (R-Pa.)