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Thank you, Chairman Cole and Ranking Member McGovern, for allowing me to testify on the Limit, Save, Grow Act.
I want to start by thanking Speaker McCarthy, Leader Scalise, Ways and Means Chairman Smith, and Budget Chairman Arrington for their hard work on this bill.
I hope the President will come to the table and work with us to ensure our nation does not default on our debt.
I want to highlight one very straightforward idea included in this package: to rescind funds that are not needed at this time and redirect them to other priorities.
For example, as much as $60 billion that was appropriated more than two years ago for COVID remains unspent.
Now that the national emergency is officially over, we should be able to take back those resources.
There is also no reason for the IRS to be holding on to billions of dollars for future years.
Good afternoon.
The Subcommittee will come to order. Without objection, the Chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time.
Welcome to this afternoon's hearing. I will begin by recognizing myself for an opening statement. I'd like to welcome our witnesses today:
- Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, Mr. Hugh Clements;
- Acting Director of the Office on Violence Against Women, Ms. Allison Randall; and
- Chief Financial Officer of the Office of Justice Programs, Ms. Rachel Johnson.
The budget request for the Department of Justice includes $4.9 billion in discretionary budget authority for its grant programs – a 17% increase above the FY23 enacted level.
Today's hearing is on the Air Force and Space Force fiscal year 2024 budget request for military construction and family housing.
It is a great pleasure to be here today with Dr. Ravi Chaudhary, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Energy, Installations, and Environment; Mr. Bruce Hollywood, Assistant Chief Operations Officer, United States Space Force; and Brigadier General Brian Hartless, Air Force Director of Civil Engineers, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection.
Our ability to project air power in the Pacific is critically important, and we need to ensure we have the necessary infrastructure to do so, whether it be maintenance hangars, training facilities, or runways. Additionally, our Guardians need adequate facilities to work in and childcare options that meet the needs of their demanding, 24 hour a day schedules.
The Subcommittee on Homeland Security will come to order.
I want to welcome everyone to our Subcommittee hearing on the U.S. Coast Guard's 2024 Budget Request with U.S. Coast Guard Commandant, Admiral Linda Fagan.
Welcome Admiral Fagan. It's a pleasure to see you again, and I thank you for your testimony today as we discuss the Coast Guard's fiscal year 2024 budget request.
Whether it is enabling the flow of commerce through our maritime transportation system, interdicting migrants on the open ocean, or combatting illicit narcotic trafficking, our nation relies on the men and women of the Coast Guard.
The demands on the Coast Guard have never been greater. The Arctic, IndoPacific, and the maritime border have all presented challenges to the agency over the past year.
The work agents and officers of U.S. Customs and Border Protection do every day has immense importance to both our national and economic security.
Put simply, their collective job is to keep bad things and people from entering the country illegally.
However, our agents and officers' jobs are made harder by the President's fundamentally unserious budget request for CBP.
Unfortunately, the Fiscal Year 24 request is full of inexplicable gimmicks, and I'll explain those later.
For example, the President proposes $174 million dollars for additional surveillance towers, but fails to provide adequate funding to maintain the ones we already have in the field.
Good morning.
The Subcommittee will come to order. Without objection, the Chair is authorized to declare recesses at any time.
I would like to welcome everyone to our hearing on the Fiscal Year 2024 budget request for the National Science Foundation. Thank you to our Subcommittee Members and to our witness, Dr. Panchanathan, Director of the NSF, for being here today.
The National Science Foundation plays an important role in our government, with a broad mission to promote the progress of science. Unlike other federal agencies that have mission-specific approaches to research, the National Science Foundation supports fundamental, basic research from across the spectrum. This research is the foundation for the technological advances of the future.
Good afternoon.
The Subcommittee will come to order. Without objection, the Chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time.
Senator Nelson, it is good to have you back here visiting the Subcommittee to help us examine NASA's fiscal year 2024 budget request.
The Biden Administration is requesting $27.2 billion in funding for NASA – a roughly 7% increase over the fiscal year 2023 enacted level. And as you know, Congress also provided $367 million in emergency funding for NASA Construction and Environmental Compliance in fiscal year 2023.
The subcommittee will come to order.
Today, we welcome testimony from the Honorable Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation. Thank you for appearing before us today and for your service.
Mr. Secretary, I appreciated our recent phone conversation about your visit to the FAA's Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center and the Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City a few weeks ago. I'm glad you were able to see firsthand some of the critical transportation assets there are in Oklahoma. I look forward to discussing what more we can do in Oklahoma, given our unique geography, DOT facilities, and opportunities with other federal entities, like the Department of Defense.
