{"id":47170,"date":"2019-03-11T03:00:58","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T03:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/03\/11\/this-week-in-congress-the-fiscal-2020-budget-finally-drops\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:09:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:09:36","slug":"this-week-in-congress-the-fiscal-2020-budget-finally-drops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2019\/03\/11\/this-week-in-congress-the-fiscal-2020-budget-finally-drops\/","title":{"rendered":"This week in Congress: The fiscal 2020 budget finally drops"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 With the White House\u2019s fiscal 2020 budget release set for Monday, lawmakers will have plenty of questions for defense and Veterans Affairs officials about their spending plans at hearings throughout the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/12\/24\/fix-it-man-shanahan-working-to-streamline-defense-spending\/\" target=\"_blank\">Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan<\/a> will testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday morning in the headline hearing of the week. The hearing could be contentious, with a host of questions about both the Pentagon budget plan and President Donald Trump\u2019s intention to tap past military construction funds to build <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/federal-budget\/2019\/03\/06\/house-dems-threaten-to-block-pentagons-money-moving-authority-in-border-wall-fight\/\" target=\"_blank\">his controversial southern border wall<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2019\/03\/08\/air-force-secretary-wilson-resigning\/\" target=_blank>Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson<\/a>, who announced her resignation on Friday, will testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee a day earlier, one of several hearings this week focused on the Air Force budget request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lawmakers are hopeful to keep the annual defense authorization bill process on schedule despite the late budget release. Typically the budget proposal comes out in early February, but the extended partial government shutdown delayed the release by five weeks this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<strong>Tuesday, March 12<\/strong><br>\r\n<br>\r\nHouse Appropriations \u2014 10 a.m. \u2014 2358C Rayburn <br>\r\n<i>State Department budget<\/i><br>\r\nAdministration officials will discuss their request for the fiscal 2020 State Department budget and related foreign operations. <br>\r\n<br>\r\nSenate Foreign Relations \u2014 10 a.m. \u2014 419 Dirksen <br>\r\n<i>Nominations<\/i><br>\r\nThe committee will consider several pending nominations, including the nominee to be ambassador to Ecuador and El Salvador. <br>\r\n<br>\r\nHouse and Senate Veterans\u2019 Affairs \u2014 10 a.m. \u2014 G-50 Dirksen<br>\r\n<i>Veterans groups<\/i><br>\r\nThe committees will hear the legislative priorities of seven groups, including the Military Officers Association of America, the Military Order of the Purple Heart, and the Fleet Reserve Association. <br>\r\n<br>\r\nHouse Appropriations \u2014 10:30 a.m. \u2014 2362-B Rayburn <br>\r\n<i>VA budget<\/i><br>\r\nThe committee will hear from VA benefits and cemeteries officials on their budget request for fiscal 2020. <br>\r\n<br>\r\nHouse Armed Services \u2014 2 p.m. \u2014 2212 Rayburn <br>\r\n<i>Military personnel policies<\/i><br>\r\nOutside experts will testify before the committee on current military personnel policies and potential reforms. <br>\r\n<br>\r\nSenate Armed Services \u2014 2:30 p.m. \u2014 232A Russell <br>\r\n<i>Artificial intelligence <\/i><br>\r\nOfficials from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and Defense Innovation Unit will testify before the committee on artificial intelligence research. <br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Wednesday, March 13<\/strong><br>\r\n<br>\r\nHouse Armed Services \u2014 10 a.m. \u2014 2118 Rayburn <br>\r\n<i>Europe<\/i><br>\r\nGen. Curtis Scaparrotti, head of U.S. European Command, will testify before the committee on security challenges in his region. <br>\r\n<br>\r\nHouse Foreign Affairs \u2014 10 a.m. \u2014 2172 Rayburn <br>\r\n<i>NATO<\/i><br>\r\nOutside experts, including former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy, will testify before the committee on the value of the NATO alliance.<br>\r\n<br> \r\nSenate Appropriations \u2014 10 a.m. \u2014 192 Dirksen <br>\r\n<i>Air Force Budget<\/i><br>\r\nAir Force Secretary Heather Wilson will testify before the committee on their fiscal 2020 budget request. <br>\r\n<br>\r\nSenate Foreign Relations \u2014 10:15 a.m. \u2014 419 Dirksen <br>\r\n<i>China <\/i><br>\r\nOutside experts will testify before the committee on U.S.-China competition on the world\u2019s stage. <br>\r\n<br>\r\nHouse Appropriations \u2014 11 a.m. \u2014 HT-2 Capitol<br>\r\n<i>VA Inspector General<\/i><br>\r\nThe VA inspector general will testify before the committee on his office\u2019s fiscal 2020 budget request and ongoing work. <br>\r\n<br>\r\nHouse Armed Services \u2014 2 p.m. \u2014 2212 Rayburn <br>\r\n<i>Climate change<\/i><br>\r\nOutside experts will testify on the potential impact of climate change on future military operations and national security threats. <br>\r\n<br>\r\nHouse Armed Services \u2014 2 p.m. \u2014 2118 Rayburn <br>\r\n<i>Cyber Command<\/i><br>\r\nGen. 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