Wednesday, July 25, 2012

 

Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee (Chairman Harkin)

 

Time and Location: 10:00 a.m., Dirksen 124

 

Agenda: The Impact of Sequestration on Education

 

Witnesses:     

 

Panel 1:

 

The Honorable Arne Duncan

Secretary

United States Department of Education

 

Panel 2:

 

June Atkinson

State Superintendent of Public Instruction

Raleigh, North Carolina

 

Billy Walker

Superintendent

Randolph Field Independent School District

University City, Texas

 

Neal P. McCluskey

Associate Director

Center for Educational Freedom

The Cato Institute

 

Tammy Mann

President and CEO

The Campagna Center

 

Energy and Water Development Subcommittee (Chairman Feinstein)

 

Time and Location: 10:00 a.m., Dirksen 192

 

Agenda: Examining the proper size of the nuclear weapons stockpile to maintain a credible U.S. deterrent

 

Witnesses:     

 

General James Cartwright, USMC, Retired

Former Vice Chairman

Joint Chiefs of Staff

 

The Honorable Thomas Pickering

Former Undersecretary for Political Affairs

United States Department of State

 

Dr. Keith Payne

Professor and Department Head

Missouri State University Department of Defense and Strategic Studies