The House Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee has set its hearing schedule for the next month-and-a-half and will begin the appropriations process with a 2 p.m. Feb. 28 hearing with Energy Secretary Steven Chu. NNSA Administrator Tom D’Agostino, Defense Programs chief Don Cook and Principal Assistant Deputy Administrator for Military Application Brig. Gen. Sandra Finan will appear before the panel at 10 a.m. Feb. 29, while D’Agostino, Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Anne Harrington and Naval Reactors chief Adm. Kirkland Donald will testify at 10 a.m. March 6. Dave Huizenga, DOE’s Senior Advisor for the Office of Environmental Management, will appear alongside DOE’s chief Health, Safety and Security officer, Glenn Podonsky, at 10 a.m. March 21, while DOE Nuclear Energy chief Pete Lyons and Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko will testify at 10 a.m. March 7. Each of the hearings will take place in Room 2362-B of the Rayburn House Office Building.
HOUSE APPROPS HEARING SCHEDULE SET
Key House, Senate races in DOE nuclear weapons complex
With less than three weeks to go before the Nov. 3 general election, here is a look at some of the key House of Representatives and Senate races around Department of Energy nuclear weapons sites. The sites and races are listed alphabetically. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California: Rep. Lateefah Simon (D) is seeking re-election […]