Let the budget hearings begin

Several House committees will hold hearings next week on the Obama administration’s 2015 budget request, including a Ways and Means Committee one on Thursday with Treasury Secretary Jack Lew.

Obama’s proposed budget for 2015 is expected on March 4, about a month past the statutory deadline. His plan is expected to include a proposal to spend another $56 billion above the new budget caps on an infrastructure and jobs initiative.

{mosads}In addition to the Ways and Means hearing, the House Budget Committee will meet Wednesday with White House Budget Director Sylvia Burwell.

The House Appropriations Committee will hold several budget hearings  throughout the week to talk about the budget with various department and agency heads.

Details on these and other noteworthy hearings for the week follow:

House Appropriations

The committee will hold several budget hearings between March 4 and March 6 on various departments and agencies, including the Department of Agriculture, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and the Library of Congress. Details here.

House Armed Services

March 4, “The Posture of the U.S. Pacific Command and U.S. Strategic Command”
     10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn House Office Building

March 5, “The Fiscal Year 2015 National Defense Authorization Budget Requests from the U.S. Central Command and U.S. Africa Command”
     10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn House Office Building

March 6, “The Fiscal Year 2015 National Defense Authorization Budget Request from the Department of Defense”
     10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn House Office Building

House Budget

March 5, “The President’s Fiscal Year 2015 Budget”
     2 p.m., 210 Cannon House Office Building

House Education & the Workforce

March 4, “Raising the Bar: The Role of Charter Schools in K-12 Education”
     10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn House Office Building

March 5, “Culture of Union Favoritism: The Return of the NLRB’s Ambush Election Rule”
     10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn House Office Building

House Foreign Affairs

March 6, “U.S. Foreign Policy Toward Ukraine”
     9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn House Office Building

House Judiciary

March 4, “Exploring Alternative Solutions on the Internet Sales Tax Issue”
     10:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn House Office Building

House Ways & Means

March 6, “The President’s Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Proposal,” Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew testifies
     9 a.m., 1102 Longworth House Office Building