WATCH LIVE: Hegseth and other cabinet members testify on Capitol Hill
The article discusses a series of congressional hearings where key government officials will testify on their respective department budgets. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is scheduled too present the Pentagon’s budget before the House Appropriations Committee, marking his first appearance as critically important military events. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Dan caine will also attend. Energy Secretary Chris Wright is set to testify regarding the Energy Department’s budget, focusing on recent budget cuts to initiatives from the Biden administration. Housing and Urban advancement Secretary Scott Turner will discuss his department’s budget amidst criticisms of inefficiencies within agencies like the New York City Housing Authority. Additionally, NIH head Jayanta Bhattacharya will address the National Institute of Health’s budget request, facing scrutiny over recent public health budget cuts that have raised concerns among NIH scientists. The hearings are expected to cover a range of issues, including military funding, energy policies, housing reform, and public health.
WATCH LIVE: Hegseth and other cabinet members testify on Capitol Hill
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will testify on the Pentagon’s budget in front of the House Appropriations Committee Defense Subcommittee at around 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday.
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Dan Caine will also be present at the hearing. This will be Hegseth’s first time in a congressional hearing since the Signal leaks and the recent deployment of Marines to California.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright
Energy Secretary Chris Wright will testify on the Energy Department’s budget at around 10 a.m. on Tuesday in front of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Energy Subcommittee.
The secretary has been at work cleaning the department out of Biden initiatives, recently terminating nearly $4 billion of financial awards, with most aimed at carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) and decarbonization initiatives.
Housing and Urband Development Secretary Scott Turner
HUD Secretary Scott Turner will testify on the Housing and Urban Development Department’s budget at around 10 a.m. ET on Tuesday in front of the House Appropriations Committee, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee.
Turner recently visited the New York City Housing Authority, blasting it as he met with the agency’s head. “I see a lot of waste. I see a lot of fraud, and a lot of abuse,” Turner said.
NIH head Jayanta Bhattacharya
Bhattacharya will testify on the National Institute of Health’s budget request at around 10 a.m. on Tuesday in front of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Bhattacharya is dealing with wide controversy over cuts to public health, with a group of NIH scientists recently penning a letter to him expressing their concern about “policies that undermine the NIH mission, waste public resources, and harm the health of Americans and people across the globe.”
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