Budget Control Act of 2011 and Sequestration
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Defense Department Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Request Top commanders from the four military branches testified about their program requests in the fiscal year 2016 budget requests for the Department of Defense. Each witness warned of the continuing risks to American lives due to sequestration* budget cuts.
* Sequestration, a legal procedure in which every federal agency has the same percentage of its budget taken back in order to cut deficit spending, was part of a debt ceiling and tax increase agreement for the Budget Control Act of 2011 and began March 1, 2013. close
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- Joseph F. Dunford Jr. Commander International Security Assistance Force (Afghanistan)
- Michelle J. Howard Vice Chief U.S. Navy->Naval Operations
- Deborah Lee James Secretary U.S. Air Force
- Raymond E. Mabus Jr. Secretary U.S. Navy
- John M. McHugh Secretary Department of the Army
- Raymond T. Odierno Chief of Staff U.S. Army
- Mark A. Welsh III Chief of Staff U.S. Air Force
- Brad Ashford U.S. Representative [D] Nebraska
- Madeleine Bordallo Congressional Delegate [D] Guam
- Mo Brooks U.S. Representative [R] Alabama
- Bradley Byrne U.S. Representative [R] Alabama
- Mike Conaway U.S. Representative [R] Texas
- Joseph "Joe" D. Courtney U.S. Representative [D] Connecticut
- Susan Davis U.S. Representative [D] California
- Tammy Duckworth U.S. Representative [D] Illinois
- John Calvin Fleming Jr. U.S. Representative [R] Louisiana
- J. "Randy" Randy Forbes U.S. Representative [R] Virginia
- Ruben Gallego U.S. Representative [D] Arizona
- Chris Gibson U.S. Representative [R] New York
- Gwen Graham U.S. Representative [D] Florida
- Hank Johnson Jr. U.S. Representative [D] Georgia
- Walter B. Jones Jr. U.S. Representative [R] North Carolina
- John Kline U.S. Representative [R] Minnesota
- Doug Lamborn U.S. Representative [R] Colorado
- Jim Langevin U.S. Representative [D] Rhode Island
- Frank A. LoBiondo U.S. Representative [R] New Jersey
- Martha McSally U.S. Representative [R] Arizona
- Jeff Miller U.S. Representative [R] Florida
- Seth W. Moulton U.S. Representative [D] Massachusetts
- Richard B. Nugent U.S. Representative [R] Florida
- Beto O'Rourke U.S. Representative [D] Texas
- Michael "Mike" D. Rogers U.S. Representative [R] Alabama
- Loretta Sanchez U.S. Representative [D] California
- Elise Stefanik U.S. Representative [R] New York
- Mac Thornberry U.S. Representative [R] Texas
- Michael "Mike" R. Turner U.S. Representative [R] Ohio
- Marc Veasey U.S. Representative [D] Texas
- Joe Wilson U.S. Representative [R] South Carolina
- Rob Wittman U.S. Representative [R] Virginia
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