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NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine testified before the House Science, Space and Technology Committee on his agency’s fiscal year 2020 budget request. He talked about budget priorities and why,…

Army Chief of Staff General Mark Milley and Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson were among the witnesses at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on President Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget…

Russell Vought, the acting director of the Office of Management and Budget, testified at a House Budget Committee hearing on President Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget request. In his opening…

Attorney General William Barr testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee regarding the the fiscal year 2020 budget request for the Justice Department. Many lawmakers asked the attorney…

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue testified at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on his department’s fiscal year 2020 budget request. Secretary Perdue also discussed the impact of…

Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), testified before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee regarding President Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget request…

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo testified before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on his department’s fiscal year 2020 budget request. He talked about several pressing diplomatic issues, including…

FBI Director Christopher Wray testified about the agency’s fiscal year 2020 budget before a House Appropriations subcommittee. He talked about cyber crime and the challenge of keeping up with the…

Energy Secretary Rick Perry testified before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee about President Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget request for his department. Issues included emissions…

Commandant Admiral Karl Schultz and federal maritime agency officials testified on the fiscal year 2020 Coast Guard and maritime budget request at a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation…

Labor Secretary Alex Acosta testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee about his department’s fiscal year 2020 budget request. Democratic committee members asked about what they…

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar testified about health care policy and his agency’s fiscal year 2020 budget request before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee. He was asked questions about the Trump…

Niv Elis spoke by phone about House Democratic leadership’s decision to cancel the vote on legislation to increase budget spending caps for the next two years.

IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee on his agency’s fiscal year 2020 budget request. The hearing includes an approximate 45-minute recess…

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee on his department’s fiscal year 2020 budget request.

National Park Service Deputy Director Dan Smith testified on his agency’s fiscal year 2020 budget request at a House Natural Resources subcommittee hearing. President Trump’s budget…

EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler testified before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on President Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget request for the agency. He talked about the agency’s plans to enforce…

Niv Elis talked about Democratic federal spending caps legislation expected on the House floor the following week week in lieu of a budget resolution.

Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie testified at a Senate hearing on President Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget request for his department. The secretary also touched on various other…

Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford and Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan testified at a House hearing on President Trump’s fiscal year 2020 defense budget request. Witnesses…