This week in Congress: Budget season in full bloom on Capitol Hill – By Leo Shane III (Military Times) / April 24, 2022
Congress returns from a two-week break with a full slate of budget hearings in advance of appropriations and authorization bill drafts expected in coming weeks.
Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas will all testify before congressional committees this week to answer questions about the president’s fiscal 2023 budget request.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made his appearances on Capitol Hill before the break, but the House and Senate Armed Services Committees have multiple hearings with service leaders to outline their needs and wants for next year.
Lawmakers have said they hope to get their appropriations and authorization work finished ahead of the mid-term elections this November.
