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ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT
APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2016
U.S. SENATE,
SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS,
Washington, DC.
The subcommittee met at 2:37 p.m., in room SD-138, Dirksen
Senate Office Building, Hon. Lamar Alexander (chairman) pre-
siding.
Present: Senators Alexander, Graham, Hoeven, Lankford, Fein-
stein, Udall, Shaheen, and Coons.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
STATEMENT OF HON. ERNEST J. MONIZ, SECRETARY
OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR LAMAR ALEXANDER
Senator ALEXANDER. The Subcommittee on Energy and Water
Development will please come to order.
Today's hearing will review the President's fiscal year 2017 budg-
et request for the Department of Energy. This is the subcommit-
tee's third budget hearing this year. We will have our final hearing
on the National Nuclear Security Administration's budget next
week.
I would add that Senator McConnell has said to the Republican
Caucus that he hopes we move rapidly on appropriations bills this
year. He would like to start April 15. He said that after he received
a letter from the Democratic leadership, urging him to do that.
In past years, this committee has been able to work well to-
gether, whether we had a Democrat or Republican chairman, and
agree on a bill with our members in the House and be one of the
first bills ready for consideration for the floor. I hope we can do
that again.
In doing that, I hope that we will have plenty of policy items in
the budget, and I hope so-called controversial riders will not be
added in the subcommittee or committee, so we can get the bill to
the floor. If anybody thinks they have 60 votes to put something
controversial on the bill, they can offer it on the floor or they can
run for the House of Representatives. Those are the two ways to
do that.
[Laughter.]
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