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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysabhu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPRO- PRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014 THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 2:30 p.m., in room SD-124, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Tim Johnson (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Johnson, Udall, Begich, Kirk, and Collins. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE STATEMENTS OF: HON. ROBERT F. HALE, UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (COMP- TROLLER) AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER JOHN CONGER, ACTING DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (INSTALLATIONS AND ENVIRONMENT) OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR TIM JOHNSON Senator JOHNSON. Good afternoon. This hearing will come to order. We meet today to discuss the President's fiscal year 2014 budget request for military construction (MILCON) and family housing for the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Navy. We will have two panels today. Our first panel includes Mr. Rob- ert Hale, Under Secretary of Defense, Comptroller; and Mr. John Conger, Acting Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment. We welcome you both to this hearing, and we look forward to your testimony. The President's fiscal year 2014 budget request for MILCON and family housing is $11 billion, which is on par with the fiscal year 2013 request and reflects the continued fiscal constraints under which DOD is operating. I understand the fiscal reality, but I hope that military construc- tion accounts are not being starved to feed operational priorities, as important as those programs are. Our troops stationed around the world live, work, and train on U.S. military bases. Many fami- lies live in military family housing, are treated at military clinics and hospitals, and in some areas, send their kids to on-base mili- tary schools. At a time of unrelenting wartime pressure on our troops and their families, we simply cannot afford to short-change (1)

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