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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsyshearqd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AF- FAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPRO- PRIATIONS FOR 2014 FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 2013. INSTALLATIONS, ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY AND BRAC WITNESSES HON. JOHN CONGER, DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR INSTALLATIONS AND ENVIRONMENT HON. KATHERINE HAMMACK, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY FOR INSTALLATIONS, ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT MR. ROGER NATSUHARA, PRINCIPAL DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY FOR INSTALLATIONS AND ENVIRONMENT HON. KATHLEEN FERGUSON, ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE FOR INSTALLATIONS, ENVIRONMENT AND LOGISTICS CHAIRMAN'S OPENING STATEMENT Mr. CULBERSON. The Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs will come to order. We are de- lighted to have with us today-we are going to have our hearing today on Installations, Environment, Energy and BRAC for Fiscal Year 2014. Delighted to have all of you here today with us. We want to dive right into the questions. I would like to recognize my ranking member, Mr. Bishop, for any opening remarks he would like to make. RANKING MEMBER'S OPENING STATEMENT Mr. BISHOP. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I am glad to be here today. Today we are going to be able to talk about the President's 2014 budget request. And we have the civilian leader- ship here that can explain the priorities for military construction for each of the services. I look forward to hearing from our wit- nesses today about how sequestration is affecting their military construction projects not only this year, but in their requests for next year. I have said in each hearing, and I will reemphasize it again today, that I believe sequestration is the wrong way to reduce budgets, and that the Members of Congress, both Republicans and Democrats, need to really start working together to find a com- promise in making fiscally responsible decisions. So I hope that starting with this year's budget we can work together to that end. Mr. Chairman, another subject equally important is the Defense Department's request for the second year in a row to conduct BRAC. In 2005, Congress authorized a BRAC that ended up being (1)

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