Congressman Wittman to conduct BRAC hearing March 14

Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-1), who represents part of the Prince William County area, will lead a subcommittee hearing this afternoon, March 14, entitled, “Is Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Appropriate at this Time?”

Wittman, chairman of the House Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee, will receive testimony from Department of Defense officials on the potential for proposals on Base Realignment and Closure during Fiscal Year 2014 and beyond. The hearing will take place at 3:30 p.m. in the Rayburn House Office Building.

Wittman’s office provided the following link and list of witnesses.

***The hearing can be streamed live at this link: http://armedservices.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=2.***

Witnesses:
Mr. John Conger
Acting Deputy Under Secretary of Defense
Installations and Environment

Honorable Katherine Hammack
Assistant Secretary of the Army
Installations, Energy and Environment

Mr. Roger Natsuhara
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Energy, Installations and Environment

Mrs. Kathleen Ferguson
Acting Assistant Secretary of the Air Force
Installations, Environment and Logistics

Congressman Rob Wittman represents the First District of Virginia. He serves on the House Natural Resources Committee and the House Armed Services Committee where he is the Chairman of the Readiness Subcommittee.