Today's Committee Meetings on the LRL website is a calendar of interim committee hearings with links to agendas. Below are resources related to upcoming Interim Hearings.
November 20th
House Committee on Defense & Veterans' Affairs and Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs and Military Installations (Joint Hearing)
Topic: Impact of federal actions (including the federal government shutdown, sequestration, military force reductions, and potential base closure or realignment) on active-duty service members, the Texas Military Department, veterans, their families, defense-related contractors, small businesses, local governments, and state agencies
- Defense Spending Cuts: The Impact on Economic Activity and Jobs, National Association of Manufacturers, June 2012
- Government Shutdown: Operations of the Department of Defense During a Lapse in Appropriations, Congressional Research Service, October 15, 2013
- Impact of March 1st Cuts on Middle Class Families, Jobs and Economic Security: Texas (sequestration), The White House, February 24, 2013.
- "Playing Defense: Looming Cuts May Affect Texas Communities," Fiscal Notes, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, June 11, 2013
