The Senate Commerce Committee's Fisheries and Coast Guard Subcommittee has scheduled a hearing on the Coast Guard Operational Readiness/Mission Balance/FY 2006 Budget Request for Thursday, March 17, 2005, at 10 a.m. in room 253 of the Russell Building.

The scheduled witnesses are:

Admiral Thomas Collins, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard

Master Chief Franklin Welch, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard

Margaret Wrightson, Director, Homeland Security and Justice Team Government Accountability Office