The House Budget Committee heard testimony regarding a $85.4 billion funding request for Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) for 2015, including $79.4 billion for defense and $5.9 billion for state department programs. Committee members questioned whether OCO funding should continue and whether these requests should be in the base budget instead. Witnesses from the department of defense and state advocated for continuing OCO funds, but many committee members were skeptical of OCO and certain funding allocations.