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  • House Budget Committee Mark-Up: Reconciliation and Replacing the Sequester
    May 7, 2012 - Welcome to today’s mark-up. Today, this Committee meets to advance sensible spending restraints and to reprioritize savings called for under the Budget Control Act. Last year, as we were coming up on the debt ceiling, the Obama administration asked Congress to rubber-stamp a blank-check increase in ... More
  • House Budget Committee Hearing: Replacing the Sequester
    April 25, 2012 - I want to thank our witnesses for appearing today to address the looming sequester that has been hanging over the nation’s fiscal debate since the enactment of the Budget Control Act in August of last year. The 2013 sequester is a $109 billion across-the-board, inflexible, and arbitrary cut in spend... More
  • House Budget Committee Hearing: Strengthening the Safety Net
    April 17, 2012 - Before we start, I just want to note that today, millions of workers and businesses will file their taxes. I view the core mission of this committee as ensuring that every dollar the government takes from a hardworking citizen is spent as efficiently and effectively as possible, and only on programs... More
  • Paul Ryan: A budget that trusts the American people
    March 29, 2012 - CLICK TO WATCH Mr. Chairman, we are bearing witness to history this week. Across the street, we are witnessing what could be the end of bureaucrat-controlled health care. What we are on the verge of witnessing is a powerful reaffirmation of the American idea. And we are finally having the debate we... More
  • Committee Mark-Up: The Path to Prosperity – FY2013 Budget Resolution
    March 21, 2012 - Welcome to the mark up for the Fiscal Year 2013 budget resolution. I am proud to be here with my House Budget Committee colleagues today. I am proud of all the hard work you’ve done to produce the budget we’re here to discuss. I also want to thank my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, especi... More
  • Paul Ryan Previews The Path to Prosperity
    March 15, 2012 - Watch House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin preview next week’s release of a budget for the federal government. Click to watch “What if your President, your Senator and your Congressman knew a crisis was coming? What if they knew why it was happening? What if they knew what they nee... More
  • House Budget Committee Hearing: The Department of Defense and the FY13 Budget
    February 29, 2012 - Welcome all to today’s hearing to examine the President’s budget request for the Department of Defense, and to explore how the federal government can meet its highest priority: providing for the common defense and strengthening our national security. I want to begin by welcoming Leon Panetta back to... More
  • House Budget Committee Hearing: Strengthening Health and Retirement Security
    February 28, 2012 - Welcome to today’s important hearing examining the structural challenges facing the federal government’s major health and retirement security programs. We welcome back to the Committee the two foremost experts on the financial crunch facing Medicare and Social Security: the chief actuaries of each p... More
  • House Budget Committee Hearing: The President’s Fiscal Year 2013 Revenue and Economic Policy Proposals
    February 16, 2012 - Welcome all, to this important hearing. I’d like to thank Secretary Geithner for joining us. This is your second hearing today and your fourth this week. We know that defending this budget is no easy task, so we appreciate your time. Mr. Secretary, it’s pretty well known that one of your favorite sa... More
  • House Budget Committee Hearing on the President’s FY2013 Budget
    February 15, 2012 - Welcome all, to this important hearing. I’d like to thank our witness today, Mr. Zients, for coming to us under difficult circumstances. With the departure of Mr. Lew from OMB just last month, we understand that you are testifying on short notice, and we recognize the difficulty of that. And unfortu... More

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