• Hearing: Budgeting for Transportation: Financing Investment in Highways and Mass Transit March 17, 2009 - Thank Chairman Spratt, welcome witnesses (Chairman Atkinson, Secretary Miller, and Tyler Duvall, the former Acting Under Secretary for Policy and the Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy at the U.S. Department of Transportation). Across our country, federal highway and transit spending have... More

• Hearing: Department of Education Fiscal Year 2010 Budget March 12, 2009 - Thank you Chairman Spratt, Welcome Secretary Duncan and congratulate him on his recent confirmation. First, I want to commend President Obama for his emphasis on personal responsibility and accountability when it comes to our children’s education...for his reminder that we parents are the biggest fa... More

• Hearing: Treasury Department Fiscal Year 2010 Budget March 5, 2009 - Welcome Secretary Geithner. I want to start by acknowledging the very serious challenge you face: solving our banking crisis, and stabilizing our financial markets is critical to our economy and job growth. There is no perfect solution to this grave problem. While I have concerns with how the past a... More

• Hearing: The President's Fiscal Year 2010 Budget March 3, 2009 - Thank Chairman Spratt. Welcome back Director Orszag. For those of us who spend a good deal of our time focusing on the Federal Government’s fiscal policy, last week was quite a ride. It started out on a hopeful note. Monday: the President’s ‘Fiscal Responsibility Summit’ – a positive, bipartisan mee... More

• Hearing: Building a Foundation for Families: Fighting Hunger, Investing in Children February 12, 2009 - Thank Chairman Spratt. Welcome witnesses. Our focus today is on American families struggling in the severely weakened economy – and specifically, the children of those families. The most obvious, and I know, well-intentioned response is to increase the size and scope of nearly every Government progr... More

• Hearing: Long-term Sustainability of Current Defense Plans February 4, 2009 - Thank you, Chairman Spratt. Clearly, the bulk of Congress’ attention has been – and remains – focused squarely on addressing the current crisis in our economy. But dealing with the economic crisis does not excuse – or even diminish – Congress’ responsiblity to the primary role of the Federal Governm... More

• Hearing:The Economic Outlook and Budget Challenges January 27, 2009 - Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I, also, want to extend a warm welcome to our new CBO director, Doug Elmendorf. The need for today’s hearing is obvious. Job losses are mounting and each day we get fresh evidence confirming the fact that we are in the midst a severe economic downturn. Clearly, Congress must... More

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