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  • Department of the Treasury Fiscal Year 2012 Budget
    February 16, 2011 - Thank you, Secretary Geithner, for coming before our Committee today to discuss the President’s budget. The President has disappointed us by presenting us with another budget that spends too much, borrows too much and taxes too much. It is a budget that will stifle job growth today and leave a dimin... More
  • House Budget Committee Hearing: The President's Fiscal Year 2012 Budget
    February 15, 2011 - Director Lew, welcome back. The President is fortunate that you agreed to a return assignment to OMB under a darkening fiscal outlook. We are aware of the challenges you faced in putting this budget together, and we thank you for your hard work. The Budget of the United States is about much more th... More
  • House Budget Committee Hearing: CBO’s Budget & Economic Outlook
    February 10, 2011 - Thank you, Dr. Elmendorf, for coming before our Committee today to talk about the CBO’s Budget and Economic Outlook. Your testimony and this latest report remind us that, between June of 2009, when the recession technically ended, and last December, payroll employment rose by a mere 6 one hundredths... More
  • House Budget Committee Hearing: The State of the U.S. Economy
    February 9, 2011 - Before we begin, I want to welcome Rep. Bob Woodall from Georgia to the House Budget Committee. He will be officially on board this afternoon after the adoption of the House resolution. I ask unanimous consent that Rep. Woodall be permitted to participate in this morning's important hearing. Withou... More
  • Opening Statement on the Fiscal Consequences of the Health Care Law
    January 26, 2011 - Welcome all, to the first House Budget Committee hearing of the 112th Congress. Before we get started, I want to thank Ranking Minority Member Chris Van Hollen for his cooperation in getting the Committee rules adopted and with this hearing. Also, for starting a little early, so we can get a head s... More
  • House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan Delivers Republican Address to the Nation
    January 25, 2011 - WASHINGTON – In the Republican Address to the Nation this evening, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin underscored the urgent need to stop the out-of-control spending binge that is both making it harder to create jobs today and jeopardizing the financial security of future generat... More
  • Remarks of Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) – As Prepared for Delivery
    January 25, 2011 - Good evening. I’m Congressman Paul Ryan from Janesville, Wisconsin – and Chairman here at the House Budget Committee. President Obama just addressed a Congressional chamber filled with many new faces. One face we did not see tonight was that of our friend and colleague, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffo... More
  • Excerpts from Chairman Paul Ryan’s Republican Address to the Nation
    January 25, 2011 - WASHINGTON – Tonight, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) will deliver the Republican Address following the President’s State of the Union message. Chairman Ryan will address the nation from the House Budget Committee hearing room, where the Democrats’ spending spree will end and the Re... More
  • First look - Paul Ryan's Republican Address to the Nation
    January 25, 2011 - “Americans are skeptical of both political parties, and that skepticism is justified – especially when it comes to spending. So hold all of us accountable. In this very room, the House will produce, debate, and advance a budget. Last year – in an unprecedented failure – Congress chose not to pass, ... More
  • The Urgent Need to Cut and Control Spending
    January 6, 2011 - After Washington has shoveled trillions of dollars we don’t have out the door, it is ridiculous to think we can’t cut $100 billion in government spending. We plan on bringing spending cuts to the floor every week. Today, the House voted to cut its own budget by 5%. Next week, we’ll vote to cut tril... More

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