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Paul Ryan, Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, closes debate on the House Concurrent Resolution on the Budget on March 13, 2008

 

 

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Economic Recovery: Options and Challenges

Monday, October 20, 2008
10:00 a.m.
210 Cannon House Office Building

Witness:

PANEL 1

The Honorable Benjamin S. Bernanke
Chairman
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

PANEL 2

Martin N. Baily, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow
Brookings Institution

Iris J. Lav
Deputy Director
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

William W. Beach
Director
Center for Data Analysis: Heritage Foundation

RANKING MEMBER PAUL RYAN'S OPENING STATEMENT

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Budget Reform Proposals for the 111th Congress

Thursday, September 25, 2008
2:00 p.m.
210 Cannon House Office Building

Witness:

Maya MacGuineas
President
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

Richard Kogan
Senior Fellow on Federal Budgeting
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Dr. C. Eugene Steuerle
Vice President
Peter G. Peterson Foundation

RANKING MEMBER PAUL RYAN'S [Prepared] OPENING STATEMENT

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Federal Responses to Market Turmoil: What's the Impact on the Budget?

Friday, September 26, 2008
10:00 a.m.
210 Cannon House Office Building

Witness:

Dr. Peter Orszag
Director
Congressional Budget Office

RANKING MEMBER PAUL RYAN'S OPENING STATEMENT

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Iraq's Budget Surplus and the Cost of the Iraq War

Wednesday, September 16, 2008
9:30 a.m.
210 Cannon House Office Building

Witness:

Joseph A. Christoff
Director, International Affairs and Trade
U.S. Government Accountability Office

SECOND PANEL:

Christopher M. Blanchard
Analyst in Middle Eastern Affairs
Congressional Research Service

Frederick W. Kagan, Ph.D.
Resident Scholar
American Enterprise Institute

Lawrence J. Korb, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow
Center for American Progress

RANKING MEMBER PAUL RYAN'S OPENING STATEMENT

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A Weakened Economy: How to Respond?

Tuesday, September 9, 2008
2:00 p.m.
210 Cannon House Office Building

Witness:

Lawrence Summers, Ph.D.
Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Kennedy School - Harvard University
Former Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury

Allen Sinai, Ph.D.
Chief Global Economist, Strategist, and President - Decisions Economics, Inc.

David Kreutzer, Ph.D.
Senior Policy Analyst in Energy Economics and Climate Change
The Heritage Foundation, Center for Data Analysis

RANKING MEMBER PAUL RYAN'S OPENING STATEMENT

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Rising Food Prices: Budget Challenges

Wednesday, July 30, 2008
2:00 p.m.
210 Cannon House Office Building

Witness:

Josette Sheeran
Executive Director
United Nations World Food Programme

Jared Bernstein
Director of the Living Standards Program
Economic Policy Institute

Susan Berkowitz
Executive Director
South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center

Steve H. Hanke
Professor, John Hopkins University
Senior Fellow, Cato Institute

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Getting Better Value in Health Care

Wednesday, July 16, 2008
10:00 a.m.
210 Cannon House Office Building

Witness:

Dr. Peter Orszag
Director
Congressional Budget Office

Jeanne Lambrew
Senior Fellow -- Center for American Progress
Associate Professor -- Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas

David Gratzer, M.D.
Senior Fellow
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research

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The SAFE Commission Act (H.R. 3654) and

the Long-Term Fiscal Challenge

Tuesday, June 24, 2008
10:00 a.m.
210 Cannon House Office Building

Witness:

The Honorable Peter G. Peterson
Chairman
The Peter G. Peterson Foundation

The Honorable David M. Walker
President and CEO
The Peter G. Peterson Foundation

Robert Greenstein
Executive Director
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Henry J. Aaron, Ph.D.
Bruce and Virginia MacLaury Senior Fellow
Economic Studies - The Brookings Institution

Alison Acosta Fraser
Director of Economic Policy Studies
Heritage Foundation

RANKING MEMBER PAUL RYAN'S OPENING STATEMENT

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Markup of the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget
for Fiscal Year 2009

Wednesday, March 5, 2008
10:30 a.m.
210 Cannon House Office Building

Witness:

Members of the 110th Congress

RANKING MEMBER PAUL RYAN'S OPENING STATEMENT

RANKING MEMBER PAUL RYAN'S CLOSING STATEMENT

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Members' Day

Thursday, February 28, 2008
10 a.m.
210 Cannon House Office Building

Witness:

Members of the 110th Congress


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Department of Health and Human Services FY2009 Budget

Wednesday, February 27, 2008
2 p.m.
210 Cannon House Office Building

Witness:

The Honorable Michael O. Leavitt
Secretary
Department of Health and Human Services

RANKING MEMBER PAUL RYAN'S OPENING STATEMENT

Video

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Department of Defense FY2009 Budget

Wednesday, February 27, 2008
10 a.m.
210 Cannon House Office Building

Witness:

The Honorable Gordon R. England
Deputy Secretary
Department of Defense

RANKING MEMBER PAUL RYAN'S OPENING STATEMENT

Video

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Treasury Department Fiscal Year 2009 Budget

Wednesday, February 13, 2008
10 a.m.
210 Cannon House Office Building

Witness:

The Honorable Henry M. Paulson
Secretary
Department of the Treasury

RANKING MEMBER PAUL RYAN'S OPENING STATEMENT

Video

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The President's Fiscal Year 2009 Budget

Thursday, February 7, 2008
11 a.m.
210 Cannon House Office Building

Witness:

The Honorable Jim Nussle
Director
Office of Management and Budget

Video

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Using Fiscal Policy to Bolster the U.S. Economy

Tuesday, January 29, 2008
10 a.m.
210 Cannon House Office Building

Witness:

Lawrence H. Summers, Ph.D.
Charles W. Eliot University Professor
Harvard University

Alice M. Rivlin, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow
The Brookings Institution

Robert Greenstein
Executive Director
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Brian Wesbury
Chief Economist
First Trust Advisors, L.P.

RANKING MEMBER PAUL RYAN'S OPENING STATEMENT

Video

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The Congressional Budget Office's Budget and Economic Outlook

Wednesday, January 23, 2008
10 a.m.
210 Cannon House Office Building

Witness:

Dr. Peter Orszag
Director
Congressional Budget Office

RANKING MEMBER PAUL RYAN'S OPENING STATEMENT

Video

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The Near-Term Outlook for the U.S. Economy

Thursday, January 17, 2008
10 a.m.
210 Cannon House Office Building

Witness:

The Honorable Ben S. Bernanke
Chairman, Board of Governors
Federal Reserve System

RANKING MEMBER PAUL RYAN'S OPENING STATEMENT

Video

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