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Speeches, Statements, and Public Documents Conrad Statement at Hearing on Global Economy - Jan. 29, 2009 Conrad Statement at Hearing on Housing and Financial Crisis - Jan. 28, 2009 Conrad-Kerry Oped in Wall Street Journal on Helping the Economy - Jan. 26, 2009 Conrad Statement on Appointment of Elmendorf to be CBO Director - Jan. 22, 2009 Conrad Statement at Hearing on Short- and Long-Term Fiscal Challenges - Jan. 21, 2009 Conrad Statement at Hearing on Debt Outlook and Implications for Policy - Jan. 15, 2009 OMB Director Nominee Responses to Policy Questionnaire - Jan. 13, 2009 Conrad Statement at Hearing on Nominations of Orszag and Nabors to OMB- Jan. 13, 2009 Conrad Statement at Hearing on CBO January Budget Outlook - Jan. 8, 2009 Conrad Remarks at Press Conference on CBO January Budget Outlook - Jan. 7, 2009 Conrad Statement on CBO January Budget Outlook - Jan. 7, 2009 Conrad Statement on Selection of Peter Orszag as OMB Director - Nov. 25, 2008 Conrad Statement on Announcement of Obama Economic Team - Nov. 24, 2008 Conrad Statement at Hearing on the Economic Outlook & Stimulus - Nov. 19, 2008 Conrad Statement Official 2008 Deficit Total - Oct. 14, 2008 Conrad Statement on 2008 Budget Deficit - Oct. 7, 2008 Conrad Statement Following Senate Approval of Financial Rescue Plan - Oct. 1, 2008 Conrad Statement on 2008 Budget Deficit - Oct. 7, 2008 Conrad Remarks at Press Conference Responding to GOP Deficit Claims - Sept. 9, 2008 Conrad Statement Responding to GOP Deficit Claims - Sept. 9, 2008 Conrad Statement on CBO Summer Budget Update - Sept. 9, 2008 Conrad Statement on CBO Report on Contractors in Iraq - Aug. 12, 2008 CBO Report on Contractors' Support of U.S. Operations in Iraq - Aug. 12, 2008 Conrad Statement at Press Conference on OMB Mid-Session Review - July 28, 2008 Conrad Statement on OMB Mid-Session Review - July 28, 2008 Conrad Statement at Finance Hearing on Tax Havens - July 24, 2008 Conrad Statement on CBO Analysis on AMT Cost - July 17, 2008 CBO Analysis on Long-Term Effects of AMT Fix - July 17, 2008 Conrad Statement Following House's Final Approval of Budget - June 5, 2008 Overview of Budget Conference Agreement – May 20, 2008 Conrad Remarks at Budget Conference Meeting – May 20, 2008 Conrad Stmt on CBO Report on Housing Crisis and Disruptions in Financial Markets – Apr. 11, 2008 Transcript of Conrad Delivering Democratic Radio Address – Mar. 15, 2008 Conrad Statement on Committee Passage of FY 2009 Senate Budget Resolution – Mar. 6, 2008 Chairman's Mark FY 2009 – Mar. 5, 2008 Summary of FY 2009 Senate Budget Resolution – Mar. 5, 2008 Conrad Statement at Markup of FY 2009 Senate Budget Resolution – Mar. 5, 2008 CBO Report on Geographic Variation in Health Care Spending – Feb. 15, 2008 Conrad Statement on Resignation of GAO Comptroller General David Walker – Feb. 15, 2008 Conrad Statement at Hearing on Health IT – Feb. 14, 2008 Transcript of Press Conference on Impact of Bush Budget – Feb. 12, 2008 Conrad Statement at Hearing on Defense Budget and War Costs – Feb. 12, 2008 Conrad Statement at Hearing with Treasury Secretary Paulson – Feb. 6, 2008 Brief Analysis of Bush FY 2009 Budget – Feb. 5, 2008 Conrad Statement at Hearing with OMB Director Nussle – Feb. 5, 2008 Conrad Remarks at Press Conference on Release of President Bush's FY 2009 Budget – Feb. 4, 2008 Conrad Statement on Release of President Bush's FY 2009 Budget – Feb. 4, 2008 Conrad Statement at Hearing on Health Care Spending – Jan. 31, 2008 Conrad Statement at Hearing on Economic Stimulus – Jan. 30, 2008 Conrad Statement at Hearing on Long-Term Budget Outlook – Jan. 29, 2008 Conrad Statement at Hearing on Final Bush State of the Union Address – Jan. 28, 2008 Conrad Statement at Hearing on CBO January Budget Outlook – Jan. 24, 2008 Fact Sheet on CBO Budget Outlook – Jan. 24, 2008 Conrad Statement on CBO January Budget Outlook – Jan. 23, 2008 Conrad Statement on Fiscal Stimulus – Jan. 22, 2008 Conrad Statement on CBO Report on Fiscal Stimulus – Jan. 15, 2008 CBO Letter to Chairman Conrad on Fiscal Stimulus – Jan. 15, 2008 CBO Report on Fiscal Stimulus – Jan. 15, 2008 Conrad Statement on CBO Monthly Budget Review – Jan. 7, 2008 Conrad Statement on CBO Report on Long-Term Budget Outlook – Dec. 13, 2007 NFIB Statement of Support on Bipartisan Fiscal Task Force – Dec. 6, 2007 Transcript of Press Gaggle after Hearing on Bipartisan Fiscal Task Force – Oct. 31, 2007 Conrad Remarks at Hearing on Bipartisan Fiscal Task Force – Oct. 31, 2007 Conrad Remarks at Press Conference on Cost of 'Korea-Like' Presence in Iraq – Sept. 20, 2007 Transcript of Press Conference Introducing Bipartisan Fiscal Task Force – Sept. 18, 2007 Fact Sheet on Bipartisan Fiscal Task Force – Sept. 18, 2007 GAO Comptroller General Walker Statement of Support – Sept. 18, 2007 Concord Coalition Statement of Support – Sept. 18, 2007 Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Statement of Support – Sept. 18, 2007 Conrad Remarks at Finance Committee Markup on Debt Limit Increase – Sept. 12, 2007 Conrad Remarks at Hearing on Universal Health Coverage – Sept. 11, 2007 Conrad Statement on Voting Against Nussle Nomination as OMB Director – Sept. 4, 2007 Conrad Statement on CBO August Budget Update – Aug. 23, 2007 Conrad Calls For Resignation of St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President – Aug. 20, 2007 Conrad Statement after Vote on Nussle Nomination to be OMB Director – Aug. 2, 2007 OMB Director Nominee Responses to Policy Questionnaire – July 26, 2007 Conrad Remarks at Hearing on Nussle Nomination to be OMB Director – July 26, 2007 Conrad Statement Responding to President Bush's Budget Comments – July 19, 2007 Conrad Statement at Hearing on OMB Director Nomination – July 18, 2007 Conrad Remarks at Press Conference on OMB Mid-Session Review – July 11, 2007 Conrad Statement on OMB Mid-Session Review – July 11, 2007 Conrad Statement Reacting to Bush Administration Deficit Announcement – July 11, 2007 Conrad Statement at Hearing on Healthy Americans Act and other options – June 26, 2007 Conrad Statement at Hearing on Health Care – June 21, 2007 Conrad Statement on Portman Resignation – June 19, 2007 Fact Sheet on Revenues in Budget – May 22, 2007 Conrad Remarks to Press on Budget Conference Agreement – May 16, 2007 Conrad-Spratt Press Release on Budget Conference Agreement – May 16, 2007 Overview of Budget Conference Agreement – May 16, 2007 Conrad Statement at Markup of FY 2008 Senate Budget Resolution – Mar. 14, 2007 Conrad Statement on CBO Re-estimate of Bush FY 2008 Budget – Mar. 2, 2007 Conrad Statement on War Funding in Budget Resolution – Mar. 1, 2007 Conrad Statement at Hearing on Defense Budget and War Costs – Mar. 1, 2007 Conrad Statement at Hearing with IRS Commissioner Everson – Feb. 14, 2007 Fact Sheet on Health Proposals in President Bush's FY 2008 Budget – Feb. 13, 2007 Conrad Statement at Hearing with HHS Secretary Leavitt – Feb. 13, 2007 Conrad Remarks During Press Conference on Rural Budget – Feb. 9, 2007 Conrad Statement at Hearing with Treasury Secretary Paulson – Feb. 8, 2007 Conrad Statement at Hearing with OMB Director Portman – Feb. 7, 2007 CBO letter to Chairman Conrad on war costs – Feb. 7, 2007 Conrad - Gregg Letter to Defense Secretary Gates – Feb. 7, 2007 Brief Analysis of Bush FY 2008 Budget – Feb. 6, 2007 Conrad Statement at Hearing on War Costs – Feb. 6, 2007 Conrad Remarks at Press Conference on Bush FY 2008 Budget – Feb. 5, 2007 Conrad Statement on Release of Bush FY 2008 Budget – Feb. 5, 2007 Conrad Statement at Hearing on Trade Deficit and Foreign-Held Debt – Feb. 1, 2007 Conrad Statement at Hearing with Bixby, Minarik, Furman and Butler – Jan. 31, 2007 Conrad Statement at Hearing with Reischauer, Greenstein and Steuerle – Jan. 30, 2007 Fact Sheet on CBO Budget Outlook – Jan. 25, 2007 Conrad Statement at Hearing on CBO Budget Outlook – Jan. 25, 2007 Conrad Remarks at Press Conference on CBO January Budget Outlook – Jan. 24, 2007 Conrad Statement on CBO January Budget Outlook – Jan. 24, 2007 Conrad Statement at Hearing on the Tax Gap – Jan. 23, 2007 Conrad Statement on Appointment of Peter Orszag as new CBO Director – Jan. 18, 2007 Conrad Statement at Hearing with Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke – Jan. 18, 2007 Conrad Statement at Hearing with GAO Comptroller General Walker – Jan. 11, 2007 Fact Sheet on Line Item Rescission Authority Amendment – Jan. 10, 2007 Earlier Speeches, Statements, and Public Documents Senate Floor Statements Floor Statement on Financial Rescue Plan - Oct. 1, 2008 Floor Statement on Paygo Point of Order on Extender-AMT Amendment - Sept. 23, 2008 Floor Statement on Fully-Offset AMT Amendment - Sept. 23, 2008 Floor Statement on Senate's Final Approval of Budget - June 4, 2008 Floor Statement on Budget Conference Agreement – May 21, 2008 Opening Floor Statement on Budget Conference Agreement – May 21, 2008 Floor Statement on Motion to Instruct on Taxes – May 15, 2008 Floor Statement on Motion to Instruct on AMT and Extenders – May 15, 2008 Floor Statement on Motion to Instruct on Spending – May 15, 2008 Closing Floor Statement on FY 2009 Budget Resolution – Mar. 13, 2008 Floor Statement on FY 2009 Budget Resolution – Mar. 12, 2008 Floor Statement on FY 2009 Budget Resolution – Mar. 11, 2008 Floor Statement on FY 2009 Budget Resolution – Mar. 10, 2008 Floor Statement on Bush FY 2009 Budget and Need for Stimulus – Feb. 5, 2008 Floor Statement on Offsetting AMT – Dec. 19, 2007 Floor Statement on AMT and Paygo – Dec. 7, 2007 Floor Statement on Bush Fiscal Record, Paygo, and Farm Bill – Nov. 16, 2007 Floor Statement on AMT and Paygo – Oct. 18, 2007 Floor Statement on Debt Limit – Sept. 27, 2007 Conrad/Gregg Floor Statements on Bipartisan Fiscal Task Force – Sept. 18, 2007 Floor Statement on Paygo and Reconciliation – Sept. 12, 2007 Floor Statement on Vote Against Nussle Nomination as OMB Director – Sept. 4, 2007 Floor Statement in debate on Budget Resolution Conference Report – May 17, 2007 Opening Floor Statement on Budget Resolution Conference Report – May 17, 2007 Floor Statement on Line Item Rescission Authority Amendment – Jan. 22, 2007 Floor Statement on Line Item Rescission Authority Amendment – Jan. 10, 2007 Floor Statement Responding to Sen. Gregg's Pay-Go Remarks – Jan. 9, 2007 Floor Statement on Restoring Fiscal Discipline Act – Jan. 4, 2007 Earlier Floor Statements Press Releases - all releases in PDF format Press Release on Budget Committee Membership for 111th Congress - Jan. 22, 2009 Press Release on Senate's Final Approval of Budget - June 4, 2008 Conrad/Spratt Press Release on Budget Conference Agreement – May 20, 2008 Press Release on Senate Passage of FY 2009 Senate Budget Resolution – Mar. 14, 2008 Press Release on CBO Report on Geographic Variation in Health Care Spending – Feb. 15, 2008 Conrad/Baucus Press Release on CBO Report on Comparative Effectiveness Research – Dec. 18, 2007 Conrad/Gregg Press Release on NFIB Endorsement of Fiscal Task Force – Dec. 6, 2007 Conrad/Gregg Press Release on Bipartisan Fiscal Task Force Hearing – Oct. 31, 2007 Conrad/Gregg Press Release Announcing Bipartisan Fiscal Task Force Hearing – Oct. 25, 2007 Conrad/Gregg Press Release on Budget Committee History – Oct. 1, 2007 Press Release on Cost of 'Korea-Like' Presence in Iraq – Sept. 20, 2007 Conrad/Gregg Press Release on Bipartisan Fiscal Task Force – Sept. 18, 2007 Conrad Statement on CBO January Budget Outlook – Jan. 24, 2007 Press Release on Restoring Fiscal Discipline Act – Jan. 4, 2007 Earlier Press Releases Budget Newsletter - in PDF format February 2002 edition August 2001 edition June 2001 edition May 2001 edition April 2001 edition What Others Are Saying “Bush's Budget Delusion” - Star Ledger (Newark, NJ) (Feb. 4, 2008) “Budget Mess: President Bush's last spending plan only adds to a disastrous fiscal policy” - The Washington Post (Feb. 5, 2008) “Lame Duck Budget” - The New York Times (Feb. 5, 2008) “Bush budget is more of the same” - Decatur (AL) Daily (Feb. 5, 2008) “A red-ink tide” - Fort Worth Star (Feb. 6, 2008) “Bush's Budget: Nice try. Congress will take it from here” - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Feb. 6, 2008) “A fantasy budget” - Times Union (NY) (Feb. 6, 2008) “Bush's budget delusions” - Boston Globe (Feb. 6, 2008) “I.O.U.S.A.: The president's new budget is just the latest spin of the barrel going over the cliff” - The Oregonian (Feb. 6, 2008) “Deficits and Bush's miracle budget” - Pensicola News Journal (Feb. 6, 2008) “Legacy of failure” - St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Feb. 6, 2008) “Bush's budget a sad reflection on his performance in ffice” - Asheville (NC) Citizen Times (Feb. 7, 2008) “President's Budget Fails the Reality Test ” - Miami Herald (Feb. 7, 2008) “Bush's 'free market' a real steal for rich” - Newsday (Feb. 7, 2008) “Last bad budget” - Birkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, MA) (Feb. 7, 2008) “Bush's budget a sad reflection on his performance in ffice” - Asheville (NC) Citizen Times (Feb. 7, 2008) “Bush's budget a sad reflection on his performance in ffice” - Asheville (NC) Citizen Times (Feb. 7, 2008) “Bush's budget a sad reflection on his performance in ffice” - Asheville (NC) Citizen Times (Feb. 7, 2008) Review of Newspaper Editorials Opposing Bush Budget – Mar. 2, 2006 Review of Newspaper Editorials Opposing Bush Budget - Feb. 25, 2004 Review of Newspaper Editorials Opposing Bush Tax Cut - UPDATED May 7, 2003 Archive of Newspaper Editorials , Commentaries, and News Articles