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Meetings are listed in reverse chronological order. Not all witness statements are provided. Prepared testimony is in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). Web casts are in Windows Media Format.All Committee meetings are available LIVE on the Internet; check Schedule for times.
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07/24/2009 |
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07/16/2009 |
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06/25/2009 |
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06/19/2009 |
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06/03/2009 |
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05/21/2009 |
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03/18/2009 |
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03/17/2009 |
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03/12/2009 |
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03/11/2009 |
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03/05/2009 |
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03/03/2009 |
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02/12/2009 |
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02/04/2009 |
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01/27/2009 |
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01/22/2009 |
Committee Publications from the Government Printing Office (GPO)
Friday, July 24, 2009
The Recovery Act: Strengthening Our Economy
Witnesses:
The Honorable Ken Salazar (Testimony)
Secretary
Department of the Interior
The Honorable Tom Vilsack (Testimony)
Secretary
Department of Agriculture
The Honorable Ray LaHood (Testimony)
Secretary
Department of Transportation
Hearing Summary: Quotes by the Cabinet Secretaries on Progress Made by the Recovery Act
Web Casts: (2 hours, 12 minutes): Video (274mb) | Audio (31mb)
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Budgeting for Nuclear Waste Management
Witnesses:
Christopher A. Kouts (Testimony)
Acting Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management
Department of Energy
Michael F. Hertz (Testimony)
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division,
Department of Justice
Kim P. Cawley (Testimony)
Unit Chief, Natural and Physical Resources Cost Estimates Unit
Congressional Budget Office
Web Casts: (1 hour, 41 minutes): Video (211mb) | Audio (24mb)
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Statutory PAYGO
Witnesses:
Panel 1:The Honorable Peter Orszag (Testimony)
Director
Office of Management and Budget
Panel 2:
Robert Greenstein (Testimony)
Executive Director
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Ph.D. (Testimony)
Former Director
Congressional Budget Office
Alice M. Rivlin, Ph.D.* (Prepared Testimony)
Senior Fellow
The Brookings Institution
* Unable to appear in person.
Web Casts: (2 hours, 20 minutes): Video (294mb) | Audio (33mb)
Friday, June 19, 2009
The Economic Case for Health Reform
Witness:
Dr. Christina Romer (Testimony , Charts)
Chair
Council of Economic Advisers
Web Casts: (2 hours, 13 minutes): Video (276mb) | Audio (32mb)
Transcript/Printed Hearing - Serial No. 111-12, The Economic Case for Health Reform, June 19, 2009 - TEXT 152K | PDF 493K Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Challenges Facing the Economy: The View of the Federal Reserve
Witness:
The Honorable Benjamin S. Bernanke, Ph.D. (Testimony)
Chairman
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Web Casts: (2 hours, 5 minutes): Video (212mb) | Audio (31mb)
Quotes by Bernanke on Economic Recovery
Thursday, May 21, 2009
The State of the Economy
Witness:
Douglas Elmendorf, Ph.D. (Testimony)
Director
The Congressional Budget Office
Web Casts: (1 hour, 42 minutes): Video (212mb)
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 Markup of the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2010 (H.Con.Res.85)
Web Cast: (13 hours, 15 minutes Total):
Video, Opening Statements and Majority Presentation (148mb, 1 hour 12 minutes)
Video, Minority Presentation (129mb, 1 hour 3 minutes) Debate, Amendments, and Subsequent Votes (7 hours, 15 minutes) Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2010 Budget
Witnesses:
First Panel
The Honorable Robert Hale (Testimony)
Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)
Department of Defense
Second Panel
Michael Sullivan (Testimony)
Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management
Government Accountability Office
Web Casts: (2 hours, 19 minutes): Video (288mb)
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Budgeting for Transportation:
Financing Investments in Highways and Mass Transit
Witnesses:
Debra L. Miller (Testimony)Secretary
Kansas Department of Transportation
Dr. Robert D. Atkinson (Testimony)
Chairman
National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission
Tyler Duvall (Testimony)
Consultant
Former Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy
Department of Transportation
Web Casts: (2 hours, 27 minutes): Video (305mb)
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Education Department Fiscal Year 2010 Budget
Witness:
The Honorable Arne Duncan (Testimony)
Secretary
Department of Education
Web Casts: (2 hours, 6 minutes): Video (261mb)
Transcript/Printed Hearing - Serial No. 111-7, Department of Education Fiscal Year 2010 Budget, March 12, 2009 - TEXT 185K | PDF 171KDates: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 & Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Members' Day - Part One and Two
Witnesses:
The Honorable:
Web Casts: Part One (2 hours, 59 minutes): Video (371mb)
Web Casts: Part Two (2 hours, 11 minutes): Video (274mb)
Transcript/Printed Hearing - Serial No. 111-6, Members' Day, March 11 and 18, 2009 - TEXT 623K | PDF 1MThursday, March 5, 2009
Treasury Department Fiscal Year 2010 Budget
Witness:
The Honorable Timothy F. Geithner (Testimony)
Secretary
Department of the Treasury
Web Casts: (2 hours, 5 minutes): Video (260mb)
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
The President's Fiscal Year 2010 Budget
Witness:
The Honorable Peter Orszag (Testimony)
Director
Office of Management and Budget
Web Casts: (2 hours, 40 minutes): Video (332mb)
Transcript/Printed Hearing - Serial No. 111-4, The President's Fiscal Year 2010 Budget, March 3, 2009 - TEXT 314K | PDF 570KThursday, February 12, 2009
Building a Foundation for Families: Fighting Hunger, Investing in Children
Witnesses:
Sharon Parrott (Testimony)
Director of the Welfare Reform and Income Support Division
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Deborah A. Frank, M.D. (Testimony, Charts)
Founder and Principal Investigator of the Children's Sentinel Nutrition Assessment Program and the Growth and Development Program
Boston Medical Center
Leon Lott (Testimony)
Sheriff
Richland County, South Carolina
Douglas J. Besharov (Testimony)
Senior Scholar
American Enterprise Institute
Web Casts: (2 hours, 23 minutes): Video (298mb)
Transcript/Printed Hearing - Serial No. 111-3, Building a Foundation for Families: Fighting Hunger, Investing In Children, February 12, 2009 - TEXT 227K | PDF 3.7M
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Long-term Sustainability of Current Defense Plans
Witnesses:
Stephen Daggett (Testimony, Charts)
Specialist in Defense Policy and Budgets
Congressional Research Service
J. Michael Gilmore (Testimony, Charts)
Assistant Director for National Security
Congressional Budget Office
Web Casts: (2 hours, 32 minutes): Video (316mb)
Transcript/Printed Hearing - Serial No. 111-2, Long-term Sustainability of Current Defense Plans, February 4, 2009 - TEXT 278K | PDF 1.5MTuesday, January 27, 2009
The Economic Outlook and Budget Challenges
Witnesses:
Douglas Elmendorf, Ph.D. (Testimony)
Director
Congressional Budget Office
Alice Rivlin, Ph.D. (Testimony)
Senior Fellow
Brookings Institution
Mark Zandi, Ph.D. (Testimony)
Chief Economist and Cofounder
Moody's Economy.com
Laurence Meyer, Ph.D. (Testimony)
Vice Chairman
Macroeconomic Advisers, LLC
Kevin Hassett , Ph.D. (Testimony)
Senior Fellow and Director of Economic Policy Studies
American Enterprise Institute
Web Casts: (3 hours): Video (380mb) | Audio (42mb)
Transcript/Printed Hearing - Serial No. 111-1, The Economic Outlook & Budget Challenges, January 27, 2009 - TEXT 278K | PDF 1.5MReturn to TOP
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Organizational Meeting & Recommendation for
a New Director for the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
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