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How Budgetary Choices Affect Work, Saving, and Growth;
The Real Purpose of ‘Dynamic' Estimating -- 9/13
Transcript / Printed Hearing / Serial Number 109-20  --  PDF xx KB     TEXT xx KB
Archived Hearing Webcasts  -- Video  86 MB / 1:55   --   Audio  15 MB / 1:55

Douglas J. Holtz-Eakin, Ph.D.
Director, Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies; Council on Foreign Relations      PDF 32 KB   --  HTML

John W. Diamond, Ph.D.
Fellow in Tax Policy; James A. Baker, III Institute for Public Policy      PDF 21 KB   --  HTML

Leonard E. Burman, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow; Urban Institute      PDF 76 KB   --  HTML

• Acting Chairman Ander Crenshaw's Opening Statement    PDF 18 KB   --   HTML  --   Chairman's Opening Remarks  5 MB / 6:43
  
  

Markup -- H.R.4890, Line-Item Veto -- 6/14
Archived Hearing Webcasts  -- Video  150 MB / 2:50

• Chairman Jim Nussle's Opening Statement

Line-Item Veto -- Constitutional Issues -- 6/8
Transcript / Printed Hearing / Serial Number 109-19  --  PDF 106 KB     TEXT 96 KB
Archived Hearing Webcasts  -- Video  71 MB / 1:40

• Charles J. Cooper Partner, Cooper & Kirk, PLLC
          PDF 39 KB   --     HTML


• Viet D. Dinh, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
          PDF 62 KB   --     HTML



• Committee Member Jim Ryun's Opening Statement

Line-Item Veto -- Perspectives on
Applications and Effects -- 5/25
Transcript / Printed Hearing / Serial Number 109-18  --  PDF 106 KB     TEXT 96 KB
Archived Hearing Webcasts  -- Video  80 MB / 1:48   --   Audio  xx MB / x:xx

• Patrick J. Toomey, President, The Club for Growth
          Op-ed for The Philadelphia Inquirer - April 4, 2006


• Thomas A. Schatz, President, Citizens Against Government Waste
          PDF 67 KB   --     HTML


• Edward Lorenzen, Policy Director, The Concord Coalition
          PDF 109 KB   --     HTML


• James R. Horney, Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
          PDF 63 KB   --     HTML


• Chairman's Opening Statement

Markup of the Fiscal Year 2007 Budget Resolution -- 3/29
Archived Hearing Webcasts
Majority/Minority Budget Presentations; Markup, Part 1
 -- Video  122.25 MB / 2:51   --  Audio  21.94 MB / 2:49:47
Markup, Part 2
 -- Video   119 MB / 2:45
Markup, Part 3
 -- Video   151 MB / 3:28
Draft of Chairman's Mark Legislative Text (Introduced as H.Con.Res.376)
PDF 83 KB

Functional Summaries:
Mandatory Spending
Discretionary Spending
Total Spending and Revenue
Reconciliation

FY 2007 Charts / Graphs

• Chairman's Opening Statement

Key Budget Process Reforms -- 3/16
Transcript / Printed Hearing / Serial Number 109-17  --  PDF 106 KB     TEXT 96 KB
Archived Hearing Webcasts  -- Video  32 MB / 0:45   --  Audio  5.25 MB / 0:45

• Don Nickles Former Chairman Committee on the Budget,
  and Assistant Republican Leader U.S. Senate
          PDF 30 KB   --     HTML


• William E.”Bill” Frenzel Former Ranking Member,
  Committee on the Budget U.S. House of Representatives
          PDF 19 KB   --     HTML



• Charles W. Stenholm Former Ranking Member,
  Committee on Agriculture U.S. House of Representatives
          PDF 38 KB   --     HTML



• Committee Member Jim Ryun's Opening Statement

Department of Defense
Budget Priorities Fiscal Year 2007 -- 3/1
Transcript / Printed Hearing / Serial Number 109-16  --  PDF 114 KB     TEXT 114 KB
Archived Hearing Webcasts  -- Video  51.44 MB / 01:10   --   Audio  9 MB / 01:10

• Gordon England, Deputy Secretary of Defense
          PDF 20 KB   --     HTML
  


• Steven M. Kosiak, Director of Budgets Studies,
  Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
          PDF 39 KB   --     HTML



• Committee Member Jim Ryun's Opening Statement

The President's FY 2007 Discretionary Budget
Performance Evaluations and Spending Trends -- 2/16
Transcript / Printed Hearing / Serial Number 109-15  --  PDF 576 KB     TEXT 284 KB
Archived Hearing Webcasts
Video  83 MB / 2:00   --   Audio  17 MB / 2:00

• Clay Johnson, Deputy Director,
  Office of Management and Budget
          PDF 34 KB   --     HTML


• Brian M. Riedl, Fellow in Federal
  Budgetary Affairs, The Heritage Foundation
          PDF 55 KB   --     HTML


• Robert Greenstein, Executive Director,
  Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
          PDF 159 KB   --     HTML



• Chairman's Opening Statement

Domestic Entitlements and the Federal Budget -- 2/15
Transcript / Printed Hearing / Serial Number 109-14  --  PDF 626 KB     TEXT 195 KB
Archived Hearing Webcasts
Video  101 MB / 2:15   --  Audio  17 MB / 2:15

• David M. Walker, Comptroller General,
  Government Accountability Office
          PDF 32 KB   --     HTML  --      Slides  --     PPT 1,285 KB     PDF 100 KB
  


• Douglas J. Holtz-Eakin, Ph.D.,
  Former Director, Congressional Budget Office
          PDF 27 KB   --     HTML
  


• Isabel V. Sawhill, Ph.D.,
  Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
          PDF 27 KB   --     HTML
  


• Chairman's Opening Statement

Members Day -- 2/14
Transcript / Printed Hearing / Serial Number 109-13  --  PDF 1 MB     TEXT 426 KB
Archived Hearing Webcasts
Video  176 MB / 4:00   --  Audio  31 MB / 4:00

Hon. Randy Neugebauer, Texas Hon. Steve King, Iowa Hon. Vernon J. Ehlers, Michigan Hon. Rush D. Holt, New Jersey Hon. Cathy McMorris, Washington Hon. Ralph Regula, Ohio Hon. Don Young, Alaska Hon. Ruben Hinojosa, Texas Hon. Todd Tiahrt, Kansas Hon. Vito Fossella, New York Hon. Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia Hon. James P. McGovern, Massachusetts

Hon. Julia Carson, Indiana Hon. Timothy H. Bishop, New York Hon. John L. Mica, Florida Hon. Sue W. Kelly, New York Hon. Dennis J. Kucinich, Ohio Hon. Brad Miller, North Carolina Hon. Robin Hayes, North Carolina Hon. Mark R. Kennedy, Minnesota Hon. Ginny Brown-Waite, Florida Hon. John T. Salazar, Colorado Hon. Michael G. Fitzpatrick, Pennsylvania Hon. Charles F. Bass, New Hampshire

The President's Budget for Fiscal Year 2007 -- 2/8
Transcript / Printed Hearing / Serial Number 109-12  --  PDF 874 KB     TEXT 189 KB
Archived Hearing Webcasts
Video  134 MB / 3:10   --  Audio  24 MB / 3:10

• Joshua B. Bolten, Director,
  Office of Management and Budget
          PDF 17 KB   --   HTML  --   Slides   87 PDF KB
  


• Chairman's Opening Statement