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U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and International Security
Title: Guns and Butter: Setting Priorities in Federal Spending in the Context of Natural Disaster, Deficits and War
Date: 10/25/05
Time (EST): 2:30 PM
Place: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Rm. 342
How can Congress justify spending billions of taxpayers dollars on wasteful and ineffective programs when we are a nation at war, recovering from the worst natural disaster in our history, already stretched thin by record non-military spending?
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Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
 
Member Statements
    Senator Tom Coburn   [View PDF]
 
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Witnesses Testimony
 
Panel 1
  The Honorable John Shadegg [View PDF] , U.S. House of Representatives
  The Honorable Charlie Stenholm [View PDF] , Government Affairs Advisor , Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P.C and Former Member of Congress
  Dr. Roger Pilon [View PDF] , Vice President for Legal Affairs, B. Kenneth Simon Chair in Constitutional Studies , Director, Center for Constitutional Studies, the Cato Institute
  Dr. Daniel Mitchell [View PDF] , McKenna Senior Fellow in Political Economy , The Heritage Foundation



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Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
340 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510