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TESTIMONY
 
Statement of
James L. Blum
Deputy Director
Congressional Budget Office
 
on Reform of the Federal Budget Process
 
before the
Subcommittee on Government Management
Information and Technology Committee on Government Reform and Oversight
U.S. House of Representatives
 
April 23, 1996
 
NOTICE

This statement is not available for public release until it is delivered at 9:30 a.m. (EDT) on Tuesday, April 23, 1996.
 

Chairman Horn and Members of the Subcommittee, I am pleased to be here today to discuss the issue of reforming the federal budget process. The basic theme of my testimony is that the budget process is working. It achieves the functions it is designed to perform. Evidence often cited as proof of the failure of the budget process actually reflects political disagreement over basic budget policies that the process cannot--and probably should not--control. Accordingly, I believe the Subcommittee should proceed cautiously as it considers an omnibus reform measure.

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