2011 Committee Meetings Hearings & Markups
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Committee Publications from the Government Printing Office (GPO)
The Mark Up of the Expedited Line-Item Veto and Rescissions Act of 2011
Date: Thursday, December 15, 2011
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: 210 Cannon House Office Building
Webcasts
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The Broken Budget Process: Perspectives From Budget Experts
Date: Thursday, September 22, 2011
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: 210 Cannon House Office Building
Webcasts
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The Honorable Phil Gramm
Former Chairman
U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Vice Chairman of Investment Bank
UBS AG
Testimony
The Honorable Jim Nussle
Former Chairman
House Committee on the Budget President
COO Growth Energy
Testimony
Philip Joyce, Ph.D.
Professor of Management, Finance and Leadership
School of Public Policy, University of Maryland
Testimony
The Broken Budget Process: Perspectives From Former CBO Directors
Date: Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: 210 Cannon House Office Building
Hearing Transcipts
PDF | Text
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Chairman Paul Ryan Opening Statement
Witnesses:
Alice M. Rivlin
Senior Fellow
Brookings Institution
Testimony
Rudolph G. Penner
Institute Fellow
Urban Institute
Testimony
The Need for Pro-Growth Tax Reform
Date: Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: 210 Cannon House Office Building
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Chairman Ryan Opening Statement
Witnesses:
Scott Hodge
President
Tax Foundation
Testimony | Truth in Testimony
Michael Wall
Vice President of Tax
Case New Holland
Testimony | Truth in Testimony
Diane Lim Rogers
Chief Economist
The Concord Coalition
Testimony | Truth in Testimony
Medicare and Social Security: The Fiscal Facts
The Sustainability of America’s Health and Retirement Security Programs
Date: Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: 210 Cannon House Office Building
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Chairman Ryan Opening Statement
Witnesses:
Richard Foster
Chief Actuary
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Testimony
Stephen Goss
Chief Actuary
Social Security Administration
Testimony
Medicare’s Future: An Examination of the Independent Payment Advisory Board
Date: Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: 210 Cannon House Office Building
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Chairman Ryan Opening Statement
Witnesses:
Kathleen Sebelius
Secretary
Department of Health and Human Services
Testimony
Douglas Holtz-Eakin
President
American Action Forum
Testimony
Grace-Marie Turner
President
Galen Institute
Testimony
Judith Feder, Ph. D.
Professor and Former Dean
Georgetown Public Policy Institute and Urban Institute Fellow
Testimony
Budgeting for America's National Security
Date: Thursday, July 7, 2011
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: 210 Cannon House Office Building
Hearing Transcipts
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Chairman Ryan Opening Statement
Witnesses:
David E. Mosher
Assistant Director
Congressional Budget Office
Testimony
The Honorable Jim Talent
Distinguished Fellow, Heritage Foundation
Former Member, Quadrennial Defense Review Independent Panel
Testimony | Truth in Testimony
Dr. Gordon Adams
Distinguished Fellow
The Stimson Center
Testimony | Truth in Testimony
The Congressional Budget Office's Long-Term Budget Outlook
Date: Thursday, June 23, 2011
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: 210 Cannon House Office Building
Hearing Transcipts
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Chairman Ryan Opening Statement
Witness:
Douglas W. Elmendorf, Ph.D.
Director
Congressional Budget Office
Testimony | Charts
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac & FHA: Taxpayer Exposure in the Housing Markets
Date: Thursday, June 2, 2011
Time: 10:30 AM
Location: 210 Cannon House Office Building
Hearing Transcipts
PDF | Text
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Chairman Ryan Opening Statement
Witnesses:
Deborah J. Lucas
Assistant Director
Congressional Budget Office
Testimony
Alex J. Pollock
Senior Fellow
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Testimony | Truth in Testimony
Sarah Rosen Wartell
Executive Vice President
Center for American Progress & Center for American Progress Action Fund
Testimony | Truth in Testimony
The Mark Up of the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2012
Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Time: 10:30 AM
Location: 210 Cannon House Office Building
Webcasts
video part I | video part II | video part III | video part IV
Members' Day
Date: Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: 210 Cannon House Office Building
Hearing Transcripts
TEXT 600K | PDF 1.3M
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Witnesses:
Members of the 112th Congress
Fulfilling the Mission of Health and Retirement Security
Date: Thursday, March 17, 2011
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: 210 Cannon House Office Building
Hearing Transcipts
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Chairman Ryan Opening Statement
Witnesses:
Alice M. Rivlin
Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Founding Director of the Congressional Budget Office
Former Director of the Office of Management and Budget
Testimony | Truth in Testimony
Charles Blahous
Research Fellow, Hoover Institution
and Public Trustee for Social Security
Testimony | Truth in Testimony
James C. Capretta
Fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center
Former Associate Director of the Office of Management and Budget
Testimony | Charts | Truth in Testimony
Paul N. Van de Water
Senior Fellow
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Testimony | Truth in Testimony
Lifting the Crushing Burden of Debt
Date: Thursday, March 10, 2011
Time: 10:00 PM
Location: 210 Cannon House Office Building
Hearing Transcipts
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Chairman Ryan Opening Statement
Witnesses:
Douglas Holtz-Eakin
President, American Action Forum
Former Director of the Congressional Budget Office
Testimony | Truth in Testimony
Carmen M. Reinhart
Senior Fellow
Peterson Institute for International Economics
Testimony | Truth in Testimony
Maya MacGuineas
President
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
Testimony | Truth in Testimony
John Podesta
President and CEO
Center for American Progress
Testimony | Truth in Testimony
Department of the Treasury Fiscal Year 2012 Budget
Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Time: 2:00 PM
Location: 210 Cannon House Office Building
Hearing Transcripts
TEXT 187K | PDF 273M
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Chairman Ryan Opening Statement
Hearing Highlights
Witness:
The Honorable Timothy F. Geithner
Secretary
Department of the Treasury
Testimony
The President's Fiscal Year 2012 Budget
Date: Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Time:10:00 AM
Location: 210 Cannon House Office Building
Hearing Transcripts
TEXT 241K | PDF 2.5M
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Chairman Ryan Opening Statement
Witness:
The Honorable Jacob J. Lew
Director
Office of Management and Budget
Testimony | Charts
The Congressional Budget Office's Budget and Economic Outlook
Date: Thursday, February 10, 2011
Time:10:00 AM
Location: 210 Cannon House Office Building
Hearing Transcripts
TEXT 144K | PDF 1.8M
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Chairman Ryan Open Statement
Witness:
Douglas W. Elmendorf
Director
Congressional Budget Office
Testimony | Charts
The State of the U.S. Economy
Date: Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: 210 Cannon House Office Building
Hearing Transcipts
TEXT 212K | PDF 770KB
Webcasts
video
Hearing Highlights
Chairman Ryan Opening Statement
Witness:
Ben S. Bernanke
Chairman
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Testimony
The Fiscal Consequences of the New Health Care Law
Date: Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: 210 Cannon House Office Building
Hearing Transcripts
TEXT 304K | PDF 833KB
Webcasts
video
Hearing Highlights
Chairmain Ryan Opening Statement
Witnesses:
Richard S. Foster
Chief Actuary
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Testimony
James C. Capretta
Fellow
Ethics and Public Policy Center
Testimony | Charts | Truth in Testimony
Dennis Smith
Secretary
Wisconsin Department of Health Services
Testimony | Truth in Testimony
Paul N. Van de Water
Senior Fellow
Center on Budget and Policy and Priorities
Testimony | Truth in Testimony
Markup: House Budget Committee Organizational Meeting
Date: Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Time: 9:00 AM
Location: 210 Cannon House Office Building
Agenda:
Consideration of Rules of the Committee on the Budget for the 112th Congress
Consideration of the Committee on the Budget’s Oversight Plan for the 112th Congress
Committee Rules | Committee Oversight Plan
