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House Budget Committee Hearing: The Congressional Budget Office’s Long-Term Budget Outlook
June 6, 2012
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Welcome all to the House Budget Committee. The purpose of this hearing is to review the Long-Term Budget Outlook, and unpack the fiscal and economic challenges facing our nation. We are joined today by Doug Elmendorf, Director of the Congressional Budget Office. I want to thank you for testifying to...
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House Budget Committee Mark-Up: Reconciliation and Replacing the Sequester
May 7, 2012
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Welcome to today’s mark-up. Today, this Committee meets to advance sensible spending restraints and to reprioritize savings called for under the Budget Control Act. Last year, as we were coming up on the debt ceiling, the Obama administration asked Congress to rubber-stamp a blank-check increase in ...
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House Budget Committee Hearing: Strengthening the Safety Net
April 17, 2012
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Before we start, I just want to note that today, millions of workers and businesses will file their taxes. I view the core mission of this committee as ensuring that every dollar the government takes from a hardworking citizen is spent as efficiently and effectively as possible, and only on programs...
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Paul Ryan: A budget that trusts the American people
March 29, 2012
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CLICK TO WATCH Mr. Chairman, we are bearing witness to history this week. Across the street, we are witnessing what could be the end of bureaucrat-controlled health care. What we are on the verge of witnessing is a powerful reaffirmation of the American idea. And we are finally having the debate we...
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Committee Mark-Up: The Path to Prosperity – FY2013 Budget Resolution
March 21, 2012
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Welcome to the mark up for the Fiscal Year 2013 budget resolution. I am proud to be here with my House Budget Committee colleagues today. I am proud of all the hard work you’ve done to produce the budget we’re here to discuss. I also want to thank my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, especi...
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Paul Ryan Previews The Path to Prosperity
March 15, 2012
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Watch House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin preview next week’s release of a budget for the federal government. Click to watch “What if your President, your Senator and your Congressman knew a crisis was coming? What if they knew why it was happening? What if they knew what they nee...
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House Budget Committee Hearing: Strengthening Health and Retirement Security
February 28, 2012
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Welcome to today’s important hearing examining the structural challenges facing the federal government’s major health and retirement security programs. We welcome back to the Committee the two foremost experts on the financial crunch facing Medicare and Social Security: the chief actuaries of each p...
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House Budget Committee Hearing: The President’s Fiscal Year 2013 Revenue and Economic Policy Proposals
February 16, 2012
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Welcome all, to this important hearing. I’d like to thank Secretary Geithner for joining us. This is your second hearing today and your fourth this week. We know that defending this budget is no easy task, so we appreciate your time. Mr. Secretary, it’s pretty well known that one of your favorite sa...
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House Budget Committee Hearing on the President’s FY2013 Budget
February 15, 2012
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Welcome all, to this important hearing. I’d like to thank our witness today, Mr. Zients, for coming to us under difficult circumstances. With the departure of Mr. Lew from OMB just last month, we understand that you are testifying on short notice, and we recognize the difficulty of that. And unfortu...
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Expedited Line-Item Veto and Rescissions Act of 2011
November 30, 2011
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Mr. Speaker, I rise today to introduce the "Expedited Line-Item Veto and Rescissions Act of 2011" along with my friend and colleague House Budget Committee Ranking Member Chris Van Hollen of Maryland. The fiscal and economic challenges facing our nation are immense. In addition to the alarming budge...
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