Meeting as a member of congress and it is great to be back. We tried to do one in every county on an ongoing basis. Just a couple of things i want to say. This is my first visit to great bend since the death of bob parish. Bob and polly were great friends and great supporters. We spent our honeymoon with bob and polly at the Republican National convention in 1984. Bob was interested in his community and the history of this community. We now live in manhattan and we drove to great bend for the 90th Birthday Party only to arrive with three cars in the parking lot and i walked in and said, what happened, am i in the wrong place . And they said, dont you know, bob died yesterday. He missed his Birthday Party by one day. Secondly, on a topic of interest. Im not a veteran but i grew up with vietnam in the back of my life and saw what happened to many who served in our military as they returned home and worked hard to make it a point of making sure those who serve our country receive the care
Meeting as a member of congress and it is great to be back. We tried to do one in every county on an ongoing basis. Just a couple of things i want to say. This is my first visit to great bend since the death of bob parish. Bob and polly were great friends and great supporters. We spent our honeymoon with bob and polly at the Republican National convention in 1984. Bob was interested in his community and the history of this community. We now live in manhattan and we drove to great bend for the 90th Birthday Party only to arrive with three cars in the parking lot and i walked in and said, what happened, am i in the wrong place . And they said, dont you know, bob died yesterday. He missed his Birthday Party by one day. Secondly, on a topic of interest. Im not a veteran but i grew up with vietnam in the back of my life and saw what happened to many who served in our military as they returned home and worked hard to make it a point of making sure those who serve our country receive the care
I am taking a risk. Where debating the 2018 budget. They are requesting billions of dollars for Immigration Enforcement as well as building a wall. Good morning. Welcome to the Heritage Foundation. We welcome those who rejoin us on the website. For those inhouse, we ask mobile devices be silenced or turned off as we prepared to begin. For those watching online it, you are welcome to send questions and comments. Eating our discussion this theing is dr. Mo house and, Research Analysis chairman. He testifies frequently before congress about federal programs. His commentary and analysis has publications in and he appears on National Television as well. Scientificallys rigorous National Studies and unanimously finds it that are all programs fail to solve the problems they were designed to address. He serves as a professor at George Mason University where he teaches program evaluation. Please join me in welcoming david. [applause] good morning and welcome. Online, we areu organizing the fede
Our guest serves as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University where he teaches Program Evaluation and statistical methods to graduate students. Please join me in welcoming david more housing. Clocks good morning and welcome to Heritage Foundation auditorium. For those of you online, we are organizing the federal government that to be done and how to do it. Today we have panelists with extensive experience in the workings of the federal government. Rachel is a Research Fellow in economics. She is leading the Heritage Foundation reorganization project, that is the subject of todays events. She was a senior economist from the staff of the joint economic committee. Donald is the senior scholar at the fund for americans dollars. The served as Ronald Reagans civilservice direct your. During that time, the Washington Post labeled him reagans swift sword. He cut bureaucratic excesses and reduced billions in spending. His new book is a guide to reforming. You can purchase this online. I loo
Good morning. Welcome to the Heritage Foundation and r Lewis Lehrman auditorium. Of course what those are joining us on our heritage. Org website on all of these occasions. For those inhouse we ask the courtesy to check our various mobile devices have been silenced or turned off as we prepare to begin and, of course, for those watching online you are welcome to send questions or comments at any time simply emailing speaker heritage. Org. Leading our discussion this morning is david muhlhausen. Dr. Muhlhausen is Research Fellow in empirical policy analysis at Heritage Center for data analysis. He testifies frequently before congress on the efficiency and effectiveness of federal programs. His commentary and analyses have also been featured in numerous major publications and he frequently appears on National Television as well. His book review scientifically rigorous National Studies that almost unanimously fine that federal programs fai failed to e the social problems they were designed