Good morning. I will call to order this Senate Budget committee hearing. Good morning and welcome to the Senate Budget committees hearing on the president s budget 2019. Al for fiscal year this budget submission comes to us on the heels of a busy first year for President Trump. I am proud of the hard work and leadership that went into passing the tax cuts and jobs progrowth taxc bill that is bringing investments back to america and boosting takehome pay for workers. The president s new budget submission, and im interested in learning how the Administration Proposes to build on this momentum and further strengthen our economy. One of my greatest concerns as a United States senators ar our Countries National debt. To secure our economy longterm for future generations we must tackle this growing problem while lowering taxes is proving to bolster our economy which will bring in new revenue, we we have a spending problem in america. I look forward to hearing which way we could use taxpayer