Since azerbaijans independence, in 1991, u. S. Aid has spent 55 million on programs to make the country more democratic. The country remains more undemocratic and is becoming more and more authoritarian. The u. S. Government presses on with multimilliondollars programs in azerbaijan. In 2012 us aid issues a 1. 5 million call, i want you to listen to this. That would enable key Society Organizations to better respond to the president s vision and calls for more meaningful and state Civil Society partnership fulfilling the governments commitments to various International Human rights instruments, end quote. The idea of u. S. Taxpayer dollars going to implement the supposed democratic vision of azerbaijans authoritarian president reinforces the notion that foreign aid is a scam. Ill give you an example from kazakhstan. This is a typical program. Youll see this in every part of the world. Im a eurasia specialist. My examples from the region, usaid worked with the 1. 5 million to increase t
Ohio, he was a guy who would give you great advice and would work to get you an answer for the problem. So whether it was the Appropriations Committee or quite frankly the Transportation Committee where he served much of his career, was an area where he knew more about transportation and transportation issues, quite frankly than anybody in this town. He was a walking book on transportation issues. Pretty hard for a buckeye to talk about a university of michigan graduate this way, mr. Speaker, but its going to be a big void for this house for not just all five, but especially Steve Latourette who has really given his heart and his soul for 18 years try to make this body and our nation a better place for our kids and our our grandkids. It really didnt matter who you were or what you were about or if you had an r or a d by your name with respect to steve. If he believed in your cause, he was your partner, and he was going to do everything within his power to make sure that cause, that iss
Congressional Budget Office where he supervised a young economist who did not learn a whole lot from them and that is what i am here rudy has had a distinguished career he has had. I remember those conversations. I hope i can do themjust i can do them justice. Finally, we have david walker, founder and ceo of the comeback america initiative. He is formally the comptroller general of the united states. He was also the head director of the u. S. Government Accountability Office for almost 10 years. He is widely read and has written numerous articles on the debt and deficit. He has a new initiative which makes tremendous sense. His new group is looking at the efficiencies, inefficiencies, duplications in the government to try to find areas where we can save money without cutting. It is a very interesting initiative, one that you ought to look into and see about supporting. I hope we he will mention it briefly in his comments today. I will turn to the panel and sitdown and we will start di
Distinguished career, rudy was the director of the Congressional Budget Office where he supervised marty regalia who didnt learn a lot from him and thats why im here but i remember those conversations and i hope i can do them justice today and he is deputy assistance secretary for Economic Affairs at hud and a senior staff economist at the council of economic advisors. And then finally last but not least, we have david walker, founder and c. E. O. Of the comeback america initiative. Davids formerly the comptroller general of the united states. He was also the head director of the of the u. S. Government Accountability Office for almost 10 years. He is widely read and authored numerous articles on the debt deficit and he has a new initiative which i think makes tremendous sense and may doom it obscurity where things sometimes dont get discussed but davids new group is looking at the efficiencies, the inefficiency, the duplications in the government to try and find areas where we can sav