Thank you, mr. Chief justice and may it please the court. In 1991, congress enacted the tcpas basic restriction on the placement of automated calls to cell phones. In the years that followed lower courts consistently upheld the constitutionality of that restriction as a contact neutral restriction on the use of calling technologies consumers found particularly intrusive and annoying and the Congress Debt exception in 2015 did not introduce any constitution infirmity into the statutory scheme and that exception is limit to a narrow category of calls that intrude less on Consumer Privacy than the typical automated call and that serve an important counterveiling interest in protecting the federal fisk. Theres been a good deal back and forth in the briefs whether sponedents challenge is properly viewed as one to the exception or to the general automated call restriction. And i think in circumstances like this theres not a right way or wrong way, not a right or wrong challenge to bring, the
Director keith hall testified before the House Budget Committee tuesday about his agencys history, organizational structure, and responsibilities. He also answered questions from republicans about their attempts to repeal the Affordable Care act last year. It is 10 00. Good morning, everyone. The hearing will come to order. Welcome to the committee on the butts hearing on oversight of the Congressional Budget Office. This hearing will focus on cboest organizational and operational structure. It is the first of five hearings that the Committee Plans to hold regarding oversight of the congressional budget. The goal of todays hearing is to learn more about cbo, which was created as part of the congressional budget and impoundment act of 1974. For decades, this agencys primary duty and function has to assist congress in the federal budget making process by providing cost estimates, economic analysis, working pain ersz and other in sight you will publications. Members of the house and senat
Director of the cbo. Hes been in front of us many times. We always find his views and positions extremely enlightening. Enlightening. Its wonderful to have dug with the spirit and its also good to have Glenn Hubbard with us it was dean of, sorry, dean at Russell Carson professor of finance and economics of the columbia business school, and is a past chair of the cea under george w. Bush. And finally we have our moderator Michael Peterson who is the ceo and president of the Peterson Foundation. Michael oversees a strategy for the foundation, and look at the key fiscal policy challenges that we all face, michael and the foundation are longtime supporters and backers of nabe, and were delighted to have you again michael. So over to you. Okay, thank you. [applause] spin the Peterson Foundation had to be back at nabe egg and this year and with a great panel double focusing on fiscal policy. As part of a role at the foundation would like to contain different perspectives and find common grou
[inaudible conversations] well, were going to move straight on. Im very, very pleased to introduce our panel on discalling [inaudible] you know, sometimes when youre organizing a nabe conference and panel, its like bringing friends together. And this is one case like that. We have real friends of nawe on the dais today. I wont belabor their introductions, but were very pleased to have Doug Elmendorf with us today, isas all of you know, past director of the cbo. Hes been in front of us many times, we always find his views and positions extremely enlightening. Its wonderful to have doug is us. And its also good to have Glenn Hubbard with us who is dean of, dean of the russell sorry, dean and Russell Carlson professor of finance and economics at the Columbia Business School and is the past, past chair of the cea under george w. Bush. And finally, we have our moderator, michael peterson, president and coo of peterson foundation. Michael oversees strategy for the foundation and looking at t
About the federal budget, the deficit and the debt. I am very pleased to introduce our panel. You know, some times its like bringing friends together this is one case like that. We have real friends today. So i wont belabor their introductions but this is dean of the kennedy school, professor of public policy. As all of you know past director of the cvo. We always find his views and positions extremely enlightning. It is wonderful to have doug with us and glenn who is dean of the sorry, dean and Russell Carlson professor and is the past chair of the cea under george w. Bush. Finally we have our moderator Michael Peterson who is ceo and president of the Peterson Foundation and it is longtime supporters. We are delighted to have you again here. Over do you. Thank you. Thank you. We have a great panel that will be focused on fiscal policy. As part of our roel we need to find common ground. For those with questions, fill them out and send them up and well save time at the end. I would like