Our economy. Heres a snapshot of the last Government Shutdown. This occurred between the end of 2018 and the beginning of 2019 on trumps watch. A stretfo 34 days, 300,000 Government Workers were furloughed and. It costs our economy 11 billion dollars. Its not Monopoly Money, folks. Its not Monopoly Money to republicans who think that we have too much debt in the country, 11 Trillion Dollars for no particular reason, seems foolhardy. I should not be complicated. Funding the government is a basic power given to congress in the constitution. Its one of the few things that the United States constitution actually says that congress has to do it, its not optional. They have what you commonly here as the power of the house under the leadership of the speaker, Kevin Mccarthy, tenuously the ship though it is. He is choosing chaos over governing. For a party that touts fiscal responsibility, its just not responsible to hold the Economy Hostage over hard line policy requests that stand zero chanc
[inaudible conversations] welcome. Committee will come to order. Committee on the Budget Hearing today on the congressional budget offices budget and Economic Outlook will commence. Well hear testimony from director swagel through the congressional budget office. Welcome. Without like to yield myself such time as a may consume. We are talking about fisa mac this week, which is an issue of National Security. And want to quote admiral mullen, at a hearing defense hearing where when asked what the biggest threat to nationals could do was come his response was the biggest threat to National Security is our National Debt. Jerome powell the fed chairman who probably is loath to opine on fiscal policy in the 60 minutes interview said the National Debt, our fiscal path, is completely unsustainable, and its an urgent matter that we must address. I think thats significant. Thats some backdrop to the budget baseline update on february. Was recently in may of 23 and then this recent update here in
[inaudible conversations] welcome. Committee will come to order. Committee on the Budget Hearing today on the congressional budget offices budget and Economic Outlook will commence. Well hear testimony from director swagel through the congressional budget office. Welcome. Without like to yield myself such time as a may consume. We are talking about fisa mac this week, which is an issue of National Security. And want to quote admiral mullen, at a hearing defense hearing where when asked what the biggest threat to nationals could do was come his response was the biggest threat to National Security is our National Debt. Jerome powell the fed chairman who probably is loath to opine on fiscal policy in the 60 minutes interview said the National Debt, our fiscal path, is completely unsustainable, and its an urgent matter that we must address. I think thats significant. Thats some backdrop to the budget baseline update on february. Was recently in may of 23 and then this recent update here in
[inaudible conversations] welcome. Committee will come to order. Committee on the Budget Hearing today on the congressional budget offices budget and Economic Outlook will commence. Well hear testimony from director swagel through the congressional budget office. Welcome. Without like to yield myself such time as a may consume. We are talking about fisa mac this week, which is an issue of National Security. And want to quote admiral mullen, at a hearing defense hearing where when asked what the biggest threat to nationals could do was come his response was the biggest threat to National Security is our National Debt. Jerome powell the fed chairman who probably is loath to opine on fiscal policy in the 60 minutes interview said the National Debt, our fiscal path, is completely unsustainable, and its an urgent matter that we must address. I think thats significant. Thats some backdrop to the budget baseline update on february. Was recently in may of 23 and then this recent update here in
[inaudible conversations] welcome. Committee will come to order. Committee on the Budget Hearing today on the congressional budget offices budget and Economic Outlook will commence. Well hear testimony from director swagel through the congressional budget office. Welcome. Without like to yield myself such time as a may consume. We are talking about fisa mac this week, which is an issue of National Security. And want to quote admiral mullen, at a hearing defense hearing where when asked what the biggest threat to nationals could do was come his response was the biggest threat to National Security is our National Debt. Jerome powell the fed chairman who probably is loath to opine on fiscal policy in the 60 minutes interview said the National Debt, our fiscal path, is completely unsustainable, and its an urgent matter that we must address. I think thats significant. Thats some backdrop to the budget baseline update on february. Was recently in may of 23 and then this recent update here in