This here of the Senate Budget committee. The hearing on Government Accountability offices annual report on the nations Fiscal Health. Today the Budget Committee will hear from congress is nonpartisan, watchdog on the nations Fiscal Health and the importance of confronting our critical fiscal challenges. I welcome back mr. Dara who is our most usual and best witness providing information throughout the year that is extremely helpful, hitting off some of the future crises that are going to happen if we dont Pay Attention. This hearing will kick off a series of hearings and discussions that i hope will help inform Bipartisan Solutions to the problems we face this year and help build a foundation for next years budget cycle. And next to you should be significant for the Budget Committee. Committee has been working hard to enact reforms that improve transparency and accountability in the budget process, and helped put us on a more sustainable fiscal path. Last year senator white house and
We are waiting to hear when lawmakers will return to work on that. They are in recess now subject to the call of the chair. Expect to find out where negotiations stand with nancy pelosi. She has scheduled a statement to reporters which is set to take place at 2 00 p. M. Eastern. We have live coverage on cspan. And with the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, lawmakers got an update yesterday on topics including the growing federal debt and the need to budget for emergency preparedness. The u. S. Comptroller general testify before a Senate Budget committee hearing. All called to order the steering of the Senate Budget committee. The hearing on Government Accountability offices annual report on the nations Fiscal Health. Today the committee will hear from congressnonpartisan watchdog of the nations Fiscal Health and the importance of confronting our critical fiscal challenges. Arelcome back mr. Dinardo, most usual and best witness providing information throughout the year that is extremely hel
And our nation as a whole. Next Congressional Panel looks at developing a National Paid Program House ways and Means Committee vote on how to pay with advocating a payroll tax on employers and employees. Congressman shares a committee. The committee will come to order. Good morning and welcome to our witnesses some who have traveled considerable distances to be here. Before we move toward scheduled Committee Business i want to take a moment to acknowledge the recent tragic passing of pamela, a valued member of staff with the joint committee for over 40 years. A reminder again of the considerable talent that exist sometimes outside of publicity. Pamela began her career as a joint committee on taxation in may of 1991 and applied her skill in many legislative issues with large and small. Her colleagues on the joint committee almost tireless and dedication to the joint committee and she accepted projects that were analytically difficult and often that of efficient. She was working on a leg
Up next acting labor secretary testifying on her department 2025 budget request the proposal totals 13. 9 billion focuses on creating pathways to good jobs and protecting workers. She has served as acting secretary since march 2023 she is still waiting to be confirmed as labor secretary over a year after President Biden first nominated her. House education and Workforce Committee hearing is three and half hours. The committee will come to order. Note there is a quorum. Actingng secretary ms. Su i know Vice President harris ezell lobbied hard to drop the acting from your title only a vote of the full senate can grant to that promotion. This is something they have rightly not seen fit to do. Today marks 417 consecutive day in which you have ledol the department of labor, the dol as acting secretary without the cost which is required advice and consent of the senate. It effectively abrogating the Senate Nomination process the Biden Administration has treated the constitution as but a foot
House subcommittee. On challenges facing his agency. Mr. Reeder says he expects the Multiemployer Program to become insolve vent by 2025. Absent changes in the law. A federal agency that ensures pensions of workers and retirees in the private sector defined Pension Plans. This is a 90 minute portion of the hearing due to technical difficulty. Present the subcommittee on Health Employment lay br and pension will come it order. Good morning, welcome. To todays subcommittee hearing on the financial challenges facing the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. And more importantly the impact to workers and retirees. George miller was a proud liberal lion of the commit toe. While we very often disagreed, in the years i served with him on the committee. I admire his commitment to ensuring americans have the ability to retire with dignity. And in 2014, he worked with john clin. Then our chairman to try to solve a real problem. Retirement system on the brink of collapse. They put politics aside.