Government accountability, the report of the nations Fiscal Health. Today the Budget Committee will hear from congress nonpartisan watchdog on the nations Fiscal Health and the importance of confronting our critical fiscal challenges. I welcome back mr. Dodaro who is the most usual and best witness providing information throughout the year that it is extremely helpful heading off some of the future crises that will happen if we dont Pay Attention. This hearing will kick off a series of hearings and discussions about that will form Bipartisan Solutions for the problems we face this year and help build a foundation for next years budget cycle. The next few years should be significant for the Budget Committee. The committee has been the working hard to enact reforms that improve transparency and accountability in the budget process and help put us on a more sustainable fiscal path. Last year senator whitehouse and i introduced the bipartisan congressional budget reform act and i want to e
Apparently thats Old Fashioned now. So do you see that expanding more . Yes, congressman cummings. Not my thing. Im talking about absolutely. Hypergrowth. Hypergrowth. The challenge is its a very competitive delivery space. We compete for customers every day. Its the value proposition. Competitive pricing, transit time performance and visibility. And the Postal Service has made investments in all of those components to insure we improve our competitive standing. We need to recognize while our strength is last mile delivery, were challenged there. The socalled uberization of Package Delivery is very competitive. We recognize we have to compete for that business. The challenge ultimately for us, the package growth alone wont offset the losses in firstclass volume. Hence the need to address the legacy costs specifically looking at medicare integration as a cornerstone of our legislative ask. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I now recognize the gentleman from texas, mr. Fahrenthold. I want to foll
We are live on capitol hill this morning where irs commissioner John Koskinen is set to testify on cybersecurity. Hell be appearing before the Senate Finance committee. Live coverage here on cspan 3. We expect it to start in just a few minutes. Again, waiting for the start of testimony from irs commissioner John Koskinen this morning. Hell be talking about cybersecurity and how the irs protects the information of taxpayers. This is taking place before the Senate Finance committee. Just a couple moments away. While we wait for this to get started, elsewhere on capitol hill today, visits continue for Supreme Court Justice Nominee Merrick Garland. Hes meeting with 14 senators today, seven democrats, six republicans and one independent. So far, he has had meetings with 21 senators, 18 democrats, 3 republicans. Oneonone meetings with senators to take place in their offices today. Senate Judiciary Committee chair Chuck Grassley was up first and they started at about the 7 45 today. There was
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