It is 10 00 and good morning, everyone. The hearing will come to order. Welcome to the committee on the budgets hearing on oversight of the Congressional Budget Office. This hearing will focus on Cbos 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 function and duty has been to assist congress in the federal budget making process by providing cost estimates, economic analysis, working papers and other insightful publications. Members of the house and Senate Budget committees rely on cbo as an objective, impartial resource when writing budget resolutions. The agency also plays a key role in advising this committee as it enforces budget rules. Without question, there are dozens of fine men and women employed by
Response capabilities. We will hear from dr. Robert kadlick, assistant secretary for preparedness and response at the department of health and human services. Dr. Steven redd, director of the office of Public Health preparedness and response at the centers for Disease Control and prevention, and dr. Scott g gottlieb, commissioner of the food and Drug Administration. This is the first of two hearings we plan to have on this topic. The second will be noticed for tuesday, january 23rd. Senator murray and i each have an opening statement, then im going to turn to senator alexander and senator casey for any opening remarks they might have. After that, we will introduce our panel of witnesses and hear their testimonies, and then each member will have up to five minutes for any remarks and questions. Finishes first i would like to welcome the chairman and thank him for giving me the opportunity to hold the gavel today. This hearing discusses a topic thats critical to our National Security and
Welcome to the committee on the Budget Hearing on oversight of the Congressional Budget Office. This hearing will focus on Cbos Organizational and operational structure. Its 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 duth and function has been to assist congress in the federal budget making process providing cost estimates, economic analysis, working papers and other insightful publications. Members of the house and Senate Budget committees rely on cbo as an objective, impartial resource when writing budget resolutions. The agency also plays a key role in advising this committee as it enforces budget rules. Without question, there are dozens of fine men and women employed by cbo, including analysts, management and support staff, but more than 40 years s
With the next panel. I want to thank you all for coming back, first of all, from the break. I want to welcome my panelists up here. Thank you for being willing to participate in this discussion. Obviously, its the topic du jour, i would say, for Election Administrators as well as folks like jeremy in the Computer Science community, dealing with election cybersecurity and securing the elections process. Just as a way of background, this topic is obviously the topic du jour coming out of the 2016 election, where we saw nation state actors targeting state level election systems or registration systems as well as vendors in a spearfishing attempt in 2016 as well as the declaration of elections as Critical Infrastructure by the department of Homeland Security. So on this panel today, i hope we can delve into some of those issues, talk about the operating environment that Election Officials are in today, share the expertise that you all have, your experiences, and most importantly, what step
It is 10 00 and good morning, everyone. The hearing will come to order. Welcome to the committee on the budgets hearing on oversight of the Congressional Budget Office. This hearing will focus on Cbos 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 function and duty has been to assist congress in the federal budget making process by providing cost estimates, economic analysis, working papers and other insightful publications. Members of the house and Senate Budget committees rely on cbo as an objective, impartial resource when writing budget resolutions. The agency also plays a key role in advising this committee as it enforces budget rules. Without question, there are dozens of fine men and women employed by