Committee chair steve womack. [inaudible conversations] the hearing will come to order. The hearing will come to order. Welcome to the committee on the Budget Hearing on the Congressional Budget Offices economic assumptions, baseline Construction Cost estimates, this is the second of five hearings the Committee Plans to hold on oversight of the Congressional Budget Office. As we discussed during our first hearing, cbo was created 40 years ago as part of the congressional budget act of 1974. Since then cbo has been a vital congressional support agency providing nonpartisan budgetary analysis and directly assist the house and Budget Committees. These hearings with cbo are intended to help us learn how much the agency carries out its mandate supporting congress in the federal budgeting process and what the agency can improve. Cbo has not undergone a comprehensive review since it was founded but demand on the agency have undoubtedly changed since 1974. We are here to make sure the agency h
About the u. S. Economic outlook iand the federal debt at an oversight hearing. Keith hall was asked about health care costs, immigration policy and government funding. He testified before the Senate Budget committee. I think this has the potential to get a lot of good information. Good morning and welcome to the Congressional Budget Office im proud to say this is the third such installment of the continued oversight under my chairmanship and im glad to see the House Budget Committee will follow the lead with additional oversight later this month. We have a congressional budget act that provides the committee with the authority to review the continuing basis by the Congressional Budget Office of its functions and duties. Present the opportunity to review the performance and served as the forum for discussing ways in which it can be more effective and attentive to the needs of congress. While improving its operations, the first director of the cbo instructed staff in the 1976 memo and s
Panthers were on a ped stool for the left, and if i thought they murdered this woman, they would have attacked me as a cia agent, and a racist, so that was a very unpleasant experience, but its, you know, its motivated the next half of my life. That was 40 years ago, and i spent the rest of my life atoning for what i did as a radical and what i was a part of, and that is what you see today. I know you [inaudible] just say come to the next e poe say of the teaching. Youll enjoy it. David, thank you so much. Everybody, lets give david another round of applause. [applause] thank you, all, for coming today. Id like to remind you that books are available for purchase and custom signature in the lobby, and for those of you that prepurchased your books, they are out there waiting for you. Thank you, this concludes our program. Please come to the next event when announced. Thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] welcome to booktvs live coverage from the campus
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