On the coronavirus aid package. Senators are likely to talk about that upon the floor. Now to live coverage of the senate on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, our rock of safety, hear our prayers. Help us to live that the generations to come will know of your mighty acts. Today, give our lawmakers the hearts to seek, find, and follow your will. Lord, guide them in the path you have created, inspiring them with the potency of your powerful presence. May they trust you in adversity and prosperity knowing that they will reap a productive harvest if they persevere. Lord, we trust you to lead us with your loving providence. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation u
2. 6 . We are counting 1. 5 trillion of that macroeconomic feedback as part of deficit reduction. If you had a policy changes on the mandatory discretionary side along with higher Economic Growth we have 6. 5 trillion in deficit reduction compared to the cbo baseline. I will leave it at that. It has been more than ten minutes but that provides an overview how the balance of major provisions, we would be glad to answer any questions. Our policy director and andy morton is the chief economist in the room. Our other staff members, jim bates, chief counsel and others, and they are available to answer any questions and we are glad to do so. Time for questions, the lady is recognized. I have questions about supplemental nutrition and income security. And 296 billion. Does resolution turn snap into block grants in previous years, to require a state match. Fair to say noticing in the Committee Report that we plan to file sometime on friday there is no report to block grants. The house agricult
2. 6 . We are counting 1. 5 trillion of that macroeconomic feedback as part of deficit reduction. If you had a policy changes on the mandatory discretionary side along with higher Economic Growth we have 6. 5 trillion in deficit reduction compared to the cbo baseline. I will leave it at that. It has been more than ten minutes but that provides an overview how the balance of major provisions, we would be glad to answer any questions. Our policy director and andy morton is the chief economist in the room. Our other staff members, jim bates, chief counsel and others, and they are available to answer any questions and we are glad to do so. Time for questions, the lady is recognized. I have questions about supplemental nutrition and income security. And 296 billion. Does resolution turn snap into block grants in previous years, to require a state match. Fair to say noticing in the Committee Report that we plan to file sometime on friday there is no report to block grants. The house agricult
With consideration for fiscal year 2018 concurrent resolution of the budget. I want to thank the Ranking Member for working with me to develop a structure for this markup that closely resembles and follows what has been done in the past. Openoal is to have it and markup. Besides will have the debate. Ity to we have a long day ahead of us and i think everyone for their cooperation. We will come lead our work i midnight and hopefully well before then. If we can all Work Together that might be possible. I would like to recognize the distinguished member from indiana. Good morning. Latereveral expected today i would ask unanimous consent that consistent with caused floor four of rule 16 the chairman will be authorized to declare recess at any time today. Without objection so ordered. I ask unanimous consent that thats each side b advocated 40 minutes. The Ranking Member will make an Opening Statement out of that a lot of time. Each side then makes presentations out of the remaining 10. Mem
Has seen Discretionary Spending drop three years in a row. Never before in my lifetime have we seen such a thing. I credit this body with being a driving force in that because we were elected by the American People who want to see their fiscal bucks put back in order, but we succeeded on the discretionary side. Discretionary turns out to be the easier nut to crack because that money doesnt go out the door unless this u. S. House of representatives acts. That distinguishes it, mr. Speaker, from mandatory spending. Thats the third set of columns on my chart. Mandatory spending, as i said, 2 3 of our budget, 68. 3 to be precise, and of all the sequestration cuts, 63. 8 of the budget is only going to bear 14. 4 of the pain. The back story there, mr. Speaker, is thats the only 14. 4 of the pain. As i said Discretionary Spending has been on the chopping block in 2011, 2012, and now again in 2013. But mandatory spending we havent had a single agreement about, and i dont hear the white house t