TITLE: Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for FY2002, Vol. II

CIS-NO: 2002-S251-2  
SOURCE: Committee on the Budget. Senate  
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve the full text of testimony  
DOC-NO: S. Hrg. 107-169, vol. 2  
DATE: Feb. 13, 15, Mar. 1, 2, 6, 8, 14, 22, 2001  
LENGTH: iii+422 p. il.  
CONG-SESS: 107-1  
ITEM-NO: 1035-A-01; 1035-A-02  
SUDOC: Y4.B85/2:S.HRG.107-169/V.2  
MC-ENTRY-NO: 2002-9082  
 
GPO-STOCK-NO: 552-070-27797-8.

SUMMARY:
Continuation of hearings to consider Administration FY2002 budget proposal and to examine economic outlook and related fiscal and economic policy issues in preparation for Committee report to the Senate on a concurrent resolution.
 
Supplementary material (p. 408-422 and throughout) includes submitted statements, witnesses' written replies to Committee questions, an article, and papers.

CONTENT-NOTATION: Budget proposal, FY2002, and budgetary issues review

DESCRIPTORS:  
    BUDGET OF THE U.S.; PROJECTIONS; FISCAL POLICY; ECONOMIC POLICY

02-S251-2 TESTIMONY NO: 1     Feb. 13, 2001 p. 3-64, 66-74
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   FELDSTEIN, MARTIN (Professor, Economics, Harvard University)
   SPERLING, GENE B. (Visiting Scholar, Economics, Foreign Policy, and Governmental Studies Programs, Brookings Institution)
   HASSETT, KEVIN A. (Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research)
   GALE, WILLIAM G. (Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution)
 
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
   Analysis of Administration proposal to reduce marginal income tax rates; differing views on economic and fiscal effects of tax rate reduction; assessment of Administration tax reduction proposal in context of budget surplus projections and long-term fiscal outlook (related tables, p. 28-40 passim; bibl, p. 45-46).
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Budget proposal, FY2002, and budgetary issues review
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   TAX INCENTIVES AND SHELTERS; INCOME TAXES; BUDGET SURPLUSES; BIBLIOGRAPHIES
 
 
02-S251-2 TESTIMONY NO: 2     Feb. 15, 2001 p. 82-147
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   WILENSKY, GAIL R. (Senior Fellow, Project HOPE)
   REISCHAUER, ROBERT D. (President, Urban Institute)
   MEANS, KATHLEEN E. (Senior Health Policy Advisor, Patton Boggs LLP)
   MOON, MARILYN (Senior Fellow, Urban Institute)
 
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
   Views on Medicare program reform proposals, in context of program fiscal status and outlook; budgetary implications of proposals to expand Medicare Part B to include prescription drug coverage; opinions on various approaches to the possible addition of prescription drug coverage to the Medicare program.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Budget proposal, FY2002, and budgetary issues review
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   DRUGS; MEDICARE
 
 
02-S251-2 TESTIMONY NO: 3     Mar. 1, 2001 p. 156-198
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   O'NEILL, PAUL H. (Secretary, Department of Treasury)
 
STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION:
   Overview of Administration FY2002 budget proposal, with perspectives on tax and spending strategies; views on various fiscal policy issues.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Budget proposal, FY2002, and budgetary issues review
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   TAXATION; INCOME TAXES; GOVERNMENT SPENDING; DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY
 
 
02-S251-2 TESTIMONY NO: 4     Mar. 2, 2001 p. 204-241
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   DANIELS, MITCHELL E., JR. (Director, OMB)
 
STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION:
   Highlights of Administration FY2002 budget proposal; aspects of public debt management.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Budget proposal, FY2002, and budgetary issues review
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET; PUBLIC DEBT
 
 
02-S251-2 TESTIMONY NO: 5     Mar. 6, 2001 p. 246-287
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   THOMPSON, TOMMY G. (Secretary, HHS)
 
STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION:
   Summary of Administration FY2002 budget request for HHS programs; explanation of HHS program priorities; perspectives on Medicare reform issues.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Budget proposal, FY2002, and budgetary issues review
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES; HEALTH FACILITIES AND SERVICES; MEDICARE
 
 
02-S251-2 TESTIMONY NO: 6     Mar. 8, 2001 p. 295-318
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   PAIGE, RODERICK R. (Secretary, Department of Education)
 
STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION:
   Highlights of Administration FY2002 budget request for Department of Education programs; perspectives on Federal education policies and program priorities.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Budget proposal, FY2002, and budgetary issues review
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   FEDERAL AID TO EDUCATION; DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
 
02-S251-2 TESTIMONY NO: 7     Mar. 14, 2001 p. 321-352
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   POWELL, COLIN L. (Secretary, Department of State)
 
STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION:
   Explanation of Administration FY2001 budget request for Department of State programs; perspectives on foreign policy issues, with specifics on policies towards selected countries.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Budget proposal, FY2002, and budgetary issues review
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   FOREIGN RELATIONS; DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
 
02-S251-2 TESTIMONY NO: 8     Mar. 22, 2001 p. 356-422
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   GENSLER, GARY (former Under Secretary, Domestic Finance, Department of Treasury)
   MCCARTHY, F. WARD, JR. (Managing Partner, Stone and McCarthy Research Association)
   TRUMAN, EDWIN M. (Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics)
   WOJNILOWER, ALBERT M. (Senior Economic Advisor, Craig Drill Capital)
 
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
   Issues related to projected budget surpluses, public debt management, and debt reduction (related tables, graphs, p. 364-377 passim); assessment of levels of public debt available to be paid off between 2002 and 2011.
   Analysis of international financial and economic implications of public debt reduction; feared adverse effects of projected retirement of Department of Treasury securities.
 
INSERTION:
   -- Wojnilower, A. M., "Life Without Treasury Securities -- Further Thoughts" prepared for Eastern Economic Association, Feb. 24, 2001 (p. 413-422).
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Budget proposal, FY2002, and budgetary issues review
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   STONE AND MCCARTHY RESEARCH ASSOCIATION; CRAIG DRILL CAPITAL; FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS; INTERNATIONAL FINANCE; GOVERNMENT SECURITIES; BUDGET SURPLUSES; PUBLIC DEBT; DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY

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