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House Cmte. Examines Government Spending

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Original Publication: C-SPAN, February 05, 2013
February 05, 2013
Programs: Budget & Tax

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will hold a hearing titled, "Government Spending: How Can We Best Address the Billions of Dollars Wasted Every Year."

A recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report showed that the federal government had a $1.1 trillion deficit for the fiscal year 2012 and stated that “the current structure of the federal budget is unsustainable.”

Witnesses from non-governmental organizations will testify about the issues that contribute to wasteful or inefficient government spending.

They include: Thomas A. Schatz, president of Citizens Against Government Waste; Ryan Alexander, president of Taxpayers for Common Sense; Dan Blair, president of the National Academy of Public Administration and Jonathan Kamensky, senior fellow at the IBM Center for the Business of Government.

Rep. Darrell E. Issa (R-CA) chairs the committee.

Original Publication URL: http://www.c-span.org/Events/House-Cmte-Examines-Government-Spending/10737437825/

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