I am not sure why we are having this hearing since you have got the Republican Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, yourself and myself, and I suspect everyone in this room supports these two nominees.
Gregg questions the necessity of the hearing given the support for the nominees.
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the first obligation of a national government is national defense, in my opinion.
I think Dr. Rivlin is absolutely correct on both points, and Simpson-Bowles did the same thing that Domenici-Rivlin did, which was to actually increase benefits to single women over 85, and low-income individuals.
The budget process is probably not going to be that process, because the budget process is inherently partisan.
I am a great believer in investing in infrastructure. I believe that that does give you a very significant return.
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