John Spratt: “If we have entitlements that we already can't pay for, shouldn't we not be adding new entitlements?”

I ask unanimous consent that before concluding that members who did not have an opportunity to ask questions of our witness be given 7 days to submit questions for the record.

Mr. Garrett. I thank the chairman and I thank the witness, Dr. Romer, for being here today.

I was a member of Congress and served on the House Armed Services Committee, when the ``Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy was adopted. It was a clever solution, but the policy and its consequences deserve an updated review. The Secretary of…

an approach which relies on giveaways instead of relying upon auctions would, represent the largest corporate welfare program that has ever been enacted in the history of the United States.