Republicans, like Mr. Holtz-Eakin, have taken to dismissing any non-partisan assessments they don't like.

On the surface, what's going on with tax policy in Washington right now seems crazy.

So it is saying we are really going to make these tax cuts and the only place we will get the money is by borrowing it internationally to continue the level of services that we have in this country.

Talks about the history of taxation and that we establish progressive taxation along the Greek lines because we realize the people at the top got most of the benefits, so they ought to pay most of the taxes.

Those would be good topics for future hearings, too.

Our action last fall to improve the child welfare system represented a bipartisan, bicameral commitment to work together to significantly improve the lives of our most vulnerable children. But our work is not done.

We will be back on this issue. There are still some issues that are not resolved.

I have been working on legislation to provide for increasing the level of mentors throughout the United States by offering loan forgiveness in some way through college to get those folks of adult college years to mentor to younger…

Thank you for that question.

Thank you for your testimony.

represents the best of Congress. It shows what can be achieved when both sides come together to work in good faith to address a problem.

I would hope that Mr. McDermott would afford us parents the opportunity to defend ourselves and our children against the abuses...