Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on February 16, 2011, at 10 a.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled, ``The President's Budget for Fiscal Year 2012.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. committee on health, education, labor, and pensions
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This process of asking tough questions is in fact called 'oversight.' It's one of the most important jobs Congressional committees have, maybe the most important.
It has to be approved before it can be given by the Office of Management and Budget.
Just as a follow-up to the question of funding which was addressed, CBO actually has come out with an estimate on what all of this would cost. It is not $20 billion; it is in the area of zero up to $10 billion over that period of 4 years.
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