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The Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing on Navy combat readiness and the fiscal year 2019 budget request. Other issues discussed included recruitment and retainment issues,…

The House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch held a hearing on the proposed fiscal year 2019 budget for the U.S. Congress Office of Compliance. Susan Grundmann, the…

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue testified before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on the agency’s fiscal year 2019 budget request. Secretary Perdue said there was “concern and anxiety” in the…

Military commanders testified at a hearing on the capabilities of U.S. missile defense systems, the fiscal year 2019 budget request, and threats from North Korea, Iran and Russia. Among…

FEMA Administrator Brock Long testified before the House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee on his agency’s 2019 budget request. Administrator Long discussed the major lessons…

National Guard Chief General Joseph Lengyel and four service reserve chiefs testified before the House Appropriations subcommittee on the president’s fiscal year 2019 budget request for…

Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Keith Hall and Assistant Director for Tax Analysis John McClelland briefed reporters on the findings of the just-released iCBO annual budget and…

Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Keith Hall testified before the Senate Budget Committee about a recent CBO report on the economic outlook for fiscal years 2018 to 2028. The…

The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security held a hearing on the president’s fiscal year 2019 budget request for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and…

Joint Chief of Staff Chair General Joseph Dunford and Defense Secretary James Mattis testified before the House Armed Services Committee on the military’s fiscal year 2019 budget request. Secretary Mattis…

Kevin Kosar talked about Amazon’s impact on the U.S. Postal Service and ongoing efforts at postal reform. This program was part of C-SPAN’s “Your Money” series, during which a portion of…

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen testified at a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on her department’s budget request for fiscal year 2019.

General Darren McDew, the commander of the U.S Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), briefed the Senate Armed Services Committee on President Trump’s fiscal year 2019 budget proposal for his…

William Hoagland talked about the Congressional Budget Office’s (CB)) recently-released report that predicts the U.S. budget deficit will surpass $1 trillion by 2020, two years sooner than…

Telephone lines and social media were open for viewer comments on a question about the U.S.' $21 trillion national debt: “What should Congress do to cut spending?” Roberta Rampton, Reuters White House…

Stephen Ellis talked about what was included in the recently passed $1.3 billion spending bill to fund the government through September 30, 2018.

Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chair Patrick Leahy (D-VT) talked about the $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill approved by Congress that week and signed by President Trump. He also…

President Trump spoke about the federal spending bill that funds the government through September 30, 2018, thus avoiding a government shutdown. He said he signed it “as a matter of national…

Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin testified before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee on President Trump’s fiscal year 2019 budget request for his department. Secretary Shulkin…

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee on President Trump’s fiscal year 2019 budget request for her department. She addressed several topics…