Reform of the federal budget process: hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, One hundredth Congress, first session, March 13, April 2 and 30, 1987U.S. Government Printing Office, 1987 |
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Page 373 - might hope to see the finances of the Union as clear and intelligible as a merchant's books, so that every member of Congress, and every man of any mind in the Union, should be able to comprehend them to investigate abuses, and consequently to control them.
Page 162 - are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the trustees, officers, or other staff members of the Brookings Institution.
Page 3 - and Alexander B. Cook, minority professional staff, Committee on Government Operations. OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN BROOKS Mr. BROOKS. The committee will come to order. This
Page 124 - down the government for a few hours because agreement has not been reached on further funding. Frustrated with continuing budget deficits and their inability to reduce them, Congress and the president agreed in the fall of 1985 on the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, better known as the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings law.
Page 121 - would work out or find a way of working out a common forecast for the Government, worked out by the Congressional Budget Office, the Office of Management and Budget, and the Federal Reserve. It should be updated on a periodic basis,
Page 366 - of the aisle can agree on the clear need for action in this vital area. If we do not give our efforts to build fiscal discipline into the system a solid foundation of valid financial information and genuine financial discipline, the entire structure is capable of collapsing right around us.
Page 48 - here on behalf of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. I am the Republican Co-Chairman of the Committee. Bob Giaimo is our Democratic Co-Chairman. Bob would like to be here. Unfortunately, he had another commitment. Our Vice President, Susan Clark Joy,
Page 348 - I ask unanimous consent that my entire statement be entered in the record, and I will summarize it as briefly as possible.
Page 336 - of six members to be appointed by the President, not more than three of whom could be of the same political party.
Page 360 - famous blue-covered reports have been telling us the same story: Our departments and agencies are a veritable jungle of special purpose, incompatible, antiquated accounting systems producing unreliable, and often irrelevant financial information. One of the latest GAO studies, moreover, reports that