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ADMINISTRATION EFFORTS ON LINE–BY–LINE 

BUDGET REVIEW 

HEARING 

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND 

INVESTIGATIONS 

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND 

COMMERCE 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

ONE HUNDRED TWELFTH CONGRESS 

FIRST SESSION 

OCTOBER 5, 2011 

Serial No. 112–92 

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Printed for the use of the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

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112–92 

The table of contents in the referenced hearing should not have 

included a footnote stating that witness Clinton T. Brass did not 

answer a submitted question for the record from Mr. Terry by the 

time of printing. A contents page with a revised footnote and the 

response follow: 

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C O N T E N T S 

Page 

Hon. Cliff Stearns, a Representative in Congress from the State of Florida, 

opening statement ................................................................................................ 1 

Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 4 

Hon. Diana DeGette, a Representative in Congress from the State of Colorado, opening statement ...................................................................................... 7 

Hon. Joe Barton, a Representative in Congress from the State of Texas, 

opening statement ................................................................................................ 8 

Hon. Marsha Blackburn, a Representative in Congress from the State of 

Tennessee, opening statement ............................................................................ 9 

Hon. Lee Terry, a Representative in Congress from the State of Nebraska, 

opening statement ................................................................................................ 9 

Hon. H. Morgan Griffith, a Representative in Congress from the Commonwealth of Virginia, opening statement ............................................................... 10 

Hon. Henry A. Waxman, a Representative in Congress from the State of 

California, opening statement ............................................................................. 10 

Hon. Fred Upton, a Representative in Congress from the State of Michigan, 

prepared statement .............................................................................................. 214 

WITNESSES

Clinton T. Brass, Analyst in Government Organization and Management, 

Congressional Research Service .......................................................................... 25 

Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 27 

Answers to submitted question 1

Answer to request from Mr. Griffith ............................................................... 89 

Thomas A. Schatz, President, Citizens Against Government Waste .................. 101 

Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 104 

Tad DeHaven, Budget Analyst, Cato Institute ..................................................... 125 

Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 127 

Patrick L. Knudsen, Grover M. Hermann Senior Fellow in Federal Budgetary 

Affairs, The Heritage Foundation ....................................................................... 135 

Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 137 

Veronique de Rugy, Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center, George Mason 

University ............................................................................................................. 147 

Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 149 

Andrew Moylan, Vice President, Government Affairs, National Taxpayers 

Union ..................................................................................................................... 152 

Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 154 

Gary Kalman, Director, Federal Legislative Office, U.S. Public Interest Research Group ........................................................................................................ 160 

Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 162 

Stanley E. Collender, Partner, Qorvis Communications ...................................... 185 

Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 187 

Scott Lilly, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress .................................... 192 

Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 194 

SUBMITTED MATERIAL

Majority memorandum, dated October 3, 2011, submitted by Mr. Stearns ....... 13 

Letter, dated September 30, 2011, from Allie Neill, Acting Associate Director 

for Legislative Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, to Mr. Upton 

and Mr. Stearns, submitted by Mr. Stearns ...................................................... 22 

1The response of Mr. Brass to the submitted question for the record from 

Mr. Terry begins on the next page. 

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