Coupled with some reform in the trigger mechanism, such a change might help the federal government avoid the need to enact an emergency federal program during another recession. This has led to the under-funding of administration of UI and ES and over taxing of taxpayers in order to finance other federal spending during deficit years and now the retirement of other federal debt, spending on other federal programs, and cutting of other federal taxes during surplus years. It is time Congress corrected this problem. Our system, and the programs under the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Human Resources, should not have to cut services even more and impose even more taxes for a problem that was largely created by the wrongful application of this principle. We are ready to work with you and the Subcommittee to solve these problems this year.
Time is short.
Let us begin.