Budget Committee Hearing on Entitlements Commission Legislation

On June 24 at 10 am the House Budget Committee will hold a hearing on "The SAFE Commission Act (H.R. 3654) and the Long-Term Fiscal Challenge." Click here to watch the hearing on video. Witnesses include:

• The Honorable Peter G. Peterson, Chairman, The Peter G. Peterson Foundation
  
• The Honorable David M. Walker, President and CEO, The Peter G. Peterson Foundation
  
• Robert Greenstein, Executive Director, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
  
• Henry J. Aaron, Ph.D., Bruce and Virginia MacLaury Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution
  
• Alison Acosta Fraser, Director of Economic Policy Studies, The Heritage Foundation
  

The SAFE Commission Act, sponsored by Rep. Frank Wolf and Sen. George Voinovich, would establish a congressional commission to consider both reforms to entitlements and changes to tax structures to bring long-term revenues and expenditures into line.