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Vote on the nomination. Senator murray and i will each have an Opening Statement and then former secretary and former governor Michael Leavitt who we welcome today good to see you and have you back and senator young, a member of this committee will introduce mr. Azar. After his testimony, each will have five minutes of questions. I anticipate a good, vigorous questioning time. Azar, you will be running a 1. 1 trillion organization. That almost equals the total of the 12 appropriation Bills Congress passes each year to find everything from National Parks to National Defense to national laborato...

It is called the high cost of good intentions, the history of. U. S. Entitlement programs. John thank you very much. I left omb in the mid in 1998hen returned to serve as the deptive omb then left again and returned stanford. What were the lessons that thelearned working at office of management and budget. What were the lessons that you learned working at the office of management and budget. Well it seemed it was toward spen. D more as you know Ronald Reagan more than any other president. How powerful they were. The Biggest Surprise in the if. Was fr yes. Yes. Tell that story. True with Social...

2. 6 . We are counting 1. 5 trillion of that macroeconomic feedback as part of deficit reduction. If you had a policy changes on the mandatory discretionary side along with higher Economic Growth we have 6. 5 trillion in deficit reduction compared to the cbo baseline. I will leave it at that. It has been more than ten minutes but that provides an overview how the balance of major provisions, we would be glad to answer any questions. Our policy director and andy morton is the chief economist in the room. Our other staff members, jim bates, chief counsel and others, and they are available to ans...

2. 6 . We are counting 1. 5 trillion of that macroeconomic feedback as part of deficit reduction. If you had a policy changes on the mandatory discretionary side along with higher Economic Growth we have 6. 5 trillion in deficit reduction compared to the cbo baseline. I will leave it at that. It has been more than ten minutes but that provides an overview how the balance of major provisions, we would be glad to answer any questions. Our policy director and andy morton is the chief economist in the room. Our other staff members, jim bates, chief counsel and others, and they are available to ans...

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