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Crisis and we would periodically would go back to my hometown of yam hill and we saw humanitarian crisis unfolding there, you know, a quarter of the kids who were on my old number 6 school bus are now gone from drugs and alcohol and suicide and sheryl and i tried to process that. The kids who got on the bus right after me were nathan, sister regina, smart talented kids. Farland died of drug and alcohol abuse, zeland died in house fire. Regina died from hepatitis of drug abuse. We wondered if this is about my bus, about yam hill and we realized this is a National Problem that we have despair, L...

Come from a small rural town in oregon. I just ponder how, in your professional career is your traveling the world you are living in a different environment completely and you have reported on World Affairs from all kinds of Different Directions and some of the worst tragedies on the planet but you chose to really focus on a small town in oregon, why . Well, we were running around covering a humanitarian crisis and then we would periodically go back to my beloved hometown of yamhill where my mom is still on the family farm. And we saw humanitarian hope all the better. A quarter of the kids tha...

Post of scorekeeping functions. In support of the appropriations process, tracking spending and helping Congress Figure out how much we are spending and how much bills will cost. Host talk about who you answer to. Phillip we are a nonpartisan agency and answer to the congress. We work through the two budget committees, but we work for the entire congress. Generally our work is for the chairs and ranking members of the various committees. If there is something on health care that would be in the senate for finance, and similarly in the house. And we answer to all of the members and support all ...

The program. The congressional budget supports congress in its budget function. We evaluate legislation and provide cost estimates for legislation, we do analytic reports on various topics, one just came out on student loans, for example. Then we do a host of scorekeeping functions in support of the appropriations process. Helping spending and congress to figure out basically how much they are spending and how much bills will cost. Talk about who you answer to. We are nonpartisan and we answer to congress. Senate through the Budget Committee and the house Budget Committee, but generally our wo...

Eastern on cspans q a. On newsmakers this week her guest is phillip swagel. And helping with our questions in studio, economic reporters Richard Rubin and Jim Tankersley. Director slagle, for those what thef d. C. Explain Congressional Budget Office is, who you answer to and what viewers should take away from your latest reports and economic outlook. Thanks very much for having me on the program. Its function is we provide cost estimates of legislation, we do analytics reports. I host of scorekeeping functions. In support of the appropriations process. Tracking spending and helping Congress Fi...