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Senate Democratic Policy Committee Hearing

January 20, 2004
138 Dirksen Senate Office Building

"Do Deficits Matter? The Impact of Long-Term Deficits on Economic Growth and Job Creation"


Hearing Transcript

For a full transcript of the hearing click here.

Watch the video of the hearing, beginning with comments from: Sen. Dorgan, Sen. Conrad, Rep. Scott, Rep. Spratt, Rep. deLauro, Mr. Sperling, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Greenstein, Mr. Kolb, Sen. Sarbanes, Sen. Lautenberg, or witness Q & A.




Opening Statement

Senator Byron Dorgan
Chairman, Senate Democratic Policy Committee

Senator Kent Conrad

Senator Paul Sarbanes

Senator Frank Lautenberg

Representative John Spratt

Representative Rosa DeLauro

Representative Bobby Scott

Witnesses

Gene Sperling
Center for American Progress

Chris Edwards
CATO Institute

Robert Greenstein
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Charles Kolb
Committee for Economic Development



Additional Materials

Witness Biographies

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