Answers to Questions for the Record Following a Hearing Conducted by the House Committee on the Budget on CBO Oversight: Economic Assumptions, Baseline Construction, Cost Estimating, and Scoring
CBO Answers Questions for the Record Following a Hearing by the House Budget Committee on CBO Oversight
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The House Budget Committee convened a hearing at which Deputy Director Mark Hadley testified about CBO’s baseline projections and cost estimates. This document provides CBO’s answers to questions submitted for the record by Chairman Womack.
On February 6, 2018, the House Committee on the Budget convened a hearing at which Deputy Director Mark Hadley testified about CBO’s baseline projections and cost estimates, along with Wendy Edelberg, Associate Director for Economic Analysis, and Theresa Gullo, Assistant Director for Budget Analysis. After the hearing, Chairman Womack submitted questions for the record. This document provides CBO’s answers.