Answers to Questions for the Record Following a Hearing on CBO’s 2016 Appropriation Request Conducted by the Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch, Senate Committee on Appropriations
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The Senate Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch convened a hearing in March at which CBO testified about its 2016 appropriation request. Chairman Capito submitted further questions for the record. This document provides CBO’s answers.
On March 10, 2015, the Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch of the Senate Committee on Appropriations convened a hearing at which Douglas W. Elmendorf, then Director of the Congressional Budget Office, testified about CBO's appropriation request for fiscal year 2016. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, Chairman of the Committee, submitted further questions for the record, and this document provides CBO’s answers.