Subcommittee Hearing

The Federal Debt Limit and its Economic and Financial Consequences

Economic Policy Date:   Tuesday, March 7, 2023 Time:   02:30 PM Location:   Dirksen Senate Office Building 538

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Topic

COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC POLICY will meet in OPEN SESSION, HYBRID FORMAT to conduct a hearing on “The Federal Debt Limit and its Economic and Financial Consequences.”  The witnesses will be: Dr. Mark Zandi, Chief Economist, Moody’s Analytics; Ms. Anat Weisenfreund, Director of Head Start and Early Learning Programs at Community Action Pioneer Valley; Dr. Douglas Holtz-Eakin, President, American Action Forum; Dr. Michael R. Strain, Director of Economic Policy Studies and Arthur F. Burns Scholar in Political Economy, American Enterprise Institute; and Ms. Amy K. Matsui, Senior Counsel and Director of Income Security, National Women’s Law Center.

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Member Statements

  1. Elizabeth Warren (D - Massachusetts)
  2. John Kennedy (R - Louisiana)

Witnesses

  1. Dr. Mark Zandi
    Chief Economist
    Moody’s Analytics
  2. Ms. Anat Weisenfreund
    Director of Head Start and Early Learning Programs
    Community Action Pioneer Valley
  3. Dr. Douglas Holtz-Eakin
    President
    American Action Forum
  4. Dr. Michael R. Strain
    Director of Economic Policy Studies and Arthur F. Burns Scholar in Political Economy
    American Enterprise Institute
  5. Ms. Amy K. Matsui
    Senior Counsel and Director of Income Security
    National Women’s Law Center