. >> we will consider the nominations of kevin hassett to e the chairman and honorable patenaude as the deputy secretary. we will begin with an opening statement by me and senator brown and turn to senator ortman, who will introduce the witnesses. and senator shaheen, who will introduce ms. patenaude. i see friends and family behind you as well and i see my good friend, bob dole, at least i did a minute ago and we welcome him here. each of these nominees stands to impact the standard of living for americans across the country and will play an important role in spurring economic opportunity. positions inas had academics, education and policy. he is an expert on economic policy and contributed countless papers, commentary and testimony. his nomination has received bipartisan support from economists including past c.e.a. chairman. his understanding of tax policy and the way it feablingts citizens and businesses will be aning valuable asset to the administration. he has extensive experience with economic modeling and will provide sound economic analysis for pro-growth policies. key to econo

i hear your comments, but when the consensus among the fed, the blue chip forecast and the kevin hassett of 2006 is on the order of 1.9%. mr. hassett: i don't want to take up too much time. but for sure if we don't change policy, we can expect to stay around 2%. i think if you look at the blue chip forecast, they don't envision the kind of sweeping tax changes that we experienced in a bipartisan fashion in 1986. that have been proposed -- mr. brown: if i can interrupt, sorry. so that 3% is really contingent on getting real tax reform, not just a tax cut. you know from your years in the bush years that two significant tax cuts went overwhelmingly to the wealthy and there was literally zero private sector net job growth in those eight years. you're arguing that only if we do real tax reform, not just tax cuts, but real tax reform can we get anywhere close to the assumed 3%? mr. hassett: i think you're arguing that that's fair. mr. brown: let me take the last three seconds, sorry, mr. chairman. i want to talk about lead for a second. because of your boss as the secretary of h.u.d.'s comment

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this morning we will consider the nominations of kevin hassett and the honorable pamela pate naude. i see friends and family behind you as well and i see my good friend bob dole, at least, i did a few minutes ago and we welcome him here. and will play an important role in spurring economic student. mr. hassett has had a distinguished career in economics that includes positions in academia, government and policy. a widely consulted expert on economic policy and has contributed countless papers, commentary and testimony. nomination has received bipartisan support. mr. hassett's understanding of tax policy will be an asset to the administration. he has extensive experience with economic modelling. for pro growth policies. key to economic growth is not only robust financial markets but also economic policies that will enable all americans to unlock their potential. i look forward on hearing from him on how economics can play a role in achieving this goal. ms. patenaude has received unanimous -- to become assistant secretary for community planning and development at hud. in this role, sh

it's a pleasure to introduce kevin hassett. he is being nominated to serve as the council of economic advisers. delighted to see that he's got his own team of advisers with him today, his sons jay my and john and his wife christy. who is the chair by the way of that council. >> that would be me. >> christy is the chair. we've known you for a long time. kevin and i served together in the first bush administration. george h.w. bush. he was in the treasury office. i got to know him and respect him. he continued to serve as a policy consultant for the treasury department under the clinton administration i went on to the house in the ways and means committee where i looked to him to provide economic council as we tried to reform the tax code. and again, chairman has mentioned that's one of his specialties. i'm pleased h he's been nominated for this position. he's got a lot of respect from economists from both sides of the aisle. his pred says tore as the chair of the council of economic advisers, jason ferman called him on excellent

it's a pleasure to introduce kevin hassett. he is being nominated to serve as the council of economic advisers. delighted to see that he's got his own team of advisers with him today, his sons jay my and john and his wife christy. who is the chair by the way of that council. >> that would be me. >> christy is the chair. we've known you for a long time. kevin and i served together in the first bush administration. george h.w. bush. he was in the treasury office. i got to know him and respect him. he continued to serve as a policy consultant for the treasury department under the clinton administration i went on to the house in the ways and means committee where i looked to him to provide economic council as we tried to reform the tax code. and again, chairman has mentioned that's one of his specialties. i'm pleased h he's been nominated for this position. he's got a lot of respect from economists from both sides of the aisle. his pred says tore as the chair of the council of economic advisers, jason ferman called him on excellent

there's some very good almost indisputable evidence by my friend kevin hassett at the american enterpriseinstitute and dissident delegated by many others that, in fact, the front frontline victims of this corporate tax are not the shareholders of companies. they are workers who get lower wages and salaries because when you less capital to work with they can't command the high wages and. and so there are so many areas, guess i will conclude by saying that good intentions is not good enough. most of what the left, look, i'll give them their due. i think in most cases they do have good intentions to it's just the results of the policies in supporting the people they're supposed to. i want to add a 13 to affected to your list. this is when my favorite ones. this is typical but it goes like this. give a man a fish and eats for a day. teach a man to fish and he works on lifetime. they're so much wisdom in that economics will. i love you to add that one. so they given much. why do we just go right -- were running a little behind. let me just ask your question on trade. there is an argument being

this morning we will consider the nominations of kevin hassett and the honorable pamela pate naude.ee friends and family behind you as well and i see