maya mcguiness. talks about the federal budget process and what to expect from the new congress and administration. >> maya mcguiness, the president of the committee for a responsible federal budget. >> at that you're going to make fun of the name. this is in organization that has been arod

maya mcguiness. she talks about the federal budget process and what to expect from the new congress and administration. >> maya mcguiness, the president of the committee for a responsible federal budget. >> at that you're going to make fun of the name. this is in organization that has been around for decades. i think the most distinctive feature about it, think of it as very bipartisan. our board of directors are people who have been in this town in washington and they have run all of the budget organizations. our cochairs are governor mitch daniels, not the president of purdue, kim penny, leon panetta, democrat, republican, independent. this has been the head of the treasury department, the opposite of management and budget. the house of the senate budget committee. recently, it is a fiscal watchdog group with bipartisan leadership that has been involved in these issues. -- it know what it is like you as well as gette ideas and thoughts and notes for policymakers to be more fiscally responsible. >>

mcguiness,ight, maya president of the committee for a responsible federal budget talks about the federal budget process and what to expect for the new congress and trump administration. >> this issue is so hard for ,"liticians to vote "right way which means doing less or paying for more. we borrow hundreds of billions of dollars a year and that makes them to when you are in a recession, not when your economy is strong. we should not be barring as much as we are right now. we have to make these changes and they involve straight up or , cutting benefits, reforming entitlements. those are things every pollster will tell their politicians to stay away from. sunday night at 8:00 i eastern on c-span q&a. he surprised joe biden by awarding him the presidential medal of freedom. for the final time as president, i am pleased to award our nation highest civilian honor, the presidential medal of freedom. [applause]

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q&a,"day night at -- on maya mcguiness talks about what to expect with the new congress and the trump administration. forhis issue is so hard politicians to vote "the right way," and we borrow hundreds of billions of dollars a year. that makes sense when you are in a recession. youres not makes us that economy is strong. our economy is such that we should not borrow so much right now. benefits,xes, cutting policyre things every should stay away from. >> sunday night on c-span's "q&a." students across the country are busy at work and sharing their experience with us through twitter. it is not too late to enter. our deadline is january 20, 2017. in your documentary, tell us what

. >> tonight, maya mcguiness, president of the committee for a responsible federal budget talks about the budget process and what to expect from the new congress and the trump administration. >> this issue is so hard for politicians to vote "the right way," which means paying for things, doing last while paying for more. we borrow hundreds of billions of dollars a year. it does not make since when the economy is strong. we have to make these hard changes in the involved straight up raising taxes, cutting benefits, and entitlements. this is something every pollster will tell a politician to stay away from. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. >> brad schneider talked with c-span for a freshman interview. he is not new to congress, serving one term during the 113th congress. he plans to focus on gun violence and u.s.-israeli relations. schneiders and brad representing illinois' 10th district, you are not new to washington. what was the experience the