Public Forum
On Wednesday, June 30, 2010, the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform held a public forum and heard testimony from nearly 90 groups and individuals. Policy experts, advocacy groups, think tanks and concerned citizens who shared their ideas and suggestions to address the federal budget imbalances. Below are the video links to the full list of presenters.
Fiscal Commission Public Forum: 1 of 7
- Roosevelt Institute at American University - Aaron Goldstein, President
- Cato Institute - Chris Edwards, Director of Tax Policy
- The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - Chris Wilson
- Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) - Edward Gresser, CEO
- Economic Policy Institute - John Irons, Research and Policy Director
- Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget - Maya MacGuineas, President
- Center for American Progress - Michael Ettlinger, Vice President for Economic Policy
- The Concord Coalition - Bob Bixby, Executive Director
- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) - Robert Greenstein, Excutive Director and James Horney, Former Chief of Budget Projections at CBO
- Young Americans for Federal Debt Awareness - Ryan Schoenike, Co-Founder
- Concerned Youth of America - Yoni Gruskin, Executive Director
Fiscal Commission Public Forum: 2 of 7
- Heritage Foundation - Brian Riedl, Research Fellow in Federal Budgetary Affairs
- America Speaks - Carolyn Lukensmeyer, President and Founder
- Fiscal Policy Institute - David Dyssegaard Kallick, Senior Fellow
- Peter G. Peterson Foundation - David Walker, President and CEO
- Pew Charitable Trusts - Doug Hamilton, Deputy Director, Economic Policy
- Third Way - Jim Kessler, Vice President for Policy
- AFL-CIO - Richard L. Trumka, President
- Progressive Policy Institute - Will Marshall, President
Fiscal Commission Public Forum: 3 of 7
- Bread for the World - David Beckmann, President
- California Retired Teachers Association - David Walrath, Legislative Analyst
- Americans for Tax Reform - Grover Norquist, President
- The Alliance for Retired Americans - Edward Coyle, Executive Director
- American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees - Edwin S. Jayne, Associate Director of Legislation
- The Business Coalition for Fair Competition (BCFC) - John Palatiello, President and John “JB” Byrd, Government Affairs Manager
- American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) - Judith Palfrey, President
- Association of American Universities (AAU) - Robert M. Berdahl, President
- Yavapai Regional Capital - Steve Meltzer
- American Association of University Women (AAUW) - Lisa Maatz, Director, Department of Public Policy and Government Relations
- Business Roundtable - John Castellani, President
Fiscal Commission Public Forum: 4 of 7
- Coalition on Human Needs - Deborah Weinstein, Executive Director
- Consortium of Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) - Donna Meltzer, Chair
- Immigration Policy Center - F. Daniel Siciliano, Member, Board of Trustees
- Committee on Education Funding - Joel Packer, Executive Director
- Individual Citizen - Joseph Guggenheim
- Coalition for Health Funding - Julio Abreu
- Hanover Investment Group - Robert H. Dugger, Founder and Managing Partner
- Financial Services Forum - Rob S. Nichols, President and COO
- Citizens for Tax Justice - Bob McIntyre
- Individual Citizen - Joseph Guggenheim
- Healthcare NOW - Katie Robbins, National Organizer
- Institute for America’s Future - Roger Hickey, Co-Founder
Fiscal Commission Public Forum: 5 of 7
- National Education Association - David Schlein, Senior Labor Economist
- National Immigration Forum - Grisella Martinez, Director of Policy and Legislative Affairs
- National Academy of Social Insurance - Janice Gregory, President
- Migration Policy Institute - Marc Rosenblum, Senior Policy Analyst
- National Active and Retired Federal Employees - Margaret Baptiste, President
- National Disability Institute and Burton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University - Michael Morris, Executive Director (NDI) and CEO (BBI)
- Individual Citizen - Stephen Moorhead
- Military Officers Association of America - Colonel Steve Strobridge, USAF
- The Mercatus Center at George Mason University - Veronique de Rugy, Senior Scholar
- Individual Citizen - William McLellan
- Individual Citizen - Charles Lyle
- National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare - Barbara B. Kennelly, President and CEO
- National Council of Women’s Organizations - Susan Scanlan, Chair
- The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force - Laurie Young, Ph.D.
Fiscal Commission Public Forum: 6 of 7
- Older Women’s League - Ashley Carson, Executive Director
- Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) - Carl Blake, Director of Legislation
- Individual Citizen - Frank Restly
- Institute for Women’s Policy Research - Heidi Hartmann, President
- National Nurses United, affiliate of the AFL-CIO - Karen Higgins
- Prosperity Agenda - Kevin B. Zeese, Executive Director
- Physicians for a National Health Program - Margaret Flowers, M.D., Congressional Fellow
- Service Employees International Union - Mary Kay Henry, President
- United Church of Christ - Mr. Michael Fisher, Jr., Public Policy Advocate
- Social Security Works - Nancy Altman, Co-Director
- U.S. Public Interest Research Group - Nicole Tichon, Federal Tax and Budget Reform Advocate
- Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW) - Stacy Sanders, Director of the Elder Economic Security Initiative
- Individual Citizen - Virginia P. Reno, Vice President for Income Security Policy
- OMB Watch - Gary Bass, Founder and Executive Director
- Small Business Legislative Council - John S. Satagaj, President and General Counsel
- Voices for America’s Children - Bill Bentley, President
- Speak Out America Now - Peter J. Dawson
Fiscal Commission Public Forum: 7 of 7
- Women Impacting Public Policy - Tara Olson, Owner, AllPoints Research
- Women’s Action for New Directions (WAND) - Susan Shaer, Executive Director
- Zero to Three - Matthew Melmed, Executive Director