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U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer to Deliver Keynote Address at 'Unprecedented Federal Debt: Putting Our Fiscal House in Order'

Posted on: Friday, 17 April 2009, 12:40 CDT

Senator Pete Domenici and Bipartisan Policy Center host panel discussion featuring prominent budgetary experts

WASHINGTON, April 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) will keynote a major symposium on federal debt and its threat to future American economic prosperity sponsored by the Bipartisan Policy Center and hosted by BPC Senior Fellow former Senator Pete V. Domenici, long-time Chairman of the U.S. Senate Budget Committee.

The event titled, "Unprecedented Federal Debt: Putting Our Fiscal House in Order," will occur Wednesday, May 6, 2009, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the St. Regis Hotel in Washington, D.C., and will feature some of the foremost experts on federal spending.

Participating will be former Congressional Budget Office Director Robert Reischauer, President of the Urban Institute; former CBO Director Douglas Holtz-Eakin, President of DHE Consulting, LLC; former Senate Budget Committee Staff Director G. William Hoagland, now Vice President for Public Policy at CIGNA; former Comptroller General of the United States, David Walker, now President and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation; and former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Fred Bergsten, Director of the Peterson Institute for International Economics.

A panel discussion on the estimated size of the impending debt, its impact on other parts of the federal budget, and international consequences of financing the debt will be followed by a question and answer period with audience participation.

The symposium is the first major federal debt event sponsored by the Bipartisan Policy Center, which was established in 2007 by former Senate Majority Leaders Howard Baker, Tom Daschle, Bob Dole, and George Mitchell. BPC's goal is to develop and promote bipartisan solutions to the nation's most pressing public policy challenges.

BPC currently conducts projects in the areas of national and homeland security, health care, transportation, energy and climate change, and science policy.

WHO: U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, BPC Senior Fellow Senator Pete V. Domenici and the Bipartisan Policy Center

WHAT: Unprecedented Federal Debt: Putting Our Fiscal House in Order

WHEN: Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Breakfast at 9:00 a.m.

WHERE: St. Regis Hotel, Astor Ballroom, 923 16th Street NW, Washington, D.C.

This event is open to the public, although space is limited. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to jonsurez@bipartisanpolicy.org.

Members of the press wishing to attend, please RSVP to press@bipartisanpolicy.org. Press set-up begins at 8:00 a.m.

About the Bipartisan Policy Center:

In 2007, former U.S. Senate Majority Leaders Howard Baker, Tom Daschle, Bob Dole, and George Mitchell formed the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) to develop and promote solutions that can attract the public support and political momentum to achieve real progress. The BPC acts as an incubator for policy efforts that engage top political figures, advocates, academics, and business leaders in the art of principled compromise. For more information please visit our website: http://www.bipartisanpolicy.org/

SOURCE Bipartisan Policy Center and National Commission on Energy Policy

Source: PR Newswire

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