Answers to Questions for the Record Following a Hearing on Options for Funding and Financing Highway Spending
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The Senate Committee on Finance convened a hearing at which Joseph Kile, CBO’s Director of Microeconomic Analysis, testified. This document provides CBO’s answers to questions submitted for the record.
On May 18, 2021, the Senate Committee on Finance convened a hearing at which Joseph Kile, the Congressional Budget Office’s Director of Microeconomic Analysis, testified on options for funding and financing highway spending. After the hearing, Senator Portman and Senator Barrasso submitted questions for the record. This document provides CBO’s answers.