Answers to Questions for the Record Following a Hearing on CBO's Request for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2026
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The Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch of the House Committee on Appropriations convened a hearing at which Phillip L. Swagel, CBO's Director, testified. This document provides CBO's answers to questions submitted for the record.
CBO submitted these answers to the committee on May 16, 2025. At the committee's request, CBO waited until the official record of the hearing had been made public before publishing this document on May 4, 2026.
On April 9, 2025, the Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch of the House Committee on Appropriations convened a hearing at which Phillip L. Swagel, the Congressional Budget Office's Director, testified about the agency's appropriation request for fiscal year 2026. After the hearing, Chairman David Valadao, Ranking Member Adriano Espaillat, and Vice Chair Riley Moore submitted questions for the record. This document provides CBO's answers.
