On Tuesday, February 1, the Senate Budget Committee held a hearing to consider the nominations of Shalanda D. Young to be Director, Office of Management and Budget, and Nani A. Coloretti to be Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget. During the hearing, Senators and witnesses discussed: income inequality; healthcare and prescription drug prices; Medicare expansion; childhood poverty; defense budget; emergency supplemental and foreign aid; infrastructure funding; continuing resolutions; the COVID-19 response and economic recovery; mental health proposals; border funding; climate change costs; affordable housing; the federal workforce; and regulatory review.
