HR 2525

Selected Committee Information for H.R.2525

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HOUSE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
Full Committee

• Committee Schedule
  • April 13, 2000, Revised Hearing Advisiory on Fundamental Tax Reform
  • FC-20 -- Hearing Advisory on Fundamental Tax Reform
• Witness List
  • FC-20AWIT -- Witness List on Fundamental Tax Reform
  • FC-20BWIT -- Witness List on Fundamental Tax Reform
  • FC-20CWIT -- Witness List on Fundamental Tax Reform
• Witness Prepared Statement
  • Aldona Robbins, Vice President, Fiscal Associates, and Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy Innovation
  • Barry K. Rogstad, President, American Business Conference
  • Bill Helming, Economist and Business Consultant, Bill Helming Consulting Services, Inc., Olathe, Kansas
  • Billy Hamilton, Deputy Comptroller, Office of the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, on behalf of Honorable Carole Keeton Rylander, Texas State Comptroller of Public Accounts
  • Del Threadgill, Vice President of Taxes, J.C. Penney Company, Dallas, TX, and Chairman, National Retail Federation
  • Ernest S. Christian, Esquire, (Former Tax Legislative Counsel and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy, U.S. Department of the Treasury)
  • Frank L. Davis, Jr., Co-Founder, Executive Vice President and National Director of Legislative Affairs, National Retail Sales Tax Alliance
  • Frank Luntz, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, Luntz Research Companies, Arlington, Virginia
  • Gary Hufbauer, Reginald Jones Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics
  • Gilbert E. Metcalf, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, Economics Department, Tufts University Medford, Massachusetts
  • J.D. Foster, Ph.D., Executive Director and Chief Economist, Tax Foundation
  • James E. Rose, Jr., Senior Vice President, Taxes and Government Affairs, Tupperware Corporation, and Board Member, and Chairman, Tax and Budget Policy Committee, National Association of Manufacturers
  • James H. Mack, Vice President, Government Relations, AMT - The Association for Manufacturing Technology, McLean, Virginia
  • James L. Powell, Livestock Producer, Fort McKavett, Texas
  • James Martin, Former General Vice President, Ironworkers International Union, and Deputy Chairman, Dallas Federal Reserve Board
  • James O. Moore, Smithtown, New York
  • Janet L. Skarbek, Sales Tax Manager, Willamette Industries, Inc., Portland, Oregon
  • Jefrey Pollock, President, Global Strategy Group, Inc., New York, New York
  • Jerry Howard, Vice President, Taxes, USX Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • John G. Wilkins, Managing Director, Barcroft Consulting Group, on behalf of the National Retail Federation
  • Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Professor of Economics, Boston University, and Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research
  • Leo E. Linbeck, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Linbeck Corporation, Houston, Texas, and Voluntary Chairman, Americans for Fair Taxation
  • Martin A. Regalia, Ph.D., Vice President and Chief Economist, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
  • Opening Statement of the Honorable Bill Archer, M.C., Texas, Chairman, Committee on Ways and Means
  • Opening Statement of the Honorable Jim Ramstad, M.C., Minnesota
  • Opening Statement of the Honorable Jim Ramstad, M.C., Minnesota
  • Patricia M. Soldano, President, Center for the Study of Taxation, Costa Mesa, California
  • Scott Rooth, Realtor, Cashiers, North Carolina, Chairman, Public Policy Coordinating Committee, and Member, Tax Reform Working Group, National Association of Realtors
  • Stephen J. Entin, President and Executive Director, Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation
  • Steve Kouplen, President, Oklahoma Farm Bureau, on behalf of the American Farm Bureau Federation
  • Steven Worley, Lawrenceville, Georgia
  • The Honorable Bill Frenzel, Guest Scholar, Brookings Institution,and Former Member of Congress
  • The Honorable Collin C. Peterson, M.C., Minnesota
  • The Honorable John E. Chapoton, Partner, Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., Former Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy, U.S. Department of the Treasury
  • The Honorable John Linder, M.C., Georgia
  • The Honorable Philip English, M.C., Pennsylvania
  • The Honorable Richard K. Armey, M.C., Texas, and Majority Leader, U.S. House of Representatives
  • The Honorable Rob Portman, M.C., Ohio
  • The Honorable W.J. "Billy" Tauzin, M.C., Louisiana
  • Todd McCracken President and Chief Executive Officer, National Small Business United
  • Wayne Angell, Ph.D., Chief Economist, Bear Stearns & Company, New York, New York