Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, Kent Conrad (D-ND) gives an opening statement at a hearing on the 2009 Department of Defense Budget

Senate Budget Committee chairman Kent Conrad speaks about early administration estimates of the cost of the war in Iraq during a hearing on the Department of Defense Budget hearing. (1:07)
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Secretary of Treasury Henry Paulson Discusses Taxes During Senate Committee on Finance Hearing

Secretary of Treasury Henry Paulson offers his opinion that America should not raise taxes during this morning's Senate Committee on Finance hearing. (0:30)
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Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) Argues That President's Goal for Achieving Surplus Is Unrealistic at Senate Committee on Finance Hearing

Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) argues that the Bush Administration's plan for having the economy achieve surplus by 2012 is unrealistic during today's Senate Committee on Finance hearing. The hearing questioned President Bush's budget proposal for the fiscal year 2009. (0:59)
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Tina Jonas, Controller of the Department of Defense speaks about future requests for war funding during a briefing on the Pentagon 2009 budget request

Tina Jonas, Defense Department controller, says that there are many factors as to when and how much the Pentagon will request in war funding, including what the Congress does with 2008 war funding that has not yet been provided. (0:48)
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Admiral Steve Stanley, director of force structure, resources and assessment for the Joint Staff speaks about outstanding 2008 budget requests

Adm. Steve Stanley speaks on war funding for Fiscal Year 2008 and what consequences incomplete supplemental war funding have had on equipment distribution. (0:34)
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HHS Secretary Leavitt says that Social Security is a math problem, while Medicare fixes require deeper social changes

Speaking at a press conference on the FY2009 budget, Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt says that Social Security is a math problem, but fixing Medicare will require deeper social changes. (0:23)
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Senator Kent Conrad, (D-ND) the Senate Budget Committee Chairman, comments on President Bush's FY 2009 Budget and its Shortcomings

Senator Conrad claims that the President's legacy is one of a fiscal disaster in which he turned a large surplus into an enormous debt.
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President Bush comments on earmarks before signing an Executive Order

The president brought the pool in for a brief statement on earmarks, prefaced by a congratulations to the House for passing the stimulus package. His statement reiterated his veto threat of any appropriations bill that did not cut the number and amount of earmarks in half, and he explained that his executive order would prohibit agencies from following earmarks expressed in committee reports and not voted on by Congress. (2:24)
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Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell speaks about the 2009 military budget during a press conference at the Pentagon

Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell speaks about the 2009 military budget request and explains why the request is significantly shorter than the fiscal 2008 request.  (1:05)
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Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell answers a question about the 2009 military budget during a press conference at the Pentagon.

Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell speaks about the budget process and how funding requests for 2008 and 2009 may cross paths and the Defense Department's contingency if funding is not delivered. (0:37)
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