Deficit supercommittee launches website (The Hill)

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Deficit supercommittee launches website
By Peter Schroeder - 09/13/11 09:58 AM ET

Congress’s supercommittee now has an online presence, as the deficit-busting panel launched its website Tuesday.

The site, found at deficitreduction.gov, comes on the same day that the panel of 12 lawmakers holds its first substantive hearing.

more: http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/budget/181129-supercommittee-goes-online

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1. Got something to tell them?

http://deficitreduction.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact

(contact form at the site)

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2. Hearing link and member statements

There was a webcast.
http://deficitreduction.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2011/9/hea#

Here's the C-span link (2 hrs 43 min)

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/SelectD

Sep 13 2011
Hearing on The History and Drivers of Our Nation's Debt and Its Threats"

WHO: Members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, Dr. Douglas Elmendorf, Director, Congressional Budget Office

WHAT: Hearing on “The History and Drivers of Our Nation’s Debt and Its Threats.”

WHEN: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at 10:30 AM ET

WHERE: Hart Senate Office Building Room 216

NOTE: This hearing is open to the public and press.

Member Statements

Senator Patty Murray
Representative Fred Upton
Representative Chris Van Hollen
Senator John Kerry
Senator Max Baucus
Representative Rob Portman

(see internal links to statements)

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3. Kick for evening DUers n/t