Lou Frey Institute Fall 2014 Symposium, "The Federal Budget: Making Tough Choices"

The fall 2014 Symposium The Federal Budget: Making Tough Choices will focus on the necessary information and background to understand the budget process. Any budget discussion can prove to be a challenge, but this Symposium will examine the issues the President’s Budget Supercommittee could not solve. Those include entitlements, defense, deficits and taxes. Congressman Lou Frey will lead a panel discussion and debate of these issues with Congressman Jason Altmire (D-PA, 2007-2013), Congressman Allen Boyd (D-FL, 1997-2011), Reverend John Allen Newman, Congressman Cliff Stearns (R-FL, 1989-2013), and Congressman Tom Tauke (R-IA, 1979-1991). A budget exercise, led by the Concord Coalition, will take the attendees, AP and Honors high school students as well as members of UCF’s Learning Institute for Elders, through a budget balancing simulation. The panelists will rotate around the room from table to table working with the multigenerational audience as they tackle the budget and learn firsthand why balancing the budget isn’t easy.

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SCHEDULE:

9:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION OF EVENT  
Dean Michael Johnson, College of Sciences, UCF
Congressman Lou Frey, Jr.

9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
REDUCING THE DEFICIT AND INVESTING IN THE FUTURE: CAN WE DO BOTH?  
Moderator: Congressman Bill Zeliff (R-NH, 1991 - 1997)
Congressman Jason Altmire (D-PA, 2007-2013)
Congressman Allen Boyd (D-FL, 1997-2011)
Reverend John Allen Newman
Congressman Cliff Stearns (R-FL, 1989 – 2013)  
Congressman Tom Tauke (R-IA, 1979 - 1991)

10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
BREAK    

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
PRINCIPLES AND PRIORITIES: THE CONCORD COALITION BUDGET SIMULATION  
Chase Hagaman, New England Regional Director, The Concord Coalition  
Marc Goldwein, Senior Policy Director, The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget  
All Former Members of Congress and Reverend Newman move from table to table framing issues and supporting discussion

12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
REPORTS FROM SELECTED TABLES  
Chase Hagaman, New England Regional Director, The Concord Coalition  

1:00 p.m.
CLOSING REMARKS
Congressman Lou Frey, Jr. Read More