Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. David Price (D-NC) today participated in President Obama’s Fiscal Responsibility Summit, a bipartisan discussion on the nation’s long-term budgetary health.  Price joined leadership and other Members of Congress from both Houses and both parties, Administration officials, and outside experts in sessions that focused on Social Security, healthcare, tax reform, the budget process, and procurement. 

“While the bold and necessary recovery package we recently passed to help boost our struggling economy focused on countercyclical spending, we cannot ignore the growing deficits and debt that will eventually become unsustainable,” said Price.  “Getting back on the road to balanced budgets will not be easy or painless – especially when you’re in as deep a ditch as our current situation.  But the experience of the 1990s shows us that it is possible.  I look forward to working with President Obama and his administration as we return to fiscal responsibility, particularly on the lasting structural challenges that drew much of today’s attention – getting healthcare costs under control and finding equitable reform for our entitlement systems.” 

Price has long worked for greater fiscal responsibility.  A current member of the Appropriations Committee and former member of the Budget Committee, he is the longtime co-chair of the Democratic Budget Group, a weekly forum that explores in depth policy alternatives for pressing economic and other issues.  As Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, he oversees the budget of a large federal department.  A hallmark of his chairmanship has been his work to promote budget discipline and improve financial management at the Department of Homeland Security. 

A full list of summit attendees follows. 

ADMINISTRATION

Secretary of the Treasury, Tim Geithner
Secretary of Transportation, Ray LaHood
Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano
Deputy Secretary of State, Jack Lew
Treasury Department, Gene Sperling

White House Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel
OMB Director, Peter Orszag
National Economic Council, Larry Summers
Domestic Policy Council, Melody Barnes
Council on Economic Advisors, Christina Romer
Deputy OMB Director, Rob Nabors

SENATE

Leadership
Senator Mitch McConnell (R), Minority Leader
Senator Dick Durbin (D), Assistant Majority Leader
Senator Jon Kyl (R), Assistant Minority Leader
Senator Lamar Alexander (R), Republican Conference Chairman
Senator John Cornyn (R), Chairman, National Republican Senatorial Committee

Other Senators (in alphabetical order with Chairs and Ranking Members noted)
Senator Evan Bayh (D)
Senator Max Baucus (D), Chairman of Committee on Finance
Senator Tom Carper (D)
Senator Thad Cochran (R), Ranking Member of Committee on Appropriations
Senator Susan Collins (R), Ranking Member of Committee on Homeland Security
Senator Kent Conrad (D), Chairman of Committee on the Budget
Senator Chris Dodd (D), Chairman of Committee on Banking, Ranking Democrat on HELP
Senator Mike Enzi (R), Ranking Member of Committee on HELP
Senator Lindsey Graham (R)
Senator Judd Gregg (R), Ranking Member of Committee on Budget
Senator Daniel Inouye (D), Chairman of Committee on Appropriations
Senator Amy Klobuchar (D)
Senator Carl Levin (D), Chairman of Committee on Armed Services
Senator Joseph Lieberman (D), Chairman of Committee on Homeland Security
Senator John McCain (R), Ranking Member of Committee on Armed Services
Senator Claire McCaskill (D)
Senator Ben Nelson (D)
Senator Olympia Snowe (R), Ranking Member of Small Business Committee
Senator Arlen Specter (R), Ranking Member of Judiciary Committee

HOUSE

Leadership
The Honorable Nancy Pelosi (D), Speaker of the House of Representatives
The Honorable Steny H. Hoyer (D), Majority Leader
The Honorable John A. Boehner (R), Minority Leader
The Honorable James E. Clyburn (D), Majority Whip
The Honorable Eric Cantor (R), Minority Whip
The Honorable Thaddeus G. McCotter (R), Chairman of the Republican Policy Committee
The Honorable Chris Van Hollen (D), Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

Other Members (in alphabetical order with Chairs and Ranking Members noted)
The Honorable Joe Barton (R), Ranking Member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce
The Honorable Allen Boyd (D)
The Honorable Dave Camp (R), Ranking Member of the Committee on Ways and Means
The Honorable Michael N. Castle (R)
The Honorable Raúl M. Grijalva (D)
The Honorable Darrell E. Issa (R), Ranking Member the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
The Honorable Ron Kind (D)
The Honorable Barbara Lee (D), Chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus,
The Honorable Jim Matheson (D)
The Honorable George Miller (D), Chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor
The Honorable David R. Obey (D), Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations
The Honorable David E. Price (D)
The Honorable Tom Price (R), Chairman of the Republican Study Committee
The Honorable Charles B. Rangel (D), Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means
The Honorable Paul Ryan (R), Ranking Member of the Committee on the Budget
The Honorable Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D), Chairwoman of the Blue Dog Coalition
The Honorable John M. Spratt (D), Chairman of Committee on the Budget
The Honorable John S. Tanner (D)
The Honorable Ellen O. Tauscher (D)
The Honorable Edolphus Towns (D), Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
The Honorable Nydia M. Velazquez (D), Chairwoman of the Committee on Small Business
The Honorable Henry A. Waxman (D), Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce

Community Leaders and Stakeholders Also Attending

(in alphabetical order by organization name)

Bill Novelli, AARP
John Gage, AFGE
John Sweeney, AFL-CIO
Gerry McEntee, AFSCME
Randi Weingarten, AFT
Ed Coyle, Alliance for Retired Americans
Kevin Hassitt, American Enterprise Institute
Richard Umbdenstock, American Hospital Association
Nancy Neilson , American Medical Association
Becky Patton, American Nurses Association
Karen Narasaki, Asian American Justice Center (AAJC)
Dr. Ho Tran, Asian Pacific Islanders American Health Forum (APIAHF)
Gary Flowers, Black Leadership Forum
Eleanor Hinton Hoytt, Black Women's Health Imperative
Alice Rivlin, Brookings Institution
John Castellani, Business Roundtable
Roger Hickey, Campaign for America's Future
John Podesta, Center for American Progress
Larry Korb, Center for American Progress
Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research
Joe Minarek, Center for Economic Development
Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Anna Burger, Change to Win
Maya MacGuinneas, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
Karen Davis, Common Wealth Fund
Bob Bixby, Concord Coalition
Maya Rockeymoore, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
Doug Elmendorf, Congressional Budget Office
Marty Ford, Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities
Lawrence Mishel, Economic Policy Institute
Ron Pollack, Families USA
Ellie Smeal, Feminist Majority
Stewart Butler, Heritage Foundation
Bill Spriggs, Howard University
Joe Salomonese, Human Rights Campaign
John Cavanagh, Institue for Policy Studies
Heidi Hartmann, Institute for Women's Policy
Drew Altman, Kaiser Family Foundation
Douglas Holtz-Eakin, McCain Economic Advisor
Hilary Shelton, NAACP
Todd Stottlemyer, National Association of Independent Businesses
Barbara B. Kennelly, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare
Jackie Johnson Pata, National Congress of American Indians
Janet Murguia, National Council of La Raza
Marc Morial, National Urban League (NY)
Dennis Van Roekel, NEA
David Walker, Peter G. Peterson Foundation
Peter Peterson, Peter G. Peterson Foundation
Al From, Progressive Policy Institute
Andy Stern, SEIU
Fred Goldberg, Skadden
Roger Ferguson, TIAA-CREF CEO
Martin Regalia, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Fernando Torres-Gil, UCLA
Robert Reischauer, Urban Institute
Michael Graetz, Yale