Hearings

A hearing before the Joint Economic Committee will be held on Wednesday, October 16, 2019, at 2:15 p.m., in room 2020 of the Rayburn House Office Building.

Hearing: “Measuring Economic Inequality in the United States”

Witnesses: Dr. Gabriel Zucman, Associate Professor of Economics
University of California, Berkeley and Co-Director
World Inequality Database
Berkeley, CA

Dr. Heather Boushey, President & CEO and Co-Founder
Washington Center for Equitable Growth
Washington, DC

Dr. Douglas Holtz-Eakin, President
American Action Forum
Washington, DC

Dr. Eric Zwick, Associate Professor of Finance and Fama
Fellow, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL

Date: 2:15 p.m., Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Location: 2020 Rayburn House Office Building

Vice Chair Carolyn B. Maloney presiding.

Individuals with disabilities who require an auxiliary aid or service should contact Amalia Halikias at (202) 577-9447 or email hearing@jec.senate.gov no later than 1:00 pm on Friday, October 11, 2019.

A hearing before the Joint Economic Committee was held on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, at 2:15 p.m., in room 210 of the Cannon House Office Building.

A hearing before the Joint Economic Committee will be held on Tuesday, September 10, 2019, at 2:30 p.m., in room 216 of the Hart Senate Office Building.

A hearing before the Joint Economic Committee was held on Wednesday, May 22, 2019, at 2:00 p.m., in 210 of the Cannon House Office Building.

A hearing before the Joint Economic Committee will be held on Tuesday, April 30, 2019, at 10:00 a.m., in 216 of the Hart Senate Office Building.

Due to the changing congressional schedule, the Joint Economic Committee regrets to announce that it has canceled its hearing with the Honorable Jerome H. Powell, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, originally scheduled for Wednesday, December 5, 2018.

The Joint Economic Committee will hold a hearing on “Examining the Rise of American Earnings and Living Standards" on Wednesday, September 26, 2018, at 10:45 a.m. Room 1100 of the Longworth House Office Building.

The Joint Economic Committee will hold a hearing on “The Positive Economic Growth Effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” on Thursday, September 06, 2018 at 2:30 p.m. in room G-50 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

The Joint Economic Committee will hold a hearing on “The Innovation Economy, Entrepreneurship, and Barriers to Capital Access” on Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 10 a.m. in room 1100 of the Longworth House Office Building.

The Joint Economic Committee's hearing “The Need for U. S. Leadership on Digital Trade” has been postponed to a Wednesday, June 27, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. in room 1100 of the Longworth House Office Building.

Oct 16 2019

Hearing: Measuring Economic Inequality in the United States

2020 of the Rayburn House Office Building

Sep 18 2019

Hearing: Gun Violence in America: Understanding and Reducing the Costs of Firearm Injuries and Deaths

210 of the Cannon House Office Building

Sep 10 2019

Hearing: Making it More Affordable to Raise a Family

216 Hart Senate Office Building

May 22 2019

Hearing: The Economic Impacts of the 2020 Census and Business Uses of Federal Data

Cannon 210

Apr 30 2019

Expanding Opportunity by Strengthening Families, Communities, and Civil Society

Hart 216

Dec 05 2018

CANCELED : The Economic Outlook with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome H. Powell

Sep 26 2018

Examining the Rise of American Earnings and Living Standards

Sep 06 2018

The Positive Economic Growth Effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

Jul 25 2018

“The Innovation Economy, Entrepreneurship, and Barriers to Capital Access”

Jun 27 2018

“The Need for U.S. Leadership on Digital Trade”