CONFIRMATION OF THE DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT BILLS TO PROVIDE THAT APPOINTMENTS TO THE OFFICES 92-416 MARCH 5 AND 9, 1973 Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Operations U.S. GOVERNMENT. PRINTING OFFICE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS JACK BROOKS, Texas CHET HOLIFIELD, California, Chairman L. H. FOUNTAIN, North Carolina ROBERT E. JONES, Alabama JOHN E. MOSS, California TORBERT H. MACDONALD, Massachusetts BENJAMIN S. ROSENTHAL, New York FERNAND J. ST GERMAIN, Rhode Island FLOYD V. HICKS, Washington JOHN CONYERS, JR., Michigan BILL ALEXANDER, Arkansas HAROLD D. DONOHUE, Massachusetts FRANK HORTON, New York PAUL N. MCCLOSKEY, JR., California ANDREW J. HINSHAW, California JOEL PRITCHARD, Washington HERBERT ROBACK, Staff Director WILLIAM H. COPENHAVER, Minority Professional Staff LEGISLATION AND MILITARY OPERATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE BENJAMIN S. ROSENTHAL, New York FERNAND J. ST GERMAIN, Rhode Island WILLIAM S. MOORHEAD, Pennsylvania FRANK HORTON, New York HERBERT ROBACK, Staff Director DOUGLAS G. DAHLIN, Counsel for Military Operations CATHERINE KOEBERLEIN, Research Analyst SPECIAL INVESTIGATIVE STAFF WARREN BUHLER, Minority Staff Member (II) Ash, Hon. Roy L., Director, Office of Management and Budget; accom- Brooks, Hon. Jack, a Representative in Congress from the State of Cohen, Wilbur J., dean, School of Education, University of Michigan__ Jones, Roger W., former Deputy Director of OMB, and former Chair- Mansfield, Harvey C., Ruggles professor of public law and government, Page 49 121 65, 163 140 136 Price, Don K., dean, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard Uni- 132 Ash, Hon. Roy L., Director, Office of Management and Budget: Letter, Brooks, Hon. Jack, a Representative in Congress from the State of Dingell, Hon. John D., a Representative in Congress from the State of 64-65 22-23 Department of Justice comments on H.R. 204, H.R. 3065, and Evans, Hon. Frank E., a Representative in Congress from the State of Holifield, Hon. Chet, a Representative in Congress from the State of 42-44 162-163 Melcher, Hon. John, a Representative in Congress from the State of 24-25 Pickle, Hon. J. J., a Representative in Congress from the State of 44-49 Rhodes, Hon. John J., a Representative in Congress from the State of 31-33 CONFIRMATION OF THE DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1973 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, LEGISLATION AND MILITARY OPERATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:10 a.m., in room 2154, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Chet Holifield (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Representatives Chet Holifield. Benjamin S. Rosenthal, Jack Brooks, Jim Wright, Fernand J. St Germain, Don Fuqua, William S. Moorhead, Frank Horton, John N. Erlenborn, John W. Wydler, Clarence J. Brown, and Richard W. Mallary. Also present: Herbert Roback, staff director; Elmer W. Henderson, general counsel; Miles Q. Romney, counsel-administrator; Douglas Dahlin, counsel for military operations; Paul Ridgely, investigator; James Lanigan, consultant; and Warren Buhler, minority professional staff, Committee on Government Operations. Chairman HOLIFIELD. The committee will come to order. The hearing today is concerned with bills which would require Senate confirmation of the Director and Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget. The Committee on Government Operations, by rule of the House, has jurisdiction, among other things, over budget and accounting matters other than appropriations--and that is why various bills on confirmation of these officers have been referred to our committee. The Senate already has taken action on this matter. On February 5, 1973, the Senate passed S. 518, Senator Ervin's bill-cosponsored by 27 other Senators-with a floor amendment by Senator Byrd of West Virginia. The bill now is before our committee, in conjunction with a number of House bills including H.R. 3932, introduced by Mr. Brooks, the ranking member of our committee, and cosponsored by 20 other members of the committee, including the chairman. Evidently, there is strong sentiment in the Congress for legislative action on this subject. This attitude bespeaks a deep concern for strengthening the Congress as an institution to maintain the proper balance of power in Government. The President, by impounding actions, by zero budgeting, and by far-reaching reorganizations of the executive branch not specifically authorized by the Congress, has precipitated what many believe is a constitutional crisis in this country. I am not an alarmist and I do not believe that the Congress is so fragile an institution that it will be crushed by the recent assertions (1) |