On September 8, 2016, the Joint Economic Committee held a hearing to examine the consequences of our rising federal debt. Witnesses: Honorable Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. President , Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana Honorable Judd Gregg Co-Chair, Campaign to Fix the Debt and former Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee Washington, D.C. Honorable Alice M. Rivlin Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution Washington, D.C.