January 10, 1977
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SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
Mr. MUSKIE. Mr. President, on Friday, January 14, the Subcommittee an Intergovernmental Relations will hold a hearing to examine the current fiscal condition of the Nation's cities and the initial impact of the jobs bill on the cities' problems.
The hearing will focus on the countercyclical assistance program of aid to State and local governments where unemployment is the highest. Under this program — title II of the jobs bill — three quarterly payments have already been made to approximately 20,000 units of government throughout the country.
President-elect Carter has recommended an extension of the two major components of the jobs bill as part of his recently announced economic package. It is appropriate, therefore, that before we proceed with reenactment, we take a look at how these programs have worked thus far, and more particularly, at the impact they have had on our cities where the impact of recession has been most severe.
A tentative witness list for the hearing includes the following:
Mayor Kenneth Gibson of Newark,
Chairman, U.S. Conference of Mayors.
Mayor Coleman Young of Detroit.
Mayor Pete Flaherty of Pittsburgh.
Mayor Lee Alexander of Syracuse.
The hearing will begin at 10 a.m. on Friday in room 1114 of the Dirksen Office Building.