Truth in Testimony Disclosure Form — Wendy Edelberg, Hearing of July 29, 2021

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This Truth in Testimony Disclosure Form is for witness Wendy Edelberg, Director, The Hamilton Project, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution, for a House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure hearing with a Hearing Date of July 29, 2021. The Hearing Title is Assessing the Federal Government's COVID-19 Relief and Response Efforts and its Impact. The form says the testimony represents personal views and does not reflect the views of Brookings, its other scholars, employees, officers, and/or trustees. In response to the questions about federal grants and foreign payments, it points to reports listing Brookings's donors and says those grants or payments were for independent research and analysis, some of which may be related to the subject matter of the hearing.

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Truth in Testimony Disclosure Form

In accordance with Rule XI, clause 2(g)(5)* of the Rules of the House of Representatives, witnesses are asked
to disclose the following information. Please complete this form electronically by filling in the provided blanks.

Committee: The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

Subcommittee:

Hearing Date: July 29, 2021
Hearing Title: Assessing the Federal Government’s COVID-19 Relief and Response Efforts and its Impact

Witness Name: Wendy Edelberg

Position/Title: Director, The Hamilton Project, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution

Witness Type: © Governmental @ Non-governmental

e Are you representing yourself or an organization? @ Self Organization

If you are representing an organization, please list what entity or entities you are representing:

Iama_ Senior Fellow__ at The Brookings Institution. However, as noted below, I am presenting testimony
representing my personal views. As an independent think tank, the Brookings Institution does not take institutional

positions on any issue.

FOR WITNESSES APPEARING IN A NON-GOVERNMENTAL CAPACITY

Please complete the following fields. If necessary, attach additional sheet(s) to provide more information.

Are you a fiduciary—including, but not limited to, a director, officer, advisor, or resident agent—of any
organization or entity that has an interest in the subject matter of the hearing? If so, please list the name of

the organization(s) or entities.
No.

Please list any federal grants or contracts (including subgrants or subcontracts) related to the hearing’s
subject matter that you, the organization(s) you represent, or entities for which you serve as a fiduciary have
received in the past thirty-six months from the date of the hearing. Include the source and amount of each

grant or contract.

Consistent with the Brookings Institution’s commitment to independence (which includes not taking Institutional
positions on issues), I am informing the Committee that my testimony represents my personal views and does not

reflect the views of Brookings, its other scholars, employees, officers, and/or trustees.

In further response, with consideration to the fact that I am testifying on my personal views, I am providing a link
to reports that list Brookings’s donors, including any responsive Federal grants or contracts (including subgrants
and subcontracts), and/or grants, agreements or payments originating with a foreign government for the relevant
time period. The reports can be found at www.brookings.edu/CongressionalTestimonyDisclosure. These Federal
and/or foreign grants or payments were for independent research and analysis related to a number of subject
matters, some of which may be related to the subject matter of the present hearing. Brookings will update these

reports on a regular basis.

Please also note that Brookings may have ongoing agreements with some of the disclosed donors, which could
include future payments to Brookings. Upon request, Brookings will provide information regarding ongoing
agreements with any donors responsive to this disclosure. Brookings will report any additional payments received

under ongoing agreements in subsequent reports.

Finally, additional information on Brookings’s donors is provided in the Institution’s previous Annual Reports,
which can be found at www. brookings.edu/about-us/annual-report.

Please list any contracts, grants, or payments originating with a foreign government and related to the
hearing’s subject that you, the organization(s) you represent, or entities for which you serve as a fiduciary
have received in the past thirty-six months from the date of the hearing. Include the amount and country

of origin of each contract or payment.

reports on a regular basis.

under ongoing agreements in subsequent reports.

Finally, additional information on Brookings’s donors is provided in the Institution’s previous Annual Reports,
which can be found at www.brookings.edu/about-us/annual-report.

Please complete the following fields. If necessary, attach additional sheet(s) to provide more information.
@ | have attached a written statement of proposed testimony.

@ [| have attached my curriculum vitae or biography.
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*Rule XI, clause 2(g)(5), of the U.S. House of Representatives provides:
(5)(A) Each committee shall, to the greatest extent practicable, require witnesses who appear before it to submit in advance

written statements of proposed testimony and to limit their initial presentations to the committee to brief summaries thereof.
(B) In the case of a witness appearing in a non-governmental capacity, a written statement of proposed testimony shall include—

(i) a curriculum vitae; (ii) a disclosure of any Federal grants or contracts, or contracts, grants, or payments originating with a foreign
government, received during the past 36 months by the witness or by an entity represented by the witness and related to the subject matter
of the hearing; and (iii) a disclosure of whether the witness is a fiduciary (including, but not limited to, a director, officer, advisor, or

resident agent) of any organization or entity that has an interest in the subject matter of the hearing.
(C) The disclosure referred to in subdivision (B)(iii) shall include— (i) the amount and source of each Federal grant (or subgrant

thereof) or contract (or subcontract thereof) related to the subject matter of the hearing; and (ii) the amount and country of origin of any

payment or contract related to the subject matter of the hearing originating with a foreign government.
(D) Such statements, with appropriate redactions to protect the privacy or security of the witness, shall be made publicly available

in electronic form 24 hours before the witness appears to the extent practicable, but not later than one day after the witness appears.

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