Discussing the federal budget process could be favorably compared to watching grass grow. But if you watch grass for long enough, weeds begin to sprout, and the lawn becomes overgrown. The federal budget process has seen a similar fate. The House Budget Committee decided to do something about it.

Nearly a year ago, I was named chairman of the committee’s Budget Process Reform Task Force. We homed in on three areas of investigation: understanding the scope of the problem, targeting unchecked spending, and increasing data accuracy.