Trump budget chief faces sharp questions during House hearing

View photosOffice of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney testifies before the House Budget Committee about President Trump’s 2018 budget proposal. (Photo: Aaron P. Bernstein/Reuters)
MoreWASHINGTON — President Trump’s budget chief defended his administration’s spending proposal during a Wednesday budget hearing, in which lawmakers of both parties issued pointed questions about major spending cuts to a wide range of programs.
Mick Mulvaney, director of the Of