I have two observations in closing. One is in sympathy with Senator Rounds and the elk having to rot where they are shot.

I commend you for that.

I look forward to continuing our relationship, but I know you're contemplating retirement, and I want to thank you for your service.

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I think we have an enormous amount of work to do, and I think we have to be very prudent about what we set before ourselves.

60 votes have really been the rule in the Senate.

I would like to go back to the point that I ended my remarks with about trying to sort of revive the relevance of the Committee and that as a larger issue around it, which is reviving the transparency of our spending.

It is important that that not be compromised.

CBO has a longstanding reputation for independence and provides a critical function to Congress.

I would suggest that budgeting by crisis happens when obstruction becomes the rule.

As somebody who has to try to fight to get attention for programs into that process, and it is all--you know, you are calling people on the phone saying, 'Can I get this in? Can I get this in?'

I believe process matters, and I think we can do a lot better.

Director Hall is entitled to the benefit of the doubt, and he will have it.

a budget point of order against an appropriations bill that blows through the budget that this Committee has gotten passed is a useless effort because it gets overcome by a 60-vote vote.